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Description: | The Manasseh Ben Israel Friendly Society was founded in 1898. Friendly societies provided a form of insurance for members against loss of income, for example, during sickness or, in the case of Jewish friendly societies, during 'shiva', the seven days of ritual mourning after a bereavement in the family. This is the English section of a booklet of rules, which also has a Yiddish section. The rules cover subjects such as the level of contributions, the different benefits for various circumstances and the roles of different committee members. Manasseh ben Israel (c1604-1657) was a Portuguese-Dutch Hebrew scholar and Jewish leader whose efforts led to the readmission of Jews to England in 1656. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Jewish Museum, London | Rights holder: | Copyright holder unknown. | Subjects: | Communities | Temporal: | 1933 | Source: | Jewish Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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