From The Times: January 23, 1920The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Reading, presided over a large company, which comprised most of the leading members of the Jewish community resident in this country, at a dinner given at the Connaught Rooms in Holborn last night, in celebration of peace and in honour of the semi-jubilee of the Jewish Historical Society of England. The American Ambassador and the Chinese Minister were among the guests. The Chairman, in proposing the toast of the Jewish Historical Society of England, said that from the early records of the Exchequer one might learn the meaning of the term “capital levy” — (laughter) — which formed a not unimportant part of the history of their community in those days. Their community had done its…

Source: The Times January 23, 2020 00:00 UTC