Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. Born Slovakia, then part of Hungary. When he was aged 11 the family moved to New York. Worked for a time as a rabbi in Johannesburg. 1911 returned to New York. 1913 chosen as Chief Rabbi of the British Empire and in 1915 became a naturalized British subject. Died at home in Hamilton Terrace.
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Dr Joseph Herman Hertz
Dr J. H. Hertz CH, 1872 - 1946, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, lived here...
A church was built in about 1200 near the Tyburn Tree, on the bank of the Tyb...
A group of Baptists moved into the building 1845/1846 and occupied it, with i...
From their website: YWCA was founded in 1855 by Miss Emma Robarts and The Ho...
