Bidspirit auction | (SOUTH AFRICA). Witwatersrand Old Hebrew

(SOUTH AFRICA). Witwatersrand Old Hebrew Congregation. King Edward the Seventh Memorial Sermon by Rabbi Dr. J. H. Hertz. 1910. pp. 8. Touch discolored. Original printed wrappers. Sm. 4to. Johannesburg’s WITWATERSRAND OLD HEBREW CONGREGATION , formerly of Wolmarans Street in Hillbrow, is now the Great Park Synagogue, situated in Houghton. For an encapsulated history, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Park_Synagogue_(Johannesburg)  JOSEPH HERMAN HERTZ (1872-1946) held the position of Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1913 until his death; a period encompassing both world wars and the Holocaust. Born in Hungary, Hertz moved to Transvaal, South Africa, to the Witwatersrand Old Hebrew Congregation in Johannesburg. He served there until 1911, despite attempts by President Paul Kruger to expel him for his pro-British sympathies and for advocating the removal of religious disabilities of Jews and Catholics in South Africa.   Succeeding his mother Queen Victoria, EDWARD VII (1841-1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 1901 until his death in 1910.