The Book of Beginnings: A miscellany of the origins of superstitions, customs, phrases and sayings
ABC Books, $89.95 hb, 1167 pp
Fair dinkum local Brewer
Dr Rudolph (Rudy) Brasch’s career as a rabbi took him from Germany to London and, finally, in 1949, to the Temple Emmanuel in Sydney, where he remained for thirty years. His learning was wide and eclectic, and this is reflected in The Book of Beginnings, which he compiled with the assistance of his wife, Li Brasch. Dr Brasch died in November 2004, at the age of ninety-two.
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The Book of Beginnings: A miscellany of the origins of superstitions, customs, phrases and sayings
by R and L Brasch
ABC Books, $89.95 hb, 1167 pp
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