Bernard Homa (1900 – September 1991) was a British medical doctor and politician, who served on London County Council.
Born in Whitechapel as Bernard Deichowsky, he was educated at the Yeshivah Etz Chaim in Aldgate, then studied medicine. During this period, he became the chair of the London Mizrachi Students' Society, and he later chaired the Mizrachi Organisation of Great Britain. For 37 years, he served as president of the Machzikei Hadath Synagogue.[1]
Homa joined the Labour Party, and at the 1934 London County Council election, he was elected in Hackney Central. During World War II, Homa served as a major in the Royal Army Medical Corps.[1]
After World War II, Homa became a leading figure in British Judaism. In 1946 he resigned from the Anglo-Jewish Association in protest at its opposition to Zionism. He became chair of the Central Council for Jewish Religious Education, president of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, chair of the Federation of Synagogues, vice president of the London Board of Shechitah, and president of the Initiation Society. He also served on the Board of Deputies.[1]
Homa remained politically active, switching to represent Hackney South from the 1949 London County Council election. At the 1951 and 1955 general elections, he stood unsuccessfully in Hendon South. During this period, he continued to work in general practice, and also served on the board of governors of Charing Cross Hospital.[1][2]
Homa stood down from the county council in 1955, and thereafter spent more time writing. His works included A Fortress in Anglo-Jewry, Orthodoxy in Anglo-Jewry, and his autobiography, published in 1990, Footsteps on the Sands of Time.[1]
^ abcdeRubinstein, William; Jolles, Michael; Rubinstein, Hilary (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 436. ISBN 978-1403939104.
^"General Election: Medical candidates". British Medical Journal: 1149. 7 May 1955.
BernardHoma (1900 – September 1991) was a British medical doctor and politician, who served on London County Council. Born in Whitechapel as Bernard...
personality Homa Shaibany (born c. 1913), Iranian surgeon, first female surgeon in Iran Homa Rousta (1946–2015), Iranian film and stage actress BernardHoma (1900–1991)...
Thousand Books, (Halban, 2014) New York Review of Books ed. 2015 p.50. BernardHoma (1953), A fortress in Anglo-Jewry, Shapiro-Vallentine Fainhandler, Yiśraʼel...
William Ray 5,468 Municipal Reform Y Montague Moustardier 5,224 Labour Dr BernardHoma 3,715 Labour Dr Mary O'Brien-Harris 3,672 Liberal Henrietta Adler 2,774...
prāṇas as an internalization of the five sacrificial fires of a panchāgni homa ceremony. One of the earliest references to prāṇa is from the 3,000-year-old...
purification to benefit the faithful. This rite routinely involves the use of the Homa ritual (護摩, goma) as a purification tool. Lay persons or monks in yamabushi...
has tried to stop the defections, but they have continued anyway, with Bernard Lagat being the latest, choosing to represent the United States. Most of...
Wanjira UDA Githunguri Gathoni Wamuchomba UDA Hamisi Charles Gimose ANC Homa Bay Town Peter Kaluma ODM Igembe Central Dan Kiili Karitho JP Igembe North...
Politeness. New York: HarperCollins. p. 111. ISBN 978-0063119130. Khaleeli, Homa (February 29, 2016). "Geena Davis: 'The more TV a girl watches, the fewer...
Markowa near in Łańcut, daughter of Jan Niemczak and Franciscka Niemczak (née Homa). Her mother died when she was six years old. She completed her primary and...
University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-95067-2. Clarke, Peter Bernard (2006). New Religions in Global Perspective. Routledge. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-7007-1185-7...
and remain silent for a whole day and night. They should also perform a homa ("fire sacrifice"), wearing wet clothes and a turban, repeating the goddess'...
Islam in her second marriage, to Salmin Orinda, a Muslim from Wagwe, near Homa Hills, South Nyanza. A photograph of her holding her son, Barack Sr., on...
Transcript of TV interview with Dr. Soroush by Dariush Sajjadi, Broadcast, Homa TV, 9 March 2006 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15...
linked ancient Teutons, Homeric Greeks and Vedic India".: 31 According to Bernard Mees, "Of all of the pre-runic symbols, the swastika has always been the...
Iran and the perception of an 'intellectual awakening', as described by Homa Katouzian. In Europe, many concepts of Aryan Nationalism were directed at...
Simone Golf and Country Club, Guidonia Montecelio Zach Johnson Luke Donald Homa 3.5 / 5 McIlroy 4 / 5 43rd 2020 2021 24– 26 Sep United States 19– 9 Wisconsin...
Statesman's left power list". New Statesman. Retrieved 25 January 2024. Homa Khaleeli (7 May 2016). "Sadiq Khan's victory won't end Islamophobia, but...
p. 233. Świebocki 2000, p. 192. Czech 2000, p. 150; also see Khaleeli, Homa (11 April 2011). "I escaped from Auschwitz". The Guardian. Archived from...
p. 151. ISBN 978-90-04-08265-6. Retrieved 24 September 2010. Katouzian, Homa (2003). Iranian history and politics:The Dialectic of State and Society....
Global Information