Memorandum and Articles of Association of Leeds Jewish Herzl-Moser Hospital
Level of description
Fonds
Reference code
A.2024.0004
Date
31/5/1941
Extent and medium
2 documents in 1 folder
Administrative / Biographical History
The Herzl-Moser was established in 1905 in response to a rapidly expanding Jewish community in Leeds, which had numbered to over 10,000 by the turn of the twentieth century. Leasing Hope Villa, a house on Leopold Street, the hospital committee converted the building into three wards with a total of eight beds, a surgery and a dispensary.
This committee was the product of a partnership between two local Jewish immigrants: Jacob Moser, a German wool merchant and philanthropist who became a prominent figure in the civic and political life of his adopted home of Bradford, and Moses Umanski, one of the very first Jewish doctors in Leeds. The two men bonded over support for an independent Jewish state of Israel and their hospital was named for the prominent Jewish activist Theodor Herzl, who had recently died.
The hospital was supported by annual or weekly subscriptions from members of the Leeds Jewish community and by 1920 had earned enough to buy Hope Villa outright, followed by the building next door. Over time the hospital expanded into other buildings on Leopold Street until there were beds for around forty patients.
The hospital itself continued to operate until 1970 when its services were absorbed into the expanding St. James’s Hospital. A plaque can still be seen in the entrance to Chancellor Wing at St. James’s honouring its history.
More information can be found here: https://thackraymuseum.co.uk/5385-2/
This committee was the product of a partnership between two local Jewish immigrants: Jacob Moser, a German wool merchant and philanthropist who became a prominent figure in the civic and political life of his adopted home of Bradford, and Moses Umanski, one of the very first Jewish doctors in Leeds. The two men bonded over support for an independent Jewish state of Israel and their hospital was named for the prominent Jewish activist Theodor Herzl, who had recently died.
The hospital was supported by annual or weekly subscriptions from members of the Leeds Jewish community and by 1920 had earned enough to buy Hope Villa outright, followed by the building next door. Over time the hospital expanded into other buildings on Leopold Street until there were beds for around forty patients.
The hospital itself continued to operate until 1970 when its services were absorbed into the expanding St. James’s Hospital. A plaque can still be seen in the entrance to Chancellor Wing at St. James’s honouring its history.
More information can be found here: https://thackraymuseum.co.uk/5385-2/
Scope and content
Two copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Assoication of Leeds Jewish Herzl-Moser Hospital, incorporated the 31st day of May, 1941. One of the copies contains annotations throughout.
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Not permitted
Language
English