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Makhzor im tefiloh zokhoh leyomim hanoyrim ulekhol yemoys hashonoh
Anti-religious propaganda in the form of a prayer-book.   Two pages from the book and an advertisement on the back for a would be prayer book for the New Year and the Day of Atonement.  [Collection item]
East End Suffragettes: the photographs of Norah Smyth in London
  Always impressive to see parts of our beautiful collection. How nice that we can occasionally share this and loan material for beautiful exhibitions.In London a selection of photographs of... [News]
Onderzoek naar antisemitisme en immigratie in 5 landen
Vanmiddag werden in Londen de uitkomsten gepresenteerd van een Europees onderzoek naar antisemitisme en immigratie. Naast Nederland werd ook onderzoek gedaan in België, Duitsland, Frankrijk en het... [News]
Rare Book Restituted
Ms Lija I. L'vova, Director of the Gosudarstvennaia Obshchestvenno-Politicheskaia Biblioteka (GOPB, Socio-Political State Library) in Moscow, presented the IISH with a very rare first edition of... [News]
Gendered Money
As economic citizenship was a pre-condition of full citizenship, the lack of economic autonomy was an important motivation during the early stages of the women’s movement. Independent of their class... [Publication]
Maiming Animals
Some historians regard the mutilation of cattle and other animals as a act of social protest like incendiarism. A convicted animal maimer in Norwich, England, left behind a written statement that... [Item of the Day]
Paid Holiday for Nurses
Until the twentieth century, paid holidays were rare for manual workers, as nurses were then considered. In July 1864, the Westminster Hospital in London started giving the nurses two weeks a year of... [Item of the Day]
Evil May Day
John Lincoln was imprisoned in the Tower of London on this day for being a leader of the Evil May Day Riots. Evil May Day was an outburst of anti-foreign feeling in East London. On 1 May 1517, a mob... [Item of the Day]
A Merciless Place
The commonly held belief in 18th century Britain was that exiling felons was the best option for dealing with crime. By 1785 an island in the Gambia River, West Africa, was the chosen destination for... [Item of the Day]
A Special Métier
In mid-October 1737 Cornish tin miners rose up in arms to prevent the exportation of corn. Cornish tinners were premier food rioters. 'Foods riots seemed their special métier, perhaps because their... [Item of the Day]

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