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Podro (Podrushnik), Joshua (1899? Russia - ? England), scholar, journalist. There is little biographical information on Podro. After serving in the First World War and working as a journalist in New York he emigrated to England where he ran a press-cuttings agency. Joshua Podro was a distinguished scholar of Hebrew and Aramaic. He also co-authored with Robert Graves "Jesus in Rome: a historical conjecture" (1957) --

Reference Code
P39a
Dates
1933-1951
Consists of
25 files..
Languages
English; Hebrew; Yiddish; French;
Description
The Joshua Podro collection consists of an extensive collection of newspaper clippings on Jewish subjects (P39) and a number of personal files relating to Joshua Podro and his son, David and their activities, as well as material on the World Jewish Congress. These supplement files have been given the record number P39a --;The Joshua Podro collection consists of an extensive collection of newspaper clippings on Jewish subjects (P39) and a number of personal files relating to Joshua Podro and his son, David and their activities, as well as material on the World Jewish Congress. These supplement files have been given the record number P39a.
Title Podro, Joshua.
Additional Titles Jesus in Rome
Contributors DavidPodro
Robert,Graves 1895-1985
Joshua,Podro 1894-1962
World Jewish Congress
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Leo Baeck College
Zionist Congress (20th : 1937 : Zurich)
Host Item Podro, Joshua - Private Collection
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Joshua Podro (Podrushnik) (1899? Russia - ? England), scholar, journalist. There is little biographical information on Podro. The following facts are mainly drawn from the documents in the collection itself: Joshua Podro was born Joshua Podrushnik in Russia. After serving in the First World War and working as a journalist in New York he emigrated to England where he ran a press-cuttings agency. In 1936 he was elected one of the secretaries of the British section of the World Jewish Congress and in 1937 was a member of the Zionist Organisation Executive at the Twentieth Zionist Congress in Zurich. Joshua Podro was a distinguished scholar of Hebrew and Aramaic. He also co-authored with Robert Graves "Jesus in Rome: a historical conjecture" (1957). After his death, his large library of Judaica was donated to Leo Baeck College.
Joshua Podro apparently had 3 children: David, Sheila and Michael. David served in the British Royal Air Force and was injured during WW II. David and Michael were involved in music.5
Ownership history Podro's papers were deposited at the CAHJP in 1962.
National Library system number 990043214030205171
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