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Imprint: Hoboken, N. J. : KTAV Pub. House In Association With American Sephardi Federation, American Sephardi Federation--South Florida Chapter, Sephardic House,, 2000
Softcover, 8vo, 72 pages, illustrated, 23 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism -- Sephardic rite. Fasts and feasts -- Judaism. Includes bibliographical references on pages71-72. Very good condition. (Sef-29-13)
Stock number:26007.
$US 100.00
Imprint: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; ISBN: 0881253707. Hoboken, N.J. : New York, N.Y: KTAV Pub. House ; In association with Sephardic House, 1991. Cloth, 8vo, ix, 237 p. ; 24 cm. The Library of Sephardic history and thought; Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232) and index.; Contents include: 1. EXPULSION: Historical Background, Reactions to the Expulsion, The Sephardic Diaspora, The Expulsion: Why?, Accepting Suffering, Religious Understanding of History; 2. REACTIONS TO THE EXPULSION: Anti-Rationalism and Rationalism, Acceptance and Rebellion, Halakhah, Kabbalah, Kabbalistic Ethics; 3. THE CONVERSOS: The Judaism of the Conversos, Jewish Attitudes Toward the Conversos; 4. RETURN AND RECONCILIATION: Spiritual Struggles, The Western Sephardic Tradition; 5. THE ERA OF SABBATAI SEVI: Philosophy versus Kabbalah, anti-Halakhic Tendencies, Acceptance versus Rebellion, Sabbatai Sevi, Rabbi Moshe Hagiz; 6. THE PROMISED LAND: MAINTAINING A DREAM: Preparing for Redemption in Israel, The Shadarim, Faith and Despair; 7. THE FOLK MIND AND SPIRIT: Rabbi Yaakov Huli, Folk Wisdom and Intellectual Wisdom; 8 MUSAR: ETHICS AND MORAL GUIDANCE: Musar Study and Musar Practices. Musar Teachings, Relationship with Hassidism; 9. ACCEPTANCE AND REBELLION: PRELUDE TO MODERNITY: A New Approach, The Blood Libels in Damascus and Rhodes in 1840; 10. SEPHARDIC HASKALAH: Grace Aguilar: Jewish Spirituality, Eliyhu Benamozegh: Jewish Ethics, Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan, Rabbi Yehudah Yaakov Nehama: Defending Tradition, Rabbi Henry Pereira Mendes, Traditional Communal Framework; 11: SECULAR SEPHARDIC LITERATURE: Elia Carmona, Angel Pulido, La America, Poetry; 12. RELIGIOUS RESPONSES TO MODERNITY: Attitude toward Secular Education, Rabbi Elilyahu Hazan, Rabbi Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Halakhah and Modernism, Rabbi Benzion Uziel; 13 ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS: Israel and Humanity, Maintaining Uniqueness and Universality, Conversion to Judaism, Zionism; EPILOGUE: Notes, Bibliography Index. New condition, Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. (sef-8-23-dw)xx
Stock number:17658.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture., 1972.
Binding: Paperback
(FT) 4to. 447 pages. Facsimiles. In Hebrew, English, and other languages. SUBJECT(S) : Sephardim. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. SERIES: Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture Tract; 10; Variation: Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture. ; Tract ; 10. Very good condition. (SEF-10-28)
Stock number:20922.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York: Library Of The Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, 1993
Binding: Softcover
Original Cloth. O. 107 pages. 23 cm. Edition. Text and context; Development and dissemination of medieval Sephardic culture. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Jewish Theology Seminary showcasing medieval Sephardic books and prints held at the JTSA Library. Contains 80 black and white plates. Contents: Bible, Liturgy, Rabbinics, Kabbalah, Philosophy, Literature, Science, Printing, Amsterdam, London. Subjects: Sephardim - Civilization - Exhibitions. Jews - Spain - Civilization – Exhibitions. Sephardim - History - Exhibitions. Judaism - History - Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 - Exhibitions. Jewish publishing - History - Exhibitions. Jewish publishing. Judaism - Medieval and early modern period. Institutional stamps on backstrip, title page, and outer edges. Condition. (SEF-51-43) xx
Stock number:35016.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Harrisburg, PA : Jewish Folklore And Ethnology Section Of The American Folklore Society, 1993
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Wraps. 4to. II, 167 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, 1993. Includes articles on the Judeo-Spanish Romance, Karaite Poets, Judeo-Spanish folktales, Sonography of Judeo-Spanish Song, Sephardic Music: A Bibliographical guide, Sefardic Passover Song, Saint Veneration among the North African Jews, Remembrance of the Exile among North African Sephardim, Sephardic Folklore in the Ottoman Empire, Jewish Women of Turkey, Jews of Ioannina, Judeo-Spanish in the Ottoman Empire, Jews of Bulgaria, etc. Subjects: Jews - Folklore - Periodicals. Jews - Social life and customs - Periodicals. Light water damage, wavy pages throughout, wraps lightly soiled, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (SEF-52-30)
Stock number:35142.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Bloomington; Indiana University Press, 2005
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. VIII, 264 pages. 25 cm. First edition. “Views tradition and modernization among Sephardic communities in the Ottoman Empire through the lens of rabbinic literature written in Ladino. ” - Publishers description. Contents: Historical background - Print and the vernacular: the emergence of Ladino reading culture - The translation and reception of musar - "Pasar la hora" or "meldar"? Forms of sociability - The construction of the social order - Three social types: the wealthy, the poor, the learned - The representation of gender - Understanding exile, setting boundaries - The impossible homecoming - Reincarnation and the discovery of history - Scientific and rabbinic knowledge and the notion of change. Subjects: Sephardim - Middle East - Intellectual life - 19th century. Rabbinical literature - Middle East - History and criticism. Ladino literature - 19th century - History and criticism. Ladino literature - Middle East - History and criticism. Ethics in rabbinical literature. Sephardim - Middle East - Social conditions - 19th century. Clean and fresh in great jacket. Near fine. Very good condition. (SEF-51-25)
Stock number:34998.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Lakewood, N. J. : Orot, 2002
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, xviii, 697 pages, 22 cm. In Hebrew. Orot tefillah series; Variation: Orot tefillah series. SUBJECT (S) : Siddurim -- Texts. Judaism -- Sephardic rite -- Liturgy -- Texts. English and Hebrew. Includes bibliographical references. Other Titles: Siddur. English & Hebrew; Orot Sephardic weekday siddur. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Hebrew Union College, University of Virginia) . Is in excellent condition. (Sef-17-4)
Stock number:25021.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardback
New York: Sepher-Hermon Press, 1986. Hard cover. 8vo. 199 pages. Delinates the distinguishing characteristics of the Sephardic approach to the major observances & concepts of Judaism as they relate to time, space & society. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism - Essence, genius, nature; Sephardim. Ex-library with usual markings. Gilt lettering on spine. Minor bumping to edges of spine and cover. Dustjacket in plastic with minor bumping to spine. Small (1/2 inch) tear to dustjacket on upper-left side but plastic is untorn. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-4-3) .
Stock number:17877.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Hispanic Institute in the United States, 1953
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers. 8vo. 186 pages. Bibliography. Benardete was born in Turkey and emigrated to the United States in 1910. He taught at Hunter College, New York. Benardete wrote a number of volumes in the field of Spanish literature and civilization. Several Loyalist ballads are presented in English translation in And Spain Sings (1937) , which he prepared in collaboration with the poet Rolfe Humphries. His Hispanic Culture and Character of the Sephardic Jews (1952, Spanish, 1963) is an analysis of the Sephardi Jews. (EJ [Victor A. Mirelman]) . SUBJECT(S) : Sephardim; Sefarden; Culturele invloeden. Spine repaird, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very Good condition. (SEF-5-15).
Stock number:17903.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1982
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo, 220 pages, illus. Angel, (1945–) , is a “U.S. Sephardi rabbinical leader and scholar. Angel was born in Seattle, Wasington, the son of Sephardi immigrants from Rhodes and Tekirdag, Turkey, and nephew of veteran Sephardi rabbi Solomon Maimon. Angel wrote about 20 books on Sephardi history, tradition, and customs; mourning; rabbinic thought; and ethics, and many scholarly and popular articles. He won the 1988 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Jewish thought. His doctorate on the history of the Jews of Rhodes was a pioneering study in the field. Angel received the National Rabbinic Leadership Award of the Orthodox Union, the Bernard Revel Award of Yeshiva University for Religion and Religious Education, and the Finkle Prize of the New York Board of Rabbis” (Kerem in EJ 2007). Ex-library, with usual markings; tape repair to dust jacket. Interior is clean. (SEF-15-6A)
Stock number:34945.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1982
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo, 220 pages, illus. Angel, (1945–) , is a “U.S. Sephardi rabbinical leader and scholar. Angel was born in Seattle, Wasington, the son of Sephardi immigrants from Rhodes and Tekirdag, Turkey, and nephew of veteran Sephardi rabbi Solomon Maimon. Angel wrote about 20 books on Sephardi history, tradition, and customs; mourning; rabbinic thought; and ethics, and many scholarly and popular articles. He won the 1988 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Jewish thought. His doctorate on the history of the Jews of Rhodes was a pioneering study in the field. Angel received the National Rabbinic Leadership Award of the Orthodox Union, the Bernard Revel Award of Yeshiva University for Religion and Religious Education, and the Finkle Prize of the New York Board of Rabbis” (Kerem in EJ 2007). Very good condition in like jacket. (SEF-15-6)
Stock number:25401.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Brussels, R. Capuia, 1994
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 4to. 62; 62; 63 pages. Illus. In Ladino, English and French. Numbers 14-16: April, June and September of 1994. SUBJECT (S) : Sephardim -- Periodicals. Jews -- Periodicals. Ladino language -- Periodicals. Sefarden. Subscription stickers on covers, light wear to edges; otherwise nice clean copies in very good condition. (SEF39-23)
Stock number:28527.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : Norton., 1972.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 222 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Ladino literature – translations into English. CONTENTS: Romances; Poem of Joseph; Legends; Ladino sayings and proverbs; Truth triumphs in the end. SERIES: The B'nai B'rith Jewish heritage classics; UNESCO collection of representative works: Israel series. ISBN: 0393043487. Has dust jacket. Ex library. Good+ condition. (SEF-12-3)
Stock number:20935.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Urbana: University Of Illinois Press,, 1989
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, xviii, 228 pages, illustrated, 24 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Ladino poetry -- Translations into English. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poetry. Sephardim -- Poetry. Ladino poetry. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 221-225. In dust jacket. Very good condition in Very Good Jacket. (Sef-19-15)
Stock number:25045.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Alabama, University Of Alabama, 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 166 pages. 22 cm. Series: “Judaic Studies Series. VII. ” “This book focuses on a small community of French Jews, the first Jews in Europe to encounter the requirements of an emerging nation-state and to be recognized as full and equal citizens. ” –jacket. CONTENTS: The Establishment of the Portuguese Nation in Southwestern France – The Malesherbes “Commission” and the Portuguese Nation – Revolution and Emancipation – Napoleon and the Assembly of the Notables – Napoleon and the Sanhedrin. CCAR leader Stanley Dreyfus's copy, with note laid in from Jerome Malino, father of the author. Additional note and program for Malino’s retirement dinner laid in, as well. Includes bibliography and index. Lacks dust jacket. Internal pages are nice and clean. Very Good Condition in Good Jacket. (SEF42-24)
Stock number:28387.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Alabama, University Of Alabama, 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 166 pages. 22 cm. Series: “Judaic Studies Series. VII. ” “This book focuses on a small community of French Jews, the first Jews in Europe to encounter the requirements of an emerging nation-state and to be recognized as full and equal citizens. ” –jacket. CONTENTS: The Establishment of the Portuguese Nation in Southwestern France – The Malesherbes “Commission” and the Portuguese Nation – Revolution and Emancipation – Napoleon and the Assembly of the Notables – Napoleon and the Sanhedrin. Includes bibliography and index. Wear to dust jacket, institutional stamp on endpages. Otherwise in very good condition. (SEF-50-7), HUC 1/13 E
Stock number:32429.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jefferson, NC: McFarland., 2004.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper back.
8vo. 200 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Sephardim – social conditions; Sephardim – history; Sephardim – intellectual life. ISBN 0786420219. Fine condition. (SEF-8-23a)
Stock number:25992.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Cincinnati: American Jewish Archives, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 1966. Wrappers; 8vo. 16 pages. Portrait of the author facing title page. Added title page : A Shavuot sermon by Rabbi Haim Isaac Carigal, 1773; the first Jewish sermon preached and published in North America. OCLC lists twenty-four copies worldwide. Slightly sunned. Very good condition. (AM-4) xx
Stock number:15837.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Alabama, University Of Alabama Press, 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Ix, 500 pages. Illus. 24 cm. Series: Judaic Studies Series. CONTENTS: “The Sephardic Phenomenon: A Reappraisal” Martin A. Cohen – “Stones of Memory: Revelations from a Cemetery in Curac¸ao” Rochelle Weinstein – “Portuguese Sephardim in the Americas” Malcolm H. Stern – “The Fidanques: Symbols of the Continuity of the Sephardic Tradition in America” Emma Fidanque Levy -- "Those of the Hebrew nation…": the Sephardic Experience in Colonial Latin America” Allan Metz – “Sephardim in Latin America After Independence” Victor C. Mirelman – “The Sephardim in North America in the Twentieth Century” Joseph M. Papo – “Language of the Sephardim in Anglo-America” Denah Lida – “The Sacred and Secular Musical Traditions of the Sephardic Jews in the United States” Israel J. Katz – “Judeo-Spanish Traditional Poetry in the United States” Samuel G. Armistead – “Tradition and History: Sephardic Contributions to American Literature” Diane Matza – “The Secret Jews of the Southwest” Frances Herna´ndez. Fine condition with like jacket. (SEF42-30)
Stock number:28394.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Syracuse, N. Y. ; Syracuse University Press, 1997
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XIII, 262 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Malka chronicles the Sephardic Jewish community's history from its beginning in 1885 (when there were only eight families) to the late 1960s, when the Jews left the Sudan for more hospitable countries. Malka writes about his father's prominent role in the community and in the building of Khartoum's lavish synagogue and the community's growth, which peaked in the 1930s and 1940s. The author digresses a bit in his discussion of the Jews of Ethiopia, Aden, Yemen, and Eritrea and in his discourse on the growth of the B'nai B'rith in the Sudan, Egypt, France, and the U. S. The book's final chapters are autobiographical as Malka focuses first on his childhood, then on his travels, career, marriage, and family, offering descriptions of Sephardic life and culture. With 50 illustrations. “In his book Jacob's Children in the Land of the Mahdi: Jews of the Sudan (Syracuse University Press, 1997) Malka wrote the history of the Jewish community of the Sudan from its earliest days in the 19th century to its final times. Positioned at the center of both the Sudan Jewish community as the son of the Chief Rabbi and its past president, and of the British rulers as the CEO of their largest firm in the area, with numerous contacts among the Sudan's leading politicians and merchants, Malka was in a unique position to write this detailed history. A book about which Professor Henry Feingold wrote "… was told by a man whose family was at the very center [Malka] knows all there is to know about this community. " - Guide to the Papers of Eli S. Malka (1909-2003) ; American Sephardi Federation. Subjects: Jews - Sudan - History. Ethnic relations. Jews. Institutional stamps on outer edges, title page, and jacket; otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (SEF-51-36)
Stock number:35009.
$US 100.00
Imprint: En Kerkyra: Ech tou typographeiou "O Korae¯s" I. Nachamoule, 1899-1900
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original paper wrappers, as published, individual issues not bound together. Monthly. 30 cm. Most issues number 8 pages each; some are longer or shorter. In modern Greek with very occasional Hebrew. Rare Corfu-Jewish monthly. Richard Gottheil and the editor, M. Caimi, note in their 1905 Jewish Encyclopedia essay on the Jews of Corfu that “in 1899 the Greek monthly ‘Israelite Chronographos’ was established by M. Caïmi. The purpose of this periodical was to acquaint the Christian population with Judaism and the legitimate aspirations of the Jews and to create a rallying-point for the Greek Jews.” Coming just 2 years after the first Zionist Congress in Basle in 1897, this clarion call for Jewish aspirations in Corfu (and Greece) can be seen in the context of the ongoing fights for full Jewish emancipation. In the 13th Century, “Jewish traveler Benjamin de Tudela encountered a lone Jew on Corfu. Three centuries later, however, Jews had become so numerous here that the Venetians, then in control of this much-coveted, strategically important Adriatic island, had them confined to ghettos….The expulsion of Jews from Spain, however, led Sephardic colonies to to settle on Corfu or on the six other Ionian Islands. Thanks to prevailing revolutionary ideals, French domination from 1807 to 1815 offered Corfu’s Jews equal rights….When Corfu and the Ionian Islands were placed under England’s protection following the Congress of Vienna, the fate of the 4000 Jews here rapidly worsened, due to a series of discriminatory measures including the suppression of their right to vote. The islands’ reattachment to Greece in 1864 meant a return to civil equality for the Jews, but also recurrent flare-ups of anti-Semitism. In 1891, a pogrom broke out after accusations of ritualistic crimes. An exodus of Jewish families ensued, including that of Albert Cohen, one of the most important Sephardic writers of the twentieth century. On the eve of the Second World War, the Jewish community of Corfu consisted of only 2000 members. According to historian Mark Mazower, however, the Wehrmacht territorial commander made several attempts to stop their deportation, an extremely rare occurrence. On 9 June 1944, the order was finally given to deport them….Only about sixty Jews remain in Corfu today” (JGuideEurope, 2021). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Greece -- Corfu Island -- Periodicals. -- 19th century. Jewish periodicals. Greek periodicals. OCLC: 1056245244. OCLC lists only 2 holdings anywhere (JTSA & UMich). Turn of the Century newsprint is somewhat fragile, and there is some edgewear with loss, but these issues remain mostly solid and very usable. Substantial toning and edgewear, Fair to Good- Condition overall. Very Rare. (SEF-57-3-+)
Stock number:42189.
$US 400.00
Imprint: Cedar Falls: University of Northern Iowa, 1990
Binding: SpiralBound
8vo. 81 pages. In English. SUBJECT (S) Sephardim -- Study and teaching -- Directories. Jews, Oriental -- Study and teaching -- Directories. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. In very good condition (Bible-6-20)
Stock number:21085.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Cedar Falls: University of Northern Iowa, 1990
Binding: SpiralBound
8vo. 81 pages. In English. SUBJECT (S) Sephardim -- Study and teaching -- Directories. Jews, Oriental -- Study and teaching -- Directories. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. In very good condition (Bible-6-20)
Stock number:25107.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Livorno: S. Bilforte, 1948
Binding: Hardcover
Original boards. 8vo. 440 pages, 19 cm. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Spanish. Title translates to “Prayerbook for Rosh Hashana: According to the Sephardic Rite of Constantinople, the Mizrahi, Western, and Italian Rites. ” Livorno, or Leghorn, was a Jewish printing capital that published and sent many religious works to the East. “Prior to World War II, Livorno’s Jewish population numbered approximately 2, 235. It is estimated that 60 to 90 percent of Livorno was destroyed in World War II, since its port was subject to attack from both sides. Livorno’s famous synagogue was bombed by the Allies and partially destroyed during the war. During the Holocaust, at least 119 Jews were sent to Auschwitz and other death camps from Livorno; only 11 survived. Others were killed in the surrounding mountains, where the German army was very active. At the end of the war [when this was printed]…1, 000 Jews lived in Livorno” (JVL, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Judaism -- Sephardic rite -- Liturgy -- Texts. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (NLI) . Binding repaired. Boards are worn, but contents are very good. Overall good condition. This edition rare. (RAB-65-32)
Stock number:40497.
$US 135.00
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Imprint: Jerusalem; Magnes Press, Hebrew University, 1982
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 612 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Articles in English, French, Ladino and Spanish. A collection of essays based on lectures given at the First International Congress on the Study of Sephardi and Oriental Jewish Heritage in 1980. With one photographic plate, In Memoriam to Elie Eliachar. Includes 43 pages of music notation. Contains essays on Sephardic printing, the Sephardic Jews of Los Angeles, Judezmo, the Bene Israel, Yemenite Jews, Crypto-jews in the Phillipines, essays on the 'New Christians' in Ibera (with an essay on the Origins of the Franco Family) , various essays on folk culture, music, ballads, wedding songs, etc. Subjects: Sephardim - History - Congresses. Jews - Arab countries - History - Congresses. Sefarden. Arab countries - Ethnic relations - Congresses. Institutional stamps on endpages, outer edges, and jacket, otherwise fresh and clean. Good condition. (SEF-47-2)
Stock number:33025.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Gaer Associates, 1949.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Original boards in Dust Jacket, 8vo, 320 pages. 16-word inscription by the author, thanking the recipient “for her help in ‘A Season in Hell. ’ Rae Dalven, (1905 – 1992) was a Romaniot “Jewish-American translator and historian…. Known for her translations of Greek poetry, such as, Modern Greek Poetry (1949) … She also wrote two plays, A Season in Hell, which concerned the lives of the French poets Rimbaud and Verlaine, was successfully produced for the stage (1950) and Our Kind of People (1991) , an autobiographical production concerning a family of Jewish-Greek immigrants. Dalven’s especial [sic] interest was in the history of the Jews in Greece, particularly the northern Ioannina community, who traced their ancestry to the ancient Palestinians (c300 BC) and had retianed their own customs and religious liturgy. She edited the academic journal the Sephardic Scholar and served as president of the American Society of Sephardic Studies” (abitofhistory, 2018) . The present work is a comprehensive collection of all the most important Greek poets from 1751 to the 1940s. Mark Van Doren calls these English translations "natural and alive. " Boards and paper very good, wear and stains to jacket, with piece missing from spine, thus Very Good in Good- Jacket with repair. Rare with inscription (AC-4-34)
Stock number:39604.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Shengold Publishers, 1984
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 167 pages. 26 cm. CONTENTS: Medieval History o the Jews in Moslem Countries – Contemporary History of the Jews in Moslem Countries – End of an Era: Emigration – Socioeconomic Conditions in the Sephardic Disapora – Jews in African Countries – Sephardic Jews in Europe – Integration: Ashkenazi-Sephardi Relations – Solutions: History of the Future. Light wear to jacket, but still nice. Internal pages are bright and clean. Very Good Condition with like jacket. (SEF44-17)
Stock number:28419.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Berkeley ; Los Angeles: University Of California Press, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original Wraps. 8vo. X, 197 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “This study of contemporary crypto-Jews - descendants of European Jews forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition - traces the group's history of clandestinely conducting their faith and their present-day efforts to reclaim their past. Janet Liebman Jacobs masterfully combines historical and social scientific theory to fashion a brilliant analysis of hidden ancestry and the transformation of religious and ethnic identity. ” - Publishers Description. Contents: Secrecy, antisemitism, and the dangers of Jewishness - Women and the persistence of culture: ritual, custom, and the recovery of Sephardic ancestry - The self-in-relation and the transformation of religious consciousness - Syncretism and faith blending in modern Crypto-Judaism - Conversion and the rekindling of the Jewish soul - Jewish ancestry and the social construction of ethnic identity - Conclusion. Ethnic loss and the future of Crypto-Jewish culture. Subjects: Marranos - United States - History. Jews - United States - History. Marranos - Religious life. Marranos - Social life and customs. Jews – Identity. Pages wavy at top edge from minor water damage; otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (SEF-51-51)
Stock number:35024.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Melborn [Melbourne]: Yidishn Kultur-Tsenter un natsionale bibliotek "Kadimah", 1967
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Original illustrated publisher’s cloth, 8vo, 456 pages. 22 cm. Includes many photos. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “Third Australian-Yiddish Almanac.” "Published by Jewish Cultural Centre & National Library "Kadimah" to mark its 55th Anniversary December 1911 - December 1966" (on title page verso). “ In the 2016 census, there were 21,175 Australians who identified as Jewish by ancestry, a decrease from 25,716 in the 2011 census, and 91,016 Australians who identified as adherents of Judaism, which is a 6% decrease on 97,355 adherents of Judaism in the 2011 census. The actual number is almost certainly higher, because an answer to the religion question on the census was optional and because Holocaust survivors, Haredi Jews or many non-practising Jews are believed to prefer not to disclose religion in the census. By comparison, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz estimated a Jewish-Australian population of 120,000-150,000 (not limited to adherents of Judaism), while other estimates based on the death rate in the community estimate the size of the community as 250,000. Based on the census data, Jewish citizens make up about 0.4% of the Australian population. The Jewish community of Australia is composed mostly of Ashkenazi Jews, though there are Jews in Australia from many other traditions and levels of religious observance and participation in the Jewish community…..The first Jews to come to Australia were at least eight English convicts transported to Botany Bay in 1788 aboard the First Fleet. About 15,100 convicts were transported by the time transportation ceased in 1840 in New South Wales and 1853 in Tasmania. It is estimated that of those who arrived by 1845 about 800 were Jewish. Most of them came from London, were of working-class background and were male. Only 7% of Jewish convicts were female, compared with 15% for non-Jewish convicts. The average age of the Jewish convicts was 25, but ranged from 8 to elderly….The first move toward organisation in the community was the formation of a Chevra Kadisha (a Jewish burial society) in Sydney in 1817, but the allocation of land for a Jewish cemetery was not approved until 1832. In 1830 the first Jewish wedding in Australia was celebrated, the contracting parties being Moses Joseph and Rosetta Nathan. Jewish immigration in the interwar period came at a time of antisemitism and the White Australia policy. The Returned Services League and other groups publicised cartoons to encourage the government and the immigration Minister Arthur A. Calwell to stem the flow of Jewish immigrants. Sephardi Jews first immigrated to Australia in the mid-to-late 19th century, and the community thrived for some twenty years, there was a Sephardic congregation, and some Sephardi families occupied important communal positions. Gradually, however, the Sephardi population declined, and the congregation was disbanded in 1873. A new Sephardic community also emerged in the post-war period. Previously, Mizrahi Jews were generally not permitted to enter due to Australia's White Australia policy. However, following the Suez Crisis in 1956, a number of Egyptian Jews were allowed to enter. Over the following years, overtures from Jewish communities led the government to drop its previous stance on entry of Mizrahi Jews. By 1969, when Iraqi Jews were being persecuted, the government granted refugee status to Iraqi Jews who managed to reach Australia….Hitler's ascent to power and the horrors of World War II also brought large numbers of refugees from central Europe. From the mid-1930s, Temple Beth Israel in Melbourne became the basis of a Reform community because of its newly arrived German members. The Temple's German-born rabbi played an integral role in promoting the movement and, in 1938, when visiting Sydney, he established Temple Emanuel. It also attracted many Jews from Germany and other parts of Central Europe, who arrived in Sydney prior to the outbreak of the war. The 1940s and 1950s saw the emergence of ultra-Orthodox Haredi and Hasidic communities in Sydney and Melbourne. The first Sephardic synagogue in Australia was founded in 1962. There had been at least two short-lived efforts to establish Reform congregations, the first as early as the 1890s. However, in 1930, under the leadership of Ada Phillips, a Liberal or Progressive congregation, Temple Beth Israel, was permanently established in Melbourne. In 1938 the long-serving senior rabbi, Rabbi Dr Herman Sanger, was instrumental in establishing another synagogue, Temple Emanuel in Sydney. He also played a part in founding a number of other Liberal synagogues in other cities in both Australia and New Zealand. The first Australian-born rabbi, Rabbi Dr John Levi, served the Australian Liberal movement. In 2012, the first Humanistic Jewish congregation, known as Kehilat Kolenu, was established in Melbourne, with links to the cultural Jewish youth movement Habonim Dror. Later in 2012, a similar congregation was established in Sydney, known as Ayelet HaShachar” (Wikipedia). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Australia. Juifs -- Australie. Almanacs, Yiddish -- Juifs -- Almanachs OCLC: 122732918. OCLC lists 9 copies outside Australia. Some spotting to cover, some toning to paper, Very Good Condition. YID-43-10-LE-’x)
Stock number:42160.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Ostraha (Ostrog): No Publisher, 1836
Binding: Hardcover
Period full leather binding, 8vo, 370 + [1] Leaves [740 + 2 pages]. In Hebrew. Printed entirely on Blue paper. Red and black lettering on title page. “me-et Yosef Karo ; 'im Hidushe dinim me-et Mosheh Iserles; ve-’im Ba’er hetev. Yehudah Ashkenazi, dayan di-k. k. Tiktin.” The Shulchan Aruch, sometimes dubbed in English as the Code of Jewish Law, is the “most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism. It was authored in Safed (today in Israel) by Joseph Karo in 1563 and published in Venice two years later. Together with its commentaries, it is the most widely accepted compilation of Jewish law ever written. The halachic rulings in the Shulchan Aruch generally follow Sephardic law and customs, whereas Ashkenazi Jews generally follow the halachic rulings of Moses Isserles, whose glosses to the Shulchan Aruch note where the Sephardic and Ashkenazi customs differ. These glosses are widely referred to as the mappah (literally: the ‘tablecloth’) to the Shulchan Aruch's ‘Set Table.’ Almost all published editions of the Shulchan Aruch include this gloss, and the term ‘Shulchan Aruch’ has come to denote both Karo's work as well as Isserles', with Karo usually referred to as ‘the mechaber’ (‘author’) and Isserles as ‘the Rema’ (an acronym of Rabbi Moshe Isserles). Due to the increased availability of the printing press, the 16th century was an era of legal codification in Poland, the Ottoman Empire and other countries. Previously unwritten laws and customs were being compiled and recorded; the Shulchan Aruch was one of these. In the century after it was published by Karo (whose vision was a unified Judaism under the Sephardic traditions) it became the code of law for Ashkenazim, together with the later commentaries of Moses Isserles and the 17th century Polish rabbis” (WIkipedia). OCLC: 39808032/233341596. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (NLI, NYPL, JTSA). Period inscriptions on blank endpapers, Very Good Condition. Attractive blue paper copy. (RAB-66-29)
Stock number:41937.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Philadelphia, Slote & Mooney, 1864 [5624]
Edition: Third Edition
Binding: Hardback
Full tooled Leather , large 12mo. 144 pages. 18 cm. Hebrew text, parallel English translation. "Stereotyped by Slote and Mooney for the editor. " Singerman 1282. Sidur Sifte Tsadikim, Leeser's comprehensive Sephardic prayer book, was the first American prayerbook containing the liturgy for the entire year. It contains the original Hebrew text and an English translation. Starting with the 2nd Revised edition of 1853, Leeser changed to this smaller, 12mo, "more portable form...As to correctness, I pledge my word that the text and translation shall be far in advance of any which have hitherto appeared" (adv. In the Occident, Dec. 1851, cited in Goldman) . In the preface to the 1853 edition, Leeser noted the he had changed the translations of Bible passages to conform to the Bible translation he was completing elsewhere. This work thus contains the original Hebrew text and an English translation. Leeser marketed his prayer book both to audiences in American and the British colonies in the Caribbean, and he thus included prayers on behalf of a Monarch and a Republican government. Reprinted a number of times throughout the 19th & 20th Centuries, it became the standard prayer book for Sephardic Jews in North America. Leeser founded the first Jewish Publication Society of America and "brought many important works to the attention of the American Jewish community. He published the first Hebrew primer for children (1838) , the first complete English translation of the Sephardi prayer book (1848) [sic 1837-8], and numerous textbooks for children. He founded the first Hebrew high school (1849) , the first Jewish representative and defense organization in 1859 (the Board of Delegates of American Israelites) , Maimonides College, and the first American Jewish rabbinical school in 1867. His major literary achievement was the first American translation of the Bible, ...published in 1845. This became the standard American Jewish translation of the Bible until the new Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917....Leeser was a traditionalist who did much to stem the tide of Reform. Although he was identified with the Sephardi community his influence affected the entire community and he laid the foundations for many of the key institutions of present-day Jewish life. His contributions to every area of Jewish culture and religion made him a major builder of American Judaism. " (Jack Reimer, EJ) Contents of complete set: v. 1. Daily prayers [here missing]. --v. 2. New-year service. --v. 3. Day of atonement service [in 2 parts]. --v. 4. Tabernacle service. --v. 5. Passover and Pentecost service. --v. 6. Fast day service. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Jews. Liturgy and ritual. OCLC lists 2 institutions with holdings of 1856-1864 printings (Harvard & Penn). Changes between printings of the 2nd and 3rd editions were minimal, and size was the same. Goldman 36: "in the introduction, Leeser attempted to demonstrate why his text and translation were superior to the one published by his competitor, David Aaron de Sola, a London hazzan....Leeser ordered new Hebrew types from abroad for this work and had to teach Hebrew to the typesetters, Benjamin George Smith...and Jacob Washington Fletcher.... We located no other sets of any edition of this work having come up for auction in the last decade. Light wear to leather, chip to bottom of spine, otherwise Very Good. (AMRN-14-22)
Stock number:18939.
$US 200.00
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Imprint: Bern; New York : P. Lang, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 295 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In German. Includes interviews in Ladino (romanized) . Originally published as thesis (University of Münster) , 1998. “The Spanish Jews of Thessaloniki: Description of the Greek Sephardic Environment. ” A comparative analysis of Ladino spoken in Thessaloniki, with analysis of phonetic shifts, borrowings from Greek, and the Tukish-Greek-Ladino speech contact over the centuries. In the Peter Lang series: Sephardica 2. Subjects: Ladino - Grammar, Comparative. Jews - Greece - Thessaly. Sefarden. Spaans. Immigranten. Sprachkontakt. Light wear to wraps, otherwise fresh. Good + condition. (SEF-34-6)
Stock number:32983.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardback
Cincinnati: Judaic Studies Program University of Cincinnati, 1980. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 16 pages. Yerushalmi is a U. S. Scholar of medieval and modern Jewish history. Yerushalmi was born in New York, graduated from Yeshiva University, took his doctorate at Columbia, and was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1957. A specialist in Sephardic and Marrano studies, he is editor of Studia Sephardica. Among his many works are: From Spanish Court to Italian Ghetto; Isaac Cardoso, a Study in 17th Century Marranism and Jewish Apologetics (1971) , and "The Inquisition and the Jews of France in the Time of Bernard Gui, " in: Harvard Theological Review, 63 (1970) , 317-376; Haggadah and History (1973) ; The Lisbon Massacre of 1506 and the Royal Image in the Shebet Yehudah (1976) . He has also prepared excellent editions of M. Kayserlings' Bibliotheca espanola-portugueza-judaica (1971) ; and A. Herculano's History of the Origin and Establishment of the Inquisition in Portugal. (EJ editorial staff) SUBJECT(S) : Marranos; Marranen. Old mailing label on back cover. Very good condition. (SEF-43-5).
Stock number:28116.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin; Akademie-Verlag, 1930
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. XII, 288 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German. Original blue cloth with gold gilt lettering on cover and spine. Title translates as: “Spinoza’s Critique of Religion as the basis of Spinoza's biblical Science; investigations of Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise. ” This first published work of Leo Strauss, the renowned German-Jewish political philosopher, is dedicated to an examination of Spinoza’s ideas; Strauss identifies Spinoza as part of the tradition of Enlightenment rationalism that eventually produced Modernity, and argues that Spinoza and his works mark the beginning of Jewish Modernity. Subjects: Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Tractatus theologico-politicus. Political Theory. Theology. Religion. Sunning to spine and boards, light wear to spine, bookplate, about Very Good- Condition (GER-33-46c) xx
Stock number:42192.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv: Nahar U-Staimatski, 1986
Binding: Hardback
Original decorated boards in original decorated slipcase. First facsimile edition. 4to, 68 pages, all color facsimile, 33 cm. SUBJECT(S) : Haggadot -- Texts. Seder -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism -- Sephardic rite -- Liturgy -- Texts. Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts. Manuscripts, Hebrew -- Facsimiles. Copenhagen Haggadah. Haggadah. Text in Hebrew; rubrics in Ladino and Yiddish. Colophon title. Spine title: Hagadah. Caption title: Seder Hagadah shel Pesah ke-minhag Ashkenazim ukhe-minhag Sefaradim. “'Im perush Abravanell”--Caption title page. “ha-Kotev ... Uri Faybesh ben ... Yitshak Ayzak Hazan Segal”--Originial colophon. Facsimile of a manuscript in the Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark) . Accompanied by introductory material in English and Hebrew, including 2 bibliographies, prepared by Chaya Benjamin. Other Titles: Haggadah (Ms. Copenhagen Haggadah) ; Copenhagen Haggadah. ; Hagadat Kopenhagen, 499.; Seder Hagadah shel Pesah ke-minhag Ashkenazim ukhe-minhag Sefaradim. ; Hagadah. Very good condition in Very Good Slipcase. (Art-14-2) xx
Stock number:35894.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Madrid; J. P. Turanzas, 1983
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original Wraps. 8vo. XIX, 664 pages. 22 cm. First edition. In Spanish. Two volume set. 'Bio-bibliographical Catalog of Judeo-Spanish-Portuguese Writers of the 10th through 19th Centuries. ' Bibliography, alphabetically organized by name, of Jewish writers from the Iberian peninsula from the eleventh through the nineteenth centuries; contains biopic and bibliography of published writings and manuscript holdings. Subjects: Judaism - Bibliography. Sephardic authors - Bibliography. Judaism. Sephardic authors. Clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (SEF-52-1)
Stock number:35113.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan Univ., 1974
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVIII, 121, [2] pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, with summary in English. Concerns the trial of Baruch, a German Jew living in Toulouse, who was forcibly baptized after a pogrom, and then tried in the court of Jacques Fournier, bishop of Pamiers, later Pope Benedict XII, who had previously had the Talmud publicly burned in Pamiers. The author discusses not only the trial and its significance, but also the wave of anti-Jewish pogroms and movements in this period in France and Grenada. Subjects: Jews - Persecutions - France. Inquisition - France - Pamiers. Baruch, active 1320. France - History - Medieval period, 987-1515. Light soiling to jacket, overall very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-51-40)
Stock number:35013.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Waltham, Mass; American Jewish Historical Society, 1976
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original paper wrappers. 4to. 16 pages. 28 cm. “A Bicentennial publication on the life, times and personal papers of the celebrated American Jewish patriot whose efforts helped finance Washington’s army and secure American Independence. ” Staple bound in fine paper wraps with raised signature title, fine tissue endpapers, background illustrations throughout, all text in red and brown ink, thirty four illustrations, and biographical chronology at end. Text details the life of Haym Salomon (Solomon) (1740–1785) , “early American merchant and Revolutionary War patriot. Salomon, who was born in Lissa, Poland, arrived in New York about 1775 after wandering in Europe and became one of the most prominent 18th-century American Jews. During the Revolutionary War he was a distiller and sutler to the American army, and was captured as a spy by the British. His life was spared, and he served as an interpreter in their commissary department. Continuing to give information to the Americans, he assisted their prisoners to escape British captivity while operating a profitable victualing business in New York City under British occupation. Married to Rachel Franks in 1777, he had to flee a year later to Philadelphia, where he began a brokerage and commission business. In 1781 he became an assistant to Robert Morris, superintendent of the Office of Finance, after serving in a similar capacity as broker and treasurer for the huge expenses of the French army stationed in America. Morris characterized him as ‘useful to the public interest. ’ Salomon also lent money without charge to impecunious members of the Continental Congress, among them James Madison, who recommended him as ‘our little friend in Front Street. ’ In 1784 Salomon expanded his business activities to New York, opening a brokerage and auctioneering house there with Jacob Mordecai. A mason, Salomon was a major contributor in 1782 to the Congregation Mikveh Israel building, Philadelphia. He argued against a New Testament oath taken by officeholders in Pennsylvania and worked for political rights of Jews. Though a successful merchant, Salomon invested most of his money in Continental stocks and bonds, and his accounts showed a deficit at the time of his death. The newspaper obituary referred to him as ‘an eminent broker of this city… remarkable for his skill and integrity in his profession, and for his generous and human deportment. ’ He left four children and a widow, who later married David Hilborn. By 1799 she was living in the Batavian Republic. … Exaggerated claims were made for Salomon's services to the American Revolution, largely as a point of Jewish apologetics. Without question, however, he was a vigorous patriot at great personal risk, and a competent financial servant of American independence and of some of its leaders. ” (EJ 2007) Subjects: Jews - United States - Biography. Salomon, Haym, 1740-1785. United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography. Fine condition. (AMR-43-4) x+
Stock number:30742.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Amsterdam, J. B. De Mesquita
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
8vo; 2nd Annual only (of 3? ) Dutch Jewish history annual, published by the Sephardic printer de Mesquita. Contents include: Diego D'Aguilar; Beroemde Rabbijnen; Inez D'Azevedo; De Slaaf te Cordova; etc. Front hinge repair, heavy wear to spine, Good Condition. (sef-35-37)
Stock number:5098.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York; Jewish Historical Society Of New York, 1979
Binding: Paperback
Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 12 pages. 23 cm. Printed in brown ink on cream paper, with illustrated wraps. Contains the lecture delivered by Charles Angoff to commemorate the poem “The New Colossus” at the base of the Statue of Liberty in 1978, which affords extensive documentation of the literary biography and political activism of Emma Lazarus, one of the first renowned Jewish writers in American literary history. Includes facsimile copy of the manuscript of “New Colossus” as well portrait of Emma Lazarus; with frontispiece dedication to Charles Angoff and his portrait as well, who “did not live to see this publication in print. ” Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) , “U. S. Poet, essayist, and activist. Lazarus was born in New York on July 22, 1849, to Moses Lazarus, a wealthy industrialist of Sephardi heritage, and his wife Esther Nathan Lazarus of Ashkenazi background. Both sides of her family had been in America since the Revolution. Lazarus, who was educated at home by private tutors, was originally attracted to classical and romantic art and literature. During the course of her career, she struck up tutelary relationships with important male writers, especially Ralph Waldo Emerson, and including Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Henry James. Her early works included Poems and Translations: Written Between the Ages of Fourteen and Sixteen, published privately by her father in 1867, a novel Alide: An Episode of Goethe's Life (1874) , and a historical tragedy, The Spagnoletto (1876) , as well as a translation of poems by Heinrich Heine, accompanied by a biographical study. By the time she wrote her best-known poem, ‘The New Colossus’ (1883) , a hymn to America, the ‘Mother of Exiles, ’ she had repudiated the glorification of male conquering power, aestheticism, and empty ceremony and asserted instead the power of womanhood, the comfort of motherhood, and the Hebraic prophetic values of compassion and consolation. Lazarus began her return to Jewish tradition in the late 1870s, studying Hebrew and reading Graetz's History of the Jews and George Eliot's novel Daniel Deronda, with its plea for a Jewish national revival. Lazarus began to publish translations of the medieval Spanish-Jewish poets, Judah Halevi , Solomon ibn Gabirol , and others. The Russian pogroms of 1881 and the May Laws of 1882 fired both her social consciousness and her poetic imagination, prompting a series of essays in American journals, especially in Century Magazine (May 1882) , where she replied to an antisemitic article by a Russian journalist, Madame Z. Ragozin. ‘The Dance Unto Death, ’ a verse tragedy about the burning of the Jews of Nordhausen during the Black Death appeared in Songs of a Semite (1882) , dedicated to George Eliot, ‘the illustrious writer who did most among the artists of our day towards elevating and ennobling the spirit of Jewish Nationality. ’ Lazarus's series of 14 essays, ironically entitled ‘Epistle to the Hebrews, ’ written from November 1882 to February 1883, were intended to ‘bring before the Jewish public… facts and critical observations… to arouse a more logical and intelligent estimate of the duties of the hour. ’ Lazarus also involved herself in the practical work of helping new immigrants adjust to America, founding the Hebrew Technical Institute for Vocational Training. In 1883 she sailed to London, armed with letters of introduction from Henry James to well-placed people in England, Jews and non-Jews, who might help her in her effort towards the establishment of a Jewish national home-land. A decade before Theodore Herzl launched the Zionist movement, Lazarus argued in poetry and prose for Palestine as a safe haven for oppressed Jews everywhere. Lazarus, who never married, died of cancer at the age of 38. After her death, her sister, Josephine Lazarus, prohibited the inclusion of ‘anything Jewish’ in the collected edition of her works that appeared in 1889. ‘The New Colossus, ’ with its famous image of ‘huddled masses yearning to breathe free, ’ was engraved on a memorial plaque and affixed to the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1903.” (EJ 2007) Publications of the Jewish Historical Society of New York; number 3. Subjects: Poets, American - 19th century - Biography. Women social reformers - New York (State) - New York - Biography. Social reformers - United States - Biography. Zionists - New York (State) - New York - Biography. Jews - New York (State) - New York - Biography. Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887. New York (N. Y. ) - Biography. Fine condition. (AMR-43-3) x+
Stock number:30741.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Livorno: Y. Kosta Va-Havero, 1871
Binding: Hardcover
Original boards. 8vo. 276 pages, 19 cm. In Hebrew and some Ladino. Title translates to “Five Feasts: According to Baghdadi Customs and All those who Attend. ” Selihot -- Commentaries. Judaism -- Sephardic rite -- Liturgy -- Texts. Fasts and feasts. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Bar Ilan, JTS, NLI) , only 1 in the US. Boards are worn. Some period writing on title page. Contents are very good. Overall good condition. (RAB-65-34)
Stock number:40499.
$US 175.00
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Imprint: Bombei [Bombay] : Bi-Defus H?adash Shel Dia Bombei Hibru Pablishing End Print?ing Pres, Madpisim U-Mokhre Sefarim,, 1933
Binding: Paperback
Original Wrappers, 8vo, 6 pages. 17 cm. In Hebrew with English translation on facing pages. SUBJECT (S) : Tehinnot – Texts. Yom Kippur -- Prayer-books and devotions. Judaism -- Sephardic rite -- Prayer-books and devotions -- Hebrew. Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Rosh ha-Shanah -- Prayer-books and devotions. Yom Kippur -- Prayer-books and devotions. Tehinnot -- Texts. Order of supplication. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Bar Ilan, & NLI) , none outside Israel. Very Good Condition. (SEF-47-35)
Stock number:33102.
$US 225.00
Imprint: Livorno [Leghorn]: Koshta, Yisrael, 1881
Binding: Hardcover
Period boards with original leather spine. 4to, 63 leaves, 31 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Yaakov’s Spirit. ” Yaakov Ben-Shabat was a Moroccan Torah and Talmud scholar who was head of the Mogador Yeshivah. Ruah Yaakov is his commentary on the Torah and Gemmarah. CD 000122627. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Wisc, Harvard) . Wear to outer boards, pages brown and brittle, but complete with solid binding. Good Condition thus.. (HEB-48-12)
Stock number:36844.
$US 275.00
Imprint: Resende, Brazil: Academy of Terrestrial Military History of Brazil - AHIMTB, 2008
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; Paperback, 8vo, 284 pages. Includes over 225 photos and portraits, a majority in color. 22 cm. In  Portuguese. Includes Sephardic and Ashkenazi soldiers. In January 1942, Brazil broke relations with the Axis at the Rio conference, and entered the war officially in August of that year, unlike Argentina, which declared war when Germany was collapsing in late March 1945. This book tells the story of its Jewish soldiers in the War. In new Condition. (MX-33-17), OK 06/12
Stock number:21167.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Bloomington; Indiana University Press, 2007
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVII, 278 pages. 24 cm. First edition. "Miriam Bodian's study of crypto-Jewish martyrdom in Iberian lands during the Spanish and Portuguese inquisitions depicts a new type of martyr that emerged in the late sixteenth century - a defiant, educated judaizing martyr who engaged in disputes with inquisitors. By examining closely the Inquisition dossiers of four men who were tried in the Iberian Peninsula or Spanish America and who developed judaizing theologies that drew from currents of Reformation thinking that emphasized the authority of Scripture and the religious autonomy of individual interpreters of Scripture, Miriam Bodian reveals unexpected connections between Reformation thought and historic crypto-Judaism. "- Jacket. Subjects: Marranos - Latin America - Biography. Marranos - Spain - Biography. Marranos - Portugal - Biography. Jews - Persecutions - Latin America - History - 16th century. Jews - Persecutions - Latin America - History - 17th century. Jews - Persecutions - Spain - History - 16th century. Jews - Persecutions - Spain - History - 17th century. Jews - Persecutions - Portugal - History - 16th century. Jews - Persecutions - Portugal - History - 17th century. Marranos - Latin America. Light wear to jacket, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (SEF-51-54)
Stock number:35027.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Tel-Aviv; Hotsa'at Nahar, 1987
Binding: Hardback
Hardback. 4to. [144] pages. 33 cm. First Fascimile edition. Text in Hebrew and French; introduction also in English. Cover title: Hagadah = Agadda. Seder Hagadah shel Pesah. Transcribed by Yitshak Tsoref; illustrated by Ya? Akov Tsoref. Facsimile of a manuscript from the Moldovan family collection. The Bordeaux Haggadah is the first illuminated 19th century manuscript haggadah made in France. This Haggadah Facsimile includes one large map of the Holy Land and a large map of the Holy City of Jerusalem, printed in 1813. “This Haggadah reflects the affluence and position of the Sephardic Jews of France in the nineteenth century. A Sephardic community was established in Bordeaux soon after the expulsion from Spain and Portugal at the end of the 15th century, where they became well-established and prosperous. The artistic elements and the composition of this Haggadah are in the tradition of the Neo-classical Empire style of the Napoleonic Era. Besides the standard Sephardi Passover liturgy, there are instructions in Ladino, as well as some translations of the Hebrew into Aramaic. The text is divided evenly between Hebrew and French. ” - Yale Exhibits. Subjects: Haggadot - Texts. Seder - Liturgy - Texts. Judaism - Liturgy - Texts. Manuscripts, Hebrew - Facsimiles. Manuscripts, French - Facsimiles. Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts. Bordeaux Haggadah. OCLC lists 20 copies. Near fine condition. (HAG-13-29)
Stock number:33884.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Barcelona: Consejo Superior DE Investigaciones Ciertíficas., 1954.
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
8vo. 225-241 pages (ie 16 pages) . In French. Reprinted from Homenaje a Millas-Vallicrose, Vol. 1. SUBJECT(S) : Theology – Jewish; Theology – Muslim. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Brunschvig (1901-1990) was born in Bordeaux, and taught languages and literature there, and at Tunis and Algiers. In Paris, he was director of Institute of Islamic Studies at the Sorbonne. (Corcos, EJ) Inscribed by author. Top corner bumped, front cover has a spot where it looks like a sticker was torn off, very good condition. (MX-7-28)
Stock number:19342.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 343 pages; 1st edition. original Publisher's cloth. 22 cm. 8 pages of plates. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 267-325 . The first Jews settled in the area in the 1600s. Originally the community was Sephardic, later Ashkenazic. The Jewish community provided many soldiers for the Civil War. Photo endpapers compliment this thorough Southern Jewish community history. Subject : Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston. Institutional stamp on endpage. Otherwise fresh and clean. Great condition. (AMR-41-21)xxxx. Illustr: Illustrated by 15 Photo Plates+other Photos
Stock number:29975.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 343 pages; Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 343 pages. The first Jews settled in the area in the 1600s. Originally the community was Sephardic, later Ashkenazic. The Jewish community provided many soldiers for the Civil War. Photo endpapers compliment this thorough Southern Jewish community history. 8 pages of plates. 22 cm. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 267-325. Subject : Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston. Wear to corners of cover. Otherwise, very good condition. (k-mx-1-5). Illustr: Illustrated by 15 Photo Plates+other Photos
Stock number:21623.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 343 pages; Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 343 pages. The first Jews settled in the area in the 1600s. Originally the community was Sephardic, later Ashkenazic. The Jewish community provided many soldiers for the Civil War. Photo endpapers compliment this thorough Southern Jewish community history. 8 pages of plates. 22 cm. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 267-325. Subject : Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston. Edges worn and dusty, otherwise very good condition. (AMR-41-44). Illustr: Illustrated by 15 Photo Plates+other Photos
Stock number:31351.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 343 pages; Original Publisher's Cloth with dustjacket. 8vo. 343 pages. The first Jews settled in the area in the 1600s. Originally the community was Sephardic, later Ashkenazic. The Jewish community provided many soldiers for the Civil War. Photo endpapers compliment this thorough Southern Jewish community history. 8 pages of plates. 22 cm. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 267-325. Subject : Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston. Ex-library. Otherwise, very good condition. (MX-35-20). Illustr: Illustrated by 15 Photo Plates+other Photos
Stock number:31854.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Jerusalem; Israel Universities Press, 1973
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. VIII, 213 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Translation of ha-Yehudim be-artsot ha-Mizrah ha-tikhon be-yamenu. Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) . Sociological, economic, and demographic survey of recent Jewish history in North Africa and the Middle East, covering the Jewish communities of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran, Yemen, and the Arabian Peninsula. Subjects: Jews - Middle East. Light rubbing and chipping to edges of jacket, institutional stamp on front end paper, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-51-1)
Stock number:34972.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Jerusalem; Division For The Study Of Asian And African Jewry, The Institute Of Contemporary Jewry, 1976
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 4to. 19, 453, XXVII pages. 29 cm. First edition. In Hebrew and English. Title pages and prefaces in English and Hebrew. Entries in Hebrew, English, and French. “This is an annotated bibliography of books, pamphlets and articles in periodicals and newspapers, covering the years 1860-1971. The bibliography is arranged by subject in two main divisions: A. Jewish Communities of the Muslim Middle East and B. Jews of Asia and Africa in Palestine/Israel. Author and place name indexes are included. ” - #251, Judaica Reference Sources, Second Edition. Subjects: Jews - Bibliography. Jews - Middle East - Bibliography. Juifs - Moyen-Orient - Bibliographie. Light soiling to upper portion of backstrip; otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (SEF-51-3)
Stock number:34976.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia: Printed by Barrington & Haswell, 1841
Edition: First Edition
Binding: paperback
1st edition thus. Original green paper wrappers, 12mo, 24 pages, 20 cm. Singerman; 758; Rosenbach 481, Rinderknecht 41-4125. List of Officers include Hyman Gratz officiating as Gabay and Reader Rev. Isaac Leeser. Also includes a List of 42 Members. “In August, 1829, Leeser arrived in Philadelphia with….fresh ideas about his new job. Until that time, a hazzan in America mostly led the congregation in Hebrew prayers….Leeser was aware however that Rev. Gershom Mendes Seixas, the synagogue's first rabbi and congregation founder had delivered sermons in English on occasion, as had Rev. Solomon Nunes Carvalho….Leeser helped to transform the lectern into the pulpit. On June 2, 1830, Leeser delivered his first English sermon. Thereafter he preached with regularity, though on sufferance only, until June 18, 1843 [the same year he founded the Occident], when the congregation formally accepted the sermon as regular. Leeser's practice of delivering sermons on a regular basis was ultimately adopted by American congregations, and preaching became one of the standard duties of Jewish clergymen” (Wikipedia)Congregation Mikveh Israel, "The Hope of Israel," was founded in 1740 in Philadelphia, and was led for many years by the bastion of American Orthodoxy, Isaac Leeser. It has a two-fold tradition, that is, the synthesis of the Spanish-Portuguese Jewish ritual and the ongoing development of the American-Jewish community. During the War of Independence, Jews from New York, Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, Lancaster and Easton fled to Philadelphia seeking refuge from the British. In 1780, Rev. Gershom Mendes Seixas, Hazan (Minister) of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York, came to Philadelphia and became its religious leader. During his tenure, he was instrumental in establishing the form of prayer and organizational structure in the Spanish-Portuguese tradition which remain today. SUBJECT(S): Synagogues -- Organization and administration. Synagogues -- Organisation et administration. OCLC: 21154081. Light edgewear & markings to blank green wrappers. Close tear to bottom margin, no text affected. Paper and binding remain bright and strong. Very Good- Condition. A beautiful copy. (AMR-67-12-BD-'x)
Stock number:42224.
$US 1750.00
Imprint: Amsterdam: Joodse Gemeente Amsterdam (NIHS) ,, 1985
Softcover, 4to, 96 pages, illustrated, portraits, 28 cm. In Dutch. Includes Sephardica and Ashkenazi Jews. Series: Hakehilla; 31 jaarg. , no. 1; Variation: Hakehilla; 31 jaarg. , no. 1. SUBJECT (S) : Joden. Jews; Jewish diaspora; Netherlands; local history; Amsterdam. Cover title. "Jublieum-uitgave Hakehilla, 31e jaargang no. 1, tisjri 5746, september 1985." Other Titles: Drie honderdvijftig jaar Joodse Gemeente. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Stanford, Bibliotheek Universiteit van Amsterdam, Nederlands Inst, Universiteit Leiden) . Light wear. Very good condition. (Sef-25-4) xx
Stock number:25202.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia: Printed by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1837-1838
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Gorgeous Period-style gilt-tooled leather. 8vo. Vol. 1: "Part one - Prayers for the Whole Year" [siddur]. VII, 216, 216 pages. Vol. 2: "Part 2 - Prayers for Rosh Hashana". 120, 121 page, 121 page. Vol. 3: "Part 3 - Prayers for Yom Kippur". [4], 245, 246, [1], 3 pages. Vol. 4: "Part 4 - Prayers for the Festival of Succot". 175, 176, [1] pages. Vol. 5: "Part 5 - Prayers for Pesach and for Shavuot". 182, 182 pages. Vol. 6 - Prayers for Fast Days". [4], 184, 186, [4], 12 pages. Hebrew and English on facing pages, parallel pagination. Goldman 36; Singerman 630.       The First Complete Machzor (Prayer Book Set for the full year) printed in America, a stunning complete set.       Isaac Leeser (1806-1868) was a central leader of American Jewry in the mid-19th Century, the stalwart defender of Orthodoxy against the rise of the Reform movement. He was the head of the Jewish community of Philadelphia and acted as a cantor, philosopher publisher, and author of many sermons and essays. He was key in the founding Jewish institutions and publications central to the building of Judaism in America, including the original Jewish Publication Society, the Jewish Sunday School movement, and many key translations of Hebrew texts into English.       As such, he was the first Jew to translate the Hebrew Bible into English, publishing The Five Books of Moses in 1845, followed by the full Twenty-Four Books of the Old Testament in 1853. His other major translation is that offered here, the first Machzor (Prayer Book set for the full year) published in America, in 1837-1838.Publication in this case was a complex project. Leeser based his new translation on an earlier London edition, improving upon both the English translation and the original Hebrew, which are presented in facing pages. Once the translation was ready for publication, he ordered new Hebrew types from Europe but could not find printers who were familiar with Hebrew–so he taught two Christian printers Hebrew in order to prepare them for the printing.       In spite of the difficulties involved, all six volumes of the machzor set were published in a total of only 13 months. Leeser marketed his prayer book to audiences in both America and the British Empire and therefore included prayers on behalf of a monarch (British) and a republican government (America). The work also includes a fascinating two-page list of subscribers spanning the Eastern US as well as Jamaica at the end of Vol. VI. The same volume here includes interesting notes in pen from a period Rabbi or service leader.      With an original run of only 500 sets, complete sets of the first edition such as this are very rare. The most recent American auction sale was a set at Christies in 2006 for $60,000.00.SUBJECT(S): Seder -- Liturgy -- Texts. Passover -- Judaism -- Sephardic rite -- Fasts and feasts -- Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Pa^que -- Liturgie -- Textes. Judai¨sme -- Rite sefardi -- Liturgie -- Textes. Fe^tes religieuses -- Seder -- Passover -- OCLC: 18532819.All pages professionally washed before rebinding, the quality paper very clean and bright with beautiful marbled endpapers. Stunning matching blue leather binding with raised bands and gilt tooling in custom slipcase. Very Good+ Condition. Rarely found as a complete set. Gorgeous and important. (KH-1-1).
Stock number:42121.
$US 32500.00
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Imprint: Berkeley, Calif. ; Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, 1981
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 314 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Festschrift in memory of Walter J. Fischel, with articles on Jews of Cochin, Kurdistan, etc. Contains the following: "In Memoriam - Walter Fischel, " Berthold Lowenfeld, "Walter J. Fischel - Representative of a New Chapter in American - Jewish Scholarship, " H. C. Reissner, "The Present State of Research on the History of the Jews in India from the 16th Century On, " Fischel, "Bibliography of Walter J. Fischel's Publications, " Caspi, "A Biblical Hapax Legomenon in Modern Hebrew Literature, " Uziel Adini, "Two Biblical Midrashim on the 'Asham, " Jacob Milgrom, "Johanan Ben Beroqua and Women's Rights, " David Daube, "Do the Zugot Represent Opposing Left and Right Wing Factions Within the Pharisaic Party?" Allan Harris Cutler, "Schaliach as Missio: Rudolph Sohm and Early Christian Structure, " Gary Lease, "The Order of the Books, " Sheldon R. Brunswick, "Did Mehmet II know Hebrew?" Steven Bowman "Amendments to Marriage Contracts from the Cairo Geniza, " Gershon Weiss, "Maimonides and a Discussion of Muslim Speculative Theology, " Franz Rosenthal, "Preliminaries to a Study of the Romance Names of the Synagogue, " Yakov Malkiel, "Kavanah, " Leo Jung, "Spinoza's Substance and the Human Consciousness, " Jean-Michel Terdjman, "Samuel Niger - Creative Commentators, " Isidore David Passow, "Urteil as Structural Energy in Kafka's 'Das Urteil, '" Arnold J. Band, "Marx' and Engels' Heavenly City, " Emil Kauder, "Between Geology and History: Jews, cots, and Biblical Themes in Robert Louis Stevenson's Silverado Squatters, " Murray Baumgarten, "Pluralism in American Religious Thought, " J. Edward Dirks, "Le Scorpion d'Albert Memmi: l'Unite par l'Imagination, " Anne Martie Hiller, "A Preliminary Note on Some Jewish Anglo-. Indians, " Noel Q. King, "A Survey of the Oral and Written Literature of the Kurdish Jews, " Yona Sabar, "A Case History of Judaism: the Jews of Cochin in India and in Israel, " Mandelbaum, "Wedding Customs of the Jews of Cochin According to the Book of Poems and the Songs of Praise, " Caspi. Subjects: Judaism - History. Rabbinical literature - History and criticism. Judaism. Rabbinical literature. Fischel, Walter Joseph, 1902-1973. Light shelf wear, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-51-24) xx
Stock number:34997.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Philadelphia; Jewish Publication Society,, 1996
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 4to. XVI, 677 pages. 27 cm. First edition. “A thorough compilation and analysis of the religious customs of the Iberian Jews who converted to Catholicism, largely under duress, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The book details crypto-Jewish culture in Spain, Portugal, and their American colonies, principally Mexico, Peru, and Brazil. Although many of the converts quickly melded into the Catholic mainstream, thousands of others and their descendents strove to preserve their Jewish culture despite the efforts of the Inquisition to suppress them. Even in its increasing divergence from normative Judaism, some Jewish customs survived among the crypto-Jews in the celebrations of life-cycle events, in weekly and annual calendars of religious observance, in prayer practices, in dietary customs, and so forth. Gitlitz culled information from Inquisition testimony, chronicles, rabbinical rulings, letters, eyewitness accounts, religious books, and other historical documents to give the most thorough and accurate picture of crypto-Jews ever assembled. Secrecy and Deceit is the winner of two prestigious national awards: the 1996 National Jewish Book Award for Sephardic Studies, and the first Lucy Dawidowicz Prize in History, established by The Jewish Forward. (Publishers Description) . Subjects: Jews - Spain - History. Marranos - Religious life. Spain - Ethnic relations. Light wear to jacket, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (SEF-47-23) Xx
Stock number:33047.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Chicago; University Of Chicago Press, 1990
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original Wraps. 8vo. X, 181 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “Jewish Life in Muslim Libya combines historical and anthropological perspectives in depicting the changing relations between Muslims and Jews in Libya from the early nineteenth century up to the middle of the twentieth century. Harvey E. Goldberg shows that the cultural and religious worlds of the Jewish and Muslim communities in Libya were deeply intertwined in daily life and largely remained so despite political and social changes under successive Ottoman and Italian rule. He documents the intricate symbolic linkages of Jews and Muslims in different periods and in a variety of settings. His accounts of traditional Jewish weddings, of mock fights between Jewish teams that took place in early nineteenth-century Tripoli, and of the profession of street peddling demonstrate that, despite age-old images of Jews as outsiders or infidels, Jews were also an essential and familiar part of the local Islamic society. Goldberg's narrative continues through the British Military Administration in Libya, a period which saw growing Libyan nationalism and, in 1945, three days of riots in which more than 130 Jews were killed. Goldberg reflects on how these events both expressed and exacerbated a rupture in the social fabric linking Muslims and Jews, setting the scene for the mass emigration of Libyan Jews from their homeland. ” - Publishers Description. Subjects: Jews - Libya - History. Jews - Libya - Social life and customs. Ethnic relations. In fine condition; still wrapped in plastic straight from publisher. Great condition. (SEF-51-35)
Stock number:35008.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Istanbul; N. Guleryuz, 1992
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 12mo. 27, [5] pages. 20 cm. 2Nd Revised edition. Published to mark the five hundredth year of the expulsion of Jews from Spain and their welcome to Ottoman Lands. Condensed from a lecture by Naim Guleryuz, the Curator of the Jewish Museum in Turkey and Vice President of the Quincentennial Foundation of Turkey. Contains a condensed history of Jewish life in Anatolia, the Sepharad exile, the life of Ottoman Jews, the Turkish Republic, Equality, and shelter from Nazi Persecution; and Turkish Jews today, with a description of cultural, communal, educational, and synagogues, highlighting the community in Istanbul. Illustrated through, with five pages of plates (some color photographs) at rear. Subjects: Jews - Turkey - History. Sephardim - Turkey - History. Ethnic relations. Jews. Sephardim. History. Turkey - Ethnic relations. OCLC lists 18 copies of this edition. Institutional stamps on endpages and title page, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (SEF-51-27)
Stock number:35000.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York: Spanish National Tourist Offices, 1979
Softcover, 8vo, 18 pages, illustrated, 22 x 28 cm. Loaded with photos of synagogues and sites. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Spain. Spain -- Description and travel. Booklet folded in half. Light wear to cover edges and corners. Very good condition. (Art-11-16)
Stock number:25734.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: 2006 (ca. 1300)
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
8vo; Full leather, 14 x 21 cm, 160 pp + commentary. Unbelievably rich and extraordinarily refined in its artistic decoration, the Prato Hagadah was produced in Spain around 1300 C.E., with incomplete period illuminations and then with additions from the following three centuries. Folios 1-53 are in square Sephardic script, while folios 54-68 display a square Italo-Ashkenazic script. The hagadah includes 40 miniatures illuminated in gold and silver and 60 which are partially illuminated or only drawn. The Hagadah was featured in the Met's 2009 Exhibit, "Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages." Scholars at JTSA note that, “Nothing at all is known of either the patron or scribe of the Prato Haggadah, and little is known of its whereabouts from the time it was produced in Spain, around 1300, until the time it was acquired by the JTS Library in 1964. While the haggadah's text is written in accordance with the Spanish rite, at some point additional text, which included liturgical poems of the Ashkenazic rite, was added, most likely in Italy." "A 1617 signature of an Italian church censor, Giovanni Domenico Carretto is proof that the manuscript actually was in Italy at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Nothing further is known of the haggadah's history until 1928, when it was in the possession of Dr. Ludwig Pollak, a native of Prague living in Rome." The art of the Prato Haggadah is witty and creative. It includes many initial word panels, foliate ornamentation, and hybrid figures. Several illustrations relate directly to the text. The Haggadah contains motifs common in medieval manuscripts, and many folios reflect the artist's sense of humor.For unknown reasons, the manuscript's illumination was never completed. It is this unfinished nature of the work that allows the viewer to see the stages of production of an illuminated manuscript: the scribal arrangement of the text; the artist's preparatory drawings; the application of gesso to cushion gold or silver leaf; the addition of the leaf; the painting of a wide variety of pigments; and the outlining of the illuminations with ink. The text of the Prato Haggadah is also distinctive. Although it includes the standard biblical, talmudic, and midrashic texts, as well as the liturgical poetry common to other Spanish Haggadot, the Prato Haggadah lacks all elements associated with the Passover meal. Kiddush, blessings for matzah and maror, instructions for the feast itself, and grace after meals are absent. Scholars have suggested that Haggadot of this kind may have been written to be read publicly in the synagogue, after which people would return to their homes for the meal. This phenomenon is found in other Spanish Haggadot and is explained by medieval sources as satisfying the requirement to recount the story of the Exodus for people unable to lead or attend a seder. Many Sephardic Jews immigrated to Italy following the expulsions from the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the fifteenth century, often taking their manuscripts with them. The Prato Haggadah contains many textual changes and corrections inserted over several centuries. Though the Spanish or Ashkenazic sections of the manuscript cannot be definitively dated or localized, scribal practices and liturgical variants provide a general overview of the history of the manuscript and its owners (JTS, 2010). Printed and bound as an exact replica of the highest quality of the 13th Century illuminated manuscript in appropriate leather boards and parchment-like leaves and housed in a custom slipcase. Included is a companion volume, "The Prato Haggadah," (107 pages, with color illustrations) edited by Naomi M. Steinberger and with an introduction by David Kraemer, with essays and bibliographical references. Limited edition of 250 numbered copies. A treasure to behold.
Stock number:31324.
$US 4700.00
Imprint: Berlin; Akademie-Verlag, 1930
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. XII, 288 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German. Original blue cloth with gold gilt lettering on cover and spine. Title translates as: “Spinoza’s Critique of Religion as the basis of Spinoza's biblical Science; investigations of Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise. ” This first published work of Leo Strauss, the renowned German-Jewish political philosopher, is dedicated to an examination of Spinoza’s ideas; Strauss identifies Spinoza as part of the tradition of Enlightenment rationalism that eventually produced Modernity, and argues that Spinoza and his works mark the beginning of Jewish Modernity. Subjects: Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Tractatus theologico-politicus. Political Theory. Theology. Religion. Ex-library with usual marks. Tears to top of spine, otherwise a very nice clean solid copy, about Very Good- Condition (GER-33-46B) xx
Stock number:36093.
$US 150.00
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Imprint: Leipzig; O. Schulze, 1887
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original quarter calf and boards. 8vo. XLIX, 361 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Judeo-Arabic (Arabic text in Hebrew characters) ; foreword and table of contents in German. The Kitab al Khazari, commonly called the Kuzari, is one of the most famous works of the medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet Rabbi Yehuda Halevi, completed around 1140. Its title is an Arabic phrase meaning Book of the Khazars, while the subtitle 'The book of refutation and proof on behalf of the most despised religion' shows its purpose and context in medieval Jewish thought. Divided into five parts ('ma'amarim' - articles) , it takes the form of a dialogue between the rabbi and a pagan, in this book the pagan was the then mythologized by Jews pagan king of the Khazars who was invited to instruct him in the tenets of the Jewish religion. Originally written in Arabic, the book was translated by numerous scholars (including Judah ibn Tibbon) into Hebrew and other languages. In 1887 the Arabic original was published for the first time by Hartwig Hirschfeld. Parallel to his Arabic edition, Hirschfeld also published a critical edition of the Ibn Tibbon translation of the text, based upon six medieval manuscripts. Hirschfeld published the first German translation from the Arabic original, and in 1905 his English translation from Arabic appeared. Hartwig Hirschfeld (1854-1934) “English Orientalist; born at Thorn, Prussia. He studied at Posen, at the universities of Berlin and Strasburg, and at Paris under Derenbourg. In 1887 he edited Judah ha-Levi's 'Cuzari' in Arabic and Hebrew, and translated it into German. Hirschfeld was professor of Biblical exegesis, Semitic languages, and philosophy at the Montefiore College, Ramsgate, England, from 1889 to 1896, and then became master in Semitic languages and sublibrarian at Jews' College, London” - 1906 JE. Attractively bound in original quarter leather, with gilt title, raised bands; marbled boards, decorative endpages. Subjects: Judaism - Apologetic works. Kuzari. Buch Al-Chazari. Light wear to edges, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (GER-44-56)
Stock number:33795.
$US 500.00
Binding: Hardcover
New York: Published by Sepher-Hermon Press for Sephardic House at Congregation Shearith Israel, 1983. Cloth. 8vo. 95 pages. Frontis portrait. 5 pages of plates. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Turkey - Biography; Jewish scholars - Turkey - Biography. Gilt lettering on spine. Minor bumping to edges of dustjacket. Some creasing to corners of dustjacket. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-6-2) .
Stock number:17923.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
New York: Published by Sepher-Hermon Press for Sephardic House at Congregation Shearith Israel, 1983. Cloth. 8vo. 95 pages. Frontis portrait. 5 pages of plates. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Turkey - Biography; Jewish scholars - Turkey - Biography. Gilt lettering on spine. Minor bumping to edges of dustjacket. Creasing to rear of dustjacket. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-7-15) .
Stock number:17948.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Be-Amsterdam; Be-Vet Uvi-Defus Naftali Herts Rofe Ve-‘im Hatano Kashman, 1754
Binding: Hardcover
Original boards. 12mo. [5], 320 leaves. 19 cm. In Hebrew. Shulhan Arukh (“Set Table”) “A summary and codification of halakhah in brief and authoritative form, completed in Safed in 1563 by the Sephardic rabbi, Yosef Karo. First published in Venice in 1565 and reprinted many times in the succeeding decades and centuries, the Shulhan ‘arukh is an abridgement and distillation of Karo’s Bet Yosef—commentary and glosses on the medieval code Arba‘ah turim by Ya‘akov ben Asher. As is the Turim, the Shulhan ‘arukh is divided into four sections: Orah hayim, on Sabbath, holiday and daily commandments; Yoreh de‘ah, on dietary laws and various other categories such as mourning and purity; Even ha-‘ezer, chiefly on marriage and divorce; and ? Oshen mishpat, mainly on civil law. … Mosheh Isserles (Rema’; 1520? –1572) , who had composed his own commentary on the Arba‘ah turim called Darkhe Mosheh, expressed strong, albeit critical, support for adopting the Shulhan ‘arukh. He maintained that its widespread acceptance gave it halakhic status and prestige that should not be defied. Thus, a judge who ruled contrary to the Shulhan ‘arukh would be considered to have erred and his verdict would be annulled. To prevent the Shulhan ‘arukh from achieving authoritative status in Poland in its original form, Isserles added his own gloss to it, Ha-Mapah (The Tablecloth) , in which he presented dissenting Ashkenazic opinions. In this way, he increased the diffusion of Shulhan ‘arukh but also stopped the spread of the Sephardic tradition represented in it through the Polish halakhic world. Subsequent Polish and Ashkenazic traditions accepted the view that whenever Isserles dissented from Karo, judges would rule according to Ha-Mapah; only the absence of a gloss was considered to be agreement with the Shulhan ‘arukh. ” (Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe; Shulhan ‘arukh) . Printed on ragpaper, with decorative border on title page. Subjects: Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim, 1488-1575. Orah hayim. OCLC lists 7 copies (of Shulhan Arukh by this printer in the 16th century; none listed for this year) . Backstrip previously rebacked with tape, previous repairs to title page, light edge wear and light soiling throughout, otherwise fresh. Good + condition. (SPEC-36-27), Kra 3/13
Stock number:31589.
$US 350.00
Binding: Hardback
4to. 141 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Piyutim. Katsh (1908-1998) was born in Poland and emigrated to the U. S. In 1925. In 1933, he began teaching at New York University, and over the following three decades taught Hebrew education, culture, language and literature there. In 1957 He founded the National Association of Professors of Hebrew in American Universities, and was elected president of Dropsie College in 1967, where he served until 1976. His scholarship won him many awards and fellowships, including the Jewish Teachers Association of New York's Avodah Award, the Rabbi Kaniel Prize of the Municipality of Haifa, and the first Charles Kramer Research Fellow of the Institute for Jewish Policy Planning and Research of the Synagogue Council of America. Katsh is well known for his studies of Hebrew manuscripts and fragments from Russia and Eastern Europe, his translations, and his essays on Jewish studies in the United States. (EJ) Has dust jacket that is a little rubbed and edgeworn. Very good condition. In Very Good Jacket (Katsh-1-18) x11
Stock number:19481.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Coalition For The Advancement Of Jewish Education, 1991
Binding: Paperback
4to. Book ii, 45, 44 p. : ill. In English. Some Illustrations. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism -- Sephardic rite -- Customs and practices.  Sephardim -- Social life and customs.  OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Cover slightly bent, in very good condition. (MX12-20)
Stock number:21339.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Culver City (Calif. ) : Labyrinthos, 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 4to, XV, 302 pages. Limited Edition. In Ladino, using Latin script. Introduction in English. Series: The Sephardic classical library, 8; “Our critical edition of the Ladino Mahzor of Ferrara [1553] for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is based on a copy preserved in the Rare Book department of ‘The Free Library of Philadelphia’; its translation is derived from a more complete Ladino Siddur including the prayers for all the days of the year, also printed in Ferrara in 1552…: (From Editor’s preface) OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE, BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL – MADRID) Silver embossed spine title and tablet design on cover. Letter from Rabbi Marc Angel to previous owner, along with article in Ladino laid in. Near Fine condition. (SEF-23-9)
Stock number:25143.
$US 125.00
Imprint: London, Princeton University Press, 1984
Binding: Cloth
Very Good Condition in Very Good Dust Jacket; 8vo; 245 pages; Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1984. Paperback, 8vo, 245 pages. Lewis presents a systematic overview of how Jews fared in various Muslim countries at different times. Very Good Condition. (SEF-13-33). Illustr: Illustrated by 21 Plates
Stock number:3923.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; Bloch Pub. Co, 1917
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Softbound. 12mo. 96 pages. 19 cm. First edition. A biography written on the Sephardic Jew Mordecai M. Noah, American diplomat and writer, NYC politician, and founder of the failed Ararat refuge project, he is remembered as an early Zionist, especially in this biography by Makover, a member at the time of writing of the Intercollegiate Zionist Association of America. Subjects: United States; Zionism; Noah, M; M; (Mordecai Manuel) ; 1785-1851; Biographies. Slightly foxed and worn covers, with a small tear at edge. Edges browned. Pages fresh. Pen mark dedication on cover page. Good+ condition. Scarce. (SEF41-15) Xx
Stock number:28317.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardback
Leipzig, No Publisher, 1862. Quarter-leather, Square 8vo, xx, 107 leaves. 23 cm. In Hebrew. Includes nice frontis lithograph of Menasse. SUBJECT(S): Philosophy, Jewish. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Harvard, Vanderbilt). Foxing throughout. Tiny bit of worming to gutter margin, wear to 19th century covers especially at corners, corners folded on last 30 leaves, not affecting text. Internal binding starting but intact. Otherwise Good Condition. Somewhat scarce edition. (k-sef-1-1)
Stock number:21071.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Amsterdam : Be-Vet Uvi-Defus Naftali Hirts Ben Aleksander Zisk?ind Lev?i Me-?emdin, 1726
Binding: Hardcover
Rebound in modern black cloth, 12mo. , 220 leaves. In Hebrew. References: StCB 7492. Vinograd Amsterdam 1283. Sephardic prayer book. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide, both in the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Tresoar) . Light staining to bottom edge of text block. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-4-4)
Stock number:28585.
$US 400.00
Imprint: New York: Bloch Publishing Co, 1917
Edition: First Edition
Binding: hardback
First edition. Original publisher’s blue cloth, 12mo. 191, [1] pages. "Manual of religious duty giving ethical, spiritual reasons that appeal to the emotions, as well as to modern intelligence naturally so influenced by modern thought" (from author's preface). Henry Pereira Mendes (1852-1937) was an American rabbi who lived in New York and was born in Birmingham, England. He was born into a long line of rabbis. Raphael Meldola, the Chief Sephardic Rabbi of London, and David Aaron de Sola are among his maternal ancestors. Abraham Pereira Mendes, his father, was a rabbi in Birmingham, England, Jamaica, and Newport, Rhode Island. He received his education at Northwick College (rabbinics), University College (London), and New York University (M.D.) (1884). The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (1904). In 1874, he was called to the Sephardic community of Manchester (England), and in 1877, he became rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel of New York. He was one of the founding members of the New York Board of Ministers in 1881, and served as its secretary until 1901, when he was elected president. In 1886, he joined Sabato Morais in helping to found the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he later became secretary of the advisory board and history professor. When Dr. Morais died, he became acting president of the faculty until Solomon Schechter was appointed in 1902.He was chosen president of the Union of Orthodox Congregations in the United States and Canada (1897) after promoting its foundation. Mendes was a founding member of the Young Women's Hebrew Association of New York in 1902. From 1917 to 1920, Mendes was a professor of homiletics at Yeshiva Isaac Elchanan. He was vice-president of the American Federation of Zionists and a member of the Actions Committee of Vienna in 1898-99. Mendes was one of the first American Zionists, and Theodore Herzl requested his help in popularizinb the Zionist cause in the United States. OCLC 466219958. Previous owner’s gift inscription on title page, light wear to boards, paper toned as expected, Good+ Condition, a solid copy. (AMR-64-33)
Stock number:41936.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Amsterdam: Hevio La-Defus Kerovo Ya`akov Da Silva Mendes, Nidpas `a. Y. Girard Yohan Yanson, 1771
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Period boards. 8vo. 358 pages.17 cm. In Hebrew. The title translates to “Order for Prayers for the Festivals: According to the Holy Sefardic Community. ” This mahzor was previously owned by David Sulzberger of Philadelphia, a trustee of Gratz College and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and a prominent figure in the Hebrew Educational Society of Philadelphia (EJ) . It also bears the original 18th century manuscript signature of the publisher, Jacob DaSilva Mendes. SUBJECTS: Liturgy. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Vinograd, 2005. CD 000172481. Minor repairs to title page. Internally Very Good. Overall a very fine copy. (HEB-50-5)
Stock number:37639.
$US 200.00
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Imprint: Spring Valley, NY; Orot, 2001
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 4to. 135 pages. 27 cm. First edition. “Rabbi Bezalel Naor, well known lecturer and author, has published a unique contribution to Holocaust studies. The book, entitled "Kabbalah and the Holocaust, " deals specifically with Kabbalistic responses to the Shoah. Based both on interviews with survivors and historic research, the author records how Kabbalists of various communities fell back on their respective mystic traditions to avert the evil decree. In this book, Rabbi Naor performs a twofold service, tracing the historic development of different schools within Kabbalah, and telling how representatives of those schools used the weapons within their spiritual armamentum to combat the enemy. Thus, the reader gains perspective on the Lithuanian Mitnagdic school of the Vilna Gaon, the Galician-Hungarian-Rumanian Hasidic dynasty of Nadborna, the Balkan (Bulgaria, Greece and Yugoslavia) Sephardic school, the Polish Hasidic tradition of Pshyscha (Kotzk-Izbica-Lublin-Radzyn) , and the Yemenite approach. The book is essential to Holocaust studies for yet another reason. It corrects a certain ethnocentric distortion by showing that the conflagration affected Sephardic Jews and came close to engulfing Yemenite Jewry. Discussed are topics such as: meditation; reincarnation; Divine communication; free will vs. Predestination; good and evil and beyond; automatic speech; and Semitic and Japhetic civilizations. Rabbi Bezalel Naor has been a student of Kabbalah for many years, and has published numerous scholarly articles and books in the field, including recently the revised version of the Vilna Gaon's commentary to Sifra di-Zeni'uta from a manuscript in the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C. Kabbalah and the Holocaust is a handsome folio volume, cloth hardcover with black endpapers. The dust jacket has white embossed lettering on a stark black background and is visually stunning. ” (Review by Michael Skakun in the March 15th 2002 weekly “Jewish Press”) . Subjects: Cabala - History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) . Mysticism - Judaism. Rabbis - Anecdotes. Mystics - Anecdotes. Hasidim - Anecdotes. Vg+ in very good jacket. (HOLO2-97-2)
Stock number:29483.
$US 150.00
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Imprint: Cambridge, Mass. ; Association For Jewish Studies, 1978
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original Wraps. 8vo. VII, 178 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Proceedings of regional conferences sponsored by the Association for Jewish Studies in cooperation with the University of Michigan (Mar. 9-10, 1975, in Ann Arbor) and with New York University (Apr. 13-14, 1975, in New York) entitled Hebrew and Jewish languages: case studies of language-culture continuity. Contents: The historical periods of the Hebrew language / by Joshua Blau - Aramaic and its dialects / by Jonas C. Greenfield - Yiddish / by Marvin Herzog - Judeo-romance languages / by George Jochnowitz - Ladino language and literature / by Denah Lida - Judeo-Persian / by Herbert H. Paper - Medieval Judeo-Arabic by Joshua Blau - The languages of Palestine, 200 B. C. E. -200 C. E. Subjects: Jews - Languages - Congresses. Jews - Languages. Conference proceedings. Outer edges soiled, otherwise clean and fresh. Good +condition. (SEF-51-16)
Stock number:34989.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Yoseloff, 1960
Binding: Hardcover
Small 8vo; 231 pages. Very Good Condition. (holo2-53-2)
Stock number:26129.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Porto Alegre: Editora Garatuja, 1975. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 108 pages. Contains black and white photos. Portuguese. Historical monograph followed by a photographic section. Contains a list of surnames of Jewish settlers as well as many photographic portraits. Some were Sephardic. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul (State) - History. Bumping to edges. Ripling to spine. Small tears to top of front cover. (SEF-3-2) .
Stock number:17862.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardback
An Illuminated Passover Compendium from Mid-14th-Century Catalonia in the Collections of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester... N.Y.: Abrams, (1988). 4to, 76 pages of text, many color plates. red silk cloth, lettered in gilt, matching slipcase. See images at www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/rylands-haggadah Near Fine Condition in original publisher's shipping box.
Stock number:16907.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York; Jewish Historical Society Of New York, 1977
Binding: Paperback
[1789] Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo. XVI, 16 pages. 23 cm. Introduction by Isidore S. Meyer, followed by a photostatic reproduction of the 1789 edition of the sermon given by Gershom Mendes Seixas, original title: “A religious discourse delivered in the synagogue in this city, on Thursday the 26th November, 1789. Agreeable to the proclamation of the president of the United States of America, to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. ” “Printed by Archibald M'Lean, at Franklin's Head no. 41, Hanover-Square. ” Introduction outlines contemporaneous historical background, with reference and bibliographic notes. Sermon delivered by “Gershom Mendez Seixas. American rabbi and patriot; born in New York city Jan. 14, 1745; died there July 2, 1816; son of Isaac Mendez Seixas (1708-80) and Rachel Levy, daughter of Moses Levy, an early New York merchant. Seixas became the minister of Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese congregation of his native city, in 1766, and occupied the rabbinate for about half a century. At the outbreak of the American Revolution he at once espoused the Patriot cause, though many of the Christian ministers of the city sympathized with the Tories. … After the war Seixas returned to New York (March 23, 1784) and resumed his former position as rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel. He was one of the first ministers to preach a regular Thanks-giving Day sermon (see ‘Daily Gazette, ’ Dec. 23, 1789) , and was also one of the fourteen clergymen participating in the ceremony of the inauguration of George Washington as first president of the United States. In 1787 he became a trustee of Columbia College in the city of New York, and held that office continuously to 1815, being the only Jew ever so honored. When the college was incorporated, Seixas' name appeared in the charter as one of the incorporators. ” (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia) . Publications of the Jewish Historical Society of New York; number 2. Subjects: American Jewish Historical Society, New York. Congregation Shearith Israel, New York. Jewish sermons, American. Thanksgiving Day addresses. Fine condition. A very important document, and increasingly difficult to find. (AMR-43-1) x+
Stock number:30739.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Huelva; Universidad De Huelva, 2004
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original Wraps. 8vo. 199 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Spanish. 'The Secret of Penaranda; the Judeo-Converso Universe and the Library of Barcarrota in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. ' Francisco de Penaranda, a physician and crypto-Jew, who fled the inquisition and left behind his personal library of works banned by the inquisition (gems of Spanish literature and medical writings) hidden in a wall, which was only recently uncovered (1992) ; this is an authoritative history of the physician, his family, and the 'Barcarrota' library, extensively drawing of legal documents, inquisition and church records of the period. Subjects: Marrano physicians - Spain - Extremadura - History - 16th century. Marrano physicians - Spain - Extremadura - History - 17th century. Marranos - Spain - Extremadura - Genealogy. Peñaranda, Francisco de, approximately 1488- - Family. Near fine. Very clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (SEF-51-50)
Stock number:35023.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [New York: [Quincentennial Foudnation Of Istanbul (U. S. A) ], 1992
Binding: Hardback
Papercovers, spiral bound, 4to. , 16 pages. Essay on Turkish Jewry by a Professor of Turkish and Judeo-Turkish History at UCLA, printed in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Sephardic Jews in Turkey. Includes bibliography and contacts for information on Turkish Jewry. Very good condition. (SEF-35-16)
Stock number:25380.
$US 100.00
A series of papers connected to a controversy in 1997 over changes in the board of Trustees, and in 2004 over changes in the seating plan of the Synagogue which would have allowed both women and men to sit on the main floor, changing a tradition that dates back to the consecration of the original synagogue building on Mill Street in 1730. Extensively researched reports submitted by a congregant on the history of the rituals around seating at Shearith Israel, and the importance of continuity of their traditions. He argues that this change would move the service away from its unique Western Sephardic style, and closer to that of Modern Orthodoxy, an Ashkenazi movement. Also included are various papers connected to celebrations and special events at the Synagogue, and brochures on the building’s history, legacy and capital campaign. Some papers are folded. 24 items. Very good condition. (SEF-35-21)
Stock number:25385.
$US 175.00
Imprint: London, Edward Goldston, 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 197 pages; Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 196 pages. 23 cm. Dissertation: The author's thesis, London. "Jonah ben Abraham of Gerona was a famous Spanish Rabbi of the Middle Ages. Thanks to his ethical works, which were reprinted again and again, his name has for centuries been a household word in pious Jewish circles." -Tipped in on FEP. SUBJECT(S): Named Person: Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi, ca. 1200-1263. Bibliography: pages 190-192. Also issued online. Ex-library with usual markings. Very good condition. (SPEC23-34)
Stock number:27446.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York; Jewish Historical Society Of New York, 1976
Binding: Paperback
Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 28 pages. 22 cm. "Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of New York held at Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish & Portugese Synagogue on April 10, 1975." An insightful lecture correcting common misconceptions about early American Jewish History as demonstrated in historical errata discovered throughout years of research, i. E. : the mention of Solomon Stern, an Amsterdam Jew stranded in Boston in 1649, the Jews from Brazil who landed in 1654 being met by a Jacob Barsimson, the boat being in actuality named the Ste Catherine and not the St. Charles, the sprinkling of Ashkenazim among the first Sephardim in America, Marranos in Savannah, Georgia, etc. ; the response of Marc Angel attempts to highlight what Stern’s research indicates, the questions it opens, as well as highlighting recent research on the interrelations of Ashkenazim and Sephardim in America and Europe, such as Spanish inscriptions on Ashkenazic tombs. Malcolm H. Stern (1915–1984) was a "U. S. Reform rabbi, historian, [&] genealogist. Stern, who has been called ‘the father of Jewish genealogy in America, ’ was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1981, Stern joined the faculty of the New York campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, initially as counselor for student field work and subsequently as adjunct professor of American Jewish History. There he continued his research, begun in 1950, as genealogist for the American Jewish Archives and the American Historical Society. Stern compiled the pioneering volume American Families of Jewish Descent (1960) , an eight-pound tome containing 26, 000 names researched over the course of 10 years of labor. It was the first genealogical survey of Jewish families who settled in the United States between 1654 and 1840, and was lauded as an invaluable research tool in the fields of American and Jewish history. Many American Protestants and Catholics first learned of Jewish roots and branches in their family trees from Stern's data, which served as an important source for Stephen Birmingham's best-selling novel, The Grandees. " (Gordon in EJ 2007) . Publications of the Jewish Historical Society of New York; number 1. Subjects: Jews - New York (State) - New York. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Light shelf wear. Great condition. (AMR-43-2) X+
Stock number:30740.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London, Macdonald & Co.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 326 pages; "The ancient Borough of Sunderland had no Jewish population prior to the expulsion--1290. Within 100 years of the readmission (1656) however, Jews began to foregather there. The circumstances that prompted them to settle there are fully set out in this book. " Backstrip rubbed. Institutional marks. No jacket. Otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (BR-5)
Stock number:29977.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute, 1994
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 336 pages. In Hebrew. In very good condition (SEF11-8)
Stock number:20960.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Galata: Fakülteler., 1953.
Binding: Paperback
8vo. 47 pages. In Turkish. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Turkey; Turkey – history. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Columbia, Jewish Nat & Univ Library, Univ of London) . Galanté (1873-1961) was born in Bodrum, Turkey. He contributed to newspapers in French, Arabic and Turkish, and, while also a fighter for Jewish rights, urged Turkey's Jews to pursue acculturation, including the use of the Turkish language. He was a professor in Istanbul, and also a member of the Parliament in 1943.(Plessner, EJ) Edgeworn, very good condition. (MX-7-27)
Stock number:19341.
$US 100.00
Imprint: No-Amun [Alexandria, Egypt]: Bi-Defus P. J. Mizrahi, 1893
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. 8vo. 138 pages. 21 cm. In Hebrew with alternate title page in Italian. Title translates to “Sefer Neveh Shalom: According to Alexandrian and Egyptian Customs. ” Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan (1840-1908) was a Sephardic rabbi who led the Alexandria Jewish community until his death. The Alexandria Jewish community was a booming, cosmopolitan community for much of the first half of the twentieth century. (EJ, 1906) . SUBJECTS: Judaism -- Egypt -- Customs and practices. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (NYPL, UCLA, Wash U, HUC) . Lacks front board. Light edge wear. Contents very good. Overall Good Condition. (RAB-64-30)
Stock number:40079.
$US 350.00
Imprint: Berlin, B. Harz, 1923
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Original Boards. 4to. [xv], 280 pages ; 33 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies: Sephardic Oriental Songs. ” “Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (1882 –1938) was a prominent Jewish ethnologist, musicologist and composer, who conducted several comprehensive studies of Jewish music around the world. Idelsohn was born in Feliksberg, Latvia and trained as a cantor. He worked briefly in both Europe and South Africa before emigrating to Palestine in 1905 and establishing a school of Jewish music there in 1919. In 1922 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to take a position as professor of Jewish music at Hebrew Union College… Idelsohn is generally acknowledged as the ‘father’ of modern musicology. During his time in Jerusalem, he noted a great diversity of musical traditions among the Jews living in the region. Idelsohn examined these traditional melodies and found recurring motifs and progressions that were not found in any other national music. This suggested a common origin for musical phrases that went back to Israel/Palestine in the first century C. E. He found that these motifs fell into three distinct tonal centers, which corresponded to the Dorian, Phrygian, and Lydian modes of the ancient Greeks. Each of these modes elicited a distinct psycho-emotional response. The Dorian Mode was used for texts of an elevated and inspired nature; the Phrygian for sentimental texts, with their very human outbreaks of feeling, both of joy and grief; and the Lydian was used in composing music for the texts of lamenting and confessions of sins. Idelsohn further categorized and defined these motives as ones that either prepared a musical phrase, began it, or concluded it. His works include the monumental Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies (10 volumes, 1914–1932) and Jewish Music (1929) . He is considered to be the author of the lyrics of the famous Jewish folk song ‘Hava Nagila. ’” (Wikipedia, 2016) Very Good+ Condition. An outstanding copy. (Music-7-20)
Stock number:36816.
$US 200.00
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Imprint: Hildesheim, New York, G. Olms, 1822
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. [114] – 176 pages (i. E. 63 pages) ; 20 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “On the Hispanic Locale-names in Hebrew-Jewish Writings. ” Librarian and scholar Alexander Marx’s copy of this landmark publication with his notes throughout. “Marx (1878–1953) was an American historian, bibliographer and librarian… Marx published articles in many languages and was at home in both classical and Semitic languages. Marx contributed monographs and articles to journals on a wide variety of subjects… and with Max L. Margolis wrote ‘A History of the Jewish People, ’ (a) pioneering work. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) This volume of “Zeitschrift…” (“Journal of the Science of Judaism”) was the very first volume of the periodical that began the first serious scientific inquiry of Judaism and Jewish texts. Zunz was not only the author of this article, but was also editor of the landmark journal. “Leopold Zunz (1794 – 1886) was the founder of Academic Judaic Studies (Wissenschaft des Judentums) , the critical investigation of Jewish literature, hymnology and ritual. Zunz's historical investigations and contemporary writings had an important influence on contemporary Judaism. ” This is Zunz’s first article from the first volume (only 2 volumes were published) of ‘Wissenschaft des Judentums, ’ published 10 years before Zunz’s “Gottesdienstliche Vorträge der Juden, ” which has been called the most important Jewish book of the 19th century. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 20 holdings of periodical worldwide. The Ex-library with Jewish institutional stamp and usual markings. Faint water damage. Middle binding is starting. Marx’s notes throughout, as indicated above. Overall in good condition. Important. (Ger-58-29)
Stock number:37729.
$US 215.00
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Imprint: Jerusalem; [Brotherhood Printers], 1973
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original Wraps. 8vo. 46 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Added English title page: Jewish wedding in Afghanistan. Survey of the literature on Jewish wedding customs in Afghanistan. Subjects: Jewish marriage customs and rites. Judaism - Customs and practices. Jews - Afghanistan. Jewish marriage customs and rites. Jews. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-51-32)
Stock number:35005.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Ha-Kibuts Ha-Meuhad., 2001.
Binding: Paperback
(FT) 8vo. 479 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism – Middle East – history; Jewish law – Middle east – history; Sephardim – Middle East. SEREIS: Sifriyat "Helal Ben-Hayim. " English Title: Luminous face of the East : studies in the legal and religious thought of Sephardic rabbis of the Middle East. Ex library with bookplate. Very good condition. (SEF-10-8)
Stock number:20905.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [Jerusalem : S. N], 2002
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, 8vo. , 88 pages. In Ladino, mostly in transliteration, with a few pages in Hebrew letters. Quarterly periodical. SUBJECT (S) : Ladino philology -- Periodicals. Sephardim -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 23 worldwide. Very good condition. (SEF-27-24)
Stock number:25240.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [Cairo],, 1973
Binding: Hardback
Original paper wrappers, 16mo. 33 pages. In French. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Souvenir guide for tourists to the synagogue in Cairo. According to the booklet, there were 42 Jewish families in Cairo at the time. With background on the Synagogue’s history, attractions in and around the synagogue, and sayings from the Talmud. SUBJECT (S) Jews -- Egypt -- Cairo. Synagogen. Ben Ezra Synagoge (Cairo) . OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (SEF-31-34A)
Stock number:35250.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: [Cairo],, 1973
Binding: Hardback
Original paper wrappers, 16mo. 33 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Souvenir guide for tourists to the synagogue in Cairo. According to the booklet, there were 42 Jewish families in Cairo at the time. With background on the Synagogue’s history, attractions in and around the synagogue, and sayings from the Talmud. SUBJECT (S) Jews -- Egypt -- Cairo. Synagogen. Ben Ezra Synagoge (Cairo) . OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (SEF-31-34)
Stock number:25292.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Shearith Israel, 2000
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, tall and narrow 8vo. , [20] pages. Cover photograph of the Ner Tamid in the Shearith Israel sanctuary. Front and back pages printed on a translucent paper with illustration of the synagogue building and emblem. Very good condition. (SEF-35-9) xx 2
Stock number:25343.
$US 100.00
Imprint: No Place (Cochin, India): No Publisher (The Synagogue), 1968
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st English language edition. Original photographic paper wrappers, 4to 182 pages. Loaded with photos, articles, and advertisements. Jubilee publication for the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Cochin synagogue in India. Not the more common 1971 publication on the history of the synagogue, this booklet was issued by the community for the celebration itself. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- India -- Cochin. Civilization. Juifs -- Cochin, Inde. Kerala (India) Civilisation -- Discours, essais, confrences. Wear. About Good Condition (sef-57-1A)
Stock number:39521.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Congregation Shearith Israel, 1997
Envelope, with silk “cachet” printed with illustration of the Aron Kodesh and Torahs, with gold leaf border. In celebration of the centennial of the current synagogue building on Central Park West. Addressed to “America’s First Jewish Congregation’, with Hanukkah stamp. In protective mylar sleeve. In fine condition. (SEF-35-13) xxx
Stock number:25347.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Paris: Alliance Israelite Universelle, 1972
Softcover, 8vo, 64 pages, illustrated, tables, 25 cm. In French. Series: Cahiers de l’Alliance israelite universelle; n° 182; Variation: Cahiers de l’Alliance israelite universelle; n° 182. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Education -- History. France. Ecole normale israelite orientale. Politique internationale. Juifs. Alliance Israelite Universelle. Ecole normale israelite orientale (Paris, France) -- History. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Nanterre-Bdic) . Very good condition. (Sef-25-8)
Stock number:25206.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Livorno, Italy; Bi-Defus Shlomah Bilforti, 1904
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth with leather spine. 8vo. 84 pages. 24 cm. In Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Yaari, 1667 (? ) . Printed in Livorno, Italy, this Haggadah with Ladino translation following detailed illustrations from woodcuts printed in red ink. Livorno (Leghorn) was an old center of an established Sephardic community in Italy, seconding Venice in Italian Jewish printing houses, with a synagogue considered the finest in Italy. The Jews of Leghorn were known as Gorni (pl. Grana) , a “term used for the Jewish immigrants from Leghorn (Livorno) , who began to settle in North Africa, especially in Tunisia, from the 17th century on. The Grana were essentially merchants; their commercial activity was strictly connected with the Jews of Livorno. They were 400 or 500 in 1821, their number rose to 2, 500 or 3, 000 in 1893 and to about 5, 000 in 1938. Until the 1940s the Gorni constituted separate congregations in Tunis and in other towns of Tunisia, with their own administration, bet din, and communal institutions. At all times, the Grana considered themselves as belonging to the European culture (besides Arabic, they spoke Spanish, Italian, and French) and felt separate from the ‘Tuansa, ’ i. E. The old Jewish residents of Tunisia. ” (2007 Encyclopedia Judaica) The printing house which issued this Haggadah in 1904 was started by Solomon Belforte (1806–1869) , “printer of Leghorn. Belforte belonged to an Italian Jewish family that settled in Leghorn (Livorno) at the end of the 17th century. He started to edit Hebrew prayer books in 1821 and established his own printing house in 1834. In 1843, the local government authorized the printing of Italian translations of Hebrew liturgical texts. The activity of Salomone Belforte & Co. Was continued by the family – with the forced hiatus of the period of Fascist antisemitic laws and the war – until 1961, when all the equipment of the printing house was sold to an Israeli company. For almost 100 years, Salomone Belforte & Co. Was one of the most prestigious publishers of Hebrew books, meeting the intellectual and religious needs of Italian, Sephardi, and also Ashkenazi communities. Beside this, the Belforte printing house published Italian literary works and school books. ” (2007 Encyclopedia Judaica) Subjects: Liturgy and ritual. Hagadah. Judeo-Arabic. 1933. Judaism - Liturgy - Texts. OCLC does not list any copies of this edition. Heavy wear to boards and binding, pencil and pen on inner boards, pages are edgeworn and stained, but perfectly legible. (Hag-18-4)
Stock number:36655.
$US 300.00
Imprint: New York: American Jewish Congress, 1968
Softcover, 8vo, 125 pages, 23 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism -- Relations -- Islam. Lightly bumped corners. Discoloration of cover. Good condition. (Sef-28-1)
Stock number:25124.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Henry Frank, 1854
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Period-style gilt tooled Morocco leather. 12mo, various pagination (aprox 475 pages total) . Singerman 1285, Goldman 40. The first Ashkenazi machzor printed in America. Based upon the celebrated Wolf Heidenheim edition, Henry (Chaim) Frank of New York published in 1854 2 prayer-books for the Days of Awe: This volume for the New Year, as well as a volume for Yom Kipur. He issued this set following the Polish tradition and, simultaneously, a set following the German tradition. This enabled the newly rising community of Central European Jews to conduct services according to their own custom, as opposed to that of the Sephardic rite. Frank went on in later years to issue other volumes for other Holidays. A set (New Year and Yom Kipur) of the German tradition set with repairs sold at auction for over $17,000 with commissions in 2012. No copies from the Polish set have ever appeared at major Auction. New Year's Volume has Hebrew title page 1/7 in original in 6/7 in professional facsimile (English title page and all text pages original) in spine professionally repaired with original backstrip attractively laid down; Atonement volume in all original binding with wear, especially at foot of spine. Some foxing as expected. Together a very attractive, very good condition set of this exceedingly rare and important high point in American Jewish liturgical history. (AMR-69-13-D)
Stock number:42040.
$US 17000.00
Imprint: Bragadina, 1735
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, 560 pages. In Hebrew. OCLC list 1 copy worldwide (National Library of Israel) . Rebound. Chipped page corners and edges. Good Condition (Heb-27-1)
Stock number:27960.
$US 350.00
Imprint: Livorno: Eliahu Ben Amozeg, 1858
Binding: Hardcover
Period boards. 8vo. 492 pages, 21 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Yom Kippur Prayerbook According to the Sefardic Rite of Constantinople, the Orient, and Italy. ” SUBJECTS: Judaism -- Sephardic rite -- Liturgy -- Texts. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Bar Ilan, NLI, and Ben Zvi) . Previous light repair to spine. Wear to boards and small piece missing from top right of backboard. Worm holes throughout. Some period writing in margins. Otherwise good condition. (RAB-65-22)
Stock number:40472.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1993
Softcover, 8vo, 287 pages, 24 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Judeo-espagnol (langue) -- Histoire. Geographic: Mediterranee (region) -- Langues. Numero special de “Mediterranean language review”, N °6-7, 1990-1993. Bumped corners and edges. Very good condition. (Sef-28-8)
Stock number:25131.
$US 135.00
Imprint: Bagdad: E. R. Dangur, 1929
Binding: Hardcover
Original boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. 238 pages, 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Five Feasts: According to Baghdadi Customs and All those who Attend. ” The Jewish community of Baghdad dates back to the 9th century Jewish exile. SUBJECTS: Fasts and feasts -- Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Ninth of Av -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism -- Iraq -- Baghdad -- Liturgy -- Texts. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Brandeis, Princeton, NLI, Bar Ilan, HUC) . Binding repaired. Wear to boards. Pages are browning in margins and fragile. Otherwise good condition. (RAB-65-10A)
Stock number:40495.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Shearith Israel, 1969
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, large square 8vo. , [16] pages. Fundraising booklet describing the need for the Synagogue to expand their facility, including a library , auditorium, and school, and space to adequately display their historic treasures. Includes pictures of some of those treasures, as well as an architectural plan for the new space. Light wear. Good + condition. (SEF-35-12)
Stock number:25346.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, 1904. Rebound in later cloth, 8vo, 190 pages. Pages slightly foxed. Very Good Condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14396.
$US 100.00
Publication: London, Published for The Union of Jewish Literary Societies, 1903. Paperback, 8vo, 145 pages. Backstrip almost completely missing, cover loose, some sunning on front and back cover, internal pages in Very Good Condition. (k-BR-1)
Stock number:14400.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, The Jewish Chronicle, 1949. Cloth, 8vo, 187 pages. Gilt on spine. Illustration plates. Very minor wear. Dust jacket ripped along spine. Very Good Condition in fair jacket. (BR-1)
Stock number:14475.
$US 100.00
Imprint: 1999
Softcover, 8vo, Volume 1, no. 2 (April 1999) , 155 pages, 22 cm. Other Titles: J. Indo-jud. Stud. ; Journal of indo-judaic studies; Journal of Indo Judaic studies. Main articles included: “Hugo Bergman, Leo Baaeck and Martin Buber: Jewish Perspectives on Hinduism and Buddhism” by Miriam Dean-Otting. “Mystic Autobiography: A Case Study in Comparative Literary Analysis” by Diane M. Sharon. “Judeo-Arabic in India” by Brian Weinstein. Very good condition. (Sef-33-21)
Stock number:25326.
$US 100.00
Imprint: 2001
Softcover, 8vo, Volume 4 (June 2001) , 140 pages, 22 cm. Other Titles: J. Indo-jud. Stud. ; Journal of indo-judaic studies; Journal of Indo Judaic studies. Main articles included: “Till the Women Finish Singing: Historical Overview of Cochin Jewish Women’s Malayalam Songs” by Barbara C. Johnson. “Differing Intentions in Vedic and Jewish Sacrifice” by Kathryn McClymond. “India and the Land of Israel: Between Jews and Indians in Ancient Times” by Meir Bar Ilan. “Jewish Traders in the Indian Ocean—Tenth to Thirteenth Centuries: A Review of Published Documents from the Cairo Genizah” by Brian Weinstein. “The Camp for Polish Refugee Children at Balachadi, Nawanagar” by Kenneth X. Robbins. Very good condition. (Sef-33-23)
Stock number:25328.
$US 100.00
Imprint: 2002
Softcover, 8vo, Number 5 (June 2002) , 92 pages, 22 cm. Other Titles: J. Indo-jud. Stud. ; Journal of indo-judaic studies; Journal of Indo Judaic studies. Main articles included: “The Jewish Background of Nissim Ezekiel’s Poetry” by R Raj Rao. “India, Israel and the David Cup Tie 1987” by P. R. Kumaraswany. “Jewish Pepper Trade of the Malabar Coast: The Rahabis” by Brain Weinstein. “The Land of Hard Bondage: The Lost Tribes in India” by Tudor Parfit. Very good condition. (Sef-33-24)
Stock number:25329.
$US 100.00
Imprint: 2004-2005
Softcover, 8vo, Volume 7-8 (Winter 2004-2005) , 124 pages, 22 cm. Other Titles: J. Indo-jud. Stud. ; Journal of indo-judaic studies; Journal of Indo Judaic studies. Main articles included: “The Influence of Indo-Judaic Studies in Israel, or The Salience of Spirituality” by Shalva Weil. “Jewish Experience in India, or the Making of an Idian Jewish Novel: A Reading of Esther David’s The Walled City” by D. Venkateswarlu. “India’s Jewish Geography as Described by Nineteenth-Century Traveler David D’Beth Hillel” by Alanna E. Cooper. “Existential and Metaphysical Perspectives on Opposition and Relations: a Comparative Study of Martin Buber and Basanta Kumar Mallik” by Madhuri Santanam Sondhi. “The Identity of a Mystic: The Case of Sa’id Sarmad, a Jewish-Yogi-Sufi Courtier of the Maghals” by Nathan Katz. Very good condition. (Sef-33-26)
Stock number:25331.
$US 100.00
Imprint: 2007
Softcover, 8vo, Volume 9 (Fall 2007) , 116 pages, 22 cm. Other Titles: J. Indo-jud. Stud. ; Journal of indo-judaic studies; Journal of Indo Judaic studies. Main articles included: “The Jews of Kerela and the Wheels of Indian Ocean Commerce, 800-1800 C. E. ” by Pius Malekandathil. “Desperate Passage to India” by Ruth Fredman Cernea. “Searching for the Ratu Hospital: Dreams and Judaism in the Imagining of Mizo Nationalism” by Myer Samra. “Sita and Sarah: Female Complementariry or Special Revelation” by Madhuri M. Yadlapati. “Competing Discourses: Nazis in Tibet and Jews in India” by Peter Levenda. Very good condition. (Sef-33-27)
Stock number:25332.
$US 100.00
Imprint: 1998
Softcover, 8vo, Volume 1 Number 1 (April 1998) , 110 pages, 22 cm. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- India -- Periodicals. Judaism -- Relations -- Hinduism -- Periodicals. Judaism -- Relations -- Buddhism -- Periodicals. Hinduism -- Relations -- Judaism -- Periodicals. Buddhism -- Relations -- Judaism -- Periodicals. Israel -- Relations -- India -- Periodicals. India -- Relations -- Israel -- Periodicals. Title from cover. “…grants from the Publications Fund Committee of the University of Saskatchewan, and the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Religious Studies, and Institute for Judaic Studies of Florida International University ...” Vols. For Apr. 1998- issued by: Dept. Of Religious Studies, University of Saskatchewan and Dept. Of Religious Studies, Florida International University. Other Titles: J. Indo-jud. Stud. ; Journal of indo-judaic studies; Journal of Indo Judaic studies. Main articles included: “Rosenzweig’s Philosophy of Buddhism” by Norbert M. Samuelson. “Buddhism on Rosenzweig” by Bibhuti S. Yadav. “Hindu Nationalism and the Israeli Experience” by Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn. “Crossing Borders, Maintaining Boundaries: The Life and Times of Farha, a Woman of the Baghdadi Jewish Diaspora (1870-1958) ” by Jael Silliman. Very good condition. (Sef-33-28)
Stock number:25333.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Bagdad: S. Bilforti Va-Havero,, 1930
Binding: Hardcover
Period boards. 8vo. 149 pages, 19 cm. Includes portrait of famous Baghdadi hakham Yosef Hayim. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Good Memory: Book of Prayers for Rosh Hashanah According to the Sephardic and Baghdadi Tradition. ” SUBJECTS: Rosh ha-Shanah -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism -- Iraq. OCLC lists only one copy listed of this edition (Harvard) . Boards are lightly worn. Title page is inserted upside down at the end of book. Light foxing. Overall good condition. (RAB-65-25)
Stock number:40477.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York, Rogers and Sherwood, 1883
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Viii, 441 pages. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and embossing. Singerman 3113. The first state of the first edition, with the errata page at the end and published in New York instead of Cincinatti. The author states in his preface his intention of creating a non-sectarian reader suitable for Jewish youth, so that they may know their own history and spiritual accomplishments, and proclaims his book suitable as well for the non-Jewish student, as it is free from sectarianism. He includes many passages from the Talmud, as well as Jost, Zunz, Graetz, Philippson, Geiger, Franekel, Sachs, and others. "Rev G. Hirsch 337 E. 52nd St" penned in 19th century hand on front end paper. SUBJECT (S) : Readers and speakers. Jews -- History. Jews -- Biography. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide of this edition. Wear to backstrip, repairs to hinges, Good condtion. (AMR-19-13)
Stock number:19099.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London : Printed By J. C. For William Crooke, At The Green Dragon Without Temple-Bar, And To Be Sold By John Courtney Bookseller In Sarum, 1675
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Modern Boards with Original Spine. 8vo. [8], 249, [7] pages ; 19 cm. In English. “Lancelot Addison (1632 –1703) was an English writer and Church of England clergyman… He was educated at the Queen's College, Oxford… In 1670 he was appointed royal chaplain or Chaplain in Ordinary to the King… Among his … works was ‘The Present State of the Jews’ (1675) , a detailed study of the Jewish population of the Barbary Coast in the seventeenth century, their customs, and their religious behavior” (Wikipedia, 2016) . SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Africa, North. Customs and Practices. Early Works to 1800. Lacks frontis. Two leaves lack some paper at lower corner, the result of the 17th Centur printer using short paper that still allowed for decent margins; no text is affected. Some edgewear but text is very bright and the whole book is about very good condition. (BR-11-25)
Stock number:37072.
$US 650.00
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Imprint: Philadelphia, 1864
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st American Edition and 1st edition with Leeser introduction. Period boards. 8vo. 446 pages ; 21 cm. Singerman 1812. Civil War-era imprint. “Grace Aguilar (1816 – 1847) was an English novelist, poet and writer on Jewish history and religion… Aguilar was the eldest child of Sephardic Jewish refugees from Portugal who settled in the London Borough of Hackney. An early illness resulted in her being educated by her parents, especially her mother, who taught her the tenets of Judaism… In the 1840s her novels began to attract regular readers… ‘The Jewish Faith: Its Spiritual Consolation, Moral Guidance, and Immortal Hope…’ (is) addressed to a Jewess under the spell of Christian influence… (and) is devoted to immortality in the Old Testament. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) This edition was edited by Isaac Leeser, “pioneer of the Jewish pulpit in the United States, founder of the Jewish press of America… (and) one of the most important American Jewish personalities of the nineteenth century America. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) Contains a preface written by Leeser in which he writes, “The editor has discharged to simple duty to send forth a new addition of the least known, though the best, works of Miss Aguilar, (which) she valued more than her tails and novels…” OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Cover and spine are torn with heavy wear, could easily be reound. Inside pages in about very good condition. (AMR-47-3)
Stock number:36861.
$US 1500.00
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Imprint: Philadelphia, 1864
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st American Edition and 1st edition with Leeser introduction. Period full tooled leather boards. 8vo. 446 pages ; 21 cm. Singerman 1812. Civil War-era imprint. “Grace Aguilar (1816 – 1847) was an English novelist, poet and writer on Jewish history and religion… Aguilar was the eldest child of Sephardic Jewish refugees from Portugal who settled in the London Borough of Hackney. An early illness resulted in her being educated by her parents, especially her mother, who taught her the tenets of Judaism… In the 1840s her novels began to attract regular readers… ‘The Jewish Faith: Its Spiritual Consolation, Moral Guidance, and Immortal Hope…’ (is) addressed to a Jewess under the spell of Christian influence… (and) is devoted to immortality in the Old Testament. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) This edition was edited by Isaac Leeser, “pioneer of the Jewish pulpit in the United States, founder of the Jewish press of America… (and) one of the most important American Jewish personalities of the nineteenth century America. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) Contains a preface written by Leeser in which he writes, “The editor has discharged to simple duty to send forth a new addition of the least known, though the best, works of Miss Aguilar, (which) she valued more than her tails and novels…” OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. “Bertha J. Myers, 1866, Augusta, GA” penned on inside of rear board. Front board detached, otherwise very good condition. (AMR-47-3A)
Stock number:37591.
$US 1500.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1884. Cloth; 8vo. 580 pages. Fifteenth edition, "with portrait of the author. " Illustrated with frontispiece engraving of the author. Gilded, embossed cover; all edges gilt. Women in the Bible. Title Subject: Bible -- Biography. OCLC lists four copies worldwide. Some browning and light foxing; previous owners' names on inside front cover and flyleaf; otherwise, very good condition. (BR-2-2)
Stock number:14491.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London, Published by the author, "and may be had also of S. Solomon," 1853. Bound in newer cloth, 8vo, 218 pages. SUBJECT(S): Jewish sermons. Sermons, English. Author, it is noted, is "from Berlin." OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Very Good condition. (k-BR-1)
Stock number:14437.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: Seeley and Burnside, 1830. Cloth; 8vo. Xvi, 451 pages. Second edition, revised and corrected. Morocco leather title band. Printed on fine laid paper with deckle edge. Illustrated with tables. Allen's chief work, and a remarkably full and detailed account. The author was a dissenting layman, and master of a school in Hackney. Jews -- Social life and customs. Judaism -- Customs and practices. Note (s) : Bibliographical footnotes. Some browning and foxing; top right corner of front board bumped; very good condition. (BR-2)
Stock number:14494.
$US 270.00
Binding: Paperback
Pasris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1961. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 358 pages. Contains black and white photographs. In French. Much on North African Jewry. Pages un-cut. Some rippling to textblock. Bumping to edges. Small stain on bottom right corner of cover. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-4-2) .
Stock number:17876.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Pasris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1961. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 358 pages. Contains black and white photographs. In French. Much on North African Jewry. The Alliance Israelite Universelle is the first modern international Jewish organization, founded in 1860, centered in Paris. The foundation of the Alliance expressed the renewal of Jewish cohesiveness after a short period of weakening in the second half of the 18th and up to the forties of the 19th century. Its inception was stimulated by ideological trends and political events in the national and international spheres in the second half of the 19th century. Pages un-cut. Some rippling to textblock. Bumping to edges. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-7-4) . Xx
Stock number:17938.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Pietrekov: Bi-Defus Ve-Hotsa’at Mordekhai Tsederboim, 1913
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 32mo (pocket-sized). 608 + 176 pages. 12 cm. In Hebrew. Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter “also known by the title of his main work, the Sfas Emes, was a Hasidic rabbi who succeeded his grandfather, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, as the av beis din (head of the rabbinical court) and Rav of Gora Kalwaria, Poland (known in Yiddish as the town of Ger) , and succeeded the Rebbe, Reb Heynekh of Alexander, as Rebbe of the Gerrer Hasidim. His output was prodigious, and his works (all entitled Sfas Emes) deal with the Talmud, the ethics of the Midrash, and mysticism of the Zohar” (Wikipedia) . Subjects: Siddurim - Texts. Judaism - Sephardic rite - Liturgy – Texts. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Yale, Harvard, National Library of Israel) . Wear to binding. Yellowing of pages. Cloth cover wrinkled. Bumped cover and page corners and edges. Wear to spine. Fair condition. (Heb-35-19)
Stock number:32543.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Madrid; Aguilar, 1972
Softcover, 8vo, 377 pages, 21 cm. In Spanish. Special Attention to Spain. Series: Coleccion literaria. Coleccion ensayistas. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity. Christianity and other religions -- Judaism. Juifs -- Histoire. Bibliography on pages 369-373. Light wear to binding and book. Good condition. (Sef-29-17)
Stock number:26011.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Brooklyn, NY: Published For Congregation Shearith Israel By Sepher-Hermon Press,, 1998
Softcover, 8vo, viii, 195 pages, 23 cm. Contents: Tradition and change: celebrating 100 years of sisterhood; Judith S. Kaye -- A centennial of service: social activism and the sisterhood of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue; Fortuna Calvo-Roth -- The religious vision of Rev. Dr. Henry Pereira Mendes; Marc D. Angel -- A venerable congregation in a new building: a look into the life of Shearith Israel in 1897; Jeffrey Gurock -- An appreciation of Justice Benjamin Nathan Cordozo; Judith S. Kaye -- Architecture and visual arts of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York City; Ronda Angel Arking -- The universalistic vision of Judaism; Marc D. Angel -- Judaism and the values of modernity; Walter S. Wurzburger -- Praise the Lord, all you nations: a study of Psalm 117; Hayyim Angel – Maimonides’ commentary on Mishnah Hagigah, II. I; Menachem Kellner -- Guilt from, guilt towards; Reuven Bulka -- The challenge of modernity to the Jewish people : Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik’s covenantal response; Howard Joseph -- The Septuagint : the first translation of the Torah and its effects; Louis H. Feldman -- Why didn’t he do it? : an analysis of why David did not kill Saul; Hayyim Angel -- The university and the Jewish student; Norman Adler. SUBJECT (S) : Sephardim -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. Judaism. Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N. Y. ) . Includes bibliographical references. Very good condition. (Sef-25-23)
Stock number:25221.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Department. of Jewish Education, Hadassah., 1991
Binding: Paper wrappers
8vo, xii, 96 pages, fold out map in cover. Series: Hadassah study series. Includes bibliographical references. In very good condition. (Comhist4-10) xx
Stock number:19746.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Centro De Estudios Sorianos, 1979
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Paper wrappers, 8vo. , 9 pages (pp.163 – 172) . Includes material on Ladino romanceros. In Spanish. Inscribed by the author (Katz) . Very good condition. (SEF-35-18)
Stock number:25382.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Soria, Espana: Centro De Estudios Sorianos, 1974
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Paperback, 8vo, 12 pages, 24 cm. In Spanish. Reprinted, with new pagination, from Celiberia, Nr. 47. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (El Colegio De Mexico) . Signed by author on top left corner of cover. Light wear. Very good condition. (Sef-25-11)
Stock number:25209.
$US 100.00
Imprint: 1954
Softcover, 8vo, 49 pages. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Africa, North -- Foreign relations -- France. France -- Foreign relations -- Africa, North. Africa, North -- Politics and government. Africa, North -- History. In: Evidences, 6eme annee, no. 42, septembre-octobre 1954. Other Titles: Evidences. Aron (1905–1983) , was a “French sociologist and writer. Aron, who was born in Paris, taught at Le Havre, Toulouse, Cologne, and Berlin. In 1956 he was appointed professor of sociology at the Sorbonne, and director of studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris in 1960. During World War II he was editor of Free France – La France Libre, published in London, and subsequently contributed both as writer and editor to Combat, Le Figaro, and the European Journal of Sociology, and other periodicals. His main interest was the analysis of modern industrial society which, in his opinion, is not so much defined by the class struggle as by the clash of competing political systems. Hence he was rather an exception among French thinkers of his time, and his commitment to liberal democracy set him apart from the then Marxist-dominated intellectual tendencies. Although not involved in Jewish affairs, Aron remained a conscious Jew. In a series of essays published as De Gaulle, Israel and the Jews, he concluded that even if the French president was not himself an antisemite, his notorious press conference after the Six-Day War certainly encouraged the anti-Jewish elements in French society” (Boskoff in EJ 2007) . OCLC list 1 copy worldwide (University of London School of Oriental and Africa) . Bumped corners and edges. Wear to binding. Good condition. (Sef-24-3)
Stock number:25162.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Conference On Jewish Social Studies: Distributed By Columbia University Press, 1979
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, 86 pages, 27 cm. Series: Jewish social studies monograph series; no. 1. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Emancipation -- Spain. Freedom of religion -- Spain. Juifs -- Emancipation -- Espagne. Liberte religieuse -- Espagne. Spain -- History. Espagne -- Histoire. Includes bibliographical references and index. Very good condition. (Sef-16-19)
Stock number:25014.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: Trübner, 1873. Cloth; 8vo. Viii, 314 pages. Text on title page: "Published by request. " Jewish sermons -- Great Britain. OCLC lists twelve copies worldwide. Pages brown; underlining and margin notes in pencil in some chapters; otherwise, very good condition. (k-BR-2)
Stock number:14485.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalén, Instituto Central De Relaciones Culturales Israel-Iberoamérica, España Y Portugal., 1964.
Binding: Paperback
8vo. 61 pages. In Ladino. SUBJECT (S) : Ladino poetry – history and criticism; Ladino language – Israel. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. SERIES: Cuadernos israelíes, ; 9. CONTENTS: La romanza sefardí, por M. Attías. --Los sefardíes, por A. Capdevila. --El romancero sefardí, por A. Capdevila. --La lengua española en Israel, por C. Ramos Gil. Tanned, otherwise very good condition. (MX-16-5)
Stock number:19829.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1982. Cloth. 8vo. 268 pages. Illustrated. Despite Franco's political bureaucracy, Spain remained a haven for Jews during the Holocaust and in the face of the "final solution. " Demonstrates that Franco's Spain rescued many Jews from the Holocaust. Covers the role played by Spain during World War II regarding the Jews has long been a matter of controversy. This volume, first published in Hebrew to wide acclaim seeks to set the record straight. It offers a full and objective account of the rescue of Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied countries by the Franco regime. “Haim is a Latin America Jewry scholar. Born in Vienna, Avni was taken to Erez Israel in 1933. He became assistant director of the Institute for Youth Leaders from Abroad. In 1970 he was appointed lecturer in Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in Latin American Jewry. He edited the section on Jews in Latin America for the Encyclopaedia Judaica Contemporary Jewry department. ” [EJ Editorial Staff] SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Spain - History - 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue; Guerra mundial, 1939 1945 - Judíos; Joden; Hulpverlening; Tweede Wereldoorlog. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Colored endpapers. Slight bumping to edges of dustjacket. Dustjacket and book are in Very Good condition. (SEF-6-6) .
Stock number:17927.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1982. Cloth. 8vo. 268 pages. Illustrated. Despite Franco's political bureaucracy, Spain remained a haven for Jews during the Holocaust and in the face of the "final solution. " Demonstrates that Franco's Spain rescued many Jews from the Holocaust. Covers the role played by Spain during World War II regarding the Jews, which has long been a matter of controversy. This volume, first published in Hebrew to wide acclaim seeks to set the record straight. It offers a full and objective account of the rescue of Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied countries by the Franco regime. "Haim is a Latin America Jewry scholar. Born in Vienna, Avni was taken to Erez Israel in 1933. He became assistant director of the Institute for Youth Leaders from Abroad. In 1970 he was appointed lecturer in Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in Latin American Jewry. He edited the section on Jews in Latin America for the Encyclopaedia Judaica Contemporary Jewry department. " (EJ Editorial Staff) SUBJECT(S) : Jews - Spain - History - 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue; Guerra mundial, 1939 1945 - Judíos; Joden; Hulpverlening; Tweede Wereldoorlog. Has dustjacket. Very good condition. (SEF-9-16) .
Stock number:19432.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : Schocken Books,, 1984
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 8vo. , viii, 245 pages. , [4] pages of illustrated color plates. First Edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Tunisia -- Biography. Uzan, Raphael -- Childhood and youth. Tunisia -- Social life and customs. Paintings by Uzan on front and back cover. Very good + condition in Very good jacket. (SEF-27-5)
Stock number:25231.
$US 100.00
Imprint: G’erbah [Djerba, Tunisia]: Y. Hadad, 1940
Binding: Paperback
Later wrappers. 8vo. 80 pages, 20 cm. In Judeo-Arabic. Sermons by Azulai. Title translates to “Tsiporen Shamir: Translated into the Arabic Language. ” Haim Yosef David Azulai ben Yitzhak Zerachia (1724 - 1806) , commonly known as the Hida (the acronym of his name) , was a Jerusalem born rabbinical scholar, a noted bibliophile, and a pioneer in the publication of Jewish religious writings. Includes a list of all donors who made printing the book possible. SUBJECTS: Judaism -- Customs and practices. Jewish sermons. Judeo-Arabic language -- Texts. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide (OCLC: 34678843) . All contents very good. Later wrappers with handwritten title in Hebrew and English. (RAB-65-30-BD)
Stock number:40483.
$US 125.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1961. 1st edition. Cloth, 8vo, vii, 463, 22 cm. Stands on its own for this period. "May be regarded as a translation of the second [Hebrew] edition. Here and there ... The text has been slightly abridged ... Elsewhere, ... Principally in the notes, the translation contains material not found in either of the Hebrew editions. " Includes bibliographical references. Subject : Jews -- Spain -- History. Bookplate from previous owner on inside front cover. Very Good Condition in Very Good Jacket. (SEF-23-16)
Stock number:25110.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Haifa: University of Haifa, 1977. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 207 pages. In Hebrew with short introduction in English. OCLC lists 1 copies worldwide (NIEDERSACHSISCHE STAATS-UND UNIV) . Slight bumping to edges of cover and spine. Some wear to spine and cover. Staining on endpapers from cover flaps. (SEF-6-5) .
Stock number:17926.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Vien, 1856
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
(FT) ardcover, 8vo, xxvi, 462 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish ethics -- Early works to 1800. Lehrbuch der Herzenspflichten; Torat hovot ha-levavot. Bahya (second half of 11th century) , was a “moral philosopher. Little is known about the particulars of Bahya's life beyond the fact that he lived in Muslim Spain, probably at Saragossa. Bahya was also known as a paytan and some of his piyyutim are metered. Twenty piyyutim, either published or in manuscript, signed with the name Bahya are assumed to be his. Bahya's major work, Kitab al-Hidaya ila Fara’id al-Qulub, was written around 1080. It was translated into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibbon n 1161 under the title hovot ha-Levavot ("Duties of the Hearts") , and in this version it became popular and had a profound influence on all subsequent Jewish pietistic literature. Several abridgments were made of the Hebrew translation, and the work was translated into Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Yiddish. In more recent times it has been translated into English, German (Choboth ha-L'baboth. Lehrbuch der Herzenspflichten, tr. By M. Stern, 1856) , and French. In his Hovot ha-Levavot Bahya drew a great deal upon non-Jewish sources, borrowing from Muslim mysticism, Arabic Neoplatonism, and perhaps also from the Hermetic writings. From Muslim authors he borrowed the basic structure of the book as well as definitions, aphorisms, and examples to illustrate his doctrines. Despite the fact that Bahya borrowed so liberally from non-Jewish sources, Hovot ha-Levavot remains an essentially Jewish book” (Vajda in EJ 2007) . OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Front and back cover not attached. Yellowing of pages. Good condition. (Rab-50-6)
Stock number:25837.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Tel Aviv; Beth Hatefutsoth, The Nahum Goldmann Museum Of The Jewish Diaspora, 1996
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 4to. 143 pages. 29 cm. First edition. Illustrated throughout with black and white, some color, photographs. Jews in Arab lands today: photographs; in conjunction with the Exhibition "Jews in Arab Lands Today - Photographs", Beth Hatefutsoth Tel Aviv, March 14 - Ocober 5, 1996. The countries represented in this book depict the current existence of Jews in North Africa and the Middle East, stressing the characteristics of each community through cultural, economic, and social aspects. Subjects: Jews - Arab countries - Pictorial works - Exhibitions. Documentary photography – Exhibitions. Still in plastic wrap, straight from publisher. Great condition. (SEF-47-30)
Stock number:33054.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv: Yad Tabenkin, 1980
(FT) paperback, 8vo. , vi, 155 pages [8] p. Of plates. Illustrated. In Hebrew with introduction also in French. Series: Sidrat "Ti'ud u-meh'kar" ; 1; SUBJECT(S) : Zionism -- Tunisia -- History -- Sources. Jews -- Tunisia -- Politics and government -- Sources. Tunisia -- Ethnic relations -- Sources. French Title: Le mouvement sioniste en Tunisie. Includes bibliographical references. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide. Light wear, very good condition. (SEF-31-14)
Stock number:25273.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, American Academy for Jewish, 1974
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 1095 + 500 pages; Original Publisher's Cloth. Large 8vo. 1095, 500 pages. Volumes I & II are in English, Volume III is in Hebrew. Includes a bibliography of baron's works. Contents include: From Zudecha to Yahudi Mahallesi: The Jewish Quarter of Candia in the Seventeenth Century (by Zvi Ankori) ; Premiers Temoignages Epigraphiques Sur les Juifs en France (by Bernard Blumenkranz) ; The Hasmonean Revolution Politically Considered (by Martin A. Cohen) ; Christian Translators of Mamonaides' Mishne Torah into Latin (by Jacob Dienstag) ; H. M. Baratz and his View of Khazar Influence on the Earliest Russian Literature, Juridical and Historical (by Douglas Dunlop) ; Garcia de Orta--A Militant Marrano in Portuguese-India in the 16th Century (by Walter J. Fischel) ; Jewish Influence upon Arthurian Legends (by Kurt Leviant) ; Taamrat Emanuel's Note of Falasha Monks and Holy Places (by Wolf Leslau) ; The Attitudes of the Early Karaites towards Christianity (by Leon Nemoy) ; Hermann Cohen and Heinrich Graetz (by Erwin I. J. Rosenthal) ; A Frankish Document from Prague (by Gershom Scholem) ; East European Workers in Germany during World War I (by Zosa Szakowski) ; Young German Intellectuals on Romanticism and Judaism--Spiritual Turbulence in the Early19th Century (by Uriel Tal) ; Professing Jews in Post-Expulsion Spain and Portugal (by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi) ; Unpublished Materials on the Relations of Austrian and German Jews to the Central Governments (by Arthur Zuckerman); etc. Nice, clean copies in Very good condition. (FEST1-119), FEST3. Illustr: Illustrated by Frontis Photo
Stock number:27379.
$US 150.00
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Imprint: New York : Carleton, 1870
Binding: Hardback
Early Uniform Edition. Original Publisher’s cloth with gilt spines, 12mo, 5 volumes: 472 + 406 + 351 + 255 + 304 pages. Each volume also contains an 8-page publisher’s catalog bound in at rear. Sabin, 78464; Howe’s USiana, 245. Includes indexes. Originally published serially between 1863-1866, present here is an early edition of all 5 volumes together. In uniform publisher’s cloth as issued. Includes biographies and stories of early Jewish merchants (and their families) in New York, including: Gershom Cohen; Jacob I Cohen of Charleston; Alexander Dias; Abraham Gomez; Benjamin Gomez; Isaac Harris; Benjamin Hart; Bernard Hart; Daniel Hart; David Hart; E. B. Hart; Emanuel Hart; Joseph Hart; Rebecca Hart; Jacob Hay [aka Hays]; Jacob Hayes; Benjamin Hendricks; Uriah Hendricks; Dr. Henschel; Bernard Hart Isaac; Moses Isaac; Isaac Iselin; Benjamin S. Judah; Bernard S. Judah; Moses Judah; David Leavitt; Hayman Levi; Aaron Levy; “Beau” Levy; Gabriel Levy; Hayman Levy; Jacob Levy; Solomon Levy; Ziporah Levy; Asher Marx; David Moses; Isaac Moses; Joseph Nathan; Simon Nathan; Seixas Nathan; M. M. Noah; D. M. L Peixotto; Moses Phelps; Napthali Phillips; Benjamin Phillips; B. J. Raphael; Morris Tobias; Sarah Wisner; Benjamin Wolfe; Joel Wolfe; Nathaniel Wolfe; Samuel Wolfe; Udolpho Wolfe; And from the Seixas family: Rev. Gershom Mendez, Hester, Hayman L. , Isaac, Leah, Madison, Miriam, Moses, Rachel, Rebecca, Sarah, Solomon, T & M, Benjamin, Aaron, Abraham, Abigail, Daniel, & Grace. Pages 124-127 in Vol 2 discuss at length several interrelated Jewish families and their activities, emphasizing the great beauty of the daughters. SUBJECT(S) : Merchants -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Biography. Businessmen Commerce. Publishers' catalogues -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1864-1866. Light wear, occasional pencil notes, very good condition. A Very Attractive set (AMR-51-16)
Stock number:37603.
$US 1300.00
Imprint: Tunis: Bi-Defus Vazan Ve-Kastro, 1898
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo, vii, 218 pages, 20 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “House of Jacob. ” Author is possibly father of Tunisia’s later Chief Rabbi David Ben-Baron. SUBJECTS: Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Wear to boards with original leather spine. Pages are toning, but quality paper remains strong and very good. Overall Good Condition. Somewhat rare. (RAB-64-3)
Stock number:39751.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Yad Izhak Ben Zvi (The Department Of Educational Activities), 1973
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 337 pages. 24 cm. In Hebrew with added English table of contents. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Jerusalem -- History. Inscription from previous owner on FEP. Lacks dust jacket. Light staining to edges of Hebrew title page, otherwise a nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (SEF44-1)
Stock number:28401.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Paris, 1959
Softcover, 12mo, 217 pages. Part of the series "Aleph. " OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (British Libr) . Very good condition. (Sef-25-21)
Stock number:25219.
$US 135.00
Imprint: Jerusalem : Ben-Zvi Institute, Hebrew University, 1964
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
(FT) Hardcover, 8vo. , Language: Hebrew, with 21 page summary in English. Abraham Katsh’s copy with bookplate and signature. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- History -- Periodicals. Joden. Includes essays by Abraham Isaac Katsh, Gershom Scholem, Walter Fischel, and others. Very good condition in very good jacket. (SEF-35-28)
Stock number:25392.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Jerusalem: Hozaah Ivrith, 1940. Cloth; 8vo. 232 pages. Illustrated with plates. Frontispiece photograph of Herbert Bentwich. OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Some edgewear; two-inch tear on inside front cover. Ex library copy. Good condition. (k-BR-2)
Stock number:14497.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Publication: London, The Soncino Press, 1932. Quarterly journal, Paper wrappers, small 8vo, 108 pages. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Backstrip coming off at top. Very Good Condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14399.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Breslau; G. Zahn & H. Baendel, 1889
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Later Cloth. 8vo. 48, [2] pages. 22 cm. First edition. In German. Full title: R. Benjamin b. Jehuda und sein Commentar zu Esra und Nehemia aus dem Ms. 102 der Bibiothek Merzbacher zu München und aus dem Cod. 104 der Bibliothek des jüdisch-theologischen Seminars zu Breslau zum ersten Male. Subjects: Benjamin, ben Yehuda. "Theil I. " No more published. A commentary to Ezra and Nehemiah attributed to Benjamin ben Judah Bozecco (1290–1335) , “Italian grammarian and biblical exegete, who lived in Rome. ” - EJ 2008. Bozecco, Benjamin ben Judah, 1290-1335. Bible. Ezra - Criticism, interpretation, etc. , Jewish. Bible. Nehemiah - Criticism, interpretation, etc. , Jewish. Bible. Old Testament - Criticism, interpretation, etc. - Italy - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500. Institutional stamps on endpages, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-52-51)
Stock number:35163.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Nyu-York: Hotsaat `Ogen `al yad ha-Histadrut ha-`Ivrit be-Amerikah, 1944
Binding: Hardback
Cloth. 4to. Xxx, 336 pages. In Hebrew. Some bumping to edges. Chipping to edges and corners. Top of textblock is red. Very Good condition. (SEF-8-20) .
Stock number:17968.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: Cornmarket Press, 1967. Cloth; 4to. 88 pages. Profusely illustrated. Contents: The family / Alma Birk -- The making of a chief rabbi -- Stranger in the gallery / Monica Furlong visits the New London Synagogue -- Religion and morality / Louis Jacobs -- Love your competitor? / Solomon Goldman -- Jack Levine, protest painter / Charles Spencer -- The caretakers / Michael Wallach -- The black Jews of Harlem -- Reflections on a Mishnah / Judah Goldin -- The lost world / Isidor Kaufmann -- The news / Bernard Kops -- The Jewish disease / Chaim Bermant on gambling -- Old Hesse / Karen Gershon -- My father's death / Elie Wiesel -- Social and personal / Colin MacInnes on the Jewish Chronicle -- Nine sculptors -- The dreamers / Pamela Melnikoff -- In search of latkes / Anthony Blond -- A taste of Israel / Cyril Ray. Notes: "The second edition of Quest, an independent publication sponsored by The New London Synagogue. " OCLC lists eight copies worldwide. Corners bumped; otherwise, very good condition. (BR-3)
Stock number:14531.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Bloch,, 1916
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, 103 pages, 19 cm. Contents: I. Jewish Eugenics by Max Reichler -- II. The defective in Jewish law and literature by Joel Blau -- III. Capital punishment among the Jews by D. De Sola Pool. SUBJECT (S) : Jews. Eugenics. People with disabilities in rabbinical literature. People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law) . Capital punishment (Jewish law) . Pool (1885-1970) was a “U. S. Rabbi, civic and communal leader, and historian. Pool, who was born in London, pursued his rabbinic studies, first at Jews' College, London, and then at the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Pool went to the U. S. In 1907 to become minister of the Sephardi Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City, the oldest synagogue in the U. S. He served there until his retirement in 1956. Pool's other posts and activities included: president of the New York Board of Rabbis; member of Herbert Hoover's food conservation staff; field organizer and director of army camp work of the Jewish Welfare Board during World War I; U. S. Representative of the Zionist Commission in Jerusalem to help implement the Balfour Declaration; regional director for Palestine and Syria of the Joint Distribution Committee; founder and director of the Jewish Education Committee of New York; president of the Union of Sephardic Congregations; president of the Synagogue Council of America; chairman of the Committee of Army and Navy Religious Activities of the National Jewish Welfare Board; vice president and president of the American Jewish Historical Society; and U. S. Delegate to the NATO Atlantic Congress in London. Pool wrote several significant works and monographs in the fields of American Jewish history, religion, education, and Zionism, and edited and translated Sephardi and Ashkenazi Hebrew liturgical works. ” (Berenbaum and Skolnik in EJ, 2007) . Light wear. Very good condition. (Rab-44-2)
Stock number:24710.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York; The New York Public Library, 1927
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 4to. 15 pages. 26 cm. First Separate edition. "Reprinted February 1927 from the Bulletin of the New York public library of November 1926." Prepared and arranged by Joshua Bloch. Manuscript items are annotated and described at length. Bibliography of items organized under the following categories: The Genizah and some of its fragments; Passover Haggadah according to various Oriental Rites; Jews in China; The Samaritans and their literature; The Jews of Yemen and their literature; The Karaites and their literature; Jews in Persia and their literature; Jews in India; Hebrew Bibles from the Orient; Early Oriental Imprints; Miscellaneous – mostly Ritualistic items. Subjects: Jews - Social life and customs - Bibliography. Manuscripts, Hebrew - Catalogs. Hebrew literature - Bibliography. Hebrew literature. Jews - Social life and customs. Manuscripts, Hebrew. Bibliography. Wraps soiled; internally clean and fresh. Good + condition. (SEF-52-38)
Stock number:35150.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Paris, E. Champion, 1925
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher's Cloth. Large 8vo. cxxxviii, 247 pages, 26 cm. In French. SUBJECT (S): Romance languages -- Foreign words and phrases. Latin language -- Foreign words and phrases. Jews -- History. Hebrew language -- Influence on Latin. Hebrew language -- Semantics. Linguistica Bible. Latin -- Versions -- Old Latin. At head of title: D. S. Blondheim. Reprinted in part from various periodicals. Bibliographical foot-notes. Blondheim (1884-1934) was a “U. S. Romance scholar. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Blondheim studied at Johns Hopkins University where he became professor of Romance philology in 1924. During his studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris he began to work on the notes left by A. Darmesteter on the Old French glosses, over 1, 000 in number, in Rashi’s talmudic commentaries. Blondheim, after collating these with early manuscripts, restored their original form, established their exact meaning and published them as the first volume of his Les glosses francaises dans les commentaires talmudiques de Raschi. He then proceeded to study each term in all its ramifications, but on his untimely death left only 125 completed studies. They were published posthumously as the second volume of his Glosses, with his biography and a very extensive bibliography. The vast amount of historical and philological documentation gathered by Blondheim offers an invaluable source of information. Blondheim’s minor writings included many other contributions to the medieval Judeo-Romance dialects, e. G. , medieval Judeo-French hymns. His indefatigable scientific endeavors did not hinder him from taking an active part in Jewish affairs, both philanthropic and Zionist. Blondheim prepared the first English translation of L. Pinsker’s Auto-Emancipation. His life ended on a tragic note. His manuscripts and papers are now in the National and University Library, Jerusalem” (Banitt in EJ, 2007) . Previous owner's name on FEP. Slight coloring to edges of pages. Light wear to cover corners. Small chip to stop of title page, but no loss of text. Very good condition. (Sef-13-11)
Stock number:26997.
$US 275.00
Imprint: London, Saunders And Benning,, 1830
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. original Cloth, 8vo, xvi, 148 pages 22 cm. Includes material on Sephardim in England. The first part of the book is dedicated, in detail, to the history of Jews in England. The second part is dedicated to a thorough enquiry into the civil status of Jews in England, the civil disabilities imposed on Jews concerning property and real estate etc. The book also deals with the change of the version of the oath required for being appointed as a civil servant, receiving an academic degree or joining a professional guild. The oath included, until then, the phrase "upon the true faith of Christian". SUBJECT(S): Jews -- England -- History. Ex-library with usual marks. Some foxing, Very Good Condition (sef-55-5)
Stock number:36768.
$US 400.00
Imprint: Alabama, University Of Alabama Press, 1985
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. Large 8vo. Xviii, 380 pages. 24 cm. Series: “Judaic Studies Series. ” CONTENTS: Political, Social, Economic and Intellectual Life – Byzantium and the Jews – Jewish Settlements – Communal Organization and Social Life – Language and Literature – The Ottoman Conquest and Its Aftermath – Documents and Excursuses. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Byzantine Empire -- History. Joden. Geschichte 1204-1453. Geographic: Byzantine Empire -- History -- 1081-1453. Byzantine Empire -- Ethnic relations. Foreword by Zvi Ankori. Includes index. Bibliography: pages 347-370. Fine condition in very good jacket. (SEF42-14)
Stock number:28377.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York; Rosenthal Institute For Holocaust Studies; Boulder, Colo. ; Social Science Monographs, 2009
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. X, 338 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Edited by Randolph L. Braham. “This volume is the twenty-sixth in the Holocaust Studies Series sponsored by the Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. It contains ten seminal studies the catastrophe that befell the Jews of Europe during the Nazi era. It also reprints two historically crucial documents relating to the so-called Hungarian Gold Train, a freight train that, in 1944, carried stolen or confiscated Jewish valuables from Hungary. Essays recount the unfolding of the Holocaust in Hungary and the history of the Jews in Europe. They detail the elimination of Jews in Greece, particularly from the large Sephardic community of Salonika, and describe the rescue of Jews in Albania. Nonhistorical essays concern autobiographical narratives in which survivors and their descendents reflect on the return to former shtetls in East Central Europe and the attitudes of victims toward the perpetrators of Holocaust crimes. Taken altogether, this volume formulates a more complete understanding of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. Contents: The Christian churches of Hungary and the holocaust: an overview / Randolph L. Braham; The Shoah in Salonika / Steven B. Bowman; The Jews of Albania: a story of survival / Sami Repishti; The Holocaust in Hungary: a lecture in honor of Randolph Braham / Istavan Deak; Rescue operations in northern Transylvania / Randolph L. Braham; The Kasztner affair revisited / Eli Reichenthal; The Kasztner case: the historical context / Randolph L. Braham; Drops in the ocean: rescue operations of Jews in southern France and Hungary during the Holocaust / Christine Schmidt van der Zanden; Pilgrimages to the past: Jewish returns to eastern and central Europe / Marta Bladek; Political tolerance and intolerance: using qualitative interviews to understand the attitudes of Holocaust survivors / Nancy Isserman; The Gold Train case: final order and judgment; Current population estimates of Jewish Nazi victims from greater Hungary. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Europe, Eastern. Judenvernichtung Jews. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War (1939-1945) Osteuropa. Europe, Eastern. Light wear to jacket. Very good + condition in very good jacket. (BRAHAM-1-2) xx
Stock number:33947.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York; Garland Pub, 1994
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 8vo. Xv, 194 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Yiddish and English. Printed under the auspices of the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, New York. Extensive bilingual bibliography of 762 scholarly publications on Yiddish Linguistics from the first half of the twentieth century; compiled by David Bunis, specialist in the history of Jewish Languages and Literatures of Sephardic and Oriental Jewry. Subjects: Yiddish language - Bibliography. Linguistik. Jiddisch Yiddish language; Bibliography. Light wear to cloth, otherwise near fine. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-33-44), Mp 12/12
Stock number:31949.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Sao Paulo, SP, Massao Ohno Editor, 1990
Original Softcover. 8vo. 100, [3] pages. Illus. 22 cm. In Portuguese “with poems in Ladino with Portuguese translation. ” SUBJECT (S) : Ladino poetry. Romances, Ladino. Ladino poetry -- Translations into Portuguese. Sephardim -- History. Includes bibliographical references (pages [99]-[101]) . OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Nice, clean copy in very good condition. (SEF39-20)
Stock number:28524.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Fortaleza : Fundação Ana Lima, 2007
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition, Cloth, oblong 4to, 182 pages. In English with Portuguese. Includes illustrations and maps, primarily genealogical charts. Oversized work is about the Portuguese Jewish family Simões Colaço, which survived the inquisition and ended up to settling in Brazil, in the region of Pernambuco. Here is the genealogy of the family and their descendants. ISBN: 9788599134061. Includes bibliographical references and index. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Brazil -- Pernambuco -- Genealogy. Marranos. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (AC-3-14)
Stock number:39077.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Madrid, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto B. Arias Montano,, 1973
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, 8vo. , 193 pages. In Spanish. Illustrated throughout with photographs and facsimile, includes fold out. SUBJECT (S) : Synagogue architecture -- Spain. Synagogues -- Spain. Inscriptions, Hebrew -- Spain. Includes bibliographical references. Prologue by José Camón Aznar. Light wfear to cover. Good + condition. (SEF-31-9A)
Stock number:38174.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Berlin, Welt-Verlag, 1932
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 246 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In German. 'Exotic Jews. Reports and Studies. ' Collection of travel-vignettes on Jewish, Jewish sects, and Crypto-Jewish communities: the Lithuanian and Cairo Karaites, Sephardi Jews of Thessaloniki, Maghrebian Mizrahi Jews, Yemenite Teimanim, and the crypto-Jewish Dönmeh (Sabbateans) in Turkey as well as Mallorquin Conversos; financed by and originally written for the Yiddish daily Haynt; these reports formed the basis for this book. Ezriel Carlebach (1908–1956) , was a “Hebrew writer and journalist. Carlebach, who was born in Leipzig, left there at the age of 15 to study at Lithuanian yeshivot and later became a pupil of Rabbi Kook in Jerusalem. He was secretary of the international Sabbath League and organized its first conference in Berlin in 1929. Carlebach worked on the editorial staff of the Hamburger Israelitisches Familienblatt from 1929; of the Haynt of Warsaw from 1933; and also the Tel Aviv papers Haaretz and Ha-Zofeh. ” - EJ 2008. Subjects: Jewish diaspora. Cloth soiled, internally clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-52-58) xx
Stock number:35193.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Jerusalem; [No Publisher Stated], 1977
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. Pages 465-525 [i. E. 60 pages] 22 cm. First separate edition. "Reprint from: Rescue attempts during the Holocaust proceedings of the second Yad Vashem International historical Conference-April 1974." Historical work, and reflection on the documentation and materials, on the rescue of the Jews in Croatia. Bibliography: p. 507. Document Facsimiles: p. 508-525. Daniel Carpi (1926-2005) was Professor of Jewish History at the University of Tel Aviv, Israel; author of numerous works in Italian, Hebrew, and English on the history of the Holocaust in Italy and its territories. Subjects: Jews - Croatia. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Croatia. Jews. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) . OCLC lists 6 copies. Lightly aged and light soiling to wraps, contains red pencil underlining throughout, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (HOLO2-123-48)
Stock number:35504.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Paris: Bibliotheque Des Curieus, 1924
Softcover, v, 244 pages, 9 leaves of plates, illustrated, 23 cm. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Inquisition -- Italy -- Fiction. Inquisition -- France -- Fiction. France, Inquisition, Histoire anecdotique, Origines - 1815. Italie, Inquisition, Histoire anecdotique, origines - 1642. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide. Hinge repair. Wear to edges of cover and pages. Slightly torn cover corners. Wear to binding, spine repaired with tape, otherwise Good condition. (Sef-16-7)
Stock number:24997.
$US 100.00
Imprint: University Of Cincinnati, Department Of Judaic Studies, 1988
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, 8vo. , 39 pages. The 21st Annual Rabbi Louis Feinberg Memorial Lecture in Judaic Studies, March 10th, 1988. Very good condition. (SEF-31-1)
Stock number:25260.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, The American Jewish Committee, 1952
Binding: Paperback
Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 42 pages. 26 cm. Contents: The Jews of French Morocco -- The Jewish Community and its Institutions -- Personal Status in the Jewish Community -- Moroccan Citizenship and Nationality -- The Judicial System of Morocco -- Education, Civil Liberty and Government -- The Future of Moroccan Jewry. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Morocco. Abriged version in English of an original French work. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Covers lightly bumped, but still solid. Nice, clean copy in very good condition. (SEF37-27)
Stock number:28486.
$US 100.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1968. 1st edition. Cloth, 8vo, xxii, 376 pages, 22 cm. Bibliography on pages 362-364. SUBJECT (S) : Jews--Africa, North--History. Africa, North--History. Gilt lettering on spine, Very good condition in good jacket (SEF-9-8)
Stock number:19424.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society Of America., 1968.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Xxii, 376 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Africa, North – history; Africa, North – history. “Born in Aïn-Témouchent, Algeria, Chouraqui [b. 1917] studied political economy and Muslim law at Paris University and the Institut de France. A World War II French resistance fighter, he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government and also received various Israel decorations. Soon after World War II, Chouraqui worked as a lawyer and judge for two years in Algeria and was appointed deputy secretary general of the Alliance Israélite Universelle before serving as a permanent delegate for over 20 years. One of the few North African Jewish intellectuals who immigrated to Israel, Chouraqui served as personal adviser to Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion on problems of the integration of ethnic communities. He was deputy mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1969, in charge of cultural, interfaith, and international issues. His public activity reflected a deep commitment to dialogue between cultures and religions at an international level: he co-founded and presided over the Interfaith Committee, co-founded Judeo-Christian Friendship, and was associated with the World Conference on Religions and Peace. Together with Muslim and Christian clerics, he founded the Brotherhood of Abraham, an organization devoted to reconciliation among the three monotheistic religions. ” (EJ, 2007) Has dust jacket. Very good condition. (MX-23-18)
Stock number:24072.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
London: Pioneer Press, [1910? ]. Wrappers; 12mo. 16 pages. Anti-Christian tract. Ethics (Christian) Christianity (Anti) OCLC lists one copy worldwide. Some darkening. Good condition. (BR-3)
Stock number:14537.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Edward Goldston Ltc. , 1931. Cloth, 8vo, 351 pages. Illustrated by Jacob Kramer. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Rear board coming loose, wear to outer spine and corners. Otherwise, Very Good condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14474.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Edward Goldston Ltc. , 1931. Cloth, 8vo, 351 pages. Illustrated by Jacob Kramer. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Rear board coming loose, wear to outer spine and corners. Otherwise, Very Good condition. (Comhist1-1)
Stock number:19650.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
London: Pioneer Press, 1893. Wrappers; 12mo. 30 pages. Anti-Christian tract. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Sunned; pages very brittle. Two-inch tear at top of spine; corner chipping off. Fair condition. Very Scarce. (k-BR-3)
Stock number:14536.
$US 100.00
Imprint: 1986
Binding: Paperback
Bound in modern wrappers, article removed from complete issue, 29 pages. Light wear. Very good condition. (SEF-35-22)
Stock number:25386.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Djerba [Tonisia]: Bi-Defus Cohen Ve-Tsva’an, 1948
Binding: Paperback
Period boards. 8vo. 118 pages, 21 cm. In Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Title translates to “Full Midrash…. Sermons” The Tunisian Jewish community, dating back almost 2, 000 years, would eventually flea to Israel after the anti-semitic backlash to the creation of the state of Israel. Before 1948, the year of this publication, there were 100, 000 Jews living in Tunisia. Today, there are only about 2, 000 left, most of whom live in Djerba (JVL, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Bible commentary. OCLC lists one copy worldwide (Haifa) . Boards are heavily worn. Rare. (RAB-65-31)
Stock number:40496.
$US 150.00
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Imprint: Cincinnati; Hebrew Union College Annual, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 108 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Hebrew Union College annual. Supplements 5. Concerns the political role of the inquisition in seventeenth century Portugal, Converso and New Christian identity in Portugal. Contains an analysis of a previously unpublished report from an ecclesiastical authorities in Tomar, Portugal, in 1629. The report of the Assembly of Tomar was at least in part a response to repeated efforts of Portuguese conversos to persuade Philip IV of Spain (who was also king of Portugal) to reform inquisitorial procedures and revoke certain laws that discriminated against them. Subjects: Councils and synods - Portugal - Tomar - History - 17th century. Jewish Christians - Portugal - History - 17th century. Marranos - Portugal - History - 17th century. Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (Portugal) . Manuscript. Codice 1508. Clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (SEF-52-2)
Stock number:35114.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: George Routledge, and New York: Bloch, 1907. Cloth; 12mo. 304 pages. In English and Hebrew. Bible. O. T. Psalms. English & Hebrew. Note (s) : Hebrew text and English translation on opposite pages. OCLC lists seven copies worldwide. Pages brown and foxed; edges worn; spine shaken. Cover is mottled; possibly water-stained. Owner's name on flyleaf; few margin notes in pencil. Fair condition. (BR-2)
Stock number:14499.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Israel: Organización Sionista Mundial, Departamento De Asuntos Sefaradies., 1987.
Binding: Paperback
8vo. 96 pages. Illustrated. Second edition. SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew poetry, medieval – Spain – history and criticism; Hebrew poetry, medieval – Spain – translations into Spanish. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Covers slightly rubbed, very good condition. (SEF-8-25a)
Stock number:25994.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: C. S. Nathan, 1899
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 12mo. 32 pages, 18 cm. In English. The Congregation Shearith Israel, often called The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, is the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. It was established in 1654 and until 1825 was the only Jewish congregation in New York City (Wikipedia, 2019) . Includes "Amendments to by-laws, adopted and ratified 31st July and 4th September 1836" on pages 17-19 and " Resolutions of the Trustees relative to the cemetary [sic] on Long Island of the Congreation Shearith Israel ... April 27, 1852" on pages. 20-25. SUBJECTS: Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N. Y. ) -- Constitution. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (NYPL, Harvard). Lacks front cover (which was identical to title page). Contents are very good. Rare. (AMR-56-24-D)
Stock number:41569.
$US 650.00
Imprint: New York : the Congregation., 1930
Binding: Paperback
8vo. 4 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – United States – New York. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Pages lightly darkened at edges, very good condition. (SEF-10-2)
Stock number:20899.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Philadelphia, C. Sherman & Co. , Printers, [Philadelphia], [Jewish Publication Society Of America],, 1975
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 30 pages. 24 cm. Facsimile edition. Beginnings, early American Judaica, 7. Reprint of Philadelphia, 1840 ed. Full title: Persecution of the Jews in the East. Containing the proceedings of a meeting held at the synagogue Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, on Thursday evening, the 28th of Ab. 5600, corresponding with the 27th of August, 1840. Subjects: Jews - Persecutions - Syria - Damascus. Jews - Persecutions. Syria – Damascus. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-52-25)
Stock number:35137.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Congregation Shearith Israel, 1954
Softcover, 8vo, 20 pages, 26 cm. SUBJECT (S) : New York (State) . Congregation Shearith Israel -- Anniversary services. Cover title. English and Hebrew texts on opposite pages. Congregation Shearith Israel in the City of New York, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue on the three hundred anniversary of the settlement of Jews in America and the founding of the congregation. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Brandeis, Harvard, Hebrew Union, Nat Libr of Israel) . Light wear. Very good condition. (Sef-25-25)
Stock number:25223.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Congregation Shearith Israel, 1954
Softcover, 8vo, 20 pages, 26 cm. In Honor of the 300th anniversary of the arrival of Jews on what became US soil. SUBJECT (S) : Cover title. English and Hebrew texts on opposite pages. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Brandies, Harvard, Hebrew Union College, National Library of Israel) . Yellowing of cover page. Excellent condition. (Sef-32-11)
Stock number:25305.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Thessalonique [Thessaloniki], C. Cospidas [K. Kopsidas], 1992
(FT) Original Softcover. 8vo. 159 pages. Illus. 23 cm. Parallel text in Greek, French and English. “The collection of postcards which are brought out in this book make up a photographic panorama of the Jewish element in Thessaloniki. Chronologically these postcards are placed in the time between 1890 and 1917 as it is proved by the information given by the documents themselves. These documents are an indirect historical source reflecting the financial, social and communal organization of the Jewish community of the town. The Synagogues, the dresses, the buildings, the religious leaders, the professions, the editors, are some of the elements of the reader will get familiar with. The whole of these elements which this collection offers us are the valuable tesserae of a mosaic which make up the portrait of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki and generally speaking, of the history of the Jewish Nation. ” -Back cover. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual stamps. Minor wear to cover, interior is crisp (including some in color) . Good Condition. (SEF-42-23)
Stock number:36320.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Sao Paulo, Editora Israel, 1994
Softcover. 8vo. 79 pages. 22 cm. In Portuguese. Title translates to English as, “Jews in Brazilian Culture: From the Portuguese Marranos to the Academics of the State of Israel. ” SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Brazil -- Biography. Judeus. Historia Do Brasil - Sociedade (Judeu) . Geographic: Juden. Brasilien. Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-79) . Highlighting throughout, but all text is clear. Good condition. (SEF37-4)
Stock number:28464.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardback
Frankfurt: Heinrich Ludwig Brünner, 1855. Leather; 8vo. Xvi, 446 pages. In German. Half-leather with morocco spine and corners and gilt letters. Revisions page 446. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- History -- 1789-1945. Judaism -- History -- 19th century. OCLC lists two copies worldwide (Asbury Theological Seminary; UPenn) . Pages darkened and foxed. Backstrip is missing; front cover is detached. Edges and corners worn. Fair condition. (LB-3)
Stock number:15528.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Leiden, Elie Luzac, 1773
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Blue paper wrappers. 8vo. 4, 84 pages, 22 cm. In French. Title translates to “The Wisdom of the Sovereign in Finding Ways to Establish a Flourishing Trade. ” Title in red and black and with engraved vignette. The author describes here the economies of different countries during the course of various eras. He posits that freedom of religion is one of the prerequisites for creating a prosperous national economy, examples of failure in that regard is France- who drove out the Huguenots and Spain and Portugal who expelled the Jews. “Certainly the Inquisition is blind, superstitious and cruel for pushing the Jews to desert Portugal and Spain - [eventually] bringing them to Amsterdam, where wise-men welcomed them with kindness. There, the [Jews] encouraged flourishing trade practices which they spread around the world, while in Spain and Portugal [trade] collapsed. That is why in order to populate our provinces and have them grow prosperous, our wiser nations should welcome the stranger… and let all freely practice his religion” (p. 16) . A copy sold at auction for USD 984 in 2016. Significant dampstaining and edgewear. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Later tiny photo of a house added to title page. Good condition. (FR-3-5)
Stock number:38462.
$US 750.00
Binding: Paperback
Leicester: Newman Wolsey Ltd. , 1944. Wrappers; 16mo. 32 pages. Holocaust Era. First half is an essay which tackles several common stereotypical assumptions; second half is statistics about Jews, presented as tables lists, and a timeline. Jewish question. Jews -- Statistics. Jews -- Great Britain. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Paper very darkened and stained. One correction made in ink. Good condition. (k-BR-3)
Stock number:14534.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Fyorda: Be-Vet Uvi-Defus Itsak Ben David, 1781
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, folio, 132 pages, 34 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Descriptor: Responsa -- 1040-1600. Named Person: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Mishneh torah -- Commentaries. Zimra (known as RaDBaZ = Rabbi David Ben Abi Zimra; 1479–1573) was a “talmudic scholar, halakhic authority, and kabbalist. Abi Zimra was born in Spain into a wealthy family, but by the age of 13 he was in Safed (possibly going via Fez – see Sambari in Neubauer's Chronicles, vol. 1 (1887) , 157) . The most eminent of his teachers was Joseph Saragossi of Sicily who left Spain in 1492 and eventually settled in Safed. Abi Zimra moved to Jerusalem but shortly before 1513 immigrated to Egypt, apparently due to bad economic conditions in Palestine. He remained there for 40 years, first in Alexandria, then in Cairo where he joined the bet din of the nagid, Isaac Sholal. After the conquest of Egypt by the Turks (1517) and the decline of the office of the nagid, Abi Zimra became the official head of Egyptian Jewry. He was not only dayyan but also head of a yeshivah, trustee of the hekdesh, and administrator of charity collections. He held all of these offices in an honorary capacity, as he was financially independent. Apart from his inherited wealth Abi Zimra was apparently successful in business and as a moneylender to non-Jews” (Zimmels in EJ 2010) . OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Hinge & spine repair. Yellowing of pages. Wear to binding. Good Condition. (Heb-33-16)
Stock number:28045.
$US 700.00
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Imprint: Philadelphia; Dropsie College For Hebrew And Cognate Learning, 1939
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. [pages 345-387], i. E. 42 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In English, with some Hebrew. Reprinted from Jewish quarterly review, new series, vol. 29, no. 4. A survey of recent publications by the Schocken Institute for Research on Hebrew Poetry. Includes one plate, and a comparative listing of translation variants of a J. P. S. And Schocken editions of poems by Moses ibn Ezra. Subjects: Hebrew poetry - History and criticism. Israel Davidson – Hebrew Poetry – Offprints. OCLC lists 4 copies (Brandeis, Duke, Hebrew Univ, Natl Libr Israel) . Light soiling to wraps, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (SEF-46-29)
Stock number:33008.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Philadelphia; Dropsie College For Hebrew And Cognate Learning, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. [pages 299-398] ie 100 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, with introduction in English. Reprinted from the Jewish quarterly review. New series, V. XXX, no. 4. "As a fitting part of his ... ['Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew Poetry'] the late Prof. Israel Davidson had compiled a list of rhymes". At his sudden death he left a manuscript called "Mafteaha-haruzim. " The Jewish Quarterly Review published this list, hoping to benefit the owners of the Thesaurus. "The introduction has been prepared, and the proofs read, by Prof. Ismar Elbogen. " He also added bibliographical foot-notes. Includes indexes of the rhymes in poetry of Abraham Ibn Ezra (p. 301-305) , Eleazar ha-Bavli (p. 306-310) , Todros Abulafia (p. 311-323) , Judah al-H? Arizi (p. 324-329) , Judah ha-Levi (p. 330-337) , Joseph K? Imhi (p. 338-347) , Jacob Ibn Tsur (p. 348-352) , Moses Ibn Ezra (p. 353-370) , Moses Ibn Tsur (p. 371-373) , ? Immanue? L ha-Romi (p. 374-378) , Solomon Ibn-Gabirol (p. 379-384) , Samuel ha-Nagid (p. 385-398) . Subjects: Hebrew poetry, Medieval - Bibliography. Hebrew poetry, Medieval - Indexes. Hebrew poetry, Medieval - Rhyme index. Hebrew language - Rhyme - Indexes. Rhyme indexes - Hebrew poetry, Medieval. Piyut piyyutim. OCLC lists 15 copies. Light wear to wraps, internally clean and fresh. Good + condition. (SEF-46-30)
Stock number:33009.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Westport, CT, Praeger, 1995
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Viii, 193 pages. Maps. 25 cm. Ismar Schorsch’s copy. Series: With Eyes Toward Zion, IV. Contents: Introduction: America-Holy Land Studies as a Field of Scholarly Inquiry -- Pt. I. Zion in America's Faith. 1. The Holy Land in American Spiritual History. 2. Jewish Distinctiveness Within the American Tradition: The Eretz Israel Dimension. 3. American Christian Devotees in the Holy Land -- Pt. II. Representative Jewish Personalities. 4. Isaac Leeser of the Historical School. 5. Abraham I. Rice: Pioneer of Orthodoxy in America. 6. Sir Moses Montefiore: American Jewry's Ideal -- Pt. III. "Names on the Land" 7. Biblical Place-Names in America (with maps) . 8. America in Zion: Settlements and Institutions (with map) -- Pt. IV. Rediscovery of the Holy Land. 9. Choice Readings: An Annotated Record. SUBJECT(S) : Palestine in Judaism. Palestine in Christianity. Judaism -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Biblical place names in America. Includes bibliographical references and index. Ismar Schorsch is a “Jewish historian and sixth chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary. As a spokesperson for Conservative Judaism, Schorsch addressed both his denominational constituency and a broader audience. In national affairs, he has brought Jewish perspectives to contemporary political debates over environmentalism, health care, welfare reform, and separation of church and state” (EJ, 2007) . Nice, clean copy in very good condition. (SEF37-20)
Stock number:28479.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1901. Cloth, 12mo, 146 pages. Gilt lettering on spine, cover. Embossed design on cover. Spine slightly soiled. Cyrus Adler's copy. Very Good condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14468.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Hebrew Book Union, 1880
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; x, 241 pages; 12mo. x, 241 pages. First thus. De Solla was rabbi of Temple Emanuel in Denver, Colorado. Singerman 2905. SUBJECT(S): Jews -- History. Jewish law. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide of this edition. Lacks outer binding. Dampstains to few pages, but all text is clear. Good condition. (AMR-37-8).
Stock number:26897.
$US 400.00
Imprint: Paris: Albin Michel, 1989
Paperback, 8vo. , 268 pages. In French. Translated from the English by Janine Gdalia. English title: The Mellah Society: Jewish Community Life in Sherifian Morocco. Originally published in Hebrew in 1983. “The Mellah Society is a compact yet detailed and fascinating account of Jewish life in precolonial Morocco, based on the voluminous but rarely studies writings of eighteenth and nineteenth century Judeo-Moroccan sages” (from back cover of English edition) . Deshen is a Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology at Tel Aviv University. SUBJECT(S) : Jew --Morocco --Social conditions. Morocco -- Ethnic relations. Very good condition. (SEF-27-17)
Stock number:25233.
$US 150.00
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Imprint: Ithaca, N. Y. ; Cornell University Press, 1974
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 251 pages. 22 cm. First edition. With 7 illustrations and two kinship charts. Anthropological study detailing symbols, religious belief, celebration rites, and kinship ties of Tunisan and Moroccan Jewish emigrants to Israel. Co-written by Moshe Shokeid and Shlomo Deshen, both Professors in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University. Subjects: Jews, North African - Israel. Israel - Emigration and immigration. Anthropology. Institutional stamps on endpages, otherwise fresh and clean. Good condition. (SEF-46-11)
Stock number:32996.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
New York: Philosophical Library, 1952. Cloth; 8vo. Viii, 178 pages. Illustrated with diagrams. Contains index. Ex library with spine label. Very good condition in good dust jacket. (BR-2)
Stock number:14490.
$US 100.00
Imprint: East Aurora, N. Y. The Roycrofters, 1900
Softcover, 12mo, 2 volume, portrait, 20 cm. Series: His Little journeys. SUBJECT (S) : Authors, English. Title page. And initials designed by Samuel Warner; book 2 illumined by Frances Carmody. Bumped corners and edges. Wear to binding. Otherwise good condition. (Sef-28-5)
Stock number:25128.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin Bonn, F. Dümmler, 1932
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 204 pages. 20 cm. In German. CONTENTS: Von den ahnen. --Der mensch und der denker. --Der nachlass. --Die erbschaft. --Buchkundliche nachschau. “Spinoza (1632–1677) was a philosopher born in Amsterdam of Portuguese background, who became one of the most important representatives of the rationalist movement in the early modern period. Spinoza today continues to be debated by philosophers of a wide range of intellectual affiliations. Turning to his critique of religion, Spinoza may be said to have laid the foundation for the scientific study of the Bible. He also had a considerable impact on Jewish thinkers. ” (EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Spinoza, Benedictus de. ; Philosophy of History; Kingdom of the Netherlands; XVII Century AD; Histoire de la Philosophy; Pays-Bas. Very good condition. (FEST1-78)
Stock number:27210.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd. , 1957. Cloth, 8vo, 152 pages. Lehmann A10: 153. Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. (BR-1)
Stock number:14409.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Genèva, Éditions De L'Avenir, 1971
Binding: Paper Wrappers
8vo. 75 pages. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Egypt -- History.  Egypt -- History.   OCLC lists three copies worldwide (Princeton, New York Public Research Library, University of Oxford) In good condition. (SEF-12A-8)
Stock number:25965.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim, Hevrah Le-Hotsa'at Sefarim a. Y. Ha-Universitah Ha-ivrit, 1945
(FT) Softcover, 8vo, 12, 272, 1, 32 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew and English. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Egypt -- History. “Yatsa la-or be-siyua Ha-keren' A. Sh. Aleksander Kohut. ” Added title page: The Jews in Egypt in the Hellenistic-Roman age in the light of the papyri. “The English text is but a brief summary of the Hebrew original”--Pref. “Luah ha-kitsurim”: page [9]-12.Tcherikover (Avigdor; 1894–1958) , was an “historian. Tcherikover was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, into a family of maskilim. Emigrating to Palestine in 1925, Tcherikover became one of the first teachers at the Hebrew University, and the first professor of ancient history. A general historian by training, Tcherikover first wrote in the field of Hellenistic history; his Die Hellenistischen Staedtegruendungen von Alexander dem Grossen bis auf die Roemerzeit became the basic work in this field. Later he devoted himself entirely to the study of Jewish history during the Graeco-Roman period and became one of the most distinguished scholars in the field. The other important field of Tcherikover's work on the history of the Diaspora in Egypt was based on his research of papyri. Among the tens of thousands of Greek papyri found in Egypt from the end of the 19th century onward, papyri which mentioned Jews or matters connected with Jews were also discovered. Tcherikover initiated systematic research of the Jewish papyri, publishing many studies and a comprehensive research work, Ha-Yehudim be-Mizrayim ba-Tekufah ha-Helenistit-ha-Romit le-Or ha-Papirologyah (‘The Jews in Egypt in the Hellenistic-Roman Age in the Light of the Papyri”) . Tcherikover's scholarly work is outstanding for construction, clarity of thought, lucidity of presentation, precision of detail, and general historic perception” (Fuks in EJ 2007) . Tears to corners and edges of cover. Wear to binding. Good condition. (Sef-18-8)
Stock number:25516.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Latin American Jewish Studies Association, 1984
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Stapled Paper Wrappers. 8vo. Xiii, 60 pages. Subtitle: “Proceedings of the First research conference of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association, held on the Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion on October 30-November 1, 1982.” CONTENTS: Using Jewish Reference Sources for the Study of Latin American Jewry: A Bibliography. / Arnona Rudavksy – United States Library Collections on Latin American Jews / Richard D. Woods and Arnona Rudavsky – United States Archival Resources for the Study of Jews in Latin America / Thomas Niehaus and Maria Hernandez-Lehmann – Disappearing Memories: The Loss of Jewish Records in Latin America / Robert M. Levine – Program of the First Conference of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association. Laid In: Signed letter from the editor. Minor wear to cover; internal pages are bright and clean. Very Good Condition. (SEF44-5a)
Stock number:28406.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Charleston, Daggett Printing Co., 1903
Binding: Paperback
Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 8 pages. 21 cm. Reprinted from the Sunday News, Nov. 1903. ABSTRACT: Dr. Elzas tells of visiting the Secretary of State's office and despairing over the storage conditions for the historical documents stored there. He tells of finding rich sources regarding the history of the Jews of South Carolina, including valuable information about Henry Moses, Samuel Levy, Montague Simons, Haym Solomons, Levy Solomon, Mordicai Lyon, Moses Simons, and Henry Harris. In the following article he tells of the seal for the Hebrew Benevolent Society and of a long-held but mistaken belief about the date of the founding of the society. Subtitle: Jewish Merchants in Charleston in Revolutionary Day – A Jew who Paid Quit Rents in 1739 – Summary of Testimony Given in an Examination of Citizens who had Remained in Charleston During the British Occupation and whose Loyalty to the Patriot Cause had been Questioned – Who was “Moses, with the Big Nose? ” OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Worn at edges with no loss of paper. Very Good Condition. (SEF44-29) .
Stock number:28432.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Charleston, Daggett Printing Co., 1903
Binding: Paperback
Original Self-Wrappers. 8vo. 4 pages. 21 cm. Reprinted from the News and Courier. Subtitle: “Dr. Barnett A. Elzas Establishes the Justice of his Criticisms of Mr. Huhner's article ‘Charleston’ [in the Jewish Encyclopedia] by Reference to Authorities in this State whom None can Gainsay. ” SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. A few minor, closed tears to egdes, but no loss of paper. Very Good Condition. (SEF44-27) . Xx
Stock number:28430.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Charleston, News And Courier And Daggett Print Co., 1902
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 13 pages. 21 cm. Reprinted from the Charleston News and Courier, November 1902. Subtitles: “Compiled from Recently Discovered Records, ” and "Inscribed to the present members of K. K. B. E. " Includes annual lists of congregation members 1800-1810. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – South Carolina. OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (SEF44-25)
Stock number:28427.
$US 110.00
Imprint: Charleston, Daggett Printing Co., 1903
Binding: Paperback
Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 16 pages. 21 cm. Reprinted from the News and Courier. A correspondence between Huhner and Elzas on the criticisms of Huhner’s article in the Jewish Encyclopaedia. Subtitle: “Some Correspondence that Does not Affect the Questions at Issue – Faulty Encyclopaedias Cited in Defence of an Error – Stands by His Story of Salvador – Is not Familiar with Tory Records of this State – Thinks Lushington’s Company was Composed of Jews – Continental Officers from Other States Credited to South Carolina – Thinks the Act of 1811 Created First Free School Commissioners in Charleston. ” SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Vertical crease throughout. Very Good Condition. (SEF44-28) .
Stock number:28431.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Charleston, News And Courier And Daggett Print Co., 1902
Binding: Hardcover
Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 9 pages. 21 cm. Reprinted from the Charleston News and Courier, December, 1902. Part one of four. A survey of the Jews found in records to be living in Charleston, SC. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – South Carolina. Slight discoloration to boards with a few small gouges, no loss of paper. Internal pages nice and clean. Good+ condition. (SEF44-24)
Stock number:28426.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Charleston, Daggett Printing Co., 1902
Binding: Paperback
Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 21 cm. Reprinted from The Charleston News and Courier, December 1902. A sharp critique of the accuracy of the article, “Charleston” from the Jewish Encyclopaedia by L. Huhner. The review spawned a series of correspondence between Elzas and Huhner on the accuracy of each other’s historical claims. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (SEF44-32) .
Stock number:28435.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Charleston, Daggett Printing Co., 1902
Binding: Paperback
Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 21 cm. Reprinted from The Charleston News and Courier, December 1902. A sharp critique of the accuracy of the article, “Charleston” from the Jewish Encyclopaedia by L. Huhner. The review spawned a series of correspondence between Elzas and Huhner on the accuracy of each other’s historical claims. “Compliments of the author, ” written atop front cover. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Vertical crease throughout, but all text is clear. Very Good Condition. (SEF44-32a) .
Stock number:28436.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berkeley, University Of California Press, 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Xii, 347 pages. 22 cm. CONTENTS: The Resettlement (1656-1700) – Bankers and Brokers, Peddlers and Pickpockets (1700-1800) – Poverty to Prosperity (1800-1870) – Native Jews and Foreign Jews (1870-1914) – The Great War to the Holocaust (1914-1945) – The Fracturing of Anglo-Jewry (1945-2000) . Includes glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms, bibliography and index. Lacks dustjacket. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (SEF42-6)
Stock number:28369.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1979. Cloth; 8vo. Xiv, 370 pages. Illustrated with sixteen pages of period cartoons and drawings. With notes, bibliography, index, abbreviations, and appendix of statistics on Jewish crime. Very scholarly work ".. Which discusses the process by which Jews who migrated to England in the 18th and early 19th centuries became participants in British life. " Jews -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. Juifs -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 18e siècle. Geographic: Great Britain -- History -- 1714-1837. Great Britain -- Ethnic relations. Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 1714-1837. Corners slightly bumped; otherwise, excellent condition in very good dust jacket. (BR-3)
Stock number:14521.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv: A. Levin Epshtayn, 1972
Binding: Hardback
(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 241 pages, illustrated, 24 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Palestine -- History. On verso of title page: Those beautiful days. Light wear to binding. Chipping to edges of cover jacket. Very good condition. (Sef-29-5)
Stock number:26000.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : Atheneum., 1973.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Large 8vo; 369 pages; Includes 9-page index. First edition. Evans "tells of his grandparents' debate to leave Lithuania for America, the first few years in the Baltimore slums, and their decision to gamble on the South. He writes about the family store, and describes his boyhood in Durham, in the North Carolina tobacco belt, where his father was mayor from 1950 to 1962 during the stormiest years of the Civil Rights era. " Also a history of earlier German & Sephardic Jewish communities in the South & the role of Southern Jews in the Civil War & Reconstruction. Ex library, good+ condition. (AMR-25-11)
Stock number:31362.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Paris: P. Geuthner,, 1906
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition, 12mo, 39 pages; 21 cm. In Ge’ez, Hebrew, French and Arabic. Mota Muse, or the Death of Moses, is a key text in Haymanot, Judaism as traditionally practiced by the Ethiopian Beta Israel. It is printed here in its original Ge’ez, with a running Hebrew translation, a French translation, and with Arabic extracts. Jacques Faïtlovitch studied Ethiopian languages at the Sorbonne, visiting Ethiopia for the first time at the age of 23 in 1904 and dedicating the rest of his life to studying and improving the conditions of the Beta Israel. This translation followed his first account of his travels, Notes d'un voyage chez les Falachas (1905) . SUBJECT(S) Ethiopian Jews -- Orientalism. Spine rebacked. Slight edgewear, paper yellowing. Otherwise, Very Good- condition (Spec-43-3)
Stock number:37453.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York: Yeshiva University Press, 1976
Binding: Paper Wrappers
8vo. 118 pages. In English . SUBJECT (S) : Jewish Ethics. Author: “(c. 1225–1295) , philosophical author and translator. Little is known about Falaquera's life. Born in Spain, it appears that he lived in the border provinces of Spain and France. He was a prolific writer, well versed in Islamic and Greek philosophy, but was not an original thinker. His writings are representative of the scientific and philosophic thought of the Jews of his time. ” (EJ, Moshe Nahum Zobel) In good condition. (MX13-11)
Stock number:21352.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Hoboken; KTAV Pub. House, 1987
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Hardbound. 8vo. XIII, 241 [21] pages. 24 cm. First edition. 21 pages of plates. Red cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine, dust jackets. 21 pages of plates. Rabbi Floyd Fierman, Ph. D. (1917-1989) , served Temple Mount Sinai of El Paso, Texas from 1949 to 1979. His leadership in the community extended far beyond the temple. He was actively engaged in combating racism and fighting for civil rights in El Paso. He was also dedicated to interfaith education and communication and to tracking the history of Jews in the binational southwest. Although Fierman was not trained as a professional historian, his contributions to the field included several books and monographs on Jews of the southwest, including “Guts and Ruts: The Jewish Pioneer on the Trail in the American Southwest” (1984) , and its sequel “Roots and Boots” (1988) . He also wrote for several scholarly journals including Western States Jewish History, American Jewish Historical Quarterly, American Jewish Archives, and Arizona and the Southwest. Subjects: Jews -- Genealogy -- Southwest, New -- Jews -- Genealogy. Sephardim -- Southwest, New -- Genealogy. Dust jacket lightly soiled. Edges lightly soiled. Internal pages crisp. Very good+ condition. (SEF41-5) xx
Stock number:28307.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Ben-Zvi, 1960
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 215 pages. Maps. 25 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to English as, “The Jews in India: Their Contribution to the Economic and Political Life. ” Series: “Mehkarim u-mekorot shel Mekhon Ben-Tsevi, ha-Universitah ha-`Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- India -- Politics and government. Jews -- India -- Social conditions. Fischel was a scholar of Oriental Jewry and Islamic civilization, and professor of Semitic Languages and Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. Very Good Condition with good jacket. (SEF44-21)
Stock number:28423.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Ktav, 1969
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Xxvii, 139 pages. 24 cm. Later Edition (first published 1937) with new introduction by the author on “The Court Jew in the Islamic World. ” CONTENTS: Under the Abbasid Caliphate – Under the Fatimid Caliphate – Under the Mongol il-Khans. Includes index (pages 137-139) . Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (SEF42-28)
Stock number:28392.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Princeton, N. J. ; Princeton University Press, 2010
Binding: Hardback
Softbound. 8vo. XII, 271 pages. 24 cm. Second edition. National Jewish Book Award Winner. "K. E. Fleming's Greece-a Jewish History is the first comprehensive English-language history of Greek Jews, and the only history that includes material on their diaspora in Israel and the United States. The book tells the story of a people who for the most part no longer exist and whose identity is a paradox in that it wasn't fully formed until after most Greek Jews had emigrated or been deported and killed by the Nazis. For centuries, Jews lived in areas that are now part of Greece. But Greek Jews as a nationalized group existed in substantial number only for a few short decades-from the Balkan Wars (1912-13) until the Holocaust, in which more than 80 percent were killed. Greece - a Jewish History describes their diverse histories and the processes that worked to make them emerge as a Greek collective. It also follows Jews as they left Greece - as deportees to Auschwitz or émigrés to Palestine/Israel and New York's Lower East Side. In such foreign settings their Greekness was emphasized as it never was in Greece, where Orthodox Christianity traditionally defines national identity and anti-Semitism remains common. "-From the Jacket. Subjects: Jews - Greece - History - 20th century. Jews - Greece - History - 21st century. Greece - Ethnic relations. Light wear to edges, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (SEF-47-7)
Stock number:33030.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: London; "jewish Chronicle" Office,, 1888
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 32 pages ; 25 cm. In English. Two papers on Spinoza read before the Jews’ College Literary Society on June 5th 1887 and April 22nd 1888. “Jews' College was opened in Finsbury Square, London as a rabbinical seminary in 1855 with the support of Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler and of Sir Moses Montefiore, who had conceived the idea for such a venture as early as 1841. The college quickly established itself as a place where high quality rabbinical training was available and its alumni and staff often became prominent in Anglo-Jewry. In 1881, the College moved to larger premises in Tavistock Square, close to University College, where it was envisaged that Jews’ College students would be able to combine their religious studies and university studies to degree level. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Paper wrappers are torn. Inside pages very bright with minimal markings. Overall in good condition. (BR-11-5)
Stock number:36878.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Madrid: Siglo XXI De Espana Editores, 1999
Edition: First Edition
Softcover, 8vo, viii, 213 pages, illustrated (1 color) , 21 cm. In Spanish. 1st Edition. Series: Historia; Variation: Historia (Siglo Veintiuno de Espana Editores) . SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Morocco -- Fes -- Biography. Sephardim -- Morocco -- Fes -- Biography. Jews, Moroccan -- Spain -- Madrid -- Biography. Jews, Moroccan -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Biography. Jewish businesspeople -- Biography. Spies -- Spain -- Biography. Diplomatieke betrekkingen. Pallache, Samuel, d. 1616. Fes (Morocco) -- Biography. Madrid (Spain) -- Biography. Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Biography. Pallache, Samuel; Biografia. ; Espana; Historia; Siglo XVII. ; Judios; Persecuciones. Includes bibliographical references on pages 205-213. Hinge repair. Wear to binding. Light bumping to edges and corners of cover. Otherwise, very good condition. (Sef-21-19)
Stock number:25189.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [Mexico] : Editoral Porrua., 1973.
Binding: Paperback
8vo. 233 pages. In Spanish. Second edition. SUBJECT (S) : Bible. O. T. Proverbs – Spanish; Bible. O. T. Apocrypha. Ecclesiastics – Spanish. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. SERIES: Sepan cuentos ; ; núm. 54. Tanned, good condition. (SEF-12-2)
Stock number:20934.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Granada: El Defensor De Granada,, 1920
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 79 pages, 8vo. In Spanish. “Discurso leído ante la Real Academia de la Historia. ” Wear on cover and binding. Ex-library with minimal marks. Brown, fragile pages, minor chippings on edge of 2 leaves. Otherwise good condition. (k-rab-2-8)
Stock number:21607.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Thessalonike: Idruma Ets Ahaim, 1999
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 171 pages, 24 cm. In English, French, Greek, and Judeo-Spanish. Contents include essays on the origins of Judeo-Spanish and topics related to its literature, poetry, and culture. SUBJECTS: Ladino literature -- Congresses. Jews -- Spain -- Congresses. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide, but only one copy on the east coast (USHMM) , and none at any Ivy League Libraries (OCLC: 222831169) . Very good condition. (YID-32-19-AX)
Stock number:40682.
$US 225.00
Imprint: Leiden: Brill, 1980
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, viii, 218 pages, 25 cm. Series: Studies in Judaism in modern times; v. 6. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Morocco -- Fes. Juifs -- Maroc -- Des. Joden. Fes (Morocco) -- Ethnic relations. Fes, Maroc -- Relations interethniques. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 206-211. Light wear to cover binding. Very good condition. (Sef-29-9)
Stock number:25903.
$US 175.00
Imprint: Paris: Editions Hispaniques, 1992
Paperback, 8vo, 146 pages, 24 cm. In French. Series: Collection "Theses, memoires et travaux". ; Serie Etudes catalanes; 3. Contents: Les juifs dans les royaumes chretiens iberiques a la fin du Moyen Age; Beatrice Leroy -- Les juifs de Gerone (Xe-XVe siecles) ; Ramon Alberch I Fugueras – L’inscription synagogale d’Olot; Gerard Nahon -- Les bibles peninsulaires; Monique Boaziz Aboulker -- Les juifs catalans face aux chretiens; David Romano -- Jacques Ier le Conquerant et les juifs de Montpelier; Richard Ayoun -- Le rabbin Moshe Ben Nahman et la controverse de Barcelone; Robert Chazan -- Existe-t-il un judeo-catalan calque? --oui! ; Haim Vidal Sephiha. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Spain -- Gerona -- Congresses. Gerona (Spain) -- Ethnic relations -- Congresses. At head of title: Universite de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) , Centre d’etudes catalanes. Includes bibliographical references. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide. Crease mark across front cover. Wear to edges of cover and cover binding. Otherwise, very good condition. (Sef-21-20)
Stock number:25190.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Ajuntament De Girona, Patronat “call De Girona”, ca 2000
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, 4to. , 31 pages. In Catalan, Spanish, English, Hebrew, and French. Jerusalem – Girona – Jerusalem : Images and text between two cities. Beautifully printed, Full page color illustrations, photographs, and facsimiles of art and manuscripts from Jewish Girona. Very good condition. (SEF-35-3)
Stock number:25337.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Ajuntament De Girona, Patronat “call De Girona”, 1998
Photocopied packet in paper binder, 17pages. In Catalan. Articles from a variety of Spanish newspapers and magazines on the celebration of Hanukkah in the Jewish community of Girona. Includes pictures of menorah lighting, and of the chief Rabbi Eliahu Bakshi Doron at the ceremony. Very good condition. (SEF-35-2)
Stock number:25336.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Diputacio De Girona, 1994
Paperback, square 8vo. , 96 pages. Illustrated guide to the history and culture of the Jewish community of Girona, a city in the Northeast of Catalonia, Spain. Full of photographs, drawings and maps. Very good condition. (SEF-27-18)
Stock number:25234.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Ajuntament De Girona, ca 2000
Paper brochure, [7] pages. Full color brochure for tourists on the history of Jews in Girona. With small map of the Jewish quarter. Very good condition. (SEF-35-6)
Stock number:25340.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Chicago : Spertus College of Judaica Press., 1972.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
4to. Xv, 116 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Manuscripts, Hebrew – Illinois – Chicago – catalogs; Manuscripts, Hebrew – facsimiles; manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic – Illinois – Chicago – catalogs; manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic – facsimiles; Jews – Yemen (Republic) – intellectual life; Spertus College of Judaica – catalogs. Born in Chicago, Golb (b. 1928) is an historian and a paleographer; he earned his Ph. D. At Johns Hopkins in 1954. “His discoveries have included the identification of Obadiah the Proselyte as author of the oldest Hebrew musical manuscript, the recovery of a Genizah document describing a prominent European convert to Judaism at the beginning of the 11th century; the discovery and decipherment of the earliest extant legal record of the Jews of Sicily and of an original autograph manuscript of Khazarian Jews of Kiev; and the identification of a Hebrew document dealing with the First Crusade. His hypothesis of the existence of a center of Jewish culture in medieval Rouen and of an important yeshivah there has recently been supported by archeological discoveries in that city. In a recent study he has concluded that the Dead Sea Scrolls originated not with a sect at Qumran but in Jerusalem, being hidden away by the Jews at the time of the First Revolt against Rome. ” (EJ) Littauer Foundation sticker and blacked out owner's name on front endpapers, top corner bumped, otherwise very good condition. (BIB-4-19)
Stock number:19892.
$US 100.00
London: Penguin, 1939. Softcover with dustjacket; 12mo. 213 pages. 33 Illustrations including woodcuts and eight pages of photographic plates." Hitler-era history & analysis of Antisemitism. Lehmann page 23. Jews -- History -- 70- Jews -- Persecutions. Antisemitism. Zionism. Owner's stamp on title page. Pages browning; otherwise, good condition. Cover in perfect condition; some edge wear to dustjacket. (BR-2)
Stock number:26019.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Geo. W. Jones, 1931. "Reports of three Lectures by Sir Israel Gollancz. " Printed for private circulation. Cloth, wide 8vo, 67 pages. Gilt lettering on spine. Heavy paper with rough cut bottom edges. Includes photo plate of author. Roth A12: 27. Ex-Library with usual markings. Cover slightly soiled. Very Good Condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14411.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1924. Cloth, 8vo, 320 pages. Gilt lettering on spine, gilt decoration on cover. Photo plate of author. Inscription on front endpaper. Rear board slightly loose, minor wear to corners. Very Good condition. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. (BR-1)
Stock number:14440.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: Oxford University Press, 1924. Cloth; 12mo. X, 320 pages. Gilt lettering and design on cover. Frontispiece photograph of the author. OCLC lists sixteen copies worldwide. Edges bumped; very good condition. (BR-3)
Stock number:14520.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Madrid, Fundaciones Vega-Inclán, 1966
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 12mo. 31 pages, [8] pages of plates. Illus. 18 cm. Brief guide to the Synagogue of El Transito (Sinagoga del Tránsito) is a historical building in Toledo, Spain, founded by Samuel ha-Levi in 1336. Includes foldout maps. SUBJECT(S) : Toledo (Spain) . Casa del Greco. Sinagoga del Tránsito. Translation of Visita a la Casa y Museo del Greco y a la Sinagoga del Tránsito. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Nice, clean copy in very good condition. (SEF37-3)
Stock number:28463.
$US 100.00
Imprint: A Cologne, Chez Pierre Marteau., 1769
Binding: Hardback
Period Half Leather with raised bands. Only second volume, 12mo, 513 pages, Includes period engravings. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Inquisition -- Histoire -- Ouvrages avant 1800. Tiree des “Memoires historiques” de Louis-Ellies Du Pin, de l’”Histoire de l’Inquisition” de Jacques Marsollier et du “Voyage” de Charles Dellon, avec un discours sur quelques auteurs qui ont traite de l’Inquisition, par l’abbe Claude-Pierre Goujet. Le “Manuel des inquisiteurs” est de à l’abbe Morellet. Fausse adresse. Publie a Paris, d’apres Weller. Other Titles: Histoire des inquisitions, ou l’on rapporte l’origine et le progres de ces tribunaux, leurs variations et la forme de leur juridiction. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (RENNES1-BU DROIT �CO GESTION, SCD PARIS 1) . Bumped cover corners and edges. Very good condition. (Sef-18-7)
Stock number:25515.
$US 175.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964. Cloth, 8vo, 217 pages. First edition. Gilt lettering on spine. No visible wear, like new. Listed in Lehmann X; a (page 73) . Very Good condition in very good dust jacket. (BR-1)
Stock number:14445.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Herman Press, New York, 1966
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 378 pages; Includes 6-page bibliography & 13-page index. Includes a fair amount on England, also on elsewhere in Europe. Wear to dustcover. Otherwise, very good condition. (Comhist1-9)
Stock number:28634.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia: Dropsie College, 1933
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 377 pages; Includes 6-page bibliography & 13-page index. Includes a fair amount on England, also on elsewhere in Europe. Ex library copy, front cover repaired. Good condition. (Comhist1-9)
Stock number:19694.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: London; Harrison And Sons, 1877
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. Folio. 359 pages. 33 cm. First edition. In English and French. Principalities. No. 1 (1877) . Correspondence respecting the condition and treatment of the Jews in Servia: 1867-76; presented to the House of Commons by command of Her Majesty, in pursuance of their address dated February 15, 1877. Contains 644 Papers. In 1861 the Servian (Serbian) Jews were deprived of their rights and were to be expelled. The community enlisted the support of the British Consul in Belgrade to alleviate their situation. This document reproduces the ongoing correspondence between the community, the British Government, the Alliance Israelite Universal and J M Montefiore as the President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews in trying resolve these difficulties. The correspondence includes letters from Sir Francis Goldsmid (first Jew to become an English barrister and member of Parliament for Reading) , Lord John Russell (an English prime minister who was Foreign Secretary at this time) and others. Subjects: Jews, Serbian - Social conditions - 19th century. Jews - Serbia - Persecutions. Jews - Social conditions - 19th century. Serbia - Foreign relations - Great Britain. Great Britain - Foreign relations - Serbia. OCLC lists 2 copies (Alberta, CJH) . Bound in original cloth and marbled boards. Light rubbing to boards; light foxing throughout, overall very clean and fresh. Very good condition. Rare and important. (SEF-52-34)
Stock number:35146.
$US 750.00
Imprint: New York : Behrmans., 1939.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 118 pages; Illustrated. First edition. Lopez & Touro were Sephardic founders of the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, the Oldest Synagogue in North America. A nicely done double-biography. Library stamp on title page verso. Lightly faded area along top of cover. Very Good Condition. (AMR-26-4)
Stock number:30722.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Madrid : Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Arias Montano, 1964.
Binding: Hardcover
12mo. 483 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – history – 70-1789; Jews – persecutions. SERIES: Biblioteca hebraicoespañola, ; v. 8. Ex library, front hinge starting, very good condition. (SEF-10-27)
Stock number:20921.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Casablanca: Be-Defus Sh. Gayan, 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Later boards. 4to. 324 pages, 32 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “To You, Solomon. ” SUBJECTS: Responsa - 1800. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide (OCLC: 233298982) . Ex-library with usual markings. Very good condition. (RAB-65-42)
Stock number:40700.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Djerba: Defus David Idan, 1919
Binding: Hardcover
Period boards. 8vo. 6, 218, 12 pages. In Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Title translates to “Sefer Midrash Hagadah: Commentaries and Explanations. ” Tzemach HaCohen (1739-1813) was a prominent Tunisian rabbi and Torah scholar from Djerba. Otzar HaHaggadot 2698, Yaari, 1893. SUBJECTS: Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Passover -- Customs and practices. OCLC lists two copies worldwide (NLI and JTS) . Top-left third of first two leaves are missing, with text loss, but remaining text is good. Damp stains throughout. Binding repaired. Overall Fair Condition. (RAB-64-13)
Stock number:39811.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Lodz:yitshak Shlomovits, Bi-Defus M. Tsederboi), 1911
Binding: Paperback
(FT) Modern Paper Wrappers. 8vo, 56 pages, 25 cm. In Hebrew. “On the life and customs of the Jews of China. ” Following a petition to American President McKinley for a permit to tour China to research the roots and customs of the Chinese Jews, Uziel Haga accompanied the U. S. Armed Forces on an expedition in 1901. Haga present here a comprehensive description of Chinese life and customs, including a prayer for recitation during the Seven Days of Mourning. The Author maintains that the Jews of Kaifeng in Hunan Province are descendants of the exiled Ten Lost Tribes – most particularly, the Tribe of Asher. The author was suspected of espionage and was imprisoned by the Boxers where he died after suffering torture. SUBJECT(S) : Lost tribes of Israel. Jews -- China. Geographic: China -- Ethnic relations. Originally published in 1900 under title: Metsiat aseret ha-shevatim. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Lacks original green wrappers. Bumped corners. Yellowing of pages. Good condition. (Sef-28-6)
Stock number:25129.
$US 275.00
Imprint: Jarczow: Bi-Defus Zupnik Knoller Et Volf, Poland; Jarczow, 1897
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, 48 leaves, 24 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Responsa -- 1600-1800. Hagiz (1672-c. 1751) was a “scholar, kabbalist, and opponent of Shabbateanism; son of Jacob Hagiz. He was born in Jerusalem and studied with his grandfather, Moses Galante. He appears to have quarreled in his youth with the rabbis and lay leaders of Jerusalem, for when in 1694 he left Erez Israel to collect money to found a yeshivah in Jerusalem, damaging letters were sent after him to the communities to which he turned. Moses visited Egypt and then Italy, where in 1704 he published his father’s Halakhot Ketannot. He traveled by way of Prague to Amsterdam where he made contact with Zevi Hirsch Ashkenazi, then rabbi of the Ashkenazi community, and collaborated with him in an energetic struggle against Shabbateanism and its secret adherents. When in 1713 Ashkenazi and Moses refused to retract the excommunication of the Shabbatean Nehemiah Hayon, a fierce quarrel broke out between them and the elders of the Portuguese community. In 1714 when Ashkenazi resigned his rabbinical office and left Amsterdam, Moses was compelled to leave with him. He went first to London with Ashkenazi, there continuing the fight against Hayon and his allies, and then to Altona, home of Jacob Emden, Ashkenazi’s son, where he resumed the struggle against Shabbateanism. Among those he attacked were Michael Abraham Cardoso and even Jonathan Eybeschuetz, and he took the offensive against Moses Hayyim Luzzatto, inducing the rabbis of Venice to excommunicate him. In 1738 Moses returned to Erez Israel and settled in Safed. He died in Beirut and was taken to Sidon for burial. A talmudic scholar of the first rank and a prolific writer, Moses was assisted by a good grounding in secular knowledge and by a command of several foreign languages. In Altona he was friendly with Johann Christopher Wolf, who mentions him in his Bibliotheca Hebraica. His works include Leket ha-Kemah, novellae on the Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayyim and Yoreh De’ah, and Even ha-Ezer; responsa Shetei ha-Lehem; the ethical treatises Zerror ha-Hayyim and Mishnat hakhamim; Elleh ha-Mitzvot, on the numeration of precepts in Maimonides’ Sefer ha-Mitzvot, on the Oral Law, and on Kabbalah; Sefat Emet; and Parashat Elleh Masei, on the sanctity of the land of Israel. His literary activity also included the editing of many early books” (Tamar in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Harvard, Rutgers) . Browning to edges of pages. Ex-library. Hinge repair. Some fragile page ends. Otherwise, good condition. (Heb-15A-1)
Stock number:26020.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Tunis: Bi-Defus Vaz’an Ve-Kastor, 1893
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Period boards with original spine. 8vo, 96 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew. Title is a biblical reference that translates loosely to “From where it will come. ” Biblical novellae including Passover Hagadah. SUBJECTS: Bible — Commentaries. OCLC: 19153110. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Binding repaired. Some period handwriting on title page and inside boards. Overall Good condition. (RAB-64-4-B)
Stock number:39752.
$US 175.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Center For Jewish Art, Hebrew University Of Jerusalem, 1991
Binding: Hardcover
4to, 178, 44 pages. : illustrated. In Hebrew and English. With lengthy inscription from editor on half title page. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Afghanistan. Judaism -- Liturgical objects -- Afghanistan -- Pictorial works. Synagogen. Liturgische voorwerpen. Joden. "Survey of synagogues and their treasures at the Jerusalem index of Jewish art. " Includes bibliographical references. Maps printed on end papers. Very good condition. (SPEC-23-3).
Stock number:26907.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Center For Jewish Art, Hebrew University Of Jerusalem,, 1991
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 4to, 178, 44 pages. : illustrated. In Hebrew and English. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Afghanistan. Judaism -- Liturgical objects -- Afghanistan -- Pictorial works. Synagogen. Liturgische voorwerpen. Joden. "Survey of synagogues and their treasures at the Jerusalem index of Jewish art. " Includes bibliographical references. Maps printed on end papers. Light wear to covers. Very good condition. (SEF-23-30)
Stock number:25153.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Co. ; Cambridge : Riverside Press,, 1871
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 12mo, iv, 256 pages, 18 cm. Contents: Sketches. Luck of Roaring Camp ; Outcasts of Poker Flat ; Miggles -- Tennessee's partner ; Idyl of Red Gulch ; Brown of Calaveras ; High-water mark ; Lonely ride ; Man of no account -- Stories. Mliss ; Right eye of the commander ; Notes by flood and field -- Bohemian papers. Mission Dolores ; John Chinaman ; From a back window ; Boonder. The author was the grandson of Bernard Hart (1763-1855) , an American merchant and was also the nephew of Congressman Emanuel B. Hart. “By the time of Bernard Hart's [Bret’s grandfather’s] second marriage, in 1806, to Rebecca Seixas, niece of hazzan Gershom Mendes Seixas, [Bernard] Hart had become parnas of Shearith Israel Congregation in New York, a post which he held for three years. He was active in the affairs of the congregation for many years, especially in its burial society. Hart is reported to have served as a quartermaster in the New York State Militia in 1787, and as a major during the War of 1812. He was a member of the committees which established the first New York Exchange office in 1792, and the New York Stock and Exchange Board in 1817, serving as secretary of the latter 1831-53" (Bertram Wallace Korn in EJ) . SUBJECT(S) : Western stories. Short stories, American. Wear to cover binding. Wear and light chipping to corners of cover and binding. Good condition. (Sef-13-10)
Stock number:24966.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Detroit, Mich. ; Wayne State University Press, 1994
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 235 pages. 24 cm. First edition. With a foreword by Raphael Patai. “This work chronicles the saga of the 45, 000 Jews who left Bulgaria to settle in Israel after 1948. It begins with a study of the history and society of the Jewish community in Bulgaria and what motivated them to leave, and then goes on to show how they integrated themselves into the new Israel. ” - Publishers description. Contents: Israeli Social Science Looks at Immigration and Ethnicity; Confronting Mass Immigration; The Emergence of Culture; Introspection and Diversification; The Jews in Bulgaria; From the First Century to the Ottoman Conquest; The Ottoman Period: 1389-1878; From Liberation to World War II: 1878-1940; The War Years: 1940-1944; From Liberation to Emigration: 1944-1949; The Jews of Bulgaria in Israel; Theoretical Approaches; Components of Identity; Folklore and Identity. Subjects: Jews - Bulgaria - History. Jews - Bulgaria - Folklore. Folklore - Bulgaria. Jews, Bulgarian - Israel. Emigration and immigration. Ethnic relations. Folklore. Jews. Jews, Bulgarian. Manners and customs. Bulgaria - Social life and customs. Bulgaria - Ethnic relations. Israel - Ethnic relations. Israel - Emigration and immigration. Clean and fresh in very good jacket. Very good condition. (SEF-52-55) xx
Stock number:35190.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Livorno; Bi-Defus Sh. Belforte Va-Havero, [1931]
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 16mo. [138] pages. 16 cm. In Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, in Rashi Script. The Haggadah according to the Baghdad Rite, with Judeo-Arabic (Yahudic) . Arranged by Rabbi Yosef Hayim (1832-1909) (Rabbi Yosef Chaim ben Eliahu Tov) , leading Hakham of Baghdad, with his Bakashot [pleas]. This Haggadah was often reprinted and exported, though few copies have survived. Printed at the famous press of Solomon Belforte of Leghorn. “Belforte belonged to an Italian Jewish family that settled in Leghorn (Livorno) at the end of the 17th century. He started to edit Hebrew prayer books in 1821 and established his own printing house in 1834. In 1843, the local government authorized the printing of Italian translations of Hebrew liturgical texts. The activity of Salomone Belforte & Co. Was continued by the family – with the forced hiatus of the period of Fascist antisemitic laws and the war – until 1961, when all the equipment of the printing house was sold to an Israeli company. For almost 100 years, Salomone Belforte & Co. Was one of the most prestigious publishers of Hebrew books, meeting the intellectual and religious needs of Italian, Sephardi, and also Ashkenazi communities. ” - EJ 2008. Bound in original cloth with gilt title. No illustrations. Subjects: Haggadot - Texts. Seder - Liturgy - Texts. Judaism - Iraq - Baghdad - Liturgy – Texts. OCLC lists two copies (Natl Libr Israel, Yad Izhak Ben Zvi) , none outside Israel. Cloth worn, with some tears; lightly aged inside, with minor smudges and light wine stains in margins on a few pages. Scarce. Good + condition. (HAG-13-58)
Stock number:33913.
$US 225.00
Imprint: Eisenstadt: Osterreichisches Judisches Museum In Eisenstadt, 1992
Softcover, 8vo, 241 pages, 45 illustrations (some color) , 24 cm. In German. Series: Studia Judaica Austriaca; Bd. 13. Contents: Das spanische Judentum -- Die sephardische Diaspora. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Spain -- Exhibitions. Sephardim -- Exhibitions. Jewish art and symbolism --Exhibitions. Diaspora. Spain -- Ethnic relations -- Exhibitions. Catalog of exhibition at Osterreichisches Judisches Museum in Eisenstadt. Includes bibliographical references. Ligh twear to binding. Light chipping to edges of cover and cover binding. Small tear through word on title. Otherwise, very good condition. (Sef-25-13)
Stock number:25211.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Vienna,, 1902
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 16 pages. 23 cm. In German. Title translates to English as, “Fragment of a Prayer Book from Yemen. ” Cover subtitle: “Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der jüdischen und jüdisch-arabischen Synagogalpoesie und zur Kenntnis der arabischen Vulgärdialects in Yemen. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der philosophischen Doctorwürde an der I. Section der philosophischen Facultät Zürich” [A contribution to the history of Jewish and Jewish-Arab Synagogalpoesie and knowledge of Arab vernacular dialects in Yemen. Inaugural-Dissertation for Doctor of philosophical dignity to the First Section of the philosophical faculty of Zurich]. SUBJECT (S) : Jews. Hebrew poetry. Jews -- Yemen (Republic) . Arabic language -- Dialects -- Yemen (Republic) . Pages lightly tanned, some chipping/closed tears at edges, with no loss of text. Good condition. (SEF37-13)
Stock number:28473.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. , 1937. Cloth, 8vo, 306 pages. Gilt lettering on spine. Some wear to spine and corners of cover. Very Good condition. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. (BR-1)
Stock number:14442.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Baines & Scarsbrook Ltd. , 1945. Cloth, 8vo, 100 pages. With illustrations by the author. Very Good condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14430.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin-antwerpen, Soncino Gesellschaft Der Freunde Des Judischen Buches, 1936 [1937]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Large 4to; 10, 365 pages; Original Paper Wrappers. 4to. 10, 365 pages. In German. Published by the Soncino Gesellschaft der Freunde des Juedischen Buches. 1 of 1000 copies. German abstracts of the 953 extant responsa originally issued in the Hebrew periodical "Peri Eitz Chaim" (1691-1807) , the organ of Amsterdam's esteemed Ets Hayim Talmudical Academy. Insightful work on Jewish life in Amsterdam of the time. Some wear and light staining to covers; internal pages are nice and clean. Very good condition. (SPEC29-17)
Stock number:27638.
$US 240.00
Imprint: Ramat-Gan, Bar-Ilan University, 1974
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 331, xxi pages. Illus. 24 cm. In Hebrew with English summaries. Series: “Mekorot u-mehkarim be-toldot ha-Yehudim ba-mizrah ve-tarbutam. Sefer 3 = Texts and Studies in the History and Culture of the Jews in the Orient. Volume Three. ” SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Turkey. Judaism -- Turkey. Jews -- Africa, North. Judaism -- Africa, North. Geographic: Turkey -- Ethnic relations. Africa, North -- Ethnic relations. Includes bibliographical references. Previous owner’s name on FEP, some pencil on cover, but still nice. Bright, clean copy in Very Good Condition with like jacket. (SEF42-10)
Stock number:28373.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: Jews College, 1918. Cloth. 8vo. 59 pages. Bound with: Hirschfeld. JEFETH B. ALI'S ARABIC COMMENTARY ON NAHUM: WITH INTRODUCTION, ABRIDGED TRANSLATION AND NOTES (London: Jews’ College, 1911. 42 pages) . Hirschfeld (1854–1934) was a “scholar of Judeo-Arabic literature. Hirschfeld, who was born in Thorn, Prussia, received his doctorate from Strasbourg (1878) . He emigrated to England in 1889 and taught first at Montefiore College in Ramsgate. Hirschfeld's chief interest lay in the interplay between the Arab and Jewish cultures as well as in the Arabic literature of the Jews. Hirschfeld wrote numerous articles in various journals concerning problems of Arabic and Hebrew philology and bibliography; of especial importance is a series of essays concerning the Arabic fragments in the Cairo Genizah (JQR, vols. , 15–20, 1903–08) ” (EJ editorial staff) . SUBJECT(S) : Bible. O. T. Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Gilt lettering on spine. Slight bumping to bottom edge. Patterned endpapers. In Very Good condition. (SEF-5-4x) . Price is for both works together.
Stock number:17891.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, United Jewish Appeal
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; small 8vo. 32 pages. Illustrated in two colors. Last pag e contains recipe for Sephardi-style Huevos Haminados as used in the Saraje vo Seder. Card with a suggested reading for the Seder service laid in. OCLC lists four copies worldwide. Excellent condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15705.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Paris-Vie, 1902
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Offprint from " Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris. ” Original Paper Wrappers bound inside Protective Marble Boards. 8vo. 19 pages ; 26 cm. In French. Title translates into English as, “The Jews of Mzab. ” Article about the Jews of Mzab, Algeria. OCLC lists just two copies worldwide (Univ. Florida, Univ. Texas Austin) . Inscribed by the author on paper wrappers. Some wear. Overall good condition. (FR-2-10)
Stock number:37353.
$US 175.00
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Imprint: New York, American Relief Society For The Yemenite Jews Of Jerusalem, Palestine, Inc. ,, 1928
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers with Photograph of Jewish Children in Yemen. 8vo. 28 pages ; 20cm. In English. A solicitation for the American Relief Committee with a goal of raising $300, 000 to support the Yemenite Jews. Outlines the history of Jews in Yemen and their ongoing persecution in the Middle East. Hurwitz concludes, “Shall it be said of Israel that he treats some of his most loyal sons not as children, but as stepchildren? The Yemenite Jews, who have for two thousand years held aloft the torch of Judaism under the most harrowing conditions, await your response. ” OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Institutional Stamp. Wrappers are worn. Overall good+ condition. (SPEC-42-28)
Stock number:37340.
$US 150.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Published for The Union of Jewish Literary Societies by Albert M. Hyamson, 1903. Bound in newer cloth, 8vo, 154 pages. Very Good condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14435.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Yerushalayim : ha-Akademyah ha-leumit ha-Yisreelit le-mada`im, 1975-1980. Cloth. 8vo. 708 pages. Contains facsimiles. In Hebrew. “Ibn Ezra was a poet, grammarian, biblical commentator, philosopher, astronomer, and physician. Ibn Ezra was born in Tudela, Spain, and his life falls into two distinct periods. During the first he lived in Spain, though it is possible that during this period he visited North Africa including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia (the city of Gabes) , and perhaps also Egypt. The second period of Ibn Ezra's life is from 1140 until his death. Henceforth Ibn Ezra lived the life of a wandering scholar, and it is during this period that most of his works were written. In popular legend and folk tradition Ibn Ezra is described as a man of few needs who refused to accept favors from others, who laughed at his own poverty, and helped many through his wisdom” (Simha Assaf/Naphtali Ben-Menahem/Editorial Staff Encyclopaedia Judaica) SUBJECT(S) : Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew. Slight bumping to edges and corners. Minor bumping to upper right corner of textblock and subsequent pages. Some wear to cover. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-6-10).
Stock number:17931.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, N. Y. ; Ichud Habonim Labor Zionist Youth, [197?]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 152 pages. 25 cm. Presumed first edition, no date. Collection of biographies, historical and literary selections, on Jewish women. Contents: Women in the Bible; Women in the Talmud; Sketches from Early History; Entering the Modern World (with selections from Bertha Meyer and Gluckel of Hamelin) ; Just Yesterday (selections from Pauline Wengeroff, H. N. Bialik, Hannah Senesh, Henrietta Szold, Zivia Lubetkin) ; Women in Palestine (Golda Meir, Dvora Dayan, Ada Maimon) ; Women in Kibbutz (Muki Tsur, Yonina Talmon, Yonah Golan) ; Women Today (Trude Weiss-Rosmarin, Andre Chouraqui, Judy Groner, Shulamit Aloni, Zina Smith Blau) . Contains Sephardic folk songs, holocaust memoirs, Israeli feminist theory, 18th century Salons, etc. Subjects: Jewish women. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (WOMEN-2-9)
Stock number:35772.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Porto Alegre: Instituto Cultural Judaico Marc Chagall, 1989
Binding: Paper Wrappers
8vo. 104 pages. In English and Portugese. Illustrated. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Brazil -- Rio Grande do Sul -- Interviews -- Audiotape catalogs.   Immigrants -- Brazil -- Rio Grande do Sul -- Interviews -- Audiotape catalogs.   Children of immigrants -- Brazil -- Rio Grande do Sul -- Interviews -- Audiotape catalogs.  Judíos en Brasil. Instituto Cultural Judaico Marc Chagall -- Catalogs Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century -- Sources -- Audiotape catalogs. (Sef 43-6)
Stock number:28117.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardback
New York: Committee to Honor the Alliance Israélite Universelle: Foermer Students & Teachers of Ettehad Network, 1996. Hardcover. 8vo. 350 pages. Illustrated. Persian, SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Education - Iran - History - Sources; Education - Iran - History - Sources; Jews - Iran - History - Sources. OCLC lists 1 copies worldwide (Library of Congress) Slight bumping to edges. Some creasing to corners. Pictures and binding in good condition. Book is in Very Good condition. (SEF-7-14) . Xxx
Stock number:17947.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv: Irgun Yotse `irak Be-Yisrael., 1970.
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
(FT) 8vo. 91 pages. Illustrated. SUBJECT(S) : Jews – Iraq – history; Jews – Iraq – Babylonia – history. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Inscribed. Light spots of covers, edges and title page, spine torn, good condition. (SEF-8-14a)
Stock number:25984.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Misrad Ha-Hinukh Veha-Tarbut, Ha-Mahlakah Le-Tarbut Toranit, 1964
(FT) Softcover, 8vo, 189 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew poetry, Medieval. Includes Mek'orot la-hanikh, 31 pages. OCLC lists 18 copies online. Staining to cover. Bumped corner. Good condition. (Sef-24-7)
Stock number:25166.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. Faux leather cloth, 8vo, 425 pages. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Includes charts, photo plates, graphics. Ex-library with usual markings. Some wear to corners and spine. Binding slightly cracked at front and back boards. Very Good condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14449.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. Faux leather cloth, 8vo, 425 pages. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Includes charts, photo plates, graphics. Singerman 4531. Ex-library with usual markings. Some wear to corners and spine. Binding previously reinforced with tape. Very Good condition. (BR-1-1)
Stock number:31348.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: [New York?; None Listed], [1970]
Binding: Pamphlet
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Wraps. 8vo. 40 pages. 24 cm. First separate edition. “Reprinted from The American Sephardi, vol. 4, no. 1-2' (1970) . Full title: Dialogo dos montes: the controversy of the mountains, a dramatic action composed in the Portuguese tongue by the learned Haham, ribi Rehuel Jessurun. Performed with Great Pomp and Circumstance by the Author and Eight other learned gentlemen, Including the Hazan, in the Amsterdam Synagogue of Beth Jahacob, during the celebrated Festival of Sebuot Anno 5384 (1624) . Revised and published for the first time by Ribi Ishac de Eliau Acohen Belinfante in Amsterdam anno 5527 (1767) . And now done into English verse from four seventeenth-century manuscripts by Philip Polack. Includes 7 facsimile illustration (including several from the original manuscript and printed edition) . Contains editor's foreword followed by the dialogue of the play. Subjects: Sermons, Portuguese - Jewish authors. Jewish sermons - Netherlands. Jewish sermons. Sermons, Portuguese - Jewish authors. OCLC lists 6 copies. Light soiling to wraps, previous owners signature in pen on front wrap, internally clean and fresh; Very good condition. (SEF-52-26)
Stock number:35138.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Harrisburg, PA; Jewish Folklore And Ethnology Section Of The American Folklore Society, 1996
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Wraps. 4to. 101 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Special issue on field and archival reports on crypto-Jews of the American Southwest, dedicated to Raphael Patai, 1910-1996. Articles: "The Jewish Indians of Mexico (1950) " Raphael Patai, "Venta Prieta Revisited (1965) " Patai, "The Crypto-Jewish Canon: Choosing to be 'Chosen' in Millennial Tradition" Judith Neulander, "Crypto-Jewish Remnants in Manito Society and Culture" Tomas Atencio, "Manifestations of Crypto-Judaism in the American Southwest" Shulamith C. Halvey, "Abraham's Children of the Southwest" Isabell Median Sandoval, "On Vestiges and Identities: Some Thoughts on the Controversy concerning 'Crypto-Jews' in the American Southwest" David W. Gradwohl. Subjects: Jews - Folklore - Periodicals. Jews - Social life and customs - Periodicals. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-52-31)
Stock number:35143.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London: P. Vallentine, 1910
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers Inside Protective Boards. 8vo. 17 pages ; 21 cm. In English. Includes a 6 page paper by Michael Friedlander titled, “The Life of Ibn Ezra. ” “Michael Friedländer (1833 –1910) was an Orientalist and principal of Jews' College, London. He is best known for his English translation of Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed, which was the most popular such translation until the more recent work of Shlomo Pines, and still remains in print. ” This brief history was published one year before Friedlander’s widely influential four volume work, “The Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah” and was Friedlander’s first published work about the legendary medieval scholar. Some foxing. Wrappers are separated from the contents. Creased, with small tear at the bottom of most pages; no text effected. Text is bright and very readable. About good condition. (SPEC-42-33)
Stock number:37348.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: The Seminary., 1914.
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 324 pages. Photograph illustrations. First annual volume. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – study and teaching – periodicals; Jewish Theological Seminary of America – periodicals. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. “The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) was founded in 1886 through the efforts of two distinguished rabbis, Dr. Sabato Morais and Dr. H. Pereira Mendes, along with a group of prominent lay leaders from Sephardic congregations in Philadelphia and New York. Its mission was to preserve the knowledge and practice of historical Judaism. ”(jtsa.edu) Front hinge repaired, covers edgeworn, bumped corners, good condition. (AMR-19-7) xx
Stock number:18921.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: The Seminary., 1914.
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 324 pages. Photograph illustrations. First annual volume. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – study and teaching – periodicals; Jewish Theological Seminary of America – periodicals. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. “The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) was founded in 1886 through the efforts of two distinguished rabbis, Dr. Sabato Morais and Dr. H. Pereira Mendes, along with a group of prominent lay leaders from Sephardic congregations in Philadelphia and New York. Its mission was to preserve the knowledge and practice of historical Judaism. ”(jtsa.edu) Slight wear to spine, very good condition. Very nice, clean copy. (AMR-19-7A)
Stock number:24627.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Hong Kong: Jewish Community Centre, 1995
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, 37 pages, illustrations (some color) , map, 31 cm. "Many of Hong Kong's early Jewish settlers were Sephardic merchants, mostly from Bombay and Calcutta. Their familes were of Baghdadi or other Middle East origin." Prominent families include the Kadoorie, Zirinsky, and Sassoon families. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- China -- Hong Kong -- Societies, etc. “Printed in October 1995 on the occasion of the opening of the Jewish Community Centre of Hong Kong”--Preliminary pages. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (University of California, National Library of Israel) . Lightly bumped corners. Excellent condition. (sef-50-17), hadassa 2014
Stock number:35050.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Bombay: A. D. Jhirad Fine Art Printery, 1960
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Ppaperback
1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo. 17 pages, 23 cm. In English and Sanskrit. The Union was an effort to brings all the Jews of Bombay under one banner and even included conservative Jews. This publication, intended for members only, includes articles on Jewish life in India and a biographical essay on Moses Mendelssohn. SUBJECTS: Jews of India. No copies in OCLC. Light wear to wrappers. Internally very good. Overall very good condition. Very Rare. (YID-32-7)
Stock number:40488.
$US 300.00
Binding: Paperback
Cincinnati: Bloch, 1883. 8vo. Viii, 441 pages. Errata at end. The author states in his preface his intention of creating a non-sectarian reader suitable for Jewish youth, so that they may know their own history and spiritual accomplishments, and proclaims his book suitable as well for the non-Jewish student, as it is free from sectarianism. He includes many passages from the Talmud, as well as Jost, Zunz, Graetz, Philippson, Geiger, Franekel, Sachs, and others. Singerman 3113. This is not the more common Rogers & Sherwood edition. SUBJECT (S) : Readers and speakers. Jews -- History. Jews -- Biography. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide of this edition. Ex-library with minimal markings. Lacks outer wrappers. Flyleaf loose; soil to outer pages. Text in good condition. (AMR-2-16)
Stock number:16149.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin, “judischer Verlag”, 1922
Binding: Hardback
(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 139 pages, 19 cm. In Hebrew. “Bahya ben Joseph ibn Paquda (also: Pakuda, Bakuda, Hebrew: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ) was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived at Saragossa, Spain, in the first half of the eleventh century. He is often referred to as Rabbeinu Bachya…. He was the author of the first Jewish system of ethics, written in Arabic in 1040 under the title Al Hidayah ila Faraid al-Qulub, Guide to the Duties of the Heart, and translated into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibbon in the years 1161-80 under the title Chovot ha-Levavot, Instruction in the Duties of the Heart. Little is known of his life except that he bore the title of dayan, judge at the rabbinical court. Bahya was thoroughly familiar with the Jewish rabbinic literature, as well as the philosophical and scientific Arabic, Greek and Roman literature, quoting frequently from the works of non-Jewish moral philosophers in his work” (Wikipedia, 2010) . SUBJECT(S) : Ethics, Jewish -- Early works to 1800. Judaism. A medieval Jewish ethical and philosophical treatise. “Be-tirgumo shel Yehudah Ibn Tivon”—Preface. Other Titles: Hovot ha-levavot. ; Sefer torat hovot ha-levavot. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Wear to cover and binding. Slight browning to pages, some delicate. Some fading to cover. Tear through cover spine. Otherwise, good condition. (Sef-33-15)
Stock number:25321.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Jerusalem; Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, 1961
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 295, X pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, with added title page and table of contents in English. Grammar of Judeo-Arabic of the Middle-Ages, a study of morphology, syntax, spelling and pronunciation, and the Hebrew elements of Judeo-Arabic. Written by Joshua Blau “scholar of biblical Hebrew grammar, Middle Arabic, and Genizah manuscripts. Born in Cluj, Transylvania, Blau studied in the Jewish Gymnasium in Budapest and Baden. He had barely spent a year in Jewish studies at the Rabbinical Seminary and Semitic languages at the University of Vienna when he had to flee the country in 1938 after its occupation by the Nazis. He immigrated to Palestine with his parents, where he continued his academic studies in Hebrew, Bible, and Arabic at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (M. A. , 1942) . In 1948 he presented his dissertation on The Grammar of Judeo-Arabic, but was only awarded a Ph. D. Two years later, after the War of Independence, during which he served in the army and took part in battles in Jerusalem. ” (EJ 2008) . Subjects: Judeo-Arabic language - Grammar. Jacket worn at edges, with small tear on back; light wear to outer edges, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (SEF-47-1)
Stock number:33024.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv : Hotsa'at Sefarim Mitsphah., 1931.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 278 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two only. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Burla (1886-1969) was born into an old Sephardi family in Jerusalem. He studied at the Jerusalem Teachers' Seminary, later teaching is several different cities, and was a translator for the Turks during WWI. "When he was 18, Burla read the classical modern Hebrew authors for the first time, and discovered that they portrayed only the life of the Ashkenazim of Eastern Europe, while neglecting the world of the Middle Eastern Sephardim. He determined to correct this imbalance by depicting the milieu, language, customs, and thinking of this hitherto neglected community. Beginning with Lunah, a love story set in the Sephardi communities of old Jerusalem, and continuing with his many other works, Burla became the first modern Hebrew writer to deal extensively with the life of Middle Eastern Sephardim. " (Leviant, EJ) Ex library. Pages tanned, covers wrinkled by moisture, hinges repaired, good- condition. (HebLit-2-1)
Stock number:24361.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Madrid, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto B. Arias Montano,, 1973
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Paper wrappers, 8vo. , 193 pages. In Spanish. Inscribed by the author to Joseph Gutmann. Illustrated throughout with photographs and facsimile, includes fold out. SUBJECT (S) : Synagogue architecture -- Spain. Synagogues -- Spain. Inscriptions, Hebrew -- Spain. Includes bibliographical references. Prologue by José Camón Aznar. Light wear to cover. Good + condition. (SEF-31-9)
Stock number:25268.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: The Research Pub. Co., 1933.
Binding: Paperback
Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 118 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Columbus, Christopher - Name; Columbus, Christopher - Birthplace - Galicia; Columbus, Christopher - Autographs; Columbus, Christopher - Coat of arms. Slight boxing to edges and slight tears to dust jacket, overall good condition in good condition DJ. (SEF-5-24)xx
Stock number:17911.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Philadelphia; Jewish Publication Society, 1995
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XXVI, 211 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “Ruby of Cochin is the first book written by a Jewish woman from Cochin. It is a rich description of Jewish life on the Southwest Coast of India, spanning many centuries. It is the story of one woman – yet it is also the story of all the Jews of Cochin, from the earliest settlements, when the Maharajah granted the Jews their land and privileged status, until today, when a transplanted Cochin community is finding new life in Israel. The book is written with a distinctive storyteller's voice and contains historical legends, ghost tales, colorful renditions of Jewish celebrations in Cochin, and translations of women's songs from Malayalam, the language of the Cochin Jews. ” - From the Jacket. Subjects: Jews - India - Cochin - Biography. Jewish women - India - Cochin - Biography. Jews - India - Cochin - Social life and customs. Juifs - Inde -- Cochin (Kerala) -- Biographies. Jewish women. Daniel, Ruby, 1912-. Light shelf wear to jacket, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-52-56)
Stock number:35191.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Hotsa’at “alim”, 1942
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 132 pages. 24 cm. In Hebrew. Edition: Hotsa? Ah hadashah ve-metukenet. Dapiera was a “Neo-Hebraic poet of North Spain; died after 1417. He was a relative of Meshullam ben Solomon Dapiera, who flourished, probably in southern France, in the earlier part of the thirteenth century, and who, in several extensive poems, declared against the "Moreh Nebukim" of Maimonides. Before the troubles which came upon him and the Jews in Spain generally, Dapiera seems to have been rich, and charitable to the needy. Forced to leave his native place, he took refuge in Saragossa at the house of Benveniste ben Labi, the Mæcenas of Hebrew scholars, where he became tutor to Benveniste's two sons, with one of whom, Don Vidal Joseph ibn Labi, he exchanged many letters and poems. Through the recommendation of his host, to whom he was not related, as Grätz avers, he became a favorite with Don Meïr Alguadez” (Gottheil & Kayserling in EJ, 1901) . Added title page: The diwan of Salomo b. Meshullam Dapiera; edited by Simon Bernstein. Lightwear to cover and edges. Wear to cover binding. Cloth cover bound on upside down. Otherwise, very good condition. (Sef-33-29)
Stock number:25334.
$US 100.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Cincinnati: Bloch, 1880. Cloth, 12mo. X, 241 pages. First thus. De Solla was rabbi of Temple Emanuel in Denver, Colorado. Singerman 2905. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- History. Jewish law. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide of this edition. Ex-library with minimal markings. Lacks outer binding. Dampstained; pages warped. Reading copy. (AMR-2-14)
Stock number:16147.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
New York: Thalmessinger & Cahn, 1858. Modern Cloth, 12mo. Viii, 492 pages. Gilded, tooled boards, raised bands, all edges gilt. In German and Hebrew. This edition is a reissue of the Baltimore C. W. Schneidereith edition of 1858 [i. E. Earlier that year]. "Vorwort" signed "Dr. David Einhorn, Baltimore 25, Juni 1858." Einhorn is compiler and copywriter. "For sale at Thalmessinger & Cahn ... And at the Sexton's of the Congregation Adath Jeshurun, at their Temple in 39th St. , betw. 7th & 8th Aves, New York. " David Einhorn was a rabbi, preacher, and author; leader of the Reform Movement in the U. S. "Olat Tamid didn't just shorten the traditional service; it was a creative work expressing the Einhorn's Reform ideal of the universality of humanity with an anti-particularistic strain. In its modern approach to worship, it cut out Kol Nidrei; it utilized various Sephardic piyyutim (religious poems) ; it dropped the Musaf service entirely; it did not include blessings for the blowing of shofar or the lighting of Chanukah lights; it de-emphasized Israel as the Chosen People; and it removed all references to a personal Messiah, a return to Israel, or the resumption of the sacrificial cult. " (Jewish Virtual Library) Singerman 1534; Deinard 949. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- Liturgy and ritual. Jews -- Prayer-books and devotions -- Hebrew. Jews -- Prayer-books and devotions -- German. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide of this edition (Denver, Yale, Cornell, UPenn). Edgewear to a few pages. Paper browning but solid. Attractively bound in modern black cloth with paper spine label. (SPEC-7-23)
Stock number:16233.
$US 350.00
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Imprint: Tel Aviv; Sifryat Ha-Sha?ot, 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original Wraps. 16mo. 47 pages. 17 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. On the form and history of Piyyut; heavily draws on the works of Wissenschaft des Judentums scholars. Written by Abraham Meir Habermann (1901–1980) , bibliographer and scholar of medieval Hebrew literature. Subjects: Piyutim. OCLC lists 25 copies. Pages lightly aged, light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (SEF-52-46)
Stock number:35158.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Yad Yitshaq Ben-Tsvi, 1977
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, xi, 556 pages. In Hebrew; Series: Sifriya le-toldot ha-yishuv ha-yehudi be-Erets-Yisra? El; Quntresim; 6; Variation: Sifriya le-toldot ha-yishuv ha-yehudi be-Erets-Yisr’el. ; Quntresim; 6. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Danish Union, DET Kongelige Biblitek) . Light wear. Very good condition. (Sef-25-27)
Stock number:25225.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Ramat-Gan; Universitat Bar-Ilan, 1974, 1980
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XXI, 331; XVIII, 235 pages. 23 cm. In Hebrew. Summaries in English. Volumes one and two: East and Maghreb, Researches in the History of the Jews in the Orient and North Africa. Kerekh 1. 'arukh bi-yede H. Z. Hirshberg; be-hishtatfut E. Bashan - kerekh 2. Ba-'arikhat Eliezer Bashan, Avraham Rubinstein, Shim'on Shvartsfuks. Volume one includes ten essays and eight plates (including three maps) : with essays on Sephardim and Ashkenazim in the Ottoman Empire, the economic basis of Yeshivot in the Ottoman Empire, structure of the Rabbinate in the Ottoman Empire, Emancipation of Tunisian Jewry, etc. Volume two contains eleven essays: Divorce proceedings in Cairo Genizah documents, the Sages of Salonika, Responsum of R. Haim Capusi, Elegies of Rabbi Shalom Shabazi, Hebrew Printing in the Maghreb, Sephardi Rabbinical Emissaries to the Maghreb after World War 1, etc. Subjects: Jews - Turkey. Judaism - Turkey. Jews - Africa, North. Judaism - Africa, North. Ethnic relations. Institutional stamp on endpage, light water staining to upper margins, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (SEF-53-18)
Stock number:35240.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Oxford, Lincombe Lodge Research Library, 1965
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, 482 pages. S. 479-482: Americo Castro. Selected bibliography. The Richard Kronstein foundation for the promotion of Jewish and cognate studies. Castro (1885–1972) , was a “Spanish historian and literary critic. Castro was a professor at the University of Madrid and later at Princeton University. He interpreted the culture and history of Spain as a result of the coming together of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, which created a peculiarly Hispanic form of life, different both from the East and from the civilization of Western Europe. The expulsion of 1492 was in Castro's view the result of uncontainable pressures from below. He believes that the preoccupation with purity of lineage in Christian Spain from the 15th century on was a transfer of a Jewish concept, due to the infiltration of converts into Christian society. The use of secrecy and informers by the Inquisition was a continuation of methods used by Jewish tribunals. Ultimately, according to Castro, it was the Jews and their descendants the Conversos who were responsible for the discrimination by the Spaniards against the New Christians because of the latter's blood or race and for the cruel and unjust methods employed by the Inquisition and the maltreatment of those who were brought to trial before it. These were all derived from Jewish sources and traditions. Castro relied on "evidence" from the Bible, from the origin of the Spanish aristocracy, from medieval Jewish authors like Santob de Carrion (Shem Tov ben Ardutiel) , R. Moses Arragel, R. Asher ben Yehiel, R. Solomon ben Adret, and others. Castro's evidence is based entirely on a basic misunderstanding of the sources, of the Jews' understanding of the biblical text, and of the essence of Jewish law” (Scholberg in EJ 2007) . OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (National Library of Sweden) . Heavily warped by waterdamage, but completely usable with no explicit damage (plates were not printed on glossy paper, but rather high-grade flat paper, so they did not stick) . Ex-library with usual markings. Staining to cover. Staining on edges of pages. Good condition. Important and scarce. (Sef-18-17)
Stock number:25525.
$US 300.00
Imprint: New York, NY: [Isaac Goldman Co. ], 1914 - 1916
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth with gilt lettering, 8vo. , 319 pages (Vol. 1) , 206 pages (Vol. 2) , 204 pages (Vol. 3) . Annual reports on the operation of the seminary. Includes photographs of faculty and graduating students, as well as 10 pages of advertisements in back. SUBJECT (S) : Jews-Study and Teaching-Periodicals. “The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) was founded in 1886 through the efforts of two distinguished rabbis, Dr. Sabato Morais and Dr. H. Pereira Mendes, along with a group of prominent lay leaders from Sephardic congregations in Philadelphia and New York. Its mission was to preserve the knowledge and practice of historical Judaism. ”(jtsa.edu) Volumes 1 - Memorial issue to President Solomon Schechter. Articles by Louis Ginzberg, Mordecai Kaplan, Alexander Marx, and others. Some wear to cover and spine, spine and back cover tanned. Very good condition. Volume 2 – Dedicated to Louis Marshall, then Chairman of the Board of Directors. Wear to spine, very good condition. Vol. 3 - Ex-library with bookplate in front and bookpocket in back. Hinge repair. Wear to spine and covers. Small tears to edges of back few pages, pencil marks on some pages. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide : Spertus Inst Of Jewish Studies (Chicago) , Univ Bibl Johann Christian Senckenberg (Germany, Hebrew Union Coll. (OH) , Danish Nat. Lib. , and The Royal Lib. Of Denmark. Good condition. (RAB-39-8)
Stock number:24637.
$US 200.00
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Imprint: New York; Gordon And Breach, 1977
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Cloth. 8vo. XXV, 328, [1] pages. 24 cm. First edition. Author inscribed on first endpage. Illustrated with 97 plates, judeo-persion and persian glossary, various appendices on demographic, kinship terminology, and state restrictive codes, and fold out map. “A unique investigation of contemporary Jewish life in a Muslim country - the first ethnography of the Persian-Jewish diaspora, giving the reader a deep appreciation of this relatively unknown culture. The author describes in detail traditional Jewish life in the provincial city of Shiraz and the challenges of coexistence with a Muslim majority. ” (Publishers Description) . In the series: Library of anthropology. Subjects: Jews - Iran - Shiraz - Social life and customs. Juifs - Iran - Chiraz - Moeurs et coutumes. Juifs - Iran - Shiraz (Iran) - Moeurs et coutumes. Light wear to jacket, light writing in margins of a few pages, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (SEF-46-20)
Stock number:33005.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Firenze, Tip. Galletti E Cassuto, 1907
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 7 pages. 25 cm. In Italian. Title translates to English as, “Jewish solidarity and Falasha: Speech Delivered in the Great Synagogue of Florence on the First Day of Passover 5667.” SUBJECT (S) : Jewish sermons. “Estratta dalla ‘Rivista Israelitica’ Anno IV, N. 2” [Offprint from the "Jewish Journal" Year IV, No. 2]. OCLC lists two copies of this offprint (Univ. Of Texas at Austin, National Library of Israel) . Pages tanned with some chipping at edges; spine repaired. Good condition. (SEF39-27)
Stock number:28530.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Firenze, Galletti & Cassuto, 1909
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 8 pages. 25 cm. In Italian and Hebrew. Title translates to English as, “On the History of the Pro-Falasha Movement: Two Documents. ” SUBJECT (S) : Jews, Ethiopian. “Estratto dalla ‘Rivista Israelitica’, anno 6, n. 4-5” [Offprint from ‘Jewish Journal’ Year VI, No. 4-5]. OCLC lists four copies of this offprint (Univ. Of California in Los Angeles, Univ. Of California S Regional Library, Hebrew Union College, Univ. Of Manchester) . Jewish institutional imprint on cover; light chipping at edges. Good condition. (SEF39-30)
Stock number:28533.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York City; Library, Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, 1998
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Softbound. 8vo. 84 pages. 21 cm. Only Edition. Color photographic reproductions of 171 postcards, including a large fold out poster of “Synagogues of the World” as depicted in postcards in rear pocket located at the endpage. Translations from the Yiddish for Jewish New Year's postcards by Rabbi Jerry Schwarzbard. Issued in conjunction with the exhibition, which was held at the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, this collection details the foundations and tropes of postcards detailing Jewish life, celebrations, and institutions from the late 19th through the early 20th century. With the focus on Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jewry, Rosh Ha-Shanah, Jews in the first world war, and a comprehensive collection of postcards of synagogues from around the world. These postcards supply a panoramic view of Jewish daily life, both religious and secular, in the period preceding the devastation of European Jewry. The colorful images that adorn these postcards provide a nostalgic view into a bygone world. Subjects: Jews - Social life and customs - Exhibitions. Postcards - History - 20th century - Exhibitions. New Year cards - Exhibitions. Fine condition. (JTS-2-2)
Stock number:28681.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1962. Cloth. 8vo. 200 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - History - To 70 A. D. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. In Very Good condition. (SEF-8-17A) .
Stock number:25859.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Roma, Nuova Antologia, 1907
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 7 pages. 25 cm. In Italian. Title translates as, “The ‘Falasha’”. SUBJECT (S) : Jews, Ethiopian. “Dalla Nuova Antologia: 1o Aprile 1907.” [Offprint from ‘New Anthology, ’ April 1, 1907]. OCLC lists two copies of this offprint (University of Florida, Harvard College Library) . Pages tanned with some chipping at edges; spine repaired. Good condition. (SEF39-28)
Stock number:28531.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Roma, Nuova Antologia, 1913
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 12 pages. 25 cm. In Italian. Title translates as, “The ‘Falasha’”. SUBJECT (S) : Jews, Ethiopian. “Dalla Nuova Antologia: 1o Febbraio 1913.” [Offprint from ‘New Anthology, ’ February 1, 1913]. Pages tanned with some chipping at edges; spine repaired. Good condition. (SEF39-29)
Stock number:28532.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: East Lansing, Mich. ; African Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1986
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Softbound. 8vo. XV, 415 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Inscribed by author on half-title. Scholarly study through firsthand documentation of Falasha ritual and music in Ethiopia, with illustrations, musical notations, tables and charts. Contains: Perspectives of Falasha History; The Beta Israel Religious Tradition; The Contexts of Liturgical Performance; A Beta Israel View of the Liturgy; Texts of the Beta Israel Liturgy; Music of the Beta Israel Liturgy; Rethinking Falasha History. In the series: Ethiopian series monograph no. 17. Subjects: Jews - Ethiopia - Music - History and criticism. Synagogue music - Ethiopia. Judaism - Ethiopia - Customs and practices. Jews - Ethiopia - History. Falasches - Ritos y ceremonias. Música religiosa – Etiopía. Light wear to wraps, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-47-10)
Stock number:33033.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardback
8vo. Xvii, 434 pages. Illustrated. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Water stains on covers and first and last few signatures, corners bumped, hinges starting, Completely readable. Good- condition. (SEF-9-19)
Stock number:19435.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin, 1897
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Berlin, S. Calvary & Co. , 1897. 1st edition. Modern Cloth, 8vo, iv, 380 pages. 23 cm. In German. "Beiträge zur Spinoza-bibliographie"on pages [361]-370. SUBJECT (S) : Philosophy, German. Institutional blindstamp on title page. Paper wrinkled and chipped, not suitable for institutional library, working copy only. (GER-17-6B)
Stock number:16465.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Berlin; H. Schildberger, 1893
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 12mo. X, 178 pages. 17 cm. First edition. In German. With an introduction by Gustav Karpeles, and prefatory poem by Heinrich Heine. A compilaton of the poems of twelth century Hebrew poet Judah he-Levi, translated into German metre by various Wissenschaft des Judenthums Scholars and Rabbis: “Eine Auswahl in deutschen Uebertragungen, von Abr. Geiger, S. Heller, S. J. Kämpf, S. Kristeller, Jul. Landsberger, M. Levin, Mor. Rappaport, Michael Sachs, A. Sulzbach, Mor. Steinschneider u. A. ” Schriften des Vereins für Jüdische Geschichte und Litteratur Bd. 1. Bound in cloth with ornate gilt title on spine and cover, decorative endpages. Subjects: Piyutim. Hebrew poetry. Hebrew poetry - Translations into German. Light wear to bottom edge of cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-46-42)
Stock number:33021.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv, Judilovitz, 1938
Binding: Paperback
(FT) Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 143 pages. 23 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to English as, “The Life of the Jews in the Time of the Talmud. ” SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- Pumbeditha. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Covers show some wear, backstrip with some tears. Internal pages are nice and clean, otherwise Very Good Condition. (SEF44-12)
Stock number:28414.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Library Of The Jewish Theological Society Of America, 1975
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth; 4to. Xx, 384, xii pages. Nicely bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and spattered edges. Frontispiece portrait of the author's late son, to whom the book is dedicated. In Yiddish, with introduction in both Yiddish and English. Title page in English on verso: Hebrew Subscription Lists, With an Index to 8, 767 Jewish Communities in Europe and North Africa. Includes indices. This work is the fruit of a massive project undertaken by the author, a staff member of the Library of the JTS. It organizes the data culled from tens of thousands of Jewish books over a period of about 150 years. The result is an index of 350, 000 Jews from almost 9, 000 communities who presubscribed for specific books by specific writers, their names having been noted in the books upon publication. Given the destruction of so many records of Jews during the Holocaust, this book is an invaluable tool for scholars and researchers. SUBJECT (S) : Rabbinical literature -- Publishing. Names, Geographical -- Hebrew. Names, Geographical -- Yiddish. Names, Geographical -- Europe, Eastern. Names, Geographical -- Africa, North. Ex-library markings. Slight toning. Very good condition. (CT-9-1A)
Stock number:38687.
$US 125.00
Imprint: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Xii, 369 pages. An appraisal of the notorious tribunal, its causes, its tyranny, its effect upon Spain and the Western world. Bar code on spine. Otherwise a nice, clean copy in very good condition. Lacks DJ. (SEF39-10)
Stock number:28516.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: New York University Press, 1992
Softcover, 8vo, xi, 231 pages, illustrated, map, 24 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Ethiopia -- History. Falasja’s. Ethiopia -- Ethnic relations. Jews; History; Ethiopia. Includes bibliographical references on pages 211-224 and index. Very good condition. (Sef-33-8)
Stock number:25314.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York, Garland, 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Xx, 434 pages. 23 cm. Series: Garland Reference Library of Social Science, Vol. 467. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- United States -- Bibliography. Judaism -- United States -- Bibliography. Juifs -- États-Unis -- Bibliographie. Judaïsme -- États-Unis -- Bibliographie. Geographic: United States -- Ethnic relations -- Bibliography. États-Unis -- Relations interethniques -- Bibliographie. Identifier: Jews; History. ; United States. Includes indexes. Foreword by Henry L. Feingold; preface by Leon M. Goldstein. Very good condition. (AMR-41-36), KRA 2013-01
Stock number:31333.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
New York, 1954. Cloth. 8vo. 265 pages. Katsh, who was born in Indura, Poland, was the son of Reuben Katz, later chief rabbi of Petah Tikvah. In 1967, he was elected president of Dropsie College (later University) . During visits to the Soviet Union, Hungary, and Poland in 1954 and 1958 he obtained microfilms of Hebrew manuscripts in Leningrad and Moscow. He published a number of essays on Hebrew and Jewish studies in U. S. Universities. In 1957 he founded the National Association of Professors of Hebrew in American Universities. Among Katsh's books are Judaism in Islam (1954; reprinted in 1962 under the title Judaism and the Koran, 1957) . He edited an anthology, Bar Mitzvah, Illustrated (1955) , and the Warsaw ghetto diary by C. A. Kaplan, Scroll of Agony (1965) . Among his other works are Torat ha-Yahasut shel Einstein ("Einstein's Theory of Relativity, " 1936) and Ginzei Mishnah (1970) . (EJ Editorial staff) SUBJECT(S): Islam - Relations - Judaism; Judaism - Relations - Islam. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Slight bumping to edges. Text on cover is fading. Fraying to top and cover of spine. Sticker with previous owner's name on front endpaper. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-3-5).
Stock number:17865.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardback
8vo. 12 pages (pages 347-359) . "Reprinted from The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Volume of The jewish Quarterly Review. " SUBJECT(S) : Poetry. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Katsh (1908-1998) was born in Poland and emigrated to the U. S. In 1925. In 1933, he began teaching at New York University, and over the following three decades taught Hebrew education, culture, language and literature there. In 1957 He founded the National Association of Professors of Hebrew in American Universities, and was elected president of Dropsie College in 1967, where he served until 1976. His scholarship won him many awards and fellowships, including the Jewish Teachers Association of New York's Avodah Award, the Rabbi Kaniel Prize of the Municipality of Haifa, and the first Charles Kramer Research Fellow of the Institute for Jewish Policy Planning and Research of the Synagogue Council of America. Katsh is well known for his studies of Hebrew manuscripts and fragments from Russia and Eastern Europe, his translations, and his essays on Jewish studies in the United States. (EJ) Covers slightly worn and darkened, good condition. (Katsh-2-6) xx
Stock number:19495.
$US 100.00
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Two photocopied articles bound together in a binder. 130 pages, 8 pages. First article from The Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Volume XII, Number 1, January 1968, and includes musical notation and bibliography. The second is from Western Folklore, Volume XXI, Number 2, April 1962, and includes musical notation. Pages lightly tanned, last page torn, not effecting text. Very good condition. (SEF-35-20)
Stock number:25384.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Philosophical Library, 1949
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 176 pages. In English. SUBJECT (S) : Arabs -- Spain. Jews -- History. Judah, ha-Levi, 12th cent. Kayser, (1889–1964) , was a German author and a literary journalist. After studying in Berlin, Munich, and Wuerzburg, Kayser was for several years a teacher in Berlin. In 1919 he joined the editorial staff of the S. Fischer publishing house and became editor in chief of the literary periodical Die Neue Rundschau in 1924. Kayser was dismissed from these posts by the Nazis in 1933, settled in the U. S. Two years later, and held the chair of German and European literatures at Brandeis University from 1951 to 1957. His Jewish interests found expression in the essays and reviews that he contributed to Jewish periodicals, which included the Neue Juedische Monatshefte, Der Jude, and Historia Judaica, and in books such as Moses Tod (1921) , Spinoza, Bildnis eines geistigen Helden (1932) , and The Life and Time of Jehuda Halevi (1949) . His biographical studies also include Stendhal, oder das Leben eines Egotisten (1928) , and Kant (1935) (EJ, Liptzin) . In very good condition. (MX17-15)
Stock number:21495.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Leipzig, O. Leiner,, 1867
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Half leather, 8vo, xi, 367, [1] pages. First Edition. In German. Fascinating look at the history of Jews in early Portugal up to the mid-19th century. Part of the series "Schriften" herausgegeben vom Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur. Series: Schriften vom Institute zur förderung der israelitischen literatur ... 12. Jahr: 1866-1867; Kayserling was a “German rabbi and historian. Kayserling, born in Hanover, studied with S. R. Hirsch in Nikolsburg, S. J. Rapoport in Prague, and S. B. Bamberger in Wuerzburg and at Halle University. From 1861 to 1870 he was rabbi at Endingen, Switzerland, where he fought strenuously for Jewish rights; thereafter he was rabbi and preacher in Budapest… Kayserling's reputation rests on his long series of pioneering publications on the history of Spanish Jewry and the Marranos, based to a great degree on original and, in some cases manuscript, sources. His Geschichte der Juden in Spanien und Portugal, which in fact covered mainly Navarre and the Balearic Islands (vol. 1, 1861) and Portugal (vol. 2, 1867) , was the first work in which Hebrew sources were consistently used. His works on Marrano history and literature put the study on a new footing and were the basis of all subsequent treatments” (Cecil Roth, EJ, 2007) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Portugal -- History. Juifs -- Portugal -- Histoire. Wear to boards, pages slightly tanned, first few pages fragile. Binding solid, very good condition. (SEF-23-5)
Stock number:29986.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Leipzig, O. Leiner,, 1867
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Half leather, 8vo, xi, 367, [1] pages. First Edition. In German. Fascinating look at the history of Jews in early Portugal up to the mid-19th century. Part of the series "Schriften" herausgegeben vom Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur. Series: Schriften vom Institute zur förderung der israelitischen literatur ... 12. Jahr: 1866-1867; Kayserling was a “German rabbi and historian. Kayserling, born in Hanover, studied with S. R. Hirsch in Nikolsburg, S. J. Rapoport in Prague, and S. B. Bamberger in Wuerzburg and at Halle University. From 1861 to 1870 he was rabbi at Endingen, Switzerland, where he fought strenuously for Jewish rights; thereafter he was rabbi and preacher in Budapest… Kayserling's reputation rests on his long series of pioneering publications on the history of Spanish Jewry and the Marranos, based to a great degree on original and, in some cases manuscript, sources. His Geschichte der Juden in Spanien und Portugal, which in fact covered mainly Navarre and the Balearic Islands (vol. 1, 1861) and Portugal (vol. 2, 1867) , was the first work in which Hebrew sources were consistently used. His works on Marrano history and literature put the study on a new footing and were the basis of all subsequent treatments” (Cecil Roth, EJ, 2007) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Portugal -- History. Juifs -- Portugal -- Histoire. Wear to leather on spine, small chip to title page. Pages slightly tanned, first few pages fragile. Binding solid, very good condition. (SEF-23-5)
Stock number:25139.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Leipzig, O. Leiner,, 1867
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Period boards. 8vo, xi, 367, [1] pages. First Edition. In German. Fascinating look at the history of Jews in early Portugal up to the mid-19th century. Part of the series "Schriften" herausgegeben vom Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur. Series: Schriften vom Institute zur förderung der israelitischen literatur ... 12. Jahr: 1866-1867; Kayserling was a “German rabbi and historian. Kayserling, born in Hanover, studied with S. R. Hirsch in Nikolsburg, S. J. Rapoport in Prague, and S. B. Bamberger in Wuerzburg and at Halle University. From 1861 to 1870 he was rabbi at Endingen, Switzerland, where he fought strenuously for Jewish rights; thereafter he was rabbi and preacher in Budapest… Kayserling's reputation rests on his long series of pioneering publications on the history of Spanish Jewry and the Marranos, based to a great degree on original and, in some cases manuscript, sources. His Geschichte der Juden in Spanien und Portugal, which in fact covered mainly Navarre and the Balearic Islands (vol. 1, 1861) and Portugal (vol. 2, 1867) , was the first work in which Hebrew sources were consistently used. His works on Marrano history and literature put the study on a new footing and were the basis of all subsequent treatments” (Cecil Roth, EJ, 2007) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Portugal -- History. Juifs -- Portugal -- Histoire. Binding solid, very good condition. (SEF-23-5A)
Stock number:36384.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Leipzig, O. Leiner,, 1867
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Period boards. 8vo, xi, 367, [1] pages. First Edition. In German. Fascinating look at the history of Jews in early Portugal up to the mid-19th century. Part of the series "Schriften" herausgegeben vom Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur. Series: Schriften vom Institute zur förderung der israelitischen literatur ... 12. Jahr: 1866-1867; Kayserling was a “German rabbi and historian. Kayserling, born in Hanover, studied with S. R. Hirsch in Nikolsburg, S. J. Rapoport in Prague, and S. B. Bamberger in Wuerzburg and at Halle University. From 1861 to 1870 he was rabbi at Endingen, Switzerland, where he fought strenuously for Jewish rights; thereafter he was rabbi and preacher in Budapest… Kayserling's reputation rests on his long series of pioneering publications on the history of Spanish Jewry and the Marranos, based to a great degree on original and, in some cases manuscript, sources. His Geschichte der Juden in Spanien und Portugal, which in fact covered mainly Navarre and the Balearic Islands (vol. 1, 1861) and Portugal (vol. 2, 1867) , was the first work in which Hebrew sources were consistently used. His works on Marrano history and literature put the study on a new footing and were the basis of all subsequent treatments” (Cecil Roth, EJ, 2007) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Portugal -- History. Juifs -- Portugal -- Histoire. Binding solid, very good condition. (SEF-23-5A)
Stock number:36566.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Leipzig, H. Mendelssohn,, 1859
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, xii, 370 pages. In German. 1st edition. Title in English: Romance-Language Poetry of The Jews in Spain. A Contribution to The Literature and History of the Spanish-Portuguese Jews. Kayserling was a German-born rabbi and historian, and a prolific author. From 1870 he was rabbi and preacher in Budapest. (JE) SUBJECT(S) : Spanish literature -- Jewish authors. Portuguese literature -- Jewish authors. Pages uncut. Small chip to spine. Some staining to edges of pages, not obscuring text. Slight edgewear to cover, corner of back cover creased. Good + condition. (RAB-39-4)
Stock number:24633.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Leipzig, H. Mendelssohn,, 1859
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth, xii, 370 pages. In German. 1st edition. Title in English: Romance-Language Poetry of The Jews in Spain. A Contribution to The Literature and History of the Spanish-Portuguese Jews. Kayserling was a German-born rabbi and historian, and a prolific author. From 1870 he was rabbi and preacher in Budapest. (JE) SUBJECT(S) : Spanish literature -- Jewish authors. Portuguese literature -- Jewish authors. Slight edgewear to cloth, otherwise fresh. Very Good condition. (RAB-39-4A) Xx
Stock number:32912.
$US 180.00
Imprint: New York, University Press, 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. Xxxiii, 299 pages, illustrations. 23cm.  Contributions of 16 authors.  CONTENTS: “Preface, ” by Farhad Kazemi & R. D. McChesney; “Biography of Richard Bayly Winder; “Bibliography of Richard Bayly Winder; “The commerce of Mecca before Islam, ” by F. E. Peters; “Whence the Muslim conquest of Northern Mesopotamia? , ” by Nadine F. Posner; “Russia's relations with the Mamluk Beys of Egypt in the late eighteenth century, ” by Daniel Crecelius; “The loan of mursad on Waqf properties, ” by Randi Beguilhem-Schoem; “Ilyas Qudsi on the craft organizations of Damascus in the late nineteenth century, ” by R. D. McChesney, trans; “Ibn Taymiyah's empiricism, ” by Nicholas Heer; “Islamic textuality in light of poststructuralist criticism, ” by Richard C. Martin; “Subordinance and dominance : non-Muslim minorities and the traditional Islamic state as perceived from above and below, ” by Norman A. Stillman; “Geometry and ideology : the festival of Islam and the study of Islamic art, ” by Oleg Grabar; “Universal solutions to problems of spherical astronomy from Mamluk Egypt and Syria, ” by David A. King; “Fatimid under glaze painted wares : a chronological readjusment, ” by George T. Scanlon; “Women and politics in an Arabian Oasis, ” by Christine Eickelman; “"How could something so right go so wrong?" : the collapse of Lebanon's ethnoconfessional democracy, ” by John P. Entelis; “The immortal Ataturk : psychobiography as autobiography, ” by Norman Itzkowitz; “Ménage à quatre : the making of agrarian policy in Senegal, ” by John Waterbury. SUBJECTS: Islamic civilization. Civilisation islamique. Middle East. Machreq. Moyen-Orient --Histoire.  Includes bibliographies and index. Navy cloth over boards with gilt titles.  Good condition.   (FEST1-6)
Stock number:27138.
$US 100.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Very Good Condition; 8vo; No Place (Cincinnati), Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, [1979]. First Edition. Paper Wrappers, 8vo, xiii, 106 pages. Contains essays by Gottschalk, Popkin, Feuer, Savan and Mihaly. Very Good, in original wrappers. (SEF-10-14)
Stock number:13250.
$US 100.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No Place (Cincinnati) , Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, [1979]. First Edition. Paper Wrappers, 8vo, xiii, 106 pages. Contains essays by Gottschalk, Popkin, Feuer, Savan and Mihaly. Very Good, in original wrappers. (k-rab-1-32)
Stock number:21650.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [S. L. ], [S. N.], 1931
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original Stapled Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 23 pages. 23 cm. “Haym Salomon was an early American merchant and Revolutionary War patriot, and one of the most prominent 18th-century American Jews. Exaggerated claims were made for Salomon's services to the American Revolution, largely as a point of Jewish apologetics. Without question, however, he was a vigorous patriot at great personal risk, and a competent financial servant of American independence and of some of its leaders. ” –EJ, 2007. SUBJECT (S) : Salomon, Haym, 1740-1785. Geographic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. Covers slightly warn with some discoloration, but still nice. Internal pages are clean. Very Good Condition. (SEF44-22) . Xxxxxxxx
Stock number:28424.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New Delhi: Jewish Welfare Association, 1984
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 18 pages with illustrations, 28 cm. In English. A full catalog of India’s synagogues and prayer sites, including pictures, locations, and descriptions. SUBJECTS: Synagogues -- South Asia -- Catalogs. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide (OCLC: 16224369) . Front repaired. Glossy pages in good condition. Overall good condition. (RAB-64-89)
Stock number:40279.
$US 135.00
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Imprint: Athens; Kastaniotis Editions, 1998
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original wraps. 8vo. 472 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Researched and edited by Photini Constantopoulou and Prof. Thanos Veremis; introduced by Theodoros Pangalos, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Prof. Steven Bowman Deptment of Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati. At head of title: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece; University of Athens, Department of Policical Science and Public Administration. Contains "Biographical Notes" (p. [419]-434) , an alphabetical biographical dictionary, primarily of notable Greek Jews, many of whom perished during the Holocaust. Subjects: Jews - Greece - History - Sources. Joden. Greece. Hypourgeio Exoterikon. Archives. Greece - Ethnic relations - Sources. Wrapped in plastic, unopened, not read. Great condition. (SEF-47-8) xx
Stock number:33031.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Athens: Kastaniotis Editions, 1998
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original wraps. 8vo. 472 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Researched and edited by Photini Constantopoulou and Prof. Thanos Veremis; introduced by Theodoros Pangalos, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Prof. Steven Bowman Deptment of Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati. At head of title: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece; University of Athens, Department of Policical Science and Public Administration. Contains "Biographical Notes" (p. [419]-434) , an alphabetical biographical dictionary, primarily of notable Greek Jews, many of whom perished during the Holocaust. Subjects: Jews - Greece - History - Sources. Joden. Greece. Hypourgeio Exoterikon. Archives. Greece - Ethnic relations - Sources. Ex-library, with usual markings. Light shelf wear and sunning to wraps; interior pristine. (SEF-47-8A)
Stock number:34944.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Athens: Kastaniotis Editions,, 1998
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original illustrated paper wraps. 8vo. 472 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Researched and edited by Photini Constantopoulou and Prof. Thanos Veremis; introduced by Theodoros Pangalos, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Prof. Steven Bowman Department of Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati. At head of title: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece; University of Athens, Department of Political Science and Public Administration. Contains "Biographical Notes" (p. [419]-434) , an alphabetical biographical dictionary, primarily of notable Greek Jews, many of whom perished during the Holocaust. Subjects: Jews - Greece - History - Sources. Joden. Greece. Hypourgeio Exoterikon. Archives. Greece - Ethnic relations - Sources. Slight toning. Very minimal edgewear. Very good + condition (SEF-47-8B)
Stock number:38679.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Original wrappers, 8vo., 5 pages. Review, Reprinted From Sefarad XXXI, 1971. In Spanish. Review of Beinart's book, (Published by Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1969) Very Good condition. (SEF-31-26)
Stock number:25284.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Madrid; Comision Quinto Centenario, Grupo De Trabajo Sefarad 92; Barcelona: Lunwerg Editores, 1987
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 4to. 235 pages. 30 cm. First edition. In Spanish and English. Contains 215 color photographs, principally former Jewish streets and buildings in Spain, manuscripts and ritual objects. Subjects: Jews - Spain - History. Sephardim - History. Juifs - Espagne - Histoire. Sefarades - Histoire. Juifs - Espagne - Civilisation. Jews. Sephardim. History. Pictorial works. Spain - Pictorial works. Clean and fresh in great jacket. Very good + condition. (SEF-52-33)
Stock number:35145.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Madrid, Universidad Complutense, 1982
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 2 volumes. 705, 730 pages. 24 cm. In Spanish. Series: En La España Medieval, 2-3. SUBJECT(S): Moxó, Salvador de. Geographic: Spain -- Civilization -- 711-1516. Spain -- History -- 711-1516. Moxó y Ortiz de Villajos, Salvador de; Centenarios, homenajes, etc.; España; Historia; 414-1474; Colecciones de escritos. Includes bibliographical references. Very good condition. (FEST1-13)
Stock number:27105.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Yerushalayim, Mekhon Ben-Tsevi Ba-Universit?ah Ha-?ivrit., 1967
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 302 pages. 22 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Added title page: The Jews in nineteenth-century Egypt. Includes 10 pages of plates, sources in Ladino, French, German, and English. Publications of the Ben-Zvi Institute, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Written by Jacob M. Landau (1924–) professor emeritus of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in the political history of the modern Middle East and Central Asia. Subjects: Jews - Egypt - History – Sources. Previous owners bookplate on endpage, light wear to edges of jacket, otherwise fresh. Good + condition. (SEF-46-14)
Stock number:32999.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, New York University Press, 1969
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, xvi, 354 pages, illustrations, facsims. , ports. 24 cm. Series: New York University studies in Near Eastern civilization, no. 2; Variation: New York University studies in Near Eastern civilization; no. 2. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Egypt -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Juifs -- Egypte -- Histoire -- Sources. Joden. Revised and enlarged translation of ha-Yehudim be-Mitsrayim ba-me’ah ha-tesha’-‘esreh. “Documents” on pages 127-334. Bibliography on pages 335-340. Light wear to edges of dust jacket. Very good condition. (Sef-19-18)
Stock number:25048.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, New York University Press
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, xvi, 354 pages, illustrations, facsims. , portraits, 24 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Descriptor: Jews -- Egypt -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Juifs -- Egypte -- Histoire -- Sources. Joden. Revised and enlarged translation of ha-Yehudim be-Mitsrayim ba-me’ah ha-tesha’-‘esreh. “Documents”: pages 127-334. Bibliography: pages 335-340. Landau (1924–) is a “professor emeritus of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in the political history of the modern Middle East and Central Asia. Landau was born in Kishinev. He was president of the Israel Association of Political Science (1985–87) and was elected honorary fellow of the Israel Oriental Society and the Turkish Academy of History. In 1993–98 he was the editor of Ha-Mizrah he-hadash, the annual of the Israel Oriental Society. Landau is well known in Orientalist circles, having taught at universities in the U. S. , the U. K. , France, Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil, and Turkey. He received various medals and distinctions, including the Israel Prize for scholarship (in Oriental studies) in 2005” (Berenbaum and Skolnik in EJ 2007) . Name plate half removed from inside cover. Bumped corners. Light discoloration to cover. Wear to binding. Very good condition. (Sef-30-6)
Stock number:25251.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Albany: State University Of New York Press, 1983
Softcover, 8vo, xvi, 372 pages, illustrations, 24 cm. Series: SUNY series in modern Jewish history; Pirsume ha-Makhon le-heker ha-tefutsot. Contents: Background of the activities of the Alliance Israelite Universelle in Morocco: the traditional Jewish Society -- Section 1: The Jewish communities and the alliance Israelite Universelle between 1862 and 1912 -- The political activities of the alliance in Morocco before the Protectorate era -- The alliance and the struggle for recognition within Moroccan Jewish Society -- The alliance and its scion-cultural influence on Moroccan Jewry -- Section II: The Jewish Communities and the alliance Israelite Universelle between 1912 and 1956 -- The alliance and the Jewish communities in the Protectorates' political arena -- Zionism and assimilation: the emergence of Zionist influence in Morocco and the position of the alliance -- The alliance and the social and cultural evolution of the Jews: 1912-1956 -- The Jews and the Muslims: comparative aspects of education and problems of social conflict -- Section III: The Jewish communities and the Alliance Israelite Universelle between 1956 and 1962. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Morocco -- History. Revision of thesis (Ph. D. ) --University of California. Includes index. Bibliography: pages 355-363. Wear to front cover binding. Bumped corners. Very good condition. (Sef-15-2)
Stock number:25398.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York; MacMillan Co. ; London : MacMillan & Co., 1922
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVI, 564 pages. 23 cm. Second edition. First printed 1908. Drawing on primary source material, Lea gives a detailed account of the workings of the Inquisition and its individual tribunals in Sicily, Naples, Sardinia, Milan, Malta, the Canary Islands, Mexico, Peru, New Granada and the Philippines. According to Lea the Inquisition persisted from the sixteenth right up to the nineteenth century. He demonstrates how some of the individuals entrusted with implementing the Inquisition abused their powers, and how the Inquisition in the Spanish colonies prevented the efficient running of governmental administrations. He focuses on some of the consequences of the Inquisition: Jews were banished from Naples, there were moves to exclude new Christians from the Church in Mexico, and the mysticism practiced in New Granada was considered a grave threat to the Church. Henry Charles Lea (1825–1909) , “U. S. Historian whose research into the history of the Church and its institutions made him one of the most distinguished scholars of the United States. Lea's monumental works, A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages (3 vols. , 1888) and A History of the Inquisition of Spain (4 vols. , 1906–07) , are fundamental and represent an extensive achievement, as did his The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies (1908) . Through them, Lea founded a Protestant school for the study of the Inquisition based on archival sources. His system was principally concerned with the study of the general framework of the Inquisition, its policies, and operational methods. He himself considered that these works were the result of his prime interest in the history of sorcery and superstitions in Europe. They have been adapted, abridged, and translated into various languages. In his writings, Lea reserved much sympathy for the question of the forced converts and the Jews, and commented upon the heavy responsibility of the Catholic Church and Spain for their fate. ” - 2008 EJ. Subjects: Inquisition. Rear hinge starting, top of backstrip torn, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (SEF-52-8)
Stock number:35120.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: London And New York, Routledge, 1990
Original Softcover. 8vo. Xii, 190 pages. 23 cm. Series: Arabic Thought and Culture. This study reveals the significance of Maimonides to contemporary philosophical and theological problems, and will be of great interest to philosophers, theologians, Islamicists, and medievalists. Includes index. Bibliography: pages 183-186. Bookstore pricing sticker on back cover. Otherwise a nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (SEF39-8)
Stock number:28540.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Beograd [Belgrade],, 1969
Original Softcover. Small 8vo. 110 pages. Illus. Facsim. 20 cm. In Serbian. Subtitle: “Prilog istoriji Jevreja na Balkanskom poluostrvu” [Contribution to the History of Jews in the Balkan Peninsula]. SUBJECT (S) : Zidje. Bosna in Hercegovina. Zgodovina [Masonry; Bosnia and Herzegovina; History]. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Cobiss. Si – IZUM; National & Univ. Library; Univ. Giessen; British Library Reference Collections; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) . Internal pages are bright and clean. Title handwritten on spine; some writing on back cover. Otherwise a nice, clean copy in very good condition. (SEF40-2)
Stock number:28342.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Publication: London, Williams, Lea & Co, 1939. Paper wrappers, 8vo, 93 pages. Printed note from editor laid in. Shows very little wear. Very Good Condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14384.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Publication: London, Williams, Lea & Co, 1949. Paper wrappers, 8vo, 129 pages. Printed note from editor laid in. Edges slightly sunned. Some soiling on back cover. Very Good Condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14385.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Publication: London, Williams, Lea & Co, 1951. Stiff paper wrappers, 8vo, 110 pages. Printed note from editor laid in. Includes photo plate. Slight sunning on cover and spine. Very Good Condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14394.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Buenos Aires, Paidos, 1967
Paperback. 285 pages. 19 cm. Third edition. In Spanish. “The Inquision in Hispanic America. Jews, Protestants, Patriots. ” Previously published in 1950 under title, “El Santo Oficio en América”. Illustrated with facsimiles of documents on glossy paper. Table of contents: Historia y bibliografia de la inquisicion -- Los conversos, el racismo hispano y la inquisicion -- Origenes del Santo Oficio en España -- Hipocresia y "teologia" inquisitoriales -- Los marranos en las indias -- Los protestantes en las colonias españolas -- El Santo Oficio en el nuevo mundo -- Funcionamiento de la inquisicion en las ciudades sin tribunal -- La inquisicion y los adalides de la independencia. Subjects: Inquisition -- Latin America. Inquisition -- Spain. OCLC lists 93 copies worldwide. Covers and edges soiled, pages slightly browned; text crisp. Good+ condition. (LATAM1-30)
Stock number:28283.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Puebla, Pue. , Mexico; Editorial J. M. Cajica Jr., 1967
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth in dust jacket. 16mo. 259, [4] pages. 15 cm. First edition. In Spanish. One of 5500 numbered copies. “5, 500 Ejemplares; no 1437”. Biblioteca Cajica de cultura universal 27. 'The Inquisition in Mexico; Stories of the 16th Century'. Consists of biographies of Jews, Marranos, and Crypto-Jews in Mexico persecuted by the Inquisition in the early colonial period: Juan de Leonn (Salomon Machorro) , Dona Maria de Zarate, members of the De Medina family, and others. Boleslao Lewin (1908-1988) was a Polish born historian, taught at the University of La Plata, and at universities in Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay; author of an outstanding work on Tupac Amaru, and many works on the history of Jews in the colonial period, the inquisition, and Jewish immigration to Argentina. Subjects: Inquisition - Mexico. Inquisition. Inquisition. Church history. 1500 - 1599 Mexico - Church history - 16th century. Boards lightly warped from shelf wear, pages lightly aged, otherwise very clean and fresh in good jacket. Good + condition. (SEF-52-3)
Stock number:35115.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Newport, RI, Newport Historical Society, 1980
Binding: Paperback
Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 281-320 pages. 23 cm. Reprints of a special issue of the Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society from the summer of 1975. SUBJECT (S) : Synagogues -- Rhode Island -- Newport. Jews -- Rhode Island -- Newport. Named Corp: Touro Synagogue (Newport, R. I. ) . OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Three bright post cards laid in. Minor wear to top margin of cover; internal pages are bright and clean. Very Good Condition. (SEF44-36)
Stock number:28440.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv, Bet Ha-Tefutsot ?al Shem Nah?um Goldman [Beth Hatefutsoth, The Nahum Goldmann Museum Of The Jewish Diaspora], 1986
(FT) Original Softcover. 8vo. [98] pages. Illus. 22 x 23 cm. In English and Hebrew. Catalog of an exhibition held at Bet ha-tefutsot ? Al shem Nah? Um Goldman, Tel Aviv. The exhibition “In The Footsteps of Columbus” is the outcome of a research project conducted by Dr. Kenneth Libo who, in a period of over two years, brought together thousands of items. Out of these, the exhibition comprises some 350 photographs, objects, documents and paintings… displayed in three sections: The First Generations, 1654-1830; The German Immigrants, 1830-1880; and Community Life. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- United States -- History -- Exhibitions. Sephardim -- United States -- History -- Exhibitions. Jews, German -- United States -- History -- Exhibitions. United States -- Ethnic relations -- Exhibitions. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (SEF44-8) . Xxx
Stock number:28409.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia: Institute For The Study Of Human Issues., 1980.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Xii, 226 pages. Map. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Libya; Joden; Libya – ethnic relations. ISBN: 0897270053. Ex library with bookplate and spine sticker, occasional marginalia and dog ears, otherwise very good condition. (SEF-8-3a)
Stock number:25973.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Cambridge, Jewish Historical Society Of England, 1961
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Xi, 201 pages. Ports. Fascism. 24 cm. CONTENTS: The Resettlement of the Jews in England; C. Roth --The First Fifty Years; E. R. Samuel -- Anglo-Jewry in the Eighteenth Century; R. D. Barnett -- The Age of Emancipation, 1815-1880; V. D. Lipman -- The New Community, 1880-1918; I. Finestein -- Jewish Scholarship in England; R. Loewe -- Jewish-Christian Relations in England; J. Parkes -- The Structure of Anglo-Jewry Today; A. Cohen. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Great Britain -- History. Maps on endpages. Lacks dustjacket; internal pages are nice and clean. Very Good Condition. (SEF42-25)
Stock number:28389.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Geneve, Suisse: Centre D’information Et De Documentation Sur Le Moyen-Orient,, 1976
Softcover, 12mo, 12 pages, illustrated, 21 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Dhimmis -- Legal status, laws, etc. Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Islamic countries. Arab countries -- Ethnic relations. Cover title. Includes bibliographical references. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (Sef-13-24)
Stock number:24980.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
London: Jews' College, 1954. Wrappers; 16mo. 21 pages. Annotated. Sixth Michael Friedländer Memorial lecture. Christianity and other religions -- Judaism. Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity. OCLC lists eleven copies worldwide. Pages brown; title page creased; very good condition. (BR-2)
Stock number:14503.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: London, Printed For G. B. Whittaker, 1827
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XX, 583, [1] pages. 22 cm. Full title: “The history of the inquisition of Spain, from the time of its establishment to the reign of Ferdinand VII. Composed from the original documents of the Archives of the Supreme council, and from those of subordinate tribunals of the Holy office. Abridged and translated from the original works of D. Juan Antonio Llorente. ” History of the Inquisition, utilizing source documents from the Inquisition's offices themselves, while the author helped in the suppression of the Catholic Church in revolutionary Spain. Juan Antonio Llorente (1765-1823) was a Spanish Priest and Historian, he joined the Napoleonic forces in Spain in 1808, assisting in the work of suppressing the monastic orders, while assiduously collecting the documentation and primary sources which went into this volume, which he published in France in 1817, shortly thereafter translated into English, Dutch, Italian, and German. Subjects: Inquisition - Spain. Inquisition. Hinges loose; pages foxed, light soiling and edgewear to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (SEF-52-9)
Stock number:35121.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia, James M. Campbell & Co., 1843
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, 208 pages, 24 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Inquisition -- Spain Torn cover edges. Bumped corners. Light staining to pages. Otherwise good condition. (Sef-18-15)
Stock number:25523.
$US 250.00
Imprint: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library,, 1997
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, 4to. , 63 pages. Includes material on Ladino musicians. Thesis (B. A. ) Dissertation. Series: Harvard Judaica Collection student research papers ; no. 3; SUBJECT(S) : Klezmer music -- History and criticism. Jewish musicians -- New York (State) Volksmuziek. Joden. Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-63) and discography (p. 57-59) . Very good condition. (SEF-31-30)
Stock number:25288.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: 1988
Cincinnati, Hebrew Union College Press, 1988. Paperback, . 8vo, 398 pages. ISBN 0878209107. Very Good Condition (COMHIST-18-32)
Stock number:31870.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: United Synagogue, 1970. Cloth; 8vo. 132 pages. Eight articles by various authors. Illustrated with plates. With notes and two indices. OCLC lists eleven copies worldwide. Bound with incorrect title page. Newspaper clipping from the Jewish Chronicle, February 2, 1979, mentioning Rabbi Apple, one of the contributors, laid in. Very good condition. (k-BR-3)
Stock number:14528.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: Bayswater Synagogue, 1963. Cloth; 8vo. X, 66 pages. Frontispiece photographic plate of exterior of the synagogue. Illustrated with plates. OCLC lists twenty copies worldwide. Excellent condition in good dust jacket. (k-BR-2)
Stock number:14486.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Publication: London [etc. ] Printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & co. Ltd. , 1933. 2nd edition? . Cloth, Large 8vo, 31, [1] pages. Includes frontis and other plates and portraits. 25 cm. Handsomely rebound in later cloth, with original paper covers bound in. Inscribed by Tuck to S. Gluckstein. Very Good Condition. (k-BR-1)
Stock number:14382.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Lawrence, Kan. ; Coronado Press, 1964
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XII, 146 pages. 23 cm. Second edition. History of the Inquisition in Spain from its inception to the Expulsion. Contents: Contents: The chosen people - The golden age - 1391 - The converso - Traitors to the faith - The Inquisition - Inquisitor General Torquemada - The Alboraico - Denunciation for survival - The remnant - The ritual murder of La Guardia - The wandering Jew - The Messiah cometh. Subjects: Jews - Persecutions - Spain. Inquisition - Spain. Inquisition. Jews - Persecutions. Torquemada, Tomas de, 1420-1498. Cloth soiled, Institutional stamp on endpages and backstrip, internally clean and fresh. Good condition. (SEF-52-10)
Stock number:35122.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Florence, La Giuntina, 1984
Binding: Hardback
(FT) Paper Wraps. 4to. 155 pages. Color ill. 27 cm. In Hebrew and Italian. Third Edition. Illustrated Passover Haggadah with full parallel Italian translation and notes. Emanuele Luzzati is an Italian-born artist who fled Italy’s racial laws in 1938. SUBJECT(S) : Haggadot -- Texts. Seder -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism -- Sephardic rite -- Liturgy -- Texts. Illustrations by Emanuele Luzzati; Italian translation and notes by Rabbino Fernando D. Belgrado; preface by Rabbino Elio Toaff. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Light wear to edges of cover, but still nice. Internal pages are nice and clean. Illustrations are vibrant. Catalog card from publisher laid in as well. Very good condition. (HAG-8-5) .
Stock number:39030.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Madrid: Avapies, 1987
Paperback, large 12mo, 206 pages, illustrated, 20 cm. In Spanish. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Spain -- Madrid -- History. Madrid (Spain) -- Ethnic relations. Bibliography on pages 205-206. Hinge repair. Light chipping to edges of cover and cover binding. Very good condition. (Sef-21-12)
Stock number:25182.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Myers & Co. , 1905. Cloth, 12mo, 183 pages. Roth A10: 158. Gilt lettering on spine, gilt emblem on cover. Includes: Jehudah Halevi, The Story of a Street, Heinrich Heine: a Plea, Daniel Deronda and his Jewish Critics, Manasseh Ben Israel, Charity in Talmudic Times, Moses Mendelssohn, The National Idea in Judaism, The Story of a False Prophet, & Now and Then: a Composite Sketch of Ex-library with usual markings. Good condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14418.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
London: George Routledge, and New York: Bloch, 1907. Cloth; 12mo. 178 pages. Judaism. Orthodox Judaism. Tradition (Judaism) . "In part re-written from my contributions during the last few years to the Jewish quarterly review, the Fortnightly review and the Jewish world. "--p. [vii] Pages brown; cover worn and soiled; first signature loosening. Ex-library copy. Good condition. (BR-2)
Stock number:14505.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Cambridge, J. Smith, 1832
Binding: Hardback
First English language edition. Later Cloth, 8vo. 33, 358 pages; 29 cm. In English with Hebrew excerpts. First English-language publication of any part of Maimonides’ “Yad Hachazakah." Maimonides “was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician” (Wikipedia 2017). Hermann Hedwig Bernard “was an English Hebraist, for many years Hebrew teacher in the University of Cambridge… An apostate from Judaism, Bernard was born Hirsch Ber Hurwitz and hailed from Uman, Ukraine. He is purported to have played chess with and read German stories before Rabbi Nachman of Breslov” (Wikipedia 2017) . “They are chiefly intended, however, to make the English reader acquainted, at a comparatively trifling expense of time and labour, with the sentiments of Maimonides respecting some of the most interesting and important questions in Theology, (such, for example, as regard the Deity, the Angels, Prophecy, Sin, Repentance, Free-will, Predestination, &c. , which are discussed by him in his justly celebrated work the Yad Hachazakah; a work, recognized by the Jews, even at the present day, as an admirable exposition of their law and of the main principles of their creed. ”. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish ethics, Maimonides. Very Light Wear to boards, bit of foxing to title page and final leaf, small old tape repair to outer margin of 2 leaves, otherwise Very Good condition. (HEB-51-4A)
Stock number:41844.
$US 500.00
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Imprint: Yerushalayim; Ha-Makhon, 1958
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 23, 302 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Volume 7 of the Studies of the Research Institute for Hebrew Poetry, last volume issued; published irregularly from 1933-1958, first in Berlin (volumes 1-3) , then Jerusalem (volumes 4-7) . Contents: 'Dr. Menahem Zulay: A Bibliography of his writings', by A. M. Habermann, 'The Origins of the Forms of Liturgical Poetry', by A. Mirsky, 'Equivalents in Piyut and Midrash', by H. Yalon, 'The Qerobot of Yannai with Babylonian Vowelling', by S. Spiegel, 'Fragments of Blessings after Meals (from the Kaufmann Collection) ', by A. Scheiber, 'A Poem on the Hardships of some Palestinian Communities', by Y. Schirmann, 'Liturgical Poems of Rabbi Jaaqob bar Jehuda he-Haber Amani', by S. Abramson, 'Maimonides' Rite of Prayer according to an Oxford Manuscript', by E. D. Goldschmidt, 'Liturgical Poems of Ephrayim bar Yaaqob of Bonn', by A. M. Habermann, 'Indices: First lines of the Poems; Persons; Manuscripts'. Bound in black cloth and boards, with gilt. Contains bookstamp of Rabbi Stanley Platek. Subjects: Hebrew poetry - History and criticism - Periodicals. Hebrew poetry - Periodicals. Piyut, piyyutim. Light wear to edges and endpages, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-46-35)
Stock number:33014.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Notre Dame, Ind. : University Of Notre Dame Press, 1976
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 218 pages, plates of illustrations, maps on endpapers. In English. SUBJECT (S) : Chuetas. Joden-christenen. Sociale geschiedenis. Marranen. Majorca (Spain) -- Social conditions. In very good condition. (MX17-14)
Stock number:21494.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society Of America., 1942
Binding: Cloth.
Second edition. 8vo. 446 pages. SUBJECT(S): Sa'adia ben Joseph, 882-942. SERIES: The Morris Loeb series. Good condition. (RAB-57-13C)xx
Stock number:36247.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, George Braziller In Association With The Jewish Museum, 1992
Binding: Hardback
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 4to. Xiii, 263 pages. Includes essays by Thomas Glick, Benjamin Gampel, Raymond Scheindlin, Dwayne Carpenter, Jerrilynn Dodds, Gabrielle Sed-Rajna, and Juan Zozaya. Conviviencia translates to English as, “Coexistence. ” Bright, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (SEF42-17)
Stock number:28380.
$US 100.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1953. Cloth; 8vo. Xxi, 594 pages. Volume two (of two) only. First edition. Illustrated with plates. With bibliographic notes and an index. The book talks about Jewish life, the highs and lows, in war and in peace, during persecution, and from the Sephardim to Jewish war speculators. There are biographies of numerous people and how they fared in colonial America. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- United States – History; Jews -- Canada -- History. Marcus (1896-1996) graduated from the University of Cincinnati, Hebrew Union College, where he also taught, and the University of Berlin. In the 1940s, he was instrumental in establishing American Jewish history as an academic discipline, founding the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College and the American Jewish Periodical Center. (EJ, Chyet) Very good condition. (MX-23-4)
Stock number:24058.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Nyu York; Anglo-Hebrew Publication Co., 1933
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Later Boards. 8vo. 134 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Volume 1: Shire kodesh, Sefer Rishon. Added English title page: Liturgical and secular poetry of the foremost mediaeval poets, from the Genizah collection in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Joseph Marcus (1897–1977) , Hebrew scholar. … He was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1924. After briefly holding several rabbinical positions, he assisted Israel Davidson in the preparation of the latter's Ozar ('Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew Poetry') ; later he assisted Bialik and Rawnitzki in preparing their editions of the poems of Ibn Gabirol and Moses Ibn Ezra, copying for them poems from the Seminary's genizah collection. In the course of this work (1929) , Marcus discovered a leaf from a hitherto unknown Hebrew manuscript of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) . ” - 2008 EJ. Subjects: Hebrew poetry, Medieval. Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew. Piyutim. Hebrew poetry, Medieval. Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew. Soiling to outer edges; previous owners bookstamp on endpage; otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (SEF-53-16)
Stock number:35238.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Wertheimer, Lea and Co. , 1882 (5642) . Fourth Edition. Cloth, 8vo, 121 pages. English and Hebrew on opposite pages. Gilt on spine. Inscription on inside of front cover. Binding becoming loose, page next to title page ripped in half, endpapers lightly soiled, wear to cover. Overall, Very Good condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14459.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Publication: London, P. Vallentine, 1871. Original paper wrappers bound in newer cloth, 8vo, 57 pages. Gilt on spine. Very Good condition. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide. (BR-1)
Stock number:14444.
$US 165.00
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Imprint: London, Oxford University Press, 1950
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 228, 92 pages. Mostly in English with a Hebrew section. Gilt on spine. Photo plate of author. No dustjacket. Ex-library. Very Good condition. (BR-10-4) xx
Stock number:31331.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: J. Clarke & Co. Ltd, 1944. Cloth. 8vo. 173 pages. Maybaum (1897–1976) was a “Reform rabbi and theologian. Born in Vienna, Maybaum served as rabbi at Bingen (Rhineland) , Frankfort on the Oder, and Berlin. In 1939 he emigrated to England. From 1947 to 1963 he was minister of the Edgeware Reform Synagogue (London) and lecturer on theology and homiletics at the Leo Baeck College (established 1956) . In his writings Maybaum considers the theological and religious problems presented by the Holocaust and the dual existence of the Jewish people in the Diaspora and its ancient homeland. He was a nephew of Sigmund Maybaum” (EJ editorial staff) . SUBJECT(S) : Jews - Civilization; Judaism. Small bumping to binding and corners. Ex-library with minimal markings. Dustjacket has sunning on spine. Slight bumping to edges. Small dent to cover and dustjacket. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-5-30).
Stock number:17917.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: J. Clarke & Co. Ltd, 1944. Cloth. 8vo. 173 pages. Maybaum (1897–1976) was a “Reform rabbi and theologian. Born in Vienna, Maybaum served as rabbi at Bingen (Rhineland) , Frankfort on the Oder, and Berlin. In 1939 he emigrated to England. From 1947 to 1963 he was minister of the Edgeware Reform Synagogue (London) and lecturer on theology and homiletics at the Leo Baeck College (established 1956) . In his writings Maybaum considers the theological and religious problems presented by the Holocaust and the dual existence of the Jewish people in the Diaspora and its ancient homeland. He was a nephew of Sigmund Maybaum” (EJ editorial staff) . SUBJECT(S) : Jews - Civilization; Judaism. Two small stains on front of dustjacket, small chip to dustjacket spine, otherwise in Very Good condition in Very Good Jacket (SEF-5-30).
Stock number:21630.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: Jewish Historical Society of England, 1974. Cloth; 8vo. 155 pages. Gilt lettering on cover. Illustrated with facsimiles. One photographic plate of the author. Glossary pages 118-19. Solomon de Medina, a member of the London Spanish & Portuguese synagogue, was "the most prominent British Jew in the world of politics and business affairs down to the 19th century. " He was knighted in 1700 by William III. "Oskar K. Rabinowicz, a biographical sketch": p. 121. "An extension (by the author) of a lecture delivered by Oskar K. Rabinowicz before the Jewish Historical Society of England on 19 June 1947." Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Excellent condition. (k-BR-3)
Stock number:14519.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1842 (5602) . Bound in newer cloth, 8vo, 65 pages. Gilt on spine. From personal library of Rabbi Bernard M. Kaplan. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide. Very Good condition. (k-BR-1)
Stock number:14469.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim : Hotsaat Ha-Makhon Le-Heker Ha-Mishpat? Ha-?ivri : Hotsa?at Sefarim ?a. Sh. Y. L. Magnes, Ha-Universitah Ha-ivrit, 1981
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Responsa -- 1040-1600 -- Indexes. Title on added: title page: “Digest of the responsa literature of Spain and North Africa. ” Spine title: “Mafteah Ha-sh. U-t. , Sefarad u-Tsefon Afrikan. ” Includes bibliographical references. Elon, (1923–) , was an Israeli jurist. He was born in Duesseldorf, Germany, Elon immigrated to Palestine in 1935. From 1959 to 1966 Elon was Adviser on Jewish Law to the Israel Ministry of Justice and from 1966 taught Jewish Law at the Hebrew University, where he directed the Institute for Research in Jewish Law. He has published works on the relation between Jewish civil law and the law of the State of Israel, (EJ, Staff) In very good condition. (SEF-12A-4)
Stock number:25962.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Jerusalem: Massadah, 1951. Cloth. 8vo. 170 pages. Contains 8 pages of plates. In English and Hebrew, Melkman is writer and Yad Vashem director. Born in Amsterdam, during World War II Michman was deported to Belsen. Later he became head of the Jewish Agency cultural and immigration department in Holland. In 1957 he settled in Israel, where he was director of Yad Vashem, and from 1960 cultural director at the Ministry of Education. Among his writings are anthologies of Hebrew poetry and prose, Israel (1950) and Geliefde Vijand (1964) . He served as joint divisional editor of the Encyclopaedia Judaica on the Holocaust. (EJ editorial staff) . SUBJECT(S) : Poets, Hebrew. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Extremely minimal bumping to edges. Very nice gilt lettering on spine and cover. Colored endpapers. Possible signature of author at front. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-4-9).
Stock number:17883.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Amsterdam: Joachimsthal, 1951. Cloth. 8vo. 170 pages. In English and Hebrew. Melkman is writer and Yad Vashem director. Born in Amsterdam, during World War II Melkman was deported to Belsen. Later he became head of the Jewish Agency cultural and immigration department in Holland. In 1957 he settled in Israel, where he was director of Yad Vashem, and from 1960 cultural director at the Ministry of Education. Among his writings are anthologies of Hebrew poetry and prose, Israel (1950) and Geliefde Vijand (1964) . He served as joint divisional editor of the Encyclopaedia Judaica on the Holocaust. (EJ editorial staff) . SUBJECT(S) : Poets, Hebrew. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Slight creasing and bumping to edges and spine of cover. Minimal rippling to edges of textblock. Staining to cover. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-4-11).
Stock number:17885.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Paris; R. Julliard, 1955
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Wrappers. 8vo. Pages. 21cm. First edition. In French. Pamphlet collecting transcripts of weekly radio speeches by French President of the Council Pierre Mendes-France. The Jewish-born Mendes-France was an advocate of Nazi resistance before World War II and a member of the Free French, under Charles De Gualle. “As premier, Mendès-France offered France a ‘new deal, ’ promising to end the Indochina war, tackle the problems of European defense, and enact wide-reaching economic reforms. His prestige rose considerably when he ended the war and introduced the plan for a Western European Defense Community with a British military commitment for the defense of Europe. In February 1955 he was defeated over his North Africa policy to grant independence to Morocco and Tunisia and resigned. ” (EJ 2007) Subjects: France -- Politics and government – 1945. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Light rubbing and age wear. Very good + condition. (SPEC-38-11)
Stock number:32679.
$US 100.00
Imprint: No Date. New York, Masliansky Press, [1910?]
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 12mo. 20 pages. 17 cm. Series: Hebrew educational Series, No. 4. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish hymns. Hymns, English. Without music. Light wear with some bumping to edges; front cover absent; back cover chipped with no loss of text. Institutional stamp on back page. Otherwise a nice, clean copy. Good condition. (SEF37-2)
Stock number:28462.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Nyu-York: Farlag Kinder-Ring Bey Dem Bildungs-Depart?ment Fun Arbeter-Ring,, 1941
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 8vo. 48 pages. In Yiddish. Series: Kinder-ring bibliotek. Illustrated children’s biography of Abravanel, the famous Sephardic theologian. Full page black and white illustrations. SUBJECT (S) : Sephardim -- Biography. Abravanel, Isaac, 1437-1508. Responsibility: fun Y. Metsker ; ilustrirt fun H Nayshlos. Abrabanel was a “statesman, biblical exegete, and theologian. Offshoot of a distinguished Ibero-Jewish family, Abrabanel (the family name also appears as Abravanel, Abarbanel, Bravanel, etc. ) spent 45 years in Portugal, then passed the nine years immediately prior to Spanish Jewry's 1492 expulsion in Castile. At that time an important figure at the court of Ferdinand and Isabella, he chose Italian exile over conversion to Christianity. He spent his remaining years in various centers in Italy where he composed most of his diverse literary corpus, a combination of prodigious biblical commentaries and involved theological tomes” (Avneri, Zvi et al, EJ, 2012) . OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Very good condition. Kazdan 151. (YIDCHI-2-11)
Stock number:29749.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Jerusalem; Les Tresors Du Maghreb, 1998
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. Folio. 237, 377 pages. 35 cm. First edition. Limited numbered edition. Letters in French and Judeo-Arabic on opposite pages; also in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic in Hebrew letters. Contains facsimiles of original Judeo-Arabic manuscript correspondence, their transcription into printed Hebrew characters, and their translation into Hebrew and French. Title page, preface, and summary, are in Hebrew and French. 80 Letters of Abraham Meyer to his five sons mobilized during the war, 1914-1918. Contains a genealogical tree of the Meyer family. Subjects: Jews - Algeria - Ain Temouchent - Correspondence. World War, 1914-1918 - Jews - Algeria - Ain Temouchent - Correspondence. Jews. Meyer, Abraham, 1848-1929 - Correspondence. Me? Ir, Makhluf, 1886-1950 - Correspondence. Me? Ir, Makhluf, 1886-1950. Meyer, Abraham, 1848-1929. OCLC lists 16 copies. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-52-37) xx
Stock number:35149.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2004
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 272 pages. 24 cm. First edition. 7 halftones. 3 maps. “This book significantly revises the conventional view that the Jewish experience in medieval Spain-over the century before the expulsion of 1492-was one of despair, persecution, and decline. Focusing on the town of Morvedre in the kingdom of Valencia, Mark Meyerson shows how and why Morvedre's Jewish community revived and flourished in the wake of the horrible violence of 1391. Drawing on a wide array of archival documentation, including Spanish Inquisition records, he argues that Morvedre saw a Jewish 'renaissance. ' Meyerson shows how the favorable policies of kings and of town government yielded the Jewish community's demographic expansion and prosperity. Of crucial importance were new measures that ceased the oppressive taxation of the Jews and minimized their role as moneylenders. The results included a reversal of the credit relationship between Jews and Christians, a marked amelioration of Christian attitudes toward Jews, and greater economic diversification on the part of Jews. Representing a major contribution to debates over the Inquisition's origins and the expulsion of the Jews, the book also offers the first extended analysis of Jewish-converso relations at the local level, showing that Morvedre's Jews expressed their piety by assisting Valencia's conversos. Comparing Valencia with other regions of Spain and with the city-states of Renaissance Italy, it makes clear why this kingdom and the town of Morvedre were so ripe for a Jewish revival in the fifteenth century. ” (Publishers Description) . Subjects: Jews - Spain - Civilization. Jews - Spain - Valencia (Region) - Civilization. Spain - Civilization - 711-1516. Spain - Civilization - Jewish influences. Spain - Ethnic relations. Valencia - Ethnic relations. No jacket. Minor penmarks on inside cover. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-47-22)
Stock number:33046.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Cincinnati, Hebrew Union College Press, 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Xix, 252 pages. Map. 24 cm. In English and Hebrew. Series: “Monographs of the Hebrew Union College. Number 16.” CONTENTS: The Beginnings of Separatism – Solomon Babovich and the 1795 Mission to St. Petersburg/The Karaite Calendar Controversy – Simhah Babovich and the Crisis of 1827 – Epilogue: From Separate Identity to Assimilation – The Epistly of Israel’s Deliverance. SUBJECT(S) : Karaites, Jews -- Ukraine -- Crimea. Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252). Pen markings on end pages, otherwise Very Good Condition in Very Good consition jacket. (SEF-42-31), Heb 2013 E
Stock number:28395.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Chicago: Spertus College Of Judaica Press, 1975
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, square 8vo. , [13]pages. With 21 black and white photographic portraits of people from the Jewish community in Sandor, “an agrarian village in Iraqi Kurdistan which ceased to exist as a unit when its people emigrated to Israel in 1950” (from Introduction) . Light soil and blue pencil mark on cover. Very good condition. (SEF-27-22)
Stock number:25238.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: J. Lowndes, 1819. Cloth; 8vo. 27 pages. Milner was noted less for 'serious drama' than for his melodramatic adaptations of Scott and Byron. Scarce: only the BL copy in NSTC. OCLC lists eight copies worldwide. Pages brown; cover very worn and soiled. Spine and page-edges worn. Non-archival repair to spine. Ex-library copy. Fair condition. (k-BR-2)
Stock number:14517.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: No Publisher., 1959.
Binding: Paperback
(FT) 8vo. Xl, 84 pages. In Hebrew and Spanish. Volume 1 only, of 12 annual volumes. SUBJECT(S) : Sephardim – periodicals. Ex library, covers sunned around the edges, front cover torn along spine, good condition. (SEF-8-7a)
Stock number:25977.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Montréal: Robert Davies Pub. , 1996. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 116 pages. Contains illustrations. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Québec - Montréal - History - 20th century; Sephardim - Québec - Montréal - History - 20th century. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Univ of California Los Angeles, Univ of Toronto lib) . Minor shelf wear. Nice copies, clean text. Very Good condition. (SEF-8-3) . Difficult to find.
Stock number:17952.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim: Makhon Ben-Tsevi Le-Heker Kehilot Yisrael Ba-Mizrah: Yad Yitshak Ben-Tsevi: Ha-Universitah Ha-`ivrit Bi-Yerushalayim, 1984
Binding: Paper Wrappers
8vo. 210 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew poetry -- Islamic countries -- History and criticism. Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew -- History and criticism. OCLC lists twenty-five copies worldwide. In very good condition. (MX17-13)
Stock number:21493.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Jerusalem: World Zionist Organization, Organization Dept. , Research Section: Haifa Municipality, Ethnological Museum and Folklore Archives, Israel Folktale Archives, 1964. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 179 pages. In Hebrew. Preface in English. Noy is a scholar in Jewish folklore. His books cover a wide range of Jewish folklore: European, North African, Yemenite, and others. Born in Kolomyja, Poland, he graduated from a Polish secondary school, and then immigrated to Palestine where he began his academic studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Noy's contribution to Jewish folklore has been pioneering. He founded and directed the Haifa Ethnological Museum and Folklore Archives (1956–1982) and edited the Israel Folktale Archives Publications series until 1981. He founded the Israel Folklore Archives, the largest treasure of Jewish folktales recorded in Israel. He was director of the Hebrew University Folklore Research Center from 1968 and edited Studies, its journal. He served as the Encyclopaedia Judaica departmental editor for folklore. [Elaine Hoter] SUBJECT(S) : Jews- Folklore; Tales – Morocco. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Northwestern Univ, Univ of Chicago, Universiteit Van Tilburg. ) Bumping to top and bottom of spine. Very minor bumping to corners. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-6-1).
Stock number:17922.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Bloch, 1907
Softcover, 12mo, 63 pages, music, 19 cm. 5th Revised and Enlarged Edition. SUBJECT (S) : Haggadot -- Texts. Seder -- Liturgy -- Texts. Other Titles: Haggadah. English & Hebrew. Moses (1847-1926) was a “U. S. Reform rabbi. Moses, who was born in Zaniemysl, Poznan, had not completed his education before he settled in the United States in the early 1870s. He was appointed to rabbinic positions in Quincy, Illinois, Milwaukee, and Chicago. In 1901 he became rabbi of the Central Synagogue, New York, where he remained until his retirement in 1919. In his early days in the United States, Moses was considered a radical Reformer, but later he took a more moderate position. In 1884 he introduced his own prayer book (Tefillat Yisrael) . Moses was a founding member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and a member of the Reform committee charged with compiling an official prayer book. The appearance of the Union Prayer Book in 1894 has been credited to his personal initiative in preparing and circulating a manuscript when the committee’s work seemed to be leading nowhere. Moses also published a number of sermons and textbooks for children. His Sabbath School Hymnal, first issued in 1894, ran into 14 editions. While in Milwaukee, he edited the weekly Der Zeitgeist” (Temkin in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Harvard, Hebrew Union, Nat Lib of Israel) . Light wear to binding. Very good condition. (Sef-21-25) xx
Stock number:25196.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Wien, 1924
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st Edition. Period Boards with Original Wrappers Bound Inside. 8vo. Xx, 156 pages. Gilt titles. In German. First edition. Series: Veröffentlichungen der Dr. A. S. Bettelheim Memorial Foundation. Bibliographical annotations; bibliography at end. This copy is inscribed by Fuchs to Rabbi Hirsch Perez Chajes who also wrote the introduction. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Egypt. Jews -- History. Cloth and wrappers are slightly worn. Inside pages clear. Very good condition. (Ger-39-6a)
Stock number:38112.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Hamburg, A. Janssen, 1902
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 160 pages illustrations ; 25 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “Portuguese Graves on German Soil; Contributions To Cultural and Art History. ” Study of the Portuguese Jewish gravestone inscriptions in Germany by the eminent and prolific Rabbi and writer on Jewish history and folklore Max Grunwald (1871-1953) . SUBJECT(S) : Sephardim -- Germany. Jews -- Germany -- Hamburg. Ex-library with stamp from a Jewish Library in Vienna. Illustrations throughout. Name written on front end page, otherwise pages are clear. Extremely faint foxing. Very good condition. (Ger-58-45)
Stock number:38107.
$US 140.00
Imprint: Berlin, 1926
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 32 pages ; 24 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “A Designation for Turkey in Jewish Literature.” SUBJECT(S): Inscriptions, Hebrew. Jewish epitaphs. Turkey in literature. “Isaak Mark (1875-1949)… (was a (h)istorian, literary critic, public figure. He graduated from St. Petersburg University… and continued his education at Berlin University. He is the author of scholarly works on ancient Jewish history, Karaite history, and medieval Jewish poetry. He served as a librarian in the Hebraistic department of the Imperial Public Library. In 1907, he established the Hebrew-language scholarly journal ‘Ha-Kedem.’ He was one of the founders of the baron David Gunzurg Oriental Studies Courses, as well as one of the editors the of Jewish Encyclopedia, a member of the ORT Committee, a member of the OPE. Library Commission, Vice-President of the Biblical Hebrew Language Lovers Society, member of the Senate at the Ministry of Public Education, secretary of the Semitic section of the Historical Society at St. Petersburg University, and full member of the Russian Archeological Society…. In 1917, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Jewish Community; in 1918, he was a member of the Commission to convene a Congress of representatives from Russia's Jewish communities in Moscow. In 1920-1922 he was a lecturer in Petrograd and Minsk…” (jewhistory.ort.spb.ru) SUBECT(S): Inscriptions, Hebrew. Jewish epitaphs. Turkey in literature. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Inscribed in Herbew on the title page by Markon to Rabbi HP Chajes, the Chief Rabbi of Vienna and Zionist leader who was chair of the World Zionist Congress from 1912 to 1925. Also includes a stamp from Chajes’ personal library. Otherwise, pages are unmarked/clear. Paper toning. About very good condition. (GER-58-61)
Stock number:38236.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Amsterdam, Stadsdrukkerij,, 1964
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Blue Paper Wraps. 8vo. 85 pages. 24 cm. In Dutch. Title translates to “Inventory of the Archives of the Portuguese-Jewish Congregation in Amsterdam 1614-1870.” Inscribed by previous owner. Published by the Gemeentelijke Archiefdienst Amsterdam. Includes material pertaining to Jewish communities in the Americas. SUBJECT (S) : Archives -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam. Portuguese -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam. Jews -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam. Portugees-Israëlietisch Kerkgenootschap. Receipt of purchase, card from editor, and review of book pasted on inside cover wrappers. Rubbing. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Slight toning. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-98-25A)
Stock number:38167.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Frankfurt Am Main, Hermon-Verlag, 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original green paper wrappers. 12mo. 15 pages; 19 cm. Written in German. Nazi-era publication. Title translates to “Don Isaac Abravanel’s Life and Work. ” Isaac Abravanel, “commonly referred to just as Abravanel...was a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier” who lived from 1437-1508 (Wikipedia, 2016) . He was a prolific author, whose works were categorized into exegesis, apologetics, and philosophy. Selig Schachnowitz was a publicist, cantor, editor, and teacher who edited a modern Orthodox magazine in Frankfurt Am Main before the war and authored several books. Schachnowitz wrote a short biographical summary of Abravanel’s life and extensive works. SUBJECT(S) : Isaac Abravanel. OCLC and WorldCat list 5 holdings worldwide (Harvard, Ohio State, National Libr of Israel, Bibliotheek Universiteit van Amsterdam, Straats & Universitatsbibliothek Hamburg) . Some edgewear. Browning to pages. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Very good condition. Scarce. (GER-51-5)
Stock number:38039.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Breslau, Druck Th. Schatzky, 1932
Binding: Hardback
Half cloth; 8vo. 60 pages; 23.5 cm. In German. Text on title page "1. Teil. Leben und Lebenswerk; " however, no more published. Includes bibliographical references. Zimmels, a rabbi and scholar, "lectured from 1929 to 1933 at the Juedisch-Theologisches Seminar, Breslau, and from 1934 to 1939 was rabbi of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, Vienna. Zimmels left Austria for England after the Nazi Anschluss in 1938 and in 1944 was appointed lecturer in Bible, Talmud, and Jewish history at Jews' College London. He became director of studies in 1961, and was principal 1964-69." (Alexander Tobias, EJ) SUBJECT(S) : David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra, fl. 1513-1573. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Slight toning. Minimal pencil markings that do not not affect text. Very minimal edgewear. Very good + condition. (SW-5-22A) xx
Stock number:38127.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Madrid: Cátedra-Seminario Menéndez Pidal,, 1977
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, 8vo, 253 pages , [4] leaves of plates. Musical transcription by Israel Katz. In Spanish. Series: Fuentes para el estudio del romancero: Serie Sefardí, 4; SUBJECT (S) : Romances, Ladino. Ladino poetry -- Morocco -- Tangier. Poésie judéo-espagnole -- Maroc -- Tanger. Literatura sefardí; Poesía; Historia y crítica. ; Poesía sefardí; Historia y crítica. Includes indexes and Bibliography. Photocopied article by Israel Katz laid in: “Judeo-Spanish Folk Poetry from Morocco (The Boas- Nahón Collection) ” ISBN: 8460010333. Light stain to cover, spine. Spine sunned. Otherwise, Very Good condition. (SEF-23-2)
Stock number:25134.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Madrid: Hiperion, 1984
Softcover, 8vo, 256 pages, maps, 24 cm. In Spanish. Series: Libros Hiperion; 76. Contents: Los moros de Navarra en la baja Edad Media; Mercedes Garcia-Arenal -- Los judios de Navarra al final de la Edad Media; Beatrice Leroy. SUBJECT (S) : Muslims -- Navarre (Kingdom) . Jews -- Navarre (Kingdom) . Muslims -- Navarre (Kingdom) -- History -- Sources. Jews -- Navarre (Kingdom) -- History -- Sources. Muslims -- Spain. Jews -- Spain. Moros en Navarra (Reino) . Navarre (Kingdom) -- History -- Sources. "Apendice documental" on pages 199-249. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. .. Light wear to edges of cover binding. Very good condition. (Sef-21-2)
Stock number:25172.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Octagon Books, 1969
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth. 8vo. ix, 399 pages. Illustrated. Volume 2. The story of Jewish life in Spain during the Middle Ages takes on startling timeliness. The fate of the Jews in the Iberian Peninsula during those dark ages appears almost like a preview of Jewish life in Nazi Germany, so striking is the parallel between them. Volume One is a political-economic study. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Spain; Joden; Middeleeuwen. Maps on endpapers. In Very Good condition. (SEF-36-4) .
Stock number:26901.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1942. Cloth. 8vo. Complete in 2 volumes. Illustrated, maps on endpapers. The story of Jewish life in Spain during the Middle Ages takes on startling timeliness. The fate of the Jews in the Iberian Peninsula during those dark ages appears almost like a preview of Jewish life in Nazi Germany, so striking is the parallel between them. Volume One is a political-economic study. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Spain; Joden; Middeleeuwen. Ex-library with minimal markings. Faint spots on covers, bumped corner. In Very Good condition. (ComHist-8-8)
Stock number:19958.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1962. Cloth. 8vo. 200 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - History - To 70 A. D. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Ex-library with minimal markings and withdrawn stamps. In Very Good condition. (SEF-8-17) .
Stock number:17965.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1962. Cloth. 8vo. 200 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - History - To 70 A. D. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Ex-Library with minimal markings. In Very Good condition. (SEF-8-17B) .
Stock number:37416.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, 1930
Binding: Paperback
Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 72 pages. Illustrated. De Sola Pool was a U. S. Rabbi, civic and communal leader, and historian. He was born in London, pursued his rabbinic studies, first at Jews' College, London, and then at the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Pool wrote several significant works and monographs in the fields of American Jewish history, religion, education, and Zionism, and edited and translated Sephardi and Ashkenazi Hebrew liturgical works. His works include: The Kaddish (1909; 19643) ; Hebrew Learning Among the Puritans of New England Prior to 1700 (1911) ; Capital Punishment Among the Jews (1916) ; Portraits Etched in Stone: Early Jewish Settlers, 1682–1831 (1952) ; An Old Faith in the New World: Portrait of Shearith Israel, 1654–1954 (1955) ; Why I Am a Jew (1957) ; and Is There an Answer? : An Inquiry in Some Human Dilemmas (1966) , the last three with his wife, TAMAR DE SOLA POOL (1893–1981) . Mrs. Pool was national president of Hadassah from 1939 to 1943 and held executive positions with several other national and world Jewish organizations, among them the American Jewish Committee, the World Zionist Organization, and Youth Aliyah. [Editorial Staff Encyclopaedia Judaica]. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Slight bumping to edges. Slight creasing to corners. Otherwise in Very Good condition. Seldom seen. (SEF-45-13)
Stock number:30456.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
New York, 1930. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 72 pages. Illustrated. De Sola Pool was a U. S. Rabbi, civic and communal leader, and historian. He was born in London, pursued his rabbinic studies, first at Jews' College, London, and then at the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Pool wrote several significant works and monographs in the fields of American Jewish history, religion, education, and Zionism, and edited and translated Sephardi and Ashkenazi Hebrew liturgical works. His works include: The Kaddish (1909; 19643) ; Hebrew Learning Among the Puritans of New England Prior to 1700 (1911) ; Capital Punishment Among the Jews (1916) ; Portraits Etched in Stone: Early Jewish Settlers, 1682–1831 (1952) ; An Old Faith in the New World: Portrait of Shearith Israel, 1654–1954 (1955) ; Why I Am a Jew (1957) ; and Is There an Answer? : An Inquiry in Some Human Dilemmas (1966) , the last three with his wife, TAMAR DE SOLA POOL (1893–1981) . Mrs. Pool was national president of Hadassah from 1939 to 1943 and held executive positions with several other national and world Jewish organizations, among them the American Jewish Committee, the World Zionist Organization, and Youth Aliyah. [Editorial Staff Encyclopaedia Judaica]. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Slight bumping to edges. Slight creasing to corners. Otherwise in Very Good condition. Seldom seen. (SEF-7-11)., KRA 1/13 - 3
Stock number:17944.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, 1930
Binding: Paperback
Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 72 pages. Illustrated. De Sola Pool was a U. S. Rabbi, civic and communal leader, and historian. He was born in London, pursued his rabbinic studies, first at Jews' College, London, and then at the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Pool wrote several significant works and monographs in the fields of American Jewish history, religion, education, and Zionism, and edited and translated Sephardi and Ashkenazi Hebrew liturgical works. His works include: The Kaddish (1909; 19643) ; Hebrew Learning Among the Puritans of New England Prior to 1700 (1911) ; Capital Punishment Among the Jews (1916) ; Portraits Etched in Stone: Early Jewish Settlers, 1682–1831 (1952) ; An Old Faith in the New World: Portrait of Shearith Israel, 1654–1954 (1955) ; Why I Am a Jew (1957) ; and Is There an Answer? : An Inquiry in Some Human Dilemmas (1966) , the last three with his wife, TAMAR DE SOLA POOL (1893–1981) . Mrs. Pool was national president of Hadassah from 1939 to 1943 and held executive positions with several other national and world Jewish organizations, among them the American Jewish Committee, the World Zionist Organization, and Youth Aliyah. (Editorial Staff Encyclopaedia Judaica) . OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. From the libary of Abraham Katsch, with his personal bookplate. Spine repair, Small chip to corner, repaired with archival tape on inside of front cover. Otherwise in Good + condition. (MX-33-12).
Stock number:17949.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
New York, 1980. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 72 pages. Illustrated. De Sola Pool was a U. S. Rabbi, civic and communal leader, and historian. He was born in London, pursued his rabbinic studies, first at Jews' College, London, and then at the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Pool wrote several significant works and monographs in the fields of American Jewish history, religion, education, and Zionism, and edited and translated Sephardi and Ashkenazi Hebrew liturgical works. His works include: The Kaddish (1909; 19643) ; Hebrew Learning Among the Puritans of New England Prior to 1700 (1911) ; Capital Punishment Among the Jews (1916) ; Portraits Etched in Stone: Early Jewish Settlers, 1682–1831 (1952) ; An Old Faith in the New World: Portrait of Shearith Israel, 1654–1954 (1955) ; Why I Am a Jew (1957) ; and Is There an Answer? : An Inquiry in Some Human Dilemmas (1966) , the last three with his wife, TAMAR DE SOLA POOL (1893–1981) . Mrs. Pool was national president of Hadassah from 1939 to 1943 and held executive positions with several other national and world Jewish organizations, among them the American Jewish Committee, the World Zionist Organization, and Youth Aliyah. (Editorial Staff Encyclopaedia Judaica) . Very Good condition. (SEF-23-22).
Stock number:25112.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society
Edition: First Edition (?)
Binding: Hardcover
Rear inside hinge starting, otherwise Very Good Condition. Lacks Jacket; 8vo; 645 pages; 35-page index & 11-page bibliography. The standard text on the subject
Stock number:31164.
$US 100.00
Jerusalem: (No Publisher) , 1972. Paperback. 4to. 215 pages. Illustrations at front. Typed list of attendees included. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism-Congresses. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Covers scuffed, light wear to covers. Some smudging to edges of text block. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-1-20) .
Stock number:17842.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Paris: Presses universitaires de france, 1952. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 398 pages. Contains several fold-out maps in color. In French. Andre Chouraqui is an author and public figure. Born in Asn-TMmouchent, Algeria, Chouraqui studied political economy and Muslim law at Paris University and the Institut de France. A World War II French resistance fighter, he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government and also received various Israel decorations. Chouraqui was one of the few North African Jewish intellectuals who immigrated to Israel. He was deputy mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1969. In June 1977 Chouraqui was awarded a gold medal by the French Academy for his literary work. His literary works, which have been translated into several languages, include La CrMation de l'Etat d'Israel (1948) ; Les Juifs d'Afrique du Nord (1952; revised translation, Between East and West: a History of the Jews of North Africa, 1968) ; and essays on biblical studies and medieval philosophy, among which Introduction aux "Devoirs des Coeurs" de Bahya Ibn Paquda (1950) , La pensMe juive (1965) , and Lettre B un ami Arabe (1969) . He also wrote a biography of Theodor Herzl (1960; A Man Alone (1970) ) . (EJ [David Corcos]) A rare and authentic book on North-African Jews. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - Africa, North - History. : Bumping to spine. Chipping to bottom of cover on spine. Some creasing and bumping to cover. Many pages are un-cut. Rippling to textblock. Fold-out maps and images still beautifully intact. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-4-14) xx
Stock number:17887.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Paris: Presses universitaires de france, 1952. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 398 pages. Contains several fold-out maps in color. In French. “Andre Chouraqui is an author and public figure. Born in Asn-TMmouchent, Algeria, Chouraqui studied political economy and Muslim law at Paris University and the Institut de France. A World War II French resistance fighter, he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government and also received various Israel decorations. Chouraqui was one of the few North African Jewish intellectuals who immigrated to Israel. He was deputy mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1969. In June 1977 Chouraqui was awarded a gold medal by the French Academy for his literary work. His literary works, which have been translated into several languages, include La CrMation de l'Etat d'Israel (1948) ; Les Juifs d'Afrique du Nord (1952; revised translation, Between East and West: a History of the Jews of North Africa, 1968) ; and essays on biblical studies and medieval philosophy, among which Introduction aux "Devoirs des Coeurs" de Bahya Ibn Paquda (1950) , La pensMe juive (1965) , and Lettre B un ami Arabe (1969) . He also wrote a biography of Theodor Herzl (1960; A Man Alone (1970) ) ” (David Corcos in EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Jews - Africa, North - History. Bumping to spine. Chipping to bottom of cover on spine. Some creasing and bumping to cover. Many pages are un-cut. Rippling to textblock. Fold-out maps and images still beautifully intact. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-7-1)
Stock number:17935.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Madrid: Instituto De Filología Del CSIC, Fribourg: Université De Fribourg,, 1995
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, 4to, liii, 556 pages. Includes facsimiles. In Italian. Series: Textos y estudios "Cardenal Cisneros" de la Biblia Poliglota Matritense, 57; SUBJECT (S) : Masorah. Masora. Includes bibliographical references and index. Other Titles: Sefer Oklah weoklah; Okhlah ve-okhlah. Slight wear to spine, small dent to corner of front cover, and first 100 pages. Very good condition. (SEF-23-13)
Stock number:25147.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, 1977
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. Large 8vo. [4], 367 pages. 28 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates as, “Moses Ibn Ezra: Secular Poems. ” Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Ibn Ezra (c.1055–after 1135) was a “Spanish Hebrew poet and philosopher. … Ibn Ezra is one of the most prolific poets of the Spanish school; his mastery of the language is attested by the beauty and versatility of his secular and sacred verse. He was also interested in the theory of poetics and was probably the greatest authority of his day on the subject. ” (EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 30 copies worldwide. Nice, clean copy in very good condition. (SEF39-12)
Stock number:28518.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Izmir: Mordekhai Yitshak Barki, 1895
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Later boards. 4to. 82 pages, 31 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates “and Joseph Knew His Brethren: A History of Man. ” A commentary on Jewish aggadot. Written by the children of Chaim Palachi, the chieff rabbi of Izmir. The Palachi family was renowned for their learnedness and stature in the Turkish Jewish community (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Jewish sermons. Aggada. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide (OCLC: 38959874) . Contains Ottoman stamp on title page. Very Good Condition. (RAB-64-54-PE)
Stock number:40138.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Jerusalem; Hebrew University Of Jerusalem, 1995
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 21 pages. 24 cm. First edition. With printed laid-in slip from the director of the Vidal Sassoon Center expressing compliments for obtaining this work. “Antisemitism in Contemporary Greek Society” comprises the edited writing of the lecture given to the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism in 1995, and printed in the Hebrew University series “Analysis of current trends in anti-Semitism, no. 7”; this article documents the existence of antisemitism in various aspects of Greek society, specifically that of extreme right organizations and their press, political anti-semitism in legislation and justice, anti-Semitism in education, and religious anti-semitism in Greece. Author’s bio from the back cover: “Daniel Perdurant was born in 1946 to parents of Greek-Jewish descent. He has long studied the history of Greek Jews, with particular emphasis on the Holocaust years, and has published some related articles. ” Subjects: Antisemitism -- Greece. Back cover slightly worn at spine, pages fresh. Fine condition. Surprisingly difficult to find. (SEF41-21)
Stock number:28323.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Jersualem, Magnes Press, Université hébraïque, 1963. Cloth. 8vo. 368 pages. Festschrift for Hiram Peri. In Multiple languages. SUBJECT (S) : Literature. Gilt lettering on spine. Some rippling to cloth on cover. Slight bumping to upper right corner. In Very Good condition. (SEF-8-2) .
Stock number:17951.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London, 1911
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Original Blue Boards. 8vo. 264 pages; 18 cm. Text in Hebrew with Title Pages in both Hebrew and English. 1st Edition copy from the influential Shanghai-based businessman, merchant and scholar, S. M. Pelmann, who would publish “The History of the Jews in China” in 1913. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- China. Civilization. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Some wear to boards. Minor toning to a few creased pages throguhout. Overall very good- condition. (BR-11-55)
Stock number:38866.
$US 320.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: Hutchinson, 1900. Cloth; 8vo. Xv, 359 pages. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Top edge gilt. Jews. Jews -- United States. OCLC lists five copies worldwide. Edges bumped; bit of cover soil; otherwise, very good condition. (BR-2)
Stock number:14487.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York; College Of The City Of New York, Davidson Library Of Judaica, 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 4to. 34 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Some Hebrew. Bibliographic list of the works owned by Israel Davidson, acquired by CCNY. “Israel Davidson (1870-1939) , Professor of Medieval Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America from 1915 to 1939, was recognized as one of the world's foremost scholars in the field of medieval Hebrew poetry. … His private library, presented to his alma mater by Mrs. Davidson, contains a valuable collection of books in every domain of Jewish studies, but is especially rich in medieval Hebrew poetry and liturgy. It was thought that a list of books in his own field of specialization will be welcome to friends and students of Professor Davidson, and be especially useful to scholars. ” (Introduction) Subjects: Hebrew poetry - Bibliography. Jews - Liturgy and ritual – Bibliography. Wraps lightly soiled at edges, internally clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-47-25)
Stock number:33049.
$US 135.00
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Imprint: Paris : Editions Du Centre, 1955
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 207 pages. 22 cm. First English edition. Translation of La condition des Juifs en France sous l'occupation italienne, by Leon Poliakov and Jacques Sabille; with foreword by Justin Godart. History of treatment of Jewish residents in areas under occupation by Mussolini's Italy (French Riviera, parts of Greece, parts of Yugoslavia) . With 25 fascimile plates at rear. Contents: Introduction / by I. Schneersohn - The Jews under the Italian occupation / by Léon Poliakov - Notes on the S. D. Organisation - Documents - The attitude of the Italians to the persecuted Jews in Croatia; The attitude of the Italians to the Jews in occupied Greece / by Jacques Sabille. Subjects: France -- Histoire -- 1940-1945 (occupation italienne) . Jews - France. World War, 1939-1945 - France. World War, 1939-1945 - Jews. Besatzungspolitik Geschichte 1942-1944. Jews. World War (1939-1945) . Light soiling to wraps and outer edges, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-8)
Stock number:34094.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv, Bet Hatefutsoth, The Nahum Goldman Museum Of The Jewish, 1984
(FT) Softcover. [60] pages. Ill. 22 x 24 cm. Full text in Hebrew and English. A pictorial history of the Jewish community in Kaifeng who arrived in China over 1000 years ago. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- China -- Kaifeng Xian -- Exhibitions. Catalogue published in connection with an exhibition. Includes bibliographical references (page [12]) . Cover is detached but present. Internal pages are nice and clean. Good condition. (SPEC-14-12).
Stock number:26453.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York, Union Of Orthodox Jewish Congregations Of America, 1925
Binding: Paperback
Original Stapled Paper Wrappers. 16mo. 32 pages. 17 cm. Series: The Jewish Library. Vol. 4. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism. Judah, ha-Levi, 12th cent. Kitab al-hujjah. From a series “designed to bring home to the average intelligent Jew life and the contribution of the Jews to both the fullness of Judaism as creed and common treasury of man. ” –Foreword. Jehuda Halevi was a Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher. He is considered one of the greatest Hebrew poets, celebrated both for his religious and secular poems, many of which appear in present-day liturgy. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Front cover has a few marks, but still nice. Internal pages are bright and clean. Very good condition. (SEF40-6)
Stock number:28346.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Porto, Livraria Paisagem., 1973.
Binding: Paperback
8vo. 81 pages. In Portugese. SUBJECT (S) : Maranos in Portugal. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Pages darkened, otherwise very good condition. (MX-6-15)
Stock number:19313.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Jewish Social Studies,, 1945
Softcover, 8vo, 38 pages, 25 cm. Offprint from Jewish Social Studies. Conference on Jewish relations, New York, 1945. Hinge repair. Wear and staining to cover corners and edges. Otherwise, very good condition. (Sef-19-4)
Stock number:25034.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [New York]; American Airlines, 1971
Binding: Paperback
Paper Wrappers. 64 pages. 23 cm. Illustrated. This pocket size travel guide presents Jewish history and sights in 16 islands in the Caribbean. Subjects: Jews - West Indies - Description and travel. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Edges and covers lightly soiled. Very good+ condition. (LATAM1-40)
Stock number:28293.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Rabbinical Council Of America,, 1995
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, 8vo. , 102 pages. De Sola Pool was the longtime leader of Shearith Israel, the oldest Sefardic congregation in the US. Guest Editor Rabbi Marc Angel. Contents include: Reflections on the Life and Work of Rabbi David de Sola Pool by Nima Adlerblum, Sarajevo as I Knew It by Solomon Gaon, The Grand Religious View of Rabbio Benzion Uziel by Marc Angel, and The Book of Jonah: A Call to Personal Responsibility by Hayyim Angel, and others. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism -- Periodicals. Very good condition. (SEF-31-10), fest2
Stock number:25269.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Livorno: Eliyahu Ben Amuzag Va-Haverav, 1860
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. , 292 pages, 19 cm. In Hebrew. Title is a biblical reference that translates loosely to “Publicizing the Miracle: On the Passover Haggadah. ” Yaakov Rakkah (1800-1891) is considered one of the great Torah Hakhams. He lived and worked an impoverished life in Tripoli, where he studied and wrote commentary on Jewish law and the Torah. His work is still cited today in siddurim. Vinograd, Leghorn 1206 and Yaari, 822.SUBJECTS: Luturgy and ritual. Hagadah -- Commentaries. Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide, with two in Israel. Loss of text to bottom sixth of last four leaves. Some period commentary in pencil on margins. Pages are clean with light foxing in some places. Overall Good Condition. An excellent copy of this rare piece. (RAB-64-5)
Stock number:39753.
$US 600.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Zioni., 1964.
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 109 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1205. Mishneh Torah -- commentaries. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Has rubbed dust jacket. Ex library. Good condition. (SEF-12-16)
Stock number:20948.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [Girona] : Diputació De Girona : Caixa D'Girona, 1988
Binding: Paper Wrappers
8vo. 95 pages. Illustrated. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Spain -- Gerona (Province) -- History.  Gerona (Spain : Province) -- Ethnic relations.   OCLC lists three copies worldwide. In very good condition. (SEF-12A-9)
Stock number:25966.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: George Routledge, and New York: E. P. Dutton, 1907. Cloth; 12mo. 264 pages. Text on cover: "The Semitic Series. " OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Backstrip missing; binding very loose. Pages brown; cover worn and water-stained. Some margin notes in pencil. Fair condition. (BR-2)
Stock number:14508.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: [No Place; DVD Video], [2004, 2009]
Binding: DvdRom
Dvd. Documentary Film. 1 Videodisc (52 min. ) . Refugies du silence, a film by Pierre Rehov; produced and directed by Pierre Rehov. Editor, Alexandre Adam. “The Silent Exodus details the centuries of persecution endured by Jews living in Arab lands, using film footage, photographs, and interviews with Jewish refugees. ” Subjects: DVD video (dvv) . Jews -- Arab countries - Migrations. Jewish refugees - Israel. Jewish-Arab relations. Emigration and immigration. International relations. Jewish-Arab relations. Jewish refugees. Jews - Migrations. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. History. Israel -- Emigration and immigration. Israel - History. Israel - Foreign relations -- Arab countries. Brand new in plastic wrap. Very good + condition. (SEF-53-21)
Stock number:35243.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Mons, Annales Universitaires De Mons, 1966
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, 245 pages, tables, 24 cm. In French. Series: Annales universitaires de Mons, 2. SUBJECT (S) : Sephardim. Ladino language. Photocopy. 23 cm. Bibliography on pages 205-231. Chipping to edges of cover binding. Wear to cover binding. Otherwise, very good condition. (Sef-21-3)
Stock number:25173.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Rio Grande do Sul: Federacao Israelita do Rio Grande do Sul, 1994. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 143 pages. Contains charts. In Portuguese. Much on Sephardim. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul - Population; Jews - Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul - Social conditions; Jews - Brazil - Rio Grande so Sul - Social life and customs; Judaism - Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul. OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Some very slight bumping to edges. Small crease on spine. In Good condition. (SEF-5-3) . Xx
Stock number:17890.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Hebrew Union College Press, Cincinnati., 1952.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
8vo. Xii, 144 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Modena, Leon da. CONTENTS: The Rise of Heresy in the Seventeenth Century; The Jewish Community of Venice; Leon da Modena; The Kol Sakhal; Scholarship and the Kol Sakhal; Leon da Modena's Relationship to the Kol Sakhal. Inscribed by author. Covers edgeworn, internally clean. Good+ condition. (SEF-9-2)
Stock number:19418.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Jerusalem; Society For The History Of The Old Yishuv In Eretz Israel, 1965
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 29, [1] 303 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Volume one only. In Hebrew. Letters from the 1820's by members of the Va'ad Ha-Pekidim Ve-Ha-Amarkalim, an organization established in 1810 for the financial support of the yishuv in Erez Israel. “In order to combat the heavy expenses of the emissaries of the yishuv and difficulties relating to the distribution of money (halukkah ) between the rival groups there, to concentrate the collection of money throughout the whole of Western Europe in this one organization, the "Pekidim and Amarkalim of the Holy Land. " - EJ 2008. Subjects: Halukkah. Jews - Charities. Judaism - Netherlands - Amsterdam - History - 19th century. Religious institutions - Netherlands – Amsterdam. Light soiling to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (SEF-52-14)
Stock number:35126.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993. Cloth. 8vo. 308 pages. Contrains maps and illustrations. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Islamic countries - Correspondence; Jewish teachers - Islamic countries - Correspondence; Jews - Education - Islamic countries; Joden; Onderwijs; Islamitische wereld. Edges and corners of dustjacket slightly bumped. Very slight bumping book itself. Dustjacket is in Good condition. Book is in VERY GOOD condition. (SEF-4-10) . Xxx
Stock number:17884.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Seattle: University Of Washington Press, 1993
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, ix, 308 pages, illustrations, maps, 25 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Islamic countries -- Correspondence. Jewish teachers -- Islamic countries -- Correspondence. Jews -- Education -- Islamic countries. Geographic: Islamic countries -- Ethnic relations. “This is an expanded, updated, and revised version of a book that appeared in Paris in 1989 under title De l’instruction a l’emancipation. ” Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Minor tear to top left corner of dust jacket. Wear to binding. Bumped corners. Very good condition. (Sef-15-4)
Stock number:25400.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New Hampshire, University Press Of New England, 1989
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Xiii, 355 pages [10] pages of plates. Illus. Maps. 24 cm. Series: The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry Series, 9. Contents Includes: Jews and Society in Premodern India -- The Emergence of Indian Nationalism -- Indians, Jews, or Europeans? -- Intracommunal Struggles and Zionism -- A Heightened Jewish Consciousness -- Challenges of the War -- The Postwar Dilemma. SUBJECTS: Jews -- India -- History. Bene-Israel -- History. Joden. Identiteit. Juifs -- Inde -- Histoire. Named Corp: Bené Israël. Geographic: India -- Ethnic relations. Identifier: India; Bene Israel, history. Includes index. Bibliography: pages 331-339. Some sunning to jacket, but still nice. Clean copy in very good condition with like jacket (SEF-37-24)
Stock number:28483.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Girona: Ajuntament De Girona., 1988.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
8vo. Various pagings. Illustrated. Volume one (of two) only. First edition. SUBJECT(S) : Jews – Spain – Gerona – history; Gerona (Spain) – ethnic relations. OCLC lists 29 copies worldwide. ISBN: 8486837022. A little edgeworn, very good condition. (SEF-8-26a)
Stock number:25995.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Oxford : A. Rosenthal, Ltd., 1960s?
Binding: Paperback
8vo. 112 pages, 7 illustrated. SUBJECT (S) : Catalogs, booksellers' – England; Antiquarian booksellers – England; Rare books – catalogs, booksellers'; Catalogs, booksellers' – Great Britain. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Princeton, Univ of Texas-Austin, Central Conn. State Univ, New York Public Library, Univ van Amsterdam) . Ex-writing with minimal markings; Writing, stamp on cover, minor pen marks on inside pages. Good condition. (BIB-3-7)
Stock number:26018.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: Ireland, Belfast News-Letter, Ltd. , 1949. Cloth, 8vo, 378 pages. Very Good condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14415.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1962 (5723) . Cloth, 8vo, 318 pages. Silver lettering on spine. Photoplate emblems on endpapers. Includes many halftone photoplates and illustrations. Spine lightly soiled, jacket has small tear top right front corner. Very Good condition in Good dust jacket. (BR-1)
Stock number:14448.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1947
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 8vo, xiv, 424 pages, illustrations, 21 cm. CONTENTS: Foreword, Introductory: The Antecedents of Crypto-Judaism, I. The Beginnings of Marranism, II. The Establishment of the Inquisition, III. The General Conversion in Portugal, IV. The Heyday of the Inquisition, V. The Inquisitional Procedure and the Auto-da-fe, VI. Saints, Heroes, and Martyrs, VII. The Religion of the Marranos, VIII. The Marrano Diaspora, IX. The Dutch Jerusalem, X. Resettlement in the New World, XII. Some Marrano Worthies, XIII. The Literature of the Marranos, XIV. The Decline of the Inquisition, Epilogue: The Marranos of Today, Notes, Bibliography, Index. "Bibliography of some of the more important works used" on pages 401-407. SUBJECT (S) : Marranos--History. Inquisition--Spain. Frontis photo, black and white illustrations. Clean and fresh, very good Condition. (SEF-48-1)
Stock number:25078.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Meridian Books and Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1960
Paperback, 8vo, xii, 424 pages, illustrations, 21 cm. CONTENTS: Foreword, Introductory: The Antecedents of Crypto-Judaism, I. The Beginnings of Marranism, II. The Establishment of the Inquisition, III. The General Conversion in Portugal, IV. The Heyday of the Inquisition, V. The Inquisitional Procedure and the Auto-da-fe, VI. Saints, Heroes, and Martyrs, VII. The Religion of the Marranos, VIII. The Marrano Diaspora, IX. The Dutch Jerusalem, X. Resettlement in the New World, XII. Some Marrano Worthies, XIII. The Literature of the Marranos, XIV. The Decline of the Inquisition, Epilogue: The Marranos of Today, Notes, Bibliography, Index. "Bibliography of some of the more important works used" on pages 401-407. SUBJECT(S) : Marranos--History. Inquisition--Spain. Frontis photo, black and white illustrations. Cover slightly scuffed, outer edges soiled, otherwise clean and fresh. Good Condition. (SEF-48-3)
Stock number:25080.
$US 100.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
12mo. Xii, 373 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Netherlands - Amsterdam; Jews - Great Britain; Manasseh ben Israel, 1604-1657. Ex library with usual markings, good condition. (SEF-9-22) xxxx
Stock number:19438.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Madrid, Instituto Arias Montano, 1946. Paper Wrappers, 16 pages Offprint from Sefarad, Vol. VI, Num. 2, pages 313-329. Bound in distinct cover and no text on rear of last page and thus not simply a clipped article. Includes gift card from Roth laid in. Light browning to covers, Very Good Condition. (mx-7-37)
Stock number:19407.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Collins, 1983. Quarter-bound cloth, 8vo, 223 pages. Many photo plates. Baron J. De Rothschild's obituary clipped from an August 24, 1984 Jewish Chronicle is inserted in front cover. Very Good condition in very good jacket. (BR-1)
Stock number:14429.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Tel-Aviv; Ha-Katedrah Le-Heker Yahadut Saloniki Ve-Yavan, 1996
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 412 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, with corrrespondence from the 17th and 18th centuries in English and Italian; includes a dozen illustrations and fascimiles. English title page: The days of the crescent: chapters in the history of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire. Edited by Minna Rozen. Includes essays on economic, political, and social histories of jewish communities in Ragusa, Salonika, Istanbul, Izmir, and generally in the Ottoman Empire. In the series: Publications of the Diaspora Research Institute, 111. Publications of the Chair for the History and Culture of the Jews of Salonika and Greece. New series, 2. Subjects: Jews - Turkey - History. Sephardim - Turkey - History. Turkey - History - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. Light wear to jacket, otherwise fresh. Good + condition. (SEF-46-5)
Stock number:32990.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Paris, E. Leroux, 1896
Binding: Hardcover
Later Cloth. 8vo. Vii, 116 pages. 25 cm. In French. Title translates to English as, “Arabic Version of Isaiah from R. Saadia Ben Iosef al-Fayyou^mi^. Volume Three. ” Subtitle: “publie´e avec des notes he´brai¨ques et une traduction franc¸aise d'apre`s l'arabe. ” SUBJECT (S) : Bible. French. O. T. Isaiah. Derenbourg. OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Edited and translated by Joseph Derenbourg. Nice, clean copy in Very Good condition. (SEF37-8)
Stock number:28468.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Ottawa, National Library Of Canada, 1981
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Softcover. 4to. Xxii, [2], 192 pages. Illus. 25 cm. In English and French (parallel text) with added title page in Hebrew. Subtitle: “Five Centuries of Hebraica and Judaica, Rare Bibles, and Hebrew Incunables from the Jacob M. Lowy Collection. ” CONTENTS: Incunabula Hebraica: The Beginnings of Hebrew Printing --- Bibles --- Commentaries --- Renaissance Humanism and Christian Hebraism --- Josephus --- Talmud --- Codes and Responsa --- Philosophy --- Mathematics and the Sciences --- Mysticism --- Liturgy --- The Passover Haggadah --- History, Geography and Travel --- Philology, Poetry and Belles-Lettres --- The Sephardic World --- Jewish Languages --- The Spread of Hebrew Printing and the Fate of the Hebrew Book --- Hebraic Manuscripts. Contains indices. SUBJECTS: Hebrew imprints -- Exhibitions. Jewish literature -- Exhibitions. Inscribed by author on half title page. Bright, clean copy in Very Good Condition with like jacket. (BIBLIOG-27-25)
Stock number:30088.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Berlin; Veit, 1845
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. VIII, 347, 51 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German; Portions of the text also in Hebrew. Religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien (2 parts, Berlin, 1845; the first part is entitled Religiöse Dichtungen, and contains poems by Ibn Gabirol, Ibn Abitur, Ibn Ghayyat, Behai b. Joseph, Judah ha-Levi, R. Halfon, Ibn Ezra, and Moses b. Nahman; the second part is entitled Geschichtliche Entwickelung der Religiösen Poesie der Spanischen Juden im Mittelalter; the original Hebrew poems are printed together at the end of the work. Michael Sachs, “German rabbi; born at Glogau Sept. 3, 1808; died in Berlin Jan. 31, 1864. He was educated in the University of Berlin, taking the degree of Ph. D. In 1836. In the same year he was called to Prague, where he officiated as preacher until 1844. He was then called to Berlin, where he remained until his death. His attitude toward the Reform question, which had become insistent during the closing years of his life, destroyed the harmony which thitherto had existed between his congregation and himself. ” (1906 JE) . Bound in marbled wraps. Subjects: Piyutim. Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew - History and criticism. Hebrew poetry - Spain - History and criticism. Hebrew poetry - Translations into German. German poetry - Translations from Hebrew. Light soiling and light foxing to endpages, light soiling to outer edges. Topmost wrap loose. Otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (SEF-46-39)
Stock number:33018.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Berlin; Veit, 1845
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original boards. 8vo. VIII, 347, 51 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German; Portions of the text also in Hebrew. Religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien, in 2 parts, Berlin, 1845; the first part is entitled Religiöse Dichtungen, and contains poems by Ibn Gabirol, Ibn Abitur, Ibn Ghayyat, Behai b. Joseph, Judah ha-Levi, R. Halfon, Ibn Ezra, and Moses b. Nahman; the second part is entitled Geschichtliche Entwickelung der Religiösen Poesie der Spanischen Juden im Mittelalter; the original Hebrew poems are printed together at the end of the work. Michael Sachs, “German rabbi; born at Glogau Sept. 3, 1808; died in Berlin Jan. 31, 1864. He was educated in the University of Berlin, taking the degree of Ph. D. In 1836. In the same year he was called to Prague, where he officiated as preacher until 1844. He was then called to Berlin, where he remained until his death. His attitude toward the Reform question, which had become insistent during the closing years of his life, destroyed the harmony which thitherto had existed between his congregation and himself. ” (1906 JE) . Bound in quarter leather and marbled boards, gilt in spine. Subjects: Piyutim. Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew - History and criticism. Hebrew poetry - Spain - History and criticism. Hebrew poetry - Translations into German. German poetry - Translations from Hebrew. Front hinge starting, light rubbing to leather, light foxing throughout, overall fresh and clean. Good + condition. (SEF-46-40)
Stock number:33019.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Berlin; M. Poppelauer, 1901
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XX, 365, 51 pages. 22 cm. Second revised edition. In German, with Hebrew Poems at rear. Von Michael Sachs. Zum zweiten Male mit biographischer Einleitung und ergänzenden Unmerkungen hrsg. Von S. Bernfeld. With a Biography of Michael Sachs by Simon Bernfeld. Religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien (in 2 parts) , the first part is entitled Religiöse Dichtungen, and contains poems by Ibn Gabirol, Ibn Abitur, Ibn Ghayyat, Behai b. Joseph, Judah ha-Levi, R. Halfon, Ibn Ezra, and Moses b. Nahman; the second part is entitled Geschichtliche Entwickelung der Religiösen Poesie der Spanischen Juden im Mittelalter; the original Hebrew poems are printed together at the end of the work. 1901 edition bound in ornate gilt design green cloth, decorative endpages. From the library of Stanley Dreyfus, with his stamp on two pages, and laid in purchase receipt from a bookseller. Subjects: Piyutim. Hebrew poetry. Hebrew poetry - History and criticism. Hebrew poetry - Translations into German. German poetry - Translations from Hebrew. Hebrew literature – Spain. Light rubbing to cloth, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (SEF-46-41)
Stock number:33020.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin; M. Poppelauer, 1901
Binding: Hardback
Period Boards. 8vo. [XX], 365, [51] pages ; 22 cm. Second revised edition. In German, with Hebrew Poems at rear. Von Michael Sachs. Zum zweiten Male mit biographischer Einleitung und ergänzenden Unmerkungen hrsg. Von S. Bernfeld. With a Biography of Michael Sachs by Simon Bernfeld. Religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien (in 2 parts) , the first part is entitled Religiöse Dichtungen, and contains poems by Ibn Gabirol, Ibn Abitur, Ibn Ghayyat, Behai b. Joseph, Judah ha-Levi, R. Halfon, Ibn Ezra, and Moses b. Nahman; the second part is entitled Geschichtliche Entwickelung der Religiösen Poesie der Spanischen Juden im Mittelalter; the original Hebrew poems are printed together at the end of the work. 1901 edition bound in ornate gilt design green cloth, decorative endpages. SUBJET(S) : Piyutim. Hebrew poetry. Hebrew poetry - History and criticism. Hebrew poetry - Translations into German. German poetry - Translations from Hebrew. Hebrew literature - Spain. This copy is stamped from The Jewish-College of Theology Vienna (ITLA) , which was founded in 1893 as a rabbinic institute and college for the Science of Judaism. It’s library contents were confiscated in March of 1938. Some wear to boards. Otherwise Very good condition. (SEF-46-41a)
Stock number:38241.
$US 100.00
Imprint: The Hague, Paris, Mouton, 1971
Softcover, 8vo, 224 pages, 26 cm. In French. Series: Janua linguarum. Series practica; 142. SUBJECT (S) : Ladino language -- Dialects -- Romania -- Bucharest. Judeo-espagnol (Langue) -- Dialectes -- Roumanie -- Bucarest. Originally presented as the author’s thesis, Bucarest. Bibliography on pages 204-207. Wear to edges of cover and binding. Top right corner of back cover torn. Lightwear to book. Good condition. (Sef-13-25)
Stock number:24981.
$US 250.00
Imprint: Nyu York; Beit Midrash Ha-Rabanim De-Amerika,, 1934
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 4to. 14, 132 pages. 28 cm. First edition. First appearance. In Hebrew. Preface in English. Book of the wars of the Lord; containing the polemics of the Karaite Salmon ben Yeruhim against Saadia Gaon. The Book of the Wars of YHWH remained in manuscript until it was published together with a commentary by Israel Davidson under the title 'The Books of the Wars of the Lord', New York, 1934. “Salmon Ben Jeroham (Sulaym ibn Ruhaym; tenth century) , Karaite polemicist and writer, a fervent spokesman for the Mourners of Zion (Avlei Zion) , a native of Erez Israel or Iraq. According to Karaite tradition, he was the teacher of Saadiah Gaon, an impossibility since Salmon was much the younger man of the two. However, the tradition may possibly reflect some actual personal conflict between them, which could partially explain Salmon's extreme hatred of Saadiah. Salmon's principal work, Milhamot Adonai, written in Hebrew, is a rhymed attack on the Rabbanites and on Saadiah. Even for an age characterized by abusive polemics, the language of the book is unusually vehement, and the author treats Saadiah more as a personal enemy than a theological adversary. In his subject matter, Salmon merely repeats the arguments of older Karaite polemicists, but the violent language and quasi-poetic form are all his own. If the hypothesis that Salmon is the same person as Ibn al-Sakawayh is correct, Saadiah refuted his attacks in a special work, only fragments of which remain. ” (EJ 2008) Subjects: (880-06) Karaites. Judaism - Controversial literature. Sa’adia ben Joseph, 882-942.. Ex-library markings. Very minimal staining. Slight toning. Very good + condition. (SEF-47-27A)
Stock number:38686.
$US 135.00
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Imprint: Philadelphia, Dropsie College For Hebrew And Cognate Learning, 1956
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original Stiff Wraps. 8vo. 121 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Judeo-Arabic in Hebrew characters. Edited from the unique manuscripts in the State Public Library in Leningrad by Lawrence Marwick. Solomon ben Jeroham was a “Karaite exegete and controversialist; flourished at Jerusalem between 940 and 960. He was considered one of the greatest authorities among the Karaites, by whom he is called 'the Wise' ('ha-Hakam') … His commentary on the Psalms breathes a deep hatred of all foreign nations; and he repeatedly denounces the study of secular subjects. He would not allow the Karaites to study even foreign languages, still less philosophical works. The theories of Euclid and Ptolemy were, in his opinion, contrary to the teachings of the Law. ” - 1906 JE. The editor, Lawrence Marwick, was head of the Hebraic section of the Library of Congress for thirty years, and served for 17 years as adjunct professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning in Philadelphia and taught courses in Semitic languages and Israeli literature at New York University. Subjects: Karaites. Exegese. Karaites. Commentaries. Bible. Psalms – Commentaries. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (RAB-58-7)
Stock number:34446.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Paris : Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro Cultural Português., 1982.
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Large 8vo. 41-64 (i. E. 25) pages. Nine pages of facsimile plate illustrations. In English, Portuguese, and Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Portugal – civilization – periodicals; Inquisition – Portugal. ISSN: 0590-966X. One signature is detached, otherwise good+ condition. (MX-16-11)
Stock number:19835.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Amsterdam, [Het Joodse Begrafeniswezen Te Amsterdam], 1956
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 16mo. 81 pages. 13 cm. In Dutch with some Hebrew. Prayer book for burial services. “Uitgave van de Vereniging ‘Het Joodse Begrafeniswezen te Amsterdam’” [Publication of the Association ‘The Jewish Burial Soecity Amsterdam’]. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Hebrew Union College; Tresoar) . Nice, clean copy in very good condition. (SEF40-4)
Stock number:28344.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Madrid, Instituto Arias Montano, 1947
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 231-259 (ie. 29) , [5] plates. Illus. In Spanish. Title translates to English as, “A Jewish necropolis in the Montjuic Barcelona”. Reprinted from “Sefarad, Year VII, No. 2.” OCLC lists one copy worldwide (Hebrew Union College) . Pages darkened with some minor chipping. Margin notes on one page. Good+ condition. (SEF40-8)
Stock number:28348.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Bloch Pub. Co. ,, 1929
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, x, 204 pages, illustrated, 20 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Spain -- Cordova -- Fiction. OCLC lists 22 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Short handwritten note about the book inside cover page. Wear to binding. Chipped cover edges and spine. Otherwise, very good condition. (Sef-35-33)
Stock number:25432.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Barcelona: Ameller Ediciones, 1978
Softcover, 8vo, xii, 203 pages, 21 cm. In Spanish. Biblioteca Nueva sefarad; volume 5. SUBJECT (S) : Proverbs, Ladino -- Greece -- Thessalonike. Light wear to binding. Lightly bumped corners. Excellent condition. (Sef-17-5)
Stock number:25022.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim : Hotsa'at Sefarim ?a. Sh. Y. L. Magnes, Ha-Universi?ah Ha-?ivrit., 1993
Edition: First Edition
Binding: hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st edition. Original publisher’s boards. 8vo, 244 pages. In Hebrew. Author inscribed to Ruth Wisse. Includes English title page, “The Jewish Tale in the Middle Ages: Between Ashkenaz and Sepharad. ” The study moves between two poles: the first follows the folk literature of Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish communities in the medieval era as reflecting the cultural differences between the two communities; the other follows the development of the Ashkenazi folk tale in Yiddish from the sixth century, from its germination to later and more advanced development. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Subject: Folk literature, Hebrew and Yiddish -- History and criticism. OCLC: 30781381. ISBN: 9652238406 9789652238405. Cover slightly rubbed, otherwise Very Good condition. (AC-5-2)
Stock number:39602.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, The Folio Society, 1971. Cloth, 8vo, 290 pages. Gilt on spine, handsome illustration on the cloth cover. Like new. Very Good condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14425.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
New York: T. Yoseloff, 1961. Cloth. 8vo. 429 pages. Illustrated. SUBJECT (S) : Population transfers - Jews; Jews - Middle East. Some bumping to edges. Book is in Very Good condition in heavily worn jacket. (SEF-7-3) .
Stock number:17937.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardback
London: Jewish Post Publications, 1955. Wrappers; 16mo. 31 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch. Illustrated with plates. Glossary pages 30-31. Though dealing with Germany, a British Jewish imprint by an important German Jewish refugee to the England. Orthodox Judaism -- Germany -- Frankfurt am Main -- History -- 19th century. Jews -- Germany -- Frankfurt am Main -- History -- 19th century. OCLC lists eleven copies worldwide.Contains highlighted text and an inscription from previous owner. Otherwise, Very Good Condition. (AC-2-6)
Stock number:36322.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Glasgow: Gertrude Jacobson Orphanage,, 1935
Binding: Paperback
Wrappers; 8vo. 48 pages. Includes lists of officers, subscribers and donors. The orphanage housed twenty-three children, among them German refugees. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Appeal for donation laid in. Some edgewear; lower right-hand corner of front cover is creased; very good condition. (k-BR-2), MISSING 06/12
Stock number:14504.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: [Philadelphia]; [Jewish Publication Society Of America], 1975
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. O. 32 pages. 20 cm. Facsimile edition. Beginnings, early American Judaica, 3. Originally printed 1798, New-York: Printed by William A. Davis & Co. For Naphtali Judah, Bookseller and stationer, no. 47 Water Street. Subjects: Fast-day sermons - 1798 May 9. Jewish sermons. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-52-24)
Stock number:35136.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Paris: Editions Entente, 1977
Softcover, 8vo, 131 pages, illustrations, 20 cm. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Descriptor: Sephardim -- History. Sefarades -- Histoire. Bibliography: pages 127-129. Discography: pages 130-131. Filmography: page 131. Sephiha (1923–) is a “Judeo-Spanish linguist and activist. Sephiha was born in Brussels to a Sephardi family from Istanbul. During the German occupation of Belgium, he was arrested in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz in September. He survived the death camp, where his father perished. After liberation, he resumed his studies in natural sciences, graduating in 1948 and working as a chemical engineer; however, he eventually decided to study and defend the linguistic and cultural heritage of his community. His understanding of the language is based on a clear distinction between its two fundamental modalities. Sephiha, who retired in 1991, was instrumental in securing academic acceptance and public support for the “agonizing language” he spoke and taught. Besides his scientific and popular publications, from 1972 he launched several calls for revival of the language and in 1979 founded the “Association Vidas Largas for the Defense and Promotion of the Judeo-Spanish Language and Culture, ” which organizes educational work in Sephardi communities as well as the rescue of literary, musical, and architectural treasures. Judeo-Spanish has since been included among the recognized minority languages of France. In 2003, Sephiha inaugurated at the Auschwitz site a memorial in honor of the 160, 000 Judeo-Spanish victims of the Holocaust” (Wilke in EJ 2007) . Bumped corners and edges. Wear to binding. Good condition. (Sef-30-8)
Stock number:25253.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: [Jerusalem : S. N], 1992
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, 8vo. , 92 pages. In Ladino in transliteration. Quarterly periodical. SUBJECT (S) : Ladino philology -- Periodicals.   Sephardim -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 23 worldwide. Very good condition. (SEF-35-5)  
Stock number:25339.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : New York University Press,, 1991
Paperback, 8vo. , xiii, 380 pages. 8 pages of plates. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Turkey -- History. Joden. Juifs -- Empire ottoman -- Histoire. Juifs -- Turquie -- Histoire. Turkey -- Ethnic relations. Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-344) and index. Very good condition. (SEF-27-4)
Stock number:25230.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Hippocrene Books, 1984
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 204 pages. Subtitle: "A Unique and Fascinating Odyssey to Determine the Nature and Extent of Jewish Presence in Ancient China." Slight tears to dust jacket, other wise Very Good Condition. (comhist-16-34A)
Stock number:33056.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Hippocrene Books, 1984
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 204 pages. Subtitle: "A Unique and Fascinating Odyssey to Determine the Nature and Extent of Jewish Presence in Ancient China." Very Good Condition. (comhist-16-34)
Stock number:25443.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Hippocrene Books, 1984
Paperback. 8vo. 204 pages. Subtitle: "A Unique and Fascinating Odyssey to Determine the Nature and Extent of Jewish Presence in Ancient China." Very Good Condition. (comhist-16-34B)
Stock number:33057.
$US 100.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: London, Wertheimer, Lea & Co. 1894. Cloth, 8vo, 130 pages. First edition. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Gilt on all edges of the pages. Frontis plate of Rachel Simon. Ex-library with minimal markings. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide. Roth A10: 264. Very Good condition. (k-BR-1)
Stock number:14447.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: George Routledge, and New York: Bloch, 1908. Cloth; 8vo. Xliii, 286 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Singer. Jewish sermons, English. Previous owner's name in pencil on inside front cover. Underlining and margin marks in ink and pencil. Boards very worn; backstrip missing; first few pages detached and chipping. Poor condition. (BR-3)
Stock number:14546.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Palo Alto, Calif. ; Sino-Judaic Institute, 1986-2007
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 4to. [6, 20, 24] pages per issue. 28 cm. Three numbers per year. Complete run for volumes 1-22, lacking volume 22 nr 3. Early issue typically 6 pages in length, later issues typically 20 or 24 pages in length. 65 issues total. Four issues are stapled photocopies: vol 1. Nr 1, vol. 3 nr. 2, vol. 5, nr 1, vol. 5 nr 2. Letterhead varies. Points East; Newsletter on the Jewish experience in China and elsewhere in Asia as well as on the activities of Institute members. Articles on the history of Jews in Kaifeng, Baghdadi Jews in Shanghai and Hong Kong, Jews of Russia in China, Jewish Refugees in China during the Nazi Period, the Contemporary Period; reports on events and conferences, interviews, etc. Some issues contain illustrations. Subjects: Jews - China - Periodicals. Jews - Study and teaching - China - Periodicals. Jews. Jews - Study and teaching. Periodicals. OCLC lists 26 holdings, but many are incomplete. Three hole punch at left edge of all issues; otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (SEF-53-23)
Stock number:35245.
$US 1000.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Council Of The Sephardi Community, Jerusalem, 1974
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 279 pages. 25 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to English as, “Jewish Communities in Spain and the Middle East Today. ” SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Arab countries. Sephardim. Joden Arabische wereld. Light wear to jacket, especially along edges. Internal pages are nice and clean. Very Good Condition in good jacket. (SEF44-37)
Stock number:28441.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Newport, Rhode Island, The Friends Of Touro Synagogue National Historic Shrine, 1950
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 4to. 55 pages. 25 cm. Second Printing; originally printed in 1948. Subtitle: “The Oldest Synagogue Building in the United States: Dedicated Founded 1658. 1763, Designated a National Historic Site, 1946.” Paper Wrappers lightly soiled, corners bumped. Previous owner’s name on inside cover, pencil marginalia throughout, but still nice. Good+ condition. (SEF44-11)
Stock number:28412.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Barcelona, Libros Puvill, S.A., 1984
Binding: Paper Wrappers
ISBN: 84-85202-40-6 141 pages. Complete thus; the other two volumes in the series, Studies on the history, language and literature of the Jews in the hispanic world, deal with, respectively, history and literature. Very Good Condition. (sef-14-5)
Stock number:24801.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Cincinnati; Hebrew Union College, 1944
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 12mo. [pages 199-220], i. E. 21 pages. 19 cm. First edition. In English and Hebrew. Offprint from Hebrew Union College Annual, vol. 18, 1943. A new fragment of Mahzor Yannai (a supplement to Piyyute Yannai) , from Genizah fragments. Includes laid in plate. Isaiah Sonne (1887–1960) , “scholar, historian, and bibliographer. Born in Galicia, Sonne studied at Swiss and Italian universities and at the Collegio Rabbinico in Florence, where he later became a lecturer in Talmud, philosophy, and Jewish history after having taught at the Hebrew high school in Lodz. In Florence he also taught German in a state high school and worked in the libraries and archives of the Jewish communities in Italy. From 1936 to 1939 he headed the rabbinical seminary in Rhodes, and in 1940 became lecturer and librarian at Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati. ” (2008 JE) . Subjects: Hebrew poetry - History and criticism. Isaiah Sonne – Hebrew Poetry – Genizah – Offprint. None listed on oclc. Scarce. Edge wear, laid in plate contains tape remainders, light water stain in bottom corner, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (SEF-46-31)
Stock number:33010.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Madrid, 1967. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 366 pages. Illustrated. In Spanish. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Spain - History; Joden. Chipping to dustjacket. Some creasing edges and corners. Signatures on front and rear endpapers. Non-archival repair to dustjacket. Dustjacket is in Fair condition. Book is in Very Good condition. (SEF-8-9) .
Stock number:17958.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Birmingham, England: Birmingham Hebrew Congregation, 1975. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 8 pages. SUBJECT (S) : OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (British Library) . Scuffing to covers. Wear to edges. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-1-19) .
Stock number:17841.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1942. Cloth. 8vo. 399 pages. Illustrated. Volume 2. The story of Jewish life in Spain during the Middle Ages takes on startling timeliness. The fate of the Jews in the Iberian Peninsula during those dark ages appears almost like a preview of Jewish life in Nazi Germany, so striking is the parallel between them. Volume One is a political-economic study. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Spain; Joden; Middeleeuwen. OCLC lists 1 copies worldwide (National Diet Libr) Ex-library with minimal markings. Fading to spine and some slight bumping to edges and textblock. Maps on endpapers. In Very Good condition. (SEF-8-12) .
Stock number:17961.
$US 100.00
Imprint: 1966
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
New York, American Academy for Jewish Research.1966. Cloth. 8vo. 280 pages. Born in Warsaw, Netanyahu moved with his family to Tel Aviv in 1920. There he became active in the Zionist-Revisionist Party and its successor, the New Zionist Organization. From 1946 to 1948 he was a member of the American Zionist Emergency Council, under the leadership of Abba Hillel Silver. After the establishment of the State of Israel Netanyahu turned to his numerous scholarly interests in the field of Judaica. He was a professor at Dropsie College from 1957 to 1968, serving as chairman of its Department of Hebrew Language and Literature from 1962 to 1968. From 1968 he was professor of Hebraic studies at the University of Denver and in 1971 was appointed professor of Judaic studies and chairman of the Department of Semitic Languages at Cornell University. Netanyahu published numerous original studies in various fields of Jewish history and literature, including Don Isaac Abravanel (1953) , 19682) and The Marranos of Spain (1966) . (Martin A. Cohen in EJ) . His son Benjamin became Prime Minister of Israel. SUBJECT(S) : Marranos - Spain - Historiography; Rabbinical literature - History and criticism; Marranen. Inscribed by Natanyahu to Dr. Solomon Grayzel. Gilt lettering on spine. Ex-library with usual markings. Some white paint on spine. Binding tight and text clear. In Good condition. (SEF-5-16).
Stock number:17904.
$US 100.00
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Binding: Hardback
Madrid: Sucs. De Rivadeneyra, No Date (1965? ) . Paper Wrappers. Small 8vo. 372 pages. SUBJECT(S) : Jews-Spain-History-Sephardim History-Sefarden. Previous owners name on title page. Dust jacket ripped in places; inner flap with author information detached but present. Spine chipped. Text in beautiful condition. Some smudging to edges of text block. Otherwise in Good condition in Fair dust jacket. (SEF-1-21) .
Stock number:17843.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tacoma, Wash. : Uraitha., 1930.
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Xii, 88 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish ethics; Shulhan arukh. “The Shulhan 'Aruk is a legal codification of the laws of the Bible and halakic part of rabbinical literature, together with the minhagim (“local customs”) of legal significance of the Sephardic and Ashkenazaic Jews of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. ” Ex library. Tear in front free end paper, good condition. (RAB-22-21)
Stock number:20504.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : Philosophical Library., 1966.
Binding: Hardcover
12mo. 109 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Philosophers – correspondence; Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632, 1677. "Based, with minor changes and revisions, upon the translation from the Latin by R. H. M. Elwes. " Spinoza (1632-1677) was a Dutch philosopher. Among the Spanish and Portuguese community that his family was a part of, Spinoza attracted attention for his irreligious and heretical ideas, such as questioning whether Adam was the first man. On July 27, 1656, he was excommunicated. His 1670 Tractatus Theologico-Politicus “caused a sensation, and was banned everywhere, and sold with false title pages. ” Three years later, he was offered the chair of philosophy at Heidelberg, which he declined, avowing a preference for a quiet life. Efforts to have his Ethics published were unfruitful, due to theological impediments. It was later published, after his death, in Opera Posthuma. (Smend, EJ) Has dust jacket. Pages tanned, otherwise very good condition. (SEF-10-24)
Stock number:20918.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Portland, Or: Institute For Judaic Studies,, 1987
Softcover, 8vo, 150 pages, 22 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Sephardim -- Spain -- Congresses. Sephardim -- Mediterranean Region -- Congresses. Sephardim -- Northwest, Pacific -- Congresses. Papers presented at a conference held in Portland, Or. , Feb. 3-5, 1985. Includes bibliographical references. Light wear. Very good condition. (Sef-25-19)
Stock number:25217.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Jewish Historical Society Of New York, 1976
Softcover, 8vo, 28 pages, 22 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- New York (State) -- New York. “Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of New York held at Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish & Portugese Synagogue on April 10, 1975.” Stern (1915–1984) , was a “U. S. Reform rabbi, historian, genealogist. Stern, who has been called "the father of Jewish genealogy in America, " was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1981, Stern joined the faculty of the New York campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, initially as counselor for student field work and subsequently as adjunct professor of American Jewish History. There he continued his research, begun in 1950, as genealogist for the American Jewish Archives and the American Historical Society. Stern compiled the pioneering volume American Families of Jewish Descent (1960) , an eight-pound tome containing 26, 000 names researched over the course of 10 years of labor. It was the first genealogical survey of Jewish families who settled in the United States between 1654 and 1840, and was lauded as an invaluable research tool in the fields of American and Jewish history. Many American Protestants and Catholics first learned of Jewish roots and branches in their family trees from Stern's data, which served as an important source for Stephen Birmingham's best-selling novel, The Grandees. ” (Gordon in EJ 2007). OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Excellent condition. (Sef-17-10)
Stock number:25027.
$US 100.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1979. 1st edition. Cloth, 8vo, xxx, 473 pages, 12 leaves of plates, illustrations, 25 cm. ISBN: 0827601166. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 431-451. SUBJECT (S) : Jews--Arab countries--History--Sources. Arab countries--History--Sources. Gilt lettering on spine, 31 black and white photographs, Very good Condition in very good jacket (SEF-9-4)
Stock number:19420.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society Of America,, 1979
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, xxx, 473 pages, 12 leaves of plates, illustrated, 25 cm. Edition: 1st edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Arab countries -- History -- Sources. Juifs – Etats arabes -- Histoire -- Sources. Joden. Judios -- Paises arabes -- Historia. Arab countries -- History -- Sources. Etats arabes -- Histoire -- Sources. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 431-451. Light wear. Very good condition. (Sef-16-14)
Stock number:25004.
$US 100.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1979. 1st edition. Cloth, 8vo, xxx, 473 pages, 12 leaves of plates, illustrations, 25 cm. ISBN: 0827601166. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 431-451. SUBJECT (S) : Jews--Arab countries--History--Sources. Arab countries--History--Sources. Gilt lettering on spine, 31 black and white photographs, Small tears to edge of jacket. Very good Condition in good jacket. (SEF-9-4b)
Stock number:25073.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers, 8vo, 8 pages. “This article represents a preliminary report on the small but once very important Moroccan Jewish community of Sefrou” (from first page) Very good condition. (SEF-23-12)xx
Stock number:25146.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: London, New York, T. Yoseloff, 1962
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 157 pages. 20 cm. First edition. Primarily a study on the Jewish communities of Cochin and Bombay. Contents: The Yemenite Jews - The Bene Israel - The Jews of Cochin - Karaites and Karaism - The Samaritans. Contains the bookstamp of Reb Baruch Zlotowitz. Subjects: Jewish diaspora. Diaspora. No jacket; light shelf wear to cloth, previous owners penciled notes in margins of a few pages. Otherwise fresh and clean. Good condition. (SEF-52-57)
Stock number:35192.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York: Thayer-Jacoby, 1979
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Hardcover, 8vo, xiii, 304 pages, 8 leaves of plates, illustrated, 24 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews, Syrian -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. Jews -- Syria -- Social conditions. Juifs -- New York (Etat) -- Brooklyn, New York -- Conditions sociales. Juifs -- Syrie -- Conditions sociales. Brooklyn (New York, N. Y. ) -- Social conditions. New York (N. Y. ) -- Social conditions. Syria -- Social conditions. Brooklyn (New York, N. Y. ) -- Conditions sociales. New York (N. Y. ) -- Conditions sociales. Syrie -- Conditions sociales. Includes bibliographical references on pages 286-292 and index. Signed by author. Without dust jacket, as issued. Slight shelf wear; otherwise, very good condition. (Sef-19-19A)
Stock number:34970.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Thayer-Jacoby, 1979
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, xiii, 304 pages, 8 leaves of plates, illustrated, 24 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews, Syrian -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. Jews -- Syria -- Social conditions. Juifs -- New York (Etat) -- Brooklyn, New York -- Conditions sociales. Juifs -- Syrie -- Conditions sociales. Brooklyn (New York, N. Y. ) -- Social conditions. New York (N. Y. ) -- Social conditions. Syria -- Social conditions. Brooklyn (New York, N. Y. ) -- Conditions sociales. New York (N. Y. ) -- Conditions sociales. Syrie -- Conditions sociales. Includes bibliographical references on pages 286-292 and index. Without dust jacket, as issued. Slight shelf wear; otherwise, very good condition. (Sef-19-19)
Stock number:25049.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Amsterdam: Selecta, 1930
Softcover, 24 pages, 22 cm. In Dutch. Gestencild. “For us Judaism—and not Christianity. ” Jewish response to attempts at conversion just prior to the Holocaust. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide, only 2 in the US (HUC & OSU) . Chief Rabbi Justus Tal passed away in 1955. Light wear. Handwritten note on bottom of cover dated, “Amsterdam 1945.” Good condition. (Sef-21-23) xxx
Stock number:25194.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Publication: London, Macmillan and Co. , 1904. Paper wrappers, 8vo, 55 pages. "Reprinted from the 'Jewish Quarterly Review' and published for the Jewish Historical Society of England. " OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Separated from cover, otherwise Very Good condition. (BR-1)
Stock number:14464.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Charlottesville, Va. ; Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc, 1986
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers. 8vo. [20] pages. 25 cm. 1st Edition. Four pages of plates. Program from the commemorative ceremony of The Levy Family and Monticello, celebrating the role the Levy family had in ensuring the survival of the Monticello house. Uriah P. Levy, a famous Jewish Naval officer, had purchased Monticello. Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- Albemarle County. Levy family. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Lightly soiled and worn covers. Staples slightly rusted. Bumped edges. Very good. (SEF41-19) Xxx
Stock number:28321.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Toledo : Publicaciones del Centro Universitario de Toledo, 1973. Cloth. 8vo. 131 pages. Book 1. Contains illustrations. In Spanish. Sections include: La Sinagoga by Francisco Cantera Burgos; La Legislacion antijudia de los visigodos by José Luis Lacave Riaño; Los Barrios Judios de Toledo by Julio Porres Martin-Cleto; Los Judios Castellanos en la Primera Mitad Del Siglo XIV by Salvador de Moxó y Ortiz de Villajos; La Juderia Toledaa en la Guerra Civil de Pedro I y Enrique II; Del Problema Judio Al Problema Converso by Eloy Benitto Ruano; El Bachiller Palma, Autor de una Obra Desconocida en Favor de Los Conversos by Ramón Gonzálvez Ruiz; La Sociedad Conversa Toledana en la Primera Mitad del Siglo XVI by José-Carlos Gómez-Menor Fuentes; Costumbres, Fiestas y Ritos de los Judios Toledaos a Fines Del Siglo XV by Pilar León Tello; [&] Un Judeoconverso de 1492 by José-Carlos Gómez-Menor Fuentes. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Spain - Toledo - Congresses; Joden. Raised bands with leather labels and gilt lettering. Staining on page 77. In Very Good condition. (SEF-5-1) .
Stock number:17889.
$US 150.00
Binding: Hardback
Vitoria: H. Fournier, S. A. , 1968. Plastic. 12mo. 18 pages. All pictures. SUBJECT (S) Synagogue architecture - Spain - Toledo. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Harvard, Univ of Florida, Yeshiva Univ, Hebrew Union Col) . Minor bumping to edges. Small amounts of wear to edges of photos. In Very Good condition. (SEF-36-2).
Stock number:26757.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Jewish Institute Of Religion Press, 1933
Softcover, 8vo, vii, 1, l, 164 pages, 26 cm. SUBJECT(S) : Descriptor: Islam -- Relations -- Judaism. Judaism -- Relations -- Islam. Jews -- Arabian Peninsula. Islam. Ontstaansgeschiedenis. Jodendom. Beinvloeding. Torrey (1863–1956) , was a “U. S. Bible scholar and Semitist. He was one of the founders of the American School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. Subsequent archaeological finds and advances in Semitic linguistics and in lower and higher biblical criticism have been damaging to many of Torrey’s contributions in the estimation of present-day scholarship. He developed an independent exegesis of the period of Ezra and Nehemiah in The Composition and Historical Value of Ezra-Nehemiah (1896) , Ezra Studies (1910; 1970) , and Chronicler's History of Israel (1954) . His thesis was that the bulk of the prophecy contained in the canonical Book of Ezekiel was pseudepigraphic, composed around 230 B. C. E. But purporting to date from the period of Manasseh (692–639 B. C. E. ) , and later in 200 B. C. E. Edited so as to appear to be an exilic work” (Garber in EJ 2007). Bumped corners and edges. Wear to binding. Discoloration to cover. Good condition. (Sef-30-14)xx
Stock number:25259.
$US 125.00
Binding: Paperback
Madrid: Sucs. De Rivadeneyra, No Date (1965? ) . Paper Wrappers. Small 8vo. 372 pages. SUBJECT(S) : Jews-Spain-History-Sephardim History-Sefarden. Has dust jacket. Ex library with minimal markings. Text in beautiful condition. Good condition. (SEF-9-9)
Stock number:19425.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerbah [Djerba, Tunisia]: Bi-Defus Boaz Hadad, 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 180 pages, 21 cm. In Hebrew and Arabic. Title translates to “Praised Righteous Ones. ” The Tunisian Jewish community, dating back almost 2, 000 years, would eventually flea to Israel after the anti-semitic backlash to the creation of the state of Israel. Before 1948, there were 100, 000 Jews living in Tunisia. Today, there are only about 2, 000 left, most of whom live in Djerba (JVL, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Judaism - Liturgy - Texts. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (JTS, Princeton, Toronto, NLI, TAU) . Boards are worn. Internally very good. Overall good condition. (RAB-65-28)
Stock number:40481.
$US 150.00
Binding: Paperback
Jerusalem: Bi-tefutsot ha-golah, 1966. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 267 pages. Contains illustrations, facsimiles, maps. In Hebrew with preface in English. Noy is a scholar in Jewish folklore. His books cover a wide range of Jewish folklore: European, North African, Yemenite, and others. Born in Kolomyja, Poland, he graduated from a Polish secondary school, and then immigrated to Palestine where he began his academic studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Noy's contribution to Jewish folklore has been pioneering. He founded and directed the Haifa Ethnological Museum and Folklore Archives (1956–1982) and edited the Israel Folktale Archives Publications series until 1981. He founded the Israel Folklore Archives, the largest treasure of Jewish folktales recorded in Israel. He was director of the Hebrew University Folklore Research Center from 1968 and edited Studies, its journal. He served as the Encyclopaedia Judaica departmental editor for folklore. [Elaine Hoter]SUBJECT(S Tales - Tunisia; Legends, Jewish - Tunisia; Jews - Tunisia - Folklore. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Slight bumping and creasing to edges. Creasing Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-6-4) .
Stock number:17925.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Bloomington: Indiana University Press., 1990.
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Xiv, 234 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – education – Turkey; Jews – Turkey – history; Onderwijs; Joden; Alliance Israelite Universelle; Turkey – ethnic relations. SERIES: The Modern Jewish experience; Variation: Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind. ) CONTENTS: The Emergence of the “Jewish Eastern Question”; Turkish Jewry in the age of the Tanzimat; The Politics of Schooling: The Alliance Israelite and the Jewish Communities of Turkey; Educating Turkish Jewry; The Alliance Schools and Jewish Society in Turkey; The Alliance and the Emergence of Zionism in Turkey; Between French Imperialism and Turkish Nationalism: The End of the Alliance in Turkey. Ex library, very good condition. (SEF-8-16a)
Stock number:25986.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1990
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. xiv, 234 pages. SUBJECT(S) : Jews – education – Turkey; Jews – Turkey – history; Onderwijs; Joden; Alliance Israelite Universelle; Turkey – ethnic relations. SERIES: The Modern Jewish experience; Variation: Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind. ) CONTENTS: The Emergence of the “Jewish Eastern Question”; Turkish Jewry in the age of the Tanzimat; The Politics of Schooling: The Alliance Israelite and the Jewish Communities of Turkey; Educating Turkish Jewry; The Alliance Schools and Jewish Society in Turkey; The Alliance and the Emergence of Zionism in Turkey; Between French Imperialism and Turkish Nationalism: The End of the Alliance in Turkey. Nice, clean copy in Very Good condition with like jacket. (SEF-8-16a)
Stock number:27831.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1952. Cloth. 8vo. 240 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Turkey - History; Joden. Gilt lettering on spine. Ex-library with usual markings.Wear on binding and corners of cover. Otherwise, very good condition. (k-rab-3-15)
Stock number:21309.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem : Merkaz Zalman Shazar le-ha`amakat ha-toda`ah ha-historit ha-Yehudit : ha-Hevrah ha-historit ha-Yisre'elit., 1982.
Binding: Paperback
(FT) 8vo. 197 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jews – Turkey – history – sources; Turkey – ethnic relations – sources. SEREIS: Mekorot le-toldot `am Yisrael, ; sefer 9; Mi-pirsume Merkaz Zalman Shazar; Variation: Mekorot le-toldot `am Yisrael (Merkaz Zalman Shazar le-ha`amakat ha-toda`ah ha-historit ha-Yehudit) ; sefer 9. English Title: Economic and social life of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries. Ex library with bookplate. Edgeworn. Good condition. (SEF-10-7)
Stock number:20904.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: United Synagogue, 1881. Cloth; 8vo. Xlii, 77 pages. Index pages 65-77. Synagogues -- England -- London. OCLC lists eight copies worldwide. Several corrections have been made: two sections on page 15 have been struck out and a note made in the margin with fountain pen. Additional bye-laws (104a and 55a) have been bound in; bye law 91 has been pasted over; an addition to bye law 63 has been bound in and then stamped "Cancelled. " Few margin marks in pencil. Cover very worn and sunned; most of backstrip missing. Binding still tight. good- condition. (k-BR-3)
Stock number:14538.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: Woburn House, 1932. Cloth; 8vo. 96 pages. Index pages 81-96. Seven-page pamphlet laid in: "District Synagogues-Bye-laws. Approved by the Council of the United Synagogue 17th July, 1933." This pamphlet is a supplement showing the variations made in such Bye-laws in the case of the District Synagogues. Synagogues -- England -- London. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Underlining in colored pencil. Some editing done in fountain pen, corresponding in large part to the variations reflected in the supplement. Good condition. (BR-3)
Stock number:14539.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
London: Woburn House, 1936. Cloth; 8vo. Xxvi, 126 pages. Index pages 101-121. Contains an interesting Preface and Historical Sketch. Credit is given for this, on page xxi, to Samuel Moses, Chairman of the Byelaws Revision Committee. Synagogues -- England -- London. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Initialed "J. C. S. " at top of first page, appears to be a working copy. An internal working copy, many manuscript edits have been made in ink or by pasting a revision over the older text. Very good condition. (BR-3)
Stock number:14540.
$US 150.00
Imprint: [Rhodes], [mid-20th century]
Photograph, Black and White. Seventeen photographs. 12.5 x 8.5 cm. Seventeen black and white photographs of Jewish Rhodes, unknown provenance, likely from mid 20th century. Four photographs have notes in English on back, which state: “A street in the Jewish Quarter of Rhodes”, “The Street on which Kahal Shalom Stands. Entrance to the Courtyard of K. Shalom has doors with Magen David Symbol. Rhodes”, two state “Entrance to the Courtyard of Kahal Shalom in Rhodes”. All four labeled photographs are depictions of the same street (Calle de Kahal Shalom) from different angles; one further photograph also depicts another angle of the Kahal Shalom door; two photographs depict the interior of the synagogue (depicting the Ehal, a marble niche where the sacred books of the Torah are kept, on the Eastern wall) ; one photograph depicting what appears to be the Plaque of 1767; one photograph depicting what appears to be a part of the south side of the square (depicting three stores, electronics, clock shop, with a printers above) , one photograph depicting the Fountain in 'La Calle Ancha' (The street called “La Called Ancha” was the heart of the Jewish Quarter and was situated where the residential area ended and the business district started. The main street was known for hundreds of years as “La Calle Ancha” which means “the wide street” in the Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) language. The present fountain ornamented with three seahorses replaced a previous fountain that was destroyed during World War II. - Rhodes Jewish Museum) ; two photographs depicting the same three individuals (one depicting the individuals in front of the fountain in La Calle Ancha, depicting the northeast side of the plaza) , most likely those who took the photographs; two photographs of alleys (unclear owing to the rubble in one alley, and a knocked down building in the background of another) ; three photographs depicting structures near the sea. Subjects: Jewish Rhodes – Photographs. Kahal Shalom Synagogue Rhodes – Photographs. Jewish Quarter of Rhodes – Photographs. Landmarks – Jewish Rhodes. All photographs clean and well preserved. (SEF-46-23)
Stock number:32973.
$US 200.00
Imprint: 1961.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 442 pages. SUBJECT(S) : Crescas, Hasdai, 1340 (ca. ) -1410. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. SERIES: `Amude ha-mahashavah ha-Yisreelit ; 3; Variation: Urbakh, Simhah Bunem, ; 1913-; `Amude ha-mahshavah ha-Yisreelit ; 3. Has tanned dust jacket with tear at top of spine. Ex library. Very good condition. (SEF-10-13)
Stock number:20909.
$US 125.00
Imprint: [S. I. ], [S. N], 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. Large 8vo. 147 pages of music. 25 cm. In Romanized Hebrew with title pages, tables of contents and prefaces in English and Hebrew. Series: El Harinah v'el Hat'filah: Original Melodies for the Sabbath Service, V. 3. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Liturgy. Jewish chants. Includes music for unaccompanied melodies. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Bright, clean copy in very good condition. (SEF39-21)
Stock number:28525.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardback
8vo; 354 pages. Includes notes, bibliography and index. SERIES: Judaica Texts & Translations, Second Series; 1. Ex library. Covers slightly bowed. Very good condition. (SEF-9-17)
Stock number:19433.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardback
8vo; 354 pages. Includes notes, bibliography and index. SERIES: Judaica Texts & Translations, Second Series; 1. Ex library with usual markings. In dustjacket, very good condition. (k-mx2-3)
Stock number:21413.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardback
8vo; 354 pages. Includes notes, bibliography and index. SERIES: Judaica Texts & Translations, Second Series; 1. In jacket. Chippings to edges of jacket corners. Otherwise, very good condition. (mx-32-5)
Stock number:21425.
$US 100.00
Imprint: 1964
Binding: Hardback
8vo; 354 pages. Includes notes, bibliography and index. SERIES: Judaica Texts & Translations, Second Series; 1. In dustjacket, very good condition. (k-mx2-3B)
Stock number:25105.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
8vo; 458 pages. Published in commemoration of Dr. Gershon Gelbart, this edition is a photographic reproduction of the original manuscript. Very good condition. (SEF-27-6b)
Stock number:25159.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Valls: Seri-Graf,, 1980
Softcover, 8vo, 475 pages. In Catalan. “The Jews of Valls in the Middle Ages” SUBJECT (S) : Jews — Spain — Valls — History. Valls (Spain) — Ethnic relations. Bibliography: p. 448-464.OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Universitatsbibliothek Tubingen) . Bumped corners. Wearing of dust jacket. Very good condition. (Sef-24-6)
Stock number:25165.
$US 150.00
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Imprint: Bombe [Bombay]; Elizabet Mosheh Varsulkar, Shim?on Ya?akov Kharilkar, 1933
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. [4], 32 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Songs in Hebrew and Aramaic, some Marathi. Liturgies, songs, and hymns for Simhat Torah. The work was published by Mrs. Elizabeth Moses Warsoolar in memory of her deceased husband and printed by Simeon Jacob [Karilkar]. The verso of title bear the title in Marathi translation. Printed Bombay, Hebrew Publishing & Printing Co. Yaari, Bombay 137 (variant) . Subjects: Simhat Torah - Prayer-books and devotions - Hebrew. Simhat Torah - Prayer-books and devotions - Aramaic. Jewish religious poetry – India. Marathi Liturgy. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. (JTSA, NYPL, UCLA, Harvard, HUC, Penn, Stanford). Edge wear to stapled wraps, front wrap repair, internally clean and fresh. Good condition. (SEF-47-36) (SEF-47-31)
Stock number:33055.
$US 225.00
Imprint: Madrid; Imp. De La Enseñanza, 1913
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 52 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Report submitted by the author for discussion at the Athenaeum of Madrid on March 17, 1913 The report is comprised of a polemic with contemporary interpretations of Columbus, a detailed chronology of Columbus’s expeditions and life, with an appendix weighing the arguments for the true hidden homeland of Columbus, Jewish or Genoese, with arguments by the author for both. Subjects: Columbus, Christopher. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Paper wrappers loose, lightly worn, with slight tears at backstrip, and small drop of wax in center of back cover. Pages lightly yellowed, light pencil marks in margins on one page. Very good condition. (SEF41-16)
Stock number:28318.
$US 125.00
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Imprint: New York; Columbia University Press, 1920
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XII, 162 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Columbia University Oriental studies, v. 17. Important study of the philosophical writings of Hasdai Crescas, head of the Jewish community of Aragon in the later 14th century, major medieval Jewish philosopher, though later forgotten, who was intensely critical of Aristotle and Maimonides; he was a major influence on Spinoza. Study written by Meyer Waxman (1887–1969) , famed for his magnus opus 'History of Jewish Literature', who worked as principal of the Mizrachi Teachers Seminary (1917–21) and director of the Mizrachi Zionist organization (1921–24) during the time this study was published. Subjects: Crescas, Hasdai, 1340-approximately 1410. Crescas, Hasdai, 1340-ca. 1410. Light soiling to cloth, light foxing on endpages, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (RAB-58-2)
Stock number:34441.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
Paris: Nadir, 2000. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 212 pages. Illustrations, some in color. Contains maps and photographs. In French. Much on North African Jewry. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Social life and customs -19th century; Jews - Social life and customs -20th century; Jews - Education. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Very slight bumping to corners and edges of book. Pictures, maps, and text in beautiful condition. Slight crease to rear upper corner. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-7-8) .
Stock number:17941.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Cincinnati, Hebrew Union College Press, 1988
(FT) Original Softcover. 4to. 213, 10 pages. Facsims. 28 cm. In Hebrew with added introduction, title page and table of contents in English. Added English Title: Early Synagogue Poets in the Balkans: Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary. ” SUBJECT(S) : Piyutim. Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew -- Balkan Peninsula. Judaism -- Romaniot rite -- Liturgy -- Texts. Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index. Nice, clean copy in very good condition. (SEF40-5)
Stock number:28345.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia; Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1979
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Hardbound. 8vo. XIII, 348 [12] pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Spanish. 12 pages of plates. Light brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering, with dust jacket. The first full scale study in English of the fifth largest Jewish community in the world, written by Robert Weisbrot, professor of history. Chapters include: Secular Jewish Culture, Sephardim, Religion, Acculturation, the roots of Anti-semitism, etc. Subjects: Jews - Argentina - History. Ex-library with minimal markings. Dustjacket lightly faded. Internal pages very crisp. Very good condition. (LATAM1-45)
Stock number:28298.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London: Oxford University Press., 1962.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Xii, 315 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism; Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim, 1488-1575; Caro Joseph, 1488-1575. SERIES: Scripta Judaica ; 4; Ex library with bookplate and spine sticker, otherwise near fine condition. (SEF-8-5a)
Stock number:25975.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : Garland Publication, 1989
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, xxvii, 174 pages, 24 cm. Series: Garland reference library of the humanities; vol. 890. SUBJECT (S) : Romance languages -- Bibliography. Jews -- Languages -- Bibliography. Langues romanes -- Bibliographie. Juifs -- Langues -- Bibliographie. Latijn. Romaanse talen. Joden. Includes index. Excellent Condition. (Sef-15-10) xx
Stock number:25406.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Louvain; Imprimerie Orientaliste, 1951
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 369-379 [i. E. 11 pages]. 24 cm. First Separate edition. Offprint from Hebrew Union College Annual, Vol. 23, No. 2, Hebrew Union College Seventy-fifth Anniversary Publication. Grammatical survey of the use of an obscure Hebrew term [? ? ? ? – hanahah] in the poetry of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Dunash ben Labrat, and Judah Ibn Tibbon. The author offers a linguistic survey of the Hebrew term compared to the Arabic, and an analysis of the poetics of the expression. Subjects: Piyutim – Hebrew Grammar. OCLC lists one copy (Bibliothèque St Etienne de Jerusalem) for the offprint. Wraps lightly soiled, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (SEF-52-39)
Stock number:35151.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New Haven : Yale University Press., 1951.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Xiii, 222 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism; Jews, Ethiopian; Ethiopic literature – translations into English. SERIES: Yale Judaica series; v. 6. “Born in Krzepice, Poland, Leslau [1906-2006] was educated at the University of Vienna and at the Sorbonne in Paris... In 1942 he immigrated to the United States. He taught at several institutions before joining the faculty of the University of California in Los Angeles in 1955, where he continued teaching Hebrew and Semitic languages... He undertook eight trips to Ethiopia to do fieldwork on the various Semitic languages of Ethiopia and on the culture and folklore of the country, giving special attention to Beta Israel. Leslau [was] regarded as one of the foremost experts on Semitic languages, in particular the ones spoken in Ethiopia. When he retired from teaching, he was named UCLA professor emeritus of Hebrew and Semitic linguistics. He published more than 40 books that deal with descriptive and comparative problems of Ethiopic as well as Semitic linguistics. ” (EJ, 2007) Ex library, otherwise good+ condition. (SEF-12-1)
Stock number:20933.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Behrman House, 1977
ISBN: 0874412625. ISBN-13: 9780874412628. Paperback, 12mo, 64 pages. Wolfson (1887-1974) was born in Belorussia, and emigrated to the Unites States in 1903. He attended Harvard, and then became a member of its faculty in 1915. He was a member of the American Academy for Jewish Research, the Mediaeval Academy of America, the American Oriental Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. A scholar of Spinoza and Crescas, Wolfson particularly focused on heir relation to earlier philosophers, such as Aristotle, Plato, and the Islamic philosopher Averroes. (Hyman, EJ) Very Good Condition. (K-rab-1-31)
Stock number:21649.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1960
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st UK edition. Original boards with dust jacket, 8vo, 356 pages. First UK Printing of the acclaimed author's enlightening account of the Jewish people and their faith, as well as his own highly personal statement of his own solid faith and unwavering commitment to Judaism, written from a modern orthodox perspective. As entertaining as any of his novels, the work holds great appeal for Jews and non-Jews alike. Seventeen word signed and dated (May 5 1962) gift inscription by Wouk in English and Hebrew in blue fountain pen, inscribed to a member of a prominent Sephardic family.  Included typed tipped-in correction to page 7, almost certainly included by Wouk as part of this gift. Bit of foxing, otherwise Very Good in Very Good+ Jacket by Robert Galster fresh and unsunned (and not price clipped) (kh-3-17)
Stock number:36001.
$US 500.00
Imprint: Cochin, India: Kerala History Association, 1971.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st English language edition. Original Cloth with photgraphic endpapers, large 8vo, xxvii, 319 pages. With color frontis photo of the Cochin synagogue. Jubilee publication for the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Cochin synagogue in India. Includes 43 photos. "Kerala History Association's Silver jubilee year publication. " Conducted under the joint auspices of Kerala History Association (Regd. ) & the Cochin Synagogue Quatercentenary Celebration Committee, Cochin. Includes bibliographical references. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- India -- Cochin. Civilization. Juifs -- Cochin, Inde. Kerala (India) Civilisation -- Discours, essais, confrences. Ex-library with usual marks. Light Wear. About Very Good – Condition (sef-57-1)
Stock number:39475.
$US 115.00
Imprint: Saloniki : [H. Mo. L. ], 1856
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Period boards. 12mo. [186 pages], 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “The Beauty of a Moral Life. ” Nathan Amram (1791-1870) is best known as the financial emissary (ShaDaR) for Hebron’s Jewish community and the chief rabbi of Alexandria. He authored dozens of texts over the course of his life that dealt with a wide variety of topics from philosophy to kabbalah to halacha. Sefer No’am Ha-Midot is a three-part anthology of wisdom and information from a range of sources. Each section of the book deals with a different topic and contains brief statements. (Wiki) CD000156020. Vinograd: Salonica, 885. SUBJECTS: Jewish ethics. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. All text is clean and clear. Repair to binding. Overall in Good Condition. (HEB-48-43)
Stock number:37108.
$US 335.00
Imprint: Saloniki : [H. Mo. L. ], 1856
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Period boards. 12mo. [186 pages], 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “The Beauty of a Moral Life. ” Nathan Amram (1791-1870) is best known as the financial emissary (ShaDaR) for Hebron’s Jewish community and the chief rabbi of Alexandria. He authored dozens of texts over the course of his life that dealt with a wide variety of topics from philosophy to kabbalah to halacha. Sefer No’am Ha-Midot is a three-part anthology of wisdom and information from a range of sources. Each section of the book deals with a different topic and contains brief statements. (Wiki) CD000156020. Vinograd: Salonica, 885. SUBJECTS: Jewish ethics. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Title page has some clear tape on it and is very lightly soiled. Faded water stain throughout. All text is clean and clear. Overall in Good Condition. (HEB-48-43A)
Stock number:38987.
$US 335.00
Imprint: Lisboa [Lisbon]: [No Publisher], 1921
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. 515 pages, 23 cm. In Portuguese. Title translates to “History of the Portuguese New Christians. ” SUBJECTS: Inquisition -- Portugal. Jews -- Portugal -- History. Jews -- Persecutions -- Portugal. Ex-library with usual markings. Some damp stains throughout. Boards are good. All contents very good. Overall good condition. (YID-32-13)
Stock number:40548.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv : Da’at Hotsa’a Am Oved, 1945
Binding: Hardcover
First Hebrew edition. Original cloth. 8vo. 608 pages + folded maps, 22cm. In Hebrew. Exile imprint. The title translates to “History of the Jews in Christian Spain. ” Volume I is titled “From the Beginning of the Community until the Eve of its Destruction in the Year 1391” and Volume II “From the Destruction of 1391 until the Expulsion. ” Yitzhak Baer (1888-1980) was a renowned German-Israeli historian, Hebrew University professor, and recipient of the coveted Israel Prize and Bialik Prize. He was an expert on medieval Jewish history and spent about half of his careering work on the Sefardic community and the other half on Ashkenazi Hasidim during the same period. This scarce first Hebrew edition of Baer’s canonical work on the Jews of Christian Spain, printed after he fled Nazi Germany to Palestine, was reprinted again in 1959 and translated into numerous languages. It was first published in Germany in 1936OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide (Lehman, BU, JHU, UPenn, ULondon, Barcelona) . Ex-library with usual markings. Wear to outer boards. Internally Very Good. Overall Good+ condition. (HEB-48-36)
Stock number:37100.
$US 500.00
Imprint: London, Oxford University Press, 1933
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st Edition. Original Boards. 8vo. 200 pages ; 23 cm. “Rabbi David Abraham Jessurun Cardozo (1896 – 1972) was a Dutch-born American Sephardic Rabbi who served as assistant minister of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in New York City, the oldest synagogue in the United States and was the first rabbi to conduct High Holidays services in Spain since the Alhambra Decree of 1492 expelled Jews from that country. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) Includes two sections: 1) “From the Dedication of the ynagogue to the Death of Sir Moses Montefiore” by Cardozo while he was serving as Hazan at the Synagogue. And 2) “The Montefiore Endowment” by Paul Goodman. This book on the historic Montefiore Synagogue was published before Rabbi Cardozo immigrated to New York and rose to national prominence. SUBJECT(S) : Synagogues -- Organization and administration. Inscribed on the front end page from Rabbi Cardozo to Rabbi Max D. Klein. Includes photos throughout of the synagogue. Ex-library with Jewish Institutional Stamp/Bookplate and usual markings. Very good condition. (BR-11-37)
Stock number:38086.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Paris : A. Rousseau,, 1908
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Original boards. 8vo. [xvi] 199 pages ; 23 cm. In French. Title translates in English to, “The Israelites Of Tunisia. Their Political And Civil Condition. ” Chalom was one of the first French authors to study the public lives and civil rights of Tunisian Jews during the French protectorate of Tunisia. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Legal status, laws, civil rights. Ex-library with minimal marks. About Very Good Condition. (Sef-55-1)
Stock number:36986.
$US 200.00
Imprint: London: E. Justins, 1815
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
5575 (1815) 1st edition. Later Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 10, 10, 2, 2, 56, 56, [1], 6 pages [143 pages total]. Includes the often missing 6-page list of subscribers. The Introduction states that the book was undertaken at the behest of the Rabbi of the Aschkenazic community of London, Solomon Hirschell, together with Raphael di Meldola, Rabbi of the Sephardic community. It also includes the approbation of di Meldola as well as that of Rabbi Solomon ben Zevi Hirsch, the purpose of the work being to protect Jewish children from the inroads of Christian missionaries.The author indicates that the lack of understanding of Judaism among youth is the principle reason why he composed this work. Yet it was intended not just for Jews: Prof. David Ruderman has noted that, "except for its denunciation of Christian missionaries, Cohen's catechism with its English translation, seems to be nothing more than an innocent, uncontroversial presentation of the Jewish faith meant for both Jewish and Christian eyes" (D. B. Ruderman, Jewish Enlightenment in an English Key: Anglo-Jewry's Construction of Modern Jewish Thought, p. 250). Cohen's work was indeed shared with American non-Jews. The Jewish merchant David Isaacs, in his correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, sent the President a copy of the book [see University of Virginia exhibit (2001), To Seek the Peace of the City: Early Jewish Settlement in Charlottesville]. In 1818 Rebecca Gratz offered a copy to her friend Maria Fenno Hoffman, wife of the Attorney General of New York, Ogden Hoffman [see E. Wolf & M. Whiteman, The History of the Jews of Philadelphia, p. 304]. Jacob Marcus Rader lists Cohen's work as one of the Jewish educational books available to Rebecca Gratz when she began operating her Sunday School in Philadelphia [see United States Jewry, 1776-1985, 1-2, p. 393]. A review of this book was printed by Rabbi Yom Tov Benet in his book Tene Bekorim (1767). Shalom ben Jacob Cohen (1772–1845) himself was a Hebrew writer, poet, and editor. Born in Mezhirech, Poland, he studied German and read the new Hebrew literature, particularly Ha-Me'assef. His first book, Mishlei Agur (1799), was a collection of Hebrew fables in rhyme, with German translation, aimed at teaching Jewish children simple and clear Hebrew. Cohen went to Berlin in 1789 and taught in the Hinnukh Ne'arim school and in private homes. After the publication of several works he renewed the publication of Ha-Me'assef and served as its editor (1809–11). In 1813 Cohen left Germany, spent a short period in Amsterdam, and moved to London where he tried unsuccessfully to establish a Jewish school. From London, Cohen moved to Hamburg (1816 or 1817), where he spent three controversy-laden years. In a posthumously published poem he attacked the hypocrisy of the "reformists" for their lack of religious belief and national feelings and considered the establishment of the Reform temple in Hamburg an act of blasphemy. However, he refrained from public intervention on this controversy. In 1820 Cohen was invited by Anton Schmid to serve as head proofreader in the Hebrew section of his printing press in Vienna where he remained for 16 years. In 1821 Cohen established the annual Bikkurei ha-Ittim, three issues of which appeared under his editorship. In 1834 he published his poetic work, Nir David, a description of the life of King David, one of the first romantic works in Hebrew literature. In 1836 Cohen returned to Hamburg, where he lived until his death. His last extensive work was Kore ha-Dorot, a history of the Jewish people (1838). His other works include: Matta’ei Kedem al Admat Zafon (1807), poetry; Amal ve-Tirzah (1812), an allegorical and utopian drama, a sequel to M.H. Luzzatto's La-Yesharim Tehillah; and Ketav Yosher (1820), a literary miscellany. Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 428, no. 2. Vinograd London 205. Roest 283. BE shin 2421; EJ; CD-EPI 0140837. SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Juvenile literature. Juvenile works. OCLC: 44005964. OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide, High quality 18th Century paper and internal binding are in exceptionally good condition a very nice copy. (BR-4-2-B-’xr)
Stock number:41356.
$US 650.00
Imprint: Paris,, 1871
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 4to, 12 pages. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Algeria -- Legal status. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (NYPL & 2 at Harvard) , none outside the Northeast. Blindstamp on title page, stains and toning to paper, Good Condition. (sef-55-3)
Stock number:36766.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Paris,
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 4to, 12 pages. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Algeria -- Legal status. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (NYPL & 2 at Harvard) , none outside the Northeast. Blindstamp on title page, stains and toning to paper, Good Condition. (sef-55-3)
Stock number:36981.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Paris: Albert Savine, 1890
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Period Boards with Original Paper Wrappers bound inside. 12mo. 60 pages; 18 cm. In French. Antisemitic French title featuring a blood libel accusation which helped stoke Antisemitic feelings in France leading up to the Dreyfus Affair. Title Translates into English as, “Killed by the Jews: April 1890: History of a Ritual Murder. ” “Henri Desportes was a Catholic priest and French essayist… His book, ‘Killed by the Jews: April 1890: History of a Ritual Murder’ is based on a crime that took place in Algeria, which revived blood libel against Jews. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) Includes a 6 page preface by the notable Anti-Semite Édouard Drumont. “(Drumont) founded the Antisemitic League of France in 1889, and was the founder and editor of the newspaper La Libre Parole. After spending years of research, he synthesized three major strands of antisemitism. The first strand was traditional Catholic attitudes toward the ‘Christ killers’ augmented by vehement antipathy toward the French Revolution. The second strand was hostility to capitalism, of the sort promoted by the Socialist movement. The third strand was scientific racism, based on the argument that races have fixed characteristics, and the Jews have highly negative characteristics. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Blood accusation -- Syria -- Damascus. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Water damage throughout. Tear to Original Paper Wrapper with one letter effected. Good- condition. (FR-2-11)
Stock number:37423.
$US 425.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv: Tcherikower, 1975
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 93 pages. 19cm. In Hebrew and Georgian. The title translates to “Georgian Jews in Georgia and Israel. ” Natan Eliasvhili (1893-1929) was a Georgian-Jewish academic, teacher, and Zionist. He was instrumental in settling dozens of Georgian-Jewish families to Palestine from the Soviet Union. He was also instrumental in the spread of Zionist ideology throughout Georgia. SUBJECTS: Georgia – Georgian Jews. OCLC lists only 2 copies, both of which are in Europe (Bayerisch, Danish Natl Lib) . Ex-library with usual markings. Signature of author on title page. Very Good Condition. (HEB-50-7)
Stock number:37641.
$US 225.00
Imprint: Kalkatah [Calcutta]: E. Ben M. A. S. ‘Araki Ha-Kohen, 1843
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Period half leather binding over marbled boards, 12mo, [115] + [22] leaves. 17 cm. In Hebrew. Sefer Zikaron li-vene Yisra'el is by Avraham Mizrahi and Sefer Shohate ha-yeladim is by Israel ben Moses Najara. SUBJECT (S) : Shehitah. Jews -- Dietary laws. Judaism -- India -- Kolkata. OCLC: 49543377. Some wear to binding, especially at spine, a few pages trimmed close, paper remains bright and beautiful, an excellent copy. KH-8-53-BX
Stock number:40673.
$US 350.00
Imprint: Athena : Trochalia,, 1992
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo, 258 p. : ill. (some col. ) ; 21 cm. In Greek. ISBN: 9607022289; 9789607022288 LCCN: 93-179442. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Greece -- Dodecanese Islands -- History. Ethnic relations. Ex-library with usual marks. Very Good Condition (sef-55-7)
Stock number:36985.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Boston: Privately Printed, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 43 pages; 22 cm. Privately printed by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount press "This tells of the publication of the first Jewish sermon to have been both delivered and printed in the United States, of a mystic oriental visitor to Colonial America, and of his portrait which through four generations of the family of the third president of Yale, journeyed from the college to Chicago, with the background of the Jewish community which made Newport a great commercial center in pre-Revolutionary days. "Gilt lettering on spine. Mild damping, leading to light blue staining of some pages. Otherwise good condition. (Sef-43-8B) .
Stock number:37547.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Istanbul : Impr. Babok,, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st edition. Original paper Wrappers, 8vo, 68 pages ; 24 cm. Inscribed by the author on title page. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Byzantine Empire. Minorities -- Turkey -- Istanbul. Includes bibliographical references. Removed from later binding with some scarring to spine, damp staining and light wear to wrappers, blindstamp on title and file page, Good Condition (sef-55-4)
Stock number:36767.
$US 135.00
Imprint: Istanbul : Impr. Babok,, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st edition. Original paper Wrappers, 8vo, 68 pages ; 24 cm. Inscribed by the author on title page. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Byzantine Empire. Minorities -- Turkey -- Istanbul. Includes bibliographical references. Removed from later binding with some scarring to spine, damp staining and light wear to wrappers, blindstamp on title and file page, Good Condition (sef-55-4)
Stock number:36982.
$US 135.00
Imprint: Tunis : Bi-Defus Ya`akov Ben Eliyahu Hai Gij,, 1909
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
First edition. Period boards. 4to. [174] pages, 31 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Life in Israel. ” Novellae on the tractates of the Talmud written by the Tunisian Rabbi Hayyim Guedj, a famed Torah teacher in Tunis and disciple of the "Mishmarot Kehunah” The book was printed posthumously by the author's son, Rabbi Yosef who succeeded his father as a rabbi. The book bears the stamp and possibly the signature of the author’s son in Judeo-Arabic. SUBJECTS: Talmud – Commentaries. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (JTS, YU, Stanford) . CD000123557. A copy sold in 2016 for over $350 at auction. Ex-library with usual markings. Worn boards. Internally Very Good. Overall Good Condition. (HEB-50-13)
Stock number:37702.
$US 350.00
Imprint: Cincinnati : Hebrew Union College, 1939
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Wrappers. 8vo. [359]-385 pages ; 23 cm. Inscribed by Heschel on the title page. Off-print from Hebrew Union College Annual, Vol. XIV (1939) . In German. Title translates into English as, “The Essence Of Things After The Teachings Of [Ibn] Gabirol” “Solomon ibn Gabirol (alt. Solomon ben Judah) … was an 11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher with a Neo-Platonic bent. He published over a hundred poems, as well as works of biblical exegesis, philosophy, ethics, and satire. ” (Wikipedia, 2017) . Some wear to wrappers. Overall very good condition. (AMR-52-23)
Stock number:38950.
$US 200.00
Imprint: London : D. Nutt,, 1850
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition thus. Period Wrappers, 12mo, 35 pages ; 19 cm. In Hebrew with added English title page (“Abraham Aben Ezra's Commentary on the Book of Esther, after another version... Edited for the first time by Joseph Zedner”) . Vinograd, Y. , ; London 487. "Copied from an old ms. In the Harleian Collection, and edited for the first time …. Haytah ? Emdah genuzah ? Ad henah, ? E-? Atah hi mutset me-afelah le-orah ? Al yede Yosef Tsedner. ” OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Bibliographer Alexander Marx’ copy with his namestamp. SUBJECT(S) : Commentaries. Bible. Esther -- Commentaries. Light wear, Very Good Condition. (sef-55-6)
Stock number:36984.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Berlin, B. Harz, 1922
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Original Boards. 4to. [ix], 140 pages ; 33 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies: Songs of the Babylonian Jews. ” “Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (1882 –1938) was a prominent Jewish ethnologist, musicologist and composer, who conducted several comprehensive studies of Jewish music around the world. Idelsohn was born in Feliksberg, Latvia and trained as a cantor. He worked briefly in both Europe and South Africa before emigrating to Palestine in 1905 and establishing a school of Jewish music there in 1919. In 1922 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to take a position as professor of Jewish music at Hebrew Union College… Idelsohn is generally acknowledged as the ‘father’ of modern musicology. During his time in Jerusalem, he noted a great diversity of musical traditions among the Jews living in the region. Idelsohn examined these traditional melodies and found recurring motifs and progressions that were not found in any other national music. This suggested a common origin for musical phrases that went back to Israel/Palestine in the first century C. E. He found that these motifs fell into three distinct tonal centers, which corresponded to the Dorian, Phrygian, and Lydian modes of the ancient Greeks. Each of these modes elicited a distinct psycho-emotional response. The Dorian Mode was used for texts of an elevated and inspired nature; the Phrygian for sentimental texts, with their very human outbreaks of feeling, both of joy and grief; and the Lydian was used in composing music for the texts of lamenting and confessions of sins. Idelsohn further categorized and defined these motives as ones that either prepared a musical phrase, began it, or concluded it. His works include the monumental Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies (10 volumes, 1914–1932) and Jewish Music (1929) . He is considered to be the author of the lyrics of the famous Jewish folk song ‘Hava Nagila. ’” (Wikipedia, 2016) Very Good+ Condition. An outstanding copy. (Music-7-19)
Stock number:36815.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Berlin, B. Harz, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Original Boards. 4to. 117 pages ; 33 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies: Songs of the Moroccan Jews. ” “Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (1882 –1938) was a prominent Jewish ethnologist, musicologist and composer, who conducted several comprehensive studies of Jewish music around the world. Idelsohn was born in Feliksberg, Latvia and trained as a cantor. He worked briefly in both Europe and South Africa before emigrating to Palestine in 1905 and establishing a school of Jewish music there in 1919. In 1922 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to take a position as professor of Jewish music at Hebrew Union College… Idelsohn is generally acknowledged as the ‘father’ of modern musicology. During his time in Jerusalem, he noted a great diversity of musical traditions among the Jews living in the region. Idelsohn examined these traditional melodies and found recurring motifs and progressions that were not found in any other national music. This suggested a common origin for musical phrases that went back to Israel/Palestine in the first century C. E. He found that these motifs fell into three distinct tonal centers, which corresponded to the Dorian, Phrygian, and Lydian modes of the ancient Greeks. Each of these modes elicited a distinct psycho-emotional response. The Dorian Mode was used for texts of an elevated and inspired nature; the Phrygian for sentimental texts, with their very human outbreaks of feeling, both of joy and grief; and the Lydian was used in composing music for the texts of lamenting and confessions of sins. Idelsohn further categorized and defined these motives as ones that either prepared a musical phrase, began it, or concluded it. His works include the monumental Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies (10 volumes, 1914–1932) and Jewish Music (1929) . He is considered to be the author of the lyrics of the famous Jewish folk song ‘Hava Nagila. ’” (Wikipedia, 2016) Very Good+ Condition. An outstanding copy. (Music-7-21)
Stock number:36817.
$US 200.00
Imprint: 1922
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 1st Edition. Original Boards. 4to. viii, 51, 68 pages ; 33 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies: Songs of the Persian, Bukharian, and Dagestan Jews.” “Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (1882 –1938) was a prominent Jewish ethnologist, musicologist and composer, who conducted several comprehensive studies of Jewish music around the world. Idelsohn was born in Feliksberg, Latvia and trained as a cantor. He worked briefly in both Europe and South Africa before emigrating to Palestine in 1905 and establishing a school of Jewish music there in 1919. In 1922 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to take a position as professor of Jewish music at Hebrew Union College… Idelsohn is generally acknowledged as the ‘father’ of modern musicology. During his time in Jerusalem, he noted a great diversity of musical traditions among the Jews living in the region. Idelsohn examined these traditional melodies and found recurring motifs and progressions that were not found in any other national music. This suggested a common origin for musical phrases that went back to Israel/Palestine in the first century C.E. He found that these motifs fell into three distinct tonal centers, which corresponded to the Dorian, Phrygian, and Lydian modes of the ancient Greeks. Each of these modes elicited a distinct psycho-emotional response. The Dorian Mode was used for texts of an elevated and inspired nature; the Phrygian for sentimental texts, with their very human outbreaks of feeling, both of joy and grief; and the Lydian was used in composing music for the texts of lamenting and confessions of sins. Idelsohn further categorized and defined these motives as ones that either prepared a musical phrase, began it, or concluded it. His works include the monumental Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies (10 volumes, 1914–1932) and Jewish Music (1929). He is considered to be the author of the lyrics of the famous Jewish folk song ‘Hava Nagila.’” (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Music. Synagogue music. Jewish chants. Cantillation. Light wear, Very Good Condition. (Music-7-19A)
Stock number:36823.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin : B. Harz, 1922
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 1st Edition. Original Boards. 4to. viii, 51, 68 pages ; 33 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates into English as, “Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies: Songs of the Persian, Bukharian, and Dagestan Jews.” “Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (1882 –1938) was a prominent Jewish ethnologist, musicologist and composer, who conducted several comprehensive studies of Jewish music around the world. Idelsohn was born in Feliksberg, Latvia and trained as a cantor. He worked briefly in both Europe and South Africa before emigrating to Palestine in 1905 and establishing a school of Jewish music there in 1919. In 1922 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to take a position as professor of Jewish music at Hebrew Union College… Idelsohn is generally acknowledged as the ‘father’ of modern musicology. During his time in Jerusalem, he noted a great diversity of musical traditions among the Jews living in the region. Idelsohn examined these traditional melodies and found recurring motifs and progressions that were not found in any other national music. This suggested a common origin for musical phrases that went back to Israel/Palestine in the first century C.E. He found that these motifs fell into three distinct tonal centers, which corresponded to the Dorian, Phrygian, and Lydian modes of the ancient Greeks. Each of these modes elicited a distinct psycho-emotional response. The Dorian Mode was used for texts of an elevated and inspired nature; the Phrygian for sentimental texts, with their very human outbreaks of feeling, both of joy and grief; and the Lydian was used in composing music for the texts of lamenting and confessions of sins. Idelsohn further categorized and defined these motives as ones that either prepared a musical phrase, began it, or concluded it. His works include the monumental Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies (10 volumes, 1914–1932) and Jewish Music (1929). He is considered to be the author of the lyrics of the famous Jewish folk song ‘Hava Nagila.’” (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Music. Synagogue music. Jewish chants. Cantillation. Backstop chipped, paper toning, otherwise Very Good Condition. (Music-7-19B)
Stock number:36824.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New Delhi, Centre For Jewish And Inter-Faith Studies, Jewish Welfare Association,, 1982
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to. 64 pages; 23 cm. Divided into various chapters including “The Bene Israel, ” “The Cochin Jews, ” and “The Baghdadis. ” “It will be seen that at the present moment it is the Bene Israel who predominantly constitute the Jewish presence in India, Each of the three groups maintained its separate identity, with little admixture, except of the Baghdadis and the ‘White Jews’ from Cochin, though, as it will be seen later, Jews from Cochin, as far as is known, first ‘discovered’ the Bene Israel, recognised them as Jews and improved their knowledge and observance of Judaism. The groups became Indianised in varying degrees, the Bene Israel being the most Indian in dress, language and mode of life, the Cochinis less so, and the Baghdadis least of all. It will, therefore, be convenient to treat of the three groups separately. ” SUBJECT (S) : Jews, India, History. OCLC lists 6 holdings worldwide. Slight toning. Very minimal markings. Very good + condition. (SEF-56-6)
Stock number:38769.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil : Editora Bagaço, 2000
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 271 pages, 24 cm. In Portuguese. Title translates to “Steps Lost, Recovered History: The Jewish Presence in Pernambuco. ” The Jewish presence in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, particularly in the capital Recife, dates back to 1500. Many Jews were conversos who suffered during the inquisition. The Crypto Jews of Recife only began to experience something like religious freedom in 1630, when the Dutch occupied the region (Musem of the Jewish People, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Jews -- Brazil -- Pernambuco -- History. Ethnic relations. ” Ex-library with usual markings. Near fine condition. (YID-41-1-PEPRY)
Stock number:40199.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Leipzig, O. Leiner,, 1867
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Period boards. 8vo, xi, 367, [1] pages. First Edition. In German. Fascinating look at the history of Jews in early Portugal up to the mid-19th century. Part of the series "Schriften" herausgegeben vom Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur. Series: Schriften vom Institute zur förderung der israelitischen literatur ... 12. Jahr: 1866-1867; Kayserling was a “German rabbi and historian. Kayserling, born in Hanover, studied with S. R. Hirsch in Nikolsburg, S. J. Rapoport in Prague, and S. B. Bamberger in Wuerzburg and at Halle University. From 1861 to 1870 he was rabbi at Endingen, Switzerland, where he fought strenuously for Jewish rights; thereafter he was rabbi and preacher in Budapest… Kayserling's reputation rests on his long series of pioneering publications on the history of Spanish Jewry and the Marranos, based to a great degree on original and, in some cases manuscript, sources. His Geschichte der Juden in Spanien und Portugal, which in fact covered mainly Navarre and the Balearic Islands (vol. 1, 1861) and Portugal (vol. 2, 1867) , was the first work in which Hebrew sources were consistently used. His works on Marrano history and literature put the study on a new footing and were the basis of all subsequent treatments” (Cecil Roth, EJ, 2007) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Portugal -- History. Juifs -- Portugal -- Histoire. Ex-library with usual markings. Binding solid, very good condition. (SEF-23-5A)
Stock number:36567.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Kushtandinah [Constantinople]: Defus Yitshak De Kastro, 1822
Binding: Hardcover
Original boards. 12mo. 402 pages, 19 cm. In Ladino. Title translates to “The Straight Line. ” Originally published in 1705. Features a tribute to Sultan Mahmud on title page. Koidonover was a prominent Kabbalist, rabbi, and ethical writer. Kav ha-Yashar was immensely popular and republished and translated dozens of times before the end of the nineteenth century (Horowitz, 2006) . SUBJECTS: Jewish ethics. Ladino literature. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Vinograd, Constantinople 650; Yaari, 234. Bottom left of title page is missing. Wear to boars. Light soiling to some pages. Bottom margin is creased for first sixth of book causing some loss of text in first pages. Overall Good Condition. (RAB-64-50)
Stock number:40130.
$US 325.00
Imprint: Djerba: D. Aidan, 1912
Binding: Hardcover
Original boards. 4to. 64, 60, 64, 84 pages. 32 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Sefer Gates of Moses: Four Books. ” Biblical commentary by the influential Tunisian rabbi. Mag’uz (1851-1915) was a prominent member of the Djerba Jewish company and its founding family (Pari, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Jewish law. Judaism -- Customs and practices. OCLC/Worldcat lists 14 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual minimal markings. Pages are brittle and chipped in some margins. Otherwise Good Condition. (RAB-64-26)
Stock number:40075.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Wien: Huva Le-Vet Ha-Defus Ve-Hutkan S. Z. Netter, 1862
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Later boards. 4to. 176, 58 pages. 33 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Rav Meiri’s Commentaries on Tractate Shabbat. ” Menachem ben Solomon Meiri or Hameiri (1249–1306) was a famous Catalan rabbi, Talmudist and Maimonidean. His Beit Ha-Behira work is one of the most influential works on the Talmud. “Meiri's commentary is noted for its position on the status of gentiles in Jewish law, asserting that discriminatory laws and statements found in the Talmud only applied to the idolatrous nations of old” (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Talmud. Bava batra -- Commentaries. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide (OCLC 123345754) . Ex-library with usual markings. Very light foxing. Exceptionally good condition. (RAB-64-48)
Stock number:40127.
$US 175.00
Imprint: Leipzig; Louis Pernitzsch, 1869
Binding: Hardback
Later Boards. 8vo. [359]-367 pages (i. E. 9 pages) ; 20 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “Spinoza and Kabbalah. ” An off-print from Volume 8 of the long-running magazine, “Zeitschrift Für Exacte Philosophie Im Sinne Des Neveren Philosophischen Realismus. ” SUBJECT(S) : Philosophy -- Periodicals. Boards are worn. Ex-library with usual markings. Original title page indicates the name of the periodical, rather than the specific article enclosed. Paper toning with some foxing and a few damp stains. In good condition. (GER-59-50)
Stock number:38876.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Fürth, Zürndorfer U. Sommer,, 1848
Binding: Hardcover
Later brown boards. 8vo. 80 pages; 21.5 cm. In German and Hebrew. Title translates to “Selected Passages from the Writings of Maimonides. ” The forward is in German and then the rest of the pages of the book are divided with the top half of the page in Hebrew and the bottom half of the page in German. Maimonides “was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician…. During his lifetime, most Jews greeted Maimonides’ writings on Jewish law and ethics with acclaim and gratitude, even as far away as Iraq and Yemen, and although Maimonides rose to become the revered head of the Jewish community in Egypt, there were also vociferous critics of some of his writings, particularly in Spain. Nonetheless, he was posthumously acknowledged as among the foremost rabbinical arbiters and philosophers in Jewish history, and his copious work comprises a cornerstone of Jewish scholarship” (Wikipedia 2017) . SUBJECT(S) : Criticism, Interpretation, Maimonides. OCLC lists 9 holdings worldwide. Some edgewear. Slight toning. Minimal staining. Minimal pencil markings that barely affect text. Ex-library markings. Very good condition. (GER-52-7)
Stock number:38596.
$US 120.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim : [Publisher Not Identified], 1888
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Later boards with original leather spine. 4to. 85 pages, 31 cm. In Hebrew. The title translates to “The Holy Robe and the Clothes of Salvation: Treatises and Expositions on Chaim Vidal’s Etz Hayyim. ” This book was published following Rav Aaron Ferrera’s death in 1887 by his son Rabbi Yitzchak Moshe Ferrera (1840-1917) . Rav Ferrera was a respected kabbalist and scholar. He moved to Jerusalem from Salonika and dedicated his life to Torah study. SUBJECTS: Etz Hayyim. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Oxford, UC Berkeley, JTS) . CD 000158166. Ex-library with usual markings. Wear to boards. Small, 2 inch tear on title page. Otherwise Good+ Condition. (HEB-50-20)
Stock number:37712.
$US 350.00
Imprint: Izmir : Publisher Unknown, 1867
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Period boards. 4to. 328 paegs. 22 cm. In Hebrew. Not in Vinograd. Title translates to “Our Memories, Part II. ” Rabbi Raphael Chaim Binyamin Peretz was one of the leading rabbis of Turkey in his generation. He served as rabbi and Av Beit Din in the cities of Dardenelles and Gallipoli. (Kestenbaum) . SUBJECTS: Jewish law. Responsa -- 1800-1948. OCLC lists two copies worldwide (JTS and Stanford) . CD- 000179980. Ex-library with usual markings. Very Good Condition. (HEB-50-8)
Stock number:37697.
$US 375.00
Imprint: New York, [Crosby Street Synagogue], 1934
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 52 pages. Illus. 23 cm. A history of the Crosby Street Synagogue and its community, including the male and female seat holders. OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings.Good Condition. (SEF-44-4A)
Stock number:37330.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Genève, J. J. Paschoud, 1820
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. 543 pages, 21 cm. In French. Title translates to “From the Urban and Rural Economy of the Arabs and Jews. ” A monumental history of “Arabian economy” drawn from Greco-Roman sources. Reynier (1762-1824) was an notable Swiss-French scholar of ancient and modern economic history who accompanied Napoleon on his expedition to Egypt, where he served as High Superintendent of Revenues and Finances. SUBJECTS: Arabs. Jews -- Politics and government. Jews -- Social conditions. Jews -- Agriculture. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide, but only 2 copies in North America (Penn and Harvard) (OCLC: 698357953) . A colleague offers a copy for sale for USD 2500. Ex-library with usual markings. Pages are ridged and wavy, but Very Good Condition. (YID-41-9-PE)
Stock number:40206.
$US 650.00
Imprint: [New York] : Harvard University Printing Office, 1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition Offprint. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. P. 118-144. 24 cm. In English. From The Harvard Theological Review, vol. XLIII, 2 (April, 1950) . OCLC lists just two copies worldwide (Biblioteca Universitat De Barcelona, Spertus Inst Of Jewish Studies) . Very good condition. (BR-11-14)
Stock number:37079.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Paris: Editions Entente, 1977
Binding: Paperback
Softcover, 8vo, 131 pages, illustrations, 20 cm. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Descriptor: Sephardim -- History. Sefarades -- Histoire. Bibliography: pages 127-129. Discography: pages 130-131. Filmography: page 131. Sephiha (1923–) is a “Judeo-Spanish linguist and activist. Sephiha was born in Brussels to a Sephardi family from Istanbul. During the German occupation of Belgium, he was arrested in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz in September. He survived the death camp, where his father perished. After liberation, he resumed his studies in natural sciences, graduating in 1948 and working as a chemical engineer; however, he eventually decided to study and defend the linguistic and cultural heritage of his community. His understanding of the language is based on a clear distinction between its two fundamental modalities. Sephiha, who retired in 1991, was instrumental in securing academic acceptance and public support for the “agonizing language” he spoke and taught. Besides his scientific and popular publications, from 1972 he launched several calls for revival of the language and in 1979 founded the “Association Vidas Largas for the Defense and Promotion of the Judeo-Spanish Language and Culture, ” which organizes educational work in Sephardi communities as well as the rescue of literary, musical, and architectural treasures. Judeo-Spanish has since been included among the recognized minority languages of France. In 2003, Sephiha inaugurated at the Auschwitz site a memorial in honor of the 160, 000 Judeo-Spanish victims of the Holocaust” (Wilke in EJ 2007) . Ex-library with usual markings. Very Good condition. (Sef-30-8A)
Stock number:36537.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Palma De Mallorca, Impr. De P. J. Gelabert, 1877
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Later black boards. 8vo. Xii, 339 pages; 23 cm. In Spanish. Title translates to “Something About the Religious and Social State of the Island of Mallorca. Polemic Against The Preoccupations with Class. Chapters for the History of the Balearic People. ” Divided into several sections. Includes tables and later illustration pasted onto endpage. A critique of anti-Chuetism [anti-Semitism] in Mallorca. José Taronjí y Cortés was a “Spanish priest and poet. Born of Chueta parents in Palma, Taronjí y Cortés was descended from an old Jewish family, several members of which had been martyred by the Inquisition during the late 17th century. Though ordained in 1872, he was denied a position in the cathedral of Palma de Mallorca because of his Jewish ancestry. From 1876 to 1877 Taronjí y Cortés launched a series of attacks on the racial prejudices of the island’s ecclesiastical hierarchy” (JewishVirtualLibrary.org, 2017) . SUBJECT(S) : Catholic Church in Majorca, Catholic Church, Clergy, Social conditions, Majorca. OCLC lists 16 holdings worldwide. Penn keeps their copy in their Rare Book collection. Significant dampstaining. Ex-library markings. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Slight toning and rubbing. Good condition. (SEF-56-2)
Stock number:38359.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Livorno : Bi-Defus Nahman Sa`adon, 1814
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Period boards. 4to, 332 pages, 31cm. In Hebrew. Vinograd, Leghorn 622. Rabbi Isaac Tayyib was a well-known Tunisian rabbi and kabbalist. He comes from a long-line of prominent Tunisian rabbis. Erekh ha-Shulchan is a novellae on the four divisions of the Shulhan 'Arukh. (EJ) . SUBJECTS: Jewish law. Shulhan Arukh. . OCLC lists two copies worldwide of this part (Harvard and UToronto) . CD 000134467. Wear to boards. Internally Very Good. Overall Good+ Condition. (HEB-50-10)
Stock number:37699.
$US 275.00
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Imprint: [Berlin]; Jewish Publishing Company: Schocken, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Vellum spine. 8vo. XXII, 438 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Added English title page: Piyyute Yannai; Liturgical poems of Yannai, collected from Geniza-manuscripts and other sources and published by Menahem Zulay. Publications of the Research Institute for Hebrew Poetry; Series 3; Vol. 2. Vellum spine with black lettering, dark grey paper covered boards. “Yannai, liturgical poet, one of the principal representatives of the old Palestinian piyyut. … Yannai's personality was brought into new light only in the 20th century with the discovery and publication of Cairo Genizah fragments. … Many more texts by Yannai were identified by J. Schirmann in the large Genizah collections especially in Cambridge in 1931 and 1932. They were photographed for the Archives of the Berlin Institute for Research of Hebrew Poetry, together with thousands of other Genizah fragments. M. Zulay discovered many more unknown texts by Yannai among the fragments and collected all Yannai's works known to him, in a critical edition (1938) . Zulay, more than any other researcher, was interested in Yannai, and apart from important text editions, also conducted intensive research into Yannai's language. ” (JE 2008) Menahem Zulay, (1901–1954) , was an “Israel researcher of early Erez Israel piyyut. Zulay, who was born in Oshcianci, Galicia, settled in Palestine in 1920. In 1925 he was invited to Germany to act as Hebrew tutor to the children of S. Z. Schocken. At the University of Bonn he was awarded a Ph. D. For his study Zur Liturgie der babylonischen Juden (1933) . He worked at the Schocken Institute for the Study of Hebrew poetry, from its foundation until his death. At the Institute, he studied thousands of photographs of the early Erez Israel piyyut, especially those of Yannai, that had been collected from all the libraries of the world in order to identify and classify them. He published a critical edition of Yannai, Piyyutei Yannai Melukkatim mi-Tokh Kitvei ha-Genizah u-Mekorot Aherim (1938) . ” (JE 2008) Subjects: Piyutim. Clean and fresh. No jacket, as issued. Great condition. (SEF-46-33)
Stock number:33012.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: [Berlin]; Jewish Publishing Company: Schocken, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Vellum spine. 8vo. XXII, 438 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Added English title page: Piyyute Yannai; Liturgical poems of Yannai, collected from Geniza-manuscripts and other sources and published by Menahem Zulay. Publications of the Research Institute for Hebrew Poetry; Series 3; Vol. 2. Vellum spine with black lettering, dark grey paper covered boards. “Yannai, liturgical poet, one of the principal representatives of the old Palestinian piyyut. … Yannai's personality was brought into new light only in the 20th century with the discovery and publication of Cairo Genizah fragments. … Many more texts by Yannai were identified by J. Schirmann in the large Genizah collections especially in Cambridge in 1931 and 1932. They were photographed for the Archives of the Berlin Institute for Research of Hebrew Poetry, together with thousands of other Genizah fragments. M. Zulay discovered many more unknown texts by Yannai among the fragments and collected all Yannai's works known to him, in a critical edition (1938) . Zulay, more than any other researcher, was interested in Yannai, and apart from important text editions, also conducted intensive research into Yannai's language. ” (JE 2008) Menahem Zulay, (1901–1954) , was an “Israel researcher of early Erez Israel piyyut. Zulay, who was born in Oshcianci, Galicia, settled in Palestine in 1920. In 1925 he was invited to Germany to act as Hebrew tutor to the children of S. Z. Schocken. At the University of Bonn he was awarded a Ph. D. For his study Zur Liturgie der babylonischen Juden (1933) . He worked at the Schocken Institute for the Study of Hebrew poetry, from its foundation until his death. At the Institute, he studied thousands of photographs of the early Erez Israel piyyut, especially those of Yannai, that had been collected from all the libraries of the world in order to identify and classify them. He published a critical edition of Yannai, Piyyutei Yannai Melukkatim mi-Tokh Kitvei ha-Genizah u-Mekorot Aherim (1938) . ” (JE 2008) Subjects: Piyutim. Vellum soiled, stained with red ink; outer edges soiled. No jacket as issued. Previous owners bookplate, endnotes; endpages lightly soiled; internally clean and fresh. Good - condition. (SEF-46-34)
Stock number:33013.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Madison [Wisconsin], Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2002
Original Softcover. 8vo. 528 pages. 24 cm. “In this study of the legal and social condition of Jews and Christians subjected to Islamic rule (the ‘dhimmis’) , Bat Ye’or examines various religious and historical sources, using the new term ‘dhimmitude’ to describe their common history and legal status. Includes bibliographical references (pages 472-507) and index. Translated from French by Miriam Kochan and David Littman. Fine condition. (SEF42-29)
Stock number:28393.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem : Va`ad `adat Ha-Sefaradim Bi-Yerushalayim., August 1982.
Binding: Paperback
8vo. 174 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two (of two) only. English title: Between present time and tradition : a collection of articles dealing with the Sephardi Jewish community of Jerusalem. SUBJECT(S) : Sephardim – Jerusalem; Jews – Jerusalem. OCLC lists 26 copies worldwide. Covers a little rubber, good+ condition. (SEF-12-5)
Stock number:20937.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim: Rimon, 1980
(FT) Softcover, 8vo, 60 pages, 24 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Iran -- Mashhad -- History. Muslim converts from Judaism -- Iran -- Mashhad. Geographic: Mashhad (Iran) -- Ethnic relations. Title on added title page: The Mashhad Jewish converts of Iran. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 54-55. Other Titles: Mashhad Jewish converts of Iran. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide. Staining to cover. Bumped corners and edges. Wear to binding. Good condition. (Sef-28-2)
Stock number:25125.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Cincinatti, Hebrew Union College, 1976
Binding: Cloth
Paperclip marks on copyright page, Very Good Condition Lacks Jacket? ; 8vo; xiii, 91 pages; 8vo., 91 pages. Very heavy work, includes apendices on the German Account (in the German) , the Portuguese Documents (in Portuguese) , etc. Letter from Hebrew Union College laid in. Very Good + condition. (SEF-23-17)xx, ok 06/12. Illustr: Illustrated by 3 Photo Plates
Stock number:1147.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: San Francisco; Congregation Emanu-El, 1991
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 24 pages. 23 cm. First edition. The Daniel E. Koshland memorial lecture, March 19, 1991. Lecture by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi. Discusses the history of Jews in Iberia, the terms Marrano and Converso, and the practice of new Christians adhering in secret to the Laws of Moses: with mention of the inquisition discovering a secret synagogue in Madrid in 1712; the remembrance of certain prayers and the creation of entirely new ones by Marranos; the Book of Esther serving as the Marrano text par excellence; sweeping into the interior (into the middle of) the house which the inquisitors made fun of but corresponds to an ancient custom of honoring the mezuzah; a Polish-Jewish engineer who settled in Lisbon in the 19th century and met with Marranos in Belmonte; Barros Basto and the return of Portuguese Marranos to Rabbinic Judaism in the 1920s and 1930s. Subjects: Marranos. Marranos – History. No copies appear on OCLC. Surprisingly Scarce. Very good + condition. (SEF-53-24)
Stock number:35246.
$US 110.00
Binding: Paperback
San Francisco: Swig Judaic Studies Program, University of San Francisco, 1999. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 14 pages. Sections include: Introduction; The New Otherness; The Judaizers; Women as "Semi-Rabbis; " Interiority & Hope; Dialectical Paradoxes and Reversals; The Assimilated; The Drifters and Accommodators; Nostalgia vs. Hope; The Determined Neophytes; Marrano Anti-Judaism; The Spiritual Seekers; The This Worldly, the Skeptics, and the Heretics: The Career Seekers: an Early Individualism; The Proto-Universalists; Secularism and the Crisis of Transcendence. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Spain; Marranos - Spain; Christian converts from Judaism. OCLC lists 14 copies. Binding is paperback. Back has an address sticker and postal stamp. Very Good condition. (SEF-5-18) . Xx
Stock number:21431.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Beograd : Savez Jevrejskih Opstina Jugoslavije., 1955.
Binding: Hardcover
4to. 402 pages. Illustrated. A triennial periodical (published every tree years. ) SUBJECT(S) : Jews – Yugoslavia. Has been very nicely rebound. Pages are darkened, have some marks, good condition. (SEF-10-23)
Stock number:20917.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Sousse?: Maklouf Nadjar, 1935
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original illustrated leather-bound boards. 8vo. 323 pages, 22 cm. In Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Title translates to “Menuhat Shalom: Book Two. ” Psalms in Hebrew with Judeo-Arabic translation and commentary. Zarka (1876-? ) was a well-known Tunisian rabbi and translator (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS? : Judeo-Arabic language -- Texts. Boards are heavily worn with worm holes, but embroidered leather is still visible. Pages 313-322 are missing. Otherwise good condition. (RAB-65-12)
Stock number:40449.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Zutphen, W. J. Thieme & Cie, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original illustrated blue boards with gold lettering with a large gold circle with a blue peacock spreading its wings with Beit Yakov written in Hebrew. Beautiful patterned end pages. 4to. 278, 17 pages; 25 cm. In Dutch. Title translates to “Chapters in the History of the Jews in the Netherlands. ” Includes much on the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in Holland. Jacob Zwarts was a religious education teacher, cantor, and shochet before earning a PhD with a thesis about the menorah in the Roman diaspora. He also studied arts and philosophy in Utrecht. Includes dozens of black-and-white photographs of scenery and synagogues and facsimiles of art related to the Jews of the Netherlands. Also includes map and an appendix of important documents. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish history, Netherlands. Some dampstaining of back coverboard. Slight toning. Folded piece of newspaper from 1953 stained pages. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Very good condition. (GER-51-1)
Stock number:38264.
$US 100.00