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From One End of the Earth to the Other - 9781845192938

Un libro in lingua di Pfeffer Jeremy I. edito da Intl Specialized Book Service Inc, 2009

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Curiosity over a family portrait of a rabbi who served in London's Bet Din (ecclesiastical court), who traveled to Australia in 1830 to arrange a Get (religious divorce) for the British wife of a Jewish convict transported there, led Pfeffer (retired, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem-Rehovot) to research the fate of these couples. Drawing on Bet Din records, he relates this little-known chapter of Jewish history in the contexts of Jewish law (on conversion as well as marriage), and the expulsion and return of Jews to England. Illustrations include marriage registers for Australia and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), and ritual art. This issue is still timely for women unable to remarry when a Get cannot be secured. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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