This space reserved for materials on Rabbi Schonfeld, the presiding
rabbi of the Adath Yisroel during the existence of the shul. See
links for historical information about this
Holocaust hero. Rabbi Schonfeld was the brother of noted British
economist Sir Andrew Akiba Shonfeld.
At 22, Schonfeld succeeded his father as rabbi of Adath
Yisroel, a small Orthodox congregation in the Stamford Hill section of
London; principal of the first
Jewish Secondary School; and presiding rabbi of the Union of Orthodox
Hebrew Congregations.
Union
of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations
Adath Yisroel Synagogue
40 Queen Elizabeth Walk
London N16 0HH
Tel: 020 8802 6226
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Schonfeld Family Tree
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Cheshunt
Cemetery - Adath Yisroel Burial Society Records
SCHONFELD SOLOMON RABBI DR,840207,A,16,6
KINGSLEY ALEXANDER SYDNEY,870812,C,21,6
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InnerNet Magazine
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Holocaust Hero: the Untold
Story of Solomon Schonfeld, the British Rabbi Who Saved Thousands of Jews During
the Holocaust. (ISBN 0-88125-730-3 (pbk. 2004) and ISBN 0-88125-800-8 (hc,
2003) - David Kranzler
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Avigdor Primary School, circa 1953. Philip
Luxembourg is seen seated on the lap of Dr. Grunfeld, to the right of
Dr. Schonfeld. Philip was about 5-years old at the time of this
photograph. Click on image for enlarged version of this picture.
Other pictures of Dr. Schonfeld from my barmitzvah have yet to be posted here.
First Posted: March 23, 2003
Revised: August 23, 2009 |