Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
21,2 (2022) 261-271
Keywords:
Salomons, Vera
;
Yad L.A. Meʼir, makhon le-omanut ha-Islam
;
Waqf History
;
Jewish philanthropists
;
Zionism
;
Eretz Israel History 1917-1948, British Mandate period
Abstract:
Vera Bryce Salomons is best known as the founder of the L. A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem. Drawing on a privately published obituary volume, this article explores her involvement in attempts to buy Waqf property adjacent to the Kotel in the 1920s. The article brings to light a forgotten story with implications for our understanding of the role of British elites in Mandate Palestine. It demonstrates how private archives and unconventional sources can be used to illuminate the role of women in international Jewish history.
DOI:
10.1080/14725886.2021.2008795
URL:
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