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Joseph Cohen's
Involvement with the Birmingham Community,
Helping Jewish Refugees, Honoured at Singers Hill Synagogue, Property
Development and Founder of
the Faith and Hope Masonic Lodge.
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Singers
Hill Synagogue Honours Joseph Cohen
The
Birmingham Jewish Recorder
72 Woodbourne Road
& Two Jacey Roads
Built by Joseph Cohen
Lodge of Faith &
Hope No 4772
Founder W. Bro. Joseph Cohen
Joseph Cohen
Solicitor &
Jewish Refugees
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Birmingham Hebrew Congregation, Stained Glass Windows
Souvenir Booklet 1963
Introduction
by
Philip Bloom
about The Singers Hill Windows
Honoured by a plaque in the
Synagogue
Foreword
by
Rev. Dr. Chaim Pearl,
M.A. PH.D
Joseph Cohen who was the main
inspiration
behind the entire project, from beginning to end.
http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/b00-bhc/brochures/windows_part03_pages1-6.pdf
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18th
March 2015 CHABADINFO.COM NEWS
Singers
Hill Reopens Synagogue
Singers Hill Synagogue one of the most important Jewish
buildings in the UK
The Joseph Cohen Hall
http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/b00-bhc/brochures/windows_part03_pages1-6.pdf
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AJR Volume XXX
No. 11, November 1975,
INFORMATION,
Page 3.
Joseph Cohen, an elder statesman
of the Birmingham Jewish
Community
... a substantial benefactor of almost every local charity.
http://www.ajr.org.uk/journalpdf/1975_november.pdf
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The Joseph
Cohen Hall
&
The Joseph Cohen Trophy
See Joseph Cohen on Wikipedia
The Joseph
Cohen Hall
is used for a wide variety of events and is located
alongside Singers Hill Synagogue.
The plaque for
outstanding Services includes Joseph Cohen
The Joseph
Cohen Trophy
"...the Joseph Cohen
Trophy is presented each year to a writer who
has contributed a series of
articles during the year."
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Lodge of Faith &
Hope
No. 4772
Founder W. Bro. Joseph Cohen
Lodge of Faith &
Hope
Group of Founders
Group of Members
Founder W. Bro. Joseph Cohen is 4th from the right, front row.
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72
Woodbourne Road,
Edgbaston & Two Jacey Roads Built by Joseph Cohen
72 Woodbourne Road, Edgbaston,
Birmingham
Jacey
Road (CUL_DE_SAC) Edgbaston Birmingham B16 0LL
Jacey
Road Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands B90 3LN
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The Snooker Table could be
raised, or lowered and each time it is raised, it is designed to be
perfectly level.
A number of famous snooker players have used it including world famous champions.
Walt Disney came to visit Joseph Cohen at this house.
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Front Cover
Birmingham Jewish Recorder
Birmingham Jewish Recorder Front Cover
Volume 43, No. 8 August 1980
An Article about Joseph
Cohen in The Birmingham Jewish Recorder
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Many an institution, both Jewish
and non-Jewish, benefited from his generosity.
Hillel House, Jacey Hall, A Life Member of
Singers Hill.
Highest Office in the Masonic Movement.
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At 18, he was the youngest to
qualify as a solicitor.
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On a More
Personal
Note
The Birmingham Russian
Jewish Association honour Mr & Mrs Joseph Cohen, for his help as a
solicitor,
plus 'An Ode' composed by Zola
Sonin aged 11 years December 1918.
"In unknown places of this
earth,
Live people who to fame are unknown,
Much more than Statesman are they worth,
More precious are they than a precious stone."
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Refugees
Mr
& Mrs Joseph Cohen took in refugees and included them as part of
their family. Amongst others, the ones I knew of, were Peter Rosenthal, Eva
Lewkowitz and Ruth Marchand.
But they had such heartache
over two of them, I remember how upset and sad
for many years, my Grandmother was over Peter's death, he was killed in
an accident in Hagley Road where he was run over by a bus. In his
excitement at being accepted by the boy scouts, he forgot that in
England they drive on the right and looked the wrong way. His
parents did not survive, but his Uncle and Aunt live in San Francisco
and always kept in touch.
My Grandparents and all our
family loved little Eva, she was adorable, but especially to them having
only had boys. But one day her Mother without warning, having
escaped, rang the doorbell and demanded having her daughter back
immediately, she had no time to talk to them because she had a taxi
waiting and although she was invited in and shown Eva's bedroom and told
how much they loved her, she simply grabbed a few of Eva's things and
took off with Eva. Sadly, they never heard another word from the
Mother, or Eva.
Ruth
also always kept in touch with our family and now lives in New York.
Peter
Rosenthal
Peter
Peter
Sad
Letters about Peter
Eva
Lewkowitz
Eva
Eva
Eva
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THE
HISTORY OF JACEY CINEMAS LTD
PHOTOS AND PRESS CUTTINGS
1950 PATHE NEWS VIDEOS
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JOSEPH COHEN AND OUR FAMILY BUSINESS
KEN RIVE AND GALA FILMS
EXTRA
NOTES
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CHARITY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
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Built by Joseph Cohen
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