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Bidding Information
Lot #    25450
Auction End Date    12/8/2009 12:46:30 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Reform Judaism
Author    R. Harris Swift
City    Durban
Publisher    Rowell & Sons (Pty.) Ltd.
Publication Date    1951
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. 31 pp. 213:138 mm., light age staining. A very good copy as issued.
          
Detailed
Description		    A booklet against Reform Judaism, whose subtitle is: " Anarchy in religion and a danger to South African Jewry."

R. Swift first served as a Rabbi in England during World War II, where he was instrumental in helping the underground save and resettle Jewish refugees from Europe, including a number of artifact dealers. He moved to South Africa and in1950 and served in Durban until 1956 when he moved to the United States, where he served in Chattanooga, Tennessee until 1961. He is also the author of Because I believe: Sermons, addresses and essays (1955).

          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
England:    Checked
  
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Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica