Working Class History on Nostr: #OtD 15 Sep 1888 the first ever Yom Kippur ball was held in London, UK, organised by ...

#OtD 15 Sep 1888 the first ever Yom Kippur ball was held in London, UK, organised by Jewish anarchists in the Arbayter Fraynd (Worker's Friend) group. An explicitly anti-religious gathering, it was well attended and noted as a success despite arrests https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8737/first-yom-kippur-ball-held-in-london?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon