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Balfour Services Club, Rosh Hashanah, London, 1943

A group of Jewish service members of the British armed forces converse in a hallway of the Balfour Service Club in London. They are celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. According to the original caption, many soldiers in attendence met and connected unexpectedly with old friends. Just above, the Union flag hangs alongside the Zionist flag of the Yishuv in Eretz Yisrael. The year is 1943.

Imperial War Museum

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