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Letter - David W. Marks, to John Simon…Liverpool, England / Montego Bay, Jamaica ...02/23/1836 Info on Google re: Marks....West London Synagogue of British Jews opened in Burton Street (near Euston) in January 42. Minister David W. Marks, formerly Reader of the Law at Liverpool. In dedicatory sermon he denied authority of Talmud. Members excommunicated by Chief Rahi Solomon H1rschel because they denied authority of Oral Law; even burial refuse. Cherem finally lifted in 1849. But the BOD still refused to recognize Mr Marks as Mariage Secretary. This problem was solved by a Marriage Act of 1856.


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