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Imprint: Varsha [Warsaw]: Defus Y. Goldman, 1882
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Later boards. 8vo. 212 pages, 21 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to "A Global Hatred for a Global People: A History of Antisemitism. " A first edition of Nahum Sokolow's first published work, written in response to the pogroms that were being unleashed across the region and fueling the new Zionist movement, and published in Warsaw, the site of the 1881 Christmas Pogrom. In fact, “The term 'pogrom' became commonly used in English after a large-scale wave of anti-Jewish riots swept through south-western Imperial Russia (present-day Ukraine and Poland) from 1881 to 1884; during this time, more than 200 anti-Jewish events occurred in the Russian Empire, notably pogroms in Kiev, Warsaw and Odessa" (Wikipedia) . €œThe First Aliya followed pogroms in Russia in 1881-1882, with most of the olim (immigrants) coming from Eastern Europe…. Members of Hibbat Zion and Bilu, two early Zionist movements that were the mainstays of the First Aliya, defined their goal as 'the political, national, and spiritual resurrection of the Jewish people in Palestine'" (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2019) . Sokolow (1859-1936) was a Zionist leader, author, and pioneer of Hebrew journalism. He was the first to translate Herzl's Altneuland into Hebrew, giving it the name Tel Aviv, which became the name of the first modern Hebrew-speaking city. SUBJECTS: Antisemitism -- History. OCLC: 457002328. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (YU, British Library) Binding repaired. Edgewear to margins of some pages. Contents very good. Very Rare and Very Important. (ZION2-2-1)
Stock number:40889.
$US 2500.00
Imprint: Prag, Jüdischen Kultusgemeinde In Prag, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Folio. Newspaper. Illustrated throughout. Includes many advertisements and numerous personal family announcements. Following the Kristallnacht pogroms of November 1938, Jewish life in Germany and Czechoslovakia was even further curtailed and all remaining Jewish newspapers were shut down by the government. In their place, the Nazi Party ordered the creation of a single, new Jewish newspaper, "Das Jüdische Nachrichtenblatt, " that would be directly under Gestapo control. It was published concurrently in Berlin, Vienna and Prague and was occupied to a large extent with announcing the ever-increasing number of anti-Semitic discriminations, orders and exclusions imposed by the Reich government. Over the course of its history, the editors of the Jüdische Nachrichtenblatt were Leo Kreindler (1938-42) and Willi Pless (1942-43) . The Berlin edition ran from the 23rd November, 1938 until the final issue of 4th June 1943. The Prague edition continued until 1945. In a ghoulish twist of Nazi irony, Gentiles were forbidden from reading the Jüdische Nachrichtenblatt yet the newspaper's targeted readership, the Jews, were literally hounded to their deaths by the very authorities who presided over the newspaper's ownership! See Reiner Burger, Von Goebbels Gnaden: "Jüdisches Nachrichtenblatt" 1938-1943 (2001) . A mixed collection of 102 issues from Berlin and Prague sold at auction in 2015 for 9225.00 USD. These issues were at one point bound, but the binding was at some point removed. The newsprint is brown and quite fragile, with edgwear and old dampstains, but there is generally little text loss, except to a few letters on the lower outer margins of the final 10 issues. Now housed in an acid-free sleeved portfolio, with each issue in a separate clear sleeve for easy protected viewing. Fair condition, but very rare, very important, and very powerful. (kh-5-47)
Stock number:36443.
$US 2200.00
Imprint: New York, Federation Of American Zionists, 1899
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo, 32 pages. Singerman S097, though he knows of no actual copies of this title; his listing is based solely on a citation in a 1932 bibliography. “Publications of the Federation of American Zionists No. 4” (A total of 9 publications were issued) . The ‘Publications’ from 1899 were the 1st separate publications in America with the word ‘Zionist’ in the title. This report details the proceedings of the 2nd Zionist conference in America which was organized and presided over by many of the FAZ’s early leaders including Richard Fottheil, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and , Includes List of local societies with addresses at rear. OCLC lists only 1 library with complete holdings of the series (Harvard) ; and only one of the few libraries with partial holdings may include this particular title (Wisconsin Historical Soc. ) though even that is unclear. Spine rebaked. Lacks original rear cover, but otherwise very good condition. Very Scarce and important. (AMR-52-17)
Stock number:38894.
$US 2000.00
Imprint: Zshenev [Geneva]: Aroysgegeben fun Bund, 1905
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Period half leather, 8vo, [79] pages. The exceedingly rare 1905 1st edition of this seminal Yiddish play, published by the Bund in exile in Geneva. In Yiddish. Title translates as “The Family Tsvi [Hirsch]: A Tragedy in Four Acts.” This Bund-published first edition is especially significant because it is the Jewish Labor Bund (the Allgemeyner Idisher Arbeyterbund in Lita, Poylen un Rusland) which features significantly in the play and with whom Pinski was associated his entire early life. As noted by David Rosenthal, “In the history of Yiddish drama one thinks of the publication of Pinski's 'The Family Zvi' as a critical date. Pinski, who wrote this play after the pogroms in Russia, told about this story in…'Selected Works' (Haifa, 1963): 'In 1904, Arkady Kramer, founder and leader of the Bund, visited the United States. We were already friends and I read my new play to him, the first act of which had not been passed by the Russian censor. Kramer immediately took the story from me to publish it by the Bund in Geneva. Early in 1905 the play appeared with a foreword taken from my letter to the publisher.' Immediately after the play appeared, drama groups began organizing to produce it. From Tsarist Russia the movement spread to Galicia and it became a favorite among Jewish students in various universities in Europe. The impression made upon the masses must have been a very strong one and its influence very widespread. It called attention to the various leanings among the people and contributed a great deal to the organization of the Jewish self-defense movement. (Pinski's evaluation) Zionist youth, too, said Pinski, organized amateur troupes to perform 'The Family Zvi.' The slogan 'if we can't live like mentshn, then we must be able to die like mentshn' was enunciated by the Zionist Lippman. And did this not become the slogan of the Jewish selfdefense? The old magid Moshe Zevi paraphrased it this way: 'If we cannot live as Jews, then we must be able to die like Jews!' But in this version it became a battle-cry, a battle-cry that was shot through with glowing faith in victory. In his introduction to the drama Pinski says that although people are reading it secretly and peforming [sic] it in concealed places, hope lives deep -just as the seed lies deep in the ground, but the bread grows mightily out of the earth…” [“DAVID PINSKI: Dramatist, Poet and Builder (on the 125th anniversary of his birth)” In Jewish Frontier, Vol.LXIV ,No5 (September/October 1997) p. 26]. Pinski (1872–1959) was a leading “Yiddish prose writer and playwright.” In 1892, “on his way to Vienna, hoping to study medicine, Pinski stopped in Warsaw, where he met Y. L. Peretz. Pinski remained in that city from 1892 to 1896. His first pieces in Yiddish were marked by his close collaboration with Peretz and the latter’s circle, who were developing new and radical approaches to modern Yiddish literature in particular, and Jewish culture in general.” Pinski “became one of the main contributors to Yontev-bletlekh (1894–1896) and to the anthology Literatur un lebn (Literature and Life; 1894), publications under Peretz’s editorship that played a pioneering role in disseminating radical and socialist thought among Jewish workers, to the extent possible under tsarist censorship. Peretz and Pinski positioned themselves quite close to the founders of the Jewish labor movement in Eastern Europe, and laid the foundation for Jewish worker literature in its various genres: serious fiction, popular scientific articles, and feuilletons. Pinski was also involved in distributing publications by the group, and he helped to organize zhargonishe komitetn (“jargon committees”), which established libraries and disseminated reading matter to workers. In his travels, he came into direct contact with groups that then formed the core audience for modern Yiddish literature. Because the possibilities for Yiddish publishing in Russia were very limited, he also wrote for the radical Yiddish press in America. A significant number of his stories were printed there [or, in this case, in Western Europe] even before being published in Eastern Europe.In 1896, Pinski settled in Berlin to study at the university. This move effectively marked the end of his East European period. In Berlin he continued to contribute to the radical Yiddish press in New York and remained active in Yiddish publishing endeavors. At that time he also made his first serious attempts at playwriting….. Many of Pinski’s early pieces focused on the arousal of the strong and sometimes extreme feelings of individuals who collided with an insensitive and cruel environment. Pinski’s early stories played a significant role in the modernization of Yiddish prose” (Novershtern in YIVO Encyclopedia). SUBJECT(S): Yiddish drama. Theatre yiddish. No copies on OCLC, Harvard, nor KVK. We could locate only 2 copies, at YIVO at NLI (990021553810205171). OCLC does list the more common 1906 2nd editions from Vilna (122775341) and Warsaw (1268440193). Jewish institutional marks and number on title page, pen mark on blank front end paper. Board corners bumped. Spine label removed? Heavy rag paper remains strong and bright. Attractive copy of this rare and important Yiddish drama published by the Bund in the year of the first Russian Revolution. (YID-43-32)
Stock number:42200.
$US 1500.00
Imprint: Moskva; Tipografiia "molot", 1924
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Later Boards. 8vo. 44, [2] pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Russian. 'From the history of the party', part one, published by the Central Committee of the Jewish Communist Workers Party (Poale Zion) , 1924 [Tsentral’nyi komitet Evreiskoi kommunisticheskoi rabochei partii (Poalei-Tsion) ]. Consists of materials from the history of the Poale Tsion party before the 1919 split. Includes a Russian translation of Ber Borochov's Programme, almost certainly the first appearance of it in Russian, and documents from the party during the 1905-1906 revolutionary period. The Left Poale Zion in Russia participated in the Bolshevik revolution and constituted their own brigades in the red army, and flourished for a few years in the early twenties as an autonomous Jewish political party allied with the Bolsheviks. The party remained legal until 1928 when it was liquidated by the NKVD. Subjects: Communism - Soviet Union. Jews - Soviet Union. Evreiskaia kommunisticheskaia rabocheia partiia. World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers - Po'alei Zion. OCLC lists 4 copies (Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Natl Libr Israel) . Pages aged, soiled, fragile edges (though not chipping) . Boards soiled. About Good condition. Important. (ZION-8-11)
Stock number:35656.
$US 1500.00
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Imprint: New York, M. W. Dodd; New York, H. Long & Bro., 1847; 1843
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Later cloth. 16mo. 216; 406 pages. 17 cm. Gleanings From a Gathered Harvest, Singerman 0914, (1847) second edition. Judah’s Lion, Singerman 0832, First US edition. Two volumes bound together; the Dodd engraved title page is absent from Judah’s Lion; contains the previous owner’s decorative stamp (Alfred L. Brown) on first page of first page of each work. Attractively bound in contemporary half leather and marbled boards with gilt title on spine. Contains the first English ‘Zionist’ novel by Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, bound with ‘Gleaning from a Gather Harvest’ a collection of essays and editorials on contemporary morals, customs, and domestic economy in New York, with essays on Immigration and observance of the Sabbath, written by the famous American proto-Zionist Mordecai Manuel Noah, an “American politician, journalist, playwright, and philanthropist; born in Philadelphia, Pa. , July 19, 1785; died in New York city March 22, 1851. […] Noah's place in Jewish history is due to his activity as a Jewish liberator and nationalist. His travels in Europe and his thorough acquaintance with Jewish affairs had opened his eyes to the unfortunate situation of the Jews—a homeless people lodged in the midst of other peoples with whom they could never amalgamate. Like the majority of Zionists, Noah advocated the restoration of the Jews to Palestine, their ancient heritage; and though he firmly believed in the coming of the Messiah, he nevertheless held to the view that the restoration of the Jews must come about through the Jews themselves. ” (EJ 1906) Judah’s Lion is considered to be the first English language ‘Zionist Novel’ (it predates George Eliot’s ‘Daniel Deronda’ by thirty years) ; the story concerns the return of an English Jew (Alick) to the Holy Land; it binds together English and Jewish history. This was the last novel the author wrote. Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846) wrote on the plight of English women factory workers, was well known in her time for her novels, essays and poems, was passionate about gardening, a pioneer of deaf education, and also wrote children’s stories. In her later years she defended the rights of Judaism, and in her last three years was a close friend of Moses Montefiore. Subjects: Jews - Fiction. Fiction (English) . United States - Social life and customs - 1783-1865. OCLC lists 7 copies of this edition of Gleanings and 17 copies of Judah’s Lion. This edition (1847) of Gleanings sold at auction in 2011 for US 1080; The last copy of Lion offered at auction was over 30 years ago in 1987,.Light rubbing to edges of leather, very light foxing throughout, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (AMR-39-33-D), Gehlbh 2/13
Stock number:31426.
$US 1400.00
Imprint: Zshenev [Geneva]: Aroysgegeben fun Bund, 1905
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original printed wrappers (Rear wrapper only, Front Wrapper is missing), 8vo, [79] pages. The exceedingly rare 1905 1st edition of this seminal Yiddish play, published by the Bund in exile in Geneva. In Yiddish. Title translates as “The Family Tsvi [Hirsch]: A Tragedy in Four Acts.” This Bund-published first edition is especially significant because it is the Jewish Labor Bund (the Allgemeyner Idisher Arbeyterbund in Lita, Poylen un Rusland) which features significantly in the play and with whom Pinski was associated his entire early life. As noted by David Rosenthal, “In the history of Yiddish drama one thinks of the publication of Pinski's 'The Family Zvi' as a critical date. Pinski, who wrote this play after the pogroms in Russia, told about this story in…'Selected Works' (Haifa, 1963): 'In 1904, Arkady Kramer, founder and leader of the Bund, visited the United States. We were already friends and I read my new play to him, the first act of which had not been passed by the Russian censor. Kramer immediately took the story from me to publish it by the Bund in Geneva. Early in 1905 the play appeared with a foreword taken from my letter to the publisher.' Immediately after the play appeared, drama groups began organizing to produce it. From Tsarist Russia the movement spread to Galicia and it became a favorite among Jewish students in various universities in Europe. The impression made upon the masses must have been a very strong one and its influence very widespread. It called attention to the various leanings among the people and contributed a great deal to the organization of the Jewish self-defense movement. (Pinski's evaluation) Zionist youth, too, said Pinski, organized amateur troupes to perform 'The Family Zvi.' The slogan 'if we can't live like mentshn, then we must be able to die like mentshn' was enunciated by the Zionist Lippman. And did this not become the slogan of the Jewish selfdefense? The old magid Moshe Zevi paraphrased it this way: 'If we cannot live as Jews, then we must be able to die like Jews!' But in this version it became a battle-cry, a battle-cry that was shot through with glowing faith in victory. In his introduction to the drama Pinski says that although people are reading it secretly and peforming [sic] it in concealed places, hope lives deep -just as the seed lies deep in the ground, but the bread grows mightily out of the earth…” [“DAVID PINSKI: Dramatist, Poet and Builder (on the 125th anniversary of his birth)” In Jewish Frontier, Vol.LXIV ,No5 (September/October 1997) p. 26]. Pinski (1872–1959) was a leading “Yiddish prose writer and playwright.” In 1892, “on his way to Vienna, hoping to study medicine, Pinski stopped in Warsaw, where he met Y. L. Peretz. Pinski remained in that city from 1892 to 1896. His first pieces in Yiddish were marked by his close collaboration with Peretz and the latter’s circle, who were developing new and radical approaches to modern Yiddish literature in particular, and Jewish culture in general.” Pinski “became one of the main contributors to Yontev-bletlekh (1894–1896) and to the anthology Literatur un lebn (Literature and Life; 1894), publications under Peretz’s editorship that played a pioneering role in disseminating radical and socialist thought among Jewish workers, to the extent possible under tsarist censorship. Peretz and Pinski positioned themselves quite close to the founders of the Jewish labor movement in Eastern Europe, and laid the foundation for Jewish worker literature in its various genres: serious fiction, popular scientific articles, and feuilletons. Pinski was also involved in distributing publications by the group, and he helped to organize zhargonishe komitetn (“jargon committees”), which established libraries and disseminated reading matter to workers. In his travels, he came into direct contact with groups that then formed the core audience for modern Yiddish literature. Because the possibilities for Yiddish publishing in Russia were very limited, he also wrote for the radical Yiddish press in America. A significant number of his stories were printed there [or, in this case, in Western Europe] even before being published in Eastern Europe.In 1896, Pinski settled in Berlin to study at the university. This move effectively marked the end of his East European period. In Berlin he continued to contribute to the radical Yiddish press in New York and remained active in Yiddish publishing endeavors. At that time he also made his first serious attempts at playwriting….. Many of Pinski’s early pieces focused on the arousal of the strong and sometimes extreme feelings of individuals who collided with an insensitive and cruel environment. Pinski’s early stories played a significant role in the modernization of Yiddish prose” (Novershtern in YIVO Encyclopedia). SUBJECT(S): Yiddish drama. Theatre yiddish. No copies on OCLC, Harvard, nor KVK. We could locate only 2 copies, at YIVO at NLI (990021553810205171). OCLC does list the more common 1906 2nd editions from Vilna (122775341) and Warsaw (1268440193). Lacking the front wrapper (probably the same as the title page, which is present?) but with the rear wrapper and all other pages present (including half title, title page, and text including the final page with the Yiddish neighborhood map). Spine rebacked. Staining to half title (first leaf), with some spotting to title and other pages. Heavy rag paper remains strong and bright. Good solid Condition. Rare and important. (YID-43-32A)
Stock number:42201.
$US 1200.00
Imprint: Varshe [Warsaw]: Aleynenyu, 1935
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition, Original Printed stiff paper wrappers, Small 8vo, 68 pages. Manger, the namesake of Israel’s Itzik Manger Prize for Yiddish Literature, here, on the title page, inscribes one of his most important works to fellow Yiddish literary personality and Socialist leader Baruch Vladek, in the year following publication. In Yiddish. Title translates as “Bible Songs/Verses.” Includes author and title in Polish letters on reverse of title page: “Icyk Manger, Chumesz-lider.” Isaac (Itzik) Manger (1901-1969) was a leading Yiddish poet, playwright and author. Born in Czernowitz into a Yiddish literary home–Manger’s father, Hillel, whose bohemianism and bouts of depression kept the family on the move, coined the Yiddish phrase literatoyre, a felicitous pairing of “literature” and “Torah”--the young Manger fled to Romania in WWI, where in 1918 he began to write Yiddish poetry.After the war Manger moved “to Bucharest, where he became a leading spokesman for the Yiddish secular movement in Greater Romania, wrote for the local Yiddish press, and did the lecture circuit, speaking on the ballad as well as on Spanish, Romanian, and Gypsy folklore.Manger was 27 when he arrived in Warsaw as a Romanian poet with thick, disheveled flowing hair, blazing eyes, and a lighted cigarette perpetually dangling from his lips. To the Yiddish literary scene of that city, Manger was an exotic newcomer. He would call this period (1928–1938) ‘my most beautiful decade.' It was by far his most productive.Manger granted interviews and published articles in Literarishe bleter; gave readings at the Writers Club, where he recited his poetry from memory; published Shtern afn dakh (Stars on the Roof; 1929), a meticulously edited volume of his verse; put out 12 issues of his own 4-page literary journal called Getseylte verter (Counted Words; 1929–1930) and filled mostly with his own manifestos, poems, and literary musings; invented a new genre, which he called Khumesh-lider (Bible Songs; 1935); rewrote the Purim megilah (Megile-lider; 1936); penned a personalized history of Yiddish literature from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century (Noente geshtaltn [Close Images]; 1938); published three more volumes of verse, Lamtern in vint (Lantern in the Wind; 1933), Velvl Zbarzher shraybt briv tsu malkele der sheyner (Velvl Zbarzher Writes Letters to the Beautiful Malkele; 1937), and Demerung in shpigl (Dusk in the Mirror; 1937). He also compiled Felker zingen (Nations Sing; 1936), an anthology of European folk songs; wrote Di vunderlekhe lebns-bashraybung fun Shmuel-Abe Abervo (Dos bukh fun gan-eydn) (The Amazing Life Story of Shmuel-Abe Abervo [The Book of the Garden of Eden]; 1939), a fictional autobiography in prose; witnessed the production of two plays, loosely based on Avrom Goldfadn’s work: Di kishef-makherin (The Witch) and Dray Hotsmakhs (Three Hotsmakhs); composed lyrics for the Yiddish cabaret and the fledgling Yiddish movie industry; crisscrossed Poland knowing very little Polish; and entered into a common-law marriage with Rokhl Oyerbakh. In January 1930, Manger was one of the four youngest initiates elected to the Yiddish PEN club. The other three were Yisroel Rabon, Iosef Papiernikov, and Isaac Bashevis Singer…. In March 1951….He married Genia Nadir, the widow of the poet Moyshe Nadir, and a jubilee committee chaired by the poet Mani Leyb published a beautiful edition of his Lid un balade (Song and Ballad) in 1952…..In 1958, Manger made his first trip to Israel, where he finally settled, found a new mass audience in both Yiddish and Hebrew, and died in that country….On 31 October 1968, the Itsik Manger Prize was established in Israel. His notebooks, manuscripts, and correspondence are housed at the Manger Archive at the National and University Library in Jerusalem” (Roskies in YIVO Encyclopedia). Borekh-Nakhmen Vladek-Tsharni (1886-1938, later known simply as Boruch Vladek) “joined the first advent of the Labor Zionist movement… After the Kishinev pogrom in 1903…and administered the student group ‘Talmide akiva’ (Students of R. Akiva), a circle of lovers of the Hebrew language. In January 1904 he was arrested for membership in the Labor Zionists and thrown into jail in Minsk. In the general cell for the political prisoners, he studied arithmetic, geography, and literature with the others. For him personally, jail served as an excellent school; he read a great deal there, became acquainted with the major figures in world literature, and already there became a favorite as an idealistic leader and extraordinary speaker. He was selected to be in charge of the politicals, and when governor of Minsk at the time, the liberal Aleksei Musin-Pushkin, paid a visit to the jail, Vladek made a speech with demands on behalf of the political arrestees. He was also in the leadership of a hunger strike that the politicals declared to gain tangible support to buttress their demands. In jail he—in part under the influence of the Bundists Samuil Bernshteyn and Kolya Teper who were then with him there—changed his political beliefs; he left the Labor Zionists and moved closer to the Bund; the 200-ruble bail for his release was furnished by the Bund. In September 1904, shortly after being freed from jail, he formally joined the Bund, and he was promptly introduced to the central assembly of Bundist workers’ vocations. It so happened at that time that there was a general strike of ‘shop assistants’ (prikazchikes), and taking advantage of the freer political atmosphere under Musin-Pushkin, people were called a mass meeting in a large school, at which Vladek gave his celebrated speech which began with the words, ‘Kamashi, kaloshi—khoroshii tovar’ (Shoe, rubbers—good merchandise), the words with which shop clerks entice customers into their shops. After the historic events of January 9, 1905, the Bund in St. Petersburg attempted to lead a general strike in Minsk as well, and they sent Vladek to get the workers at a large factory to come join in. Not far from the tanneries in Lyakhovka, a division of Cossacks swept down on them violently with blackjacks and swords, and left him bloodied in the snow on the street (scars from the blows sustained remained on his face for his entire life). The nineteen-year-old revolutionary could no longer stay in Minsk—the police were now hunting for him—and the party sent him on illegal propaganda work into the ‘district,’ meaning through the towns of Byelorussia and Lithuania. For the greater portion of 1905, the ‘second Lassalle’ (as people were now calling him) cooled his heels in Vilna, as he became a legend in the city. At the time he also spent several months in the Number 14 cell in the jail at Lukishkes Square (Lukiškiu aikšte) in Vilna. At the end of that year, he had to flee from Vilna, and through the Polish district committee of the Bund, he carried out revolutionary work in Warsaw, Lublin (where he was saved from arrest and even from death thanks to his extraordinary boldness and courage), Lodz (where he was tossed in jail and from which he was dispatched with a procession of convicts back to the Minsk jail), and then back to Vilna. He participated in the seventh congress of the Bund in Lemberg (August 1906). In this Polish period, he acquired—it is unknown precisely when and how—his Polish surname Vladek which he later, in the United States, adopted for his new family name….He also took part in the London conference of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party (May 1907) and there supported Lenin’s Bolshevik faction. In the same two violent years, Vladek’s literary talents began to emerge. His first piece in Yiddish was ‘Der balebos un di revolutsyonere yugend (a brif fun provints)’ (The head man and the revolutionary youth, a letter from the provinces), published in the Bundist daily Folkstsaytung (People’s newspaper) 20 (March 14, 1906) in Vilna….Later that same year, he published in the same paper ‘Briv fun poyln’ (Letter from Poland) now using the name ‘Vladek’ …. Vladek wrote the series ‘Funem togbukh [later, notitsn] fun a val-agitator’ (From the diary [later, notes] of an agitator at the ramparts), polemical and theoretical articles in the newspaper.”Vladek continued to contribute literary and political articles to Bundist and unaffiliated Yiddish periodicals in Poland. “Vladek came to the United States in late 1907 and took up writing immediately for the monthly Tsukunft (Future) in New York, where between 1909 and 1938 (the last year of his life) he published his best literary works, among them: the semi-fictional series ‘Kinder fun folk’ (Children of the people); poems; descriptions of America and travel narratives;” and other works. He continued to publish widely in the American Yiddish labor and secular press. “On his fiftieth birthday in 1936, the Forward Association in New York published…the book, B. vladek in lebn un shafn (The life and work of B. Vladek) (437 pp.), with an introduction by the editors, a biography of Vladek by Y. Kesin, a bibliography of Vladek’s writings compiled by Yefim Yeshurin, and a great number of Vladek’s works—primarily those published in America….In his later years, Vladek also contributed to the socialist press in English, publishing articles and reviews in: Nation, Herald Tribune, Locomotive Engineers Journal, and others. In 1911 Vladek married Clara Richman, a nurse at the Henry Street Settlement on the East Side. Soon thereafter they moved to Philadelphia, where he became in December 1912 manager of the local Forverts office….In 1915 he became an American citizen, and in 1916 moved to New York where he became city editor of Forverts and managed the second electoral campaign of Meyer London for Congress that same year. In 1918 he became the general business manager of the Forverts and held this position until the end of his life. He forged such a successful political career, of course, in and t
Stock number:42171.
$US 1200.00
Imprint: Nyu York [New York]: Velt-Koordinir-Komitet fun "Bund" un kroyvishe Yidishe Sotsialistishe Organizatsyes, 1947-1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. 4to, Original Paper Wrappers, 8 pages each issue, 13 numbers in 12 separate issues, as published. In Yiddish. Title translates as “Bulletin of the Bund.” Complete run of this early post-Holocaust iteration the Bund’s monthly newsletter (also serving “Kindred Jewish Socilaist Organizations”), reflecting the concerns of it’s membership of secular Polish Holocaust survivors as well as pre-war immigrants to the US. Full of interesting articles including: Reports and declarations from the World Bund Conference in Brussels, including declarations on Antisemitism the workers’ movement, etc; The 1947 Socialist conference in Zurich; Bund activity in postwar-Poland, Belgium, Italy, France, Brazil, and Argentina; Jewish Socialists in Rumania; Bund Resolutions on the Camps; German Socialists and the Jewish Question; Professor Hirsh and Palestine; Discussion in the Bun on the Status of Palestine; On the Bundist Youth Movement in Poland; Special Camps; The Bulletin of the Bund [ie this periodical] in the [DP] Camps; “Five Years in the Warsaw Ghetto,’ by Bernard Goldshtein; Bundist Academy in the “Gan Eden” Camp in New York; A Memorial for the ‘Bund’ at the Congress of the French Socialists; etc. “The General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Yiddish: ‘algemeyner yidisher arbeter-bund in lite, poyln un rusland’), generally called The Bund or the Jewish Labour Bund, was a secular Jewish socialist party.... founded in Vilnius on October 7, 1897…..In 1917 the Polish part of the Bund, which dated to the times when Poland was a Russian territory, seceded from the Russian Bund and created a new Polish General Labor Bund which continued to operate in Poland in the years between the two world wars….The Bund sought to unite all Jewish workers in the Russian Empire into a united socialist party, and also to ally itself with the wider Russian social democratic movement to achieve a democratic and socialist Russia. The Russian Empire then included Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine and most of present-day Poland, areas where the majority of the world's Jews then lived. They hoped to see the Jews achieve a legal minority status in Russia. Of all Jewish political parties of the time, the Bund was the most progressive regarding gender equality, with women making up more than one-third of all members. The Bund actively campaigned against anti-Semitism. It defended Jewish civil and cultural rights and rejected assimilation. However, the close promotion of Jewish sectional interests and support for the concept of Jewish national unity (klal yisrael) was prevented by the socialist universalism of the Bund. The Bund avoided any automatic solidarity with Jews of the middle and upper classes and generally rejected political cooperation with Jewish groups that held religious, Zionist or conservative views. Even the anthem of the Bund, known as "the oath" (di shvue in Yiddish), written in 1902 by Sh. An-ski, contained no explicit reference to Jews or Jewish suffering. At the heart of the vision of the future of the Bund was the idea that there is no contradiction between the national aspect on the one hand and the socialist aspect on the other. As a strictly secular organization, the Bund renounced the Holy Land and the sacred language (Hebrew) and chose to speak Yiddish….In its early years the Bund had remarkable success, gaining an estimated 30,000 members in 1903 and an estimated 40,000 supporters in 1906, making it the largest socialist group in the Russian Empire…. the Bund was a founding collective member at the RSDLP's first congress in Minsk in March 1898. For the next 5 years, the Bund was recognized as the sole representative of the Jewish workers in the RSDLP, although many Russian socialists of Jewish descent, especially outside of the Pale of Settlement, joined the RSDLP directly….The Bund generally sided with the party's Menshevik faction led by Julius Martov and against the Bolshevik faction led by Vladimir Lenin during the factional struggles in the run-up to the Russian Revolution of 1917….In the Polish areas of the [Russian] empire, the Bund was a leading force in the 1905 revolution. At that time the organization probably reached the height of its influence. It called for an improvement in living standards, a more democratic political system and the introduction of equal rights for Jews. At least in the early stages of the first Russian Revolution, the armed groups of the "Bund" were likely the strongest revolutionary force in Western Russia. During the following years, the Bund went into a period of decay….The Bund eventually came to strongly oppose Zionism, arguing that emigration to Palestine was a form of escapism. The Bund did not advocate separatism. Instead, it focused on culture, rather than a state or a place, as the glue of Jewish ‘nationalism.’ …. The Bund also promoted the use of Yiddish as a Jewish national language and to some extent opposed the Zionist project of reviving Hebrew. The Bund won converts mainly among Jewish artisans and workers, but also among the growing Jewish intelligentsia. It led a trade union movement of its own. It joined with the Poalei Zion (Labour Zionists) and other groups to form self-defense organisations to protect Jewish communities against pogroms and government troops. During the Russian Revolution of 1905 the Bund headed the revolutionary movement in the Jewish towns, particularly in Belarus and Ukraine…..In 1921, the Communist Bund [in the USSR] dissolved itself and its members sought admission to the Communist Party....Many former Bundists, like Mikhail Liber and David Petrovsky, perished during Stalin's purges in the 1930s. The Polish Bundists continued their activities until 1948. During the latter half of the 20th century the Bundist legacy was represented through the International Jewish Labor Bund, a federation of local Bundist groups around the world….Among the exiled Bundists who went on with Socialist politics in America was Baruch Charney Vladeck (1886–1938), elected to the New York Board of Aldermen as a Socialist in 1917…[and] 1937 [and] manager of The Jewish Daily Forward…Moishe Lewis (1888–1950)....the father of David Lewis (1909–1981), a leader of the New Democratic Party in Canada….David Dubinsky (1892–1982), though never formally a member of the party, had joined the bakers' union, which was controlled by the Bund, and was elected assistant secretary within the union by 1906…..He later became a member of the Socialist Party of America, helped found the American Labor Party in 1936 and was from 1932 till 1966 the leader of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union…..under the name Max Goldfarb, David Petrovsky (1886–1937) was a member of the Central Committee of the Jewish Socialist Federation of America, a member of the Socialist Party of America, and the labor editor of The Forward” (Wikipedia). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. Jewish socialists -- New York (State). Jewish labor unions. OCLC: 234327189. OCLC: 234327189. OCLC-Worldcat lists 6 holdings worldwide (NYPL, NLI, YIVO, Harvard, Yale, USHMM), though some listings may be for partial runs. Light wear, Very Good Condition. Rare and important complete set. (Yid-33-51)
Stock number:41256.
$US 1200.00
Imprint: New York, National Committee For Labor Israel., 1948-1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated blue and white paper wrappers with black-and-white photographs. 4to. About 15 pages each; 28 cm. Statehood-era run of this important Zionist photographic periodical, including the issue from the month when Statehood was declared (May 1948), filled with hundreds of black-and-white photographs, tables, maps, and articles. Covers topics such as “Report on Latin America, ” “Youth that Saved a Nation, ” and “Way of the Mediator. ” The Histadrut “was founded in December 1929 in Haifa to look out for the interests of Jewish workers...The Histadrut became one of the most powerful institutions in the state of Israel, a mainstay of the Labour Zionist movement and, aside from being a trade union, its state-building role made it the owner of a number of businesses and factories and, for a time, the largest employer in the country. Until Israel began moving away from a socialist economy, the Histadrut, along with the government, owned most of the economy” (Wikipedia 2017) . “Newspaper headlines report the sensational side of events in Palestine, but rarely the important things that happen daily. The Jewish State is being built by men and women with a single mind and single purpose, men and women of the Histadrut who stick to their task in fields and factories, who reluctantly take the gun in hand to ward off the enemy. HISTADRUT FOTO-NEWS will bring to American Jewry the story of Palestine in its proper perspective. Its heroes will be workers. Its drama will be the life of the pioneers who build not only new physical wonders but social and spiritual patterns that suit the rebirth of an ancient, civilized people. ” SUBJECT(S) : Labor and laboring classes, Israel, Periodicals. OCLC lists 15 holdings worldwide. Overall, very good condition. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Slight rubbing and mild edgewear. Some issues have more significant edgewear and pencil markings. (HOLO2-134-29)
Stock number:38414.
$US 1200.00
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Imprint: New York; M. W. Dodd, 1843
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Publishers cloth. 16mo. 406 pages. 16 cm. First edition. Added title page, engraved. Singerman 0832. This novel is considered to be the first English language ‘Zionist Novel’ (it predates George Eliot’s ‘Daniel Deronda’ by thirty years) ; the story concerns the return of an English Jew (Alick) to the Holy Land; it binds together English and Jewish history. This was the last novel the author wrote. Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846) wrote on the plight of English factory workers, was well known in her time for her novels and her Orange-Protestant essays and poems, was passionate about gardening, a pioneer of deaf education, and also wrote children’s stories. In her later years she defended the rights of Judaism, and in her last three years was a close friend of Moses Montefiore, owing to her fundraising on behalf of the Jews of Mogador in 1844 (she raised the most money of anyone for the Jewish community in the besieged Moroccan coastal city) , her public protest against the policies of Tsar Nicholas I towards Jews, and her 1844 letter to the Bishop of Jerusalem, entitled ‘Israel’s Ordinances. ’ “As Tonna’s health deteriorated rapidly, the Montefiores became devoted friends. When she set out on her final journey to Ramsgate from London, it was Montefiore who bade her farewell at the train station and handed her a basket of grapes. “ (Pg. 215; ‘Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero’; by Abigail Green) . Her work, "Days of Old, ’ by Charlotte Elizabeth (Mrs. Tonner) ” was part of the sixth volume published by the American Jewish Publication Society in 1847 (Jewish Miscellany no. VI; which also includes two works by Isaac Leeser, “Rachel Levi, A Tale” and “The Jews and Their Religion”) , two years after the society was founded by Isaac Leeser (EJ 1906; American Jewish Publication Society) . Bound in black cloth with gilt title on spine. Subjects: Jews - Fiction. Fiction (English) . OCLC lists 20 copies. The last copy offered at auction was over 30 years ago in 1987. Previous owners inscription on first two endpages, edge wear and light soiling to cloth, very light foxing throughout; overall very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (AMR-39-31-D)xx, Broadway Books 2/13
Stock number:31425.
$US 1100.00
Imprint: Tianjin: No Publisher [The Center?], 1931?
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
No Date (1931?)1st edition. Original green printed paper wrappers, 12mo, 4 pages, 17 cm. In Russian. Title translates as, “Constitution of the Jewish Charity Center in Tianjin. Approved by the General Meeting of the members of the Center on May 31, 1931.” Copy belonging to Leo Gershevitch, President of the Tientsin Jewish Hebrew Association, The Tientsin Zionist Organization, The Tientsin Jewish Union, the Tientsin Hebrew school, the Culture Club 'Kunst, ’ and other Jewish organizations in Tientsin, with his Yiddish stamp on cover. Up until 1904 only ten Jewish families lived in Tientsin. In 1906 the Jews established the Tientsin Jewish Union which rendered various religious services. Side by side with this union the Tientsin Hebrew Association was active in the city and took care of welfare needs such as soup kitchens, hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc. The 1917 Russian Revolution fueled the rapid growth of the city's Jewish population with many Jewish immigrants from Russia, and “in 1920 the community was formally named The Hebrew Association of Tientsin (THA) [The organization named here in this charter booklet]. In this context the community built a synagogue, engaged a Rabbi and a Shochet, and provided full religious services. Committees for Eretz Israel affairs and hospitals were set up. A singular feature of the community was the establishment of the Benevolent Society in 1920, whose aim was to assist Jews in need and help them settle into their new environment.” Tianjin soon became the third largest Jewish community in China, after Shanghai and Harbin. In 1935, the number of Jewish people in Tianjin reached 3,500. Though most Jews left the city after the 1949 Chinese Revolution. (sinojudaic.org/tianjin), large numbers of Jewish refugees had been streaming to Tianjin before and during World War II, with the city occupied by the Japanese from July 1937 to August 1945. For more on the Tianjin/Tiensin Jewish community, see also https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/harbin/Growing_Up_in_Tientsin_Chapter_22. pdf. A copy of a similar booklet (but with a copy listed in OCLC) sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). This work, however, is unlisted in OCLC and was un-findable on Google. It is possible there are no other surviving copies out in the world.SUBJECT(S): Jews -- China -- Tientsin -- History. OCLC lists not a single copy anywhere worldwide. Some pencil notes on rear cover, Very Good Condition, an outstanding copy of this very rare and important booklet . (Holo2-160-8)
Stock number:42250.
$US 1000.00
Imprint: Tianjin: No Publisher [The Author?], 1932?
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
No Date (1932?). 1st edition. Original ivory printed paper wrappers, 12mo, [12] pages, 17 cm. In Russian. Title translates as, “DRAFT STATUTES combined with draft board of TEDO Proposed by M. Todrin.” TEDO is a Russian acronym for the "Tianjin Jewish Spiritual Community." A paragraph at the bottom of the front cover lays out, in Russian, the goals of the project at hand: “Create One Community. Unite All Jews Around the Community and Let it Become a Representative of All Jewish People in Our City.” Copy belonging to Leo Gershevitch, President of the Tientsin Jewish Hebrew Association, The Tientsin Zionist Organization, The Tientsin Jewish Union, the Tientsin Hebrew school, the Culture Club 'Kunst, ’ and other Jewish organizations in Tientsin, with his Yiddish stamp on cover. Up until 1904 only ten Jewish families lived in Tientsin. In 1906 the Jews established the Tientsin Jewish Union which rendered various religious services. Side by side with this union the Tientsin Hebrew Association was active in the city and took care of welfare needs such as soup kitchens, hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc. The 1917 Russian Revolution fueled the rapid growth of the city's Jewish population with many Jewish immigrants from Russia, and “in 1920 the community was formally named The Hebrew Association of Tientsin (THA) [The organization named here in this charter booklet]. In this context the community built a synagogue, engaged a Rabbi and a Shochet, and provided full religious services. Committees for Eretz Israel affairs and hospitals were set up. A singular feature of the community was the establishment of the Benevolent Society in 1920, whose aim was to assist Jews in need and help them settle into their new environment.” Tianjin soon became the third largest Jewish community in China, after Shanghai and Harbin. In 1935, the number of Jewish people in Tianjin reached 3,500. Though most Jews left the city after the 1949 Chinese Revolution. (sinojudaic.org/tianjin), large numbers of Jewish refugees had been streaming to Tianjin before and during World War II, with the city occupied by the Japanese from July 1937 to August 1945. For more on the Tianjin/Tiensin Jewish community, see also https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/harbin/Growing_Up_in_Tientsin_Chapter_22. pdf. A copy of a similar booklet (but with a copy listed in OCLC) sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). This work, however, is unlisted in OCLC and was un-findable on Google. It is possible there are no other surviving copies out in the world.SUBJECT(S): Jews -- China -- Tientsin -- History. OCLC lists not a single copy anywhere worldwide. Pencil notation to top of front cover in Russian (“Tianjin Heb. Community…”) Very Good Condition, an outstanding copy of this very rare and important booklet . (Holo2-160-7)
Stock number:42249.
$US 1000.00
Imprint: Varsha [Warsaw : Sh. P. Rabinovits, Y. Y. Ish Horvitsvarsha [Warsaw]: [NO PUBLISHER], 1886
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 1127, 214 pages, 25 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Title translates to “The Jewish Community: General Work on the Torah and Duty. ” This annual periodical was first printed in 1886 to cover current events, politics, torah and Jewish life. The journal only lasted 3 volumes, until 1888. The work was, in a way, one of the first large publication of the Hovevei Zion movement, initiated in response to the Russian pogroms. The group was officially formed by Leon Pinsker in 1884. Keneset Israel was edited by Shaul Pinchas Rabinowitz (1845-1910) , a Jewish historian, author and one of the first Chovive Tzion (Wikipedia, 2018) . Friedberg, ; Kaf 375. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. Hebrew literature. Other titles: “Kneses Israel: hebra¨isches illustrirtes Jahrbuch für Literatur, Wissenschaft und Geschichte des Judenthums. ” (OCLC: 49017246) OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide, though some sets are incomplete. Boards are edge worn with some cloth over spine tearing away. Boards are edge worn with some cloth over spine tearing away. Pages have some chips in margins. Pages browning. All text is good. Overall good condition. (ZION2-2-56-BLJ)
Stock number:41870.
$US 1000.00
Imprint: Nyu-York [New York]: Ha-Agudah "mefitse Sifrat Tsiyon" Ba-Amerikah, 1899
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 57 pages, 21 cm. Mostly in Hebrew with some English. Singerman 5474, listing 2 copies. Goldman 947, Deinard (KA) 618. Title translates to “ Book of Zion: Includes a Collection of Different Articles and Writings by the Authors of Israel in America. ” The only published issue of this Zionist periodical, which was edited by Ephraim Deinard. Includes articles on Zionism and Hebraic culture in America; A list of Zionist societies in America (pp. 4-11; among the locales are Altona, PA, Key West, FL, Knoxville, TN, St. Joseph, ME, and Waco, TX) ; letters that Deinard sent on behalf of Mafitze Sifrat Zion to President William McKinley, Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland (pp. 45-9) ; a bio-bibliography of Bernhard Felsenthal (pp. 55-7) ; short book reviews by Deinard (pp. 50-5) ; poetry (pp. 22-3) ; and a list of subscribers (final page) . Deinard records, "on account of an error by the young typesetter my name does not appear on [the title page] of this work, the majority of which I authored" (Koheleth America, part 1, p. 55n) . However, only seven of the fifteen articles are signed by him. Other contributors included Julius [Joel] Aronson, A. B. Dobsewitch, Judah David Eisenstein, Max Nordau, Moses Hacohen Reicherson, Abraham Hayyim Rosenberg and Rabbi Moses Weinberger. Subscriptions cost fifty cents. The printer later reported, "I received many subscriptions. Only a few paid the fifty cents in advance, the majority promised to pay once they received the book. After they received it they again promised [to pay], but their promise will forever remain unfulfilled. ” Ephraim Deinard, (1846–1930) , was a leading bibliographer and Hebrew author. He wandered in his youth, collecting ancient manuscripts and books in many countries, and then established a bookshop in Odessa. In 1897 he tried unsuccessfully to found an agricultural settlement in Nevada (U. S. ) . An active Zionist, he settled in Palestine in 1913 where he investigated the possibilities of Jewish settlement. After being expelled by the Turks in 1916 he returned to the United States and continued his bibliographical work. His two most noteworthy bibliographical works are Or Mayer: Catalogue of the Old Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books of the Library of the Hon. Mayer Sulzberger of Philadelphia (1896) and Koheleth America (1926) , a listing of Hebrew books published in America from 1735 to 1926. The first part of the latter work contains essays on the state of Hebrew literature in America, which are written in his unadorned, but typically acerbic, style. He laid the foundations of the Hebrew book and manuscript collections of the Library of Congress with the financial aid of Jacob Schiff. A violent polemicist on many controversial subjects, he attacked Reform Judaism, Hasidism, Christianity, and Karaism. Deinard was a prolific Hebrew writer, producing more than 50 books and pamphlets often signed with his pseudonym, Adir (Wikipedia, 2018; Goldman 2006) . SUBJECTS: Hebrew literature -- United States. Jewish literature -- United States. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide (OCLC: 24132716) . Good+ condition. (ZION2-1-2-BR)
Stock number:40423.
$US 1000.00
Imprint: New York,, 1937-1939
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 4-8 pages each. Conservative Jewish men's group newsletter from the Holocaust period from the the second synagogue founded in New York (1825) and the third-oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in the United States. "The object of the 'Tattler' will be to provide the members with a regular source of information and entertainment....The Pogroms in Russia during the Czarist regime or the activities of the Zionist movement in recent years had no such effect on the consciousness of the average American Jew except to stir a sense of pity and sympathy for the afflicted ones. But the cruel, heartless persecutions of the Jews in Germany by Hitler and his crew, caused a stirring in the blood of Native Americans of Jewish birth that made them turn about and recall the religion of their fathers and the God of Israel. We of The Men's Club of the Congregation B'nai Jeshurun welcome with open arms all those who are returning to the fold." Most issues include commentary on the increasing oppression of the Jews in Germany; other issues discussed include some current Jewish news, some retelling of Jewish history, congregation news, editorials, fun facts, jokes with lessons. OCLC: 944959016, OCLC lists 2 holdings worldwide (JTS & USHMM), though these holdings appear to be incomplete. First issue shows edgewear, other issues show only creases from folding, touch of wear, good quality paper with just the slightest toning. About Very Good Condition Overall. Rare (HOLO2-159-22A)
Stock number:41813.
$US 1000.00
Imprint: [Tel Aviv]: Irgun Olej Merkaz Europa, 1944
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers, tall 12mo, 69 pages. 22 cm. In German. The first separate publication of a demand for Nazi reparations to the Jews. In July 1943, long before the war ended, Siegfried Moses coined the term “reparations” in relation to claims of Jewish citizens against the German state. He published an article on the restitution demands of Jews in the bulletin of the "Irgun Olej Merkaz Europa", Tel Aviv; they publish here those proposals as a separate work. For the first time, Moses proposed that a State can commit an injustice, for which it must then compensate the civilian population which suffered under that injustice. This legal opinion was later the basis for reparations by the Federal Republic of Germany. Siegfried Moses (1887-1974) was a German-Israeli lawyer and the first state comptroller Israel. After the Nazi seizure of power, he helped German Jews transfer assets to Palestine. From 1933 on he was also chairman of the Zionist Federation of Germany (ZVfD) and Vice President of the Reich Association of German Jews. In 1937 Moses himself fled to Palestine; then in 1941 he wrote (together with fellow German emigre Walter Schwarz) the text of the 1941 Palestinian Income Tax Act. In 1947 Moses was a member of the delegation of the Jewish Agency at the United Nations and in 1949, he became the first state comptroller Israel (Chief of Court) . In 1956-1957, he was also President of the "Council of Jews from Germany", the official association of Israelis of German origin. In 1955 he co-founded the Leo Baeck Institute, serving as its director, and was on the advisory board of the United Restitution Organization in Israel (Wikipedia, 2015) . SUBJECT(S) : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Reparations. World War, 1939-1945 -- Claims. Jews -- Europe. Jewish property -- Germany -- History -- Post war problems -- Reparations for historical injustices. OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide, but only 5 copies in the US (NYPL, Yale, US Holocaust Museum, UChicago, Princeton) . Spine worn, corners bumped through, Good Condition. Very important. (holo2-126-34).
Stock number:36190.
$US 1000.00
Imprint: [New York: Provisional Executive Committee For General Zionist Affairs], 1915
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
No date (1915?) 1st separate edition, Single-fold pamphlet, [4] pages; 16 cm. "Reprinted from the Independent, Nov. 22, 1915." Compares the early Zionists to the American Founding Fathers and the early settlers to the Mayflower Pilgrims, calls on support to help Palestine with funds. Important call to action from the future Supreme Court Justice which puts the Zionist cause squarely hand in had with the American story and American values. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism -- United States. OCLC lists only 1 copy worldwide (Columbia) . Some edgewear, Small Rabbi’s presentation stamp on cover, Good+ Condition. Rare. (KH-3-12) xx
Stock number:35996.
$US 1000.00
Imprint: Moskvah [Moscow]: Va’ad Hoveret Ha-Mishpat Ha-Ivri, 1918
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Period boards. 8vo. 161 pages. 26 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Jewish Law: Science Quarterly. ” A fascinating Zionist Hebrew journal from the early Soviet period providing insight into the rarely discussed topic of the Jewish legal revival movement that occurred in Palestine during the British Mandate. It deals with practical, modern applications of Jewish law that were, no doubt, highly influential on the development of law in modern Israel. Dikshtein was a leading advocate of creating a legal system based on Jewish law, but fit for statehood. (Likhovski, 2006) . He was a practicing lawyer in Europe before emigrating to Palestine. He was also awarded the Israel Prize for jurisprudence in 1957. (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Jewish law -- Periodicals. OCLC lists three copies worldwide (HUC, Brandeis, Harvard) , none in New York. Ex-library with usual, minimal markings. Pages are browning, but clean. Overall Very Good Condition. (YID-30-39)
Stock number:39855.
$US 1000.00
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Imprint: Frankfurt A. M. (Rodelheim) : Druck Und Verlag Von M. Lehrberger & Co., 1914
Binding: Paperback
Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 64 pages. 22cm. In Hebrew and German. Yaari, 1849. Almost certainly the first explicitly Zionist Haggadah to have ever been published. It was distributed by the Zionist Union of Germany (Zionistischen Vereinigung fur Deutschland) , an organization that was established in 1894 by Max Bodenheimer, during World War I. At its peak, the organization had over 25, 000 members and was generally accepted as the umbrella Zionist organization of Germany. Its activities were halted in 1937. (Wikipedia, 2016) This haggadah may have been sent to Jewish soldiers on the frontline, given its publication date. The text appears in two columns, one in German and one in Hebrew. Text inside is Yaari, 1849, but with special Zionist covers for this edition. Subjects: Liturgy and ritual. Hagadah. Yiddish. Judaism - Liturgy - Texts. OCLC lists 8 copies of this haggadah. Paper wrappers are loose. Some pages are heavily soiled, though text is legible. Good- Condition. (Hag-18-6)
Stock number:36657.
$US 1000.00
Imprint: New York, Bloch, 1899-1933
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 1st edition. Original Publisher’s green cloth with gilt design. 8vo; 24 cm; 196 pages, 192 pages, 216 pages, 243 pages. Vol. 1 carries the title, “The Judaeans.” Each volume includes essays from the following periods: [I.] 1897-1899. -- II. 1900-1917. -- III. 1918-1926. -- IV. 1926-1932. Contents: Vol I. - This introduction to the four volume publication outlines the organization. Essays include "Anti-Zionist Meeting", By-Laws of the Society, and more. - Vol II – Includes a list of meetings and papers read, constitution, list of officers, list of members Articles are "President's Address as Tenth Anniversary Meeting - 'The Aims and Ideals of The Judaeans,'" Henry M. Leipziger, "Function of Jewish Scholarship," Josph Jacobs, "The Mission of the Jewish Encyclopedia," K. Kohler, "Dr, Schechter and Jewish Scholarship in America," Emil G. Hirsch, "Rebellion Against Being a Problem," Solomon Schechter, "Jewish Immigrants and Judaism in the United States," Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, "The Jews as Elements in the Population, Past and Present," Louis Marshall, "The Jew as a Citizen," Morris Loeb, "The Congress of Berlin and the Jew," George S. Hellman, "Louis Loeb - A Tribute," Leo Mielziner, "The Jews and Economic Life: A Review of Sombart's 'Jews and Capitalism,'" Samuel Schulman, "The Jew in his Relation to the Law of the Land," Max J. Kohler, "Address at Meeting in His Honor," Israel Abrahams, "Ruppin's 'Jews of Today,'" Maurice H. Harris, "Schnitzler's 'Prof. Bernardi,'" Bernard Naumberg, "The Jew as a Citizen of England," David de Sola Pool, "The Jew as a Citizen of France," Sol M. Strook, "The Jew as a Citizen in Germany," Leon Hühner, "The Jew as a Citizen in Holland, Italy and Switzerland," Arthur K. Kuhn, "Yiddish Literature in the United States - Its Relation to the Masses," Leon S. Moisseiff, "A Quarter Centiry of the Jewish Immigrant in America," Henry Moskowitz, "The Novel, Jew," Jacob H. Hollander. - Vol III Includes "Leipziger Memorial Exercises, " Addresses by Samson Lachman, Herbert L. Bridgman, Stephen S. Wise, Joseph L. Buttenweiser, George F. Kunz, and Louis Marshall, "The Essence of Judaism, " Theodore Reinach, "Meeting in Honor of the Earl of Reading, Lord Chief Justice of England and Special British Envoy to the United States, " addresses by Samson Lachman, Julius J. Frank, Jacob H. Schiff, Abram I. Elkus, Stephen J. Wise, The Earl of Reading, "Ameircan Jewish War Relief Abroad, " Daivd M. Bressler, "Biblical Criticism and Jewish Science, " Felix Perles, "Attitude of the Last Twenty Years and Present Conditions of Jewish Learning, " Ismar Elbogen, "Leisure, " Israel Abrahams, "The Lesson from Tutankh-Amon's Tomb for the Jew, " Kaufmann Kohler, "Israel Zangwill Meeting, " Addresses by Samson Lachman, Israel Zangwill, Louis Marshall, Horace Stern, Simeon Strunsky, "The Crisis of European Civilization (Noelting and Spengler), " Ludwig Stein, "Race Theory and Anti-Semitism, " Julius Goldstein, "Immigration and Racial Discrimination, " Max J. Kohler, "The Jewish Colonization Work in Russia, " James N. Rosenberg, "The World Court and the Protection of Racial and Religious Minorities, " Addresses by Samson Lachman, Louis Marshall, Manley O. Hudson, and Arthur K. Kuhn. - Vol IV includes: Summary of the Judaean meetings, 1926-1932, constitution, board of directors, list of members Articles are "Memorial od Samson lachman," Max J. Kohler, "Louis Marshall - In Momoriam," Samson lachman, "The Jew in German Literature," Leon Huhner, 150th Anniversary of Constitutional Establishment of Religious Liberty - "New York State's First Constitution," Louis Marshall, "The 150th Anniversary of Constitutional Establishment of Religious Liberty," Irving Lehman, "American Influences on the Development of Religious Liberty in Europe," Max J. Kohler, "George F. Moore's 'Judaism,'" Samuel Schulman, "Lewis Browne's 'That Man Heine,'" Elsa H. Naumberg, "Golden and Other Ghettos in Recent Fiction," Frank I. Schechter, "The Jew in Science," Morris R. Cohen, "Jewish Winners of the Nobel Prize," Benjamin Harrow, The Lessing-Mendelssohn Bi-Centenary - "Lessing," Ernst Renan, "Mendelssohn," Stephen P. Duggan, American Jewry Fifty Years Ago and Today - "Judiasm and Elements in the Population, Then and Now," Maurice H. Harris, "The Jew in Social Life, Then and Now," Felix M. Warburg, "The Jew in Business, the Professions and Public Life, Then and Now," Marcus M. Marks, "Our Charities, Then and Now," Lee K. Frankel, "Relations of Christians and Jews, Then and Now," Frank Gavin, " The American Jewess Fifty Years Ago and Now, Rebekah Kohut - "The American Jewess in Relation to the State," Henry Moskowitz, "The Ameircan Jewess and Her Religion," David E. Goldfarb, "The American Jewess in Letters," Rebekah Kohut, "The Council of Jewish Women," Nathan Straus, Jr., Hadassah," Robert Szold, "Jewish Sacred Music, old and New," Lazare Saminsky, "The History of Liberal Judaism in England," Lily H. Montagu, "The Life and Works of Cesare Lombrosos," Signora Gina lombroso Ferrero, "The Struggle Against Disease: The Health Work of Nathan Straus and American Jewish Foundations," Louis I. Harris, "The Henry Street Settlement," Lilian D. Wald, "Lee K. Frankel: In Memoriam," Louis I. Dublin, "George Washington and the Jews," Albert Ulmann, "Recent Excavations of Jewish Interest in Palestine," Nelson Glueck. " Volume I, present here, is very seldom offered for sale. Ex-library with usual markings. Otherwise very good condition. (AMR-45-5A)
Stock number:36531.
$US 1000.00
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Imprint: Johannesburg, South Africa; South African Jewish Board Of Deputies., 1919-1962
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wrappers. 8vo. 23cm. 19 consecutive reports submitted to the Fourth through Twenty-third national congresses of the Jewish Board of Deputies. “Today the SAJBD [South African Jewish Board of Deputies] represents nearly all of the Jewish community institutions and synagogues, works as a watchdog against anti-Semitic articles in the media, examines legislation concerning the Jewish community and maintains contact with Diaspora communities world-wide, as well other political and religious organizations in South Africa. ” (jewishvirtuallibrary.org) Descriptions of the Jewish Board of Deputies positions on Zionism, persecution and violence against Jews in Europe and the resettlement and emigration of European Jews. OCLC lists only 3 runs worldwide (NYPL. Brandeis, NLI) , and a few libraries list single issues. All spines rebacked. Some shelf wear, showing on certain volumes more than others. Text is clean and fresh. Overall good+ condition. (AJCONG-31)
Stock number:34651.
$US 1000.00
Imprint: Harbin: No Publisher (The Society, printed by Type. Progress), 1920s?
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
No Date (1920s?) 1st edition. Original blue printed paper wrappers, 12mo (small), 13 pages. In Russian. Title translates as, “Statutes of the Harbin Charitable Society ‘Gmilus-Hesed’ (for issuing interest-free loans) Harbin, China Corner. Market Nr.10”“Harbin is the capital of China’s northmost province Heilongjiang. It is a city of over 6 million people that lies sandwiched between North Korea and Russia in a region sometimes called Manchuria….Surprisingly, Harbin is a city built by Jews….As part of a secret alliance between China and Russia, in 1896 China gave Russia a land concession to build the Chinese Eastern Railway, an extension of the Trans-Siberian line. The planned railroad would cross from Manchuria all the way to Port Arthur, Korea. Harbin was chosen as the administrative center of this effort. At the time Harbin was not a city, but a small cluster of fishing villages….Construction began in 1897 and the railroad line opened for traffic in 1903. The Russian government wanted to develop and populate Harbin very quickly, so they were willing to give benefits to people who moved there. Jews and other minorities took up the offer. In Russia there was poverty and rampant antisemitism. Those that moved to Harbin saw an increase in their status and were given plots of land. They weren’t allowed to work on the railroad, but they could establish other businesses. As Harbin grew and developed Jews were able to become successful shopkeepers, contractors, and more. The lack of antisemitism amongst the native Chinese and the economic opportunities made Harbin an appealing location for Jews to relocate to. By 1903 there were 500 Jews in Harbin and they had formed their own self-governing community. That same year the first Jewish cemetery in all of China was established there. In 1905, in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese war of 1905 many Jewish soldiers moved to Harbin. They were joined by Jewish refugees fleeing the pogroms in Russia. By 1908 the number of Jews in Harbin had grown to 8,000. In order to accommodate the growing population a large synagogue was opened in 1909. Additionally, a Jewish community center, hospital, and secondary school were also opened in the city. Of the 40 individuals sitting on the Harbin City Council, 12 were Jewish.…Jews owned and operated restaurants, lumber mills, coal mines, banks, metalworks, breweries, and candy shops in Harbin….After World War 1, even more Jewish refugees came to Harbin. The community grew to 10,000-15,000 people.… Under Jewish stewardship the loose collection of villages of Harbin become a true city. In the 1920s and 1930s the Harbin became an international cultural hub. Modern hotels, shops, and cafes began to open, pioneered by the Jewish community. There were 20 different Jewish newspapers and periodicals published in Harbin. Additionally, Jewish actors and musicians from around the world traveled to perform in Harbin. The city was colloquially referred to as the Oriental St. Petersburg or the Paris of the Orient. In 1921 the Jewish population had grown large enough that a new synagogue was constructed. In 1923, a Jewish national bank was opened….Harbin became a vibrant center for the Zionist movement. The Soviet Union outlawed Zionism, so Harbin was the perfect place for Russian language Zionism to thrive…. In 1931, Japanese forces began to occupy swaths of China including Harbin. They established a puppet regime in the region. At the same time Russian fascists were organizing in Harbin. The fascists and the new government were happy to work together. They began to economically extort the Jews of Harbin. Those that wouldn’t or couldn’t pay were subjected to violence, kidnapping, and even murder. In response many of Harbin’s Jews fled to other countries. By 1939, the Jewish population had shrunk to only 5,000….Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s parents and grandparents were Jews who emigrated to Harbin from Russia…. Jews in Hardin emigrated in mass to Israel. In many cases the Israeli government directly aided in these moves. By 1955 there was [sic] less than 400 Jews left in Harbin….In 1982 there was only a single Jew left in Harbin, Anna Agre. She died in 1985 leaving the city with no Jews…. The synagogues and much of the beautiful architecture left behind by the Jews of Harbin still stand today, many of them refurbished. The city is studded with government placed historical plaques and markers telling the stories of the Jews that lived there” (Breakingmatzo.com). A similar booklet–but more common–for a Jewish organization in Tianjin sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- China -- History -- Societies, etc. OCLC lists no copies anywhere, perhaps a unique surviving example. Wrappers slightly toned, Very Good Condition, a very nice copy of this exceedingly rare title (Holo2-160-18)
Stock number:42266.
$US 950.00
Imprint: Harbin (China), No Publisher (The Organization, printed by Tipogr., Pechatnoye D’lo), 1925-1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 12mo (small), 7 + [2] pages. In Russian with very occational Hebrew. Title translates roughly as, “Statutes of the Organization of Mutual Assistance for the Issuance of Small Interest-Free Loans to the Poor Jews of the Mountains. Harbin and its Environs 'EERO.'" Original booklet dated 1925, with final leaf (two pages, including two typed paragraphs at the very end) comprising amendments to the charter made through 1937.“Harbin is the capital of China’s northmost province Heilongjiang. It is a city of over 6 million people that lies sandwiched between North Korea and Russia in a region sometimes called Manchuria….Surprisingly, Harbin is a city built by Jews….As part of a secret alliance between China and Russia, in 1896 China gave Russia a land concession to build the Chinese Eastern Railway, an extension of the Trans-Siberian line. The planned railroad would cross from Manchuria all the way to Port Arthur, Korea. Harbin was chosen as the administrative center of this effort. At the time Harbin was not a city, but a small cluster of fishing villages….Construction began in 1897 and the railroad line opened for traffic in 1903. The Russian government wanted to develop and populate Harbin very quickly, so they were willing to give benefits to people who moved there. Jews and other minorities took up the offer. In Russia there was poverty and rampant antisemitism. Those that moved to Harbin saw an increase in their status and were given plots of land. They weren’t allowed to work on the railroad, but they could establish other businesses. As Harbin grew and developed Jews were able to become successful shopkeepers, contractors, and more. The lack of antisemitism amongst the native Chinese and the economic opportunities made Harbin an appealing location for Jews to relocate to. By 1903 there were 500 Jews in Harbin and they had formed their own self-governing community. That same year the first Jewish cemetery in all of China was established there. In 1905, in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese war of 1905 many Jewish soldiers moved to Harbin. They were joined by Jewish refugees fleeing the pogroms in Russia. By 1908 the number of Jews in Harbin had grown to 8,000. In order to accommodate the growing population a large synagogue was opened in 1909. Additionally, a Jewish community center, hospital, and secondary school were also opened in the city. Of the 40 individuals sitting on the Harbin City Council, 12 were Jewish.…Jews owned and operated restaurants, lumber mills, coal mines, banks, metalworks, breweries, and candy shops in Harbin….After World War 1, even more Jewish refugees came to Harbin. The community grew to 10,000-15,000 people.… Under Jewish stewardship the loose collection of villages of Harbin become a true city. In the 1920s and 1930s the Harbin became an international cultural hub. Modern hotels, shops, and cafes began to open, pioneered by the Jewish community. There were 20 different Jewish newspapers and periodicals published in Harbin. Additionally, Jewish actors and musicians from around the world traveled to perform in Harbin. The city was colloquially referred to as the Oriental St. Petersburg or the Paris of the Orient. In 1921 the Jewish population had grown large enough that a new synagogue was constructed. In 1923, a Jewish national bank was opened….Harbin became a vibrant center for the Zionist movement. The Soviet Union outlawed Zionism, so Harbin was the perfect place for Russian language Zionism to thrive…. In 1931, Japanese forces began to occupy swaths of China including Harbin. They established a puppet regime in the region. At the same time Russian fascists were organizing in Harbin. The fascists and the new government were happy to work together. They began to economically extort the Jews of Harbin. Those that wouldn’t or couldn’t pay were subjected to violence, kidnapping, and even murder. In response many of Harbin’s Jews fled to other countries. By 1939, the Jewish population had shrunk to only 5,000….Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s parents and grandparents were Jews who emigrated to Harbin from Russia…. Jews in Hardin emigrated in mass to Israel. In many cases the Israeli government directly aided in these moves. By 1955 there was [sic] less than 400 Jews left in Harbin….In 1982 there was only a single Jew left in Harbin, Anna Agre. She died in 1985 leaving the city with no Jews…. The synagogues and much of the beautiful architecture left behind by the Jews of Harbin still stand today, many of them refurbished. The city is studded with government placed historical plaques and markers telling the stories of the Jews that lived there” (Breakingmatzo.com). A similar booklet for a Jewish organization in Tianjin–but more common–sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- China -- History -- Societies, etc. OCLC lists no copies anywhere, and we could find no copies via a google search. Perhaps a unique surviving example. Wrappers toned, Very Good Condition, a beautiful copy of this exceedingly rare title (Holo2-160-16)
Stock number:42264.
$US 950.00
Imprint: Tientsin: No Publisher (The Association, printed by “Zanie”), 1935?
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
No Date (1935?)1st edition. Original publisher’s printed paper wrappers, 12mo, [16] pages. Cover Title is simply “The Russian Commercial Association of Tientsin.” Copy belonging to Leo Gershevitch (Gershevitch Bros. are listed at rear as a member firm), President of the Tientsin Jewish Hebrew Association, The Tientsin Zionist Organization, The Tientsin Jewish Union, the Tientsin Hebrew school, the Culture Club 'Kunst, ’ and other Jewish organizations in Tientsin, with his Yiddish stamp on cover. Includes a list of 32 members at rear (a mix of what appear to be Jewish and non-Jewish names) as well as 18 member firms (18 firms listed, including Gershvitch Bros.) Date is based on Russian edition from 1935, which lists the same members. Up until 1904 only ten Jewish families lived in Tientsin. In 1906 the Jews established the Tientsin Jewish Union which rendered various religious services. Side by side with this union the Tientsin Hebrew Association was active in the city and took care of welfare needs such as soup kitchens, hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc. The 1917 Russian Revolution fueled the rapid growth of the city's Jewish population with many Jewish immigrants from Russia, and “in 1920 the community was formally named The Hebrew Association of Tientsin (THA) [The organization named here in this charter booklet]. In this context the community built a synagogue, engaged a Rabbi and a Shochet, and provided full religious services. Committees for Eretz Israel affairs and hospitals were set up. A singular feature of the community was the establishment of the Benevolent Society in 1920, whose aim was to assist Jews in need and help them settle into their new environment.” Tianjin soon became the third largest Jewish community in China, after Shanghai and Harbin. In 1935, the number of Jewish people in Tianjin reached 3,500. Though most Jews left the city after the 1949 Chinese Revolution. (sinojudaic.org/tianjin), large numbers of Jewish refugees had been streaming to Tianjin before and during World War II, with the city occupied by the Japanese from July 1937 to August 1945. For more on the Tianjin/Tiensin Jewish community, see also https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/harbin/Growing_Up_in_Tientsin_Chapter_22. pdf. A similar booklet for a Jewish organization in Tianjin–but from a less important date–sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- China -- Tientsin -- History -- Societies, etc. OCLC lists no copies anywhere, and we could find no copies via a google search. Perhaps a unique surviving example. Some toning to cover, otherwise Very Good+ Condition, a beautiful copy of this exceedingly rare title (Holo2-160-14)
Stock number:42262.
$US 950.00
Imprint: No Place [Tientsin, Tianjin]: No Publisher [The Company], 1930s-1940s?
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
No Date (1930s-1940s). 1st edition. Original printed wrappers, 12mo, 8 pages. In Russian. Title translates as “Statutes of the Tianjin Commercial Credit Company.” Copy belonging to Leo Gershevitch, President of the Tientsin Jewish Hebrew Association, The Tientsin Zionist Organization, The Tientsin Jewish Union, the Tientsin Hebrew school, the Culture Club 'Kunst, ’ and other Jewish organizations in Tientsin with his Yiddish stamp on cover. Jews were involved in the Western Banking industry in Tianjin, China, but until 1904 only ten Jewish families lived in Tientsin. In 1906 the Jews established the Tientsin Jewish Union which rendered various religious services. Side by side with this union the Tientsin Hebrew Association was active in the city and took care of welfare needs such as soup kitchens, hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc. The 1917 Russian Revolution fueled the rapid growth of the city's Jewish population with many Jewish immigrants from Russia, resulting in Tianjin supporting the third largest Jewish community in China in the 1920s and 1930s, after Shanghai and Harbin. In 1935, the number of Jewish people in Tianjin reached 3,500. Though most Jews left the city after the 1949 Chinese Revolution. (sinojudaic.org/tianjin), large numbers of Jewish refugees had been streaming to Tianjin before and during World War II, with the city occupied by the Japanese from July 1937 to August 1945. For more on the Tianjin/Tiensin Jewish community, see https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/harbin/Growing_Up_in_Tientsin_Chapter_22. pdf. A copy of a similar booklet, which also has a copy in OCLC sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). This work, however, is unlisted in OCLC and was un-findable on Google. It is possible there are no other surviving copies out in the world. Two punch holes (for filing) to inner margin, (probably as issued, no text affected). Very Good Condition, a beautiful copy and exceedingly rare (Holo2-160-3)
Stock number:42245.
$US 950.00
Imprint: Tianjin: No Publisher (The Society, printed by Universal Press), 1935?
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st Edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 12mo, [14] pages. In Russian. Title translates as, “Constitution of the Russian Commercial Society [or Association] in Tianjin.” Cover notes, “Approved December 30, 1934.”Copy belonging to Leo Gershevitch (Gershevitch Bros. are listed at rear as a member firm), President of the Tientsin Jewish Hebrew Association, The Tientsin Zionist Organization, The Tientsin Jewish Union, the Tientsin Hebrew school, the Culture Club 'Kunst, ’ and other Jewish organizations in Tientsin, with his Yiddish stamp on cover. Laid in is a double-sided carbon copy, folded in two, in Russian, with manuscript corrections, of the “Proe?kt: Polozheniye o Tekhnicheskoye Otdele Pri Russkoy Konvercheskoy” (Project: Regulations On The Technical Department Under The Russian Conversion [Concession?])Booklet includes a list of 32 members at rear (a mix of what appear to be Jewish and non-Jewish names) as well as 18 member firms (18 firms listed, including Gershvitch Bros.)Up until 1904 only ten Jewish families lived in Tientsin. In 1906 the Jews established the Tientsin Jewish Union which rendered various religious services. Side by side with this union the Tientsin Hebrew Association was active in the city and took care of welfare needs such as soup kitchens, hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc. The 1917 Russian Revolution fueled the rapid growth of the city's Jewish population with many Jewish immigrants from Russia, and “in 1920 the community was formally named The Hebrew Association of Tientsin (THA) [The organization named here in this charter booklet]. In this context the community built a synagogue, engaged a Rabbi and a Shochet, and provided full religious services. Committees for Eretz Israel affairs and hospitals were set up. A singular feature of the community was the establishment of the Benevolent Society in 1920, whose aim was to assist Jews in need and help them settle into their new environment.” Tianjin soon became the third largest Jewish community in China, after Shanghai and Harbin. In 1935, the number of Jewish people in Tianjin reached 3,500. Though most Jews left the city after the 1949 Chinese Revolution. (sinojudaic.org/tianjin), large numbers of Jewish refugees had been streaming to Tianjin before and during World War II, with the city occupied by the Japanese from July 1937 to August 1945. For more on the Tianjin/Tiensin Jewish community, see also https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/harbin/Growing_Up_in_Tientsin_Chapter_22. pdf. A similar booklet for a Jewish organization in Tianjin–but from a less important date–sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- China -- Tientsin -- History -- Societies, etc. OCLC lists no copies anywhere, and we could find no copies via a google search. Perhaps a unique surviving example. Very Good+ Condition, a beautiful copy of this exceedingly rare title (Holo2-160-15)
Stock number:42263.
$US 900.00
Imprint: Tientsin: No Publisher [The Library; printed by The Caxton Press, Ltd], 1931
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original decorated printed paper wrappers, 12mo, 8 pages. Copy belonging to Leo Gershevitch, President of the Tientsin Jewish Hebrew Association, The Tientsin Zionist Organization, The Tientsin Jewish Union, the Tientsin Hebrew school, the Culture Club 'Kunst, ’ and other Jewish organizations in Tientsin, with his Yiddish stamp on cover. “The British Concession was the oldest foreign concession in Tientsin, dating from 1860. It was leased in perpetuity to the British Crown and occupied some 200 acres on the left bank of Pei Ho River. The seat of administration was at Gordon Hall, overseeing Victoria Park.A bustling commercial street cut through most of the foreign concessions, with a different name depending on which concession it cut through. In the British concession, it was known as Victoria Street, and it played host to numerous headquarters of international banks, as well as merchant houses” (Kennie Ting, 2014). Suffian Mansor notes that “The British informal empire in China is often mistakenly believed to have represented the British government's policies and views. The' second biggest Chinese treaty port, Tientsin, had a different point of view to that of China (mostly in treaty ports) and Westminster. Tientsin's British community's main interests lay either within the concession or in Tientsin's hinterlands. These interests included its people and property. In addition the British community was proud of the British empire's prestige. All these created a determination in the British community that any attempt to jeopardise their interests would be opposed. However, the situation in Tientsin was rather different to that of their counterparts in Shanghai. The limited power of the British Municipal Council meant that the British community had, reluctantly, to obey British liberal policy when faced with the rise of the antiimperialist movement m the mid-1920s” (“Tientsin and its hinterland in Anglo-Chinese relations, 1925-1937,” Bristol, 2009).A similar booklet for a Jewish organization in Tianjin–but more common –sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). SUBJECT(S): China -- Tientsin -- History -- Societies, etc. OCLC lists no copies anywhere. We could not locate a copy anywhere else using a google search. Perhaps a unique surviving example. Very faint stain to outer margin of cover, Very Good+ Condition. An outstanding copy, exceedingly rare (Holo2-160-13)
Stock number:42261.
$US 900.00
Imprint: Harbin (China), No Publisher (The Bank? Printed by Harbin Electro-Printing House D. S. Lemberg), 1923?
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
(No Date) 1923? 1st edition. Original Green printed paper wrappers, 12mo (small), 10 pages. In Russian. Title translates as, “Statutes of the Jewish People's Bank in Harbin.” Date based on founding date of bank (see below). “Harbin is the capital of China’s northmost province Heilongjiang. It is a city of over 6 million people that lies sandwiched between North Korea and Russia in a region sometimes called Manchuria….Surprisingly, Harbin is a city built by Jews….As part of a secret alliance between China and Russia, in 1896 China gave Russia a land concession to build the Chinese Eastern Railway, an extension of the Trans-Siberian line. The planned railroad would cross from Manchuria all the way to Port Arthur, Korea. Harbin was chosen as the administrative center of this effort. At the time Harbin was not a city, but a small cluster of fishing villages….Construction began in 1897 and the railroad line opened for traffic in 1903. The Russian government wanted to develop and populate Harbin very quickly, so they were willing to give benefits to people who moved there. Jews and other minorities took up the offer. In Russia there was poverty and rampant antisemitism. Those that moved to Harbin saw an increase in their status and were given plots of land. They weren’t allowed to work on the railroad, but they could establish other businesses. As Harbin grew and developed Jews were able to become successful shopkeepers, contractors, and more. The lack of antisemitism amongst the native Chinese and the economic opportunities made Harbin an appealing location for Jews to relocate to. By 1903 there were 500 Jews in Harbin and they had formed their own self-governing community. That same year the first Jewish cemetery in all of China was established there. In 1905, in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese war of 1905 many Jewish soldiers moved to Harbin. They were joined by Jewish refugees fleeing the pogroms in Russia. By 1908 the number of Jews in Harbin had grown to 8,000. In order to accommodate the growing population a large synagogue was opened in 1909. Additionally, a Jewish community center, hospital, and secondary school were also opened in the city. Of the 40 individuals sitting on the Harbin City Council, 12 were Jewish.…Jews owned and operated restaurants, lumber mills, coal mines, banks, metalworks, breweries, and candy shops in Harbin….After World War 1, even more Jewish refugees came to Harbin. The community grew to 10,000-15,000 people.… Under Jewish stewardship the loose collection of villages of Harbin become a true city. In the 1920s and 1930s the Harbin became an international cultural hub. Modern hotels, shops, and cafes began to open, pioneered by the Jewish community. There were 20 different Jewish newspapers and periodicals published in Harbin. Additionally, Jewish actors and musicians from around the world traveled to perform in Harbin. The city was colloquially referred to as the Oriental St. Petersburg or the Paris of the Orient. In 1921 the Jewish population had grown large enough that a new synagogue was constructed. In 1923, a Jewish national bank was opened….Harbin became a vibrant center for the Zionist movement. The Soviet Union outlawed Zionism, so Harbin was the perfect place for Russian language Zionism to thrive…. In 1931, Japanese forces began to occupy swaths of China including Harbin. They established a puppet regime in the region. At the same time Russian fascists were organizing in Harbin. The fascists and the new government were happy to work together. They began to economically extort the Jews of Harbin. Those that wouldn’t or couldn’t pay were subjected to violence, kidnapping, and even murder. In response many of Harbin’s Jews fled to other countries. By 1939, the Jewish population had shrunk to only 5,000….Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s parents and grandparents were Jews who emigrated to Harbin from Russia…. Jews in Hardin emigrated in mass to Israel. In many cases the Israeli government directly aided in these moves. By 1955 there was [sic] less than 400 Jews left in Harbin….In 1982 there was only a single Jew left in Harbin, Anna Agre. She died in 1985 leaving the city with no Jews…. The synagogues and much of the beautiful architecture left behind by the Jews of Harbin still stand today, many of them refurbished. The city is studded with government placed historical plaques and markers telling the stories of the Jews that lived there” (Breakingmatzo.com). A similar booklet for a Jewish organization in Tianjin sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- China -- History -- Societies, etc. OCLC lists no copies anywhere, though we located a copy at NLI (Nr. 990026744800205171). Wrappers toned with light wear, Very Good Condition, a beautiful copy of this rare title (Holo2-160-17)
Stock number:42265.
$US 875.00
Imprint: Tientsin: No Publisher [The Club, printed by the Far Eastern Press], 1936
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st printing. Original blue printed paper wrappers, 12mo, 19 pages, 17 cm. In English and Russian. “Adopted in 1935/1936.” Copy belonging to Leo Gershevitch, President of the Culture Club 'Kunst, theTientsin Jewish Hebrew Association, The Tientsin Zionist Organization, The Tientsin Jewish Union, the Tientsin Hebrew school, ’ and other Jewish organizations in Tientsin, with his Yiddish stamp on cover. The “Kunst” club was a Jewish theater group in Tianjin (“Kunst” means “Art” in German and Yiddish). Up until 1904 only ten Jewish families lived in Tientsin. In 1906 the Jews established the Tientsin Jewish Union which rendered various religious services. Side by side with this union the Tientsin Hebrew Association was active in the city and took care of welfare needs such as soup kitchens, hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc. The 1917 Russian Revolution fueled the rapid growth of the city's Jewish population with many Jewish immigrants from Russia, and “in 1920 the community was formally named The Hebrew Association of Tientsin (THA) [The organization named here in this charter booklet]. In this context the community built a synagogue, engaged a Rabbi and a Shochet, and provided full religious services. Committees for Eretz Israel affairs and hospitals were set up. A singular feature of the community was the establishment of the Benevolent Society in 1920, whose aim was to assist Jews in need and help them settle into their new environment.” Tianjin soon became the third largest Jewish community in China, after Shanghai and Harbin. In 1935, the number of Jewish people in Tianjin reached 3,500. Though most Jews left the city after the 1949 Chinese Revolution. (sinojudaic.org/tianjin), large numbers of Jewish refugees had been streaming to Tianjin before and during World War II, with the city occupied by the Japanese from July 1937 to August 1945. For more on the Tianjin/Tiensin Jewish community, see also https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/harbin/Growing_Up_in_Tientsin_Chapter_22. pdf. A copy of a similar booklet sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- China -- Tientsin -- History -- Societies, etc. OCLC: 234094995.OCLC lists one copy worldwide (NLI). Toning to cover, touch of egwear to cover in one spot, Very Good Condition, an outstanding copy of this rare and important booklet . (Holo2-160-10); 1st printing. Original blue printed paper wrappers, 12mo, 19 pages, 17 cm. In English and Russian. “Adopted in 1935/1936.” Copy belonging to Leo Gershevitch, President of the Culture Club 'Kunst, theTientsin Jewish Hebrew Association, The Tientsin Zionist Organization, The Tientsin Jewish Union, the Tientsin Hebrew school, ’ and other Jewish organizations in Tientsin, with his Yiddish stamp on cover. The “Kunst” club was a Jewish theater group in Tianjin (“Kunst” means “Art” in German and Yiddish). Up until 1904 only ten Jewish families lived in Tientsin. In 1906 the Jews established the Tientsin Jewish Union which rendered various religious services. Side by side with this union the Tientsin Hebrew Association was active in the city and took care of welfare needs such as soup kitchens, hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc. The 1917 Russian Revolution fueled the rapid growth of the city's Jewish population with many Jewish immigrants from Russia, and “in 1920 the community was formally named The Hebrew Association of Tientsin (THA) [The organization named here in this charter booklet]. In this context the community built a synagogue, engaged a Rabbi and a Shochet, and provided full religious services. Committees for Eretz Israel affairs and hospitals were set up. A singular feature of the community was the establishment of the Benevolent Society in 1920, whose aim was to assist Jews in need and help them settle into their new environment.” Tianjin soon became the third largest Jewish community in China, after Shanghai and Harbin. In 1935, the number of Jewish people in Tianjin reached 3,500. Though most Jews left the city after the 1949 Chinese Revolution. (sinojudaic.org/tianjin), large numbers of Jewish refugees had been streaming to Tianjin before and during World War II, with the city occupied by the Japanese from July 1937 to August 1945. For more on the Tianjin/Tiensin Jewish community, see also https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/harbin/Growing_Up_in_Tientsin_Chapter_22. pdf. A copy of a similar booklet sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- China -- Tientsin -- History -- Societies, etc. OCLC: 234094995.OCLC lists one copy worldwide (NLI). Toning to cover, Very Good Condition, an outstanding copy of this rare and important booklet . (Holo2-160-10)
Stock number:42252.
$US 875.00
Imprint: Tientsin: No Publisher [The Club, printed by the Pioneer Press], 1930
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original beige printed paper wrappers, 12mo, 16 pages, 17 cm. In English and Russian. Copy belonging to Leo Gershevitch, President of the Culture Club 'Kunst, theTientsin Jewish Hebrew Association, The Tientsin Zionist Organization, The Tientsin Jewish Union, the Tientsin Hebrew school, ’ and other Jewish organizations in Tientsin, with his Yiddish stamp on cover. The “Kunst” club was a Jewish theater group in Tianjin (“Kunst” means “Art” in German and Yiddish). Up until 1904 only ten Jewish families lived in Tientsin. In 1906 the Jews established the Tientsin Jewish Union which rendered various religious services. Side by side with this union the Tientsin Hebrew Association was active in the city and took care of welfare needs such as soup kitchens, hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc. The 1917 Russian Revolution fueled the rapid growth of the city's Jewish population with many Jewish immigrants from Russia, and “in 1920 the community was formally named The Hebrew Association of Tientsin (THA) [The organization named here in this charter booklet]. In this context the community built a synagogue, engaged a Rabbi and a Shochet, and provided full religious services. Committees for Eretz Israel affairs and hospitals were set up. A singular feature of the community was the establishment of the Benevolent Society in 1920, whose aim was to assist Jews in need and help them settle into their new environment.” Tianjin soon became the third largest Jewish community in China, after Shanghai and Harbin. In 1935, the number of Jewish people in Tianjin reached 3,500. Though most Jews left the city after the 1949 Chinese Revolution. (sinojudaic.org/tianjin), large numbers of Jewish refugees had been streaming to Tianjin before and during World War II, with the city occupied by the Japanese from July 1937 to August 1945. For more on the Tianjin/Tiensin Jewish community, see also https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/harbin/Growing_Up_in_Tientsin_Chapter_22. pdf. A copy of a similar booklet sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- China -- Tientsin -- History -- Societies, etc. OCLC: 234094994. OCLC lists one copy worldwide (NLI). Punch holes to inner margin (as issued?), toning to cover, Very Good Condition, an outstanding copy of this rare and important booklet . (Holo2-160-9)
Stock number:42251.
$US 875.00
Imprint: Tianjin: No Publisher [The Community], 1933
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st printing. Original orange printed paper wrappers, 12mo, 12 pages, 17 cm. In Russian. Title translates as, “Statutes of the Tianjin Jewish community: approved by the general meeting of the members of the community on July 30, 1933 in Tianjin.” Copy belonging to Leo Gershevitch, President of the Tientsin Jewish Hebrew Association , The Tientsin Zionist Organization, The Tientsin Jewish Union [The organization in this booklet], the Tientsin Hebrew school, the Culture Club 'Kunst, ’ and other Jewish organizations in Tientsin, with his Yiddish stamp on cover. Up until 1904 only ten Jewish families lived in Tientsin. In 1906 the Jews established the Tientsin Jewish Union which rendered various religious services. Side by side with this union the Tientsin Hebrew Association was active in the city and took care of welfare needs such as soup kitchens, hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc. The 1917 Russian Revolution fueled the rapid growth of the city's Jewish population with many Jewish immigrants from Russia, and “in 1920 the community was formally named The Hebrew Association of Tientsin (THA) [The organization named here in this charter booklet]. In this context the community built a synagogue, engaged a Rabbi and a Shochet, and provided full religious services. Committees for Eretz Israel affairs and hospitals were set up. A singular feature of the community was the establishment of the Benevolent Society in 1920, whose aim was to assist Jews in need and help them settle into their new environment.” Tianjin soon became the third largest Jewish community in China, after Shanghai and Harbin. In 1935, the number of Jewish people in Tianjin reached 3,500. Though most Jews left the city after the 1949 Chinese Revolution. (sinojudaic.org/tianjin), large numbers of Jewish refugees had been streaming to Tianjin before and during World War II, with the city occupied by the Japanese from July 1937 to August 1945. For more on the Tianjin/Tiensin Jewish community, see also https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/harbin/Growing_Up_in_Tientsin_Chapter_22. pdf. A copy of a similar booklet (which also lists only 1 copy in OCLC) sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- China -- Tientsin -- History. OCLC: 236176584. OCLC lists only one copy anywhere worldwide (National Library of Israel). Very Good+ Condition, an outstanding and exceedingly rare association copy. (Holo2-160-4)
Stock number:42246.
$US 875.00
Imprint: No Place [Tientsin, Tianjin]: Far Eastern Press [Printer; Published by The Society], 1936
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original printed wrappers, 16mo (pocket sized), 16 pages. Text in Russian and English. Copy belonging to Leo Gershevitch, President of the Tientsin Jewish Hebrew Association, The Tientsin Zionist Organization, The Tientsin Jewish Union, the Tientsin Hebrew school, the Culture Club 'Kunst, ’ and other Jewish organizations in Tientsin) with his Yiddish stamp on cover. Until 1904 only ten Jewish families lived in Tientsin, China. In 1906 the Jews established the Tientsin Jewish Union which rendered various religious services. Side by side with this union the Tientsin Hebrew Association was active in the city and took care of welfare needs such as soup kitchens, hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc. The 1917 Russian Revolution fueled the rapid growth of the city's Jewish population with many Jewish immigrants from Russia, resulting in Tianjin supporting the third largest Jewish community in China in the 1920s and 1930s, after Shanghai and Harbin. In 1935, the number of Jewish people in Tianjin reached 3,500. Though most Jews left the city after the 1949 Chinese Revolution. (sinojudaic.org/tianjin), large numbers of Jewish refugees had been streaming to Tianjin before and during World War II, with the city occupied by the Japanese from July 1937 to August 1945. For more on the Tianjin/Tiensin Jewish community, see https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/harbin/Growing_Up_in_Tientsin_Chapter_22. pdf. A copy of this booklet sold at auction in 2023 for $875 (with commission). OCLC: 84572579. OCLC lists only one library with holdings (Harvard). Essentially a mint condition copy, outstanding and exceedingly rare. (Holo2-160-2)
Stock number:42243.
$US 875.00
Imprint: [Philadelphia],: No Publisher Listed, 1903
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original stapled paper wrappers with illustration of the Rev. Dr. Isaac M. Wise on front and illustration of Hebrew Union College on back. 8vo, 10 pages. €œNo other Rabbi ever achieved what Dr. Wise had achieved for Israel’s sacred cause; no other Rabbi ever toiled and suffered for reform as he toiled and suffered…. He was the Jochanan ben Zaccai, who, by establishing the Hebrew Union College, founded a new centre for Israel’s religion and literature, and saved his people from the threatening doom of dissolution. € Krauskopf’s eulogy here discusses at great lenght Hebrew Union College, which was founded by Dr. Wise. It ends with “Ours is the obligation to endow the Hebrew Union College, - as our debt of gratitude to Dr. Wise, as our duty to our children and ourselves, †and with a form to donate to the Isaac M. Wise Memorial Fund National Committee which was an endowment fund for the Hebrew Union College. Joseph Krauskopf, (1858–1923) the author, was himself a leading U. S. Reform rabbi who very much led the movement following Wise’s death which he memorialized here in 1903.. While enrolled at HUC in the first class of Hebrew Union College, “he wrote a periodical for Jewish youth entitled the Sabbath Visitor and three textbooks for religious education. After serving a congregation in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1887 Krauskopf became rabbi of the Reform Congregation Kenesseth Israel, Philadelphia, which he served for the remainder of his life. Krauskopf became a leader of radical Reform, introducing Sunday services and compiling a Service Ritual (1888, 1924) . A leading figure in the national organizations of Reform Judaism, he served as a vice president of the conference which adopted the Pittsburgh Platform in 1885, the conference which he first proposed to Kohler, and president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (1903–05) . He was active in work for the poor, arguing for increased sanitation and better living conditions. He proposed a program of direct contact between successful and poor Jews, an unsuccessful forerunner of Big Brother programs. A man of forceful energy, he paid attention to the need for Jewish literature, and the outcome was the foundation in 1888 of the Jewish Publication Society of America, of which he was the first honorary secretary. Impressed during a visit to Russia in 1894 by the zeal with which Jews engaged in agriculture where the Russian government allowed, he established the National Farm School at Doylestown, Pennsylvania, in 1896 ‘as one of the best means of securing safety and happiness to the sorely afflicted of our people. €™ In 1917 he was appointed to direct food conservation among Jews for the U. S. Food Administration. At first an anti-Zionist, Krauskopf modified his attitude as a result of the labors of Jewish agriculturalists in Palestine. There too he was impressed with their agricultural work and soon found himself a defender of Zionism against anti-Zionists†(Temkin in EJ, 2007) . OCLC: 173007139, OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Hebrew Union College, National Library of Israel) . Pencil marks in margins on few pages, slight tearing along spine. Overall Very Good Condition. Rare (AMR-57-3)
Stock number:40774.
$US 750.00
Imprint: Varshe [Warsaw]: Farlag "di Velt",, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers, 8vo, ca. 100 pages. Monthly Bundist periodical ran from Vol. I, Nr, 1 (Oct. 1927) to 1932. 23 cm. In Yiddish. Unobtrusive Bund rubber stamp. Levin (1977) reports that it was in UNZER TSAYT that the very first reports of the Bund's split over the National Question with the Russian Social Democrats were published (in 1927). The Bund in Poland, here providing its unique Polish Jewish Socialist anti-Zionist perspective. “The General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Yiddish: ‘algemeyner yidisher arbeter-bund in lite, poyln un rusland’), generally called The Bund or the Jewish Labour Bund, was a secular Jewish socialist party.... founded in Vilnius on October 7, 1897…..In 1917 the Polish part of the Bund, which dated to the times when Poland was a Russian territory, seceded from the Russian Bund and created a new Polish General Labor Bund which continued to operate in Poland in the years between the two world wars….The Bund sought to unite all Jewish workers in the Russian Empire into a united socialist party, and also to ally itself with the wider Russian social democratic movement to achieve a democratic and socialist Russia. The Russian Empire then included Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine and most of present-day Poland, areas where the majority of the world's Jews then lived. They hoped to see the Jews achieve a legal minority status in Russia. Of all Jewish political parties of the time, the Bund was the most progressive regarding gender equality, with women making up more than one-third of all members. The Bund actively campaigned against anti-Semitism. It defended Jewish civil and cultural rights and rejected assimilation. However, the close promotion of Jewish sectional interests and support for the concept of Jewish national unity (klal yisrael) was prevented by the socialist universalism of the Bund. The Bund avoided any automatic solidarity with Jews of the middle and upper classes and generally rejected political cooperation with Jewish groups that held religious, Zionist or conservative views. Even the anthem of the Bund, known as "the oath" (di shvue in Yiddish), written in 1902 by Sh. An-ski, contained no explicit reference to Jews or Jewish suffering. At the heart of the vision of the future of the Bund was the idea that there is no contradiction between the national aspect on the one hand and the socialist aspect on the other. As a strictly secular organization, the Bund renounced the Holy Land and the sacred language (Hebrew) and chose to speak Yiddish….In its early years the Bund had remarkable success, gaining an estimated 30,000 members in 1903 and an estimated 40,000 supporters in 1906, making it the largest socialist group in the Russian Empire…. the Bund was a founding collective member at the RSDLP's first congress in Minsk in March 1898. For the next 5 years, the Bund was recognized as the sole representative of the Jewish workers in the RSDLP, although many Russian socialists of Jewish descent, especially outside of the Pale of Settlement, joined the RSDLP directly….The Bund generally sided with the party's Menshevik faction led by Julius Martov and against the Bolshevik faction led by Vladimir Lenin during the factional struggles in the run-up to the Russian Revolution of 1917….In the Polish areas of the [Russian] empire, the Bund was a leading force in the 1905 revolution. At that time the organization probably reached the height of its influence. It called for an improvement in living standards, a more democratic political system and the introduction of equal rights for Jews. At least in the early stages of the first Russian Revolution, the armed groups of the "Bund" were likely the strongest revolutionary force in Western Russia. During the following years, the Bund went into a period of decay….The Bund eventually came to strongly oppose Zionism, arguing that emigration to Palestine was a form of escapism. The Bund did not advocate separatism. Instead, it focused on culture, rather than a state or a place, as the glue of Jewish ‘nationalism.’ …. The Bund also promoted the use of Yiddish as a Jewish national language and to some extent opposed the Zionist project of reviving Hebrew. The Bund won converts mainly among Jewish artisans and workers, but also among the growing Jewish intelligentsia. It led a trade union movement of its own. It joined with the Poalei Zion (Labour Zionists) and other groups to form self-defense organisations to protect Jewish communities against pogroms and government troops. During the Russian Revolution of 1905 the Bund headed the revolutionary movement in the Jewish towns, particularly in Belarus and Ukraine…..In 1921, the Communist Bund [in the USSR] dissolved itself and its members sought admission to the Communist Party....Many former Bundists, like Mikhail Liber and David Petrovsky, perished during Stalin's purges in the 1930s. The Polish Bundists continued their activities until 1948. During the latter half of the 20th century the Bundist legacy was represented through the International Jewish Labor Bund, a federation of local Bundist groups around the world….Among the exiled Bundists who went on with Socialist politics in America was Baruch Charney Vladeck (1886–1938), elected to the New York Board of Aldermen as a Socialist in 1917…[and] 1937 [and] manager of The Jewish Daily Forward…Moishe Lewis (1888–1950)....the father of David Lewis (1909–1981), a leader of the New Democratic Party in Canada….David Dubinsky (1892–1982), though never formally a member of the party, had joined the bakers' union, which was controlled by the Bund, and was elected assistant secretary within the union by 1906…..He later became a member of the Socialist Party of America, helped found the American Labor Party in 1936 and was from 1932 till 1966 the leader of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union…..under the name Max Goldfarb, David Petrovsky (1886–1937) was a member of the Central Committee of the Jewish Socialist Federation of America, a member of the Socialist Party of America, and the labor editor of The Forward” (Wikipedia). SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jewish labor unions -- Periodicals. Socialism and Judaism -- Periodicals. Yiddish literature -- Poland -- Periodicals. OCLC Number: 642969688. OCLC lists only runs (Arizona State, Stanford, LOC, U of Washington), all of which appear to be incomplete. Very light wear, a beautiful set! Very Good Condition. (Y-1-12) xx
Stock number:16130.
$US 750.00
Imprint: Louisville, KY: Temple Adas Israel, 1902
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers with silver gilt lettering. 8vo, [3] pages. With photo of Rabbi Moses. This is the program for memorial service of this leading Reform Rabbi who had already fought in 2 different armies before landing in the American South. Adolph Moses (1840-1902), "attended both the University of Breslau and Zechariah Frankel 's Rabbinical Seminary. Idealistic and devoted to his studies, Moses was especially interested in history, philosophy, and philology and like many young Jews of the time was strongly influenced by Western civilization. In 1859, carrying only a walking stick, he hiked to Italy where he fought under Garibaldi, attaining the rank of corporal...In 1863, Moses joined the Polish insurrection. Captured by the Russians, he later wrote a novel, Luser Segermacher, about his prison experiences. After his release, Moses went to Frankfurt on Main to study under Abraham Geiger , a leading Reform scholar, and later spent two years at the University of Vienna, where he was close to Professor Adolph Jellinek.... [in 1870] he accepted a call to a pulpit in Montgomery, Alabama, and soon moved on to another in Mobile, where he served 1871-1881. He devoted himself to learning to deliver sermons in good English, rather than the German language prevalent in the American synagogues at the time, and he developed a life-long fascination with Shakespeare, even giving lectures on the Bard. Moses leaned toward radical Reform, deprecating what he would term "physiological Judaism, " by which he meant its ritual and nationalistic aspects. He preferred instead to see Judaism as a world monotheistic doctrine of truth and morality. In 1885, he was the first to rise to advocate acceptance of the Platform at the famous meeting of Reform rabbis at Pittsburgh. He joined a group of rabbis in 1890 in rejecting the halakhic requirement of circumcision for male proselytes, although he criticized conversions for people who simply wanted to marry Jews. He opposed the budding Zionist movement, and like many Reform rabbis of that era moved his temple's main weekly service to Sundays, starting in 1892. He published many articles on Judaism, folklore, and anthropology and served as editor of Zeitgeist, a Jewish journal. A collection of his essays, along with a brief biography, was published in 1903 by Hyman G. Enelow. He graduated from the medical school of the University of Louisville in 1893 and was particularly interested in working with the blind. From 1881, he served as rabbi of Temple Adath Israel in Louisville, Kentucky, where he remained until his death (Schwartz in EJ, 2007) . No copies listed in OCLC. Outer black paper mourning frame wrappers, covering the inner white text and photograpic covers (with hole allowing photo to show through), are detached with edgewear but present. Otherwise Good Condition. Important and Exceedingly rare, perhaps a unique surviving copy. (AMR-57-2)
Stock number:40773.
$US 750.00
Imprint: New York, American Friends Of The Hebrew University, 1948-53
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Period springboard binder, with all original illustrated paper wrappers bound in (easily removed without damage if preferred) . 4to. About 4-8 pages each, except for final issue, which has 20 pages; 22 cm. A continuation of the ‘News Bulletin’ from 1938-1946. A nearly complete DP-era run of the News Bulletin Published by American Friends of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem from 1948-1953. Each edition packed with dozens of black-and-white photographs of students, professors, and honorees at the university. Includes articles on dozens of important scientists, academics, and organizational leaders including Albert Einstein, Chaim Weizmann, and David Ben-Gurion. “The Indian Jews of Mexico know little of Jewish religion, though they gather in their synagogues on Saturdays and Jewish holidays to pray (mostly in Spanish) and to sing hymns in Spanish and Hebrew. Their Jewish consciousness is very strong, however, and when intermarriage takes place between one of them and a Catholic Indian, the non-Jewish partner is usually converted to Judaism and brought into the congregation. ” Aimed primarily at building political and financial support for the University within American Jewry, the publication is very slick and appealing to look at. SUBJECT(S) : Periodicals, Science, Hebrew University. OCLC and WorldCat list 14 holdings worldwide. Overall, very good + condition. Mild edgewear. Minimal rubbing and markings. Minimal pencil markings and library stamps on Vol. VI. No. 1+6. (ZION-51-63)
Stock number:38455.
$US 750.00
Imprint: Hechaluc kiadás. Budapest, 1945
Binding: Hardback
(1945) . Original Illustrated Paper Wrappers, Small 8vo, 216 pages. Eredeti borítóval. Includes 9 powerful original linocut illustrations, and cover design, by Shagra Weil. Also includes a bit of music.Title translates as "The Yellow Book. Data on the War Losses of Hungarian Jewry. 1941-1945." One of the earliest book about the Hungarian Holocaust. Published by Hechaluc (Hehalutz), the Zionist resistant movement, whose legendary headquarters was located at the Üvegház (Glasshouse) in Budapest, a former glass-store. During the Holocaust about 3000 people found shelter there and it was the center for producing fake identification documents to save Hungarian Jews from persecution. Shraga Weil (Ferenc Ferdinánd; 1918-2009) was a Hungarian born Israeli painter. He studied at the Academy of Art in Prague and École des Beaux Arts in Paris. During WWII he was active in the Zionist underground movement in Budapest, working in the workshop for forging documents. After the war he sailed for Palestine on an illegal immigrant ship and became a member of Kibbutz Ha'ogen where he lived until his death. In 1959 Weil was awarded the Dizengoff Prize for painting. He created the doors of the main entrance to the Knesset building and the President's residence in Jerusalem. Weil painted the wooden panels in the Israeli Hall at the Kennedy Center. Sándor Groszmann (Alexander Grossmann, Ben Erec; 1909-2003) was a journalist and publisher, one of the main activists of the Hungarian Zionist movement and co-founder of "Hashomer Hatzair" in Hungary. He was one of the leaders at the "Glasshouse". "When the argument arose about whether to absorb more Jews into the 'Glass House' as they might endanger the lives of those already living there, he said: 'For the sake of one hundred thousand Jews it is worth to endanger our own lives'". (Gur, D.; 2007). After the liberation he was the secretary of JDC (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) in Budapest and member of the board of the Hungarian Zionist Association and of the "Eretz-Israel" office. In 1949 he left Hungary and after living in Austria and Israel he settled down in Switzerland where he started to publish books and the periodical "Jöv?" (Future). [Bibl.: Gur, D.: Brothers for Resistance and Rescue. The Underground Zionist Youth Movement in Hungary during Word War II. Jerusalem-New York, 2007; Cohen, A.: The Halutz Resistance in Hungary, 1942-1944. New York, 1986.]. Paper aged, Very Good Condition. (holo2-125-27) xx
Stock number:36029.
$US 750.00
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Imprint: New York; John S. Taylor, 1843
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 12mo. 358 pages. 19 cm. First US edition. Singerman 0833. This novel is considered to be the first English language ‘Zionist Novel’ (it predates George Eliot’s ‘Daniel Deronda’ by thirty years); the story concerns the return of an English Jew (Alick) to the Holy Land; it binds together English and Jewish history.This was the last novel the author wrote. Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846) wrote on the plight of English factory workers, was well known in her time for her novels and her Orange-Protestant essays and poems, was passionate about gardening, a pioneer of deaf education, and also wrote children’s stories. In her later years she defended the rights of Judaism, and in her last three years was a close friend of Moses Montefiore, owing to her fundraising on behalf of the Jews of Mogador in 1844 (she raised the most money of anyone for the Jewish community in the besieged Moroccan coastal city), her public protest against the policies of Tsar Nicholas I towards Jews, and her 1844 letter to the Bishop of Jerusalem, entitled ‘Israel’s Ordinances.’ “As Tonna’s health deteriorated rapidly, the Montefiores became devoted friends. When she set out on her final journey to Ramsgate from London, it was Montefiore who bade her farewell at the train station and handed her a basket of grapes.“ (Pg. 215; ‘Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero’; by Abigail Green). Her work, "Days of Old,’ by Charlotte Elizabeth (Mrs. Tonner)” was part of the sixth volume published by the American Jewish Publication Society in 1847 (Jewish Miscellany no. VI; which also includes two works by Isaac Leeser, “Rachel Levi, A Tale” and “The Jews and Their Religion”), two years after the society was founded by Isaac Leeser (EJ 1906; American Jewish Publication Society). Bound in black cloth with gilt title on spine. Subjects: Jews - Fiction. Fiction (English). Bound in original cloth with gilt title on spine. Subjects: Jews - Fiction. Fiction (English). OCLC lists 17 copies. Wear to spine, foxing and some stains, Good Condition Overall. AMR-39-32a, Boston Books 2/13 $35; Godot Books 2/13 $51; Giga Books 2/13 $50
Stock number:34762.
$US 750.00
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Imprint: New York; John S. Taylor, 1843
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 12mo. 358 pages. 19 cm. First US edition. Singerman 0833. This novel is considered to be the first English language ‘Zionist Novel’ (it predates George Eliot’s ‘Daniel Deronda’ by thirty years); the story concerns the return of an English Jew (Alick) to the Holy Land; it binds together English and Jewish history.This was the last novel the author wrote. Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846) wrote on the plight of English factory workers, was well known in her time for her novels and her Orange-Protestant essays and poems, was passionate about gardening, a pioneer of deaf education, and also wrote children’s stories. In her later years she defended the rights of Judaism, and in her last three years was a close friend of Moses Montefiore, owing to her fundraising on behalf of the Jews of Mogador in 1844 (she raised the most money of anyone for the Jewish community in the besieged Moroccan coastal city), her public protest against the policies of Tsar Nicholas I towards Jews, and her 1844 letter to the Bishop of Jerusalem, entitled ‘Israel’s Ordinances.’ “As Tonna’s health deteriorated rapidly, the Montefiores became devoted friends. When she set out on her final journey to Ramsgate from London, it was Montefiore who bade her farewell at the train station and handed her a basket of grapes.“ (Pg. 215; ‘Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero’; by Abigail Green). Her work, "Days of Old,’ by Charlotte Elizabeth (Mrs. Tonner)” was part of the sixth volume published by the American Jewish Publication Society in 1847 (Jewish Miscellany no. VI; which also includes two works by Isaac Leeser, “Rachel Levi, A Tale” and “The Jews and Their Religion”), two years after the society was founded by Isaac Leeser (EJ 1906; American Jewish Publication Society). Bound in black cloth with gilt title on spine. Subjects: Jews - Fiction. Fiction (English). Bound in original cloth with gilt title on spine. Subjects: Jews - Fiction. Fiction (English). OCLC lists 17 copies. Residue at top of title page, old damp stains, Cloth remains very good, Overall Good+ condition. (AMR-39-32) xxx, Boston Books 2/13 $35; Godot Books 2/13 $51; Giga Books 2/13 $50
Stock number:31537.
$US 750.00
Imprint: London: Printed By Waterlow And Sons, 1934
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. Lxxix, 2668, 125 pages [2872 pages total] 25 cm. Sir Robert Harry Drayton (1892-1963) was a British legal officer. In 1931, Drayton, previously Solicitor-General, was appointed Legal Draftsman to the Palestine Government. In 1933, Drayton compiled and catalogued the laws, decrees, regulations, rules, etc. Which were issued in Palestine in addition to the British Royal laws and decrees enforced therein (UCC, 2019) . SUBJECTS: Law - Palestine. (OCLC: 22912793) . Foxing to some pages. Boards are lightly worn. Very good condition. (ZION2-2-12)
Stock number:40979.
$US 700.00
Imprint: Moskve [Moscow]: Tsentraler Felker-Farlag fun F.S.S.R., 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Bound in later basic boards, 8vo, 136 pages. 22 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “For the stage: (Stories, Plays, Songs).” Includes musical notation, with music for 1-3 voices, principally unaccompanied. Dobrushin (1883–1953) was a “Soviet Yiddish literary author, critic, and scholar….Between 1902 and 1909, he lived in Paris, where he studied law at the Sorbonne and was active in the socialist Zionist movement. After recovering from an illness that had confined him to bed for several years, he published his first collection of poetry and short plays, Benkende neshomes (Longing Souls) in 1912; other publications soon followed. In 1916, Dobrushin settled in Kiev and his articles and poetry appeared in various Hebrew and Yiddish periodicals. During the civil war, he edited and contributed to the publications of the Kultur-lige. In 1920, he moved to Moscow, where he coedited the magazine Shtrom and other Soviet Yiddish periodicals.A prolific poet, playwright, and critic, Dobrushin enthusiastically responded to new developments in Jewish life in the Soviet Union. In the late 1920s, he was a regular visitor to Jewish agricultural settlements in Crimea, where he collected material for sketches and plays that were later produced on the Soviet Yiddish stage. As the chief literary consultant for the Moscow State Yiddish Theater (GOSET), Dobrushin adapted a number of works of Yiddish literature for the stage. In his capacity as a theater critic and historian, he published significant studies on the dramaturgy of Avrom Goldfadn, Mendele Moykher-Sforim, Sholem Aleichem, and Y. L. Peretz (collected under the title Di dramaturgye fun di klasiker [The Dramaturgy of the Classical Writers]; 1948), as well as on the Soviet Yiddish theater, including monographs about Yiddish actors Binyomin Zuskin (1939) and Solomon Mikhoels (1940). Dobrushin was the only critic and playwright among a group of six Soviet Yiddish writers who were awarded high Soviet decorations in 1939, and a village in Crimea was named after him.Dobrushin’s literary criticism covered all of Soviet Yiddish literature from the 1920s to the 1940s….As a literary historian, Dobrushin paid special attention to Sholem Aleichem, particularly to elements of folklore in his works. Dobrushin’s book Dovid Bergelson (1947) contains, notwithstanding its dogmatic Marxist-Leninist methodology, many valuable insights, and remains the only monographic study of one of the greatest of Yiddish writers. Another major theme of Dobrushin’s research was Yiddish folklore. In one of his last articles published before his arrest in 1948, he called for the collection and study of folklore among the survivors of the Holocaust. He was active in the historical commission of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee from 1942. Dobrushin was arrested in late 1948, tortured during the interrogation, and sent to a prison camp in the Arctic Circle, where he died in exile in 1953” (Krutikov in YIVO Encyclopedia). For more on Dobrushin, see Gennady Estraikh, “In Harness: Yiddish Writers’ Romance with Communism” (Syracuse, N.Y., 2005) and Jeffrey Veidlinger, “The Moscow State Yiddish Theater: Jewish Culture on the Soviet Stage” (Bloomington, Ind., 2000). SUBJECT(S): Yiddish literature. Litte´rature yiddish. OCLC: 150587568. OCLC lists only 1 hard copy worldwide (NYBC, but their copy listing 135 pages instead of our 136). Lacks original covers (probably paper wrappers), but text complete with title page intact. Crude tape-repair to margins of title page, just touching one letter of title. Simple cardboard binding with taped backstrip, paper toned but clean and solid with clean repair to one leaf. Solid copy. Good Condition Thus. Very Rare. (YID-43-19-+)
Stock number:42182.
$US 600.00
Imprint: New York, Bloch Pub. Co, 1904
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original green printed wrappers, 8vo, 32 pages. Early Zionist plea from the pivotal year of 1904, which saw both Herzl’s death as well as the first American publication of Herzl’s “The Jewish State.” Indeed, “by 1904, cultural Zionism was accepted by most Zionists and a schism was beginning to develop between the Zionist movement and Orthodox Judaism. In 1904, Herzl died unexpectedly at the age of 44 and the leadership was taken over by David Wolffsohn, who led the movement until 1911. During this period, the movement was based in Berlin (Germany's Jews were the most assimilated) and made little progress, failing to win support among the Young Turks after the collapse of the Ottoman Regime….Under Herzl's leadership, Zionism relied on Orthodox Jews for religious support, with the main party being the orthodox Mizrachi. However, as the cultural and socialist Zionists increasingly broke with tradition and used language contrary to the outlook of most religious Jewish communities, many orthodox religious organizations began opposing Zionism. Their opposition was based on its secularism and on the grounds that only the Messiah could re-establish Jewish rule in Israel.Therefore, most Orthodox Jews maintained the traditional Jewish belief that while the Land of Israel was given to the ancient Israelites by God, and the right of the Jews to that land was permanent and inalienable, the Messiah must appear before the land could return to Jewish control” (Wikipedia. “Albert M. Friedenberg (1881–1942) was an American lawyer and historian. “At the age of 19, he joined the American Jewish Historical Society and became one of its leading members; he was largely responsible for the issuance of 17 volumes of the Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society (ajhsp, nos. 18–34). Friedenberg wrote numerous papers and articles on the early history of Jews in America, immigration, historical aspects of Zionism, Jews in Masonry, and the Jewish periodical press, and also on local German Jewish history, literature, and biography. He acted as the New York correspondent of the Baltimore Jewish Comment (1902–10) and the Chicago Reform Advocate (1905–31), and as contributing editor of the New York Hebrew Standard (1907–23). Includes bibliographical references” (Encyclopedia.com). SUBJECT(S): Zionism. Interestingly, OCLC lists not a single hard copy anywhere–only microfilm and digital access copies (for example, OCLC: 894106828). An absolutely pristine, unread copy, amazingly preserved, Very Good+ Condition. Extremely rare, important, and well-preserved (zion2-3-3)
Stock number:41917.
$US 600.00
Imprint: Pariz (Paris) : [Publisher Not Identified], 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 119 pages; 18 cm. In Yiddish. Holocaust-era publication from Paris. Title translates to “Toward the historic day of judgment, the Jewish people between curses and redemption” Published early in the Holocaust, Ben-Adir argues for the enactment of national introspection and calm rather than territorialism! Ben-Adir (1878–1942) was writer and Jewish socialist leader, born in Krucha, Belorussia. He was a child prodigy and left for university in Minsk at the age of 16. While there, he was heavily influenced by Jewish socialism. After the First Zionist Congress in 1897, Ben-Adir published an article advocating political Zionism in opposition to the ideology of Ahad Ha-Am. After then Kishinev pogrom of 1903 Ben-Adir published a call for the formation of a Jewish party which would combine the aims of revolutionary socialism with national Jewish aspirations. Ben-Adir was one of the founders and ideologists of the Vozrozhdeniye group, and of its successor of the Sejmists (Jewish Socialist Workers' Party) whose program included Jewish national-political autonomy while envisaging territorial sovereignty as a remote aim. Ben-Adir stayed in Erets Israel between 1925 and 1927 but returned to Berlin, leaving for Paris in 1933. "Algemeyne geshikhtlekhe perspektivn un problemen -- tsentrale yidishe problem." SUBJECTS: Zionism – Jewish nationalism. OCLC Number:19316146. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Minor browning, edgewear to wrappers at corners. Overall Very Good- Condition. (ZION-14-52)
Stock number:38000.
$US 500.00
Imprint: Philadelphia: Ben J. Nusbaum, 1893
Edition: First Edition
Binding: paperback
1st edition, original paper wrappers. 8vo, 8 pages. Series I. No. 9. On cover: “Discourses of Rabbi Dr. Henry Berkowitz, Before Congregation Rodef Shalom.” Delivered on Friday, March 31, 1893. Singerman S025. “In 1892 [Berkowitz] was called by the Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Philadelphia). In this city he helped in the establishment of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies (1901) and the Philadelphia Rabbinical Association (1901)…. Berkowitz founded the Jewish Chautauqua Society in 1893, where he served as chancellor, which was his key contribution to developing American Jewish institutions and educations. When the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) was founded in 1889 and he became a charter member. According to the same biographical sketch, he drafted a formula on meditating congregations and rabbis while he worked at CCAR as a committee chairman…. Berkowitz was strongly against Zionism. He vigorously opposed those who insisted that contemporary Judaism demanded creation of a national Jewish state in Palestine with his widely publicized statement ‘Why I am Not a Zionist’ at the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) convention in Cincinnati in 1899.” (wikipedia) Not listed on OCLC. Singerman lists 5 holdings of Berkowitz’ discourses, though 3 of those holdings are either “scattered” or “undetermined,” so may not include this publication. Some edgewear, internally clean. Good Condition overall. (AMR-67-19-'d'kk'r)
Stock number:41678.
$US 500.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim; Y. M. Solomon, 1883
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Later Cloth. 12mo. [9], 96 pages. 18 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Helek Rishon (no more published) . One of the first Hebrew books published on the geography of Eretz Israel. Written by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858–1922) , “Hebrew writer and lexicographer, generally considered the father of modern Hebrew, and one of the first active Zionist leaders. Born Eliezer Yizhak Perelman in Luzhky, Lithuania, he officially adopted the pseudonym Ben-Yehuda, which he had previously used in his literary activities, when he went to Palestine. … The Ben-Yehuda household thus was the first Hebrew-speaking home established in Palestine, and his first son, Ben-Zion (later called Ithamar Ben-Avi) , the first modern Hebrew-speaking child. ” - EJ 2008. S. HaLevi 413. A damaged copy sold at auction in 2014 for over USD 550. Subjects: Physical geography - Palestine. Physical geography. Middle East - Palestine. OCLC lists 10 copies. Later boards bowed, first and last pages aged; light soiling and foxing to edges throughout, overall clean. Good + condition. (ZION-8-10)
Stock number:35652.
$US 500.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Department Of Customs, Excise, And Trade, 1924
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 10 issues, approximately 40-50 pages each with multiple pages of advertisements from the period, 24 cm. Published every two weeks by the Department of Commerce and Industry (1922-24) and the Department of Customs, Excise and Trade (1924-1931) . SUBJECTS: Palestine -- Commerce -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 16 holdings worldwide, most appear to be incomplete (OCLC: 162116616) . Wrappers have some chips in the margin. Pages browning. All contents are very clear and good. (ZION2-2-19)
Stock number:40971.
$US 500.00
Imprint: New York: "Jewish Daily News" Print,, 1887
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. 12mo. 105, 96, 128 pages. In English, German, and Hebrew; each with own title page. Includes introductory remarks by 3 Chicago Rabbis: Emil Hirsh, Dr. S. Sola, and A. Norden. "A Wisp of Myrrh in a Bed of Spices. A narrative of interesting events in the life of Israel's bene- factor, the illustrious philanthropist, Sir Moses Montcfiore , and reflections upon his many deeds of kindness and benevolence, including elucidations of many expressions in Biblical and Talmudical literature, and a philosoph ical investigation of the general idea of the belief in the immortality of the soul and reward and punishment in the life to come, etc. Original in Classical Hebrew." The author notes, "In the year following the death of Sir Moses Montifiore, I thought of writing concerning the life and deeds of this illustrious philanthropist , and to publish the same in memory of this great benefactor of Israel. On the first day of Tyyar .5646 [6 May 1886), my task was finished" (p. 105). He also notes, “ ‘After I finished writing my book ... some knowledgeable and wise people read it while it was still in manuscript ... and enjoyed it immensely ... [but] it was a great wonder to them ... for he who engages in commerce does not become wise, particularly not in this land, where the Torah is placed on the street corner and no one asks for it. And they asked me if I did not copy it from books written by famous men of great worth who toil in Torah [scholarship] ... I responded to them truthfully, that all the contents of my book are my own ideas ... and I gave them proof” (p. 3) Goldman 691: “Part one is a homiletic biography of Montefiore and part two contains Talmudic novellae and Biblical commentaries. . Shaffner hoped "through its sale to be enabled to assure a peaceful evening of life for himself' (p. 3). Felsenthal had encouraged Shaffner to publish it as early as 28 Sept. 1885 and he himself prepared the translation, which was completed by 22 Nov. 1886 (pp. 1-2). It is not clear whether Felsenthal was responsible for the German or the English translation, or both; BHBl and E. Felsenthal record him as the German translator. [Deinard] records that this work was published for the "fourth convention of the American Zionists [Hovevei Zion?]." Sir Moses Montefiore was a 19th-century English philanthropist. Singerman 3593. Deinard 701. SUBJECT (S) : Montefiore, Moses, Sir, 1784-1885. OCLC: 9985439. Edgewear to leather binding, especially at spine. Very good condition internally, Good Condition Overall. (AMR-2-8A-BBB), Cno , fug , iul , candd , ndd , oldgd , yyp , drp , pau , isb , ixa , uuo , cavaa , va@ , wau , j9u , nyp ,
Stock number:40961.
$US 500.00
Imprint: Washington D. C. : U. S. G. P.O, 1943
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 72 pages, 23 cm. In English. Front wrapper is marked “Confidential print. ” Early (1943) confidential internal discussion by the US congress of rescue of the Jews of Europe, as well of how to deal with refugees abroad, including whether to admit them to the United States and other topics concerning anti-semitism and Nazi abuses. SUBJECTS: World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees. World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief. Ex-library with usual, minimal markings. Edgewear to wrappers, zionist stamp, number penned on cover, tape repair to spine, Good Condition. Very important, a core Holocaust document. (YID-41-20A) xx
Stock number:40234.
$US 500.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim, Ha-Universitah Ha-`ivrit,, 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers, in later pamphlet protector. 8vo. 21 pages; 23 cm. Written in Hebrew with additional title pages in English at back. English title: “H. Lewy: Memorial addresses by J. L. Magnes, M. Schwabe, and G. Scholem. ” Includes a list of Lewy’s scientific publications in many languages at the back. Dr. Hans (Yohanan) Lewy was a prolific scholar of classical philology and Jewish Hellenism with a particular focus on Philo. Though he died at only 44, he had an extensive academic career. Judah Leon Magnes “was a prominent Reform rabbi in both the United States and Mandatory Palestine. He is best remembered as a leader in the pacifist movement of the World War I period, his advocacy of a binational Jewish-Arab state in Palestine, and as one of the most widely recognized voices of 20th century American Reform Judaism” (Wikipedia, 2016) . Moshe Schwabe “was a German-Israeli classical scholar and epigraphists” (Wikipedia, 2016) . Gershom Scholem was a German-Israeli philosopher, “widely regarded as the founder of the modern, academic study of Kabbalah, ” became “the first Professor of Jewish Mysticism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem” (Wikipedia, 2016) . He was close friends with Walter Benjamin and Leo Strauss and published works including Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1941) , Sabbatai Zevi, the Mystical Messiah (1957) , and On Kabbalah and its Symbolism (1965) . Includes black-and-white headshot of Lewy. SUBJECT(S) : Hans Lewy. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Slight browning of original paper wrappers. Several library markings including stamps and stickers. Minimal pencil markings that do not obscure text. Good + condition. A Very Rare Gershom Scholem imprint (zion-12-14)
Stock number:37963.
$US 500.00
Imprint: Wien, H. Glanz, 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
First edition. Original blue boards with gold font with beautiful original dust jacket. 8vo. 336 pages; 24 cm. Hitler-era publication, written in German with additional Hebrew title page. Includes a 9 word inscription written and signed by the author to Shalom Spiegel, renowned scholar and professor of Hebrew literature at JTS, in August 1937, just before the start of the war. Dr. Tulo Nussenblatt was a famous Zionist scholar and historian before WWII. During the war, Nussenblatt housed many people in his bunker in the Warsaw ghetto. He died in the uprising, still clutching his briefcase full of book materials about Theodor Herzl, about whom he wrote this book. A biography of Herzl divided into 4 sections with smaller divisions within each. Includes several black-and-white photographs of Herzl, his colleagues, and his possessions, as well as facsimiles of important letters, documents, and objects from his life. SUBJECT (S) : Theodor Herzl, Zionism. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Library markings on spine of book, but not on dust jacket which is very clean. Slight toning. Fading on cover boards on spine and edges. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Good condition in Very Good Jacket. A beautiful inscribed copy. (zion-12-39)
Stock number:37925.
$US 500.00
Imprint: Warsaw: Achiasaf Society, 1905
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st Edition [and] 1st Hebrew edition. Period boards with original cover mounted on front, 8vo, [66], 25 pages. 22 cm. In Hebrew. Two books published together. First Title is Mordekhai ‘Imanuel Noah by Rabbi Max Raisin. Title translates to Mordecai Manuel Noah. Second title is Masaot by Mordecai Manuel Noah, the First Hebrew translation of Noah’s famous “Travels in England, France, Spain and the Barbary States, in the years 1813-14 and 15.” Publishing the work in Hebrew, in Eastern Europe, was a way to reach the wider Jewish world to tell the amazing story of Noah, probably the most powerful Jew in the Western Hemisphere of the early 19th Century. Both are published by the Achiasaf Society, a Hebrew language publisher founded by noted Zionist thinker Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginzberg, better known as Ahad Ha’Am. It contains a brief biography of American-Jewish statesman and proto-Zionist thinker, Mordecai Manuel Noah, and Noah’s own accounts of his travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary Coast. (Today known as the Greater Maghreb. ) Noah, a journalist, playwright, politician, and lawyer, was one of the most prominent Jews of Early America, and served as Consul to Kingdom of Tunis (modern Tunisia) under President James Madison. When then-Secretary of State James Monroe removed Noah from Noah’s post, citing his religion as an “obstacle”, it sparked an outcry among American Jews and non-Jews alike, with Noah receiving letters of support from John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. Discouraged from pursuing government positions, Noah continued his career as a newspaperman in New York, founding and editing numerous publications there. Unfortunately, Noah is probably best remembered for his ambitious but failed attempt to establish “Ararat, A Jewish City of Refuge” on Grand Island in Upstate New York. Noah’s ardent belief that Jews would flock to his settlement to escape international persecution proved false, and “Ararat” never came to be. Masaot was written in 1814, before Noah’s removal from his position of Consul, and ten years before the failure of Ararat. His biography is written by Rabbi Max Raisin, prominent early 20th-century historian of Jewish America. Inscribed at rear to the Noah Benevolent Society in 1936 "Upon the 85th anniversary of the death of Mordecai Manuel Noah."SUBJECT(S) Jewish politicians -- United States -- Biography -- Voyages and Travels. OCLC lists only 4 copies worldwide (NYPL, YU, HUC, and UPENN) Slight edgewear to cover. Paper beginning to yellow. Hinges starting. Otherwise Good Condition. Rare. (AMR-50-1A)
Stock number:37533.
$US 500.00
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Imprint: Warsaw: Achiasaf Society, 1905
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition [and] 1st Hebrew edition. Modern boards, 8vo, [66], 25 pages. 22 cm. In Hebrew. Two books published together. First Title is Mordekhai ‘Imanuel Noah by Rabbi Max Raisin. Title translates to Mordecai Manuel Noah. Second title is Masaot by Mordecai Manuel Noah, the First Hebrew translation of Noah’s famous “Travels in England, France, Spain and the Barbary States, in the years 1813-14 and 15.” Publishing the work in Hebrew, in Eastern Europe, was a way to reach the wider Jewish world to tell the amazing story of Noah, probably the most powerful Jew in the Western Hemisphere of the early 19th Century. Both are published by the Achiasaf Society, a Hebrew language publisher founded by noted Zionist thinker Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginzberg, better known as Ahad Ha’Am. It contains a brief biography of American-Jewish statesman and proto-Zionist thinker, Mordecai Manuel Noah, and Noah’s own accounts of his travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary Coast. (Today known as the Greater Maghreb. ) Noah, a journalist, playwright, politician, and lawyer, was one of the most prominent Jews of Early America, and served as Consul to Kingdom of Tunis (modern Tunisia) under President James Madison. When then-Secretary of State James Monroe removed Noah from Noah’s post, citing his religion as an “obstacle”, it sparked an outcry among American Jews and non-Jews alike, with Noah receiving letters of support from John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. Discouraged from pursuing government positions, Noah continued his career as a newspaperman in New York, founding and editing numerous publications there. Unfortunately, Noah is probably best remembered for his ambitious but failed attempt to establish “Ararat, A Jewish City of Refuge” on Grand Island in Upstate New York. Noah’s ardent belief that Jews would flock to his settlement to escape international persecution proved false, and “Ararat” never came to be. Masaot was written in 1814, before Noah’s removal from his position of Consul, and ten years before the failure of Ararat. His biography is written by Rabbi Max Raisin, prominent early 20th-century historian of Jewish America. SUBJECT(S) Jewish politicians -- United States -- Biography -- Voyages and Travels. OCLC lists only 4 copies worldwide (NYPL, YU, HUC, and UPENN) . Ex-Library with usual markings. Paper beginning to yellow. Otherwise Very Good Condition. Rare. (AMR-50-1)
Stock number:37450.
$US 500.00
Imprint: New York, Zionist Organization Of America,, 1920
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 47 pages ; 19 cm. In English. Herzl’s testimony, as well as a transcript of a question and answer session with the Zionist leader before the British Royal Commission in 1902 to discuss the Jewish Question in Europe and the Likelihood of ongoing Jewish immigration to Britain. With an introduction from Jacob De Haas, the secretary of the First Zionist Congress. In his testimony Herzl says, “The fact that there is now for the first time since Cromwell a perceptible number of our people in England is the true cause of this Commission being called together. Those who deny this are, I feel quite certain, perfectly sincere. When they cry out about Alien Immigration, they are quite unconscious of the true cause of their complaint. They feel the pain and they point to the place which hurts… But I think it right to say that the mere establishment of this Commission has created a difficulty… (The) Commission must either recommend restrictive legislation or not…. To keep out the poor oppressed Jews cannot, I believe, be successful. But if restrictive legislation is not recommended, there mere fact of this Commission having sat will give an impetus to immigration to England; it will have formed an additional notification of the desirability of England as a place for emigration.” OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Small tears along the top of a few pages with no test effected. Overall good+ condition. (SPEC-42-26)
Stock number:37337.
$US 500.00
Imprint: Zionist Organization Of America, New York, 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition, original illustrated color paper wrappers, 8vo, 90 pages. "Fifty-one years have passed since the Zionist Organization of America embarked on its mission. We now convene six weeks after the proclamation and establishment of the State of Israel, marking the realization of Herzl's prophetic vision" (Introduction) . Light wear, spine rebacked, otherwise Very Good Condition. (KH-5-55), wanted by Arthur Marx 12/15
Stock number:36457.
$US 500.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Keren Hayesod And Keren Kayemeth Leisrael; New York, United Palestine Appeal, 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. [4], 26, [2] pages. 17 x 24 cm. First edition. "Drawings by Otte Wallisch; text by E. Mechner. " Eretz Israel, Facts and Figures, published by the Head Offices of Keren Hayesod and Keren Kayemeth Leisrael, Jerusalem, 5698 (1937/38) ; distributed by the United Palestine Appeal, New York City. “$4, 500, 000 in 1938 is the goal of United Palestine Appeal” - p. [2]. Illustrated brochure by the United Palestine Appeal detailing the cultural and material progress, immigration statistics and demographics, agricultural and industrial developement, development of Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, J. N. F. Land, etc. Each page contains graphs, maps, charts, or other illustrations to depict the figures. “Otte Wallish (1903–1977) was an emigre to Israel who established himself as a graphic designer and contributed to the symbolic self-representation of the Jewish state…. In 1936, Wallish set up a design studio in a building in Nahalat Binyamin, Tel Aviv, that had been chosen as a national landmark. His design studio doubled as a kind of front for SHA'I, the Haganah's secret service…. Wallish was responsible for the calligraphy and design of the scroll for Israel's Declaration of Independence. …In addition, Walisch handled the preparation of the exhibit hall in which the State's Independence was announced. …In 1948, too, Wallish took the lead in designing Israel's first postage stamps. He chose a design based on ancient coins, found in archaeological research on the First Jewish-Roman War and the Bar Kochba Revolt…. Wallish continued to be a leading designer of Israeli stamps…. Israel's first coins were designed from a proposal submitted by Israel Numismatic Society proposal, put together with Leo Kadman, Hanan Pavel, and Wallish. He also designed paper currency for Israel…. Over the years, Wallish also designed posters. For instance, one poster shows the Jewish immigration by ship and another promotes the ZIM shipping line. His posters have been featured in exhibition and the 1997 ‘Selling Zionism’ exhibit at the Israel Museum. In 2006, a Wallish poster was shown at ‘The New Hebrews: 100 Years of Art in Israel’ exhibit, Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin…. His posters are displayed as well at the Central Zionist Archives and the Tel Aviv Museum” (Wikipedia 2015) . Subjects: Keren Hayesod; Jewish National Fund; United Israel Appeal. Oclc lists 11 copies. Light wear to wraps, institutional stamp on verso of title page, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-43)
Stock number:35621.
$US 500.00
Imprint: Nyu York: Yiddisher Kaempfer Publ. Co. ; N, 1907
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Loose issues. 4to. 14 pages each, 33 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “The Jewish Militant. ” An important Labor Zionist periodical of Poale Zion, initially published in Philadelphia from 1906-1907 before moving to New York from 1907-1920. US Poale Zion published a Yiddish newspaper, the Yidisher Kempfer, and an English journal, Jewish Frontier, edited by Hayim Greenberg and Marie Syrkin (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Labor Zionism -- United States -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (NYPL, YIVO, Harvard) . Pages wavy from old dampness, Former bound. Contents are good. (AMR-54-13-E)
Stock number:40508.
$US 450.00
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Imprint: Kansas City: United Synagogues Of Greater Kansas City, 1922
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st Edition. 8vo. Original Boards. 191 pages ; 18 cm. “Simon Glazer (or Shimon Glazer; 1876-1938) was an Orthodox rabbi who flourished at the turn of the twentieth century. He was known for founding and leading two major organizations of American Orthodox rabbis. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) This is a discussion of the efforts of Rabbi Glazer (through publication in 1922) to organize Jews in the United States and prompt the U. S. Government to support the creation of Jewish state in what would become known as Palestine. The author documents his correspondence with various Jewish organizations, governors, senators, and presidents in trying to persuade them to provide support. Includes facsimiles of several letters of correspondence between Rabbi Glazer and American elected officials and facsimiles of autographed photographs the elected officials sent to Rabbi Glazer (including President Warren Harding) . This copy is signed by Rabbi Galzer on the front end page. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism -- History. Some wear to boards. Inside pages are clear with very faint browning. Good+ condition. (zion-10-22)
Stock number:37781.
$US 450.00
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Imprint: Los Angeles; Max Cohn, 1910
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Later Wraps. 8vo. VI, 201 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Scarce. Contents include: History of mysticism: the Mahatmas of the Essenes; The wonders of the original Mahatmas; Tales of Rabba Bar Barchana; Ghost stories of an unknown; Titus; The Miserere; Rabbi Ishmael; Spanish spoilation, or the Grand Inquisition; French frivolity; Jewish Trials in Germany; Education and Talmud. Naphtali Herz Imber (1856–1909) , “poet and author of 'Ha-Tikvah' ('The Hope') , the Zionist and later the Israel national anthem. He was born in Galicia where he received an intensive traditional but no secular education. Imber went to Palestine with Laurence Oliphant, a Christian Zionist whom he met in Constantinople in 1882 and whom he served as secretary and adviser on Jewish affairs in Palestine (1882–88) . In 1888, he returned to Europe but soon his restless nature took him back to the East and he wandered as far as Bombay. In India, as in Palestine, he was wooed by missionaries and was later accused of apostasy. Even Israel Zangwill, with whom he became friendly in London, believed that Imber converted to Christianity in order to escape starvation. Imber inspired the character of Melchizedek in Zangwill's novel Children of the Ghetto. In 1892 he went to the United States and traveled throughout the land. After a brief visit to London, he returned to America where he spent the rest of his life in squalor, misery, and alcoholism. Fortunately, the poet again found a patron; this time in the person of Judge Mayer Sulzberger, who gave him a monthly subvention. Imber's colorful personality attracted Amanda Katie, a Protestant physician of high intellect and of unusual charm. She converted to Judaism and married him, but after a brief interval of happiness, their marriage was dissolved. Tikvatenu (later changed to Ha-Tikvah) appeared in his first volume of poems Barkai ('Dawn') and is dated 'Jerusalem 1884.' In his second volume of poems, Barkai he-Hadash ('The New Dawn') , published in 1900 by his devoted brother Shemaryahu, there was a poem dedicated to his wife ('Shir ha-Shirim') . Imber published part of his biography in the Jewish Standard (London) , and it was republished by G. Yardeni-Agmon in D. Carpi (ed. ) , Ha-Hiyyonut (1970) , 357–462. In 1905, his Hebrew translation of Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam was published under the title Ha-Kos ('The Cup') . Imber also translated some of his own poems into English and wrote several tracts in English on talmudic literature. ” EJ 2008. Subjects: Jewish legends. Jews – Folklore. Light soiling throughout, lightly worn edges, otherwise fresh. Good - condition. (SPEC-40-26)
Stock number:33572.
$US 440.00
Imprint: Belkind, Israel, 1917
Binding: Map
8vo; Large map, single sided, 600:485mm. Hebrew map of Erez Israel created for the Federation of American Zionists by Israel Belkind in the year of the Balfour Declaration, 1917. Belkind was born in Logoisk. In 1882, while studying at Kharkov University, he was among the students who founded the Bilu movement and went to Erez Israel at the head of its first group. He led the opposition against Baron Edmond de Rothschild's officials and, on being expelled by them from Rishon le-Zion, settled in Gederah. In 1889 Belkind opened a private Hebrew school in Jaffa. He was accepted as a teacher at the Alliance Israelite Universelle in Jerusalem in 1892, and there published several textbooks. In 1903 he foundedan agricultural training school at Shefeyah (near Zikhron Ya'akov) for orphans of the Kishinev pogroms whom he brought to Erez Israel. However, theschool was forced to close down in 1906 because of lack of funds. During World War I Belkind was in the U.S., where he published his memoirs inYiddish, Di Ershte Shrit fun Yishuv Erets Yisroel ("The First Steps of the Jewish Settlement of Palestine," 1918), and created this map. Apart fromnumerous articles and popular pamphlets, Belkind published a geography of Palestine, Erez Yisrael ba-Zeman ha-Zeh ("The Land of Israel Today," 1928). He died in Berlin, where he had gone for medical treatment. His remains were interred in Rishon le-Zion. Map has light age staining, bit of edgewear in the extreme margins, Very Good Condition. Not in Wajntraub.
Stock number:29679.
$US 425.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Shtiebel, 1929-30
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original boards, 8vo. 340 pages, 20 cm. In Hebrew. Vladimir (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky (1880–1940) , Zionist leader, founder of Revisionist Party; he was involved in Zionist politics since the turn of the century in Russia, was famous as a publicist, poet, essayist, and orator in Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish; he founded the Jewish Legion in the first world war, and in the 1920’s, founded the right-wing Revisionist Zionist movement Betar after having broken with mainstream Zionism. "The Zionist leader was also a brilliant novelist whose take on the biblical story of Samson is rich with blood and lust. But given the author’s identity, the book, while hugely entertaining, never strays far from political parable. As it draws to its end, the blind and defeated Samson has this advice for the Israelites as they once again face their sworn enemies: “they must get iron; they must choose a king; and they must learn to laugh. " (Tablet Magazine's "101 Great Jewish Books) ". SUBJECTS: Zionism – Biblical – Jabotinsky – Hebrew novel. Pages are browning. Good Condition. (Heblit-8-1)
Stock number:36637.
$US 425.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Makor Pub., 1976
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, folio, 4 volumes, 136, 264, 144, 204 pages, 39 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Manuscripts, Hebrew -- Facsimiles. Added title page in Hebrew, with title: Targum Onkelos ‘al ha-Torah. “A limited facsimile edition of 360 copies. ” A brief summary of the Hebrew introduction, 1 leaf in English inserted in volume 1. In Hebrew characters. Includes bibliographical references and page indexes. Other Titles: Bible. O. T. Pentateuch. Hebrew. Selections. 1976.; Bible. ; O. T. ; Pentateuch. ; Aramaic. ; Onkelos. ; 1976.; Targum Onkelos ‘al ha-Torah. Boyarin (1946-) is a “U. S. Talmudist and cultural critic. Boyarin was educated at Goddard College, Columbia University, and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary and Ben-Gurion University and Bar-Ilan University in Israel; from 1990 he served as the Herman P. And Sophia Taubman Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. Among his many books are Sephardi Speculation: A Study in Methods of Talmudic Interpretation; Intertextuality and the Reading of Midrash; Carnal Israel: Reading Sex in Talmudic Culture; A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity; Unheroic Conduct: The Rise of Heterosexuality and the Invention of the Jewish Man; Dying for God: Martyrdom and the Making of Christianity and Judaism; and Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity. In addition, he is the author of more than 100 articles in Hebrew and English. Boyarin’s work is characterized by the application of post-modernist and post-colonialist theory to Jewish cultural history, especially and most fruitfully, during the period of late antiquity. He numbers among the pioneers in the modern study of midrash and in the introduction of gender as a critical category in the study of rabbinic literature. His work took a decided turn in his controversial study of the apostle Paul, as his own deep hostility to Zionism emerged as a central feature in his reading of Paul. From this point forward he continually focused on the “diasporic” nature of rabbinic Judaism, in which Jewish culture expresses hostility to power and can even be characterized as “feminized. ” This nature is often placed in contrast to Zionist, territorialist, and nationalist readings of the Jewish past and present, which are characterized as valuing power and masculinity. Another turn emerged with his study of martyrdom and subsequent studies of the Jewish-Christian divide. It is Boyarin’s contention that, despite the rhetoric of differentiation found in the works of certain religious elites, the boundaries between Jewish and Christian communities were ill defined and porous through the end of the third century C. E. Only with the emergence of Christian orthodoxy in the early fourth century did a firm boundary between Judaism and Christianity emerge. Among his many honors, Boyarin was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Jewish Research in 2000, and in 2002 was awarded the Jewish Cultural Achievement in Scholarship Award, given by the National Foundation for Jewish Culture” (Harris in EJ, 2007) . Very good condition. (Heb-36-2)
Stock number:27609.
$US 425.00
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: Varshe [Warsaw]: Farlag "di Velt", 1928
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers, 8vo, ca. 100 pages. Monthly Bundist periodical ran from Vol. I, Nr, 1 (Oct. 1927) to 1932. 23 cm. In Yiddish. Unobtrusive Bund rubber stamp. Levin (1977) reports that it was in UNZER TSAYT that the very first reports of the Bund's split over the National Question with the Russian Social Democrats were published (in 1927). The Bund in Poland, here providing its unique Polish Jewish Socialist anti-Zionist perspective. “The General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Yiddish: ‘algemeyner yidisher arbeter-bund in lite, poyln un rusland’), generally called The Bund or the Jewish Labour Bund, was a secular Jewish socialist party.... founded in Vilnius on October 7, 1897…..In 1917 the Polish part of the Bund, which dated to the times when Poland was a Russian territory, seceded from the Russian Bund and created a new Polish General Labor Bund which continued to operate in Poland in the years between the two world wars….The Bund sought to unite all Jewish workers in the Russian Empire into a united socialist party, and also to ally itself with the wider Russian social democratic movement to achieve a democratic and socialist Russia. The Russian Empire then included Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine and most of present-day Poland, areas where the majority of the world's Jews then lived. They hoped to see the Jews achieve a legal minority status in Russia. Of all Jewish political parties of the time, the Bund was the most progressive regarding gender equality, with women making up more than one-third of all members. The Bund actively campaigned against anti-Semitism. It defended Jewish civil and cultural rights and rejected assimilation. However, the close promotion of Jewish sectional interests and support for the concept of Jewish national unity (klal yisrael) was prevented by the socialist universalism of the Bund. The Bund avoided any automatic solidarity with Jews of the middle and upper classes and generally rejected political cooperation with Jewish groups that held religious, Zionist or conservative views. Even the anthem of the Bund, known as "the oath" (di shvue in Yiddish), written in 1902 by Sh. An-ski, contained no explicit reference to Jews or Jewish suffering. At the heart of the vision of the future of the Bund was the idea that there is no contradiction between the national aspect on the one hand and the socialist aspect on the other. As a strictly secular organization, the Bund renounced the Holy Land and the sacred language (Hebrew) and chose to speak Yiddish….In its early years the Bund had remarkable success, gaining an estimated 30,000 members in 1903 and an estimated 40,000 supporters in 1906, making it the largest socialist group in the Russian Empire…. the Bund was a founding collective member at the RSDLP's first congress in Minsk in March 1898. For the next 5 years, the Bund was recognized as the sole representative of the Jewish workers in the RSDLP, although many Russian socialists of Jewish descent, especially outside of the Pale of Settlement, joined the RSDLP directly….The Bund generally sided with the party's Menshevik faction led by Julius Martov and against the Bolshevik faction led by Vladimir Lenin during the factional struggles in the run-up to the Russian Revolution of 1917….In the Polish areas of the [Russian] empire, the Bund was a leading force in the 1905 revolution. At that time the organization probably reached the height of its influence. It called for an improvement in living standards, a more democratic political system and the introduction of equal rights for Jews. At least in the early stages of the first Russian Revolution, the armed groups of the "Bund" were likely the strongest revolutionary force in Western Russia. During the following years, the Bund went into a period of decay….The Bund eventually came to strongly oppose Zionism, arguing that emigration to Palestine was a form of escapism. The Bund did not advocate separatism. Instead, it focused on culture, rather than a state or a place, as the glue of Jewish ‘nationalism.’ …. The Bund also promoted the use of Yiddish as a Jewish national language and to some extent opposed the Zionist project of reviving Hebrew. The Bund won converts mainly among Jewish artisans and workers, but also among the growing Jewish intelligentsia. It led a trade union movement of its own. It joined with the Poalei Zion (Labour Zionists) and other groups to form self-defense organisations to protect Jewish communities against pogroms and government troops. During the Russian Revolution of 1905 the Bund headed the revolutionary movement in the Jewish towns, particularly in Belarus and Ukraine…..In 1921, the Communist Bund [in the USSR] dissolved itself and its members sought admission to the Communist Party....Many former Bundists, like Mikhail Liber and David Petrovsky, perished during Stalin's purges in the 1930s. The Polish Bundists continued their activities until 1948. During the latter half of the 20th century the Bundist legacy was represented through the International Jewish Labor Bund, a federation of local Bundist groups around the world….Among the exiled Bundists who went on with Socialist politics in America was Baruch Charney Vladeck (1886–1938), elected to the New York Board of Aldermen as a Socialist in 1917…[and] 1937 [and] manager of The Jewish Daily Forward…Moishe Lewis (1888–1950)....the father of David Lewis (1909–1981), a leader of the New Democratic Party in Canada….David Dubinsky (1892–1982), though never formally a member of the party, had joined the bakers' union, which was controlled by the Bund, and was elected assistant secretary within the union by 1906…..He later became a member of the Socialist Party of America, helped found the American Labor Party in 1936 and was from 1932 till 1966 the leader of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union…..under the name Max Goldfarb, David Petrovsky (1886–1937) was a member of the Central Committee of the Jewish Socialist Federation of America, a member of the Socialist Party of America, and the labor editor of The Forward” (Wikipedia). SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jewish labor unions -- Periodicals. Socialism and Judaism -- Periodicals. Yiddish literature -- Poland -- Periodicals. OCLC Number: 642969688. OCLC lists only 4 runs (Arizona State, Stanford, LOC, U of Washington), all of which appear to be incomplete. Use wear, paper brwoning but not fragile. Good Condition. (y-1-11)
Stock number:16129.
$US 400.00
Imprint: Vilna: Kletzkin, 1913
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Period boards, 8vo, 168, [2], 148, [2], 152, 149, [1], 157, [1] pages [780 pages total]. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “The Jewish World: A Literary Societal Monthly.” Includes frontis portraits, a self-portrait by Max Lieberman, and many text and full-page-plate illustrations by E.M. Lilien. Di Yudishe Velt appears to have run only 4 volumes over 3 years, 1913-1915. OCLC Number: 10652260. Paper browning but solid. Institutional marks to final issue, which is bound separately with original wrappers, Solid good condition. (YID-33-48-LX)
Stock number:41128.
$US 400.00
Imprint: Palestine Art Distributors New York Copyright By Miller-Lynn Publishing Co. , New York, Jerusalem, 1928
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
First edition. Original blue publisher’s cloth, large square. 8vo, 16 leaves with 15 tipped in plates. Each leaf contains a tipped in color print by Raban in the classic style with English text in a gilt Bezalel style “frame” on the facing page. Title translates as, "Chagaynu. Our Holidays: A Picture Book Drawn by Z. Raban of the Bezalel Srt school, Jerusalem." [Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel number 1348; Yeshiva University Museum Catalogue, Raban Remembered, number 78.] Touch of foxing, Light wear to cloth boards. Overall Very Good- Condition. (art-21-8A)
Stock number:38674.
$US 400.00
Imprint: Berlin: Hotsaat A. Y. Shtibel,, 1929
Binding: Paperback
First Hebrew edition. Original papers wrappers. 8vo. 206 pages, 22 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Oedipus Rex. ” Oedipus the King is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles and first performed in about 429 BCE. It follows the story of King Oedipus of Thebes as he discovers that he has unwittingly killed his own father, Laius, and married his own mother, Jocasta. Over the centuries, it has come to be regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par excellence and certainly as the summit of Sophocles’ achievements. The tragedy was translated by the Hebrew Zionist poet and fathers of modern Hebrew poetry, Shaul Tchernichowsky. He was fluent in many languages including Latin and Greek and he translated into Hebrew Homer’s Iliad and the Odyssey as Shakespeare’s Twelfth night and Macbeth (Wiki, 2016) . SUBJECTS: Sophocles -- Translations into Hebrew. Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) -- Drama. Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) . OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Minor shelf wear with very minor chipping to corners. Cover wrapper is loose. Overall Very Good Condition. (HEB-50-2)
Stock number:37635.
$US 400.00
Imprint: American Palestine Committee And Christian Council On Palest, (New York), 1944
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 4to, 48 pages. Photographic illustrations. The National Conference on Palestine took place on March 9, 1944 in Washington D. C. At the Statler Hotel, wherein influential American Christians rallied in support of Palestine as a national home and democratic commonwealth for the Jewish People. Speakers included Harvard University professor Carl J. Friedrich and future-New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner who attacked the British White Paper of 1939 as "Palestine's Munich. ” Stamp on cover, Very Good Condition. (kh-5-54)
Stock number:36455.
$US 400.00
Imprint: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1970
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st edition. Original boards and dust jacket. 8vo. 322 pages, 23 cm. In English. Inscribed to Jerusalem Post editor Charles Weiss in Jerusalem, 1971. Shimon Peres, who recently passed away, detailed the creation and development of Israeli armed strength here, in his second book. He served as President, twice as Prime Minister, and was a member of 12 cabinets (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Israel -- Defenses. Israel -- History, Military. Dust jacket is very lightly worn. Internally very good. Overall Very good condition in about Very Good Jacket. (ZION2-1-18)
Stock number:40563.
$US 375.00
Imprint: Pariz (Paris) : [Publisher Not Identified], 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 119 pages ; 18 cm. In Yiddish. Paris Yiddish imprint published the same year the city was overrun by Nazi forces. Title translates to “Toward the historic day of judgment, the Jewish people between curses and redemption” Published early in the Holocaust, Ben-Adir argues for the enactment of national introspection and calm rather than territorialism! Ben-Adir (1878–1942) was writer and Jewish socialist leader, born in Krucha, Belorussia. He was a child prodigy and left for university in Minsk at the age of 16. While there, he was heavily influenced by Jewish socialism. After the First Zionist Congress in 1897, Ben-Adir published an article advocating political Zionism in opposition to the ideology of Ahad Ha-Am. After then Kishinev pogrom of 1903 Ben-Adir published a call for the formation of a Jewish party which would combine the aims of revolutionary socialism with national Jewish aspirations. Ben-Adir was one of the founders and ideologists of the Vozrozhdeniye group, and of its successor of the Sejmists (Jewish Socialist Workers' Party) whose program included Jewish national-political autonomy while envisaging territorial sovereignty as a remote aim. Ben-Adir stayed in Eretz Israel between 1925 and 1927 but returned to Berlin, leaving for Paris in 1933. SUBJECTS: Zionism – Jewish nationalism. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Minor browning and edgewear. Overall Very Good Condition. (ZION-13-52-'L)
Stock number:38346.
$US 375.00
Imprint: Wien: Gedruckt Bey Georg Holzinger,, 1819
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Period boards. 8vo. 122 pages, 17cm. In Hebrew with some Latin characters. Title translates to “Research of the Land: A Book Covering the Lands Covered in the Holy Books. ” Lowisohn published this distinctly modern study and census nearly a century before the official advent of Zionism, covering the many places that appear in the bible. Lowisohn (1788-1821) was a Jewish Hungarian historian and poet who brought the ideas of the German enlightenment to Hungary as part of the Haskalah. The distinctly secular approach to biblical geography makes this piece particularly relevant to later Jewish nationalism. SUBJECTS: Palestine – Topography. Bible. Old Testament -- Geography. OCLC: 19149175. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide (UCLA, Harvard, Wayne State, HUC, Penn, Denmark, Ets Haim-Amsterdam). Vinograd, Vienna 500. Binding repaired. Overall Very Good Condition. (ZION-14-63)
Stock number:38009.
$US 375.00
Imprint: Palestine Art Distributors New York Copyright By Miller-Lynn Publishing Co. , New York, Jerusalem, 1928
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
First edition. Original blue publisher’s cloth, large square. 8vo, 16 leaves with 15 tipped in plates. Each leaf contains a tipped in color print by Raban in the classic style with English text in a gilt Bezalel style “frame” on the facing page. Title translates as, "Chagaynu. Our Holidays: A Picture Book Drawn by Z. Raban of the Bezalel Srt school, Jerusalem." Chagaynu (meaning Our Holidays) is a beautiful picture book drawn by Zeev Raban of the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. The book includes 14 plates featuring gorgeous color illustrations by Raban, all showing Jewish holidays throughout the year. Each illustration includes with it a poem by Israeli children's author and poet Levin Kipnis ("Avi-Shai"). Each color plate is protect by tissue guards. Text in Hebrew. Raban, the artist, is regarded as a leading member of the Bezalel school art style, in which artists portrayed both Biblical and Zionist themes in a style influenced by the European Jugendstil (similar to Art Nouveau) and by traditional Persian and Syrian styles. Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel number 1348; Yeshiva University Museum Catalogue, Raban Remembered, number 78. Dime-sized stain on front end papers, otherwise very clean. Bookplate, no other markings. Wear to cloth boards. Overall Good+ Condition. (art-21-8AXX)
Stock number:40614.
$US 350.00
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Imprint: New York, 1913
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. Single fold pamphlet, 4 ipages ; 28 cm. While Rabbi Browne does not completely answer all of his tabloid-inspired questions, this piece offers a rare glimpse into one of the largest political scandals in New York City’s history. “William Sulzer (1863 – 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state. He was the first and so far only New York governor to be impeached. He broke with his sponsors at Tammany Hall, and they produced convincing evidence that Sulzer had falsified his sworn statement of campaign expenditures. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) Browne’s claim that he made Sulzer “The Pet of the East Side Jews” is interesting given the context of Sulzer’s 1912 gubernatorial campaign. Sulzer ran against Oscar S. Straus, who was the first Jewish United States Cabinet Secretary and who would have been the first Jewish Governor of New York. “The Maccabaean” (the Federation of American Zionist Magazine) reported that “Louis Marshall… went out of his way to advise to advise Jewish voters to support William Sulzer for Governor in preference to Oscar S. Straus. The reason he gave for asking Jewish support for Mr. Sulzer was that Mr. Sulzer deserved Jewish consideration for what he had done for the abrogation of the Russian treaty. This was a wholly uncalled for attempt to aid in the defeat of the Jewish candidate for the governorship of the largest state in the Union, and was generally resented in Jewish circles…” Browne dedicates this tell-all pamphlet “to the hon. Aaron J. Levy… The Brilliant Lawyer, The Wise Statesman, and above all The Genuine Jew. ” Levy “was chairman of the managers on behalf of the Assembly (i. E. The prosecution team) at the impeachment trial of Governor William Sulzer” (Wikipedia, 2016) Published months after Sulzer’s impeachment. OCLC lists no copies anywhere. Some edgewear, no text loss, about good condition. Very Rare. (AMR-49-52)
Stock number:37693.
$US 350.00
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Imprint: [New York], 1919
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original White and Blue Illustrated Paper Wrappers. 12mo. 8 pages ; 18 cm. One of the earliest examples of large-scale Zionist fundraising in America. Solicitation for the Zionist Organization of America’s (ZOA) “Palestine Restoration Fund. ” Includes photographs of Then-President Judge Julian W. Mack and Then-Honorary President Louis Brandeis. The fund-raising drive had a goal set at 3 million dollars. Includes original white and blue pledge card, also with Brandeis and Mack’s names as ZOA leadership. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Pamphlet is creased in middle. Otherwise good condition. Pledge card is in very good condition. Exceedingly Rare. (AMR-49-16)
Stock number:37557.
$US 350.00
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Imprint: New York, American Financial And Development Corporation For Israel, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No date (1951) . First edition, Original paper wrappers with blue and black font. 6 pages; 13.5 x 7cm. Cartoon-illustrated promotional booklet from the first year Israel Bonds were ever offered. This was the third year of Israel’s Existence, still during the DP period. Includes 8 blue, white, and black cartoons depicting the ways in which Israel bonds are helpful to the young State of Israel and to the person purchasing them, each with a caption. Cartoon topics include absorbing new immigrants, expanding fishing and citrus industries, and manufacturing chemicals at the dead sea. “It is up to us to determine whether they are to accomplish their objective in the three-year economic development program, or whether they are to struggle for a generation, because of lack of adequate capital. The full subscription of the $500, 000, 000 Bond Issue must be our answer. If we give them the tools, they will do the job. ” SUBJECT(S) : Bonds of Israel Government, Israel, Economics. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. One faint pencil marking that does not affect text. Very good + condition. Rare and important (zion-11-47)
Stock number:37827.
$US 325.00
Imprint: London : Anglo-Palestinian Club, 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
Presume 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 16mo (pocket sized), 32 pages. 13 cm. In August “ 1940, David Ben-Gurion…attended a reception at the Anglo-Palestinian Club in London’s Windmill Street for those members of the Palestinian Company of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps who had escaped Hitler’s forces.Above all, he was astounded at the resilience of the British at this time of national peril and, if necessary, to stand alone against the Nazi plague.He wrote to his long suffering wife, Paula: ‘I am dumbfounded by the levelheadedness and inner confidence of this wonderful nation. It is as if nothing can shock it and nothing undermines its faith and confidence that victory will come in the end.’ Simultaneously he raged against the terrible reality that the Jews were powerless both in the Yishuv (Jewish settlement in Palestine) and in the diaspora to stop the conquering Nazi armies….Ben-Gurion saw his trip as an act of solidarity with London, whose citizens were dying in their tens of thousands. It was also an act of resistance. He wrote: ‘I saw consummate heroism, physical and moral, not of individuals, not of pioneers. but of a nation, of millions of workers, merchants, shopkeepers, office workers... I know of no more majestic and sublime sight in all of history.’He included the Jews of Whitechapel in that tribute. In Ben-Gurion’s eyes, London became sanctified and he felt ‘holiness in that place’”(Shindler in Jewish Chronicle, 2019).OCLC: 1117627654. OCLC lists one copy worldwide (NLI). Previous Owner's name on cover, Very Good Condition. Rare. (BR-12-21)
Stock number:42349.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Pressburg: [Publisher not identified], 1910
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original publisher’s printed wrappers, square 8vo, [2], 24 leaves [that is, 4, 48 pages] 20 x 17 cm. In Hebrew. “Glasner Moses förabbi Kolozsvár. Jos. Schlesinger Budapest Kiraly u.l" (cover). Responsa on the laws of Passover and matzoh. Rabbi Moses Samuel Glasner (1856–1924) was a “rabbi and early leader of the Mizrachi movement in Hungary and Transylvania. Glasner, a great-grandson of Rabbi Moshe Sofer, was born in Pressburg. From 1878 until 1923, when he settled in Erez Israel, he was the rabbi of Klausenburg. He was one of the two Orthodox rabbis in Hungary (the other being Moses Aryeh Roth) who joined the Zionist movement and Mizrachi, and at the founding convention of Mizrachi (Pressburg, 1904) he spoke out against the Orthodox Hungarian rabbis for their attacks upon Zionism and the Mizrachi. He propagated the Zionist idea in speeches and writings among Orthodox circles. He also published several halakhic works (Or Bahir, 1908; Halakhah le-Moshe, 1912; Dor Revi'i, 1921) and a work on the aggadah, Shevivei Esh (1903). In Jerusalem, he took part in the educational and cultural activities of Mizrachi and was especially close to Rabbi A. I. Kook” (Mizrahi). Date is estimated; most sources suggest 1910, though others propose 1912 or 1915. SUBJECT(S): Matzos. Passover. Matsot. Pa^que. Passover. Slovakia -- Bratislava. OCLC: 1063732310. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide (LBI, British Lib, NYPL, Penn, UCLA, Harvard, UFL). Spined and inside of cover taped, bookplate, cover a bit rubbed, Solid and Clean, Good Condition. (Hag-25-13-B-'elxcc)
Stock number:42337.
$US 300.00
Imprint: No Place [Cincinnati]: Dunie Printing Co, 1913
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Poster
1st edition. Poster, 9x12 inches on 13 x 16 inch linen backing. Text in Hebrew, English, and Yiddish. “Prof Dr. Gottlard Deutsch, Prof. Dr. David Neumark, and Mr. Joshua Bloch will speak. Miss Jennie Mannheimer will recite some of H.N Bialik’s poems. HERR NAHUM SOKOLOV will deliver an address on ‘The Development and Future of Hebrew Literature.’....Rev. Dr. Louis Grossman will preside.” Deutsch, Neumark, and Grossman were leaders of the Reform movement at the time; Bloch went on to edid the Journal of Jewish Bibliography and to head the Jewish devision at NYPL. Jennie Mannheimer (1872-1943), aka Jane Manner, “was an American elocutionist, acting coach, and teacher of speech and drama.” Her father, Sigmund Mannheimer, “was a professor and librarian at Hebrew Union College….Jennie Mannheimer was one of the first two women to earn a bachelor's degree in Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College, in 1888….[She] was director of the drama department at the Cincinnati College of Music from 1900 until 1907. She also ran her own school, the Cincinnati School of Expression (1894-1912).” In New York, “She was founder of the Drama Recital Club, and a member of the New York Drama League, the New York League of American Pen Women, the Council of Jewish Women, and the Temple Emmanu-El Women's Auxiliary” (Wikipedia). Ibriah, a Cincinnati organization committed to Hebrew conversation and literature, was, not surprisingly, also a center of Zionist support, despite the Reform’s dominance in local Jewish thought and culture. Here the host a gathering to meet leading modern Hebrew writer Nahum Sokolov. Joan Friedman notes in a 2006 article on Solomon Freedhof at HUC during the period that, “The hot issue of the day during Freehof’s student and early faculty years at the College was Zionism. It was discussed in the Literary Society and everywhere else on campus. During the 1911–1912 academic year, Silver and Professor Neumark had founded a Hebrew-speaking club, Ibriah, of which Marcus was a member, though he does not mention whether Freehof was also. The CCAR had taken a firm stance against Zionism as early as 1897, although individual rabbis were outspoken Zionists.104 Kohler was a committed anti-Zionist. Nevertheless, despite his best efforts, between 1910 and 1920 the student body gradually shifted to an overwhelmingly pro-Zionist perspective as its demographics changed, world events furthered the Zionist cause, and Louis Brandeis popularized a nonideological Zionism acceptable to American Jews, including many Reform Jews” (AJAJ, LVIII, Nr. 1/2, p. 21). Toning, light crease, Very Good Condition. Presume quite rare. (ZION-10-12B-ELX)
Stock number:41545.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Cincinnati: Hirschfeld Printing Co., 1912
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Poster
1st edition. Poster, 9x12 inches on 13 x 16 inch linen backing. Text in Hebrew, English, and Yiddish. Ibriah, a Cincinnati organization committed to Hebrew conversation and literature, was, not surprisingly, also a center of Zionist support, despite the Reform’s dominance in local Jewish thought and culture. Joan Friedman notes in a 2006 article on HUC during the period that, “The hot issue of the day during Freehof’s student and early faculty years at the College was Zionism. It was discussed in the Literary Society and everywhere else on campus. During the 1911–1912 academic year, Silver and Professor Neumark had founded a Hebrew-speaking club, Ibriah, of which Marcus was a member, though he does not mention whether Freehof was also. The CCAR had taken a firm stance against Zionism as early as 1897, although individual rabbis were outspoken Zionists.104 Kohler was a committed anti-Zionist. Nevertheless, despite his best efforts, between 1910 and 1920 the student body gradually shifted to an overwhelmingly pro-Zionist perspective as its demographics changed, world events furthered the Zionist cause, and Louis Brandeis popularized a nonideological Zionism acceptable to American Jews, including many Reform Jews” (AJAJ, LVIII, Nr ½, p. 21). Light toning, Very Good Condition. Presume quite rare. (ZION-10-12A-ELX)
Stock number:41543.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Varsha [Warsaw : Sh. P. Rabinovits, Y. Y. Ish Horvitsvarsha [Warsaw]: [NO PUBLISHER], 1886
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 1127, 214 pages, 25 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Title translates to “The Jewish Community: General Work on the Torah and Duty. ” This annual periodical was first printed in 1886 to cover current events, politics, torah and Jewish life. The journal only lasted 3 volumes, until 1888. The work was, in a way, one of the first large publication of the Hovevei Zion movement, initiated in response to the Russian pogroms. The group was officially formed by Leon Pinsker in 1884. Keneset Israel was edited by Shaul Pinchas Rabinowitz (1845-1910) , a Jewish historian, author and one of the first Chovive Tzion (Wikipedia, 2018) . Friedberg, ; Kaf 375. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. Hebrew literature. Other titles: “Kneses Israel: hebra¨isches illustrirtes Jahrbuch für Literatur, Wissenschaft und Geschichte des Judenthums. ” (OCLC: 49017246) OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide, though some sets are incomplete. Boards are edge worn with some cloth over spine tearing away. Pages have some chips in margins. Pages browning. All text is good. Overall good condition. (ZION2-2-56-BLJ)
Stock number:41869.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Boston, 1915
Binding: Letter
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Single page letter on letterhead from the Provisional Executive Committee for General Zionist Affairs, of which Louis D. Brandeis was chairman. The American Provisional Executive Committee for General Zionist Affairs was established by Louis Brandeis during the early years of World War I to run Zionist affairs on behalf of the worldwide Zionist Organization due to divisions within the Zionist community over allegiances to the different side in the world conflict (Wikipedia) . Typed letter with Brandeis's signature at the end. SUBJECTS: Zionism. The letter is edgeworn in the top right. Crease marks have been covered over by clear celophane tape. (ZION2-2-32)
Stock number:40997.
$US 300.00
Imprint: New York: Habonim Labor Zionist Youth, 1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo. 19 pages 23 cm. "Habonim Library No. 4, " from July 1947. Not to be confused with David Breslau's 1961 book of the same title. This report details the major events and timeline of 1947 for Habonim. Habonim was an educational youth movement formed in the UK. It would later merge with Dror, based in Poland, to form Habonim Dror. Features beautiful illustrations of Habonim activities. SUBJECTS: Labor Zionism. OCLC lists no copies of this publication anywhere, and only one holding (NYPL) for the preceding 3 publications in the "Habonim Library" series. Very good condition. Very Rare. (ZION2-2-7)
Stock number:40974.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Varsha [Warsaw : Sh. P. Rabinovits, Y. Y. Ish Horvitsvarsha [Warsaw]: [NO PUBLISHER], 1886
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 1127, 214 pages, 25 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Title translates to “The Jewish Community: General Work on the Torah and Duty. ” This annual periodical was first printed in 1886 to cover current events, politics, torah and Jewish life. The journal only lasted 3 volumes, until 1888. The work was, in a way, one of the first large publication of the Hovevei Zion movement, initiated in response to the Russian pogroms. The group was officially formed by Leon Pinsker in 1884. Keneset Israel was edited by Shaul Pinchas Rabinowitz (1845-1910) , a Jewish historian, author and one of the first Chovive Tzion (Wikipedia, 2018) . Friedberg, ; Kaf 375. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. Hebrew literature. Other titles: “Kneses Israel: hebra¨isches illustrirtes Jahrbuch für Literatur, Wissenschaft und Geschichte des Judenthums. ” (OCLC: 49017246) OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide, though some sets are incomplete. Ex-library with usual markings. Edgewear to first few pages. All contents good. Overall good condition. (ZION2-1-23-BLJ)
Stock number:40693.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Varsha [Warsaw : Sh. P. Rabinovits, Y. Y. Ish Horvitsvarsha [Warsaw]: [No Publisher], 1888
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 650 pages, 25 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Title translates to “The Jewish Community: General Work on the Torah and Duty. ” This annual periodical was first printed in 1886 to cover current events, politics, torah and Jewish life. The journal only lasted 3 volumes, until 1888. The work was, in a way, one of the first large publication of the Hovevei Zion movement, initiated in response to the Russian pogroms. The group was officially formed by Leon Pinsker in 1884. Keneset Israel was edited by Shaul Pinchas Rabinowitz (1845-1910) , a Jewish historian, author and one of the first Chovive Tzion (Wikipedia, 2018) . Friedberg, ; Kaf 375. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. Hebrew literature. Other titles: “Kneses Israel: hebra¨isches illustrirtes Jahrbuch für Literatur, Wissenschaft und Geschichte des Judenthums. ” (OCLC: 49017246) OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide, though some sets are incomplete. Ex-library with usual markings. Edgewear to first few pages. Pages browning with some damp stains. All contents good. Overall good condition. (ZION2-1-22-BL)xx
Stock number:40692.
$US 300.00
Imprint: New York: Dershei Sfath Eber, 1901
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Later boards. 4to. 4 pages, 40 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish with some English advertisements. Title translates to “The Hope. ” As the paper states, The Hope is a literary weekly for the purpose of promoting the knowledge of the classical ancient Hebrew language. ” Much of the prose is written in a beautiful, biblical Hebrew. No copies in OCLC. Ex-library with usual markings. Some fading, but contents are still clear. Very light foxing. Overall good condition. Very rare. (ZION2-1-10)
Stock number:40509.
$US 300.00
Imprint: [New York]: The UAHC, 1911
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 16 pages, 26 cm. In English. Louis Marshall (1856-1929) “was an American corporate, constitutional and civil rights lawyer as well as a mediator and Jewish community leader who worked to secure religious, political, and cultural freedom for all minority groups. Among the founders of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) , he defended Jewish and minority rights and, though not a Zionist, he supported the Balfour Declaration” (Wikipedia, 2018) . President Taft considered nominating Marshall to the supreme court. SUBJECTS: Passports. Jews -- Soviet Union. Diplomatic relations. Jews. Passports. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide (OCLC: 24040832) . Very good condition. (AMR-54-11-BFLMR)
Stock number:40506.
$US 300.00
Imprint: New York: [Hebrew Educators Committee For Labor In Palestine, 1945-1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo. 15-19 pages each issue, 20 cm. In English. Immediate post-war Zionist children’s magazine. Includes the complete run of Vol. 2 and one issue from Vol. 3. The stories are “The Young Wanderer”, “The Wonder Child Gadiel”, “Lost on Mount Tabor”, “Arise and Let Us Go”, “Rishon-Letzion”, “The Song of Hope”, and “The Pied Piper of the Near East” respectively. Hebrew short stories translated into English from some of the twentieth centuries greatest Hebrew writers. SUBJECTS: Short stories, Israeli -- Translations into English. Features illustrations throughout. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (JTS, Harvard, Amsterdam, Towson, YIVO) , none south or west of Baltimore. Very good condition. (ZION2-1-7)
Stock number:40501.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Yerushalaim: Hotsa’at Bene Betsalel, 1925
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original illustrated boards with gilt lettering. 8vo. 22 pages, 24 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “The Pioneers: Collection of Silhouettes. ” This book contains 20 Hebrew poems next a print of a paper-cut silhouette prepared by Bezalel artist Meir Gur Aryeh. These are perhaps his best known works. SUBJECTS: Folk songs, Hebrew -- Israel -- Texts. Halutzim -- Poetry. OCLC: 19153736. Very good condition. (ZION2-1-1)
Stock number:40414.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim: Nidpas Al Yede Yisrael Bak, 1863
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Later boards. 4to. 146 pages, 32 cm. In Hebrew. Title roughly translates to “The Paths of David. ” The title page contains praise for Sultan Abad al-Aziz and a woodcut of the Western Wall. Silberstein (d.1884) was a famous Hungarian rabbi and leader of many Jewish communities over the course of his life. He wrote Shevile David while living in Jerusalem from 1859 and 1867. He was opposed to Zionism, but maintained support for Jerusalem’s Old Yishuv. (Jewish Virtual Library, 2018) . Here he discusses the writings of Joseph Karo. SUBJECTS: Divorce (Jewish law) . OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide (OCLC: 57232827) . Very light edge wear in margins of title page. Exceptionally Good Condition. (RAB-64-56-PE)
Stock number:40142.
$US 300.00
Imprint: London, The Society's Office, 1889
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover,
First edition. Half leather binding with raised bands, 8vo, 304 pages with 51 illustrated pages. Contains 4 foldout maps. Part of the Palestine exploration fund series. Gottlieb Schumacher (1857 – 1925) “was an American-born civil engineer, architect and archaeologist of German descent, who was an important figure in the early archaeological exploration of Palestine” (Wikipedia, 2018) . OCLC: 342794. Good Condition with library markings. (Zion-16-3)
Stock number:39929.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Kaunas [Kovno]: Sh. Yoselevitsh, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 215 pages, 9 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as: “Links: Collected Works for Literature. ” One of the last Yiddish books published in Kovno/Kaunas prior to the Nazi invasion of 1941; OCLC-Worldcat lists not a single Yiddish publication from the city from 1941-1959. “During the interwar period Kaunas had a Jewish population of 35, 000–40, 000, about one quarter of the city's total population. Jews made up much of the city's commercial, artisan, and professional sectors. Kaunas was a centre of Jewish learning, and the yeshiva in Slobodka (Vilijampole) was one of Europe's most prestigious institutes of higher Jewish learning. Kaunas had a rich and varied Jewish culture. There were almost 100 Jewish organizations, 40 synagogues, many Yiddish schools, 4 Hebrew high schools, a Jewish hospital, and scores of Jewish-owned businesses. It was also an important Zionist centre” (Wikipedia, 2016) . SUBJECTS: Yiddish literature. OCLC lists only 2 copies worldwide (Harvard, NYPL) , none outside the Northeastern US. Stains and wear to wrappers toning to pages, but solid, about Good Condition (HOLO2-131-15A)
Stock number:39817.
$US 300.00
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Vienna: Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, 1933. Cloth; royal 8vo. Lvi, 308, 300+ pages. Title page in Hebrew on verso. Frontispiece mounted photograph of Chajes. In German and Hebrew. Series: Veröffentlichungen der Alexander Kohut memorial foundation, bd. VII. A memorial volume prepared by a committee of friends; prefatory note signed by V. Aptowitzer and A. Z. Schwartz for the committee. Chajes was a rabbi, scholar, and author. "During his nine years of office in Vienna, the second largest community in Europe, Chajes was the undisputed spiritual leader of Austrian Jewry, though his Zionist views were unpopular with the wealthy and comfortable assimilationists, and his liberal scholarship as well as his Zionism antagonized most of the Orthodox. But his influence on the younger generation was considerable. In time he was recognized as one of the leading men in world Jewry. A fine orator and a charismatic personality, Chajes greatly impressed his audiences with his sermons and speeches beginning with his first address as chief rabbi of Vienna, in which he made his Zionist confession of faith. In his charitable activities he was much helped by his friendship with some American Jewish leaders, and he visited the United States twice. Chajes took a great interest in Jewish education, founding or reviving two Jewish elementary schools, a high school (which after his death was given his name) , the religious teachers' seminary, and in particular, a Hebrew paedagogium, of which he was director and where he taught Bible. He also served on the board of the Jewish Theological Seminary. " (Salo W. Baron, EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature. Chajes, Hirsch Perez, 1876-1927. OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Interior in very good+ condition. (GER-42-48)
Stock number:16059.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Wellington [New Zealand], Edwards & Green, 1883
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Pp. 75; 19.5 cm. Touch browned. Original gilt-titled green boards, light wear. 8vo. Minimal rubbing. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Slight toning. Very good + condition. (ZION-12-68)
Stock number:38461.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv; Hashachar, 1928
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Boards. 8vo. [344] pages (with various paginations) . 24 cm. Illustrated. First edition. In Hebrew and English. Includes a short dictionary in Spanish, Russian, Italian, German, French, English, Hebrew, and transliterated Hebrew. Many period advertisements in English and Hebrew. Descriptions of tourist attractions, Jewish cultural figures, and history in the Middle East and Palestine. Subjects: Jews -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century. Health resorts -- Palestine. Palestine -- Guidebooks. Palestine -- Tours. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. (Brooklyn College, Yeshiva Univ. , Emory Univ. , Brandeis, Cleveland Public Library, NYPL, GW Univ. , Natl. Libr. Of Israel. ) Ex-library with only one tag on spine. Some shelf wear and age toning. Overall in Very Good Condition. (ZION-3-7A)
Stock number:38192.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Palestine Art Distributors New York Copyright By Miller-Lynn Publishing Co. , New York, Jerusalem, 1928
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
First edition. Original blue publisher’s cloth, large square. 8vo, 16 leaves with 15 tipped in plates. Each leaf contains a tipped in color print by Raban in the classic style with English text in a gilt Bezalel style “frame” on the facing page. Title translates as, "Chagaynu. Our Holidays: A Picture Book Drawn by Z. Raban of the Bezalel Srt school, Jerusalem." Chagaynu (meaning Our Holidays) is a beautiful picture book drawn by Zeev Raban of the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. The book includes 14 plates featuring gorgeous color illustrations by Raban, all showing Jewish holidays throughout the year. Each illustration includes with it a poem by Israeli children's author and poet Levin Kipnis ("Avi-Shai"). Each color plate is protect by tissue guards. Text in Hebrew. Raban, the artist, is regarded as a leading member of the Bezalel school art style, in which artists portrayed both Biblical and Zionist themes in a style influenced by the European Jugendstil (similar to Art Nouveau) and by traditional Persian and Syrian styles. Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel number 1348; Yeshiva University Museum Catalogue, Raban Remembered, number 78. Dime-sized stain on front end papers, otherwise. Bookplate, no other markings. Wear to cloth boards. Overall Good+ Condition. (art-21-8)
Stock number:38185.
$US 300.00
Imprint: New York: Tsentral Komitet Fun Der Idish-Sotsyalistisher Arbayter Partey Poyle Tsien, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
No Date (1910s). First edition. Period boards. 8vo. 39 pages, 20 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “The ABCs of Labor Zionism. ” Isaac Zaar (1884-1957) was born Isaac Rabinovitshh in the Vilna district. He was heavily active in his local Zionist movements and wrote extensively on the topic. In 1907, Zar participated in the eighth Zionist Congress and from there took off for the United States to edit the organ of Labor Zionism, Der idisher kemfer (The Jewish fighter) . SUBJECTS: Labor Zionism. OCLC Number: 123003560. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (YIVO, HUC, Brandeis, NYPL Stanford)., . Ex-library with usual markings. Very Good Condition. Scarce. (ZION-14-46-X-’l)
Stock number:37995.
$US 300.00
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Imprint: Washington, D. C. : G. Silverstone,, 1919
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. [37], 47 pages. 23 cm. In Hebrew. Goldman 822. Important Anti-Reform, Pro-Zionist Orthodox tract, Title translates to “The Book of Choice Silver. ” Volumes 1 and 2 of 3, bound together. Rabbi Gedaliah (George) Silverstone was a popular American Orthodox homilist of the early 20th century, largely supporting himself on books of sermons such as this one. Silverstone, a fierce Orthodox polemicist and Zionist, begins this volume with a sermon “Against the Reform”, in response to the anti-Balfour Declaration that Reform rabbis had dispatched to Woodrow Wilson. SUBJECT(S) Jewish sermons, Hebrew. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Very Good condition. (AMR-50-5B)
Stock number:37622.
$US 300.00
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Imprint: Washington, D. C. : G. Silverstone,, 1919
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. [37], 47 pages. 23 cm. In Hebrew. Goldman 822. Important Anti-Reform, Pro-Zionist Orthodox tract, Title translates to “The Book of Choice Silver. ” Volumes 1 and 2 of 3, bound together. Rabbi Gedaliah (George) Silverstone was a popular American Orthodox homilist of the early 20th century, largely supporting himself on books of sermons such as this one. Silverstone, a fierce Orthodox polemicist and Zionist, begins this volume with a sermon “Against the Reform”, in response to the anti-Balfour Declaration that Reform rabbis had dispatched to Woodrow Wilson. SUBJECT(S) Jewish sermons, Hebrew. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Slight yellowing. Ex-library with usual markings. Otherwise very good condition. (AMR-50-5)
Stock number:37463.
$US 300.00
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Imprint: London; Mizrachi Federation And Bachad Fellowship, 1942
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 16 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In English with three pages of Hebrew at rear. Torah v'Avodah Library. Contains discussion of the significance and laws of the Feast, the Kindling of the Lights, and contains Hebrew passages from Talmud, Midrash, and Maimonides. With discussion of the celebration of the feast in Eretz Israel. Bachad was a religious Zionist youth movement in pre-war Germany called Brit Chalutzim Datiim which shortened its name “to its initial letters Bachad. Its members prepared themselves for Aliya. A group of them came over to England among the refugees who were permitted to enter this country in the years immediately before the war. They were accommodated in a castle in Wales [Gwrych Castle] and set up Hachshara centres in Bromsgrove and other places, as well as a Merkaz Limmud in Manchester to which members came from the Hachsharah centres for periods of three or six months for intensive Jewish studies. Later on a farm was bought at Thaxted in Essex which became not only a model Hachsharah centre but very quickly a successful agricultural venture which at one time won first prize for having the best milk yielding cow in Essex! ” (Bauk, 2013) . Subjects: Hannukah. OCLC lists one copy (Natl Libr Israel) . Ex-libris stamp of Aron Owen (author of a short biography on Rashi) . Light soiling to wraps, otherwise fresh. Good + condition. Quite scarce. (SPEC-40-17)
Stock number:33541.
$US 300.00
Imprint: Nuyork [New York] : Druk fun A. H. Rozenberg, 1913
Edition: First Edition
Binding: paperback
1st tri-lingual edition (First edition of 1905 lacks English and Yiddish). Original gilt-tooled purple publisher’s cloth, 8vo, 176, [2], xxx pages; 22 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish with English section, including subscriber’s list listing over 700 names, mostly Jews from small towns and big cities across America. Of special note among the approbations included are those of W. Loeb, on behalf of Pres.Theodore Roosevelt (27 Oct. 1904) and Charles D. Dorton, on behalf of Pres. William Taft (27 June 1910). The Aramaic text of Ezra and Nehemiah is reprinted here with the same type, layout and format as the first edition of 1905. In this second edition Heller added English and Yiddish translations on facing pages.“Heller was born in 1862 in Bialystok. He was a student of Rabbi Samuel Mohilewer, Rabbi Meir Loeb b. Yehiel Mikhel [Malbim], [Michael Levi?] Rodkinson and Meir Ish-Shalom and he was ordained by the former two and by Rabbi Alexander Lapidot of Raseiniai. He also studied in the Koenigsberg gymnasium and the University of Vienna. He immigrated to America ca. 1900 and was a rabbi and teacher in a number of communities, including New York, Winnipeg, Calumet (MI)...Philadelphia, Waco (TX) and Charleston (WV)....Heller contributed to the Hebrew press and was known as a Zionist preacher. In America he studied at Baylor University (Texas) and the University of Chicago. He died in 1932 in New York. His younger brother was the famed scholar Rabbi Chaim Heller” (Goldman)The book ncludes: errata (pages 175-6); acknowledgments (page 11] preface (pages V1-XI); and the long list of over 700 subscribers (pages XII-XXX). Other approbations include those of: Rev. Dr. H[enry] . Pereira Mendes of New York (30 May 1905); Rabbi Dr. Hillel Hacohen Klein of New York (10 May 1905); Rabbi Dov Aryeh Hacohen [Bernard Louis] Levinthal of Philadelphia (20 Mar. 1905); Rabbi Mordekhai Zev Raisin (Adar 1905); Tashrak [Israel Joseph Zevin] (7 June 1905); David Moses Hermalin (15 June 1905); Alexander Moses Lapidot of Raseiniai; Dr. Abraham Elijah Harkavy of St. Petersburg (Tabernacles 1883); Dr. Israel Mikhel Rabinovich OBM of Paris; Meir Ish-Shalom of Vienna (23 Nov. 1883); Jacob Reifmann (5 Nov. 1883); Dr. Gotthard Deutsch in American Israelite (25 Jan. 1906); and the Camden Post Telegram (23 May 1904). SUBJECT(S): Bible. Ezra -- Commentaries. Daniel. OCLC: 41121668. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Gilt lettering rubbing off boards, otherwise very Good Condition, a beautiful Copy. (YID-42-7-LE-'x)
Stock number:42156.
$US 275.00
Imprint: Riga: Tipogr. “Splendid”, 1927
Edition: First Edition
Binding: broadside
1st edition. Original lithographed broadsheet (24 x 17.5 cm). In Latvian and Yiddish. Translates as, “B[er] Borochov Memorial Evening/Academy.” A broadsheet announcing a memorial evening on Dov Ber Borochov, one of the founders of the Zionist Labor movement, by the United Zionist-Socialist Party of the Jewish Workers Youth. The event was held on Friday, December 16th at the Jewish Primary School (Lacpelsa street no. 141) in Riga. The guest speakers included Dr. J. Helmanis, prof. M. Lazersons, I . Meiersons, L. Laks. Presumed date of 1927 is based on day/date alignment (could also be 1932 or possibly 1938). Very good condition. (Latyid-2-3)
Stock number:42085.
$US 275.00
Imprint: New York, American Advisory Committee, 1925
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. Includes loose copy of an article about Hebrew University in the New York Times from December 21, 1932. 8vo. 13 pages; 23cm. Features eloquent arguments about the importance of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem as well as appeals by several scholars and educators about “why this institution should be welcomed, why the ideal of a Hebrew University in Jerusalem appeals to them. ” Includes testimonials by (soon to be) United States Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo (then Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals) , and Stephen S. Wise, Rabbi and founder of the Free Synagogue of New York, as well as presidents of HUC, Columbia University, and JTS. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Education. OCLC lists 4 holdings worldwide (NYPL, Harvard, HUC, Penn) , none west or south of Cincinnati. Significant pencil markings on most pages. Heavily underlined with notes and scribbles in the margins. Slight toning. Otherwise good, solid condition. (zion-11-16)
Stock number:37766.
$US 275.00
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
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Varshe [Warsaw]: Farlag "di Velt", 1928. Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 95 pages. Monthly Bundist periodical ran from Vol. I, Nr, 1 (Oct. 1927) to 1932. 23 cm. In Yiddish. Unobtrusive Bund rubber stamp on some volumes. For example, Levin (1977) reports that it was in UNZER TSAYT that the very first reports of the Bund's split over the National Question with the Russian Social Democrats were published (in 1927). The Bund in Poland, here providing its unique Polish Jewish Socialist anti-Zionist perspective. “The General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Yiddish: ‘algemeyner yidisher arbeter-bund in lite, poyln un rusland’), generally called The Bund or the Jewish Labour Bund, was a secular Jewish socialist party.... founded in Vilnius on October 7, 1897…..In 1917 the Polish part of the Bund, which dated to the times when Poland was a Russian territory, seceded from the Russian Bund and created a new Polish General Labor Bund which continued to operate in Poland in the years between the two world wars….The Bund sought to unite all Jewish workers in the Russian Empire into a united socialist party, and also to ally itself with the wider Russian social democratic movement to achieve a democratic and socialist Russia. The Russian Empire then included Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine and most of present-day Poland, areas where the majority of the world's Jews then lived. They hoped to see the Jews achieve a legal minority status in Russia. Of all Jewish political parties of the time, the Bund was the most progressive regarding gender equality, with women making up more than one-third of all members. The Bund actively campaigned against anti-Semitism. It defended Jewish civil and cultural rights and rejected assimilation. However, the close promotion of Jewish sectional interests and support for the concept of Jewish national unity (klal yisrael) was prevented by the socialist universalism of the Bund. The Bund avoided any automatic solidarity with Jews of the middle and upper classes and generally rejected political cooperation with Jewish groups that held religious, Zionist or conservative views. Even the anthem of the Bund, known as "the oath" (di shvue in Yiddish), written in 1902 by Sh. An-ski, contained no explicit reference to Jews or Jewish suffering. At the heart of the vision of the future of the Bund was the idea that there is no contradiction between the national aspect on the one hand and the socialist aspect on the other. As a strictly secular organization, the Bund renounced the Holy Land and the sacred language (Hebrew) and chose to speak Yiddish….In its early years the Bund had remarkable success, gaining an estimated 30,000 members in 1903 and an estimated 40,000 supporters in 1906, making it the largest socialist group in the Russian Empire…. the Bund was a founding collective member at the RSDLP's first congress in Minsk in March 1898. For the next 5 years, the Bund was recognized as the sole representative of the Jewish workers in the RSDLP, although many Russian socialists of Jewish descent, especially outside of the Pale of Settlement, joined the RSDLP directly….The Bund generally sided with the party's Menshevik faction led by Julius Martov and against the Bolshevik faction led by Vladimir Lenin during the factional struggles in the run-up to the Russian Revolution of 1917….In the Polish areas of the [Russian] empire, the Bund was a leading force in the 1905 revolution. At that time the organization probably reached the height of its influence. It called for an improvement in living standards, a more democratic political system and the introduction of equal rights for Jews. At least in the early stages of the first Russian Revolution, the armed groups of the "Bund" were likely the strongest revolutionary force in Western Russia. During the following years, the Bund went into a period of decay….The Bund eventually came to strongly oppose Zionism, arguing that emigration to Palestine was a form of escapism. The Bund did not advocate separatism. Instead, it focused on culture, rather than a state or a place, as the glue of Jewish ‘nationalism.’ …. The Bund also promoted the use of Yiddish as a Jewish national language and to some extent opposed the Zionist project of reviving Hebrew. The Bund won converts mainly among Jewish artisans and workers, but also among the growing Jewish intelligentsia. It led a trade union movement of its own. It joined with the Poalei Zion (Labour Zionists) and other groups to form self-defense organisations to protect Jewish communities against pogroms and government troops. During the Russian Revolution of 1905 the Bund headed the revolutionary movement in the Jewish towns, particularly in Belarus and Ukraine…..In 1921, the Communist Bund [in the USSR] dissolved itself and its members sought admission to the Communist Party....Many former Bundists, like Mikhail Liber and David Petrovsky, perished during Stalin's purges in the 1930s. The Polish Bundists continued their activities until 1948. During the latter half of the 20th century the Bundist legacy was represented through the International Jewish Labor Bund, a federation of local Bundist groups around the world….Among the exiled Bundists who went on with Socialist politics in America was Baruch Charney Vladeck (1886–1938), elected to the New York Board of Aldermen as a Socialist in 1917…[and] 1937 [and] manager of The Jewish Daily Forward…Moishe Lewis (1888–1950)....the father of David Lewis (1909–1981), a leader of the New Democratic Party in Canada….David Dubinsky (1892–1982), though never formally a member of the party, had joined the bakers' union, which was controlled by the Bund, and was elected assistant secretary within the union by 1906…..He later became a member of the Socialist Party of America, helped found the American Labor Party in 1936 and was from 1932 till 1966 the leader of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union…..under the name Max Goldfarb, David Petrovsky (1886–1937) was a member of the Central Committee of the Jewish Socialist Federation of America, a member of the Socialist Party of America, and the labor editor of The Forward” (Wikipedia). SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jewish labor unions -- Periodicals. Socialism and Judaism -- Periodicals. Yiddish literature -- Poland -- Periodicals. OCLC Number: 642969688. OCLC lists only 4 runs (Arizona State, Stanford, LOC, U of Washington), all of which appear to be incomplete. Nr. 3-4 was printed as Nr. 3 (Dec. 15, 1927), but then has Nr. 4 (Dec. 20, 1927) on a superimposed lable--not sure if Nr. 3 actually existed or in what form. Interestingly, evey copy of this issue that we have ever seen has had pages 1-6 removed, perhaps by the publisher and related to the re-issuing as a later number. We offer pages 1-6 here in facimile. Good Condition. (Y-1-10) xx
Stock number:16128.
$US 250.00
Imprint: New York, Bloch, 1899
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 1st edition. Original Publisher’s green cloth with gilt design. 8vo; 24 cm; 196 pages,includes essays from 1897-1899. Contents: Vol I. - This introduction to the four volume publication outlines the organization. Essays include "Anti-Zionist Meeting", By-Laws of the Society, and more. Volume I, is very seldom offered for sale. Ex-library with usual markings. Otherwise very good condition. (AMR-45-5A)
Stock number:42353.
$US 250.00
Imprint: Paris: Jewish Colonization Association, 1913
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Later paper wrappers, 8vo. 286 pages, 26 cm. In French. Report on the settlement of Jews in Argentina. The Jewish Colonization Association was founded in 1891 by Baron Maurice de Hirsch to facilitate mass emigration of Jews from Russian and Eastern Europe to agricultural colonies in North American and South America, including Argentina and Brazil (Wikipedia) . SUBJECTS: Jewish emigration. OCLC lists 20 holdings, though most appear to be incomplete Spine is exposed and starting. Pages browning. Back wrapper is edgeworn. All contents are very good. (ZION2-2-35)
Stock number:41000.
$US 250.00
Imprint: [New York]: Ha-Histadrut Ha-`ivrit Be-Amerikah, 1917
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 12 pages, 20 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “The Hebrew Labor Union and Its Aspirations. ” The Histadrut Ha-Ivrit organization was devoted to encouraging the knowledge and use of the Hebrew language, the publication of Hebrew books and periodicals, and an interest in Hebrew culture. The organization held its opening convention in December 1917 because of the activity of Zionists and Hebraists who found themselves in the United States as the result of World War I. The organization published a variety of materials including HaDoar newspaper, the Yearbook of American Jews, and more. SUBJECTS: Hebrew language -- United States -- 20th century. Jews -- United States -- Languages. Zionism -- United States. OCLC Number: 19186761 OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Harvard Penn, and UMD). Very Good Condition. Scarce. (ZION-14-49)
Stock number:37998.
$US 250.00
Imprint: New York, Mizrachi Women’s Organization Of America, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No date (1935-1943) . First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 6 pages; 16cm. A fundraising booklet for the Beth Zeiroth Mizrachi school for girls in Jerusalem. “The Beth Zeiroth Mizrachi is an institution for the Vocational training and educational advancement of the adolescent Jewish girl, in an environment imbued with the traditional Jewish spirit. It serves as a School, Center, and Home, -modernly built and practically equipped to satisfy the material, social, and spiritual needs of the orthodox girl, and to prepare her for duties as a builder of her country. Includes 12 fabulous black-and-white photographs of the girls engaged in various activities including sewing, gardening, cleaning, and feeding chickens. Implores readers to donate to the cause to support a new school in Tel-Aviv for the growing German refugee population. SUBJECT(S) : Education, Palestine, Girls. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Two library stamps. A few unobtrusive marks. Very good condition. Rare and important (zion-11-34)
Stock number:37813.
$US 250.00
Imprint: New York; United Palestine Appeal, 1936
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Wraps. 4to. [13] pages. 28 cm. First edition. Nazi-era booklet containing ten illustrated color charts, graphs, and maps. Charts demonstrate economic and demographic statistics, including chart detailing distribution of refugees from Germany worldwide. Subjects: Jews in Palestine – History. Jews. Jews - Restoration. Middle East - Palestine. OCLC lists 6 copies. Previous owners signature on front wrap. Lightly soiled wraps, otherwise clean. Good + condition. (ZION-7-44) xx
Stock number:35622.
$US 250.00
Imprint: New York; Labor Zionist Committee For Relief And Rehabilitation, Inc,, [1946-1950]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original illustrated wraps. 8vo. [16] pages. 23 cm. First edition. Front lithography by Kathe Kollwitz, 'They were the first' stanza by Yitshak Katzenelson; rear wrap list of 'recent foster parents' including numerous local branches of Fraternal Organizations, various Landsmanschaften branches, Arthur Syzk, etc. Illustrated throughout with photographs of Jewish orphans, with abridged descriptions of how they survived; includes a list of over 100 children currently being helped by foster parents through the Labor Zionist Committee for Relief and Rehabilitation; it appears that all of the children reside at the Labor Zionist Home for Orphaned Children in France; the brochure asks for payments of $300 per year, or 85 cents a day. Printed in red, black, and grey ink throughout. Very scarce. Subjects: Labor Zionist Committee for Relief and Rehabilitation, Inc. , Foster Parents Division. Jewish War Orphans – Holocaust. Does not appear to be held by any library, none on OCLC. Pages previous cut at edge, previously glued back together by former owner, text in gutter affected on two pages; institutional stamp, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (HOLO2-121-2)
Stock number:34947.
$US 250.00
Imprint: Indianapolis; Cantor Myro Glass, 1946
Binding: Hardback
Original wraps. 4to. 8 pages. 31 cm. Edition. Yiddish; Text in romanized Yiddish. Words and music by Myro Glass; arranged by Josef Millet. For voice and piano. With front wraps printed in green ink, with woodcut illustration from the French Jewish artist Maxa Nordau (daughter of Max Nordau) , depicting Nazi massacres in the background, and the exhortation Z'Chor Yisroel in Hebrew. Internal wrap reads: “Dedicated to the memory of the millions of our martyrs. ” “All the proceeds of this song will go towards the Palestine Symphonic Choiur Project whose aim it is to establish a Jewish Artists' Colony in Palestine. ” Cantor Myro Glass was also president of the Indianapolis Zionist Organization. Subjects: Sacred songs with piano. OCLC lists 3 copies. Light edge wear, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (MUSIC-3-30)
Stock number:33271.
$US 250.00
Imprint: Warszawa, Pan´stwowe Wydawn. Literatury Politycznej, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, small 8vo, 50 pages, 21 cm. In Polish. An early (1945!) post-war assortment of eye-witness reportsand documentation of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943, 2 years earlier. Table of contents on the last leaf, listing out all 22 essays, some of which are reprinted here for the first time from diaries and newspapers. Also reproduces to flyers honoring the ghetto and a photo of yizkor services to those who perished there. "Between July 22 and September 12, 1942, the German authorities deported or murdered around 300,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. SS and police units deported 265,000 Jews to the Treblinka killing center and 11,580 to forced-labor camps. The Germans and their auxiliaries murdered more than 10,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto during the deportation operations. The German authorities granted only 35,000 Jews permission to remain in the ghetto, while more than 20,000 Jews remained in the ghetto in hiding. For the at least 55,000-60,000 Jews remaining in the Warsaw ghetto, deportation seemed inevitable. In response to the deportations, on July 28, 1942, several Jewish underground organizations created an armed self-defense unit known as the Jewish Combat Organization (Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa; ZOB). Rough estimates put the size of the ZOB at its formation at around 200 members. The Revisionist Party (right-wing Zionists known as the Betar) formed another resistance organization, the Jewish Military Union (Zydowski Zwiazek Wojskowy; ZZW). Although initially there was tension between the ZOB and the ZZW, both groups decided to work together to oppose German attempts to destroy the ghetto. At the time of the uprising, the ZOB had about 500 fighters in its ranks and the ZZW had about 250. While efforts to establish contact with the Polish military underground movement (Armia Krajowa, or Home Army) did not succeed during the summer of 1942, the ZOB established contact with the Home Army in October, and obtained a small number of weapons, mostly pistols and explosives, from Home Army contacts. In October 1942, SS chief Heinrich Himmler ordered the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto and deportation of its able-bodied residents to forced labor camps in the Lublin District of the Generalgouvernement. In accordance with this order, German SS and police units tried to resume mass deportations of Jews from Warsaw on January 18, 1943. A group of Jewish fighters, armed with pistols, infiltrated a column of Jews being forced to the Umschlagplatz (transfer point) and, at a prearranged signal, broke ranks and fought their German escorts. Most of these Jewish fighters died in the battle, but the attack sufficiently disoriented the Germans to allow the Jews arranged in columns at the Umschlagplatz a chance to disperse. After seizing 5,000-6,500 ghetto residents to be deported, the Germans suspended further deportations on January 21. Encouraged by the apparent success of the resistance, which they believed may have halted deportations, members of the ghetto population began to construct subterranean bunkers and shelters in preparation for an uprising should the Germans attempt a final deportation of all remaining Jews in the reduced ghetto. The German forces intended to begin the operation to liquidate the Warsaw ghetto on April 19, 1943, the eve of Passover. When SS and police units entered the ghetto that morning, the streets were deserted. Nearly all of the residents of the ghetto had gone into hiding places or bunkers. The renewal of deportations was the signal for an armed uprising within the ghetto. ZOB commander Mordecai Anielewicz commanded the Jewish fighters in the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Armed with pistols, grenades (many of them homemade), and a few automatic weapons and rifles, the ZOB fighters stunned the Germans and their auxiliaries on the first day of fighting, forcing the German forces to retreat outside the ghetto wall....Though German forces broke the organized military resistance within days of the beginning of the uprising, individuals and small groups hid or fought the Germans for almost a month....The Warsaw ghetto uprising was the largest, symbolically most important Jewish uprising, and the first urban uprising, in German-occupied Europe. The resistance in Warsaw inspired other uprisings in ghettos (e.g., Bialystok and Minsk) and killing centers (Treblinka and Sobibor)" (USHMM 2018).Subjects: Warsaw (Poland) --History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943. Beautiful Polish commemorative bookplate from the early post-war years, touch of wear to crown of spine, some toning, Very Good condition, a very nice copy. (H-13-1-EU)
Stock number:41775.
$US 225.00
Imprint: Varshah [Warsaw]: Hotsa’at "ha-Zamir", 1917
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
[677] 1st edition. Period boards with original paper wrappers bound in. Oblong 12mo, 134 columns + 1 page [68 pages]. 12 x 16 cm, Entirely in Hebrew, with occasional ads for related materials in Yiddish. Lyrics for 37 songs, including Hatikvah, occasionally with musical notation/scores. “Me-et meshorerim shonim ; ?im tav?e-zimrah” (“By various poets with musical notes”). A collection of fewer pages (50 +10) with the same title but subtitled (in Yiddish): “ayn oys-vahl fun tsiyon's un folk?s-lieder, mit? muzik (noten): fir piano, vayolin, me'ndolin un gezang” under the authorship of Sol Rose, was published earlier in Philadelphia in 1905. SUBJECT(S): Folk songs, Hebrew. Songs, Israeli. Zionism. OCLC: 122812553. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Am Jewish U, UC-Berkeley, Brandeis, HUC, NLI), none at any Ivy league institution. Light wear to boards, light toning to paper as expected, but an excellent copy, Very Good Condition. Scarce. (zion2-1-41)
Stock number:41583.
$US 225.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Eidah Ha-Hareidit, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Poster
No Date (Mid 20th Century) . 1st edition. Large poster, ca. 42 x 67 cm. In Hebrew. Anti Zionist poster by the Neturei Karta (Ha-Eidah ha-Hareidit), group of ultra-orthodox, mainly in Jerusalem, who regard the establishment of a secular Jewish state in Erez Israel as a sin and a denial of God, and therefore do not recognize the State of Israel. Their name, which is Aramaic for "guardians of the City, " derives from a passage in the Jerusalem Talmud (Hag. 76: 3) stating that religious scholars are the guardians and defenders of the city. Neturei Karta broke away from Agudat Israel in 1935, when the latter attempted to restrain extremist demands for an independent ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem community completely separate from the rest of the Zionist community. The group first adopted the name Hevrat ha-Hayyim, after Rabbi Joseph Hayyim Sonnenfeld. It aimed at creating "a circle free from the influence of the contemporary spirit and its fallacious opinions, " and a condition of membership was "the education of sons and daughters in the traditional Jewish manner, without any change (girls' schools which teach Hebrew do not provide education in the traditional Jewish manner). " The last phrase alluded to Agudat Israel's Bet Ya'akov girls' schools, where the language of instruction is Hebrew. Large poster, age staining, creased and split on folds with archival repairs to the rear. Good Condition thus. (Zion2-3-1)
Stock number:41207.
$US 225.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: The Zionist Organization - Youth Department, 1940s
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. 4to. 59 pages, 32 cm. In English. Mimeographed publication that details the establishment of the Naame Kfar Blum by the Labor Zionist Habonim (now Habonim Dror) youth movement. The founding members of the kibbutz were primarily from the United Kingdom, South Africa, the United States and the Baltic countries (Wikipedia) and included many Holocaust refugees. The kibbutz was named in honor of Léon Blum, the Jewish socialist former Prime Minister of France who was the focus of a widely publicized, and ultimately unsuccessful, show trial in 1942 mounted by the collaborationist Vichy regime. SUBJECTS: Land settlement -- Palestine. No copies on OCLC. Pages are browning. Stamp of National Young Judaea on front. Pages are creased in the margins. All contents good. Very Rare. (ZION2-2-20)
Stock number:40986.
$US 225.00
Imprint: London: Zionist Federation Of Great Britain And Ireland, 1943
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 12mo. 32 pages, 17 cm. Holocaust-era imprint. Features a letter from David Ben-Gurion, at the time the Chairman of the Jewish Agency, to the General Commanding Officer in Palestine. The Jerusalem Arms Trial concerned the illegal possession of vast quantities of guns by British soldiers. The British Mandate charged the officers with attempting to smuggle guns to Jewish Palmach fighters. SUBJECTS: Trials (illegal arms transfers) - Jerusalem. OCLC: 36849152OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide (Princeton, HUC, UT-Austin, Tel Aviv U, Izhak Ben Zvi, USouthampton) , only 3 in the US. Very good condition. (ZION2-1-38)
Stock number:40924.
$US 225.00
Imprint: New York: [No Publisher], 1905
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 18 pages, 20 cm. In English. Interesting look at how world-wide Jewry might be organized under one umbrella, a sort of Zionist goal without a focus on territory. Rabbi Samuel Schulman (1864-1955) was a prominent early twentieth-century American rabbi. He served as a rabbi in Helena, Montana, and was instrumental in the construction of Montana's first synagogue, Temple Emanu-el. He then moved to Kansas City before finally settling in New York City as rabbi at Temple Beth-El (Wikipedia, 2019) . SUBJECTS: Jewish sermons. American. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (HUC and UPenn) . Wrappers are mildly soiled and some pages are dog eared. Fold through middle. Good+ Condition. Rare. (AMR-56-6)
Stock number:40896.
$US 225.00
Imprint: Warsaw: Hashomer Hatzair, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original photographic paper wrappers, 4to, 44 + [1] pages. Ha-Shomer ha-Za'ir newspaper, special issue for the twenty-fifth Jubilee, 1913-1938. Beautiful modernist design, both in font and use of photos, which appear throughout. The bi-weekly began in 1927 and ceased publication in 1939. SUBJECT (S) : Labor Zionists -- Poland -- Periodicals. Labor Zionists. OCLC appears to list 4 holdings of at least one issue (NYPL, Stanford, YIVO, OSU) , with unclear issue runs. Heavy wear to wrappers, but no loss of text, paper inside shows toning, as expected, but paper and internal binding remain solid ant strong. Good Condition Thus. (KH-9-12)
Stock number:40793.
$US 225.00
Imprint: New York: Hebrew Pub. Co., 1936
Binding: Hardcover
Later boards, original wrappers bound in. 12mo 275, 32 pages, 12 cm. In Hebrew, Yiddish, and English. Includes vocalized Hebrew and Yiddish lyrics to popular Hebrew folk songs and Zionist anthems, while also including patriotic American songs in English. Holocaust-era publication. SUBJECTS: Hebrew poetry - Yiddish poetry - songs, zionist - folk songs, Hebrew, yiddish. OCLC: 123019203. Lacks about 1/3 of original Rear/English wrapper (replaced with paper and bound into later boards), some other repairs. Contents and outer binding are good. Overall about good condition. (ZION2-1-15-E)
Stock number:40552.
$US 225.00
Imprint: New York; United Palestine Appeal, 1936
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Pamphlet. Original Wraps. 4to. [13] pages. 28 cm. First edition. Nazi-era booklet containing ten illustrated color charts, graphs, and maps. Charts demonstrate economic and demographic statistics, including chart detailing distribution of refugees from Germany worldwide. Subjects: Jews in Palestine – History. Jews. Jews - Restoration. Middle East - Palestine. OCLC lists 6 copies. OCLC: 155450181. Creased, sticker with pen marks on cover, otherwise Very Good Condition. (Zion-16-9) xx
Stock number:39935.
$US 225.00
Imprint: Montreal, Canada : Aroysgegebn Fun Dem Yehoash-Brentsh Numer Akht, Id. Nats. Arb. Farband, 1934
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition, original blue printed paper wrappers, 8vo, 14 pages, 22 cm. In Yiddish. "A rede gehaltn oyf'n Kanader Idishn kongres in Toront? O, akht un tsvantsiktn Yanuar, 1934." Title translates as, “The National-Economic Statement of the Jewish Commonwealth Problem. ” Scarce Nazi-era Canadian Yiddish imprint on Zionism. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Canada -- Intellectual life. -- Intellectual life. Zionism. OCLC lists 3 institutions worldwide with copies (Harvard, HUC, YIVO) . Light wear, soiling, stamps on 2 pages, about Very Good- Condition. Scarce. (YID-26-26)
Stock number:39416.
$US 225.00
Imprint: Berlin: Ayanot, 1923
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 8 pages, 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Ayanot’s New Release: for the 13th Zionist Congress in Carlsbad in 1923.” A publishing catalog for the small publishing firm founded by famed Jewish philosopher, Simon Rawidowicz in 1922. The catalog was printed specially for the 13th Zionist Congress (in which the Jewish Agency was conceived) and was presumably used as a marketing tool. They published more than a dozen titles during their first three years, many of which are featured in this catalog. Chaim Nahman Bialik, who was friends with Rawidowicz in Berlin, opposed the publishing house because it competed with Devir Publishing house, of which he was the editor-in-chief. (Myers, 2014) . Rawidowicz would go on to serve as chair of the Department of Near-Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. SUBJECTS: Jewish publishing. OCLC does not list any copies. Binding is starting. Edgewear to wrappers and browning pages. Otherwise Good Condition. Rare (ZION-14-50)
Stock number:37999.
$US 225.00
Imprint: New York, Labor Zionist Organization Of America, Poale Zion, 1948, 1949
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper. 4to, 33 single-sided leaves total; 35.5cm. A total of 6 Mimeograph press releases on Poale Zion letterhead. Written in Yiddish. Title translates to “Political Circular. ” DP/Early Statehood-era public position papers on issues of the day in the first years of the Jewish state for use in the Jewish press. Baruch Zuckerman, president of the Labor Zionist Organization of America, “was a leading American-Israeli zionist, one of the leading proponents of Yad Vashem, editor of Yiddishe Kempfer, and a leading figure in the Farband and Histadrut campaigns” (Wikipedia, 2016) . Dr. Berl Frymer was a prominent Labor Zionist as well, holding a variety of leadership positions. SUBJECT(S) : Labor Zionism, Politics. OCLC lists no holdings. Slight toning. Minimal markings and tears. Library stamp. Significant folding-whole collection folded in half. Very good condition. (zion-12-11)
Stock number:37960.
$US 225.00
Imprint: New York City, Zionist Organization Of America, 1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original color illustrated paper wrappers depicting image of the statue of liberty and an Israeli man standing against a roman numeral ‘2’ labeled Israel. 4to, 16 pages; 31cm. Large, dramatic, magazine-size program from the first annual Z. O. A. Pageant held in Madison Square Garden on May 11, 1950. Ed Sullivan was the Master of Ceremonies of the pageant, and the program personalities included several famous artists with photographs such as Metropolitan Opera singer, Richard Tucker, and actor Jacob Ben Ami. Includes several articles written by high level Israeli officials with stunning photographs. SUBJECT (S) : Israel, Zionism. OCLC lists two holdings worldwide (Spertus & YIVO) . Minimal wear and staining. About very good + condition. (zion-11-5A)
Stock number:37765.
$US 225.00
Imprint: The Department Of Education Of The Zionist Organizaiton Of America, [1920-1935]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. 12mo. 24 loose pages in orignal paper band-wrapper; 14 cm. Clearly designed for public reading, as a lecture from a podium, at far-flung Zionist clubs or events where the Zionist leadership, based in the large cities, could never come and deliver it themselves. From the series: “Zionist Theory and Achievement” Series 2, Lecture 1. The cover reads, “This is one of the lectures that are prepared for use in assemblies, study circles and clubs. Each lecture is written either by an individual chosen to present a certain subject or it is compiled from various authoritative sources. All the lectures are arranged and edited by a committee consisting of Jesse E. Sampter, Emily Solis-Cohen, Rabbi Eugene Kohn, and Emanuel Neumann. ” “The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) , founded in 1897, was one of the first official Zionist organizations in the United States, and, especially early in the 20th century, the primary representative of American Jews to the World Zionist Organization, espousing primarily Political Zionism. ” (wikipedia, 2016) From the lecture itself: “The Jewish people… has not only the right but the duty to develop its national culture; but how can it do so? We Jews after all, live in the midst of other peoples with distinctive cultures of their own. ” OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Printed as 21 horizontal sheets. Some discoloration to cover. Sleeve is torn. Overall about very good condition. (AMR-49-47a)
Stock number:37689.
$US 225.00
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Imprint: The Department Of Education Of The Zionist Organizaiton Of America, [1920-1933]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No Date ca. [1920-1933]1st Edition. 12mo. 21 loose pages in orignal paper band-wrapper; 14 cm. Clearly designed for public reading, as a lecture from a podium, at far-flung Zionist clubs or events where the Zionist leadership, based in the large cities, could never come and deliver it themselves. From the series: “Zionist Theory and Achievement” Series 1, Lecture 2. The cover reads, “This is one of the lectures that are prepared for use in assemblies, study circles and clubs. Each lecture is written either by an individual chosen to present a certain subject or it is compiled from various authoritative sources. All the lectures are arranged and edited by a committee consisting of Jesse E. Sampter, Emily Solis-Cohen, Rabbi Eugene Kohn, and Emanuel Neumann. ” “The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) , founded in 1897, was one of the first official Zionist organizations in the United States, and, especially early in the 20th century, the primary representative of American Jews to the World Zionist Organization, espousing primarily Political Zionism. ” (wikipedia, 2016) From the lecture itself: “Even in these days when Zionism has almost got all that it wants, when the Gentile world is with us, and when Uncle Sam himself has told us that he is fighting on the side that is our side, there are still some very good Jewish people who stand out against Zionism, and for what seems to them a very good reason…” OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Printed as 21 horizontal sheets. Some discoloration to cover. Sleeve is torn. Overall about very good condition. (AMR-49-47)
Stock number:37680.
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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.
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Imprint: New York, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Wrappers. 8vo. Tri-Fold Holocaust-era Pamphlet with 5 pages ; 24 cm. The Undersigned Rabbis Are: Philip S. Bernstein, Barnett R. Brickner, Israel Goldstein, James G. Heller, Mordecai M. Kaplan, B. L. Levinthal, Israel H. Levinthal, Louis M. Levitsky, Joshua Loth Liebman, Joseph H. Lookstein, Jacob R. Marcus, Abraham A. Neuman, Louis I. Newman, David de Sola Pool, Abba Hillel Silver, Milton Steinberg, and Stephen S. Wise. “We, the undersigned Rabbis, ” they write, “of all elements of American Jewish religious life, have noted with concern a statement by ninety of our colleagues in which they repudiate Zionism on the ground that it is inconsistent with Jewish religious and moral doctrine. This statement misrepresents Zionism and misinterprets historic Jewish religious teaching…” OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Front wrapper is mostly loose. 4th and 5th page are torn with a few words affected. Otherwise in good condition. Very rare. (zion-10-57)
Stock number:37895.
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Imprint: Hav?ana: G. Minkowicz,, 1952
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 157 pages. 23 cm. In Yiddish. On verso of Title Page: "Fun goles Daichland biz mdinas Isroel. " Prolific Cuban Zionist writer. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism. Jewish travelers -- Biography. World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees. Israel -- Description and travel. OCLC lists 9 copes worldwide. Residue of later outer binding on spine and adjacent original cover, otherwise Very Good Condition (latam-2-3)
Stock number:36081.
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Imprint: New York; American Financial And Development Corporation For Israel., 1951
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 46 pages. 23 cm. First edition. First brochure for the first Israel Bond Issuance, announcing the amount and bond types available, etc. Contains several charts and graphs discussing Israel's import/export amounts, public debt, government expenditures, military expenditures, etc. With one map of Israel. “The idea to float bonds issued by Israel's government was conceived by Israel's first prime minister,  David Ben-Gurion, in the aftermath of Israel's War of Independence. The war had taken a terrible toll in casualties (more than 1% of the country's population was killed) , and the nation's fledgling economy was devastated. Compounding the dire situation was the fact that Israel faced economic demands unique to the new state, most especially the arrival of hundreds of thousands of immigrants. In Israel's early years, immigrants generally fell into two categories:  Holocaust survivors and Jewish refugees from Arab countries, ” who poured in as the British Blockade ended and Middle Eastern Jews fled or were expelled from their home countries. “Short on money, the country suffered food shortages and rationing, and the new arrivals had to be housed in primitive conditions. With his country financially overwhelmed, Ben-Gurion turned to the Diaspora community for help. In September 1950, he convened a meeting of American Jewish leaders at Jerusalem's King David Hotel, where he proposed issuing bonds to help provide Israel with a more secure economic foundation. Ben-Gurion's goals were two-fold: to obtain millions of dollars in funding for immigrant absorption and the construction of national infrastructure, and to engage Diaspora Jewry as active partners in building the new Jewish state. The American Jewish leaders supported Ben-Gurion's plan and, the following spring, the prime minister traveled to New York to help launch the inaugural Independence Issue at a gala Madison Square Garden ceremony…. Final results for 1951 more than doubled projections, exceeding $52 million” (Wikipedia, 2015) . Subjects: Finance - Israel. Bonds, Government - Israel (State) Economic history - Israel (State) Economic history. Finance. Israel - Economic conditions. American Financial and Development Corporation for Israel. OCLC lists 5 copies (Wayne State, NYPL, US Dept of State, Penn, Harvard) , none in Israel and none west of Detroit. Soiled wraps, folded in half, institutional marks faintly visible on wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. Important. (ZION-6-49) xx
Stock number:35576.
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Imprint: Frankfurt De- Main; Bi-Defus A. Slovattski, 1896
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Period Boards. 8vo. 31 pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Funeral Eulogy for Isaac Elhanan Spektor (1817-1896) “rabbi, leader of traditional Jewry in Russia, halakhic authority, and supporter of the Hibat Tsiyon (Love of Zion) movement. Yitshak Elhanan Spektor served as rabbi in various communities in the Russia Empire, the most important of which was Kovno in Lithuania (1864–1896) ” - Yivo Encyclopedia. “He corresponded with the leading rabbis of western Europe, and was the anonymous friend who induced Samson Raphael Hirsch to write 'Ueber die Beziehung des Talmuds zum Judenthum. ' In his later years he was revered by the Jews of Russia; and his death caused mourning in Orthodox communities throughout the world. ” - 1906 JE. Contains the bookstamp of Rabbi Benzion Eisenstadt (bookstamp is in Hebrew and English) . Subjects: Eulogies. Jewish funeral sermons. Spektor, Isaac Elhanan, 1817-1896. OCLC lists 8 copies. Outer edge of binding fragile and chipped; aged, with light soiling throughout. Good condition. (GER-44-46)
Stock number:33785.
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Imprint: Eschweiler: Verlag Der Freistatt, 1913-1914
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 736 pages ; 22 cm. 12 Issues Bound Together (nos. 1 — 12) . In German. The title translates loosely into English as, “The Sanctuary: A Monthly Periodical on Jewish Culture and Politics. ” all 12 issues from the first year of publication (from April 1913 to April 1914) of the influential Jewish-German periodical "Die Freistatt". Founded by Fritz Mordechai Kaufmann (1888-1921) , it was the only German-Jewish periodical to represent a 'pan-Judaic' approach, distinguishing it both from liberal and Zionist Judaism in Germany at that time. Was a forum for political, religious and sociological discussions about Judaism. Features prominent writers such as Elsa Lasker Schüler, Chaim Nachman Bialik, Borochov, and numerous others. Boards have some wear but are in good condition. Some markings on end pages. Issue 1 is printed on a smaller paper, but bound together here with issues 2-13. Some toning. Overall Very Good- condition. (GER-58-78)
Stock number:38315.
$US 215.00
Imprint: London: The Organization, 1925
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition thus, 8vo, 45 pages, 23 cm. In German. The World Zionist Organization was “Founded as the Zionist Organization, or ZO, in 1897 at the First Zionist Congress, held from August 29 to August 31 in Basel, Switzerland. The ZO's newspaper Die Welt was founded in the same year. It changed its name to World Zionist Organization in January 1960.The ZO served as an umbrella organization for the Zionist movement, whose objective was the creation of a Jewish homeland in Eretz Yisrael – at that time under the Ottoman Empire and following the First World War, the British Mandate of Palestine. When the State of Israel was declared 51 years later on May 14, 1948, many of its new administrative institutions were already in place, having evolved during the regular Zionist Congresses of the previous decades. Some of these institutions remain to this day” (Wikipedia). OCLC: 8606563. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide, but only one in North America (HUC). Paper browning, some edgewear and toning to covers, Good+ Condition (BR-12-24)
Stock number:42352.
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Imprint: London: Office of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original printed blue paper wrappers in later stiff pamphlet protector, 8vo, [16] pages ; 22 cm. “The Jewish Agency for Israel, formerly known as the Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. It was established in 1929 as the operative branch of the World Zionist Organization (WZO)....In 1929, the Palestine Zionist Executive was renamed, restructured and officially inaugurated as The Jewish Agency for Palestine by the 16th Zionist Congress, held in Zurich, Switzerland. The new body was larger and included a number of Jewish non-Zionist individuals and organizations, who were interested in Jewish settlement in Palestine. They were philanthropic rather than political, and many opposed talk of a Jewish State. With this broader Jewish representation, the Jewish Agency for Palestine was recognized by the British in 1930, in lieu of the Zionist Organization, as the appropriate Jewish agency under the terms of the Mandate. The 16th Zionist Congress determined that in the event of the future dissolution of the agency, the World Zionist Organization would replace it as representative of the Jews for the purpose of the Mandate” (Wikipedia). SUBJECT(S): Zionism. OCLC: 8313476. Very Good Condition (BR-12-23-BPR)
Stock number:42351.
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Imprint: Nyu York [New York]: Farlag "Feder", 1924
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st edition. Original Publisher’s cloth, 12mo, 100 pages; 19 cm. Warmly inscribed in Yiddish by author on title page. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “Ernst Toller: The Tragedy of a Searching Spirit.” Lieberman was a Yiddish essayist and literary critic who wrote for the daily Yiddishes Tageblatt. As a Labor Zionist, he was active in the founding of the Jewish National Worker's Alliance (Farband) and Yiddish secular schools. In the 1930s Lieberman became an orthodox Jew and joined the religious Zionist movement. In his later writings he attacked left-wing Yiddish writers. His book “The Christianity of Shalom Asch”, is an attack against Shalom Asch's christological novels (YIVO). Toller (1893-1939) was “a German left-wing playwright, best known for his Expressionist plays. He served in 1919 for six days as President of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic, and was imprisoned for five years for his actions. He wrote several plays and poetry during that period, which gained him international renown. They were performed in London and New York as well as Berlin. In 2000, several of his plays were published in an English translation. In 1933 Toller was exiled from Germany after the Nazis came to power. He did a lecture tour in 1936-1937 in the United States and Canada, settling in California for a while before going to New York. He joined other exiles there. Struggling financially and depressed at learning his brother and sister had been sent to a concentration camp in Germany, he committed suicide in May 1939 (Wikipedia). SUBJECT(S): Authors, German -- 20th century. OCLC: 19312891. E´crivains allemands -- 20e sie`cle. Number penned on title page. Some old damp to covers, with some bubbling to boards. Internally clean, with just a little waviness to upper margin of first couple pages. Inscription remains clean and unaffected. Good+ Condition (YID-43-18-LX-’e)
Stock number:42181.
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Imprint: Nyu-York; Pyonern Froyen Organizatsye, 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVII, 184, [1] pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. 'Women in the Ghettos'. Contents: In di getos un untererd - Partizanen in kamf - Geshtaltn - Portretn - Parashutistn - Tsu di bregn fun heymland. Emphasizes women partisans and the ghetto resistance, entire section devoted to Hannah Senesh. Illustrated throughout. Compiled by Leib Spizman (1903-1963) , Yiddish writer, member of the Farband-Labor Zionist Order’s national executive committee and of the secretariat of the World Congress for Jewish Culture, he came to the United States via Japan in 1940. Subjects: Jewish women in the Holocaust. World War, 1939-1945 - Jewish resistance. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Senesh, Hannah, 1921-1944. OCLC: 18995782. Pen notations in Yiddish on 5 pages, otherwise Very good condition. (HOLO2-115-49-AELX)
Stock number:41812.
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Imprint: San Francisco: The Lippman Printing Co., 1904
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Later Wrappers, 8vo. 47 pages, 21 cm. In English. Early anti-Zioninst imprint, a collection of letters from one prominent American Jew to another, discussing why Zionism is a bad strategy for the Jews. Jacob Voorsanger (1852-1908) was a prominent Dutch-American Rabbi who led congregations in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Providence, Houston, and San Francisco, where he was also professor of Semitic languages are the University of California (EJ, 1906). Simon Wolf (1836-1923) was a United States businessman, lawyer, writer, diplomat and Jewish activist…..He emigrated to the United States in 1848….In 1869, he was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant, recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia….In July 1881, he received the post of consul general in Egypt….He made friendships with presidents Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William McKinley and Woodrow Wilson….He was the founder and president of the Hebrew Orphans' Home at Atlanta, Ga., and president of the Board of Children's Guardians, Washington. Wolf was a prominent freemason, member of Lafayette lodge, No. 19, of Washington, D.C. He was very active in the Independent Order B'nai B'rith, of which he was president from 1903 to 1905” (Wikipedia). SUBJECTS: Jews - Restoration. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide (JTS, UC Berkeley, LOC, UChicago, HUC, NLI, NYPL). Ex-library with usual markings, including preferation stamp to margin of title page. Damp stains on title page and top margin of first few pages. Contents very good. (AMR-56-63-'e)
Stock number:41721.
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Imprint: Berlin: S. Cronbach, 1898
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Period boards. 8vo. 7, 175 pages, 22 cm. Includes photo plates. In German. Title translates to “Palestine: Land and People.” Published the year after Herzl’s groundbreaking “Judenstaat.” Bambus (1863-1904) was a prominent German Jew and one of the first to join the Hibbat Zion movement. He published extensively and was a notable contributor to Germany's largest Jewish periodicals (EJ, 2007). SUBJECTS: Travel - Palestine. OCLC Number: 252289652. Our colleague offers a copy with a damaged cover for $500.00. Light foxing. Very good condition. (ZION2-1-32-’e)
Stock number:41705.
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Imprint: Vien [Vienna]: P. Smolenskin, 1874
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Period Quarter leather with boards. 8vo. 327 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “The Dawn: Lighting the Way for the Children of Israel in the Past and Present.” Published from 1868-1885. Founded and edited by Peretz Smolenskin, a well-known member of the Haskalah movement and a Hebrew writer. “Smolenskin was a leader in the revolt of young Jews against medievalism and a strong voice for Jewish nationalism. His Hebrew periodical, The Dawn (Ha-shahar), was highly influential in these spheres” (Wikipedia, 2018). SUBJECTS: Jews - Periodicals - Hebrew literature. (OCLC: 1798921). Ex-library with usual markings. Pages browning. Very good condition. (ZION2-1-26-E-)
Stock number:41700.
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Imprint: Chicago, E. Rubovits, 1878
Edition: First Edition
Binding: paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st edition, later paper wrappers, 8vo, 48 pages. Singerman 2688. Bernhard Felsenthal, (1822–1908) was a U.S. Reform rabbi. Felsenthal was born in Munchweile, Germany and taught in Jewish schools before settling in the U.S. in 1854. There Felsenthal served a congregation in Madison, Indiana, as officiant and teacher; then in 1858 he moved to Chicago as clerk in a banking house, while also devoting himself to rabbinical and theological study. Deeply influenced by David Einhorn, Felsenthal became one of the first protagonists of Reform Judaism in the Midwest. He was a strong opponent of slavery and refused to accept a pulpit in Mobile, Alabama. He was a founder and secretary of the Chicago Juedisches Reformverein. A statement of Reform views which he published in 1859, Kol Kore ba-Midbar: Ueber Juedische Reform, attracted some attention, and when the Reformverein developed into the Sinai Congregation, he became its first rabbi (1861). He was ordained by Einhorn and Samuel Adler. In 1864 Felsenthal became rabbi of the newly formed Zion Congregation, which he headed until his retirement in 1887. When questions on ritual came to him, he generally took an advanced Reform view. In several instances he dissented from the proposals of Isaac M. Wise. Thus, he strongly opposed the establishment of a rabbinical seminary, believing that conditions in America did not provide a satisfactory foundation. On the other hand, he advocated Jewish day schools. In 1879 he declined a professorship at Hebrew Union College. In later years Felsenthal became concerned with the threat to the Jews in America posed by religious indifference, and feeling that the course taken by Reform was preparing a "beautiful death" for Judaism, became an enthusiastic supporter of the Zionist movement. Felsenthal was a founder of the Jewish Publication Society of America and of the American Jewish Historical Society. For more on Felsenthal, see E. Felsenthal (ed.), Bernhard Felsenthal, Teacher in Israel (1924), includes extracts from his writings and bibliography; Stolz, in: ccary, 18 (1908), 161; idem, in: ajhsp, 17 (1909), 218–22. Universal Jewish Encyclopedia (1941) 4: 273–274. add. bibliography: K. Olitzky, L. Sussman, and M.H. Stern, Reform Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook (1993). OCLC: 6688190. Occasional staining, period library stamp on title page. Very Good Condition (amr-58-1-BKKLRF); Signed by Author
Stock number:41378.
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Imprint: Wien: Buchdruckerei "Industrie" / Selbstverlag, 1903
Binding: Hardback
2nd edition. Period boards, 8vo, 20 cm x 15 cm. 100 pages. Originally written in Paris 1894. One of Herzl's last plays, 'The New Ghetto', is one of Herzl's few plays to contains Jewish characters, and deals directly with the Jewish Question, the unsuccessful emancipation and increasing anti-Semitism. This play is considered one of the most important and fundamental attempts of Herzl to discuss this issue before Zionism, and one of the major steps that led him eventually to establish Zionism. This was Herzl's first literary work which showed the ambivalence and lack of real security and equality of emancipated, well-to-do Jews in Vienna. Herzl dedicated the play to Max Nordau. Label with publishing details is pasted on title-page bottom edge (Wien, 1903, Buchdruckerei "Industrie"-Selbstverlag). Subjects: Plays – Zionism – Theodor Herzl. Very Good condition. A beautiful copy (ZION-6-20)
Stock number:41642.
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Imprint: New York : Philip Cohen., 1898.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. 12mo. Original Publisher's Cloth, Viii, 138 pages. Singerman 5398, listing 5 copies. CONTENTS: Introductory; System of doctrines; System of duties; Religious observance; Appendix A; Appendix B. Kohler (1843-1926) was born in Bavaria and received his doctorate in 1867. "His university studies had shattered Kohler's Orthodoxy and his doctoral thesis, Der Segen Jacobs, took such a radical viewpoint that no rabbinic position was open to him. " In 1869, at the suggestion of Abraham Geiger, Kohler moved to the United States, leading congregations first in Detroit, Chicago and New York. An anti-Zionist, active member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and president of Hebrew Union College, he was a Reform leader. "[In 1885, ] replying to attacks by Alexander Kohut, he published a series of sermons entitled Backward or Forward (1885) . The outcome was his convening of the Pittsburg Conference of Reform rabbis and its adoption of a radical program on the basis of Kohler's draft. In 1903 Kohler was appointed president of Hebrew Union College and set about immediately to improve the curriculum and to bring fresh talent to the faculty. Upon his retirement, Kohler received the title of president emeritus. " (Temkin, EJ) See also Philipson, in: AJHSP, 31 (1928), 268–71; idem, in: CCARY, 36 (1926), 170–7; Enelow, in: AJYB, 28 (1926–27), 235–60; R.J. Marx, Kaufmann Kohler as Reformer (1951); J.L. Blau, in: K. Kohler, Jewish Theology (1968), xi–xii.; EJ. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism – study and teaching. Very Good Condition. (AMR-32-13B)
Stock number:41313.
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Imprint: London; Bnei Akiveh, Bachad Fellowship, 1943
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 19 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Some Hebrew throughout. Torah va'avodah library, no. 2. Dedicated to Moshe Zvi Weinstock. Contains a discussion of the holiday, with poems, selections from the Bible, Midrash, and Talmud detailing Chamishah Asar Bi'Shevat (Jewish arbor day celebrated on the fifteenth of Shevat) . “The mother of the Jew is Eretz Israel. The heart of every Jewish child is tied to his holy motherland […] And when this day comes, the fifteenth of Shevat, the day on which the yemot Ha'Geshamim, the period of heavy rainfall is over in Eretz Israel, and the sap begins to rise in its trees, awaking them to a new spring and new life” - pg 5. Bachad was a religious Zionist youth movement in pre-war Germany called Brit Chalutzim Datiim which shortened its name “to its initial letters Bachad. Its members prepared themselves for Aliya. A group of them came over to England among the refugees who were permitted to enter this country in the years immediately before the war. They were accommodated in a castle in Wales [Gwrych Castle] and set up Hachshara centres in Bromsgrove and other places, as well as a Merkaz Limmud in Manchester to which members came from the Hachsharah centres for periods of three or six months for intensive Jewish studies. Later on a farm was bought at Thaxted in Essex which became not only a model Hachsharah centre but very quickly a successful agricultural venture which at one time won first prize for having the best milk yielding cow in Essex! ” (bauk, 2013) . Subjects: Tu bi-Shevat. OCLC lists 8 copies. Wraps previously folded, light soiling to outer margins, internally clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SPEC-40-14)
Stock number:33532.
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Imprint: Young Poale Zion Alliance Of America, New York, 1935
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original red printed paper wrappers, 8vo, 64 pages. Nachman Syrkin (or Nahman Syrkin or Nahum Syrkin; 1868-1924) was a political theorist, founder of Labour Zionism and a prolific writer in the Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, German and English languages (Wikipedia). OCLC Number: 915174217. Spine repaired, light wear to wrappers, good condition. (Zion2-1-37A-E-'lx)
Stock number:41129.
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Imprint: Tel Aviv: Lion The Printer For The Zionist Organization Youth Dept., 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. 78, 148 pages, 17 cm. Part I. Ten Lectures -- Part II. The Herzlian period. Yitzhak Gruenbaum (1879-1970) was a prominent leader of Poland's Zionist movement during the interwar period and of the Yishuv during Mandatory Palestine. He was Israel's first Interior Minister. SUBJECTS: Zionism - History. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide (OCLC: 35917471) . Front wrapper on vol. 1 is edgeworn. Wrappers on other volume are edgeworn and browning. Contents very good. (ZION2-2-37-A)
Stock number:41002.
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Imprint: New York: International Pr., 1949
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 30 pages, 23 cm. Franz Katz was the Executive Director of the Brooklyn Zionist Region. He was active in Zionist activism prior to statehood and aided the delegation of the Jewish Agency for Palestine as a liaison to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. In August 1948, he travelled to Palestine and documented the most critical moments in Israel's history, writing about the lead up to independence for the Brooklyn Eagle. SUBJECTS: Israel. OCLC Number: 24731760. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Leo Baeck, USouthampton) . Very good condition. Rare. (ZION2-2-28)
Stock number:40993.
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Imprint: [Place Of Publication Not Identified]:[Publisher Not Identified], N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
No Date [1918-1919]. 1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 164 pages, 18 cm. Dr. Joseph Krimsky was a member of the American Zionist Medical Unit, which came to Eretz Israel in 1918 with 44 medical professionals from a variety of fields. Pilgrimage & Service details Krimsky's tour of duty, along with portraits, sketches of replaces, and reports of events (Davis, 1995) . SUBJECTS: Missions, Medical - Palestine. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide (OCLC: 10809233) . Includes on note page "With compliments of the author. " In very good condition. (ZION2-2-27)
Stock number:40992.
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Imprint: Yerushalaim: Hotsa’at Bene Betsalel, 1925
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. 10 original illustrated postcards in original illustrated envelope. These were Bezalel artist’s Meir Gur Aryeh best known illustrations that were included in his Pioneer songs book. SUBJECTS: Folk songs, Hebrew -- Israel -- Texts. Halutzim -- Poetry. Original illustrated envelope is edge worn with some tearing. Cards are very good+ condition, a beautiful set. (ZION2-1-4)
Stock number:40442.
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Imprint: Nyu York : Ha-Po'el Ha--Mizrachi Fun Amerike,, 1943
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition, original wrappers, 62 pages. In Yiddish, back cover in English. Title translates as, “Zionism and Yiddishkayt in Soviet Russia: A Trip Across the Soviet Union in 1940.”Holocaust-era Zionist eye-witness account of Jewry in the USSR during 1940, with an introduction by Rabbi Meyer Berlin, or Meir Bar-Ilan. “Meir Berlin, later Hebraized to Meir Bar-Ilan, was an Orthodox rabbi and leader of Religious Zionism, the Mizrachi movement in the United States and the British Mandate of Palestine. He inspired the founding of Bar Ilan University in Israel which is named for him. ” (wikipedia 2018) Heri Karp Ondenk Bibliotek Populere Broshurn-Num. 4-5. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism. Travel. Zionism. Soviet Union -- Description and travel. OCLC: 1011223445, OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Cover is wavy from moisture, rubbed and has some pencil markings, ex library sticker inside cover and blind stamp on title page. Internally very good. Good Condition overall. (HOLO2-141-32)
Stock number:40167.
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Imprint: Wien: Verlag Der Herausgeber [and] Berditshov: Bi-Defus Y. Sheftil., 1881, 1892, and 1891
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
All 1st editions. 8vo. Pages 193-288 of a Hurwitz piece featured in Bet Talmud, 108 pages, and 64 pages, respectively. 23 cm. All in Hebrew. Titles translate to “Beit Talmud: Released Monthly, ” “Beit Eked: Collection of Articles and Poems, ” and “ The Hebrew Woman: Laws of Women related to family and society in the Times of the Holy Writings and the Talmud. ” A variety of Saul Hurtwitz works. Hurtwitz (1861–1922), Hebrew writer and critic, was born in Russia. He was a successful merchant and banker who, after losing his fortune in the Communist Revolution, moved to Berlin. It was there that he rose to prominence in the circle of “émigré Hebrew writers and thinkers and was active in Zionist work. Together with H.N. Bialik he directed the Kelal publishing house. From his youth, Hurwitz contributed stories and articles to Hebrew journals, and in 1892 he published the literary magazine Beit Eked. ” (Jewish Virtual Library, 2018). SUBJECTS: Hebrew literature -- Periodicals; Jewish Women. OCLC lists 16 holdings worldwide of Bet Talmud (OCLC: 34351478). 8 copies for Ha Ivriyah veha-yehudia (OCLC: 122813769), and 8 for Bet Eked (OCLC: 174120954). Ex-library with no markings. Lacking back board. Front board is loose. Front wrapper of Beth Talmud is loose, heavily worn and chipped. Both other publications are in very good condition and well preserved. (RAB-64-41).
Stock number:40117.
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Imprint: New York, Federation Of American Zionists, 1918
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Separate Edition. Original Wrappers. 12mo. 5 pages ; 16 cm. Printed as a tri-fold pamphlet with text on every page but the cover. “Reprinted from the New York Evening Post (December 12, 1917) ” by the Zionist Organization of America. Published the year after the FAZ was renamed and “Zionist Organization of America” is printed on the title page. “In 1909 Friedlander became the founding president of Young Judaea, an amalgam of several Zionist youth groups. In 1912, together with Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, a professor of homiletics and philosophy of religion at the Jewish Theological Seminary, he guided young Jewish adults in combating assimilation into secular American society or Reform circles. These efforts resulted in a popular lecture series, which were a predecessor of the Young Israel movement to combat the wave of assimilation by Jews….He was part of the Governing Board of the Intercollegiate Menorah Society, the Executive Committee of Bureau of Education of the Jewish Community of New York City and the Executive Committee of the Federation of American Zionists. He was known for his ardent support of Zionism. In 1918, Friedlander was invited to travel to Mandate Palestine as the Jewish representative of a Red Cross relief mission. In January 1920, Friedlander traveled to Poland as part of a four-member commission of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to distribute $35 million to starving Jews in Poland and Ukraine. The US State Department gave its permission for the trip, but would not issue passports or afford any protection to the commission members. On July 5, Friedlander and Rabbi Bernard Cantor were murdered by soldiers of the Red Cavalry near Kamenetz-Podolsk, Ukraine” (Wikipedia, 2018). OCLC lists just 4 holdings worldwide 4 (Harvard, Smith, HUC, UVa) , none in New York. Very light soiling to front wrapper. Overall Very Good Condition. (ZION-10-30A)
Stock number:38175.
$US 200.00
Imprint: [New York]: [New York Board Of Rabbis]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original single fold wrappers, 12mo, [4] pages. Service includes: National Anthem sung by Cantor Adolph Katchko, Invocation by David de Sola Pool; Greetings by Rabbi Joseph Zeitlin; Prayer for the United Nations by Rabbi J. X. Cohen; [Sermon] by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver; Benediction by Rabbi Abraham M. Heller; and closing with the singing of Hatikvah. On March 25, 1948, 6 days prior to this event, US President Harry Truman made the following statement regarding the upcoming vote on Palestine at the UN: “This country vigorously supported the plan for partition with economic union recommended by the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine and by the General Assembly. We have explored every possibility consistent with the basic principles of the Charter for giving effect to that solution. Unfortunately, it has become clear that the partition plan cannot be carried out at this time by peaceful means. We could not undertake to impose this solution on the people of Palestine by the use of American troops, both on Charter grounds and as a matter of national policy. The United Kingdom has announced its firm intention to abandon its mandate in Palestine on May 15. Unless emergency action is taken, there will be no public authority in Palestine on that date capable of preserving law and order. Violence and bloodshed will descend upon the Holy Land. Large-scale fighting among the people of that country will be the inevitable result…. These dangers are imminent. Responsible governments in the United Nations cannot face this prospect without acting promptly to prevent it. The United States has proposed to the Security Council a temporary United Nations trusteeship for Palestine to provide a government to keep the peace. Such trusteeship was proposed only after we had exhausted every effort to find a way to carry out partition by peaceful means. Trusteeship is not proposed as a substitute for the partition plan but as an effort to fill the vacuum soon to be created by the termination of the mandate on May 15. The trusteeship does not prejudice the character of the final political settlement. It would establish the conditions of order which are essential to a peaceful solution.
Stock number:39426.
$US 200.00
Imprint: [New York] ; Aroysgegeben Fun Idish-Natsyonalen Arbayter Ferband Fun Amerika,, 1915
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original boards. 8vo. 536 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to "Yiddish Congress in America. " Nachman Syrkin (18681924) was the first ideological leader of Socialist Zionism. Syrkin joined Hovevei Zion while a young man in Minsk. He was placed under arrest for several weeks, after which he went to London and then to Berlin (1888) , where he studied psychology and philosophy. In Berlin he was a founder of the Russian-Jewish Scientific Society, from whose ranks a number of Zionist leaders emerged. Syrkin participated in the First Zionist Congress in 1897, leading the few representatives of Socialist Zionism. In 1898, two years after the appearance of Herzl's "The Jewish State", he published an article in the Austrian Socialist monthly Deutsche Worte and enlarged it in the same year into a pamphlet "The Jewish Question and the Socialist Jewish State", in which he outlined for the first time the idea to which he adhered throughout his life: the realization of Zionism through cooperative mass settlement of the Jewish proletariat. In the press, as well as from the rostrum of the Zionist Congresses, Syrkin forcefully attacked the preponderance of "bourgeois and clerical" elements in the Zionist Organization, as well as Herzl's diplomatic overtures to "reactionary monarchs" (William II) and "tyrants" (Nicholas II) . His speeches often caused loud protests and even scandals in the Congress sessions" (EJ, 2007) . SUBJECTS: Jews -- United States. Jews. OCLC lists only 6 copies worldwide, with powerhouses such as Penn and Yale lacking copies. Ex-library no markings. Light soiling to wrapper with a two very small chips on bottom corners. Overall Very Good Condition. (YID-27-35)
Stock number:39269.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Cincinnati Hebrew Union College, 1950
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Wrappers. 8vo. Pages [17] - 71 (i. E. 55 pages) ; 24 cm. In Hebrew. Off-Print from the Hebrew Union College Annual, 23, pt. 2, 1950-1951, seventy-fifth anniversary publication. Inscribed by Abraham Joshua Heschel on the First Page. Martin Luther King, jr. , and Heschel "initially bonded over the prophets. King was drawn to Heschel’s intimate knowledge of the topic (Heschel’s masterwork, in a body of masterworks, was his book The Prophets) , and Heschel in turn admired King’s devotion to the Exodus story of Moses and the Israelites, adapted to the narrative of the civil rights struggle in the 1950s and ’60s....Heschel...can also be considered a kind of prophet himself. The main job of the prophets of the Bible, after all, is to hold their people’s feet to the fire. Moses railed at the weak and foolish Israelites who strayed from the path the minute their leader ascended to the mountaintop to commune with God. King fulminated against the war in Southeast Asia as well as against the injustices rampant in white American culture toward those whom it had enslaved for hundreds of years. Heschel supported both these causes, incurring the disapproval of some Jewish leaders when he did not hesitate to vigorously excoriate U. S. Involvement in Vietnam, preaching widely on the subject, writing letters to presidents, and being a spokesman for other religious leaders in meetings with high-level military strategists like Secretary of State Dean Rusk...Heschel, like King, had the charisma a prophet needs. He was impossible to dismiss, even when his message stung. The consummate gadfly, he shined a bright light on the ills of American society and also on those of American Judaism in the mid-20th century, which he saw as stultifying, airless, soulless, moribund. He was an outlier on one crisis we face today: how to make Judaism not only appealing but actually indispensable for Jews of future generations. His words were bracing and his exhortations powerful, but, rendered in such breathtakingly poetic language (as well as expressed verbally in his disarming Polish accent) , they seem like a loving gift from a benevolent elder, not a rebuke: He even warned warmly. He was a Jew who had suffered and seen too much suffering, and who, unlike the rest of us, was capable of vision on a greater scale, the prophetic scale. He knew what he was talking about, and, like King, he believed people could rise up, be their best selves, and behave with righteousness and even with holiness. Heschel died in 1972, four years after his friend King was shot dead. It’s a long time ago now. The prophets we have today don’t speak in King’s mellifluous rhetoric or write in Heschel’s enchanting prose. Maybe we have murdered or hounded to death those with the capacity to make our hearts soar with their words of justice and compassion; we’ve gotten pretty cynical, maybe too cynical for those kinds of voices" (Sian Gibby in Tablet Magazine, 2016) . Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century....In late October 1938, when Heschel was living in a rented room in the home of a Jewish family in Frankfurt, he was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Poland. He spent ten months lecturing on Jewish philosophy and Torah at Warsaw's Institute for Jewish Studies. Six weeks before the German invasion of Poland, Heschel left Warsaw for London with the help of Julian Morgenstern, president of Hebrew Union College, who had been working to obtain visas for Jewish scholars in Europe....Heschel believed the teachings of the Hebrew prophets were a clarion call for social action in the United States and worked for African Americans' civil rights and against the Vietnam War. He also specifically criticized what he called ‘pan-halakhism, ’ or an exclusive focus upon religiously compatible behavior to the neglect of the non-legalistic dimension of rabbinic tradition. Heschel is a widely read Jewish theologian whose most influential works include Man Is Not Alone...At the Vatican Council II, as representative of American Jews, Heschel persuaded the Roman Catholic Church to eliminate or modify passages in its liturgy that demeaned the Jews, or referred to an expected conversion to Christianity. His theological works argued that religious experience is a fundamentally human impulse, not just a Jewish one. He believed that no religious community could claim a monopoly on religious truth. " (Wikipedia, 2016) . Wrappers are toned. Otherwise very good condition. (AMR-52-19)
Stock number:38906.
$US 200.00
Imprint: New York : Research Institute For Post-War Problems Of Religious Jewry, 1947-48
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Blue Wrappers. 8vo. 32 pages ; 23 cm. In Hebrew, With Title Pages printed in both Hebrew and English on Front and Back Wrappers. Rabbi Dr. Isaac Lewin, (1906 - 1995) was a Professor Emeritus Of Jewish History at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University In New York… Lewin an architect of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, which was Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981. For this, he was awarded the United Nation's Medal of Peace. He was also awarded by the city of Warsaw with the Golden Badge of Merit in 1988, for promoting international relations and cooperation among peoples… He taught at YU from 1944 until 1985. He was an author and editor of works in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and he could converse comfortably in German and French. ” (Wikipedia, 2017) Published in the year of Israeli independence, two years before the Harari Decision, when there was ongoing dispute over what would constitute an Israeli constitution. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Slight toning and minor wear to wrappers. Overall very good condition. Important. (HOLO2-135-23)
Stock number:38854.
$US 200.00
Imprint: New York : A. H. Rosenberg, 1898
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original boards. 8vo. 43 pages. 18cm. In Hebrew with some English. Singerman 5198. Goldman 579: “Kadushin was born in Radoshkovichi, Byelorussia, ca. 1859. He studied in the yeshivot of Zasliai (Lithuania) and Volozhin and was ordained by R. Naphtali Zevi Judah Berlin [Netziv] and R. Isaac Jacob Reines. He was a rash yeshivah in Minsk for four years, after which he lived in Vilna. Kadushin immigrated to America ca. 1885. He served as a mohel (ritual circumciser) in New York and as a rabbi and mohel in New Rochelle. Kadushin attempted to professionalize the practice of milah (circumcision) . He complained that ‘every individual and sluggard who comes to this land and does not desire to carry on his back the heavy load of the peddler titles himself a mohel. €™ He claimed to ‘have seen hundreds of actual arelim (uncircumcised individuals) ’ as a result of the ignorance of these mohelim. Kadushin himself circumcised ‘seven thousand boys’" He died in 1932. This manual contains the services (with an English translation) and an anthology of the laws for weddings, circumcisions, bar mitzvahs and the redemption of the first-born. Kadushin published it for religious functionaries unable to study the procedures directly from the codes because their time was consumed with their livelihood. € Title translates to “Zion: Part II of Brit Yitzhak – Sermons on the Matter of Settling Eretz Yisrael, Holidays, and other Occasions. € Includes a prayer for the government and a prayer for the settlement of Eretz Yisrael. SUBJECTS: Sermons. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (UCLA, Harvard, JTS) . Very Good Condition. Scarce (ZION-14-31)
Stock number:38021.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Kovno [Kaunas]: Ha-Sefer, 1934
Binding: Hardcover
Original paper wrappers rebound in period boards. 8vo. 32 pages. 16 cm. In Hebrew. Hitler-era Lithuanian Yiddish edition of this Zionist Classic, “Auto-Emancipation. ” Pinkser (1821-1891) born in Odessa, was originally an advocate of Haskalah enlightenment and assimilation for Russian Jews. However, after the pogrom of 1881, he became a Zionist. As such, he led the organization Hibbat Zion, supported emigration to a Jewish homeland, and published his famous book, Auto-emancipation. Originally published anonymously, this work “analyzed the psychological and social roots of antisemitism and called for the establishment of a Jewish national center. ” Though Pinsker did not originally wish to endorse Palestine as the only possibility for the Jewish homeland, towards the end of his life, he was convinced that it was the only workable option. (EJ, 2007) . SUBJECTS: Zionism – Jewish nationalism. OCLC doesn’t list any copies of this edition. Good+ Condition. (ZION-14-39)
Stock number:37990.
$US 200.00
Imprint: New York, Pro-Palestine Herald Publishing Co., 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated green paper wrappers with intricate images of farming, scholarship, industry, and sheep herding, amongst others in blue ink. 4to. 36 pages; 30 cm. A Holocaust-era Philo-semitic journal, this issue includes more than a dozen articles by various authors, a letter to the editor of the New York Times, and a monthly chronicle. Winston Churchill writes one of the articles entitled “Why I Am Against Partition. ” Topics include “Double Cross De Luxe, ” “Palestine-A Protest, a Prospect and a Compromise, ” and “Myth of Pan-Arabia, ” amongst others. “The proposed Jewish area at present has almost as many Arabs as Jews. These it is proposed, by peaceful lawful methods, gradually to extrude. Such a process will certainly be attended with friction and possibly with reprisals by the Arabs upon Jews who wish to dwell in the Arab zone. Here is an almost limitless vista of dangerous incidents, any one of which, under the conditions described, may become the cause, or be made the pretext, of hostile action. ” Includes 8 black-and-white headshots, 3 full-page maps of Palestine and the surrounding areas, and a political cartoon. Back cover of the periodical includes “Principles and Program of the Pro-Palestine Federation of America. ” SUBJECT (S) : Zionism, Partition, Inter-faith. OCLC lists 4 holdings worldwide (NYPL, Harvard, Cleveland Pub. Lib, UVA) . Very minimal markings. Slight toning, particularly on edges. Very good + condition. (zion-12-20) xx
Stock number:37969.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Kiev, Kooperativer Farlag Kultur Lige, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Later boards with original paper wrappers bound in. 12mo. 70 pages; 18 cm. Yiddish with additional cover page in Russian or Ukrainian. Scarce Soviet-1920s publication on Antisemitism and Zionism, divided into 13 chapters. Title translates to “Anti-Semitism and Yiddish Nationalism. ” M. Kiper was the editor of ‘The Communist Path, ’ a Yiddish-language newspaper published during the Russian Civil War, and an author about Jewish life in Ukraine. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism, Pogroms, Anti-semitism. OCLC lists 3 holdings worldwide (GW Univ, Harvard, HUC) , none in New York. Browning and some pages stuck together. Library bookplate and some pencil markings. Minimal tearing. Good + condition. Scarce (zion-12-2) .
Stock number:37951.
$US 200.00
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Imprint: New York, Century, 1926
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st Edition. Original Boards with Original Illustrated Dust Jacket. 8vo. [ix], 249 pages ; 20 cm. “Sophie Irene Loeb (1876 – 1929) was a US journalist and social-welfare advocate… She was the president of the Board of Child Welfare of New York for seven years, and in 1921 she established the first child welfare building. In 1924, she became president of the Child Welfare Committee of America. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) Signed on the front end page, “Best Wishes, Sophie Irene Loeb. ” SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Palestine. Includes original photographs throughout. Slight foxing. Inside pages are very clear with no markings or wear. Dust Jacket has some wear but is overall very clear and intact. About very good condition with good+ dust jacket. Rare in jacket and signed. (ZION-10-19)
Stock number:37776.
$US 200.00
Imprint: New York, United Palestine Appeal, 1926
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First Edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers in blue, orange, and white. 8vo. 32 pages; 24 cm. Cover title “Palestine, Land of Jewish Immigration and Colonization. ” Includes high quality photographs of Jewish farmers and immigrants in Palestine as well as passionate descriptions of the pioneers’ accomplishments and goals for the land. “Help the wanderer back to his own soil! ” The United Palestine Appeal (UPA) was created “to unify fundraising in America for a Jewish national homeland (Wikipedia, 2016) . Contributing organizations included the Zionist Organization of America, Keren Hayesod, Hadassah; Hebrew University; the Jewish National Fund, and Mizrachi Organization of America. Stephen S. Wise, renowned Rabbi, Zionist leader, and founder of the Free Synagogue, served as chairman of the organization. SUBJECT(S) : Colonization, Zionism, Jewish immigration. OCLC lists 4 holdings worldwide (JTS, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, HUC, Penn) . Slight browning of paper wrappers. One pencil marking that does not obstruct text. Very minimal wear. Good+ condition. (zion-11-10)
Stock number:37772.
$US 200.00
Imprint: [New York] Publicity Publications, American Council For Judaism, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Broadside
No date (1942-47) . First edition. 1 leaf 10 x 23cm. This Anti-Zionist fundraising mailer uses the famous Snellen chart eye chart design to convince supporters to donate money to ACJ. Includes black-and-white illustration of an eye. The American Council for Judaism (ACJ) “was founded in June 1942 by a group of leading Reform rabbis including six former presidents of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the president of the Hebrew Union College, as well as laymen, who opposed the creation of a religiously segregated Jewish Army to fight alongside the Allies” in WWII and Zionism (Wikipedia, 2016) . They believed that Judaism was a religion and not a nationality. SUBJECT(S) : Anti-Zionism. OCLC lists no copis. Slightly browning. Minimal wear that does not obstruct text. Faint pencil mark on back of card. About Very Good Condition. Rare. (zion-11-7)
Stock number:37769.
$US 200.00
Imprint: New York, Jewish National Fund, 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original blue, grey, and black illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo. 31 pages; 21cm. Dramatic visual presentation of the fundraising methods, achievements, and goals over the 35 years since the organization’s inception in 1902 including the Blue-White Box, the J. N. F. Stamp, the Golden Book, the Tree Fund, Flower Day and Flag Day, and the Dunam Land contributions efforts. “Among the mementoes carefully preserved at the Jewish National Fund headquarters in Jerusalem, is a tarnished little old tin box. It was bequeathed to the Keren Kayemeth by a woman Zionist in Germany. This little box-odd as it may seem-has been the means for raising, during the past thirty-five years, the rather astounding sum of approximately $4, 000, 000 or about 18% of the Fund’s total income since its inception. ” Includes photographs, illustrations, and graphs on almost every page. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish National Fund, Israel, Fundraising. OCLC lists only one holding worldwide (Spertus) . Very good condition. (zion-11-15)
Stock number:37764.
$US 200.00
Imprint: New York: The American Jewish Book Company, 1921
Binding: Hardback
Single sheet (Broadside) , 4to, 24 cm. Advertisement for a set of Israel Zangwill’s works, attractively typeset and illustrated with a tipped in photo of Zangwill. Israel Zangwill was a prolific author and early Cultural Zionist, a close associate of Theodor Herzl, although he later rejected the idea of a Jewish state in Palestine and became a proponent of the Territorial movement. This ad proclaims him, via GK Chesterton, “the wittiest man in all England. ” Very good+ condition. (Spec-43-6)
Stock number:37462.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Leipzig. Druck Und Verlag Von Philipp Reclam Jun., 1888-1889
Binding: Hardback
Original Paper Wrappers bound inside Modern Boards. 12mo. 30 pages ; 15 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “The Refugee. Comedy in One Act. ” One of two early editions published in Leipzig by the Universal-Bibliothek. Most catalogs have not distinguished between the two versions, but both editions are very scarce. OCLC lists about 5 copies worldwide. Wear to cover wrapper. Internally good. Overall in about good condition. (Spec-42-12A)
Stock number:37174.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Leipzig. Druck Und Verlag Von Philipp Reclam Jun., 1888-1889
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Paper Wrappers bound inside Modern Boards. 12mo. 30 pages ; 15 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “The Refugee. Comedy in One Act. ” One of two early editions published in Leipzig by the Universal-Bibliothek. Most catalogs have not distinguished between the two versions, but both editions are very scarce. OCLC lists about 5 copies worldwide. Inscribed on the title page by the notable scholar of Talmudic literature Israel Lewy to Dr. [Oscar] Rabinowitz. Some foxing and wear. Overall in about very good condition. (Spec-42-12)
Stock number:37070.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Jewish Agency For Palestine, 1952
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Typed Report. 12mo. 31 pages ; 30 cm. In English. This is the DP-period May 1952 Executive Report from the New York Jewish Agency for Palestine, now known as the Jewish Agency for Israel, which is the largest Jewish nonprofit organization in the world. This original type-written report of the financial expenditures and programmatic activities of the Jewish Agency documents one of the most important segments of the Agency’s history. David Ben-Gurion was executive of the Agency until 1948, when he left to become Israel’s 1st Prime Minister. In 1952, the Knesset passed the “Zionist Organization-Jewish Agency for Israel Law, ” which formalized the Jewish Agency’s responsibility to supervise Aliyah, absorption, and settlement in the State of Israel. Interestingly, this New York Executive Report uses the name “Jewish Agency for Palestine, ” even though the organization began to use the name “Jewish Agency for Israel” in 1948. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Damaged, with many pages torn in the middle, affecting text on one page. Fair condition, but complete. (HOLO2-130-38)
Stock number:37039.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Warsaw: Isaak Trywaks., 1919.
Binding: Wrappers.
8vo. 47, 47, 48, 77 pages. In Hebrew. Illustrated. Issues 1 (August) , 2 (September) , 3 (October) , and 4&5 (December) bound together. SUBJECT(S) : Palestine -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 9 libraries worldwide. Great interwar Polish Zionist photo journal, named after and inspired, of course, by Herzl's novel of the same name. Ex-library. Cover scuffed and chipped. Pages dark. Interior in good condition. (HEB-5-8)
Stock number:19394.
$US 200.00
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Imprint: New York: Druk Fun A. H. Rozenberg., 1913.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st tri-lingual edition (First edition of 1905 lacks English and Yiddish). Original gilt-tooled purple publisher’s cloth, 8vo, 176, [2], xxx pages; 22 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish with English section, including subscriber’s list listing over 700 names, mostly Jews from small towns and big cities across America. Of special note among the approbations included are those of W. Loeb, on behalf of Pres.Theodore Roosevelt (27 Oct. 1904) and Charles D. Dorton, on behalf of Pres. William Taft (27 June 1910). The Aramaic text of Ezra and Nehemiah is reprinted here with the same type, layout and format as the first edition of 1905. In this second edition Heller added English and Yiddish translations on facing pages.“Heller was born in 1862 in Bialystok. He was a student of Rabbi Samuel Mohilewer, Rabbi Meir Loeb b. Yehiel Mikhel [Malbim], [Michael Levi?] Rodkinson and Meir Ish-Shalom and he was ordained by the former two and by Rabbi Alexander Lapidot of Raseiniai. He also studied in the Koenigsberg gymnasium and the University of Vienna. He immigrated to America ca. 1900 and was a rabbi and teacher in a number of communities, including New York, Winnipeg, Calumet (MI)...Philadelphia, Waco (TX) and Charleston (WV)....Heller contributed to the Hebrew press and was known as a Zionist preacher. In America he studied at Baylor University (Texas) and the University of Chicago. He died in 1932 in New York. His younger brother was the famed scholar Rabbi Chaim Heller” (Goldman)The book ncludes: errata (pages 175-6); acknowledgments (page 11] preface (pages V1-XI); and the long list of over 700 subscribers (pages XII-XXX). Other approbations include those of: Rev. Dr. H[enry] . Pereira Mendes of New York (30 May 1905); Rabbi Dr. Hillel Hacohen Klein of New York (10 May 1905); Rabbi Dov Aryeh Hacohen [Bernard Louis] Levinthal of Philadelphia (20 Mar. 1905); Rabbi Mordekhai Zev Raisin (Adar 1905); Tashrak [Israel Joseph Zevin] (7 June 1905); David Moses Hermalin (15 June 1905); Alexander Moses Lapidot of Raseiniai; Dr. Abraham Elijah Harkavy of St. Petersburg (Tabernacles 1883); Dr. Israel Mikhel Rabinovich OBM of Paris; Meir Ish-Shalom of Vienna (23 Nov. 1883); Jacob Reifmann (5 Nov. 1883); Dr. Gotthard Deutsch in American Israelite (25 Jan. 1906); and the Camden Post Telegram (23 May 1904). SUBJECT(S): Bible. Ezra -- Commentaries. Daniel. OCLC: 41121668. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Spots of back cover, spine worn, lower corner bumped, ex library with usual markings, good condition. (AMR-17-4-L-'ex).
Stock number:18865.
$US 200.00
Imprint: New York : Hechalutz Organization And Masada, Youth Zionist Organization Of America, 1938-1939
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 7 pages per volume. In English and transliterated Hebrew. Hechalutz Movement was born out of the Hovevei Zion movement and sought to instill the pioneering spirit in Jewish youth around the world so they could effectively settle the Land of Israel. Contents: No. 2 Shepherd songs: Hinne achal'la bachalili (Lo I play upon my flute) / arranged by Paul Dessau. Ale giva (Atop a hill in Galilee) / arranged by Paul Dessau --no. 3. The builders: Brings the bricks (Havu L'venim) / arranged by Kurt Weill. Day after day) Gam hayom) / arranged by Darius Milhaud -- no. 4. Songs in summer time: Avatiach (A watermelon) / arranged by Ernst Toch. Salenu al ktefenu (Our baskets on our shoulders) / arranged by Stefan Wolpe. Hashkediya porachat (The almond tree is blooming) / arranged by Menashe Rabinovitz. Tel Aviv / arranged by Stefan Wolpe no. 6. Children's songs: Mi yivneh (Who will build) / arranged by Lazare Saminsky. Tapuach zahav (An orange) / arranged by Ernst Toch. Dunam po (A dunam here) / arranged by Frederick Jacobi. SUBJECTS: folks songs, Jewish. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Some wear to paper wrappers, otherwise Good Condition. (MUSIC-5-43)
Stock number:36693.
$US 200.00
Imprint: New York; The Zionist Labor Party "hitachduth" Of America With The Cooperation Of Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Later boards. 8vo. 4, 119, [1] pages. 23 cm. First edition. "A tribute to the Palestine pioneer movement Hechalutz on its tenth anniversary. " Published by the Zionist Labor Party "Hitachduth" of America, with the cooperation of Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation. Tribute to the Palestine Pioneer Movement, with over a dozen articles translated from Davar, Niv, Hedim, and other newspapers and journals in Palestine of the period, on the history of the pioneer movement, the first Pioneers and their paths of migration to Palestine, and the experience of newcomers; with three articles on the life of Joseph Trumpeldor. Includes Chaim Bialik's 'Speech on the Tenth Anniversary of the Hechalutz'. Subjects: Jews - Restoration. Jews - Palestine. Jews. Jews - Restoration. Middle East - Palestine. Ex-library with usual markings. Very good. (ZION-5-2A)
Stock number:36532.
$US 200.00
Imprint: New York; Hebrew Educators Committee For Labor Palestine, 1944
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 19 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Adapted by Shalom Hektin, Translation and Illustrations by Thelma Mozeson. With 5 illustrations, and a glossary of Hebrew terms. Holocaust-era adaptation of the story, the narrative of the child Jacob, a Chatufim (kidnapped) , who does not bend or break under the weight of punishment for not converting to Christianity in Tsarist Russia as a young boy, has to serve as a soldier in the Tsar's army, is finally discharged in middle age, returns to Judaism, finds a living as a horse trader, and eventually emigrates to Jerusalem, becoming one of the earliest Zionists to settle there. Subjects: Hebrew Educators Committee for Labor Palestine – Jewish Childrens Book Club. Childrens Literature – Jewish – Labor Zionism. OCLC lists 3 copies (JTSA, Harvard, Cape Town) . Wraps worn, torn at edges, light wear internally, overall clean. Good condition. (ZION-7-6)
Stock number:35583.
$US 200.00
Imprint: New York; Zionist Organization Of America, [1947]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. [4] pages. 22 cm. First edition. Full two page comic book for children, with “A Message to Parents” on rear wrap, calling for membership in the Zionist Organization of America to help pressure the United Nations General Assembly decision on the future of Palestine. Comic Book, drawn by Norman and Sol Nodel, text by Rhoda B. Simon, traces the history of Palestine in cursory form since the Balfour Declaration. “We are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Balfour Day this year”. Subjects: Zionist Organization of America – Children – Membership Drive. Zionism – Comic Strips. Balfour Day - 1947. No copies on OCLC. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. Rare unusual period piece (ZION-6-48) xx
Stock number:35575.
$US 200.00
Imprint: New York; The Zionist Labor Party "hitachduth" Of America With The Cooperation Of Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original Wraps. 8vo. 4, 119, [1] pages. 23 cm. First edition. "A tribute to the Palestine pioneer movement Hechalutz on its tenth anniversary. " Published by the Zionist Labor Party "Hitachduth" of America, with the cooperation of Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation. Tribute to the Palestine Pioneer Movement, with over a dozen articles translated from Davar, Niv, Hedim, and other newspapers and journals in Palestine of the period, on the history of the pioneer movement, the first Pioneers and their paths of migration to Palestine, and the experience of newcomers; with three articles on the life of Joseph Trumpeldor. Includes Chaim Bialik's 'Speech on the Tenth Anniversary of the Hechalutz'. Subjects: Jews - Restoration. Jews - Palestine. Jews. Jews - Restoration. Middle East - Palestine. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good. (ZION-5-2)
Stock number:34734.
$US 200.00
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Imprint: Berlin; Morgenland-Verlag, 1931
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 81 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In German. Limited edition, number 159 of 250. Commemorative volume for Micha Josef Bin Gorion. Bibliography of Bin Gorion's works: p. 72-79. Compiled and written by his son Immanuel Bin-Gorion (1903–1987) , “writer and translator, was born in Breslau. In 1936 he settled in Tel Aviv where he served as director of Bet Mikhah Yosef (a municipal library based on his father's collection) . His writings in Hebrew and German include essays, literary criticism, and studies of folklore. He edited and published his father's writings. ” - 2008 EJ. Micha Josef Berdyczewski (Later: Bin-Gorion) (1865–1921) , “Hebrew writer and thinker. Born in Medzibezh, Podolia, Berdyczewski was the descendant of a line of ? Asidic rabbis. … Berdyczewski wrote more than 150 Hebrew stories, many in Yiddish, and several in German. These stories deal with two central subjects: life in the Jewish towns of Eastern Europe in the last decades of the 19th century and the life of the Eastern European Jewish students in the cities of Central and Western Europe. … One of the most seminal figures in both modern Hebrew literature and Jewish thought, Berdyczewski exerted a subtle yet crucial influence upon many readers after the turn of the century because he embodied, both in his personality and in his writing, the painfully ambivalent attitudes toward both traditional Judaism and European culture shared by many Jewish intellectuals. Characteristically, Berdyczewski rebelled against his religious background, but could never completely reject it. ” - EJ 2008. Subjects: Berdichevsky, Micah Joseph, 1865-1921 - Bibliography. OCLC lists 13 copies. Light soiling to wraps, previous owners name in pencil on endpages, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (GER-44-30)
Stock number:33765.
$US 200.00
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Imprint: London; Bachad Fellowship Publication, 1943
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 23 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Some Hebrew throughout. Torah va'avodah library; Festival series, no. 7. Frontispiece illustration by David Hillman, with illustrations throughout by Walter Herz. Contains various Talmudic and Midrashic discussions of Sukkah; with chapters on Rabbinic references and Gems from the Rabbis. Final section discusses the importance of the Sukkah and Eretz Israel. Bachad was a religious Zionist youth movement in pre-war Germany called Brit Chalutzim Datiim which shortened its name “to its initial letters Bachad. Its members prepared themselves for Aliya. A group of them came over to England among the refugees who were permitted to enter this country in the years immediately before the war. They were accommodated in a castle in Wales [Gwrych Castle] and set up Hachshara centres in Bromsgrove and other places, as well as a Merkaz Limmud in Manchester to which members came from the Hachsharah centres for periods of three or six months for intensive Jewish studies. Later on a farm was bought at Thaxted in Essex which became not only a model Hachsharah centre but very quickly a successful agricultural venture which at one time won first prize for having the best milk yielding cow in Essex! ” (bauk, 2013) . Subjects: Sukkot. OCLC lists 5 copies (Harvard, Univ Florida, Natl Libr Israel, British Libr, Ohio State) . Light soiling to wraps. Contains stamp dated 6 OCT 1943 on front cover of wrap. Internally fresh and clean. Good + condition. (SPEC-40-15)
Stock number:33533.
$US 200.00
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Imprint: London; Bachad Fellowship & Bnei Akivah, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 44 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Translated from the Hebrew by I. Halevy-Levin. Torah va'avodah library. “With the publication of this booklet, we inaugurate our ‘Rishonim’ Library. The object we have set ourselves in this series is to publish short biographies of the great Rabbinic figures of the past century, whose influence upon the course of Jewish national endeavor, though profound, has not always been adequately appreciated. ” - Introduction. Contents: Rabbi Samuel Mohilever, His life and work, by Rabbi J. L. Fishman. Rabbi Samuel Mohilever and the first Zionist congress, by Dr. J. Mohilever. Extract from Zionist Writings. Bibliography. The Defender of Ha' Aretz (translated from the original) by Rabbi Dr. S. M. Leherman. Bachad was a religious Zionist youth movement in pre-war Germany called Brit Chalutzim Datiim which shortened its name “to its initial letters Bachad. Its members prepared themselves for Aliya. A group of them came over to England among the refugees who were permitted to enter this country in the years immediately before the war. They were accommodated in a castle in Wales [Gwrych Castle] and set up Hachshara centres in Bromsgrove and other places, as well as a Merkaz Limmud in Manchester to which members came from the Hachsharah centres for periods of three or six months for intensive Jewish studies. Later on a farm was bought at Thaxted in Essex which became not only a model Hachsharah centre but very quickly a successful agricultural venture which at one time won first prize for having the best milk yielding cow in Essex! ” (bauk, 2013) . Subjects: Hibbat Zion. Mohilewer, Samuel, 1824-1898. OCLC lists 8 copies. Contains instutitional stamp of Jews College London Library on endpage and front wrap. Pages previously damp, light stains along edges; lightly soiled wraps. Otherwise fresh. Good condition. (SPEC-40-13)
Stock number:33531.
$US 200.00
Imprint: Boston: [No Publisher], 1944
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Only edition. Original stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. 74 pages with illustrations, plates, and portraits, 23 cm. A Holocaust-era promotional brochure for Zionism and settlement in Palestine. It addresses the issue of Palestine's Arab population and other issues. From the introduction: "This book contains a call to action. The time for standing on the fence is over…Mankind is on the threshold of victory. That victory would not be complete without the thorough fulfillment of the Balfour declaration. " SUBJECTS: Zionism. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide (OCLC: 1447650) . Very good condition. (ZION2-2-38)
Stock number:41003.
$US 175.00
Imprint: New York: Hashomer Hatzair, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo. 31 pages, 23 cm. Holocaust-era imprint, with cover featuring the silhouette of a seated Chalutz holding a rifle as the sun sets in the background. A report on the establishment of the second American Hashomer Hatzair settlement in Palestine. The introduction is written by Israel Goldstein, but the remaining contents are short essays by Halutzim. SUBJECTS: Zionism -- History. Kibbutzim. Halutzim. OCLC Number:82754412. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (NYPL, UFL, Harvard, NLI, UKS) . Very good condition. (ZION2-2-34)
Stock number:40999.
$US 175.00
Imprint: London: Zionist Organization, 1920
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 20 pages, 22 cm. Includes transcriptions of speeches from Lord Rothschild, A. J. Balfour, Nahum Sokolow, The Marquis of Crewe, Chaim Weizmann, and more. Umbrella organization for the Zionist movement in the United Kingdom, representing more than 30 organizations and over 50, 000 affiliated members. It was established in 1899 to campaign for a permanent homeland for the Jewish people (Wikipedia) . SUBJECTS: Zionist - Great Britain. OCLC lists 12 holdings worldwide (OCLC: 629607) . Excellent condition. (ZION2-2-10)
Stock number:40977.
$US 175.00
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Imprint: New York: The New Palestine, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Later boards, with original illustrated front wrapper bound in. 4to. 306 pages, 26.5 cm. In English. Features writings on Herzl, his writings, and his vast influence by other prominent figures such as Chaim Weizmann, Martin Buber, Abba Hillel Silver, Mordecai Kaplan, the King of Bulgaria, and many more. SUBJECTS: Jews -- Restoration. A fascinating book. Mark on spine, owner's inscription on blank end papers, blind stamp on title page, otherwise Very Good Condition. (ZION-10-14A)
Stock number:39697.
$US 175.00
Imprint: United Jewish Appeal, 1990
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Poster
1st Edition. Original Illustrated 11-1/2 X 15 Inch Poster. Original Fundraising Poster from the UJA's landmark "Operation Exodus" campaign to resettle Soviet Jews in Israel and America in the wake of rising Anti-Semitism in the USSR. The photograph depicts an Anti-Semitic Russian demonstration from January 27th, 1990 in Moscow in which protestors held up signs with swastikas, and anti-zionist slogans. "What's happening in Russia is frightening. We must do something about it now. Through Operation Exodus, the United Jewish Appeal's urgent campaign, your donation will help re-settle hundreds of thousands of Soviet Jews in Israel, their homeland. " Very good condition. (AMR-52-30)
Stock number:38964.
$US 175.00
Imprint: Wien, 1891
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Wrappers. 12mo. 27 pages ; 15 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “The Meridian of Jerusalem. ” Vienese Astronomer Robert Schram (1850-1923) . Was an Austrian astronomer and geodesist. OCLC + Worldcat list just 3 copies worldwide (US Naval Observatory, Royal Danish Library, Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin) . Front wrapper torn. Small tear in title page with no text effected. Pages clear with little wear. Good condition. Scarce. (GER-58-70)
Stock number:38293.
$US 175.00
Imprint: New York, Pro-Palestine Herald Publishing Co., 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated green paper wrappers with intricate images of farming, scholarship, industry, and sheep herding, amongst others in blue ink. 4to. 36 pages; 30 cm. A Holocaust-era Philo-semitic journal, this issue includes more than a dozen articles by various authors, a letter to the editor of the New York Times, and a monthly chronicle. Winston Churchill writes one of the articles entitled “Why I Am Against Partition. ” Topics include “Double Cross De Luxe, ” “Palestine-A Protest, a Prospect and a Compromise, ” and “Myth of Pan-Arabia, ” amongst others. “The proposed Jewish area at present has almost as many Arabs as Jews. These it is proposed, by peaceful lawful methods, gradually to extrude. Such a process will certainly be attended with friction and possibly with reprisals by the Arabs upon Jews who wish to dwell in the Arab zone. Here is an almost limitless vista of dangerous incidents, any one of which, under the conditions described, may become the cause, or be made the pretext, of hostile action. ” Includes 8 black-and-white headshots, 3 full-page maps of Palestine and the surrounding areas, and a political cartoon. Back cover of the periodical includes “Principles and Program of the Pro-Palestine Federation of America. ” SUBJECT (S) : Zionism, Partition, Inter-faith. OCLC lists 4 holdings worldwide (NYPL, Harvard, Cleveland Pub. Lib, UVA) . Very minimal markings. Slight toning, particularly on edges. Tear and fold in original paper wrappers. Some pencil markings that don’t affect text. Very good condition. (zion-12-20A)
Stock number:37970.
$US 175.00
Imprint: New York, Mizrahi Organizatsye Fun Amerika, 1943
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Later boards with original paper wrappers bound in. 8vo. 24 pages; 22 cm. Written in Yiddish. Title translates to “Land of Israel during the war and after the war” in English. Typo on inside title page that lists publication year as 1934 instead of 1943. Divided into various chapters. Meir Berlin, later changed to the more Hebraic, Meir Bar-Ilan, “was an Orthodox rabbi and leader of Religious Zionism, the Mizrachi movement in the United States and the British Mandate of Palestine. He inspired the founding of Bar Ilan University in Israel which is named for him” (Wikipedia, 2016) . SUBJECT(S) : Zionism, Mizrachi. OCLC lists 2 holdings worldwide (Univ of Florida, Harvard) , none in New York or anywhere off the Eastern Seaboard. Dampstaining of pages. Some minimal stains and rips. Library stamp and two pencil marks that do not affect text. Good + condition. (zion-12-9)
Stock number:37958.
$US 175.00
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Imprint: New York: The New Palestine, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original boards with portrait of Herzl on cover. 4to. 306 pages, 26.5 cm. In English. Features writings on Herzl, his writings, and his vast influence by other prominent figures such as Chaim Weizmann, Martin Buber, Abba Hillel Silver, Mordecai Kaplan, the King of Bulgaria, and many more. SUBJECTS: Jews -- Restoration. A fascinating book. Ex-library with usual markings. Boards are faded and worn. Overall Good Condition. (ZION-10-14)
Stock number:37481.
$US 175.00
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Imprint: New York; American Jewish Committee., 1951
Binding: Pamphlet
Hole punched in period folder. 4to. 28cm. 29 pages. Single-sided mimeographed pages. Report to Dr. John Slawson regarding the 23rd World Zionist Congress. Including information on the proceedings, clearly editorialized through the lens of the American Jewish Committees at time oppositional view of Zionist political practices. Light shelfwear. Small stamp from the American Jewish Committee library on title page verso. Text is bright and fresh. Very good condition. (AJC-24)
Stock number:34640.
$US 175.00
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Imprint: Berlin; Hotsa'at Eshkol, 1928
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 329; 338 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Hebrew; with some German, and added Latin title page. Two volumes only; Kerekh 2, Pars Prima (alef-chet) , Pars Secunda (tet-mem) . Kerekh 2 consists of a total of four volumes; with Kerekh 1, a total of five volumes were issued (1926-1933) . A philosophical dictionary, Ozar ha-munnahim ha-Pilosofiyyim (4 vols. , 1928–33) , which contains the terminology of medieval religious philosophers. Compiled by Jacob Klatzkin (1882–1948) , “author, philosopher, and Zionist. ” - EJ 2008. “Jacob Klatzkin's Otzar ha-munahim ha-filosofiyyim. Thesaurus philosophicus linguae hebraicae (Berlin, 1928-1933) remains unsurpassed to this day. Its stated objective was to enlarge modern Hebrew vocabulary in the field of speculation and reflection by restoring to use the many terms and expressions coined by medieval Hebrew translators. The Thesaurus includes 3042 entries, some 1200 pages in four volumes, plus one volume of texts. Klatzkin read through a very large number of philosophical works in Hebrew, mainly in print but also in manuscript, and collected the philosophical terms occurring in them. His philosophical lexicon is conceived as a Thesaurus in the strict sense of the word. A typical entry for a term is constructed as follows: (i) the term (vocalized) ; (ii) a very brief definition (in Hebrew) ; (iii) equivalent terms in other languages (especially German, occasionally also English, French, Latin, or Greek) ; and, most importantly, (iv) significant text extracts, in which the term occurs; (v) eventually, a list of related terms to be looked up elsewhere in the Thesaurus. Where a given term has more than one meaning, its different meanings are carefully distinguished. The very judiciously and cleverly chosen text extracts make Klatzkin's Thesaurus into an exceptionally valuable research tool. For over 80 years Klatzkin's work has been the indispensable companion of any student of Jewish intellectual life. ”- Philosophic and Scientific Hebrew Terminology – PESHAT. In original attractive green cloth binding with gilt title and borders, gilt upper outer edge; book ribbons. From the library of Joshua Bloch (without identifying marks) . Subjects: Jewish philosophy. Philosophy - Terminology. Hebrew language - Terms and phrases. Light shelf wear to cloth; very fresh and clean. Great condition. (GER-44-50)
Stock number:33789.
$US 175.00
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Imprint: London; Bachad Fellowship Publication, 1943
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 23 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Some Hebrew throughout. Torah va'avodah library; Festival series, no. 7. Frontispiece illustration by David Hillman, with illustrations throughout by Walter Herz. Contains various Talmudic and Midrashic discussions of Sukkah; with chapters on Rabbinic references and Gems from the Rabbis. Final section discusses the importance of the Sukkah and Eretz Israel. Bachad was a religious Zionist youth movement in pre-war Germany called Brit Chalutzim Datiim which shortened its name “to its initial letters Bachad. Its members prepared themselves for Aliya. A group of them came over to England among the refugees who were permitted to enter this country in the years immediately before the war. They were accommodated in a castle in Wales [Gwrych Castle] and set up Hachshara centres in Bromsgrove and other places, as well as a Merkaz Limmud in Manchester to which members came from the Hachsharah centres for periods of three or six months for intensive Jewish studies. Later on a farm was bought at Thaxted in Essex which became not only a model Hachsharah centre but very quickly a successful agricultural venture which at one time won first prize for having the best milk yielding cow in Essex! ” (Bauk, 2013) . Subjects: Sukkot. OCLC lists 5 copies (Harvard, Univ Florida, Natl Libr Israel, British Libr, Ohio State) . Page edges wavy from previous damp. Internal damp stain in outer margins, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (SPEC-40-16)
Stock number:33540.
$US 175.00
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Imprint: New York; Aroysgegeben Fun Lit?erarishen Ferlag, 1916
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Publishers cloth. 4to. 124 pages. 26 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. “A Link in the Chain. ” Bound in cloth, printed on fine paper, with 8 full page block print illustrations by Yitshok? Likhtenshteyn. The author, Menahem Boraisha “(Menahem Goldberg; sometimes simply Menahem; 1888–1949) , Yiddish poet and essayist. Born in Brest-Litovsk, the son of a Hebrew teacher, he combined a thorough Jewish education with attendance at the Russian school in his birthplace. At the age of 16 he joined the Socialist Zionists and began to write poetry in Russian and Yiddish. In Warsaw from 1905, he received encouragement from I. L. Peretz, publishing his first poems in Yiddish journals, and drama reviews for the daily Haynt. While serving in the Russian Army (1909–11) , he published his impressions of barrack-life in both Haynt and Fraynd. His poem ‘Poyln’ (Poland, ’ 1914) expressed the tense relationship between Jews and Poles. He settled in the U. S. In 1914, and in 1918 joined the editorial board of the Yiddish daily, Der Tog. His book of poems A Ring in der Keyt (‘A Link in the Chain, ’ 1916) was followed by Zamd (‘Sand, ’ 1920) , a collection which included a memorable poem on Theodor Herzl . After a trip to the U. S. S. R. In 1926, he contributed to the Communist daily Frayhayt but parted company with it in 1929, when it justified Arab attacks on Jews. He then worked with the papers Vokh and Yidish and became press officer of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee . His poem Zavl Rimer (‘Zavl the Harness-Maker, ’ 1923) , a novel in verse, in which Yiddish speech rhythms are combined with poetic meter, several parts of which are in the tradition of Yiddish folksong, exposed the horror of the postwar Russian pogroms. Der Geyer (‘The Wayfarer, ’ 2 vols. , 1943) is a spiritual autobiography on which he worked for ten years. It describes the progress of its main character, Noah Marcon, from skepticism to faith and from the profane to the holy. The work is a poetical attempt to summarize the intellectual legacy of Judaism and Jewish history in recent generations, while generally dramatizing human thought and the struggles of conscience within vividly portrayed social and natural settings. It extends into non-human spheres, including an empathetic portrait of a dog, often attains a cosmic consciousness, and is written in a great variety of verse forms, employed with technical inventiveness. His last poems, Durkh Doyres (‘Through Generations’) , appeared posthumously in 1950.” (EJ 2007) Subjects: Yiddish poetry. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Light wear to cloth, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (ART-18-12)
Stock number:30504.
$US 175.00
Imprint: New York: World Confederation Of General Zionists, American Office, 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 22 pages, 19 cm. "Originally published as a series of five articles in The New Palestine ... December 17, 1947 to March 17, 1948." The General Zionists were a centre-right Zionist movement and a political party in Israel. The General Zionists supported the leadership of Chaim Weizmann and their views were largely colored by central European culture. Their political arm is an ancestor of the modern-day Likud (Wikipedia). SUBJECTS: Israel - History - Politics and Government. OCLC Number: 123238440. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Very good condition. Rare. (ZION2-2-24)
Stock number:40989.
$US 165.00
Imprint: New York, Zionist Organisation Of America, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 12 mo. 12 pages; 16 cm. A Holocaust-era list of pamphlets about Palestine and Zionism by various authors with title, author, city, year, and price in each entry. Divided into various sub-topics such as Hebrew Literature, Economic Problems, and Labor Zionism. Includes titles such as “Arab vs. Arab, ” “Rabbi and Mathematician, ” and “Handbook of Jewish Communal Villages. ” Short bibliography on back cover. Other title: “List of Pamphlets on Palestine and Zionism. ” SUBJECT (S) : Zionism, Palestine, Jews. OCLC lists only 1 holding worldwide (Harvard) . Very minimal markings. Slight toning. Very good + condition. Scarce. (zion-12-43)
Stock number:37929.
$US 160.00
Imprint: Vilna : Bi-Defus Ha-Almanah Veha-Ahim Rom., 1902, 1911, 1912, 19
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. Vi, 168, 148, 110, 144 pages. In Hebrew. Volumes 2, 8, 9 and 12 bound together. SUBJECT(S) : Talmud Yerushalmi – criticism, textual; Talmud Yerushalmi – criticism, interpretation, etc. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Ratner (1852-1917) was a Lithuanian-born Talmud scholar. He began publishing at 16, and beginning in 1901 to publish Ahavat Tsiyon vi-Yerushalmi, eventually covering all of the Zera'im and Mo'ed from the Jerusalem Talmud. Ratner was also an early Zionist, and received Theodor Herzl in Vilna in 1903. (Preschel, EJ) Boaz Cohen's copy with his donation stamp. Pages tanned and chipped, some loose, notes written on fly leaf, good condition. (RAB-18-6)
Stock number:20561.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Vilna : Bi-Defus Ha-Almanah Veha-Ahim Rom., 1901, 1904, 1905, 19
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. Vi, 217, 164, vi, 118, vi, 108 pages. In Hebrew. Volumes 1, 3, 4 and 5 bound together. SUBJECT(S) : Talmud Yerushalmi – criticism, textual; Talmud Yerushalmi – criticism, interpretation, etc. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Ratner (1852-1917) was a Lithuanian-born Talmud scholar. He began publishing at 16, and beginning in 1901 to publish Ahavat Tsiyon vi-Yerushalmi, eventually covering all of the Zera'im and Mo'ed from the Jerusalem Talmud. Ratner was also an early Zionist, and received Theodor Herzl in Vilna in 1903. (Preschel, EJ) Pages tanned and chipped, some loose, spine cocked, good condition. (RAB-18-5)
Stock number:20560.
$US 150.00
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth. Large 4to. CONTENTS: "Panorama of Ancient Letters : Four and a Half Centuries of Hebraica and Judaica, " New York, 1942, 215 pages, includes program from dedication ceremony; "Solomon Rosenthal Collection of Hebraica, " New York, 1942, 74 pages, in Hebrew; "Cheif Rabbi Herzog-Man and Scholar, " The Jewish Outlook, Vol. 4, No. 4, December 1939, New York : Mizrachi Organization of America, pages 5-7; "A Modern Commentator and Scribe, " The Jewish Outlook, Vol. 4, No. 5, February 1940, New York : Mizrachi Organization of America, pages 6-7; "Hebraic Martar in American Civilization, " The Jewish Outlook, Vol 4, No. 10, June/Summer 1940, New York : Mizrachi Organization of America, pages 6-7; "Mordecai Manuel Noah, First Zionist, " The Jewish Outlook, Vol. 5, No. 1, September 1940, New York : Mizrachi Organization of America, pages 4-7; "Rabbi Dr. Aaron Kaminka, " The Jewish Outlook, Vol. 5, No. 8, April 1941, New York : Mizrachi Organization of America, pages 9-10; "The Status of Hebrew in American Colleges and Universities, " The Jewish Outlook, Vol. 6, No. 3, December 1941, New York : Mizrachi Organization of America, pages 9-10; "The Teaching of Democracy, " The Jewish Outlook, Vol. 6, No. 4, January 1942, New York : Mizrachi Organization of America, pages 8-9; "Anti-Semitism - Now and Then, " The American Hebrew, Vol. 147, No. 20, September 27, 1940, New York : American Hebrew, pages 32-33, 36, 40; The American Hebrew, " Vol. 147, No. 13, August 9, 1940, New York : American Hebrew; The New Palestine, Vol. XXXI, No. 32, June 6, 1941, Washington, D. C. : New Palestine; "'Belles Lettres' of Service Men, " The American Hebrew, Vol. 152, No. 24, October 15, 1943, New York : American Hebrew, page 2; Forward for Young People, Vol. 58, No. 27, July 8, 1939, Crawfordsville, Ind. : Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church; Congress Weekly: A Review of Jewish Interests, Vol. 10, No. 14, April 2, 1943, New York : American Jewish Congress, in English and Hebrew; Congress Weekly: A Review of Jewish Interests, Vol. 8, No. 35, October 31, 1941, New York : American Jewish Congress, in English and Hebrew; Congress Weekly: A Review of Jewish Interests, Vol. 8, No. 36, November 7, 1941, New York : American Jewish Congress, in English and Hebrew; Congress Weekly: A Review of Jewish Interests, Vol. 8, No. 32, October 3, 1941, New York : American Jewish Congress, in English and Hebrew; Review of "Hebrew in American Higher Education, " by Mordecai H. Lewittes, The Brooklyn Jewish Center Review, Vol. XXIII, No. 12, November, 1941, Brooklyn : Brooklyn Jewish Center, page 14; Edgeworn, bumped corners, Katsh's bookplate inside back cover, good condition. (Katsh-2-32)
Stock number:19521.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv; Published By Lion The Printer For The Zionist Organization Youth Dept, 1946
Binding: Hardback
Original Illustrated Wrappers. 12mo. 39 pages. 18 cm. In the series Palestine Pioneer Library number 8. Translated from the original Hebrew by Sylvia Satten. With historiated characters; including a sketched portrait of each child. This small volume contains seven narratives of children refugees who survived the Holocaust and lived in Palestine (as of 1945) . These children come from Greece, Poland, the Ukraine, Yemen, Iraq, the Netherlands and Egypt. Subjects: Jewish refugees - Palestine. Jewish children - Palestine - Biography. Jewish youth - Palestine - Biography. World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue. Palestine - Emigration and immigration. OCLC: 78243695. Very Good Condition, an excellent copy. (HOLO2-95-29)
Stock number:42275.
$US 150.00
Binding: Hardcover
Vienna: 1923-1932 (1929 only) . Cloth. 8vo. 644 pages. Bimonthly. In German. Entire run from 1929. Periodical was founded in Vienna in 1923 by Paul Diamant "to serve as a bridge between the different sections of the Jewish people. " "Though politically independent, Menorah tended to support the Zionist Revisionist movement and published articles by its leader, Vladimir Jabotinsky" (EJ) . OCLC lists 15 libraries worldwide with full runs. Bending to front endpapers but otherwise in very good condition. (GERN-2-15).
Stock number:16700.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: General Council of the Jewish Community of Palestine, 1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 104 pages, 24 cm. Includes illustrations and multiple fold out maps. In English. Prepared for the United Nations Special Committee by the Vaad Ha-Leumi in anticipation of statehood. Contents: The number and density of the population of ancient Palestine.--The Jewish population in Palestine from the fall of the Jewish state to the beginning of Zionist pioneering.--The waves of Jewish immigration into Palestine (640-1882). SUBJECTS: Palestine -- Population. Palestine -- Emigration and immigration. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide (OCLC: 10860638). Institutional stamps on title page and a few other margins, otherwise clean including covers. Only light wear to wrappers. Very good condition. (ZION2-1-31-+-'e)
Stock number:41704.
$US 150.00
Imprint: London: The Federation, 1920
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to. 18 pages each issue. 29 cm. In English. The English Zionist Federation, also known as the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland was established in 1899 to campaign for the Zoinist cause in the UK. The Federation was an umbrella organization for hundreds of other Zionist groups. The Balfour declaration was communicated directly from Foreign Secretary Balfour to Lord Rothschild for transmission to the federation (Wikipedia, 2018). Features reporting on Einstein’s then new theory of the universe and writings by Chaim Weizmann, then President of the Federation. SUBJECTS: Zionism -- Great Britain -- Periodicals. OCLC Number: 234109938. Very lightly edgeworn. Very good condition. (ZION2-1-29)
Stock number:41702.
$US 150.00
Imprint: [New York] : [Press of Clarence S. Nathan], 1917
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 11 pages, 23 cm. In English. From the year of the Balfour decision. Judah Leon Magnes (1877-1948) was a prominent Reform rabbi in both the United States and Mandatory Palestine. He is best remembered as a leader in the pacifist movement of the World War I period, his advocacy of a binational Jewish-Arab state in Palestine, and as one of the most widely recognized voices of 20th century American Reform Judaism (Wikipedia, 2018). This speech, given at Cooper Union, in New York, extols Jewish nationalism as being better than those nationalisms that send their followers to die in battle. This, of course, would change soon enough. SUBJECTS: Jewish nationalism - World War. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Harvard, UPenn, London, HUC). Ex-library with usual markings and later spine reinforcement. Missing front wrapper. Old dampstains, paper aged with some edgewear. Inside protective binder. Overall good condition. Scarce. (ZION2-1-24)
Stock number:41699.
$US 150.00
Imprint: New York: League for Labor Palestine, 1944
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 96 pages, 23 cm. In English. Holocaust era collection of papers delivered at the “Conference on New Social Forms and Cooperative Palestine” which was held at the New School for Social Research in the Fall of 1944 ... [by the] League for Labor Palestine. Essays include: Training for a labor government, by A.H. Pekelis -- The role of cooperatives in the post-war world, by N. Reich -- Co-operation in agriculture, by J.S. Joffe -- Cooperatives in America, by W. Campbell -- Palestine's absorptive capacity, by W.C. Lowdermilk -- Social forms evolved by cooperative Palestine, by J.J. Weinstein -- American labor and post-war reconstruction, by I. Abramson -- Post-war American problems, by H.J. Ruttenberg -- Kupat Holim, workers' health cooperative, by S. Erlich. SUBJECTS: Cooperation -- Palestine —Jews. OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide (OCLC:2134137). Wrappers browning and some edgewear, especially at the spine. Otherwise good condition. (ZION2-1-33-’e)
Stock number:41698.
$US 150.00
Imprint: London: Zionist Organization, 1921
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers, 8vo, 76 pages ; 25 cm. Cover title: "Zionism during the war: a record of Zionist political activity, 1914-21." SUBJECT (S) : Zionism -- Congresses. Jews -- Politics and government. OCLC: 27441234. OCLC lists only 3 copies in the US (UMich, Princeton, UOregon) . Jewish Cultural Reconstruction bookplate. Cover shows wear, with heavy edgewar at rea, repaired with tape at spine. Internally clean an solid, a few institutional marks, Good- Condition overall. (Zion2-1-38A)
Stock number:41130.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Ramat-Gan: Ranen, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No Date [ca. 1960]. 1st edition. Original color illustrated paper wrappers, oblong 12mo, 19 pages. Title translates roughly as "Holidays and Times for the Recorder: Tu B'Shvat. " Early statehood children's book of recorder music for the holiday with attractive period illustrated covers. OCLC: 233474304. OCLC lists only 2 copies worldwide (KIBBUTZIM COL, NLI) , both in Israel. Front hinge repaired, light wear and staining, Good Condition. Rare. (Zion2-1-36A)
Stock number:41127.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Sharon, P. A. : [No Publisher], 1944
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 12 pages, 23 cm. In English. "Political Zionism was led by Theodor Herzl and Max Nordau in Russia. This Zionist Organization approach espoused at the First Zionist Congress aimed at establishing for the Jewish people a publicly and legally assured home in Palestine, which among other items, included initial steps to obtain governmental grants from the established powers that controlled the area" (Wikipedia) . SUBJECTS: Zionism. OCLC Number: 173027842. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (HUC) . Back wrapper features a brilliant illustrated advertisement promoting the purchase of war bonds. Overall very good condition. Rare. (ZION2-2-49)
Stock number:41075.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Kansas City: United Synagogues Of Greater Kansas City, 1922
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Original Boards. 8vo. 191 pages, 18 cm. Simon Glazer (or Shimon Glazer; 1876-1938) was an Orthodox rabbi who flourished at the turn of the twentieth century. He was known for founding and leading two major organizations of American Orthodox rabbis. (Wikipedia, 2016) This is a discussion of the efforts of Rabbi Glazer (through publication in 1922) to organize Jews in the United States and prompt the U. S. Government to support the creation of Jewish state in what would become known as Palestine. The author documents his correspondence with various Jewish organizations, governors, senators, and presidents in trying to persuade them to provide support. Includes facsimiles of several letters of correspondence between Rabbi Glazer and American elected officials and facsimiles of autographed photographs the elected officials sent to Rabbi Glazer (including President Warren Harding) . SUBJECTS: Zionism -- History. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide (OCLC: 4535765) . Boards are lightly worn. Internally very good condition. Important (ZION2-2-39)
Stock number:41004.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Keren Kayemeth Leisrael And Keren Hayesod, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo. 54 pages, including illustrations, 24 cm. Features early photos of Kibbutz activities and a detailing of early events in the kibbutz history. Ein Hashofet is a communal village in the hills of Efraim. It was established by two groups of Hashomer Hatzair graduates from Poland and Highland Mills, New York. The funds for the deal were raised by Louis D. Brandeis, a United States Supreme Court Justice lawyer, and a prominent Zionist figure (Wikipedia) . SUBJECTS: Collective settlements -- Palestine. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide (OCLC: 6104780) . Very good condition. (ZION2-2-5)
Stock number:40972.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Bern : Schweizer Bibliophilen Gesellschaft, 1929
Binding: Hardcover
Quarter leather (blue suede) binding, 4to. 131 pages, many of which are illustrated. In German. Part of the series Veröffentlichung der Schweizer Bibliophilen Gesellschaft. Heinrich Wölfli (also Heinrich Wölflin, 1470 -1532) “was a Bernese canon and humanist” (Wikipedia, 2018) . This is the German translation of his journal from his journey to Jerusalem in 1520/1521. OCLC: 215731482. Very Good condition with some yellowing of the paper. Beautiful deluxe edition. (Zion-16-6)
Stock number:39932.
$US 150.00
Imprint: London: Agudat Masadah, 1906-1907
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 21 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “The Awakener. ” Includes April (33 pages) , May (33 pages) , June (33 pages) July-August (73 pages) , September (36 pages) , October (37 pages) , November (36 pages) , Issue from 1907 (39 pages) . Not to be confused with the Tel Aviv reprint of the first year. Early Hebrew periodical which features many of the period’s most well-known Hebrew writers. This periodical featured commentary on current affairs and literature, and greatly influenced the young Jews of the highly-influential Second Aliyah. (EJ, 2008) . The editor, Y. H. Brenner is considered a pioneer in modern Hebrew literature. Brenner (1881-1921) was initially from Russia, but escaped to London after deserting the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese war. It was in London that Brenner became instrumental in the Hebrew literature movement and Zionism. This culminated in his emigration to Palestine where he rose to prominence before his murder in the 1921 Jaffa riots. (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Hebrew literature, Modern -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide (OCLC: 45947005) . Ex-library with no markings. Most issues are unbound with significant edge wear. Some loss of text in November issue, but others are Good. Overall Good- Condition. (YID-30-27)
Stock number:39843.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, 1947
Binding: Hardback
Original Paper Wrappers with paper label as issued, 12mo, 208 pages, 17 cm. In Hebrew. Early post-war re-issue of this Nazi-era imprint, originally published by the Judischer Verlag in Berlin in 1935. Title translates as “Songs of Israel: Maccabi Union of Germany on behalf of the Pioneer Association in Germany. ” In Hebrew. Lyrics (romanized) --also printed as vocalized text in Hebrew script. Anthology of 230 zionist songs. Includes unacc. Melodies. Published by the Yudisher Ferlag of Berlin, under the auspices of Hechalutz and Maccabi World Union. “Jakob Schönberg was born in Fürth, Bavaria on September 8, 1900. His father, David Schönberg, was chazzan (cantor) at the Claus-synagoge in Fürth. ... Schönberg apparently earned his living during Germany's Weimar Republic (1919-1933) as a pianist, music critic, conductor and composer. He wrote articles for the Nürnberger Zeitung and served as a musical consultant for Bavarian Radio in Munich. Bavarian Radio performed some of his orchestral compositions. He also worked in films as a "musical conductor and illustrator" and some of his film music was published by Schott's Söhne, Mainz, and Hawkes and Son, London. Schönberg was interested in composing instrumental music — especially orchestral. His first orchestral work, Prelude Symphonique, premiered in 1923. ... His style of composition took a decidedly Jewish turn after the Nazis took power in 1933, and Jewish musicians could no longer be employed by Germany's state-supported cultural institutions. In 1934 Schönberg transcribed the folk songs and dance tunes of several halutzim (pioneers) visiting Germany from Palestine. The following year he published Shire Erets Yisrael (Songs of the Land of Israel) , an anthology containing 230 Hebrew songs (Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1935) . From this time until, at least, when he left Germany, these Israeli melodies would figure prominently in Schönberg's work. He set several of them for voice with piano and voice with flute and viola. His Suite für Orchester, 3 Sätze utilizes a Horra melody from the anthology. Schönberg's orchestral Horras appear to have been extremely popular in Nazi Germany, and were performed numerous times by the Jüdischer Kulturbünde between 1936 and 1938, in both Berlin and Frankfurt-am-Main” (Jakob Schonberg Collection; JTSA) . Subjects: Zionism - Songs and music. Songs, Hebrew - Palestine. Jews - Palestine - Music.. Lyrics (romanized) also printed as vocalized text in Hebrew script. Includes unaccompanied melodies. Light wear, Good Condition (Holo2-68-20A)
Stock number:39776.
$US 150.00
Imprint: New York, American Jewish Congress, 1939
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to. 7 pages; 35.5 cm. A Holocaust-era stapled mimeograph report. Includes tables of criminal rates. “A consideration of the facts showing the low degree of criminality among Jews leaves no room for the anti-Jewish agitators’ claim. The only reasonable conclusion is that the causes which lead men to commit crime, whatever they be, operate among the Jewish population no differently than among non-Jews. ” The American Jewish Congress “is an association of Jewish Americans organized to defend Jewish interests at home and abroad through public policy advocacy, using diplomacy, legislation, and the courts. The American Jewish Congress was founded in 1918, and represented a ‘populist counterbalance to the American Jewish Committee, which was dominated by the wealthy and conservative German-Jewish establishment. ’ Leaders within the American Jewish community, consisting of Jewish, Zionist, and immigrant community organizations, convened the first American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) in Philadelphia’s historic Independence Hall. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Felix Frankfurter, U. S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, and others joined to lay the groundwork for a national democratic organization of Jewish leaders from all over the country, to rally for equal rights for all Americans regardless of race, religion or national ancestry” (Wikipedia 2017) . SUBJECT(S) : Anti-Semitism, Jews, Statistics. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Pages taped together at the top. Slight toning. Very minimal stains. Very good + condition. Rare. (HOLO2-134-36)
Stock number:38421.
$US 150.00
Imprint: New York, Current Books, 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original blue cloth boards with original illustrated blue, black, yellow, and white dust jacket with photograph of Shoah survivors crammed into the Haganah ship Exodus. 8vo. 134 pages, [32] pages of plates; 21 cm. 6 word inscription in blue pen from Gruber. Ruth Gruber, who died in 2016 at the age of 105, “was an American journalist, photographer, writer, humanitarian, and a United States government official...Gruber witnessed the Exodus 1947 ship entering the Haifa harbor after it was intercepted by the Royal Navy while making an attempt to deliver 4, 500 Jewish refugees. To meet the refugees, Gruber flew to Cyprus, where she witnessed and photographed refugees detained by the British. The British then sent the refugees to Port-de-Bouc in France and Gruber went there. The refugees refused to disembark, however, and, after 18 days standoff, the British decided to ship the Jews back to Germany. Out of many journalists from around the world reporting on the affair, Gruber alone was allowed by the British to accompany the DPs back to Germany. Aboard the prison ship Runnymede Park, Gruber photographed the refugees, confined in a wire cage with barbed wire on top, defiantly raising a Union Jack flag on which they had painted a swastika” (Wikipedia, 2017) . Includes 32 pages of photographs taken by the author with compelling captions. “You had to smell Cyprus to believe it. ” SUBJECT(S) : Jewish refugees, Exodus 1947, Palestine, Emigration and immigration. Some edgewear and toning to dust jacket. Layer of dust on top edge. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Minimal dampstaining. Very good condition. (WOMEN-6-2)
Stock number:38337.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Bern ; Leipzig : E. Bircher, 1920
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. [2], [vii]-xii, 260 pages ; 24 cm. In German. Title translates to English as, “Religious Currents in Judaism, with Special Consideration of Hasidism. ” Inscribed by Horodezky to Rabbi H. P. Chajes, the German theologian and Zionist leader who was chair of the World Zionist Congress from 1912 to 1925. Horodezky was born in Malin in Kiev District to a distinguished line Hasidic leaders. From his father, Rabbi Yosef Moshe ben Rabbi Baruch, he was a descendant of Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl , through his mother, via Rabbi Gedaliah Tversky, he was a descendant of the Ba'al Shem Tov. In 1907 he left Russia to study philosophy and history at the University of Berlin . That year he was elected as a delegate of Berdichev to the 8th Zionist Congress 8thIn 1939 he emigrated to Israel and settled in Tel Aviv . There he published articles which appeared in most of the world’s Hebrew language newspapers as well as in other sectors of the Jewish press. In addition, published a number of books on Hasidism and Kabbalah. He was awarded the Bialik Prize (Wikipedia, 2016) . From 1918 to his death, Chajes served as the chief rabbi of the Jewish community of Vienna. In addition, he was also the Chairman of the Zionist General Council from 1921 to 1925....The main Jewish school in Vienna is named after him. SUBJECT(S) : Chassidismus. Inscribed by the author on title page with a stamp from Rabbi Chajes’ personal library.From 1918 to his death, Chajes served as the chief rabbi of the Jewish community of Vienna. In addition, he was also the Chairman of the Zionist General Council from 1921 to 1925....The main Jewish school in Vienna is named after him. Pages toning. A few markings throughout but otherwise in about very good condition. (GER-58-58)
Stock number:38232.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Zionist Organization Of America : New York City, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
First edition. Original paper wrappers. [6] pages, 23 cm, 16 mo. SUBJECTS: Zionism. OCLC only lists two copies worldwide (Harvard, UTexas-Austin). Jewish library stamp on cover, otherwise Very Good Condition (ZION-10-3)
Stock number:36338.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Jerusalem : [Publisher Not Identified], 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Later boards. 8vo. 31 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew. The title translates to “Rav Yosef Rivlin zâ€l: Memorial Book for the Thirtieth Anniversary of His Death. € Rav Yosef Rivlin (1837-1896) , grandfather of Israel’s current president Reuven Rivlin, was a renowned Jerusalem rabbi, poet, and intellectual. He is descended from Hillel Rivlin, student of the Vilna Gaon. Rivlin initiated the building of the first Jewish quarters in Jerusalem outside the Old City walls, e. G. , Naḥalat Shiv'ah (1869) , Me'ah She'arim (1874) , and other housing centers in the west and northwest of the city. He took an active part in founding the first Jewish agricultural settlement, Petaḥ Tikvah. He is also credited with creating the first Hebrew edition of the Koran. (Wiki) . SUBJECTS: Jerusalem -- History -- 19th century. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Otherwise Good+ Condition. (ZION-14-28)
Stock number:38018.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Warsaw, Hashomer Hatzair, 1934
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original black boards with gold font. 8vo. 538 pages; 25cm. Written in Hebrew with additional title page in Polish. Title translates to “The Book of the Guardians: Anthology of the 20th anniversary of Hashomer Hatzair. ” A massive detailed history of Hashomer Hatzair organization in Poland and elsewhere and their Labor Zionist efforts. Broken down into dozens of chapters with sections written by various authors. SUBJECT (S) : Labor Zionism, Jewish youth-societies, Hashomer Hatzair. OCLC lists 16 holdings worldwide. Some browning and tears. One page soiled. Minimal pencil markings. Good + condition. (zion-12-3) .
Stock number:37952.
$US 150.00
Imprint: New York, American Fund For Palestinian Institutions, 1944
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 47 pages; 23 cm. Cover title: American Fund for Palestinian Institutions. Includes greetings from Albert Einstein. This Holocaust-era report highlights a myriad of organizations that the American Palestinian Fund supports spanning a wide range of needs including education, agriculture, homelessness, and the arts. Fabulous black-and-white photographs on almost every page featuring the work of each organization as well as various tables illustrating their finances. “Community leaders, executive officers, rabbis, intellectuals, artists, and lay people (representing a cross-section of American Jewry) have endorsed the American Fund because of its practical, creative, and fundamentally American approach to planned fund-raising. ” SUBJECT(S) : Palestine, Jewish immigration, Social welfare. OCLC lists 3 holdings worldwide (Tel-Aviv Univ, Bar Ilan Univ, Harvard) . Two faint pencil markings on original paper wrappers that do not affect text. Very good + condition. (zion-11-61)
Stock number:37840.
$US 150.00
Imprint: New York, Jewish National Fund Of America, Youth Department, 1939
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 7 pages; 22 cm. Holocaust-era collection of adorable excerpts filled with wonder and awe at this little boy’s discovery of various sites and experiences in Palestine. A clever marketing tool geared towards children, the booklet is divided into snippets from several diary entries over the course of his Summer in Palestine. “I feel like Columbus now, for I have just been the first one to discover the coast of Palestine on the horizon. Soon we shall be landing in the port of Tel Aviv, the only Jewish port in the world, the gateway to Zion, and perhaps to the whole Near East. ” Naturally, the entries highlight the great achievements of the Jewish National Fund in great detail. “The J. N. F. Seems to be even more popular here than it is in America. And no wonder! In the 37 years of its existence, this Fund has collected over $26, 000, 000, and bought close to 500, 000 dunams of land. ” SUBJECT (S) : Palestine, JNF, Juvenile works. OCLC lists one holding worldwide (Harvard) . Minimal markings that do not affect text. Very good condition. Rare (zion-11-53)
Stock number:37833.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Washington, D. C. , Zionist Organization Of America, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No date (1942-44) . First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers with photographs and blue background. 8vo. 6 pages; 23 cm. “The destruction of large Jewish communities in Nazi occupied Europe has placed upon American Jewry the major obligation to furnish the funds for extending the upbuilding work of Palestine and the responsibility to safeguard the post-war status of Palestine as the Jewish Commonwealth. ” Includes an excerpt from President Roosevelt’s historic address during his last term in office at the 45th annual ZOA convention, which was held in 1942, “At this time when our country is at war it is fitting to note the substantial contribution which Palestine is making to the war effort in the United Nations. That contribution is due in great part to the work of your organizations in the past and the present. Holocaust-era Questions and answers about the topic of Zionism including “What is Zionism? , ” “What is the Interest of the American Public and Government in the Zionist Program? . ” and “Is it True That Jews Have Displaced Arabs? ” Includes purposefully faded blue photographs of the people and scenery of Eretz Israel as borders for the pages. Encourages reader to donate to the Zionist Organization of America. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism. OCLC lists 3 holdings worldwide (Univ of Chicago, Harvard Univ, Harvard College Libr, Univ of Texas, Austin, Harry Ransom) . Unobtrusive pencil markings. Previously folded into thirds. Very good condition. (zion-11-49)
Stock number:37829.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv, 1934
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Original Boards. 8vo. [4], 298 pages ; 26 cm. This copy has a handwritten inscription to Louis Lipsky on the front end page. Burstein writes: “To Mrs. And Mr. L. Lipsky, under whose roof the book assumed shape and form. Tel-Aviv, May 15th, 1934. Moshé Burstein. ” “Louis Lipsky (1876 – 1963) was an American Zionist leader, President of the Zionist Organization of America, magazine editor, and author of books on Jewish culture and politics. ” This book was originally presented as the author's thesis, Columbia University, 1934. Well-documented study of the varied Jewish communal organizations of self-governance in Palestine in the early twentieth century. Subjects: Jews - Palestine - Politics and government. Zionism - Societies, etc. Jews - Politics and government. Political science. Zionism - Societies, etc. Palestine - Politics and government. Ex-library with Jewish Institutional stamp and usual markings. Includes Louis Lipsky’s bookplate. Paper browning slightly. Some edgewear. Overall good+ condition. (Zion-8-6B)
Stock number:37782.
$US 150.00
Imprint: New York, Histadruth Ivrith Of America, 1920
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First Edition thus. Original paper wrappers featuring photograph of Theodore Herzl, 8vo, 4 pages; 23cm. In Hebrew and English. Performance program, including the names of the cast and crew. Title translates into English as "The New Ghetto. " Includes a translation of a relevant unpublished Herzl letter (here titled, “How did Herzl write his New Ghetto”) . Also includes a raving review of the production by Reuben Brainin. The Hebrew Players performed this production at the Irving Place Theater, an historical Yiddish theater, on Irving Place and Fifteenth Street. Actors listed include: Henry Lynn, the Managing Director of the Hebrew players who went on to become a famous Yiddish film director, screenwriter, and producer, collaborating with popular stars including Boris Thomashefsky and Celia Adler (he also featured Sidney Lumet as an 11-year-old cigarette vendor in one of his shorts) ; Mark Schweid, the Regisseur of the Hebrew players, an actor and director who acted in several Broadway productions and films including Wedding on the Volga (1929) and Uncle Moses (1932) ; and Abraham Teitelbaum, a well-known Yiddish actor in Poland, Chicago, and New York in plays as well as films. Teitelbaum also worked as a theater critic and author for Yiddish newspapers around the world. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew drama, Jewish theater, Theodore Herzl. OCLC lists one holding worldwide (NYPL) . Slight toning, some creases, not affecting text. About good condition. Rare. (zion-11-8)
Stock number:37770.
$US 150.00
Imprint: New York; Jewish Frontier, 1939
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. [8] pages. 23 cm. First separate edition. Holocaust-era report by Abraham Dickenstein, American Representative of the Palestine Workers' Bank. Offers a breakdown of the current composition of the economy in Palestine, an analysis of current import/export rates and the effects of a war with Italy on the side of Germany (hence shipping being affected in the Mediterranean) will have, and the measures to be taken to guarantee provisions and necessities and room for expansion and refugees in the event of a war economically affecting Palestine. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Economic aspects - Palestine. Economics. Histadrut ha-kelalit shel ha-`ovdim ha-`Ivrim be-Erets-Yisrael. World War (1939-1945) . Middle East – Palestine. OCLC lists only 1 copy (Harvard) . Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (ZION-8-19)
Stock number:35665.
$US 150.00
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Imprint: Krakow (Poland) ; Druck Und Verlag Von Josef Fischer, 1903
Binding: Hardcover
Period Cloth. 8vo. 99 pages. 23 cm. First complete edition. In Hebrew. Old Songs. The “biographical novel Shirim Attikim ('Old Songs') , the finished version of which appeared posthumously in Cracow in 1903.” - EJ 2008. Selections first appeared in Ru'ah ha-Zeman: “From 1891 to 1893 Braudes resided in Cracow, editing a weekly which appeared under the names Ha-Zeman and Ru'ah ha-Zeman in alternate weeks, to avoid paying the duty levied on a weekly. ” - EJ 2008. Reuben Asher Braudes (1850–1902) , “Hebrew author. Active in various East European cities, including Vilna (his place of birth) , Lvov, Kraków, Bucharest, and Odessa, and ultimately (after 1896) in Vienna, Re’uven Braudes edited Hebrew and Yiddish periodicals and wrote essays and articles, but is best known as the author of short stories and novels that earned him a reputation as one of the outstanding maskilic Hebrew writers of nineteenth-century Eastern Europe. … Shirim ‘atikim (Old Songs; 1890–1891) raises [the] dilemma: Palestine or America? The book’s heroes, Naftali and Shim‘on, have opposing answers to this question. Naftali, a maskil of the old school, fears that 'religion' will control 'life' in the Holy Land and prefers America, which he considers the symbol of freedom and tolerance. However, the American Dream fails him; in the end he chooses to live in Palestine, but it is too late. ” - Yivo Encyclopedia. Contains the library stamps of the 'Montreal Zionist Society' and the 'Baron de Hirsch Library of Montreal'. Subjects: Hebrew Literature. OCLC lists 13 copies. Light soiling to cloth, institutional stamps on endpages and title page, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-6-2)
Stock number:35526.
$US 150.00
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Imprint: Los Angeles; Jewish National Fund Of Los Angeles, 1927
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original Wraps. 8vo. 101 pages. 26 cm. First edition. "An issue on the occasion of the twenty fifth anniversary of the Jewish National Fund". Important Jubilee number for twenty five years of the Jewish National Fund, celebrated by all members of the JNF and kindred Zionist organisations in Los Angeles. Includes advertisements throughout from supporters (in the LA area, and elsewhere) , with short commemorative essays on Zionism in Los Angeles, Haddasah of Los Angeles, Dates in Jewish History, poems devoted to the Daughter of Zion, Theodore Herzl, and the Glory of Jerusalem. Contains name register of all members on the board, and council members, of the JNF of Los Angeles; with list of all organizations coopering with the JNF: Zionist groups, Synagogues, and Lodges, Clubs and Institutions. Contains portraits throughout of writers and important members of the JNF. Subjects: Zionism. Jews - California - Los Angeles. Jews. Zionism. Jewish National Fund. California - Los Angeles. OCLC lists 7 copies. Spined rebacked. Light wear throughout. Good + condition. (ZION-4-24)
Stock number:34693.
$US 150.00
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Imprint: Berlin; Yudisher Ferlag, 1935
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 16mo. 208 pages. 17 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Lyrics (romanized) --also printed as vocalized text in Hebrew script. Anthology of 230 zionist songs. Includes unacc. Melodies. Published by the Yudisher Ferlag of Berlin, under the auspices of Hechalutz and Maccabi World Union. “Jakob Schönberg was born in Fürth, Bavaria on September 8, 1900. His father, David Schönberg, was chazzan (cantor) at the Claus-synagoge in Fürth. ... Schönberg apparently earned his living during Germany's Weimar Republic (1919-1933) as a pianist, music critic, conductor and composer. He wrote articles for the Nürnberger Zeitung and served as a musical consultant for Bavarian Radio in Munich. Bavarian Radio performed some of his orchestral compositions. He also worked in films as a "musical conductor and illustrator" and some of his film music was published by Schott's Söhne, Mainz, and Hawkes and Son, London. Schönberg was interested in composing instrumental music — especially orchestral. His first orchestral work, Prelude Symphonique, premiered in 1923. ... His style of composition took a decidedly Jewish turn after the Nazis took power in 1933, and Jewish musicians could no longer be employed by Germany's state-supported cultural institutions. In 1934 Schönberg transcribed the folk songs and dance tunes of several halutzim (pioneers) visiting Germany from Palestine. The following year he published Shire Erets Yisrael (Songs of the Land of Israel) , an anthology containing 230 Hebrew songs (Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1935) . From this time until, at least, when he left Germany, these Israeli melodies would figure prominently in Schönberg's work. He set several of them for voice with piano and voice with flute and viola. His Suite für Orchester, 3 Sätze utilizes a Horra melody from the anthology. Schönberg's orchestral Horras appear to have been extremely popular in Nazi Germany, and were performed numerous times by the Jüdischer Kulturbünde between 1936 and 1938, in both Berlin and Frankfurt-am-Main” (Jakob Schonberg Collection; JTSA) . Subjects: Zionism - Songs and music. Songs, Hebrew - Palestine. Jews - Palestine - Music. OCLC lists 21 copies. Corner chipped on wrap, previous owners stamp inside back wrap, very light wear. Good + condition. (MUSIC-2-52)
Stock number:33238.
$US 150.00
Imprint: New York : Published By The Author., 1953.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original printed gray wrappers, 8vo; 46 pages. "After the United States purchased the Alaskan Territory from Russia in 1867, some San Francisco Jewish miners, merchants, fur dealers, and traders moved up to Alaska. At the formal transfer of sovereignty in Sitka, Jewish soldier Benjamin Levi (Levy) lowered the Russian flag and raised that of the United States. The following year, two Jews from San Francisco, Louis Sloss and Lewis Gerstle, helped found the Alaska Commercial Company" (Wikipedia). Somewhat scarce self-published booklet on this key 14-year period in Alaska Jewish history. Rudolf Glanz was a historian, philologist, lecturer, archivist, and lawyer. He obtained a doctoral degree in law at the University of Vienna in 1918 and founded the YIVO Circle of Western Jewish Scholars in Vienna; He was also a visiting lecturer in YIVO's training division in Vilna and rom 1938 to 1954 was a research associate at YIVO in New York. Glanz authored many books on Jewish history as well as numerous monographs on folklore and Jewish history in YIVO publications such as the YIVO bleter and in other Yiddish periodicals including Yidisher kemfer (New York) and Filologishe shriftn (Vilna). Glanz specialized in Jewish emigration from Germany and Eastern Europe. Some of the topics about which he published included the Jewish lower classes and their slang; group relations between Jews and other ethnic groups; and the history of the Jews in the Far West. He was a ong-standing member of the Poalei-Zion (Labor Zionist) movement and was archivist at the Labor Zionist Archives. SUBJECT(S):Jews -- Alaska. Juifs -- Commerce. Emigration and immigration. OCLC: 886715856. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide (HUV, UTexas, Utoronto, Fenimore Art Museum, Ben Gurion, Univ Bibl Johann Christian Senckenberg, Univ & Landesbibliothek Dusselsorf), none at any Ivy League Institution. Very Good condition. Scarce. (AMR-26-2-ECC) xx
Stock number:30720.
$US 150.00
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Imprint: Varhe: Farlag A. Gitlin, 1913
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Boards and Half cloth, 8vo. , 203 pages. In Yiddish. Vocalized. Scarce illustrated reader for students. “For School and Folk: Anthology for Secular and Evening Schools”. The first book by Fichman, who was an important writer for children. He was a Zionist, and wrote mostly in Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Yiddish language -- Readers. Ya? Akov Fikhman. OCLC lists only 3 copies worldwide. (Johns Hopkins, Mcgill, National Yiddish Book Center) . Edgewear and pieces missing from corners of covers. Pages tanned and somewhat fragile, but still in good condition. Edgewear to last few pages. Overall, Fair condition. (YIDCHI-2-14)
Stock number:29757.
$US 150.00
Imprint: Wurzburg, N. Philippi, 1905
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo 8" - 9" tall; Cloth. v, 480 pages. In German. "Unter Mitwirkung von Autoritäten aller Konfessionen hrsg. Von Lazar Schön." Scarce, F. Von. Judaea (gedicht) --Geleitwort des herausgebers. --Zum programm des zionismus. --Palästinafragen. --Stimmen über dr, Theodor Herzl. --Für und wider den zionismus. --Christliche stimmen über den zionismus. --Zionismus und kultur. --Zionismus und religion. --Der zionismus und die frauen. --Zur geschichte des zionismus. --Zionistiche literatur. --Vermischtes. Light edgewear. Pages darkened at edges, but all text is clear. Very good condition. (HOLO2-59-6)
Stock number:26878.
$US 150.00
Imprint: New York, Avukah, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No date (1940-1945) First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 3 pages; 21 cm. A short Holocuast-era pamphlet describing how Avukah, in all its various chapters and fellowships, can help improve the situation of the Jewish people worldwide. “Political action includes participation in the fight against fascism. Avukah does anti-Nazi work in connection with the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League. This includes investigation work and distribution of material. ” Avukah was a Zionist youth movement with strong ties to Louis D. Brandeis. Divided into various sections including “Jewish Community, ” “Zionist Work, ” and “Chapter Cooperatives. ” SUBJECT(S) : Jewish youth, Zionism. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Slight toning and a few tears. Crease from being folded in half. Good + condition. Rare. (zion-12-60)
Stock number:37948.
$US 145.00
Imprint: [New York]: [Jewish National Fund Of America], 1941
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original Illustrated Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 21 pages ; 21 cm. With Period Photographs throughout. Holocaust–era description of the activities and accomplishments of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) published 7 years before the establishment of the state of Israel. The text was written by Sulamith Ish-kishor (1896-1977) “an American writer (who) was born in London… Her father was a well-known writer of Jewish children's literature and an early proponent of Hovevei Zion, a pre-zionist movement, and later of political Zionism… She wrote widely, and was published in several magazines, including The New Yorker, Saturday Review, and Reader's Digest. Her now-classic story of a long-distance correspondence and its fateful conclusion, ‘Appointment with Love, ’ was published in a 1943 edition of Collier's…” (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Colonization -- Palestine. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. A very clean copy with little wear. Very good condition. Rare. (Zion-10-25)
Stock number:37785.
$US 145.00
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Imprint: Chicago, 1931
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 41 pages; 23 cm. In English. In this book, the prominent Zionist publicist S. M. Melamed attacks Rabbi Solomon Goldman for what he believes to be heretical positions. The book is filled with passages like, “Eighteenth century materialism is as antiquated a point of view as the old Haskalah of the God-forsaken Lithuanian townlet. The ultra-modern Solomon Goldman never having outgrown adolescent intellectuality makes this eighteenth century rubbish his basis of Jewish history and in consequence thereof teaches Jewish history that is neither Jewish nor history…” OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Ex-library with Jewish Institutional Stamp. Very good condition. (AMR-48-44)
Stock number:37421.
$US 145.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv; Published By Lion The Printer For The Zionist Organization Youth Dept, 1946
Binding: Hardback
Original Illustrated Wrappers. 12mo. 39 pages. 18 cm. In the series Palestine Pioneer Library number 8. Translated from the original Hebrew by Sylvia Satten. With historiated characters; including a sketched portrait of each child. This small volume contains seven narratives of children refugees who survived the Holocaust and lived in Palestine (as of 1945) . These children come from Greece, Poland, the Ukraine, Yemen, Iraq, the Netherlands and Egypt. Subjects: Jewish refugees - Palestine. Jewish children - Palestine - Biography. Jewish youth - Palestine - Biography. World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue. Palestine - Emigration and immigration. OCLC: 78243695. Small chip to lower outside corner of cover, small number pencilled on upper right corner of cover, otherwise Very Good. (HOLO2-95-29A)
Stock number:42313.
$US 135.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Supreme Muslim Council (SMC), 1927
Binding: Paper Wrappers
2nd printing (first is 1924). Original Green publisher’s wrappers, 8vo, 16 pages with 7 photo plates. In French with some English on title page. Visitor's guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif. This guide to the structures that comprise the al-Haram al-Sharif, the Temple Mount, is of course written from a religious Moslem perspective. Interestingly, despite this fact, it specifically defines the Haram Al-Sharif as the historical location of the Jewish Great Temple. On page 2/3, it is stated that "This site is one of the oldest in the world. Its sanctity dates from the earliest (perhaps from pre-historic) times. Its identity with the site of Solomon's Temple is beyond dispute. This, too, is the spot, according to universal belief, on which David ‘built there an altar unto the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings' [2 Samuel, 24:25]."Hence the Supreme Muslim Council (headed by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini) here officially records the historic Jewish connection to the Temple Mount.A visitor's guide to the Temple Mount, a descriptive guide to the buildings and structures on the Temple Mount, as well as their history and significance. With seven photographs: a panoramic view of the Temple Mount; Sabil Qaitbay (Fountain of Qayt Bay); Minbar al-Sayf (the Summer Pulpit); the Dome of the Rock; the Foundation Stone ("The Rock"); and the Al Aqsa Mosque (views of the exterior and interior). The guide begins with a statement declaring that on account of the sacredness of the entire site to Muslims, visitors are requested to refrain from smoking and from bringing dogs into the compound.This guide was published on behalf of the Supreme Muslim Council (SMC) which represented the religious interests of the Arab population in Palestine in the years of the British Mandate. The Council was established in 1922 and was entrusted with the management of the properties of the Waqf (the Muslim Trust) – including the Temple Mount – and with the administration of the Muslim judicial system. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, was elected president of the SMC.This guide was simultaneously printed in English. (above quote is taken here from the English edition). SUBJECT(S): Masjid al-Aqs?a´ (Jerusalem). OCLC: 79356047. OCLC lists only 2 copies of this rare 1927 2nd printing. Two neat hole-punches to outer margin (as often found, thus probably as issued). Upper corner of rear cover with portions of Supreme Muslim Council stamp detached at preferation, as all copies, (for purposes of the Council’s internal accounting). Very Good Condition (zion2-4-2), DWB00011
Stock number:42143.
$US 135.00
Imprint: Charlevoix, Mich, 1910
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st separate edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 11 pages, 23 cm. In English. Rabbi Maximilian Heller (1860-1929) was a prominent figure in the United States' Southern Jewish communities. He was a Reform rabbi and took on the main causes of his day: racism and Jewish emancipation in eastern Europe, nationalism and nativism, immigration and assimilation. " He emigrated from Germany and was one of the first U. S. -trained rabbis. Rabbi Heller served for 40 years as spiritual leader of a Reform Jewish congregation in New Orleans--at that time the largest city in the South. "Far more than a congregational rabbi, Heller assumed an activist role in local affairs, Reform Judaism, and the Zionist movement, maintaining positions often unpopular with his neighbors, congregants, and colleagues. His deep concern for social justice led him to question two basic assumptions that characterized his larger social milieu--segregation and Jewish assimilation" (Malone, 1997) . Reprinted from the C. C. A. R. Year Book. Vol. 20.SUBJECTS: American Judaism. Reform. OCLC lists two copies listed worldwide (JTS and HUC) . Front wrapper has minor tear. Some writing in pencil Overall very good condition. Rare. (AMR-56-3)
Stock number:40892.
$US 135.00
Imprint: [Istanbul]: Dacus, 1933
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers, 8vo, 32 pages. In French. Title translates as, “Priests, Kings and Diplomats in the Service of Political Zionism. ” SUBJECT (S) : Jews in diaspora and Judaism; ideas and movements concerning a Jewish state. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. OCLC: 151453488. Lacks majority of front cover and rear cover. A few other pages are missing small sections (no text loss) , some Minor pen marks about Good – Condition. Scarce. (Zion-16-8)
Stock number:39934.
$US 135.00
Imprint: Genf, No Publisher (Schriftenreihe Des Schweizerischen Zionistenverbandes), 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition, 8vo, original paper wrappers, 48 pages. In German. Title translates as, “Where can the Refugees Go? ” Published by the Swiss Zionist Federation. Calls on Palestine to be opened for the Jewish survivors of Europe. Series: Schriftenreihe des schweizerischen Zionistenverbandes, nr. 5-6. Contents: Vortitel: “Wohin können die Flüchtlinge gehen? ; Enthält: “Palästinas Aufnahmefähigkeit, ” by Abraham Revusky; “Palästinas Aussichten und der Jordantal-Plan, ” by Walter Clay Lowdermilk. SUBJECT (S) : Flüchtlinge. Palästina / Israel. Technik. Nationalsozialismus. Fürsorge. Auswanderung und Einwanderung. Alija. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide, most in Switzerland and only 1 in the Western Hemisphere (YIVO) . OCLC: 600594156. Very Good Condition. (HOLO2-138-23).
Stock number:39593.
$US 135.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Jewish National Fund, 1927
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers with photograph of Palestine with green borders. 8vo. 8 pages; 20 cm. Filled with bullet points about the importance of the soil, land, and cultivation of it to the Jewish people because of the historical and religious connection to Eretz Israel. “The Land of Israel gave our ancestors vines and fig trees. In its efflorescence, it produced the prophets, a mighty literature, a moral law. The Hebrew genius is not dead; it will revive with the life-giving touch of its mother-earth. ” Describes all of the different types of Jews working together to till the land, “Chassidism, conservatism, and modernism” as well as the various geographic locations they hail from including Poland, Germany, Galicia, America, Arabia, and South Africa. Appeal to donate to the Jewish National Fund to continue their efforts of revitalization through various fundraising methods. Includes an illustration and two black-and-white photographs, one of which spans across the centerfold of the pages. SUBJECT (S) : Palestine, Colonization, Jewish settlement. OCLC lists two holdings worldwide (HUC, Int Inst of Social Hist) , none on either US coast. Slight toning and minimal tears. Some folding. Very good condition. (zion-11-45)
Stock number:37824.
$US 135.00
Imprint: New York, Hapoel Hamizrachi Of America, 1949
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Calendar. Original illustrated paper wrappers in blue and white. 29 pages; 14 cm by 14 cm. From the year after Israel was created, a fundraising effort to rebuild Hapoel Hamizrachi settlements that were destroyed in the 1948 War in Israel and build new ones to accommodate large amounts of new immigrants, heavily Holocuast refugees, to the country. English with Hebrew translations of biblical quotes, months, and holidays. Hapoel Hamizrachi, “the religious labor Zionist movement, is the only organization whose program combines the principles of Torah-true Judaism with the Biblical ideals of social and economic justice (Torah V’Avodah) . ” Each month has a large black-and-white photograph of life in a Hapoel Hamizrachi settlement accompanied by a biblical quote in Hebrew and English as well as a caption in English. Calendars include American and Jewish holidays, candle lighting times, and Torah portions. Some pages include quotes below the calendar from famous Israelis such as Prime Minister Ben Gurion. “A student of Yeshiva Bnei Akiva in Hapoel Hamizrachi settlement Kfar Haroeh where half the day is spent in study and half at work. ” SUBJECT(S) : Zionism, War of Independence. OCLC lists no holdings. Two library stamps. Some staining and ink marks on cover. One faint pencil mark that does not affect text. Original paper wrappers good condition, pages very good condition. Rare. (zion-11-31)
Stock number:37810.
$US 135.00
Imprint: New York, Avukah, 1930
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 31 pages; 21.5 cm. “A proper understanding of the full situation is the first essential to thoughtful action, and this understanding can be reached only from a full consideration of all the factors involved: the historic and immediate, the political and the individual. ” Strongly associated with Louis Brandeis, Avukah was a Zionist youth movement organization. Schwartz and Wise wrote a detailed syllabus divided into practical sections with working bibliographies that was intended to educate Avukah groups in universities. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism, Education. OCLC lists 7 holdings worldwide, none in New York or Pennsylvania. Significant browning of pages. Some staining to cover. Dogeared bottom corners. Original paper wrappers in good- condition, pages in about good condition. (zion-11-11)
Stock number:37773.
$US 135.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim, Rubin Mass, 1941
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
First Edition. Original boards with original dust jacket. 8vo. 177 pages; 23 cm. In Hebrew with English title page at rear (“Modern Jewish Art in Palestine”) . Refugee art historian Karl Schwarz had founded the Jewish Museum in Berlin on January 24, 1933, less than a week before Hitler came to power in Germany. Wisely, Schwarz then accepted an offer for a position as the first artistic director and chief curator of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art from Meir Dizengoff, the mayor of Tel Aviv, himself. Schwarz brought more than 2, 500 works with him to Israel. The book contains 130 illustrations and photographs of art as well as an appendix with the biographies of the artists. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish art, 20th century Jewish art, Jewish artists. OCLC lists 20 holdings worldwide. Slight edgewear to jacket, some toning to pages, Very Good Condition in Very Good- Jacket. Very attractive and displayable. (zion-11-4)
Stock number:37758.
$US 135.00
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Imprint: New York; Rozenberg, 1915
Binding: Hardback
Original cloth, 8vo. 102 pages. 23cm. In Hebrew. Deinard 748. Goldman 769: “Coblenz served as the rabbi of Adath Chevrah Kadisha of Brooklyn. He was involved in Zionist activities and he delivered addresses before a Zionist convention in Scranton in Iyyar 1905 and before a Mizrahi convention in Altona (Germany? ) in 5668 [1908]. ” This work “contains homilies, speeches and notes on prozbul” as well as an “address at a gathering for R. Dr. Meir Hildesheimer and R. Aaron Wolkin, who visited America in the winter of 5674 [1914] on behalf of Agudath Israel. ” It also includes “a sermon on R. Emil Hirsch and a Reform convention in New York. ” Title page is stamped “Copyright 1915 by S. Coblenz. ” Bound in black cloth with gilt title. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons, American; Jewish sermons, Hebrew. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Ex-library with very few institutional markings. Very Good condition. (AMR-39-27C)
Stock number:37627.
$US 135.00
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Imprint: New York; Rozenberg, 1915
Binding: Hardback
Original cloth, 8vo. 102 pages. 23cm. In Hebrew. Deinard 748. Goldman 769: “Coblenz served as the rabbi of Adath Chevrah Kadisha of Brooklyn. He was involved in Zionist activities and he delivered addresses before a Zionist convention in Scranton in Iyyar 1905 and before a Mizrahi convention in Altona (Germany? ) in 5668 [1908]. ” This work “contains homilies, speeches and notes on prozbul” as well as an “address at a gathering for R. Dr. Meir Hildesheimer and R. Aaron Wolkin, who visited America in the winter of 5674 [1914] on behalf of Agudath Israel. ” It also includes “a sermon on R. Emil Hirsch and a Reform convention in New York. ” Title page is stamped “Copyright 1915 by S. Coblenz. ” Bound in blue cloth with gilt title. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons, American; Jewish sermons, Hebrew. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Ex-library with very few institutional markings. One end page torn. Otherwise Very Good condition. (AMR-39-27B)
Stock number:37626.
$US 135.00
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Imprint: New York; Rozenberg, 1915
Binding: Hardback
Original cloth, 8vo. 102 pages. 23cm. In Hebrew. Deinard 748. Goldman 769: “Coblenz served as the rabbi of Adath Chevrah Kadisha of Brooklyn. He was involved in Zionist activities and he delivered addresses before a Zionist convention in Scranton in Iyyar 1905 and before a Mizrahi convention in Altona (Germany? ) in 5668 [1908]. ” This work “contains homilies, speeches and notes on prozbul” as well as an “address at a gathering for R. Dr. Meir Hildesheimer and R. Aaron Wolkin, who visited America in the winter of 5674 [1914] on behalf of Agudath Israel. ” It also includes “a sermon on R. Emil Hirsch and a Reform convention in New York. ” Title page is stamped “Copyright 1915 by S. Coblenz. ” Bound in brown cloth with gilt title. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons, American; Jewish sermons, Hebrew. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Ex-library with very few institutional markings. Very good condition. (AMR-39-27A) xx
Stock number:37411.
$US 135.00
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Imprint: New York: Ktav Publishing House, 1970
Binding: Hardcover
Clothbound. 8vo. XLV, 406 pages. 24 cm. Only volume six. In German, with some Hebrew and Greek. Title translates as 'The Written Word in Rabbinic Literature." The author, Vigdor (Victor) Aptowitzer (March 16, 1871 - December 5, 1942) , was a rabbinic and talmudic scholar, professor of Talmud, Bible, Midrash and Jewish Philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and member of the Mizrachi Zionist movement; whom died in Palestine in 1942. This volume contains his comprehensive work in German on the readings of Holy Scripture in rabbinic literature. Subjects: Rabbinical literature - History and criticism. Bible. O. T. - Criticism, interpretation, etc. , Jewish. Clean and fresh, in very good condition +. (RAB-57-6)xxx
Stock number:32470.
$US 135.00
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Imprint: Chicago; The Jewish Aid Society And The Jewish Social Service Bureau Of Chicago, 1925
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 223, [1] pages. 22 cm. First Edition. Detailed report for the years 1919 to 1925 of the projects and successes of Jewish communal organizations in Chicago; with an emphasis on the history of the organizations, approaches to case work, and future trajectories to remedy shortcomings; with 19 tables, 10 charts, 9 illustrations, and 19 appendices containing financial audits. Compiled by Maurice Joseph Karpf (1891–1964) , “U. S. Psychologist, social worker, and marriage counselor. Karpf, who was born in Austria, was brought to the U. S. As a boy, and studied sociology and psychology at Columbia University. After being employed as a psychologist in the Chicago school system (1912–14, 1916–18) , he was superintendent of the Jewish Social Service Bureau, Chicago (1919–25) , director and president of the faculty of the graduate school of Jewish Social Work in New York (1924–42) , and executive director of the Federation of Jewish Welfare Organizations in Los Angeles (1942–47) . Active in Jewish affairs, he served as president of the National Conference of Jewish Welfare (1930–32) , chairman of the International Conference of Jewish Social Work (1932–35) , and non-Zionist member of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (1930–45) . His works include: The Scientific Basis of Social Work (1931) and Jewish Community Organization in the United States (1938) . ” (EJ 2008) . The successor to the Jewish Aid Society, the Jewish United Fund / Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF) is currently the central philanthropic address of Chicago's Jewish community and one of the largest not-for-profit social welfare institutions in Illinois. Subjects: Charity organization. Jewish Social Service Bureau (Chicago, Ill. ) Jewish Aid Society, Chicago. OCLC lists 26 copies. Light wear to outer edges, slight tear to upper corner of wrap, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (AMR-39-13)
Stock number:31407.
$US 135.00
Imprint: London, Taylor’s Foreign Press, 1936
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 4to. Ix-xviii, 570 pages illus. 8plates. 26 cm. “Gaster (1856–1939) was a rabbi, scholar, and Zionist leader whose writings covered many branches of learning, including Romanian literature, comparative and Jewish folklore, Samaritan history and literature, rabbinic scholarship, liturgy, Anglo-Jewish history, and biblical studies. ” (EJ)  SUBJECT(S) : Semitic philology. Gaster, Moses, 1856-1939. Gaster Anniversary Volume.  (FEST1-4)
Stock number:27136.
$US 135.00
Imprint: New York: Block Pub. Co. ,, 1917
Softcover, 152- 178 pages, 12mo, 18 cm. This volume only, but complete for 1916-1917, including much on WW I and Zionism. “Wise was born in Budapest in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son and grandson of rabbis…. In 1900 he launched his career as the rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel in Portland, Oregon; typical of the activists of the Progressive Era, he attacked ‘many of the social and political ills of contemporary America. ’ In 1893, he was appointed assistant to Rabbi Henry S. Jacobs of the Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, New York City, and later in the same year, minister to the same congregation. In 1906, concerning another rabbinical appointment, Wise made a major break with the established Reform movement over the ‘question whether the pulpit shall be free or whether the pulpit shall not be free, and, by reason of its loss of freedom, reft of its power for good’; in 1907 he established his Free Synagogue, starting the ‘free Synagogue’ movement. Rabbi Wise was an early supporter of Zionism, and his support for, and commitment to Political Zionism was very atypical of Reform Judaism, which was historically and decidedly non-Zionist since the Pittsburgh Platform in 1885. He was a founder of the New York Federation of Zionist Societies in 1897, and led in the formation of the national Federation of American Zionists (FAZ) , a forerunner of the Zionist Organization of America. At the Second Zionist Congress (Basel, 1898) , he was a delegate and secretary for the English language. Wise served as honorary secretary of FAZ, in close cooperation with Theodor Herzl until the latter's death in 1904. Wise, joining U. S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and others laid the groundwork for a democratically elected nationwide organization of 'ardently Zionist' Jews, 'to represent Jews as a group and not as individuals'. In 1918, following national elections, this Jewish community convened the first American Jewish Congress in Philadelphia's historic Independence Hall” (Wikipedia, 2010). SUBJECT(S): Jewish sermons, American. Other Titles: Sermons and addresses. Very good condition. (mx-31-12)
Stock number:25573.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Kharkov [Kharkiv]: Tsentraler Farlag far di Felker fun F.S.S.R., 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 8vo, 403 pages. 23cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “Socio-Economic Status of the Jews In Russia: The Socioeconomic Status of the Jews in Russia in the 19th Century: A Sourcebook of Memoirs and Artistic Literature.” Yakhinson headed the Pedagogy-Pedology section of the Institute of Jewish Culture of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (Instytut Ievreiskoi Kultury pry VUAN), “An institution founded in Kyiv in November 1926 to co-ordinate and promote Yiddish pedagogy and scholarship and Jewish studies in the Ukrainian SSR….Its first director was the philologist and Jewish civic figure N. Shtif. In 1919 a Hebraist Historical-Archeographic Commission had been established at the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (VUAN) under Ahatanhel Krymsky; its real leader, however, was I. Galant. The commission published articles in Ukrainian learned journals and collections and its own Zbirnyk prats' (2 vols, 1928–9) before being abolished in 1929. It was then that the Chair of Jewish Culture, under the direction of Y. Liberberg, was upgraded into a scientific research institute. The institute had a sizable staff (30 in 1929, over 100 in 1934) and consisted of eight sections….The institute worked closely with official Jewish scholarly institutions in Moscow and Minsk. With the demise of the policy of Ukrainization and the onslaught of Stalinism, the institute suffered persecution (eg, the harassment of Shtif [d 1933] and the removal of Weizblit in 1931 and Oyslender in 1932). Nonetheless, from 1931 to 1936 it was the leading Jewish scholarly institution in the USSR. In 1934 Liberberg and many other members of the institute immigrated to the new Jewish Autonomous oblast in Birobidzhan, and G. Gorokhov became the new director. In 1936 the institute was suddenly closed down, and Gorokhov and most of its other staff were arrested as ‘Trotskyists’ and ‘Zionists.’ In late 1936 the institute was replaced by a downgraded Cabinet for the Study of Soviet Jewish Literature, Language, and Folklore under Eliahu Spivak. In 1949, during Andrei Zhdanov’s purge of Jewish culture, the cabinet was liquidated and its members were arrested. Important publications of the institute and the cabinet are the journals Di Yidishe Shprach (24 issues, 1927–30), Shriftn (1 vol, 1928), and the quarterly Visnshaft un revoliutsye (1934–6); a bibliological collection (1930); I. Weizblit’s study of Jewish population dynamics in Ukraine in 1897–1926 (1930); A. Yuditsky’s history of the Jewish bourgeoisie in Russia in the first half of the 19th century (1931); M. Berehovsky’s book on Yiddish musical folklore (1934); and M. Wiener’s history of 19th-century Yiddish literature (1940). The institute also published several Yiddish dictionaries and sponsored all-Union conferences on Jewish socioeconomic research (1931) and the Hebrew language (1934)” (Senkus in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2, 1988). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Soviet Union. Yiddish literature -- Juifs -- URSS. OCLC: 19309283. Spine rebacked. Paper brown and somewhat fragile, with some marginal edgewear. Good Condition Thus. (YID-43-21-+)
Stock number:42184.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York: Macmillan, 1931
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st American Edition. Original Cloth. 12mo. 94 pages. 22 cm. “This volume is composed of translations of extracts from speeches and letters delivered and written by Professor Einstein during the last nine or ten years. " Translated and edited with an introduction by Leon Simon. Three essays by the great physicist Albert Einstein on Zionism: 'Assimilation and Nationalism', 'The Jews and Palestine', 'Jew and Arab'. “Einstein was a Jew not only by birth but also by belief and action. He took an active part in Jewish affairs, wrote extensively, and attended many functions in order to raise money for Jewish causes. He was first introduced to Zionism during his stay in Prague, where Jewish intellectuals gathered in each other's homes talking about their dream of a Jewish Homeland. He and Weizmann had become acquainted, and, despite different outlooks – Weizmann regarded Einstein as an unpractical idealist and Einstein in turn thought Weizmann was too much of a 'Realpolitiker' – remained allies and friends. In 1921 Weizmann asked Einstein to join him on a fundraising tour of America to buy land in Palestine and seek aid for the Hebrew University. Einstein readily agreed, since his interest in the University had been growing. The tour was highly successful. He visited Palestine and was greatly impressed by what he saw. Einstein appeared before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine in 1946 and entered a strong plea for a Jewish Homeland. When the State of Israel was established he hailed the event as the fulfillment of an ancient dream, providing conditions in which the spiritual and cultural life of a Hebrew society could find free expression. After Weizmann's death he was asked by Ben-Gurion to stand as a candidate for the presidency of the State of Israel, which he declined 'being deeply touched by the offer but not suited for the position. ' When he went to the hospital for the illness which proved to be his last he took with him the notes he had made for the television address he was to give on Israel's seventh Independence Day. ” - 2008 EJ. Subjects: Jews - Restoration. Zionism. Spine label removed. Jewish Ex-library with usual markings to blank end papers, no marks to title page or text pages. Still nice. Good Condition (ZION-5-4)
Stock number:42148.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Arlington N.J.: No Publisher [The Author], 1920
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 100 pages, 24 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates “The Healing of the Daughter of My People: Preparations for the Congress of Rabbis on the Topic of Establishing the Sanhedrin.” Ephraim Deinard (1846-1930) was one of the greatest Hebrew "bookmen" of all time. He was a prolific bookseller, bibliographer, publicist, polemicist, historian, memoirist, author, editor, and publisher. “The Sanhedrin is traditionally viewed as the last institution which commanded universal authority among the Jewish people in the long chain of tradition from Moses until the present day. Since its dissolution in 358 CE, there has been no universally recognized authority within Jewish law (Halakha).Maimonides (1135–1204) was one of the greatest scholars on Judaism of the Middle Ages, and is arguably one of the most widely known scholars among the Jewish people. Influenced by the rationalist school of thought and generally showing a preference for a natural (as opposed to miraculous) redemption for the Jewish people, Maimonides proposed a rationalist solution for achieving the goal of re-establishing the highest court in Jewish tradition and reinvesting it with the same authority it had in former years. There have been several attempts to implement Maimonides' recommendations, the latest being in modern times” (Wikipedia). SUBJECTS: Sanhedrin -- Restoration. OCLC lists 26 copies worldwide (OCLC: 19145988). Missing front wrapper (probably identical to title page, which is present). Spine rebacked. Edgewear to title page. All contents very good, Good Condition Overall. (ZION2-1-30-+-'e)
Stock number:41703.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim [Jerusalem]: Kedem, yad le-yakirenu mi-yesodam shel tse-etsa’e M.D. Kasuto, 1983
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo. 100 pages, 24 cm. Features illustrations. In Hebrew with a separate introduction in Italian. Moise Vit Cafsuto, about whom little is known, travelled from Florence to Palestine, by way of Alexandria, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and more, kept a detailed journal in Hebrew and Italian which would eventually turn into a travelogue (Adelman, 1988). "me-et Mosheh Hayim Kafsuto, ish Firentse shebe-Italyah, mitokh ketav-yad Italki she-lo pursam ; targum shel Yosef Rofe be-tseruf tatslum ketav-ha-yad ; 'arkhu Milkah Kasuto Zaltsman ve-David Kasuto.” SUBJECTS: Palestine - Description and travel - early works to 1800. OCLC Number: 21781478. Ex-library with usual markings. Very good condition. (ZION2-1-27-+-’e)
Stock number:41701.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New Haven, Ct. : American Oriental Society, 1893
Binding: paperback
Offprint. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, pp.297-310 (14 pages total). Offprint from the Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume XV. In 1898 Gottheil “was elected president of the American Federation of Zionists, and chief of the Oriental Department of the New York Public Library. Professor Gottheil is a member of the Central Committee of the Zionist organization, and in the capacity of delegate attended the Zionistic congresses held at Basel in 1898, 1899, and 1903 and at London in 1900; he is also a member of various learned societies. He is a member of the council of the American Oriental Society, and president (1903) of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis; he was one of the founders and the first vice-president of the ‘Judæans’; founder and president of the (Jewish) Religious School Union in New York; and is connected with the Jewish Chautauqua Society” (JE, 1906). OCLC: 36299433, OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Spine repaired, some edgewear, else clean copy. Good Condition Overall. (AMR- 68-10)
Stock number:41664.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv: 'olamenu., 1962.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 120 pages. In Hebrew with some Latin. First edition. English title: The history of the Jews of Busk. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Ukraine - Bus'k - history; Bus'k (Ukraine) -- ethnic relations; Jews - Poland - Busko Zdroj. OCLC lists 22 copies worldwide. "Gelber [1891-1966] was born in Lvov, Galicia and studied at the universities of Vienna and Berlin. He served in World War I as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army; thereafter he assumed the post of general secretary of the Eastern Galician delegation of the Va'ad Le'ummi in Vienna and, subsequently, became an active participant in the Austrian Pro-Palestine Committee and first secretary of the Austrian Zionist Organization. In 1934 he immigrated to Palestine where, until his retirement in 1954, he worked in the Keren Hayesod head office in Jerusalem. His last years were devoted to Jewish scholarship, which he had pursued extensively, though not professionally, all his life. Gelber was a prolific author who published close to 1, 000 books and articles in Hebrew, German, Yiddish, and Polish on Jewish history and contemporary Jewish life, in addition to scores of articles on contemporary issues in daily newspapers. " (EJ, 2007) Good condition. (ComHist-16-2)
Stock number:22309.
$US 125.00
Imprint: London: Published By "the Zionist", 1917
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First English edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 19 pages, 22 cm. In English. Translated into English by Leon Simon. One of Ahad Ha'am's most famous essays. In it, Ahad Ha'Am focuses on the historical figure and the biblical significance of Moses. Famous quotes from this essay are: "This Moses, I say, this man of old time, whose existence and character you are trying to elucidate, matters to nobody but scholars like you. Historical truth is that, and that alone, which reveals the forces that go to mould the social life of mankind. " SUBJECTS: Moses (Biblical leader) . OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide (OCLC: 19479557) . First published as part of the in the "Selected Essays by Ahad Ha-am. " Light Wear, Very Good Condition (BIBLE-19-10)
Stock number:41073.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York: Pub. For Hechalutz Organization Of American By Scopus Publishing Company, 1943
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 78 pages, 21 cm. Holocaust-era imprint. The Biluim, or Palestine Pioneers, was a movement established in 1882 agricultural settlements in Palestine. The name comes form an acronym based on the biblical verse "House of Jacob, let us go up. " The Biluim were a response to the Russian pogroms of 1881-1884 and the anti-semitic May laws (Wikipedia) . SUBJECTS: Zionism - History. OCLC Number: 914743104. Wrappers are lightly soiled, pages are very good. (ZION2-2-36)
Stock number:41001.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Chicago: [No Publisher], 1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to. 19 pages and portrait, 31 cm. A brief biography of Chaim Weizmann featuring a beautiful pencil-drawn portrait inlaid. Chaim Azriel Weizmann was a Zionist leader and Israeli statesman who served as president of the Zionist Organization and later as the first president of Israel. He was elected on 16 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952 (Wikipedia) . SUBJECTS: Presidents -- Israel -- Biography. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide (OCLC: 5688212) . Wrappers are lightly edge worn. Small stamp on title page. (ZION2-2-31)
Stock number:40996.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Brooklyn: Zionist Organization Of American, 1942
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to, 16 pages, 30 cm. Features a letter by Franklin Roosevelt to Robert Wagner of the American Palestine Committee extolling the work of Jews in Palestine and pledging support for the Jewish National Home. The New Palestine ran from 1921-1951. SUBJECTS: Zionism -- Periodicals. Very good condition. (ZION2-1-39)
Stock number:40925.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Geneva: League Of Nations, 1931
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards. 4to. 233 pages, 32 cm. In English. Includes multiple sessions on Iraq’s emancipation, along with issues related to Palestine. Originally distributed to the council and members of the League. The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization that was initially founded in 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference, ending WWI. It’s mission was to maintain world peace (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: League of Nations - Iraq -- History -- 1921. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Danish Library, Durham U. , Canada Library) , none outside of Europe. Ex-library with usual markings. Damp stains to first few pages. Pages are browning. Contents are very good. Overall good condition. Scarce. (ZION2-1-12)
Stock number:40545.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Johannesburg: The South African Habonim Council, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo. 66 pages, 22 cm. In English. Nazi-era imprint from South Africa. Habonim Dror was on the leading Jewish Labor Zionist youth organizations. The South African movement was founded by Norman Lourie in 1929 (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Habonim Dror - Labor Zionism. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (NLSA, Msunduzi, British Lib. ) , none in the US. Ex-library with usual markings. Wrappers are loose and edge worn. Internally very good. Scarce. (ZION2-1-8)
Stock number:40503.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Boston : R. G. Badger., 1908.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
12mo. 95 pages. First edition. Play based on the life of 15th Century Jew in Brunn (Brno), Czech Republic, Israel Brunn ben Hayyim. The book's provenance is a virtual who's who of the Reform movement in America: it is the copy of Kaufman Kohler, warmly inscribed and dated (Cincinnati, Sep. 1908) to him on the front endpaper by the author, Gotthard Deutsch. The same endpaper then bears the later ownership signature of a young "Solomon B. Freehof 1932." SUBJECT (S) : Tragedies; American drama -- 20th century. Deutsch (1859-1921) was born in Moravia and studied at Breslau Jewish Theological Seminary and Vienna University. In 1891 he left Europe for Hebrew Union College. In the United States, he became an advocate of Reform Judaism, but was a moderate and "was known for his sympathies toward Orthodoxy. "(EJ) Kohler (1843-1926) was born in Bavaria and received his doctorate in 1867. "His university studies had shattered Kohler's Orthodoxy and his doctoral thesis, Der Segen Jacobs, took such a radical viewpoint that no rabbinic position was open to him. " In 1869, at the suggestion of Abraham Geiger, Kohler moved to the United States, leading congregations first in Detroit, Chicago and New York. An anti-Zionist, active member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and president of Hebrew Union College, he was a Reform leader. "[In 1885, ] replying to attacks by Alexander Kohut, he published a series of sermons entitled Backward or Forward (1885) . The outcome was his convening of the Pittsburg Conference of Reform rabbis and its adoption of a radical program on the basis of Kohler's draft. In 1903 Kohler was appointed president of Hebrew Union College and set about immediately to improve the curriculum and to bring fresh talent to the faculty. Upon his retirement, Kohler received the title of president emeritus. " (Temkin, EJ). "Freehof, [1892-1990] born in London, was taken to the United States in 1903 by his parents, who settled in Baltimore... He graduated from the University of Cincinnati and a year later was ordained at Hebrew Union College, whose faculty he then joined. After serving as a chaplain with the American forces in Europe during World War I, Freehof became professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College. In 1924 he became rabbi of Congregation Kehillath Anshe Maarav in Chicago, and in 1934 he was appointed rabbi of Congregation Rodef Shalom in Pittsburgh. He remained at Rodef Shalom until his retirement in 1966. Freehof's scholarly endeavors were largely in two fields. The first was Jewish liturgy. In 1930 he was appointed chairman of the Reform Committee on Liturgy of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, whose work led to the publication of the two-volume Union Prayer Book and the Union Home Prayer Book, both of which stressed relevance to modern life and the inclusion of contemporary material in the service. He served as President of the CCAR from 1943 to 1945. His second main interest was the development of Jewish law as displayed in the literature of the responsa and its bearing on modern Jewish practice. He was appointed head of the Responsa Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis in 1955." (EJ, 2007). Wear to boards, especially at corners and spine, but good, solid condition. (k-amr-1-1).
Stock number:20963.
$US 125.00
Imprint: [Genf, Belgium]: [Jewish Agency For Palestine. Child And Youth Immigration Bureau], 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 58 pages, 30 cm. In German. Title translates to “Knowing the Land. ” Published just after the war as Jewish refugee children were being brought to Palestine. This mimeograph publication appears to be for use in teaching those children about the land to which they are about to emigrate. “In 1929, the Palestine Zionist Executive was renamed, restructured and officially inaugurated as The Jewish Agency for Palestine by the 16th Zionist Congress, held in Zurich, Switzerland. The new body was larger and included a number of Jewish non-Zionist individuals and organizations, who were interested in Jewish settlement in Palestine. They were philanthropic rather than political, and many opposed talk of a Jewish State. With this broader Jewish representation, the Jewish Agency for Palestine was recognized by the British in 1930, in lieu of the Zionist Organization, as the appropriate Jewish agency under the terms of the Mandate (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Palestine - Middle East. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Harvard and Princeton) . Light edge wear to to wrappers. Pages browning. Good Condition. Rare (YID-41-40)
Stock number:40255.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York, Labor Zionist Organization Of America, Poale Zion, 1951
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper. 4to, 3,1,2, 8 pages [total of 14 mostly single-sided pages]; 35.5cm. A total of 4 Mimeograph publications on Poale Zion letterhead. In English. DP/Early Statehood-era public position papers on issues of the day in the first years of the Jewish state for use in the Jewish press. Eg.: "It is becoming increasingly clear that for our organnzation to play its historic role in the building of the State of Israel and the shaping of the Jewish national future, it must become a more potent force in AMerican Jewish life....It is practically impossible for any organization to occupy a position of prominence in AMerican Jewish affairs without association with some defense agency" (p. 1 of No. 10). Baruch Zuckerman, president of the Labor Zionist Organization of America, “was a leading American-Israeli zionist, one of the leading proponents of Yad Vashem, editor of Yiddishe Kempfer, and a leading figure in the Farband and Histadrut campaigns” (Wikipedia, 2016) . Dr. Berl Frymer was a prominent Labor Zionist as well, holding a variety of leadership positions. SUBJECT(S) : Labor Zionism, Politics. OCLC lists no holdings. Slight toning. Minimal markings and tears. Library stamp. creases from mailing. Very good condition. (zion-12-11A)
Stock number:40038.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Vilna : Bi-Defus Ha-Almanah Veha-Ahim Rom., 1905, 1907, 1917.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. Vi, 118, vi, 137, 235 pages. In Hebrew. Volumes 4, 5, and 12 bound together. SUBJECT(S) : Talmud Yerushalmi – criticism, textual; Talmud Yerushalmi – criticism, interpretation, etc. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Ratner (1852-1917) was a Lithuanian-born Talmud scholar. He began publishing at 16, and beginning in 1901 to publish Ahavat Tsiyon vi-Yerushalmi, eventually covering all of the Zera'im and Mo'ed from the Jerusalem Talmud. Ratner was also an early Zionist, and received Theodor Herzl in Vilna in 1903. (Preschel, EJ) Boaz Cohen's copy with his donation stamp. Pages tanned, Boaz Cohen’s notes written on fly leaf, good condition. (RAB-18-4)
Stock number:20559.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York: No Publisher [WZO?], 1962
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers, 16 pages ; 23 cm. Named Persons: Kasztner, Rezso Rudolf, 1906-1957. Grunwald, Malkiel. Hecht, Ben, 1893-1964. Perfidy. Grünwald, Malkiel. Grinvald, Malkiel. Kasztner, Rezso Rudolf, 1906-1957. A refutation of Ben Hecht's account, in his book Perfidy, of the trial of M. Grunwald before an Israeli court on the charge of criminal libel of R. Kastner. “Once in a very great while you read a book that forever changes your perspective. For me that book was Ben Hecht's Perfidy, which I devoured sometime in 1974 or '75 after it appeared on a recommended reading list issued by the Jewish Defense League, of which I was a member. Perfidy means treachery; the deliberate breaking of faith. In 1961, when Hecht published his aptly titled expose about events in the Holocaust, Hitler's war against the Jews was a repressed memory in the American Jewish consciousness. Perfidy sold well enough to go into a second edition, though by the time I procured a copy it had gone out of print and was rumored to have been blacklisted. PERFIDY IS a devastating account of how, toward the end of the Shoah, the Jews of Hungary were betrayed by Rudolf Kastner, deputy head of the Relief and Rescue Committee, an ideological affiliate of Mapai (precursor of today's Labor Party) . Hecht tells how after the Nazi invasion of Hungary in March 1944, Kastner brazenly collaborated with Dieter Wisliceny, a top aide to Gestapo Jewish Section chief Adolf Eichmann, to save the lives of cronies and family. Eichmann allowed Kastner to organize a rescue train which brought 1, 685 of these people to safety in Switzerland, in return - so goes Hecht's damning accusation - for keeping the rest of Hungarian Jewry in the dark about the fate that awaited them. He thus facilitated the Nazi genocide. Hecht charges that Kastner, despite his connections with the SS, didn't lift a finger to help Hanna Szenes, the Palestinian Jewish heroine who had parachuted into Nazi-occupied Hungary on a rescue mission. Perhaps most damning of all: After the war, Kastner testified on behalf of SS officer Kurt Becher (a Nazi he'd been dealing with) , though Becher had taken part in the genocide of Hungarian Jewry. With all this under his belt, Hecht wrote, Kastner eventually wound up in Israel vying for a spot on the Mapai Party's Knesset list. “ (Jager, 2007) . Ben Hecht (1894 – 1964) “was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist… He became an active Zionist shortly before the Holocaust began in Germany, and wrote articles and plays about the plight of European Jews” (Wikipedia 2018) . OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. OCLC: 16637712. Good Condition, yellowing along edges and minor staining on front cover. (Zion-16-7)
Stock number:39933.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv: Rozhan Organization And Sigalit Publishing House,, 1977
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition, original cloth, 8vo. 518 + 96 pages. In Hebrew and Yiddish with an English section. “Eight years have gone by since we first began preparations for this book on the Jewish community of Rozhan, until at long last it can be published now. It was a great effort made by a number of people devoted to the weighty and difficult task to erect a fitting memorial to our community. It is what other communities of Israel have done and no doubt it is the right thing to do for the people of the book. Rozhan was no different from other Jewish townships in Poland that are no more, but to us, who were born and grew up there, she has something unique. It is not only the landscape, the topographic situation on the high bank of the River Narew. It was also the Jews, who had been living at the place for generations, rebuilding it stubbornly and assiduously many times. In fact after each of the many wars that swept over the region, that lies on the road from Russia to Warsaw. Those were homely Jews of all social strata, orthodox and freethinkers, Zionists and anti-Zionists. Above all we have at heart the Jewish youth of Rozhan that took upon itself the task to redeem the world and the nation - and only few of them have reached the final haven of rest here in Israel, while others, of the few who did survive, have found shelter in the West and built their homes there. It is the intention of this book to keep our past alive and to preserve the shining memory of those who lived and were active there, to show that they were not anonymous and to describe their striving and struggling to maintain a definitely Jewish, religious, social and political existence. This book wants to tell future generations how the Jews of Rozhan created Jewish life in the midst of a hostile environment, how they built for themselves the framework of a society and filled it with deep-rooted national values, how they created their own institutions, that were able impose their authority - after democratically arrived at decisions with no governmental powers behind them. The book also wants to keep alive the old Jewish spirit maintained by our people everywhere, the rule ‘Jews stand by each other’ that found its expression in individual help as well as in organized assistance such as various mutual funds. The book is also meant as a memorial to the tragedy of our people. Jews of Rozhan had to run for their lives during the very first days of the war, and one after the other they fell as victims on the bloodstained roads of Poland. Some survived after having passed through the hell of exile in the vastness of Russia and Siberia and back; only a few were lucky enough to reach Israel and to build new homes here. The book contains about 600 pages and it reflects a collective effort. It was not easy to obtain the material, as there are next to no writers among our people. So we had to apply to as many of our townsfolk as possible in order to make them talk or write - those who did write were a minority and most contributions were given orally and had to be taken down. We endeavoured to get in touch with as many as possible and to give a rounded out picture of the town, its history, people and folklore, but we feel that in spite of all our efforts we could not note everything worth remembering. All we can say is that we have done our best to present a many-sided picture of everything that was human and Jewish and good. ” (from English preface) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Poland -- Ro´z? An -- History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) . Ethnic relations.
Stock number:39885.
$US 125.00
Imprint: London: Radikal Pub. Ko., 1907
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Period boards. 8vo. 333 pages. 23 cm. Features tissued plates of such personalities as Uriel Akosta and Baruch Spinoza. In Yiddish. Title translates to "Dreamers of the Ghetto. ” Israel Zangwill was a prolific author and early Cultural Zionist, a close associate of Theodor Herzl, although he later rejected the idea of a Jewish state in Palestine and became a proponent of the Territorial movement. Zangwill's work earned him the nickname "the Dickens of the Ghetto". Comprised of six sections: 1. A kind fun der gheto, 2. Yosef der troyer, 3. Uriel Akosta, 4. Barukh Spinoza, 5. Der terkisher mesieh, and 6. Der Bal shem. SUBJECTS: Jewish diaspora -- Fiction. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Ex-library with minimal markings. Some wear to boards. Binding repair. Some foxing, dirt, and edgewear to pages, Overall Good Condition (YID-27-19A)
Stock number:39749.
$US 125.00
Binding: Hardcover
Leipzig: Robert Friese, 1879. Half cloth; 12mo. Vi, 164 pages. In German. Bibliographical citations. Errata. Gronemann was rabbi at Danzig and a Zionist. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish law. Title Subject: Bible. O. T. Pentateuch. Aramaic. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Usual age staining. Hinges weak; backstrip peeling. Text in very good condition. (GER-1-27)
Stock number:16453.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv, 1942
Binding: Paperback
Tel Aviv: Hitachduth Olej Germania we Olej Austria, 1942. Paper Wrappers, 12mo, 118 pages. 17 cm. In German. Born on November 17, 1895, in Cologne, Germany. Georg Landauer was a lawyer, journalist, and Zionist leader. He was active in the Zionist youth movement Blau-Weiss and the student organization Kartell Jüdischer Verbindungen. He was a founder of the German branch of Ha-Poel Ha-Zair. Georg Landauer became director of the Berlin Palestine Office in 1925 and in 1929 of the Zionist Federation of Germany. After his emigration to Palestine in 1934, he was involved in politics in the Yishuv, especially as founder of Aliyah Hadasha, a party based in the German immigrant community, and in Aliyah and absorption matters, particularly as financial director of Youth Aliyah. Georg Landauer served twenty years (1934-1954) as a managing director of the Jewish Agency Central Bureau for the Settlement of German Jews. After the Second World War ended Georg Landauer was involved in negotiating for reparations and restitution of the property of German Jews in Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1953 and died in New York City on February 4, 1954. (Leo Baeck Institute) SUBJECT(S) : Zionism. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Stanford, Princeton, NYPL, OSU, Oxford) . Very Good Condition.. (G-1-3)
Stock number:15960.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York City : American Society For The Advancement Of The Hebrew Institute Of Technology In Haifa, 1944-1954
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers with black-and-white photographs. 4to. About 8 pages; 28 cm. Holocaust- and DP-era issues. The Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, “is a public research university in Haifa, Israel. Established in 1912 under the Ottoman Empire and more than 35 years before the State of Israel, the Technion is the oldest university in the country. The university offers degrees in science and engineering, and related fields such as architecture, medicine, industrial management and education. It has 19 academic departments, 60 research centers and 12 affiliated teaching hospitals. Since its founding, it has awarded more than 100, 000 degrees and its graduates are cited for providing the skills and education behind the creation and protection of the State of Israel” (Wikipedia 2017) . Includes black-and-white photographs and articles about the university such as “An Engineer Looks at Palestine, ” “Toward a Jordan Valley Authority, ” and “Israel’s Need for Technological Manpower Stressed by Harman at Builders’ Luncheon. ” “During my stay in Palestine a few years ago, I had occasion to visit the Institute and to come in contact with some of the teachers and students, and my experience altogether in Palestine made me conscious of the great part which the Institute played in the process of developing the new Jewish settlement. Then already many of the graduates were either in the service of the government of Palestine or connected with civic or industrial enterprises all over the country. ” Part of a series that began in 1941 and lasted until 1955 of Technion periodicals published at varying frequencies. SUBJECT(S) : Technion, Technology, Israel, Periodicals. OCLC lists 5 holdings worldwide (Yale, Libr of Congress, Cleveland Pub Libr, Harvard, HUC) . Some edgewear and toning. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Very minimal staining. Very good condition. (HOLO2-134-32)
Stock number:38417.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Berlin: Ayanot, 1923
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 8 pages, 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Ayanot’s New Release: for the 13th Zionist Congress in Carlsbad in 1923.” A publishing catalog for the small publishing firm founded by famed Jewish philosopher, Simon Rawidowicz in 1922. The catalog was printed specially for the 13th Zionist Congress (in which the Jewish Agency was conceived) and was presumably used as a marketing tool. They published more than a dozen titles during their first three years, many of which are featured in this catalog. Chaim Nahman Bialik, who was friends with Rawidowicz in Berlin, opposed the publishing house because it competed with Devir Publishing house, of which he was the editor-in-chief. (Myers, 2014) . Rawidowicz would go on to serve as chair of the Department of Near-Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. SUBJECTS: Jewish publishing. OCLC does not list any copies. Binding is starting. Edgewear to wrappers and browning pages. Otherwise Good Condition. Rare (ZION-13-50)
Stock number:38345.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Jerusalem : [Publisher Unknown], 1906
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original paper wrappers rebound in period boards. 8vo. 74 pages ; 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “The Land of Israel Today and Onwards. € Meyouhas (1868-1942) was a popular figure during the Yishuv. He wrote extensively Muslims of Palestine. The Meyouhas’ are a Jerusalem Sephardi family that has produced notable rabbis and merchants in Jerusalem for hundreds of years. SUBJECTS: Palestine -- Description and travel. OCLC lists one copy worldwide (JTS) . Ex-library with usual markings. Good- Condition. Scarce. (ZION-14-29).
Stock number:38019.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Hanania Bros., N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No date (1920s? ) . First edition. Original paper envelope with red and black font. 9x12 cm. A set with 18 of the original 24 fabulous black-and-white photos of sites, scenery, and people in Jerusalem. Photo subjects include “The Manger-Where Jesus was born, ” “Olive-oil is our important industry, ” and “Fellahin of Palestine. ” Includes content card with the number and title of each photograph as well as a French receipt of some kind. SUBJECT(S) : Photographs, Jerusalem. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Some tears, folds, and stains to envelope, but none to photos. Pencil mark that does not affect text. Slight toning of photographs and French document. Pencil number on back of each photograph. Envelope good condition, contents very good condition. Rare. (zion-12-26) .
Stock number:37976.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York,young Judea, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers in greens and white with illustration of a man and a woman on a farm in Israel. 8vo. 30 pages; 22 cm. A fabulously illustrated Holocaust-era fiction story for young adults about new immigrants to Kibbutz Degania. “In this story of Degania there is a combination of fiction and information based on research. The research for the entire series was done by the writer of the Foreword, while the story was developed and executed by Judith Ish-Kishor. ” Judith Ish-Kishor was “a pioneering writer of Jewish children’s literature in English” (Wikipedia, 2016) . No. 1 in a series of 5 stories. SUBJECT(S) : Kibbutzim, Juvenile fiction, Manners and customs. OCLC lists 3 holdings worldwide (NYPL, Yale, UPenn) , none outside the northeast. Slight toning. Hebrew stamp and minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Very good condition. (zion-12-24)
Stock number:37974.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York: Jewish National Fund Of America, 1936
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. 12mo. Original Blue and White Illustrated Paper Wrappers. Illustration depicts a group of Jewish Farmers walking through an arch to reach an oasis in Jerusalem. 10 pages ; 21 cm. Hitler-era solicitation for American Jews from the JNF. Provides a brief history of the National Fund’s Accomplishments and gives a list of 26 reasons to support ongoing Zionist activities. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Palestine. OCLC lists just one holding worldwide (Harvard) . Slight wear to top of the front wrapper. Otherwise very good condition. Scarce. (zion-10-48)
Stock number:37885.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Washington, D. C. : The Organization, N.D.
Binding: Hardback
Original Illustrated Purple Wrappers Illustrated with a Full-Page photo of a Jewish Scientist looking at a Microscope in front of a superimposed photo of the Temple Mount. 8vo. Holocaust-era Pamphlet folded into 4 of pages of text; 23 cm. From the series “Facts You Should Know About Zionism, ” which was printed in different iterations by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) during and after World War II with slightly altered text, and with different imagery. Includes an authorized statement from President Truman, “The President authorized us to say that he is carrying out the policies of President Roosevelt, that we knew what President Roosevelt’s policy regarding Palestine has been…” Includes many photographs of Jews in the Holy Land throughout. Interestingly, the cover photograph of the temple mount is probably from an earlier date and shows the Dome in a fairly barren landscape. It was probably used because the juxtaposition between the older photo and the modern scientist created a better effect of the old and new mixing in Jerusalem. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism. OCLC listings are unclear, but with a maximum of 3 copies worldwide (Harvard, U. Chicago, UT Austin) Slight wear. Markings on cover. Otherwise about very good condition. (zion-10-46)
Stock number:37883.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Jewish National Fund, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
no date [1941-1944]1st Edition. Original Illustrated Paper Wrappers. 4 pages ; 23 cm. Holocaust-era solicitation from the Jewish National Fund: “We come to your doorstep with a simple but urgent plea: ‘Grant us a minute of your time! Accept into your home the Blue-White Box of the Jewish National Fund! ’” Cover art depicts a scene steeped in the 20th century American Sublime Aesthetic. A man in a hat greets a woman at her doorstep with the holding the Blue-White box at his side. On another illustration inside an assimilated American Jewish couple embraces as a man points out Palestine to them on a map. Underneath the illustration reads, “One Place on God’s Earth Which the Jewish People Can Call its Own. ” And “A Coin a Day will Provide More Land More Food for More People. ” Also includes photographs from Palestinian settlements and an update from the JNF on the settlement of refugees in Palestine: “scores of thousands of Jewish refugees from the zones of war and oppression have found new hope and life in Palestine. ” Pamphlet is highly stylized and includes a cutout of the letters “JNF” on the back-cover. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Slight wear but overall in very good condition. (zion-10-39) xx
Stock number:37873.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York: Zionist Organization Of America, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Wrappers Illustrated with Photo of Ha’am. 6 pages ; 23 cm. A short literary biography of the founder of Ha’am, the founder of cultural Zionism, published by the Zionist Organization of America in 1938. SUBJECT (S) : Zionists -- Biography. Very rare. OCLC lists just 3 copies worldwide. (Brandeis, Harvard, Gratz) , none in New York. Slight wear to wrappers, with a small mark. About very good condition. (zion-10-32)
Stock number:37866.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Berlin, Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael (Jud. Nationalfonds E. V. ), 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. 8vo. 5 pages; 20.5 cm. Original illustrated paper wrappers with large black-and-white photograph of sheep and mountains. Written in German with German and Hebrew titles. Translates to English as “To Galilee! ” Includes fabulous black-and-white photographs of Jewish immigrants dancing and farming. Hitler-era pamphlet depicting Jewish settlers in the Galilee and asking for donations to purchase land in that region. “‘God will rebuild Galilee’ So sing the Chaluzim- but we must acquire the land! ” Part of the Series: Palästina-Bildbericht der Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael. SUBJECT (S) : Immigration, Palestine, German. OCLC lists one holding worldwide (Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) . Some folds and minimal markings. Good + condition. Scarce. (zion-11-60)
Stock number:37839.
$US 125.00
Imprint: London, Jewish Agency For Palestine, 1930
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original blue paper wrappers. 8vo. 23 pages; 21.5 cm. No. 6 in the series “Palestine Papers. ” An succinct description of the Jewish achievements in Palestine divided into 13 sections including “Agricultural Colonisation, ” “Afforestation, ” “Educational Activities, ” and “Public Health Work. ” Illustrated with 16 stunning black-and-white photographs with captions of both people and scenery. “For a thousand years the Arabs, except for the period in which it was held by the Crusaders, made nothing of the country, and the Turks could show them no better way. Economically, the land was as barren as a chapel floor until the Jews made their modern reappearance. Always there have been Jews in the country, but the old generation of Jews consecrated their lives to prayer and pious study and did nothing to assist its development, but rather cherished its backwardness and poverty. The modern spirit in Palestine is entirely Zionist. ” Includes advertisements for other Jewish works and a description of the entire “Palestine Papers” series. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism, Palestine, Jewish settlement. OCLC lists 21 holdings worldwide. Very minimal markings. Very good + condition. (zion-11-43)
Stock number:37822.
$US 125.00
Imprint: London, Jewish Agency For Palestine, 1930
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original blue paper wrappers. 8vo. 14 pages; 21.5cm. No.5 in the series “Palestine Papers. ” A detailed analysis of the economic status of Arabs before and after Jewish immigration into Palestine. Divided into 15 sections including “Economic Grievances of the Arabs, ” “How Jews Have Enriched Arabs, ” “Proofs of Arab Prosperity, ” and “If Immigration and Settlement Diminished. ” Includes several tables. “We see then that the Arabs have obtained as a gift, and without any productive work on their own part, a capital reserve of 30 to 50 million pounds, or even more. ” Includes full page advertisement for another Jewish work as well as a description of the entire “Palestine Papers” series. SUBJECT (S) : Economic history, Palestinian Arabs, Finances. OCLC lists 17 holdings worldwide. Very minimal markings. Very good + condition. (zion-11-42)
Stock number:37821.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Boston, New England Zionist Region, Speakers’ Bureau, 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers in blue, black, and white. 8vo. 15 pages; 23 cm. Here, the New England Zionist Region provides a list of qualified Zionist speakers for Zionist District presidents and program chairmen to book at their meetings, programs, and events. They dedicate the pamphlet to “Prophet and Founder of Zionism Dr. Theodor Herzl on the 50th anniversary of the founding of modern Zionism. ” Includes 11 pages of detailed biographies of Zionist speakers with black-and-white photographs including prominent New England rabbis, lawyers, and doctors, a who’s who of Zionism in New England that drills down beyond the usual star players. Includes advice on planning programs such as “If entertainment features like moving pictures, musical presentations, or community singing are provided as the first items on a program that begins on time, your audience will learn to arrive on time as if they were attending a local theater. ” SUBJECT (S) : Zionism. OCLC lists one holding worldwide (Harvard) . Some dampstaining . Good+ condition. Rare. (zion-11-12)
Stock number:37761.
$US 125.00
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Imprint: Jewish Religious Union, 1909
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 8 pages ; 21cm. In English. “Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore (1858 - 1938) was son of Nathaniel Montefiore, and the great-nephew of Sir Moses Montefiore. He was the intellectual founder of Anglo-Liberal Judaism and the founding president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, a scholar of the Hebrew Bible, rabbinic literature and New Testament, an influential anti-Zionist leader in the communal body, the Anglo-Jewish Association, and an educator. He was a significant figure in the contexts of modern Jewish religious thought, Jewish-Christian relations, and Anglo-Jewish socio-politics. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons, English -- Great Britain. Reform Judaism -- Great Britain. Jewish sermons, English. OCLC lists just 4 copies worldwide (NYPL, UCLA, HUC, UT Austin) . Slight foxing. Minor edgewear. About very good condition. (AMR-49-41)
Stock number:37661.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Berlin; Itzkowski, 1919
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 35 pages ; 20 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to, “This Historical Moment: Reflections on Jewish Current Affairs. ” SUBJECTS: Jews— Political and Social Condiions – Jews in Germany. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Univ Bibl Johann Christian Senckenberg & Int Inst Of Social Hist) , none in the United States. Ex-library with stamp on cover and usual markings. Cover slightly torn at edges. Good condition. (ZION-10-8)
Stock number:36918.
$US 125.00
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Imprint: New York; Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, 1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 1 page with cover and back cover. This is the program for Congregation B’nai Jeshurun’s 125th anniversary. “Founded in 1825, Bnai Jeshurun was the second synagogue founded in New York and the third-oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in the United States. The synagogue was founded by a coalition of young members of congregation Shearith Israel and immigrants and the descendants of immigrants from the German and Polish lands. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) The program for the 125th anniversary includes an address from the congregation’s rabbi, Israel Godstein. “Goldstein (1896 – 1986) … was head of the New York Board of Rabbis, the Jewish National Fund, and the Zionist Organization of America. (He) helped found the National Conference of Christians and Jews (and Brandeis University) . ” (Wikipedia, 2016) OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Some edgewear, otherwise in about very good condition. (MUSIC-7-13)xx
Stock number:36868.
$US 125.00
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Imprint: Berlin: Hechaluz, 1933
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Paper wrappers. 12mo. 198 pages. First edition. In German. Beilinson was a Hebrew writer, journalist and a chief spokesman of the labor movement in Erez Israel. Originally a Russian socialist and in 1924 moved to Petah Tivkah. Originally he wrote in Russian but soon switched to Hebrew (Getzel Kressel, EJ) . SUBJECT(S) : Zionism; Palestinian Arabs; Jewish-Arab Relations; Jews-Palestine. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Paper browning but good and solid, stain on title page, Light wear to covers, Good condition. (ZION-9-10A)
Stock number:36013.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York; Youth Zionist Organization Of America, 1940
Binding: Pamphlet
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Wraps. 12mo. 19 pages. 20 cm. Holocaust-era imprint, the final of 5 annual brochures issued. With frontispiece portrait of Theodor Herzl. Contains the Masada Program, a history of Zionism and Palestine, the Zionist movement, the Masada youth movement, Masada aims and activities, the history of the Masada movement. Contains 14 illustrations. “February 1940” - cover. Program of the Masada Zionist Youth Movement, updated and issued yearly between 1936 and 1940. Subjects: Zionism. Masada. Jews, American. Jewish religious education. OCLC lists 3 copies (JTSA, Harvard, Natl Libr Israel) . Light wear to wraps, previous owners signature on front wrap, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (ZION-8-18)
Stock number:35664.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York; Zionist Organisation Of America, Education Department, 1928
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 4to. 8, [1] pages. 28 cm. First separate edition. Reprint from the Palestine Review, May 27, 1928. Mimeographed typewritten single sided printing. Essays on partisanship and sectarianism in the Zionist movement, especially that of the labor zionist and mizrachi tendencies. Points out numerous instances of general and specific sectarianism, internally and externally to each tendency as manifested principally amongst youth members and the curriculum of zionist materials and approaches in the school movement. Subjects: Jews - Education - United States. Jews - Education. United States. OCLC lists only 1 copy (Harvard) . Scarce. Wraps soiled, with bumped edges. Otheriwse clean. Good + condition. (ZION-7-30)
Stock number:35608.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York, N. Y. ; Hebrew Educators Committee For Palestine, 1942
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 8 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Holocaust-era biography of Joseph Trumpeldor, written for a children's audience. Joseph Trumpeldor (1880–1920) , soldier, symbol of pioneering and armed defense in Erez Israel. Subjects: Trumpeldor, Joseph, 1880-1920. Jewish children's stories - United States. OCLC lists two copies (Harvard, HUC) , none in New York. Faint institutional stmap on wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-8)
Stock number:35585.
$US 125.00
Imprint: [Sao Paulo]; Organizacao Sionista Unificada Do Brasil, 1949
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 4to. 48 pages. 27 cm. First edition. In Portuguese. Published May, 1949, to commemorate the first anniversary of Israel Independence Day. 'Retrospective Exposition' of the struggle for a Zionist State and the Zionist movement in Brazil. Profusely illustrated throughout. Subjects: Israel - History. Israel - Relations - Brazil. Brazil. OCLC lists 1 copy (Harvard) . Scarce. Wraps soiled, bumped edges, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-6-45)
Stock number:35572.
$US 125.00
Imprint: [Boston]; American Jewish Congress, 1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. [8] pages. 21 cm. First edition. “An address delivered by the Hon. Sumner Welles in Boston on May 19th 1947, under the auspices of the American Jewish Congress, New England Region. ” Address by Sumner Welles, former Under-Secretary of State, in support of a Jewish State in Palestine. Contains stapled membership application for the American Jewish Congress on verso of front wrap. Subjects: American Jewish Congress – Boston – Sumner Welles. OCLC lists 2 copies (Michigan, Harvard) , none in New York. Light edge wear, otherwise clean. Very good condition. Scarce. (ZION-6-36) xx
Stock number:35563.
$US 125.00
Imprint: Wurzburg, N. Philippi, 1905
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
8vo 8" - 9" tall; Period Cloth, 8vo, 480 pages. In German. "Unter Mitwirkung von Autoritäten aller Konfessionen hrsg. Von Lazar Schön." Scarce, F. Von. Judaea (gedicht) --Geleitwort des herausgebers. --Zum programm des zionismus. --Palästinafragen. --Stimmen über dr, Theodor Herzl. --Für und wider den zionismus. --Christliche stimmen über den zionismus. --Zionismus und kultur. --Zionismus und religion. --Der zionismus und die frauen. --Zur geschichte des zionismus. --Zionistiche literatur. --Vermischtes. Some spotting to cloth, Very Good Condition (HOLO2-98-32A), LBI 12/12
Stock number:35112.
$US 125.00
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Imprint: Tel Aviv; Sh. Zaltsman, 1936
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 340 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. 'Diaspora and Assimilation. ' With frontispiece portrait of Jabotinsky. Ketuvim nivharim, kerekh 1. Volume one of a projected three volumes (published 1936-1945) of Jabotinsky's collected writings. Most of the articles were written in Russian and translated to Hebrew by other authors. Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880–1940) , Zionist activist, soldier, orator, writer and poet; founder of the Jewish Legion during World War I. Subjects: Zionism. Jewish diaspora. Minorities. Jews - Cultural assimilation. OCLC lists 22 copies. Light wear to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (ZION-4-14)
Stock number:34683.
$US 125.00
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Imprint: New York; American Jewish Committee., 1946
Binding: Pamphlet
Hole punched in period folder. 4to. 29cm. 28, xiv pages. Single-sided mimeographed pages. Summary report of the annual meeting of the Community Activities Department of the American Jewish Committee. Topics discussed include, budget, administrative tasks, community service, public education, legislation, and foreign affairs. Small American Jewish Committee library stamp on inside cover. Light shelf wear. Very good condition. (AJC-14)
Stock number:34614.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York; Lipa Feingold., 1926
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original wraps. 4to. 4 pages. 31 cm. First edition. In Hebrew and romanized Hebrew. Hebrew Hymn. Dedicated to the opening of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Words by Prof. G. Zelikowitch “ (Getsl Zelikovitsh; 1855–1926) , Yiddish and Hebrew writer and scholar. Born in Rietavas (Riteve) , Lithuania (in 1855, as Z. Goldberg clarifies) , he studied Semitics and Egyptology at the University of Paris. For a while he worked at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and, in 1885, accompanied Lord Kitchener as a translator on his expedition to relieve General Gordon at Khartoum. In 1887, after traveling in Turkey, Greece, Italy, and North Africa, he reached the U. S. , where he briefly lectured on Egyptology at the University of Pennsylvania and at the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia. He then settled in New York and became active as a Yiddish journalist. In 1890 he joined the Yiddish Tageblat, where be remained with short interruptions until his death, writing scholarly articles and serial fiction. His weekly column "Literatur un Lomdes" ("Literature and Learning") reviewed important works of Jewish scholarship. He contributed to the Jewish Encyclopaedia and to the Hebrew encyclopedia O? Ar Yisrael ("Treasure of Israel") . His most important contributions to Hebrew literature are his ? Iyyurey Massa ("Travel Portraits, " 1910) , a description of his journey in Ethiopia, and Torat Budha ("Buddha's Teaching, " 1922) , a translation into biblical Hebrew of Buddha's sayings. He also translated into Hebrew part of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Among his publications are Literarishe Brif ("Literary Letters, " 1909) ; an Arabic-Yiddish textbook (1918) ; and Geklibene Shriftn ("Collected Writings, " 1913) , consisting of stories, sketches, poems, and critical essays. He was a pioneer feminist, a satiric feuilletonist, and an author of erotic and sensationalist fiction. ” (EJ 2008) Subjects: Songs, Hebrew. Wraps soiled, edges worn, institutional marks on cover, otherwise clean. Good - condition. (MUSIC-3-29)
Stock number:33270.
$US 125.00
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Imprint: Berlin; "devir", 1924
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XII, 287 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. 'History of Hebrew Music'. Music notation and theory throughout, with fold out charts at end. Vol. 1; no more published. “In 1921 I decided to go to Europe to publish my works. I took my family with me. I arrived for the Zionist Congress in Carlsbad, where Dr. V. Jacobsohn, then head of the 'Juedischer Verlag, ' bought my manuscripts of 'Sepher Hashirim, ' and Bialik encouraged me to write a history of Jewish Music, the first volume of which he published in the 'D’vir, ' the other four volumes remained in Ms. Up to date. Upon sending the second volume, Bialik wrote me... 'Your first volume is still lying in our store, only a few copies are sold…we have no courage to print the second one. '” (My Life: A Sketch by A. Z. Idelsohn; first published in Jewish Music Journal 2, no.2 (1935) : 8-11) . Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (1882-1938) , Jewish cantor, composer, founder of the modern study of the history of Jewish music, and one of the first important ethnomusicologists. Bound in brown cloth with gilt title, decorative endpages. Subjects: Jews - Music - History and criticism. Light rubbing to cloth edges, pages lightly aged, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (MUSIC-2-20)
Stock number:33204.
$US 125.00
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Imprint: Jerusalem; Jewish Agency For Palestine, Azriel Press, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Wrappers, inside period folder. 4to. 12 pages. 27cm. First edition. Errata slip pasted in on page 11. 15 tables detailing statistics of Jewish population distribution, migration and agricultural output. Presumably an accompanying piece to the memorandum submitted by the Jewish Agency for Palestine recommending the resettlement of Jewish refugees in the British Mandate of Palestine. Subjects: Evian Conference (1938) . Demography -- Jews. Jews -- Statistics. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. (Brandeis, Johns Hopkins, Ohio State, Hebrew Univ. , Kinneret, Natl. Libr. Of Israel, Tel Aviv Univ. , Ben Gurion Univ. , Univ. Of Haifa. ) , none in New York. Spine rebacked, and loose inside stiff paper period folder. Small library stamps on front and inside of front wrapper. Previous reinforcement and repairs done to covers. Wrappers missing top and bottom fore edge cover corners. Externally fair. Internally, text and pages in very good condition. (HOLO2-109-10), BJPA
Stock number:32238.
$US 125.00
Imprint: New York,, 1936
Stapled. 10 pages. 28 cm. Holocaust-era hand typed sermon by Rabbi Louis I. Newman for the congregation at Rodeph Sholom. Newman was an assistant to Rabbi Stephen Wise at the Free Synagogue in 1917. He served at the Bronx Free Synagogue, Temple Israel in New York City, Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco, and Temple Rodeph Sholom in New York City. He was active in the Zionist Revisionist movement, championing Zionism as primarily a political movement and the necessity of the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine. He was the chairman of the Palestine Mandate Defense Fund and honorary chairman of the Revisionist Tel Hai Fund and the American Friends of a Jewish Palestine. Dated at top of first sheet. Pages are slightly darkened with a crease through the middle, and a small tear on one page, but all text is clear. Very good condition. Unique. (HOLO2-41-18), OK 06/12
Stock number:26673.
$US 125.00
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Imprint: Baltimore; H. F. Siemers, 1886
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Later Boards 8vo. XXIV, 498 pages. 24 cm. 1st edition. In Hebrew, with two color illustrations; commentary in Rashi type. Long warm inscripion in Hebrew and Germany from "The Author" [Der Verfasser] Szold's Commentary on Job' (Baltimore, 1886) , written in classical Hebrew and conceived in an original and deeply Jewish spirit, attests the accuracy of his scholarship. ” - 1906 JE. “This commentary on Job was both the first volume of Biblical exegesis as well as the first scientific work published by a Jew in America. ” - Goldman, #197, Hebrew Printing in America. “Benjamin Szold was born in Hungary in 1829. After becoming a rabbi, Szold led Congregation Oheb Shalom in Baltimore, shaping it into a leading U. S. Congregation. Szold was a Zionist, communal leader, and Hebraist. He was the father of Henrietta Szold, herself a leading Zionist. Benjamin Szold died in 1902.” - A Finding Aid to the Benjamin Szold Papers. 1855-1902. Subjects: Commentaries. Bible. Job – Commentaries. Spine chipped. Ex-Library with usual markings. Inscription page seperating at binding with old stain, trimmed close. Otherwise Very good condition. (BIBLE-13-30B)
Stock number:40862.
$US 120.00
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Imprint: Baltimore; H. F. Siemers, 1886
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Period boards. 8vo. XXIV, 498 pages. 24 cm. 1st edition. In Hebrew, with two color illustrations; commentary in Rashi type. Szold's Commentary on Job' (Baltimore, 1886) , written in classical Hebrew and conceived in an original and deeply Jewish spirit, attests the accuracy of his scholarship. ” - 1906 JE. “This commentary on Job was both the first volume of Biblical exegesis as well as the first scientific work published by a Jew in America. ” - Goldman, #197, Hebrew Printing in America. “Benjamin Szold was born in Hungary in 1829. After becoming a rabbi, Szold led Congregation Oheb Shalom in Baltimore, shaping it into a leading U. S. Congregation. Szold was a Zionist, communal leader, and Hebraist. He was the father of Henrietta Szold, herself a leading Zionist. Benjamin Szold died in 1902.” - A Finding Aid to the Benjamin Szold Papers. 1855-1902. Subjects: Commentaries. Bible. Job – Commentaries. Spine chipped. Ex-Library with usual markings. Otherwise Very good condition. (BIBLE-13-30A)
Stock number:37576.
$US 120.00
Imprint: New York: Published For The Free Synagogue By Bloch Pub. Co. ,, 1917
Softcover, 137-150 pages, 12mo, 18 cm. Series: Free Synagogue pulpit ; vol. 4, no. 9. “Wise was born in Budapest in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son and grandson of rabbis…. In 1900 he launched his career as the rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel in Portland, Oregon; typical of the activists of the Progressive Era, he attacked ‘many of the social and political ills of contemporary America. ’ In 1893, he was appointed assistant to Rabbi Henry S. Jacobs of the Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, New York City, and later in the same year, minister to the same congregation. In 1906, concerning another rabbinical appointment, Wise made a major break with the established Reform movement over the ‘question whether the pulpit shall be free or whether the pulpit shall not be free, and, by reason of its loss of freedom, reft of its power for good’; in 1907 he established his Free Synagogue, starting the ‘free Synagogue’ movement. Rabbi Wise was an early supporter of Zionism, and his support for, and commitment to Political Zionism was very atypical of Reform Judaism, which was historically and decidedly non-Zionist since the Pittsburgh Platform in 1885. He was a founder of the New York Federation of Zionist Societies in 1897, and led in the formation of the national Federation of American Zionists (FAZ) , a forerunner of the Zionist Organization of America. At the Second Zionist Congress (Basel, 1898) , he was a delegate and secretary for the English language. Wise served as honorary secretary of FAZ, in close cooperation with Theodor Herzl until the latter's death in 1904. Wise, joining U. S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and others laid the groundwork for a democratically elected nationwide organization of 'ardently Zionist' Jews, 'to represent Jews as a group and not as individuals'. In 1918, following national elections, this Jewish community convened the first American Jewish Congress in Philadelphia's historic Independence Hall” (Wikipedia, 2010) . SUBJECT(S) : Discrimination in employment. Jews -- Employment. Cover title. Slight yellowing of pages. Otherwise, very good condition. (mx-31-11)
Stock number:25572.
$US 120.00
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Imprint: Berlin; M. Popelauer, 1914
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Clothbound. 8vo. V, 208 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In German, with one sermon in Hebrew. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Title translates as: “Commemoration Volume for Prof. Dr. Maybaum: on his 70th Birthday (29 April 1914) dedicated by his students. ” Contents include Sermons and Treaties, specifically: Sabbath and festival homilies, Sermons and speeches on various occasions, Treatises. “Sigmund Maybaum (1844–1919) , rabbi and lecturer on homiletics. Born in Miskolc, Hungary, Maybaum studied at the yeshivot of Eisenstadt (under I. Hildesheimer ) and Pressburg (Bratislava) and at the university and rabbinical seminary of Breslau. He officiated as rabbi in Dolni-Kubin, Hungary (1870–73) , and Zatec, Bohemia (1873–81) . In 1881 he was called to Berlin, where from 1888 he also lectured on homiletics at the Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums. In 1903 he was appointed professor. Active in the association of rabbis in Germany, in 1897 Maybaum was among those rabbis who protested against the idea of convening the Zionist Congress in Germany. His works include Die Anthropomorphien und Anthropopathien bei Onkelos und den spaeteren Targumim (1870) , Die Entwicklung des alt-israelitischen Priestertums (1880) , Die Entwicklung des israelitischen Prophetentums (1883) , and Juedische Homiletik (1890) . His important article on the life of Leopold Zunz appeared in 1894 (in the 12th report of the Hochschule) . Maybaum was an excellent preacher and his sermons were published in several volumes. A jubilee volume was published on the occasion of his 70th birthday. ” (2007 Encyclopedia Judaica) Subjects: Judaism. Light soiling to cloth covers, with lightly bumped edges and very small tear at top of backstrip. Pages exceedingly clean and fresh, internally in near fine condition. Very good + condition. (GER-38-40)
Stock number:29042.
$US 120.00
Imprint: Baltimore: H. F. Siemers, 1886
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 498 pages, 24 cm. Sigerman 3405. Oeinard 869. In English and Hebrew. Includes illustrations. Szold's Commentary on Job' “written in classical Hebrew and conceived in an original and deeply Jewish spirit, attests the accuracy of his scholarship” (EJ, 1906) . “This commentary on Job was both the first volume of Biblical exegesis as well as the first scientific work published by a Jew in America. Benjamin Szold was born in Hungary in 1829. After becoming a rabbi, Szold led Congregation Oheb Shalom in Baltimore, shaping it into a leading U. S. Congregation. Szold was a Zionist, communal leader, and Hebraist. He was the father of Henrietta Szold, herself a leading Zionist (Szold Papers) . SUBJECTS: Bible. Job — Commenataries. Ex-library with usual markings. Boards are worn. Very good condition. (RAB-65-40)
Stock number:40690.
$US 110.00
Imprint: New York; Education Department, Zionist Organization Of America, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 12 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Nazi-era publication on the revival of Hebrew and a survey of Hebrew literature and the press. Discusses specialized areas of study in history, biography, literary criticism, reprinting medieval classics, translations; the specialties of Hebrew writers (terror and gloom, romanticism) . Contains three tables displaying the number of Hebrew books sold in Palestine and exported elsewhere. Subjects: Literature. Hebrew literature - Israel. OCLC lists 4 copies (NYPL, Natl Libr Israel, Harvard, HUC) . Light soiling to wraps. Previous owners name and stamp on front wrap, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (ZION-8-22) xx
Stock number:35668.
$US 110.00
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Imprint: [New York; Federation Of American Zionists, [1906?]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original paper wrappers. 12mo. 15 pages. 17 cm. 1st edition thus. “Reprinted from The American Hebrew, December 28th 1906 by the Federation of American Zionists. ” Text describing the early ideas of Zionism through the lens of Conservative Judaism. Solomon Schechter was an early proponent of Zionism and Conservative Judaism, scholar, educator and Rabbi. Subjects: Jews – Restoration. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Previous institution stamp on front cover, light age toning. Some edge wear, with small open tear to bottom fore edge back cover. Very good condition. (ZION-1-22)
Stock number:34730.
$US 110.00
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Imprint: Yerushalayim. Jewish National Fund, 1963
Certificate in frame with glass. In Hebrew and English. In honor of Dov Tuzman, from the parents of his students in honor of the work he does for the school. Follows the saying “Respect your teachers. ” Pictures on certificate. Text in the 4 corners, with a border. Good condition. (Art-11-19) .
Stock number:25737.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, London, Harper & Bros., 1947
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, 171 pages, illustrated some color, including maps, diagrams, 24 x 20 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Palestine. Palestine -- History -- Pictorial works. Errata slip inserted. Ex-library. Wear to edges of dust jacket. Wear to binding. Water stain inside dust jacket. Otherwise, good condition. (Art-9-12)
Stock number:25694.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia, Klonower, 1903
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, 208 pages. Krauskopf (1858-1923) was a “U. S. Reform rabbi. Krauskopf was born in Ostrowo, Prussia. He settled in the U. S. In 1872. He emigrated to join his brother who was killed on the day before his arrival. He only learned of Hebrew Union College by reading a book from a library, ostensibly to improve his English, and enrolled in 1875 in the first class of Hebrew Union College, receiving his ordination in 1883. At the College he wrote a periodical for Jewish youth entitled the Sabbath Visitor and three textbooks for religious education. After serving a congregation in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1887 Krauskopf became rabbi of the Reform Congregation Kenesseth Israel, Philadelphia, which he served for the remainder of his life. Krauskopf became a leader of radical Reform, introducing Sunday services and compiling a Service Ritual. A leading figure in the national organizations of Reform Judaism, he served as a vice president of the conference which adopted the Pittsburgh Platform in 1885, the conference which he first proposed to Kohler, and president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. He was active in work for the poor, arguing for increased sanitation and better living conditions. He proposed a program of direct contact between successful and poor Jews, an unsuccessful forerunner of Big Brother programs. A man of forceful energy, he paid attention to the need for Jewish literature, and the outcome was the foundation in 1888 of the Jewish Publication Society of America, of which he was the first honorary secretary. Impressed during a visit to Russia in 1894 by the zeal with which Jews engaged in agriculture where the Russian government allowed, he established the National Farm School at Doylestown, Pennsylvania, in 1896 "as one of the best means of securing safety and happiness to the sorely afflicted of our people. " In 1917 he was appointed to direct food conservation among Jews for the U. S. Food Administration. At first an anti-Zionist, Krauskopf modified his attitude as a result of the labors of Jewish agriculturalists in Palestine. There too he was impressed with their agricultural work and soon found himself a defender of Zionism against anti-Zionists” (Temkin in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (JTS, NYPL, Hebrew Union, Free Lib of Philadelphia) . Hinge repair. Wear to cover and binding. Bumped cover corners. Few lightly stained pages. Otherwise, very good condition. (Spec-9-9)
Stock number:25492.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Baltimore, Friedenwald Company, 1904
Binding: Paperback
Softcover, 8vo, vi, 142 pages, 23 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism. “Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis. (The writer alone is responsible for views expressed in this publication) . ” Margolis (1886-1932) was a “U. S. Biblical and Semitic scholar. Born in Russia, Margolis received a thorough training in Bible and Talmud as well as in modern sciences and languages in his native country and in Berlin. In 1889 he went to the United States. His first field of specialization was the text-criticism of the Talmud to which his dissertation was devoted. His earliest work reveals meticulous attention to detail, thorough mastery of the subject, rigorous application of the inductive method, and brilliance and solidity in the conclusions. At the end of his fellowship year at Columbia University, Margolis was invited by Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati to serve as assistant professor of Hebrew and biblical exegesis. During his incumbency he published his Elementary Textbook of Hebrew Accidence, a succinct and original contribution to Hebrew grammar and phonetics, as well as several works dealing with Reform Jewish theology. In 1897 he went to the University of California at Berkeley to teach Semitic languages and in 1905 returned to Hebrew Union College as professor of biblical exegesis. He resigned from Hebrew Union College in 1910, after he and other faculty members differed with the College president regarding educational philosophy and Zionism – Margolis was a strong Zionist. He went to Europe to complete his work on his pioneering and still classic Manual of the Aramaic Language of the Babylonian Talmud, which appeared both in English and in German. The Jewish Publication Society chose Margolis to be secretary of the Board of Editors and editor-in-chief of their new translation of the Bible into English. To this major task he devoted himself until 1917. After the translation appeared, his mimeographed Notes on the New Translation of the Holy Scriptures, which served as the basis of the work, appeared in a tome of 646 pages for private circulation. When Dropsie College was opened in Philadelphia, Margolis became professor of biblical philology, a position he occupied from 1909 until his death. Two brief popular works The Story of Bible Translations and The Hebrew Scriptures in the Making were never expanded into full-length scholarly treatments because his energies were increasingly absorbed by his vision of a truly critical edition of the Septuagint. Choosing the Book of Joshua, he collated all the existing Greek manuscripts and by dint of minute and brilliant analysis established the principal recensions of the Septuagint, which he called Palestinian, Egyptian, Syrian, Constantinopolitan, and Mixed. On the basis of these he then recreated what he regarded as the original septuagintal text. While some scholars have differed with his underlying theory as to the nature of the Greek translation, The Book of Joshua in Greek is considered a work of brilliant scholarship. In the area of septuagintal studies, he also published scores of technical papers. In the field of biblical exegesis he published a brief but valuable English commentary on Micah, Holy Scriptures with Commentary: Micah, and Hebrew commentaries on Zephaniah and Malachi in the Kahana Bible Commentary Series. The book by which he is perhaps most widely known is a one-volume A History of the Jewish People written in collaboration with Alexander Marx. Within the confines of a single volume the multitude of details of nearly 40 centuries of Jewish history were compressed with conciseness, clarity, and completeness. Moreover, the entire work is informed by a broad philosophic grasp of the subject, a rare balance and objectivity of treatment, and a warm love for the Jewish people and its heritage. ” (Gordis in EJ, 2007) Bound in period blank paper wrappers. Light wear. Otherwise, good condition. (Spec-9-4)
Stock number:25487.
$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
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: Yerushalayim: Keren Smolenskin,, 1925
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. In Hebrew. Smolenskin, (1840 or 1842–1885) , was a Hebrew novelist, an editor, and a publicist. A leading exponent of the Haskalah in Eastern Europe and an early advocate of Jewish nationalism, Smolenskin is best known for the important Hebrew monthly Ha-Shahar which he founded in 1868, and edited—12 volumes in all—until his death (EJ Patternson). Spine repaired, title page detached, hinges starting. Otherwise clean and fresh, good condition. (Heblit-1-15)
Stock number:24824.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv: Mitspeh, 1934
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 243 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century. Bergman, (1883– 1975) , was a philosopher. Bergman studied philosophy in Prague and Berlin. During his student days at Prague, he was a member of the Zionist student circle, Bar Kochba, and in 1903 began to publish articles on Zionist themes. During this period he came into contact with Martin Buber who had a lasting influence on him. From 1907 to 1919 Bergman was librarian at the University Library at Prague, except during World War I when he served in the Austrian army. In 1920 he emigrated to Palestine where he was the first director of the National and University Library, a position he held until 1935. He helped found the Histadrut ha-Ovedim and was elected a member of its executive council. (EJ, Rotenstriech) In good condition (heblit1-13)
Stock number:24822.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Ha-Histadrut Ha-Tsiyonit Ha-`olamit, Ha-Mahlakah Le-Hinukh Ule-Tarbut Toraniyim Ba-Golah,, 1953
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 267 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Philosophy, Jewish. In very good condition (Heblit1-9)
Stock number:24818.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Nyu-York: Kadimah,, 1919
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 12mo. 132 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew language. In very good condition. (HEBLIT1-1)
Stock number:24810.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Deptartment For Torah Education And Culture In The Diaspora Of The World Zionist Organisation, 1955
Softcover, 8vo, 44, 12 pages, 22 cm. In English and Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Biography. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide. Book plate on front inside cover. Wear to binding. Some pages have pencil markings. Good condition. (Rab-51-1)
Stock number:24802.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Defus Tsiyon, 1924
Binding: Hardback
(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 266 pages, 22 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim, 1488-1575. Shulhan Arukh. Yoreh deah -- Commentaries. Talmud -- Commentaries. Talmud. Hullin -- Commentaries. Zivhe Reiyah has special title page. Other Titles: Zivhe reiyah. Kook (1865-1935) was a “rabbinical authority and thinker; first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of modern Erez Israel. Born in Greiva (now Griva) , Latvia, Kook received the type of Jewish education that was customary in 19th-century Eastern Europe. At a very early age he showed independence of mind and far-reaching curiosity. Desirous to supplement his traditional education which was restricted to the study of Talmud, he undertook the study of the Bible, Hebrew language, Jewish and general philosophy, and mysticism. In 1888 he was appointed rabbi of Zaumel, and in 1895 became rabbi of Bausk (now Bauska) . In 1904 he immigrated to Erez Israel, where he served as rabbi of Jaffa and the surrounding towns. There he fostered close ties with people of all shades of opinion and belief. He identified with the Zionist movement, thus antagonizing the rabbinical establishment, and at the same time, engaged in a vigorous debate with the irreligious pioneers and laid the foundations for a Religious Zionism that did not settle for the political pragmatism of the Mizrachi (the Religious Zionist Movement) or that of Binyamin Ze’ev Theodor Herzl , the founder of the Zionist Movement, but sought to view Zionism as a process of redemption, of repentance, and of an overall Jewish renaissance. Rabbi Kook was a man of complexity whose persona unified opposing spiritual worlds: the Lithuanian Torah scholarship with the hasidic spiritual experience, a commitment to halakhah and Jewish tradition with a modern worldview and Western culture and philosophy, a tendency towards spirituality and mysticism with full involvement in the practical matters of rabbinic and public leadership. In his effort to urge traditional Jews to fulfill the Zionist ideal, he traveled to Europe in 1914 to participate in a conference of Agudat Israel. Unable to return to Erez Israel because of outbreak of World War I, Kook spent the war years 1914–18 in Switzerland and accepted a temporary position as the rabbi of the Mahzikei ha-Dat congregation in London, where he was very active in trying to influence the Jews of England to back Zionist political activity. Upon returning to Palestine after the war, Kook was appointed chief rabbi of Jerusalem, and with the formation of the chief rabbinate in 1921 he was elected the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Palestine” (Zinger and Ish-Shalom in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Hinge repair. Inner cover torn. Stain on inner cover. Chipping to cover corners and edges. Fold mark on cover. Otherwise, good condition. (Rab-44-17)
Stock number:24725.
$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
Imprint: Berlin: Rosenthal, 1893
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, 28 pages, 27 cm. In German. Contents: Die Responsen des R. Meschullam, Sohn des R. Kalonymus von Joel Muller -- Die Trauerrede an der Bahre des verewigten Docenten Herrn Dr. David Cassel von S. Maybaum -- Bericht des Curatoriums. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish learning and scholarship. Jews -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Germany. Lehranstalt fu? R die Wissenschaft des Judentums (Berlin, Germany) . Berlin (Germany) -- Learned institutions and societies. Text in German and Hebrew. Maybaum (1844-1919) was a “rabbi and lecturer on homiletics. Born in Miskolc, Hungary, Maybaum studied at the yeshivot of Eisenstadt (under I. Hildesheimer ) and Pressburg (Bratislava) and at the university and rabbinical seminary of Breslau. He officiated as rabbi in Dolni-Kubin, Hungary, and Zatec, Bohemia. In 1881 he was called to Berlin, where from 1888 he also lectured on homiletics at the Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums. In 1903 he was appointed professor. Active in the association of rabbis in Germany, in 1897 Maybaum was among those rabbis who protested against the idea of convening the Zionist Congress in Germany. His works include Die Anthropomorphien und Anthropopathien bei Onkelos und den spaeteren Targumim, Die Entwicklung des alt-israelitischen Priestertums, Die Entwicklung des israelitischen Prophetentums, and Juedische Homiletik. His important article on the life of Leopold Zunz appeared in 1894 (in the 12th report of the Hochschule) . Maybaum was an excellent preacher and his sermons were published in several volumes. A jubilee volume was published on the occasion of his 70th birthday” (Glatzer in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Texas) . Ex-library. Crease mark through middle of pages. Hinge repair. Light wear. Very good condition. (Rab-40-8)
Stock number:24648.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: ‘ogen, Shele-Yad Ha-Histadrut Ha-‘ivrit Ba-‘amerikah, 1966
Binding: Hardback
(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 282 pages, 25 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Schiper, Ignacy. Added title page: Yitzhak Schipper, evaluation and selected writings. Romanized record. "Bibliografyah shel kitve Dr. Yitshak Shiper" on pages 267-282. Other Titles: Yitzhak Schipper, evaluation and selected writings. Schiper (1884-1943) was a “historian and public worker. Schiper was born in Tarnow, Galicia. From his youth he was a member of the Po'alei Zion movement, and from 1922 of the General Zionists, holding various public positions in the parties and acting as their emissary. During 1922–27 he was a deputy in the Polish Sejm. After the establishment of the Institute of Jewish Sciences in Warsaw in 1928, he lectured on the history of Jewish economy. Schiper died in a German concentration camp near Lublin. Although his academic education was essentially a legal one, Schiper took an interest in historical research throughout his life. Within the group of Jewish historians which emerged in Galicia in the early 20th century, Schiper distinguished himself in the history of economics and of popular culture. Whether this was due to his social outlook or to his limited Hebrew education, he thought that the study of the spiritual history of the nation and its leaders had been exhausted; "the Sabbath-Jew with his extra soul" was already well known, and there arose a need, he felt, to become acquainted with the secular aspect of the nation's life. Schiper's first work, in the sphere of Jewish economics, was his original research on the beginnings of capitalism among the Jews of the Western world, which was also translated into Russian and Yiddish. Schiper then turned his attention to research into Jewish economy in Poland, at first during the Middle Ages and then during the modern era also. His principal works in this sphere are Studya nad stosunkami gospodarczymi Zydow w Polsce podczas sredniowiecza, and Dzieje handlu zydowskiego na ziemiach polskich. Of his studies on the history of culture, two of his works are of note: Kultur-Geshikhte fun di Yidn in Poyln beysn Mitlalter, which deals with the way of life of the Jews, and Geshikhte fun der Yidisher Teater-Kunst un Drame: fun di Eltste Tsaytn bis 1750, which deals with theatrical art and drama. Schiper also occupied himself with other historical questions, such as Jewish autonomy in Poland, but he dealt mainly with Jewry's relationship to the external world, using primarily non-Jewish sources. A historian of great intuition and imagination, he promoted and enriched historical research on Polish Jewry, though he did not always trouble to establish his ideas on a firm historical footing” (Halpern in EJ, 2007) . Hinge repair. Light wear to cover binding. Otherwise, very good condition. (Rab-40-5)
Stock number:24645.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Warsa Bi-Defus Boimritter We-Gonsor, 1887
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, 12, 120 pages. In Hebrew. Jawitz (Kolno, Lomza Poland 1848-London, 1924) was a "Hebrew author and historian....He was a representative of the Orthodox tendency in modern Hebrew literature and in the Zionist movement, and was one of the champions of the Hibbath Zion movement....He advocated the creation of a new community life in Palestine which was to go hand in hand with a regeneration of religion on the basis of tradition. In 1898, Jawitz left Palestine and came to Vilna where, together with others, he formed the Mizrahi (Orthodox) wing of Zionism and was for a time editor of its organ, Hamizrah” (UJE, 10:48).Subject (s) : Aggada OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Univ Bibl Johann Christian Senckenberg) . Hinge repair. Stained pages. Slight browning to edges of pages. Bumped corners. Otherwise, very good condition. (Rab-38-5)
Stock number:24614.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Davar., 1949.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 314 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Poetry, Hebrew. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Meltzer (1909-2000) was "[born] in Tluste (eastern Galicia; present-day Tolstoye) , [and he] immigrated to Palestine in 1933, after having taught in Horodenka, Galicia. For a time he taught secondary school in Tel Aviv, but from 1937 he engaged in editorial work; first in the daily Davar, and later in the Am Oved publishing house and in the children's magazine Davar li-Yladim. From 1959 he was on the editorial staff of the Zionist Library publications of the Jewish Agency. His first poems were published in Ba-Derekh, the magazine of the teachers' seminary in Lvov where he studied. After his arrival in Erez Israel his poetry appeared mainly in Davar, but also in various literary journals. Meltzer attempted to capture the folk flavor of Eastern European Jewry by using hasidic tales and motifs in his ballads. [He] translated extensively from Polish-Jewish writers, especially from Yiddish writers, dramatists, and poets. " (EJ, 2007) Has worn dust jacket. Gift inscription, top corner bumped, good+ condition. (HebLit-5-30)
Stock number:24536.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Mitseah., 1929.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. Frontispiece photo. In Hebrew. Volume two (of six) only. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. Nordau (1849-1923) was a co-founder of the World Zionist Organization. He was a political Zionist, not a cultural or religious Zionist, having ceased being an observant Jew at eighteen, instead becoming a "militant naturalist and evolutionist, " and making his fame with Die Conventionellen Luegen der Kulturmenschheit, first published in 1883. Also at eighteen, he started his career in journalism, on the staff of the Pester Lloyd. While condemning modern culture and politics, the situation of the Jewish people was never far from Nordau's mind. He met Theodor Herzl in 1982, and soon after began discussing the possibility of a Jewish state with him. He was vice president of the First through Sixth Zionist Congresses, and president of the Seventh through Tenth. (EJ, 2007) Bookplate, otherwise very good condition. (HebLit-5-19)
Stock number:24524.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem : Hevrah Le-Hotsaat-Sefarim `al Yad Ha-Universitah Ha-`ivrit., c. 1940.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Large 8vo. Viii, 451 pages. In Hebrew. Volume three (of six) only. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature, modern - history and criticism. Klausner (1874-1958) "was an active Zionist and a fervent nationalist throughout his life, and his Zionist views color all his work. A delegate to the First Congress, he was greatly influenced by the political ideas of Herzl, although his cultural approach remained that of the Hovevei Zion and Ahad Ha-Am. He attended nearly every subsequent Congress until the eleventh, contributing surveys on them to Ha-Shilo'a h. From 1930 he began to identify himself more and more with the policy of Jabotinsky and was regarded by the Revisionist Party, and later by its successor, H erut, as the ideologist of the movement. He edited the monthly Beitar (together with B. Netanyahu) from 1932-33 and came out vigorously, both in speech and in writing, in support of the ideals of the right-wing nationalists. In 1949 they put his name forward as their candidate for the first president of the State of Israel in opposition to Chaim Weizmann. " (Staff, EJ) Shalom Spiegel's copy with his bookplate. Tanned, otherwise very good condition. (HebLit-5-8)
Stock number:24513.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Vilna: S. Srebeck., 1921.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 12mo. 174 pages. Photograph illustration plates. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. "The son of a distinguished merchant family in Minsk, Zitron was educated at Lithuanian yeshivot. While studying at the Volozhin yeshivah, he became attracted to the Haskalah and in 1876 moved to Vienna, where he became friendly with P. Smolenskin. After studying for several years in Germany, he began his journalistic career, and for more than 50 years contributed to the Yiddish press and to nearly all the Hebrew periodicals in the Diaspora. In the 1880s to 1890s, he wrote short stories, one of which, "Yonah Potah" (1887) , aroused popular attention. He joined the Hibbat Zion movement in its early days and translated L. Pinsker 's Autoemanzipation into Hebrew. From 1904 Zitron lived in Vilna and edited various newspapers and anthologies. Of special interest are a series of articles on the Hebrew press published in Haolam. Based mainly on Zitron's personal experiences and recollections, the articles contain material of historic value, particularly on Ha-Maggid, Ha-Meliz, Ha-Zefirah, Ha-Karmel, Ha-Levanon, Ha-Emet, and Ha-Kol. He also wrote about the history of the Yiddish press in the 19th century. With the decline of the Hebrew press in Eastern Europe, Zitron wrote extensively for the Yiddish press, and published many monographs written in a popular style, some of which were later published in book form. Zitron also translated many books into Hebrew (including the works of An-Ski and the stories of L. Levanda) . " (EJ, 2007) Ex library. Boards worn, particularly at corners, pages tanned, water stain in bottom corner throughout, good- condition. (HebLit-3-23)
Stock number:24498.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Ha-Shiloah., 1919.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 100 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature, modern - history and criticism. Klausner (1874-1958) "was an active Zionist and a fervent nationalist throughout his life, and his Zionist views color all his work. A delegate to the First Congress, he was greatly influenced by the political ideas of Herzl, although his cultural approach remained that of the H ovevei Zion and Ah ad Ha-Am. He attended nearly every subsequent Congress until the eleventh, contributing surveys on them to Ha-Shilo'a h. From 1930 he began to identify himself more and more with the policy of Jabotinsky and was regarded by the Revisionist Party, and later by its successor, H erut, as the ideologist of the movement. He edited the monthly Beitar (together with B. Netanyahu) from 1932-33 and came out vigorously, both in speech and in writing, in support of the ideals of the right-wing nationalists. In 1949 they put his name forward as their candidate for the first president of the State of Israel in opposition to Chaim Weizmann. " (Staff, EJ) Hinges repaired, text in good condition. (HebLit-3-19)
Stock number:24494.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: 'ogen., 1928.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 191 pages. Illustrated. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Education - Palestine; Schools - Palestine. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Scharfstein (1884-1972) was a Hebrew educator both in Galicia and the United States, where he moved in 1914. In 1916, he began teaching at the Teachers Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary, eventually becoming professor of Jewish education, and serving there until 1960. "A prodigious contributor to the Hebrew press, his column in the American Hebrew weekly Hadoar dealt with political and, especially with literary events. From 1907 Scharfstein also published educational texts embracing Hebrew literature, Jewish education, Bible, and Hebrew language. " (Silberschlag, EJ) Good+ condition. (HebLit-3-17)
Stock number:24492.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Mosad Ha-Rav Kuk., 1952.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 448 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Shragai (1899-1995) was a Polish Zionist. In his youth he founded Ze'irei Mizrachi in the city of Gorzkowice, and published a religious Zionist paper called Tehiyyah. He moved to Palestine in 1924 continued his role as a Zionist leader there, attending Zionist Congresses, and as part of the Zionist General Council. He served as mayor of Jerusalem from 1950 to 1952, and held multiple posts with the Jewish Executive Agency. (EJ, 2007) Ex library. Hinges have been repaired, good condition. (HebLit-3-14)
Stock number:24489.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv: Am 'oved., 1949.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 303 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two only. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Stanford, Yeshiva Univ, Hebrew Union College) . A philosopher, Rotenstreich (1914-1993) was born in Poland and migrated to Israel in 1932. He became part of the faculty at the Hebrew University in 1951 and remained there for nearly forty years, as a teacher, a dean, and as rector. Extrememly prolific, he wrote thirty books and hundreds of articles, in English, French, German, and Hebrew. He was committed to public discourse, and to expanding Jewish culture. As a Zionist, he believed that reinvigorating Hebrew as a spoken language was not enough to inform the new Israeli culture; "it must be supplemented by a well-informed knowledge of the sources of Jewish tradition, " and that culture must be able to encompass both religious and secular Jews. (EJ, 2007) Ex library. Boards edgeworn, water stain in lower margin throughout, good- condition. (HebLit-3-12)
Stock number:24487.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: 'ogen., 1943.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 416 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Drama. Ex library. "Born in Bohorodczany (Bogorodchany) , Galicia, Sackler emigrated to the United States in 1902. An attorney by profession, he served as secretary of the Kehillah in New York City (1917-18) ; member of the staff of the Zionist Organization of America (1918-23) ; administrative secretary of the Jewish Education Association (1923-26) ; executive secretary of the Brooklyn Jewish Community Council (1940-44) ; and member of the executive staff of the Joint Distribution Committee (1945-55) in whose public relations office he later served. After his retirement in 1955 he devoted himself entirely to his writing. The most eminent exponent of historicism in Hebrew letters in the United States, Sackler, a prolific writer, endeavored to fathom the mystery of Jewish existence. In story, novel, play, and essay he recreated a panorama of Jewry throughout the ages, and asserted, above all, the strength and the innocence of Judaism's spiritual leaders. His themes are drawn from remote times, e. G. , the patriarchal period and the conquest of Jericho, and from recent times, e. G. , the lot of the immigrant in the United States. Messianic and Hasidic innovations intrigued his imagination. He wrote mainly in Hebrew and Yiddish. " (EJ, 2007) Corners bumped, water stains throughout, good condition. (HebLit-3-2)
Stock number:24477.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Sura., 1952.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 332 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Rabbis - biography; Mirsky, Samuel Kalman, 1899-1967. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide. Mirsky (1899-1967) was a rabbinic scholar, religious Zionist, and Hebraist. He was born in Russia, and emigrated as a child with his parents to Palestine, where he received a thorough talmudic education and semikhah, at 16. After teaching for some time at various yeshivot, he graduated from the Palestine Government Law School in 1924 and settled in the United States in 1926. He began teaching at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1936; in 1954 he became professor of rabbinics and director of the Israel Institute at Yeshiva University. In 1942 Mirsky was appointed rabbi of the Borough Park, New York, Young Israel Congregation. He took a leading part in the work of Mizrachi and of Histadrut Ivrit of America, serving as president of the latter in 1958 and founding its Hebrew Academy and its journal Perakim, which he edited (3 vols. , 1957-63) . He also edited the Hebrew quarterly Talpioth (9 vols. , 1944-65) , the annual of the Sura Research Publishing Foundation, Sura (4 vols. , 1953-64) , which he founded, and the Morashah book series. Mirsky's main scholarly achievement lay in the publication of medieval critical texts, such as Ahai Gaon's She'iltot (4 vols. , 1959-66) . (Siblerschlag, EJ) Ex library, pages tanned, good condition. (HebLit-3-1)
Stock number:24476.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem : Devir., 1921.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 12mo. 108 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. CONTENTS: Ashkenazim--Nitpardah ha-havilah--`Erev Yom Hakipurim--Holo ha-perati shel ha-"Doktor" ha-tsa`ir-- Be-bet ha-kevarot--Flotenforlageh. Saul Tchernichowsky (1875-1943) , was born in Russia, and educated there as well as in Germany and Switzerland. Aside from rendering translations from English, German, French, Greek, and Latin, he was a Hebrew-language poet in his own right. He began publishing in 1892, and his first book, Hezyonot u-Manginot, or Visions and Melodies, came out in 1898. Aside from being a poet and translator, Tchernichowsky was a physician and a dedicated Zionist, visiting Palestine in 1925 and then settling there six years later. (Schweid, EJ). Parts of covers faded, spine slightly chipped, half-title detached, pages tanned, good condition. (HebLit-6-17)
Stock number:24444.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : Kadimah., 1919.
Binding: Hardcover
12mo. 112 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish historians - biography; Slouschz, Nahum, 1872-1966; Western Mediterranean - description and travel; Mediterranean Sea - description and travel. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Slouzschz, a scholar, writer, archeologist, historian and translator, was born near Vilna. He spent his young adulthood in Odessa, where he was part of the Hovevei Zion movement and the Hebrew renascence. He later moved to Geneva, where he was a founder of the Swiss Zionist Federation. For a time he joined the Jewish Territorial Organization in order to investigate the possibilities of a Jewish settlement in Tripoli-Cyrenaica. In 1904 he became the chair of Hebrew language and literature at the Sorbonne. During World War I he was involved in activities to influence the French government to agree with the Balfour Declaration, and in 1919 he moved permanently to Erez Israel, where he reviewed the Palestine Exploration Society and edited its publications. He discovered the ancient second-century synagogue of Hammath in Tiberias and excavated Absalom's Tomb in Jerusalem (EJ) Covers a little worn, back is spotty, good condition. (HebLit-6-14)
Stock number:24441.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : 'ogen., 1951.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 128 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Meir, 2nd cent. -- drama; Berubiah, 2nd cent. -- drama. Cahan (1881-1960) was a Hebrew poet and Zionist. Devoted to the revival of the Hebrew language and culture, he coined the term "New Hebrew, " referring to a desired, beautiful, post-Diaspora culture. For him the Jewish Diaspora was everything hated and ugly. "Cahan's poetry revolves around two axes - messianism and the fusion of three major principles: beauty, holiness, and happiness. The messianic motif runs through most of his lyrical epics, verse dramas, and dramatized legends. It goes hand in hand with his identification of the Judaic-prophetic sanctity of life and the yearning for enlightened beauty and universal humanism, or with the identification of morality and the quest for happiness. " (EJ, 2007) Spine faded, otherwise very good condition. (HebLit-6-4)
Stock number:24431.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : Asaf., 1919.
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Xxi, 280 pages. In Hebrew. Frontispiece. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism - biography; Levin, Shmarya, 1867-1935. Embossed covers, gilt title on spine. Front hinge starting, spine darkened, good condition. (HebLit-6-3)
Stock number:24430.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : Keren Luis Lamed Le-Sifrutenu Be-`ivrit Uve-Idit., 1943.
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 583 pages. In Hebrew. English title: Studies in the literatures and languages of the Jews, short stories and translations from Yiddish poetry. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish literature - history and criticism; Yiddish literature - translations in Hebrew. Samuel Niger was the pseudonym of Samuel Charney (1883-1955) . A Zionist influenced by Adah Ha-Am and a Russian socialist revolutionary, he joined the Zionist-Socialist Workers Party, and was repeatedly arrested and tortured by Russian authorities. Though his first literary efforts were in Russian and Hebrew, his mature work was written mostly in Yiddish. After being imprisoned by Polish legionaires in 1919, Niger left for the United States. In New York, he worked for Der Tog, a Yiddish daily; beginning in 1920, he worked for the paper for 35 years, "becoming the most revered and feared Yiddish critic of his generation. " Outside of strictly literary work, Niger worked with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research from its inception, a and helped found the Congress for Jewish Culture. (Liptzin, EJ) "Born in Chudnov, Volhynia (Russia) , Ribalow (1895-1953) received a yeshivah education and also studied at the University of Moscow; he emigrated to the United States in 1921. Two years later he was appointed editor of the Hebrew weekly Hadoar. For 30 years he wrote his weekly editorials under his pseudonym, M. Shoshani, and hundreds of essays which appeared in various periodicals and, eventually, were collected in five volumes. As an essayist he concentrated on literary criticism, especially of Hebrew poetry. Though his love for Hebrew sometimes led him to hyperbolic evaluations of Hebrew writers, he was a perceptive critic. Many Hebrew authors in the U. S. Made their debut under his guidance. Ribalow was a leader of Histadrut, an organization which propagates Hebrew culture in the United States. With Israel's President Izhak Ben-Zvi, he was co-president of the World Hebrew Union. "(EJ, Silberschlag) Ex library in library binding. Pages slightly water stained and wrinkled throughout, good condition. (HebLit-6-1)
Stock number:24428.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Devir., 1926.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 224-478 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two only. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - history - 70-1789; Jewish Diaspora. SERIES: Toldot Yisrael ; ; kerekh 5-6; Variation: Dinur, Ben Zion, ; 1884-1973.; Toldot Yisrael mi-reshit yeme Yisrael `ad yamenu elah, ; kerekh 5. Dinur (1884-1973) , a graduate of Petrograd University, was a teacher and historian. He was also an activist who put his political views into practice; after emigrating to Palestine in 1921, he taught at the Hebrew University, was a founder of the periodicals Kirjath Sepher and Zion, wrote histories from a Zionist perspective, and was elected to the First Knesset. As a minister of education, he was responsible for the 1953 State Education Law. In 1973, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his life-long educational efforts. (EJ, 2007) Covers edgeworn, hinges repaired, pages tanned and fragile, good- condition. (HebLit-4-23)
Stock number:24425.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Devir., 1938.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. In Hebrew. Volume one (of twelve) only. First edition. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Cahan (1881-1960) was a Hebrew poet and Zionist. Devoted to the revival of the Hebrew language and culture, he coined the term "New Hebrew, " referring to a desired, beautiful, post-Diaspora culture. For him the Jewish Diaspora was everything hated and ugly. "Cahan's poetry revolves around two axes - messianism and the fusion of three major principles: beauty, holiness, and happiness. The messianic motif runs through most of his lyrical epics, verse dramas, and dramatized legends. It goes hand in hand with his identification of the Judaic-prophetic sanctity of life and the yearning for enlightened beauty and universal humanism, or with the identification of morality and the quest for happiness. " (EJ, 2007) Edgewaer, particularly on spine, front hinge and joint starting, good condition. (HebLit-4-14)
Stock number:24416.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Shtibel., 1933.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 207, xxxii pages. In Hebrew. Photograph illustrations. Volume one (of two) only. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - politics and government; Jewish sociology. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Ruppin (1876-1943) was the "father of Zionist settlement. " Trained in law and as a sociologist and economist, he developed a Jewish sociology and created the possibility of political, as opposed to pragmatic, Zionism. His scientific background allowed him to transcend the normal propaganda and rhetoric surrounding Zionism and the Jews in Europe. Ruppin first visited Israel in 1907, starting a long collaboration with the Zionist Organization: from then on, he was devoted to systematically settling Jews in Israel. (Bein, EJ) Ex library, water stains throughout, pages tanned, good- condition. (HebLit-2-26)
Stock number:24386.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Hotsaat Berit Rishonim., 1943.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 500 pages. Illustrated. In Hebrew. Volume one (of two) . SUBJECT(S) : Zionism. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Druyanow (1870-1938) was a Russian Zionist. He published in Hebrew periodicals under various pen manes, and was secretary for the Committee for the Settlement of Erez Israel in Odessa. He first moved to Palestine in 1906, but returned to Russia three years later. In 1921 he emigrated permanently, there, he continued to publish, and was a co-editor of the first volumes of Reshumot. (staff, EJ) Ex library. Boards edgeworn, corners bumped, endpapers wrinkled from moisture, good condition. (HebLit-2-15)
Stock number:24375.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem : Yad Vashem, 2000
Edition: First Edition
Binding: hardcover
1st edition. Original Publisher's Cloth in Dust Jacket, Folio (large), 283 pages. 31 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-264), index, and list of communities. pt. I. The History of Lithuania from the Late Thirteenth to the Late Twentieth Centuries -- From the Thirteenth Century to the First Partition of Poland (1772) -- Under Tsarist Rule (1772-1915) -- During World War I -- The Inter-war Years (Independent Lithuania) -- World War II -- The Postwar Years -- pt. II. The Jews of Lithuania from the Middle Ages to the End of World War I -- The Jewish Community of Lithuania from Its Earliest Days to the Union with Poland (1569) -- The Jews in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795) -- Under Tsarist Rule in the Russian "Pale of Settlement" (1795-1914) -- During World War I (1914-1918) -- pt. III. The Jews in Independent Lithuania During the Inter-war Years -- Civil and Political Status -- From Zenith to Nadir -- Demography and Statistics -- The Economic and Social Activity of the Jews -- Education and Culture -- Political Activity on the "Jewish Street" -- The Zionist Camp -- The Religious Ultra-Orthodox Camp -- The Folkist-Communist Camp -- pt. IV. World War II, the Holocaust, and the Jewish Survivors -- The Outbreak of War and the Ensuing Radical Changes in Jewish Life -- Under Soviet Rule (1940-1941) -- Refugees, Soliders, and Exiles in the Soviet Interior -- Under Nazi Occupation: The Destruction of Lithuanian Jewry (1941-1945) -- The Survivors -- Epilogue / Yehoshua Trigor -- The Jewish Communities and Localities in Inter-war Lithuania -- Names of Jewish communities that were part of Lithuania in other periodsTopics Jews -- Lithuania -- History, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Lithuania, Ethnic relations, Jews, Jewish -- Lithuanian relations, Lithuania -- Ethnic relations, Geschichte, Juden, Joden, Lithuania, Lithuania -- Jewish history, Litauen. Very Good Condition in Very Good Dust Jacket (EE-7-5)
Stock number:42316.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : 'ogen., 1929.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 293 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two (of two) . SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature - history and criticism; Hebrew essays. "Goldberg [1881-1933] was born in Brest-Litovsk. His journalistic career....began with contributions to the Hebrew press at the turn of the century, but later he wrote in Yiddish. He was one of the chief contributors to the Yiddish daily Haynt from the date of its founding in 1908, and when the paper was reorganized after World War I he became its editor-in-chief. Under his editorship Haynt became the main protagonist of Polish Zionism and exercised a great influence among the Jewish masses. [Goldberg] served in a leading capacity in the Zionist Organization of Poland and was a delegate to a number of Zionist congresses. Despite the fact that he wrote mainly in Yiddish, he remained devoted to Hebrew and was one of the leading motive forces behind the weekly Ba-Derekh, published by Haynt, the last Hebrew newspaper in Poland. " (Kressel, EJ) Ex library, good condition. (HebLit-2-2)
Stock number:24362.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, American Friends Of The Hebrew University, 1945
Softcover, 6 pages, 8vo, 22 cm. Reprinted from Jewish Book Annual, Volume 4, 5706-1945. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Hebrew Union) . Light wear. Very good condition. (BIB-15-15)
Stock number:24284.
$US 100.00
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: New York; Hearst Unofficial Senatorial Commission., [1936]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Wraps. 8vo. 80 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Nazi-era report. "Reprinted from the New York American and other Hearst newspapers. " Members: the Hon. Royal S. Copeland, the Hon. Warren R. Austin, the Hon. Daniel O. Hastings. Interesting collection of numerous reports on Palestine from visits by members of the US Senate to Palestine; addresses the riots, world politics and Palestine, and argues in favor of the Zionist project. Subjects: Jews - Palestine. Palestinian Arabs. Jews. Palestinian Arabs. Palestine - History - 1917-1948. Middle East - Palestine. Light wear to wraps, previous owners faint signature in pen on front wrap, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-58) xx
Stock number:35637.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Criterion Books, 1958
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st US edition. Original Cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, x, 310 pages, 22 cm. “This book gives a personal record of an amazing incident of the second World War, when the Nazis were exterminating the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. In 1944, Eichmann, who directed the mass murders, made to a group of Zionists in Hungary an offer to save a million Jews if they would procure from the Western Allies 10,000 army lorries for the German forces. We have here the story of Joel Brand’s talks with the Nazi officials, his flight to Istanbul, his efforts to convince the officials of the Jewish Agency in Turkey and Palestine, and the British Intelligence Officers in Cairo, of the genuineness of the offer, and to get their co-operation. It was in vain. He was kept in suspense and for a time in detention. Meanwhile Jews in Hungary proceeded to the death camps; only a few thousands were allowed to leave for a neutral country. It is a fantastic story which taxes the credulity of the reader, and in Israel it has caused violent agitation, because the leader of the Zionist group was attacked there for col-laboration with the Nazis and the betrayal of his people. Though translated from the German, the narrative runs easily” (review by Norman Bentwich). Uniform title Geschichte von Joel Brand. Includes index. Illustrated end papers. Subject: Brand, Joel, -- 1906-. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue. Added author Weissberg-Cybulski, Alexander, 1901-1964. Very Good Condition in Edgeworn Jacket (mx-1-9)
Stock number:21397.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Chicago, Ill., Central YMCA College, 1944
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
8vo; 72 pages; 23 cm. Stapled to the front inside cover is a signed note (form letter) from the Edward J. Sparling, president of the college, explaining the significance of the book. Bibliography on page 39. "Selected bibliography" on pages 70-72. A Holocaust-era publication. "Central YMCA College was a fully integrated college that closed in 1945 when the College leadership, faculty & student body abruptly resigned. They resigned because they believed that the YMCA was going to introduce quotas and reduce the number of minority students. The departing faculty & students founded what became Roosevelt University in Chicago" (Bolerium). "One of a series ... By the seminar in psychological problems of morale in the Department of psychology at Harvard university under the direction of Professor G. W. Allport and Professor H. A. Murray. " But why was morale in the department so bad? That is the question this booklet does not answer. Light toning, Very Good Condition. (Holo2-160-23)
Stock number:5227.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Jewish National Fund, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 8 pages, 21 cm. In English. A Holocaust-era JNF pamphlet promoting settlement of Palestine. Israel Goldstein (1896-1986) was a very well-known American-Israeli rabbi, writer, and Zionist leader. He was one of the founders of Brandeis University. From 1918 until his immigration to Israel in 1960, Israel Goldstein served as the rabbi of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New York, the second oldest synagogue in the city. He was head of the New York Board of Rabbis (1928–30), the Jewish National Fund of America (1934-1943), the Zionist Organization of America (1943-1946), and American Jewish Congress (1952-1959), and helped found the National Conference of Christians and Jews. In 1945, he was a consultant to the U.S. delegation at the Founding Conference of the United Nations in San Francisco (Wikipedia, 2019) SUBJECTS: Land settlement - Palestine. OCLC: 10470938. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (HUC and UPenn). Very good condition. (ZION2-2-55-AIIICCQXX)
Stock number:41880.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Washington, D. C. : Zionist Organization Of America, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 23 pages, 23 cm. In English. Israel Goldstein (1896-1986) was a very well-known American-Israeli rabbi, writer, and Zionist leader. He was one of the founders of Brandeis University. From 1918 until his immigration to Israel in 1960, Israel Goldstein served as the rabbi of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New York, the second oldest synagogue in the city. He was head of the New York Board of Rabbis (1928–30), the Jewish National Fund of America (1934-1943), the Zionist Organization of America (1943-1946), and American Jewish Congress (1952-1959), and helped found the National Conference of Christians and Jews. In 1945, he was a consultant to the U.S. delegation at the Founding Conference of the United Nations in San Francisco (Wikipedia, 2019). OCLC: 29080512. Light crease mark through middle. Overall very good condition. (ZION2-2-53-ABCCIII-’a+)
Stock number:41878.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Washington, D. C. : George Washington Law Review, 1964
Binding: Paperback
Original paper wrappers. 8vo. Pages 983-1075 [92 pages total], 23 cm. In English. Reprint of George Washington Law Review, ; vol. 32, June, 1964, no. 5, SUBJECTS: Israel - Constitutional History. Zionism. (OCLC: 729989) . Very light browning to wrappers. Very good condition. (ZION2-2-52-Q)
Stock number:41877.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: American Hebrew, 1906
Edition: First Edition
Binding: paperback
1st separate edition. Original printed paper wrappers. 8vo. 16 pages, 21 cm. "Reprinted from The American Hebrew. " Here Ginzberg criticizes William Rosenau’s "Jewish Biblical Commentators." "Rosenau served as rabbi in Omaha, Nebraska and in Congregation Oheb Shalom of Baltimore, Maryland. He was also on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University. Rosenau was considered a radical reformer regarding ritual and he was a member of the anti-Zionist American Council for Judaism. He was an editor of the revised editions of the Union Prayer Book and the Union Haggadah" (Wikipedia, 2018) Rabbi Louis Ginzberg (1874-1953) was a Talmudist and leading figure in the Conservative Movement of Judaism of the twentieth century. " (Wikipedia, 2017). SUBJECTS: American Judaism. OCLC lists just 6 copies worldwide (Penn, JTS, HUC, Universiteit Van Amsterdam, YIVO, NLI). Light wear at spine, toning at margins. About very good condition. (AMR-54-48)
Stock number:41748.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Los Angeles, California : Committee to Save the McCarran Act, 1955
Edition: First Edition
Binding: paperback
1st edition. 43x28 cm, 1 sheet. Pro-McCarran-Walter immigration act Antisemitic propaganda. Features 7 “observations and reasons,” 3 of which single out Jewish refugees. “THE JEW COMMUNISTS AND THE JEW ZIONISTS, OPERATING THROUGH THEIR PROFESSIONAL JEW POLITICAL PRESSURE MACHINES, ARE OUT TO DESTROY THE McCARRAN-WALTER ACT. IT IS UP TO EVERY AMERICAN TO WRITE LETTERS, SEND TELEGRAMS TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE UNITED STATES SENATE DEMANDING THAT THE McCARRAN-WALTER IMMIGRATION ACT REMAIN ON THE STATUTE BOOKS UN-BLEMISHED AND UN-AMENDED.” The McCarran Act required Communist organizations to register with the United States Attorney General and established the Subversive Activities Control Board to investigate persons suspected of engaging in subversive activities or otherwise promoting the establishment of a "totalitarian dictatorship", either fascist or communist. Members of these groups could not become citizens and in some cases were prevented from entering or leaving the country. Immigrants found in violation of the act within five years of being naturalized could have their citizenship revoked. SUBJECT(S): Emigration and immigration law -- United States. Anti-Jewish propaganda --Internal Security Act of 1950. OCLC: 883658328, OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (UKansas, Michigan State). Some red type and red detailing. Slight wear around edges, else clean copy. Very Good Condition. (HOLO2-159-52)
Stock number:41431.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2011
Edition: First Edition
Binding: HARDBACK
First edition, original cloth boards with dust jacket. Horizontal 4to, xii, 458 pages. Photographs throughout. ”This volume combines dancers’ own views of their art with scholarly examinations of Jewish dance conducted in Europe, Israel, other Middle East areas, Africa, and the Americas. In seven parts, Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance considers Jewish dance artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; the dance of different Jewish communities, including Hasidic, Yemenite, Kurdish, Ethiopian, and European Jews in many epochs; historical and current Israeli folk dance; and the contrast between Israeli and American modern and post-modern theater dance. Along the way, contributors see dance in ancient texts like the Song of Songs, the Talmud, and Renaissance-era illuminated manuscripts, and plumb oral histories, Holocaust sources, and their own unique views of the subject. A selection of 182 illustrations, including photos, paintings, and film stills, round out this lively volume. Many of the illustrations come from private collections and have never before been published, and they represent such varied sources as a program booklet from the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and archival photos from the Israel Government Press Office.” (from inside dust jacket) Series: Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology; Variation: Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology. Contents: Coming into focus / Judith Brin Ingber -- From street urchin to intenational acclaim : a personal testimony / Sara Levi-Tanai -- Unwitting Gastrol : touring the Soviet Union, France, the United States, Canada, Israel, South America, Europe, and back to Poland / Felix Fibich with Judith Brin Ingber -- Jewish culture and identity in the Russian Ballet : the case of Leonid Jacobson / Janice Ross -- Cultural production in Tel Aviv : Yardena Cohen and the National Dance competition of 1937 / Nina S. Spiegel -- "I'm the everybody who's nobody, I'm the nobody who's everbody" : how Sophie Maslow's popular front choreography helped shape American Jewish identity / Josh Perelman -- Sorashim : the roots of Israeli folk dance / Judith Brin Ingber -- Feet on the ground : experiencing Kurdish Jews through their dance / Ayalah Goren-Kadman -- Ethiopians in Israel : their history and their dance from ethnic to contemporary / Dawn Lille -- Wedding dances of a Yemenite Jewish village in Israel : repertoire, values, and social meaning / Shalom Staub -- Extending the traditional wedding dance : Inbal Dance Theatre's Yemenite wedding and the "Dance of the beggars" in Habimah National Theatre's Dkybbuk / Giova Manor -- Bride and her guests : the dance with the separating kerchief / Zvi Friedhaber -- Jewish dancing-masters and "Jewish dance" in Renaissance Italy : Guglielmo Ebreo and beyond / Barbara Sparti -- Vilified or glorified? Nazi versus Zionist views of the Jewish body / Judith Brin Ingber -- Three Hasidic dances : a personal journey / Yehuda Hyman -- Rehearsing for ultimate joy among the Lubavitcher Hasidim : Simchas Bais Hasho'eva in Crown Heights / Jill Gellerman -- Israeli folk dance movement : structural challenges and cultural meanings / Dina Roginsky -- Beyond Israel to New York : how to perform "community" under the impact of globalization / Elke Kaschl -- Serarching for moving metaphors : Jewishness in American modern and postmodoern dance / Naomi M. Jackson -- Naming it Jewish : the dichotomy between Jewish and Israeli dance / Gaby Alder. SUBJECT(S): Dance -- Israel. Folk dancing, Israeli. Jewish dance. Jewish folk dancing. Social aspects. Judaism -- Customs and practices. Juden. Modern dance. Tänzer. Volkstanz. OCLC: 670374929. Color dust jacket intact, like new condition. (HOLO2-159-51)
Stock number:41430.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; Jewish National Fund, Education And Youth Dept, 1953
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Single Issue Magazine
Original Wraps. 4to. 31 pages. 28 cm. First edition. With 19 illustrations and map of the Weizmann Memorial Forest. Weizmann Day Program, to honor the life of Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952) ; containts the program of the Jewish National Fund Council celebration of Weizmann Day, a Biographical sketch of the life of Weizmann, the Weizmann Memorial Forest, and Program Aids for the Youth Group and Hebrew School for the celebration. Subjects: Anniversaries. Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 - Anniversaries, etc. Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952. OCLC lists 4 copies (Harvard, HUC, Penn, Natl Libr Israel) , none in New York. Wraps and bottom edge soiled, institutional stamp on front and rear wrap, otherwise clean. Good + condition. (ZION-6-29)
Stock number:35555.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [Germany]: [Agudas Israel], N.D.
Binding: Staplebound
No Date [1934]. [2] typewritten pages, 30cm x 21 cm. 2-page membership list from the first full-year of Hitler’s full power in Germany, showing approximately 75 current members with city and address. Agudath Israel was founded in Kattowitz, German Empire (now Katowice, Poland), in 1912, with the purpose of providing an umbrella organization for observant Jews who opposed the Zionist movement. In Erez Israel, Agudat Yisrael was established as a branch of this movement, to provide opposition to the organized Jewish community (the "Yishuv"). One of its most authoritative spokesmen against the formation of a Jewish State, the Dutch poet Jacob Israël de Haan, was assassinated by the Haganah in 1924. In the wake of the Holocaust, anti-Zionist rabbis who led Agudat Israel recognized the great utility of a Jewish state, and it became non-Zionist, rather than anti-Zionist. It did not actively participate in the creation of Israel, but it ceased its opposition to it. In 1933, it entered into an agreement with the Jewish Agency, according to which Agudat Yisrael would receive 6.5% of the immigration permits. Eventually, at the eve of the Israeli Declaration of Independence (1948), Agudat Yisrael yielded to pressure from the Zionist movement, and has been a participant in most governments since that time. age staining, few tears, very brittle. (Holo2-146-8)
Stock number:41345.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Sharon Books For The National Committee For Labor Palestine, 1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 276 pages with 16 unnumbered plates, 23 cm. In English. The first comprehensive history of the esteemed Israeli labor organization that was founded by David Ben-Gurion in 1920. It is Israel's National trade union center, representing the majority of trade unionists in the State of Israel (Wikipedia, 2019). SUBJECTS: Labor Zionism. OCLC Number: 1130103679. Very good condition. (ZION2-2-48-’q)
Stock number:41229.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Loudonville: [Self Published], 1967
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 31, 23 pages, 28 cm. In English. An unprecedented study on the specimen stamps given to the postal authorities in Palestine in order to identify valid stamps and avoid any forgeries. SUBJECTS: Postage stamps -- Palestine -- Specimens. Light wear to wrappers. Overall good condition. (ZION2-2-46-’q)
Stock number:41227.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London: Hasefer, 1924
Binding: Hardcover
Later boards. 8vo. 114 pages, 25 cm. In English with all poem titles in Hebrew and English. Introduction written by Vladimir Jabotinsky. Bialik (1873-1934) is one of the most well-known and influential Hebrew poets. He pioneered modern Hebrew poetry and while he died before the founding of the State of Israel, he is recognized as the nation's national poet. SUBJECTS: Bialik, Hayyim Nahman, 1873-1934 -- Translations into English. OCLC Number: 1172117077. Ex-library with usual markings. Very good condition. (ZION2-2-43-’q)
Stock number:41224.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York,, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 6 pages. Includes recap of round table on "The Economic Situation- Its Effect Upon Minority Groups. " Conservative Jewish men's group newsletter from the Holocaust period from the the second synagogue founded in New York (1825) and the third-oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in the United States. "The object of the 'Tattler' will be to provide the members with a regular source of information and entertainment....The Pogroms in Russia during the Czarist regime or the activities of the Zionist movement in recent years had no such effect on the consciousness of the average American Jew except to stir a sense of pity and sympathy for the afflicted ones. But the cruel, heartless persecutions of the Jews in Germany by Hitler and his crew, caused a stirring in the blood of Native Americans of Jewish birth that made them turn about and recall the religion of their fathers and the God of Israel. We of The Men's Club of the Congregation B'nai Jeshurun welcome with open arms all those who are returning to the fold." Issues include some current Jewish news, some retelling of Jewish history, congregation news, editorials, fun facts. OCLC: 944959016, OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (JTS). Very Good Condition Overall. Rare. (HOLO2-159-25)
Stock number:41190.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York,, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 6 pages. Includes recap of talk given by Father Kernan on "The Unchristian Front in America, " and a short article by Dr. Solomon S. Gross on The National Conference for Palestine. Conservative Jewish men's group newsletter from the Holocaust period from the the second synagogue founded in New York (1825) and the third-oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in the United States. "The object of the 'Tattler' will be to provide the members with a regular source of information and entertainment....The Pogroms in Russia during the Czarist regime or the activities of the Zionist movement in recent years had no such effect on the consciousness of the average American Jew except to stir a sense of pity and sympathy for the afflicted ones. But the cruel, heartless persecutions of the Jews in Germany by Hitler and his crew, caused a stirring in the blood of Native Americans of Jewish birth that made them turn about and recall the religion of their fathers and the God of Israel. We of The Men's Club of the Congregation B'nai Jeshurun welcome with open arms all those who are returning to the fold." Issues include some current Jewish news, some retelling of Jewish history, congregation news, editorials, fun facts. OCLC: 944959016, OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (JTS). Very Good Condition Overall. Rare. (HOLO2-159-24)
Stock number:41189.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York,, 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 6 pages. Includes a recap of a round table on Labor Relations and a talk given by Attorney General John J. Bennett Jr. Conservative Jewish mens's group newsletter from the Holocaust period from the the second synagogue founded in New York (1825) and the third-oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in the United States. "The object of the ‘Tattler' will be to provide the members with a regular source of information and entertainment…. The Pogroms in Russia during the Czarist regime or the activities of the Zionist movement in recent years had no such effect on the consciousness of the average American Jew except to stir a sense of pity and sympathy for the afflicted ones. But the cruel, heartless persecutions of the Jews in Germany by Hitler and his crew, caused a stirring in the blood of Native Americans of Jewish birth that made them turn about and recall the religion of their fathers and the God of Israel. We of The Men's Club of the Congregation B'nai Jeshurun welcome with open arms all those who are returning to the fold. " Issues include some current Jewish news, some retelling of Jewish history, congregation news, editorials, fun facts. OCLC: 944959016, OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (JTS) . Very Good Condition Overall. Rare. (HOLO2-159-23)
Stock number:41188.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Jewish Agency, Dept. For Child And Youth Immigration,, 1955
Softcover, 30 pages, illustrated, 8vo, 23 cm. DP era publication, focusing on how to get survivors and their children to settle in Israel. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish Agency for Israel. Youth Aliyah Dept. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Hebrew Union) . Wear to edges of cover. Otherwise, good condition. (mx-32-22), OK 06/12
Stock number:23921.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: American Jewish Historical Society, 1960
Softcover, 14 pages, illustrated, 8vo, 23 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Women, Jewish. Women -- Societies and clubs. Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945. Named Corp: Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America. Note(s) : Cover title. Original issued in series: Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society ; v. 49, no. 3. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Waterloo) . Good condition. (mx-32-20)
Stock number:23919.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Published For Southeastern Region, Zionist Organization Of America By Bloch Pub. Co., 1963.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
8vo. 224 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : May, Mortimer, b. 1892; Holocaust, Jewish, 1939-1945; Zionism - United States. Inscribed by May. Has torn and chipped dust jacket. Covers worn at corners, good condition. (MX-21-29)
Stock number:23908.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [Cambridge, MA]: [Harvard],, 1973
Binding: Paperback
Original wrappers, 8vo. Pages 20-34, [4], 35-49, [34 pages total]. 4 leaves of plates, black and white; photograph of Salman Schocken, 4 scans of documents: "Schocken Bucherei: Prospectus and Initial Catalogue Lisitings", "Pocket Calander for 5699 (1938/39) Front and Back Covers", Invitation to Readers to Add Their Names to the Mailing List", "Dust Jacket for Buber's Collection of Essays on Hasidism. " "Offprinted from Harvard Library Bulletin, volume XXI, number 1, January, 1973" (on cover) "In 1915, Schocken co-founded the Zionist journal Der Jude (with Martin Buber) . Schocken would support Buber financially, as well as other Jewish writers such as Gerschom Scholem and S. Y. Agnon. In 1930 he established the Schocken Institute for Research on Hebrew Poetry in Berlin, a research center intended to discover and publish manuscripts of medieval Jewish poetry. The inspiration for this project was his longstanding dream of finding a Jewish equivalent for the foundational literature of Germany, such as the German epic poem The Nibelungenlied. In 1931, he founded the publishing company Schocken Verlag, which printed books by German Jewish writers such as Franz Kafka and Walter Benjamin, making their work widely available; they also reprinted the Buber-Rosenzweig translation of the Bible. These initiatives earned him the nickname "the mystical merchant" from his friend Scholem. In 1933, the Nazis stripped Schocken of his German citizenship. They forced him to sell his German enterprises to Merkur AG, but he managed to recover some of his property after World War II. " (Wikipedia) SUBJECT(S) : Publishers and publishing -- Germany -- Berlin -- History. Jewish businesspeople -- Germany -- Biography. Biographies. 1918-1945. OCLC: 77906553, OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Grolier Club, Jewish Theog Seminary of Amer Libr, Yivo Inst For Jewish Res, Hebrew Union Col, and College of Charleston. ) Ex library stamp on cover, no other library marks, very light wear, Very Good Condition Overall. (HOLO2-159-1-1)
Stock number:41161.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : Alexander Kohut Memorial Fouindation., 1930
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 394 pages. In Hebrew. First edition. English title : A grammar of Babylonian Aramaic. SUBJECT (S) : Aramaic language - grammar. SERIES: Sifre mosad le-zikhron Aleksander Kohut; Variation: Veröffentlichungen der Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation. "Born in Zagare, Lithuania, Levias [1860-1934] studied and was a fellow in the department of Oriental languages of Columbia University and in the department of Semitic languages of Johns Hopkins University. From 1895 to 1905 he was an instructor of Semitic languages at Hebrew Union College, and from 1910 to 1920 he served as principal of the Plaut Memorial Hebrew Free School in Newark, New Jersey. An ardent Zionist, he devoted much time to the propagation of modern Hebrew literature, and together with R. Brainin and I. Schapiro he edited and published the literary journal Ha-Deror. His main interest, however, was Semitic philology and grammar, about which he contributed numerous articles to scholarly journals. His chief works were the pioneer study A Grammar of the Aramaic Idiom Contained in the Babylonian Talmud, and a Hebrew book on the same subject, Dikduk Aramit Bavlit. Only two parts of his Ozar Hokhmat ha-Lashon, a study of Hebrew philology, were ever published, and a lexicon compiled by him of medical terms in Hebrew literature never appeared at all. " (EJ, 2007) Gilt titles. Front free end paper torn out, otherwise good+ condition. (MX-21-21)
Stock number:23900.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Cincinnati : Ark Publishing Co., 1919.
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 417, 46 pages. Complete volume 1. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - periodicals. Neumark (1866-1924) was ordained in 1897 at the Lehranstalt fuer die Wissenschaft des Judenthums. He led a congregation in Bohemia, and taught in Berlin and at Hebrew Union College. A Reform Jew, Neumark believed that Judaism continues to be an evolving religion, and unlike many in the Reform community, was a Zionist. The Journal of Jewish lore and philosophy was changed to the Hebrew Union College annual in 1921. (EJ, 2007) Hinges starting, good condition. (MX-21-8)
Stock number:23887.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin: Horodisch & Marx; Leipzig: Poeschel & Trepte, 1925
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards. 4to. 41 pages, 39 cm. In German. Beautiful lithographs of Palestine by Hermann Struck. Title translates to "The New Canaan. " Hermann Struck (1876-1944) was a famous German Jewish artist whose students included Marc Chagall, Lesser Ury, Jacob Steinhardt, and more. He was commissioned to make portraits of Herzl, Einstein, Frued, Neitzsche, Oscar Wilde and others. Arnold Zweig (1887-1968) was a similarly famous German writer and Socialist Zionist (Wikipedia, 2019) . SUBJECTS: Palestine -- Pictorial works. Features lithographs of Palestine and its holy sites. Spine rebacked, boards are lightly worn. Internally very good. (GER-55-10-BJLKK'm)
Stock number:41124.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Ministry Of Trade And Industry, 1951
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Only edition. 8vo. 20 pages, 23 cm. Official government publication concerning Israel's developing economy. This issue discusses the textile industry, Israel's merchant fleet, metal, and chemical industry, etc. The Israel Economic Bulletin ran from 1948-1961. SUBJECTS: Israel - Economic Conditions - Periodicals. Pages lightly browning. Very good condition. (ZION2-2-40)
Stock number:41005.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: ZOA Book Bureau, 1947
Binding: Letter
Single page printed letter. 28 cm. Advertisement and coupon by the Zionist Organization of America for the release of Joseph Heller's "The Zionist Idea. " The advertisement declares that "There have been many books about Israel - there have been many books about Zionism - but this is the first volume which traces in full the HISTORY OF AN IDEA! . " Joseph Elijah Heller (1888-1957) was a Lithuanian-Jewish Hebrew writer. He was one of the editors of the German Encyclopaedia Judaica. He later moved to London where he regularly contributed to Haolam, Hadoar, and others (EJ, 2007) . SUBJECTS: Zionism. Two crease marks where this letter was folded. Very good condition. (ZION2-2-30)
Stock number:40995.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Zionist Organization Of America, 1921
Binding: Paperback
Single page printed letter. 28 cm. In English and Yiddish. A letter to members of the Zionist Organization declaring that February 1921 will be a year of restructuring and building up of the organization to handle growing responsibilities in Palestine. The Zionist Organization, founded in 1897, was the first official Zionist organization in the United States, and, especially early in the 20th century, the primary representative of American Jews to the World Zionist Organization, espousing primarily Political Zionism (Wikipedia) . Very good condition with faint crease through center where the letter was folded. (ZION2-2-29-E'+)
Stock number:40994.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Brooklyn, N. Y. :[NO PUBLISHER], [1950]
Binding: LETTER
This single page printed letter from the American Memorial Committee for the Hanged Martyrs of Eretz Israel accompanied a copy of Itzhak Gurion's very popular autobiography "Triumph on the Gallows. " The letter requests $3 for the book, the proceeds of which would be dedicated to establish a memorial for the martyred Irgun fighters who were hanged by the British. Excellent condition. (zion2-2-18)
Stock number:40985.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv: Mischar W'Taasia, 1930
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 55 pages with folded tables, 24 cm. Features a variety of tables, graphs, and summaries of the Jewish financial situations in Palestine during this era. This includes the import of Jewish capital, Jewish contributions to the general revenue, government expenditure, and taxation. "Hoofien came to Israel in 1912 after having served as director of the Cologne office of the Zionist Central Office. In Israel he served in a number of economic posts and, at the time of his death, was economic coordinator of the Israel Government. In collaboration with the later Finance Minister Eliezer Kaplan, Mr. Hoofien developed fiscal policies which helped shape the young Israeli economy. He was president of Israel's Bank Leumi (JTA, 1957) . SUBJECTS: Palestine -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic conditions. OCLC Number: 838904. Wrappers are lightly worn. Internally very good. (ZION2-2-16)
Stock number:40984.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Brooklyn: Zionist Organization Of American, 1942
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to, 16 pages, 30 cm. Holocaust-era issue. Features extracts from addresses by Chaim Weizmann, Stephen S. Wise, Robert Szold, Israel Goldstein, Louis Levinthal, Emanuel Neumann, Tamar de Sola Pool, Abba Hillel Silver, and Nachum Goldman. The addresses were originally presented during the Zionist Conference from May 9-11, 1942. The New Palestine ran from 1921-1951. SUBJECTS: Zionism -- Periodicals. OCLC Number:72943411. Very good condition with faded fold down middle. Lightly edgeworn. (ZION2-1-40)
Stock number:40926.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [New York], [Committee On Unity For Palestine], 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 12mo. 21 pages, 17 cm. A call for a Jewish state in Palestine by a leading American rabbi, published just as the war was ending. Milton Steinberg (1903 –1950) was an American rabbi, philosopher, theologian and author. SUBJECT(S) Zionism -- United States. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. (OCLC: 4216609) . Wrapper is browning in margins, but overall very good condition. (ZION2-1-20)
Stock number:40565.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv: Muza, Muzeon Erets Yisrael, 2016
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 272, 112 pages, 24 cm. In Hebrew and English. This book accompanied an exhibition on Italian immigrants who were illegally smuggled to Palestine during the Aliyah Bet program. SUBJECTS: Jews -- Italy -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Holocaust survivors -- Italy -- Migrations -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (NLI, NYU, YU, UCBerkeley) . Near fine condition. (ZION2-1-19)
Stock number:40564.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: New York: Gefen, 2007
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 270 pages, illustrated, 4to, 28 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Hungary -- Biography. Jewish youth -- Hungary -- Biography. Zionism -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Hungary. Jews, Hungarian -- Israel -- Biography. Holocaust survivors -- Israel -- Biography. Ondergrondse organisaties. Joden. Zionisten. Hongarije. Note(s) : "Copyright (c) The Society for the Research of the History of the Zionist Yorth Movement in Hungary. "-Title page verso. Includes bibliography (p. 261-264) and index. Wear to corners and binding. Otherwise, good condition. (Holo2-16-23)
Stock number:23752.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Education Dept. , Zionist Organization Of America, 1937
Binding: Paperback
First separate edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 8 pages; 25 cm. Hitler-era exploration of how Zionism works as a solution to the major problems facing Jews in the modern world. Milton Steinberg was “an American rabbi, philosopher, theologian and author” who served as the pulpit rabbi at Park Avenue Synagogue and wrote several books including As a Driven Leaf (1939) (Wikipedia, 2016) . “For any Jew who is concerned with assistance to his fellow-Jews abroad, for any Jew who wants himself and his children to live as Jews and to enjoy the experience, Palestine is simultaneously a cause, an adventure, a necessity and a hope. ” Reprinted from Proceedings, National Conference of Jewish Social Welfare. No. 6 in the Education Series. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism, Jewish life, Palestine. Very Good Condition (zion-12-54)
Stock number:40515.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [New York]: "ha-Me'ir", 1917-1918
Binding: Hardback
Cloth, 8vo. , 240 pages, 253 pages. In Yiddish. With photographs. Cover decorated with map of Israel. “The First Step of Settling the Land of Israel” History of the early days of the development of the State of Israel. Includes chapters on: The founding of Rishon Le-Tzion; The first and second revolutions in rishon Le-Tzion; Petakh Tikvah, Rosh Pinah, Zikhron Yaakov; America and Eretz Yisrael; and Is the risk of cultural centered Zionism really a risk? SUBJECT (S) : Agricultural colonies -- Palestine. Jews -- Palestine. Jews -- Colonization -- Palestine. Zionism. OCLC 9038139. Wear and rubbing to boards, spine marks on one volume, otherwise good condition. (YID-17-6c-ELX)
Stock number:40513.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [New York]: "ha-Me'ir", 1917-1918
Binding: Hardback
Cloth, 8vo. , 240 pages, 253 pages. In Yiddish. With photographs. Cover decorated with map of Israel. “The First Step of Settling the Land of Israel” History of the early days of the development of the State of Israel. Includes chapters on: The founding of Rishon Le-Tzion; The first and second revolutions in rishon Le-Tzion; Petakh Tikvah, Rosh Pinah, Zikhron Yaakov; America and Eretz Yisrael; and Is the risk of cultural centered Zionism really a risk? SUBJECT (S) : Agricultural colonies -- Palestine. Jews -- Palestine. Jews -- Colonization -- Palestine. Zionism. OCLC 9038139. Institutional markings on endpapers, external marks to one volume, otherwise Very good condition. (YID-17-6B-ELX)
Stock number:40512.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Frankfurt A. M. : Noar Agudati Und Esra-Pirohe A. J., 1936
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 26, 6 pages. 25 cm. In Hebrew and German. Title translates to “Leaves of Agudist Yough. ” Nazi-era Newspaper of the Noar Agudati religious-nationalist youth movement. The group was founded in 1935 as a coalition of youth from Brit Ha-halutzim, Ezra, and Agudat Israel. They sought to encourage aliya to Israel in order to work the land and instill a spiritual element to settlement (EZRA, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Zionism. Orthodox Judaism. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (YIVO, TAU) . Wrappers are loose. Small chips to edges of wrapper. Pages browning. Overall very good. Rare and very displayable (YID-32-6)
Stock number:40485.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [New York]: Pionern Froyen Organizatsye In Amerike Un Kanada, 1932
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. 12mo. 59 pages, 16 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Rachel’s Poems. ” Rachel Sela, also known as just Rahel, (1890-1932) is one of the most famous Hebrew language poets and a central figure in Zionism. She emigrated to Palestine to work on a kibbutz and frequently wrote about the physical land and its attraction. The work here is translated by Zalman Shazar, the third president of Israel and member of the First Knesset. He personally knew Rahel (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Hebrew poetry - Zionism. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide (OCLC: 41922344) . Missing wrappers. Ex-library with only small, faded stamp on notes page. All contents very good. Overall good condition. (YID-32-5-ALRME-'x)
Stock number:40473.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Washington, D. C. , Zionist Organization Of America, 1943
Binding: Paper Wrappers
8vo. 31 pages. In English. Much on the participation of Jews from Palestine in the Allied forces against the Axis. SUBJECT(S): World War, 1939-1945 -- Palestine. Jews -- Palestine. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews. (HOLO2-8-1), ok 2020/4
Stock number:23680.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Minkhen: [Farlage Poayle-Tsien Hitahdut], 1949
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 80 pages, 21 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Quiet Light: A Story. ” Author Inscription from year of publication. Published in Yiddish by Poale Tsion, the Left-Zionist organization, in the U. S. Zone in Munich for survivors in the DP camps. Wasserman was a Yiddish poet who published in the years immediately following the Holocaust. SUBJECTS: Yiddish poetry. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide (OCLC: 10947226). Pages browning. Good Condition. (YID-41-49-AJK)
Stock number:40291.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Haifa: [Hotsa’at Eshkol], 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original illustrated wrappers. 8vo. 16 pages, 16 x 24 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Gad-Dwarf and the Mushroom. ” Beautifully illustrated. Anda Amir-Pinkerfeld (1902-1981) is one of Israel’s most beloved children’s writers. She emigrated to Palestine from Lvov in 1924. She won the Israel Prize, Bialik Prize, and Haim Greenberg Prize. SUBJECTS: Children's poetry, Hebrew. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Stanford, Michigan, Princeton, LOC) . Near Fine Condition. A beautiful copy. (YID-41-60) xx
Stock number:40245.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum,, 1970
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to, 24 x 24 cm, 12 pages in English, 4 pages of illustrations, and 12 pages in Hebrew. Includes a foreword by Dr. Haim Ganzu, the director of the Tel-Aviv Museum, and an introduction by Pola Eichenbaum. “Tel Aviv Museum of Art is a municipal museum, one of Israel's leading artistic and cultural institutions...The museum was envisioned and founded in 1932 by the first Mayor of Tel Aviv, Meir Dizengoff” (Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2018) . OCLC lists 26 copies worldwide. OCLC: 26274946. Slight toning to wrappers, Very Good condition. (Zion-16-18)
Stock number:40053.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; Hearst Unofficial Senatorial Commission., [1936]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 80 pages. 25 cm. First edition. "Reprinted from the New York American and other Hearst newspapers. " Reports of Hearst Unofficial Senatorial Commission. Members: the Hon. Royal S. Copeland, the Hon. Warren R. Austin, the Hon. Daniel O. Hastings. Contains numerous reports on Palestine from visits by members of the US Senate to Palestine; addresses the riots, world politics and Palestine, and argues in favor of the Zionist project. Subjects: Jews - Palestine. Palestinian Arabs. Jews. Palestinian Arabs. Palestine - History - 1917-1948. Middle East - Palestine. Wear to wrappers, institutional stamp on title page, number on cover, otherwise clean. Good - condition. (ZION-7-58B) xx
Stock number:40047.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, National Committee For Labor Israel., 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated blue and white paper wrappers with black-and-white photographs. 4to. 15 pages 28 cm. Important issue from just prior to statehood of this important Zionist photographic periodical, filled with black-and-white photographs, tables, maps, and articles. The Histadrut “was founded in December 1929 in Haifa to look out for the interests of Jewish workers...The Histadrut became one of the most powerful institutions in the state of Israel, a mainstay of the Labour Zionist movement and, aside from being a trade union, its state-building role made it the owner of a number of businesses and factories and, for a time, the largest employer in the country. Until Israel began moving away from a socialist economy, the Histadrut, along with the government, owned most of the economy” (Wikipedia 2017) . “Newspaper headlines report the sensational side of events in Palestine, but rarely the important things that happen daily. The Jewish State is being built by men and women with a single mind and single purpose, men and women of the Histadrut who stick to their task in fields and factories, who reluctantly take the gun in hand to ward off the enemy. HISTADRUT FOTO-NEWS will bring to American Jewry the story of Palestine in its proper perspective. Its heroes will be workers. Its drama will be the life of the pioneers who build not only new physical wonders but social and spiritual patterns that suit the rebirth of an ancient, civilized people. ” SUBJECT(S) : Labor and laboring classes, Israel, Periodicals. OCLC lists 15 holdings worldwide. Dampstain to lower left corner, otherwise Very Good Condition (HOLO2-134-29B)
Stock number:40045.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, National Committee For Labor Israel., 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated blue and white paper wrappers with black-and-white photographs. 4to. 15 pages 28 cm. Important issue from just prior to statehood of this important Zionist photographic periodical, filled with black-and-white photographs, tables, maps, and articles. The Histadrut “was founded in December 1929 in Haifa to look out for the interests of Jewish workers...The Histadrut became one of the most powerful institutions in the state of Israel, a mainstay of the Labour Zionist movement and, aside from being a trade union, its state-building role made it the owner of a number of businesses and factories and, for a time, the largest employer in the country. Until Israel began moving away from a socialist economy, the Histadrut, along with the government, owned most of the economy” (Wikipedia 2017) . “Newspaper headlines report the sensational side of events in Palestine, but rarely the important things that happen daily. The Jewish State is being built by men and women with a single mind and single purpose, men and women of the Histadrut who stick to their task in fields and factories, who reluctantly take the gun in hand to ward off the enemy. HISTADRUT FOTO-NEWS will bring to American Jewry the story of Palestine in its proper perspective. Its heroes will be workers. Its drama will be the life of the pioneers who build not only new physical wonders but social and spiritual patterns that suit the rebirth of an ancient, civilized people. ” SUBJECT(S) : Labor and laboring classes, Israel, Periodicals. OCLC lists 15 holdings worldwide. Very Good Condition, a beautiful copy. (HOLO2-134-29A)
Stock number:40044.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Washington, D. C. ; Zionist Organization Of America, 1943
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 40 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Holocaust-era imprint. Foreword by Judge Louise E. Levinthal. “The four essays contained in this booklet were presented at a special session of the Forty-fifth Annual Convention of the Zionist Organisation of America on October 15, 1942. Each author is a distinguished rabbi in American Israel. ” - p. 5. Essays include 'Substance and Spirit' by David de Sola Pool, 'Zionism – A Religious Duty' by Felix A. Levy, 'The Religious Character of Jewish Nationalism' by Joseph H. Lookstein, 'The Religious Spirit' by Louis Levitsky. Subjects: Zionism. Judaism. OCLC lists 15 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-1A)
Stock number:40043.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, IHUD (Union) Association, 1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
1st edition. Original paper Wrappers, 8vo, 104 [ages. 24 cm. "Contains the full text of the IHUD's evidence, both written and oral, before the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, as well as other material relevant to the problem" (p. 3). It also contains passages of the IHUD's evidence before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. To complete the picture of the bi-national case, an address delivered before UNSCOP by Dr. Ernst Simon, a leading member of the IHUD, has been included. Paper toning, spine label, Good Solid Condition. (zion-16-25)
Stock number:40042.
$US 100.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
New York: George H. Doran, 1918. 1st edition. Wrappers; 12mo. Vii, 93 pages. A brief and comprehensive survey of the various forms of celebration in Jewry in honor of the promulgation of the British Charter of Zionism, confined to the events and utterances of the first few weeks following publication of Mr. Balfour's historic letter. Chapters include: Resolutions, Statements, and Messages of Zionist Organisations; Resolutions of Other Jewish Organizations; Views of Jewish Leaders; Public Demonstrations; Press Comment. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Palestine. Zionism. Note(s) : "The charter of Zionism, letter from the British government ... To Lord Rothschild, in which Mr. A. J. Balfour, secretary of state for foreign affairs, declared the sympathy of the British government with Zionist aspirations and its favourable attitude towards the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. " Wear to spine & front cover, which also has institutional stamps. Otherwise Good Condition. (ZION-16-24)
Stock number:40041.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: George H. Doran, 1918
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Wrappers; 12mo. Vii, 93 pages. A brief and comprehensive survey of the various forms of celebration in Jewry in honor of the promulgation of the British Charter of Zionism, confined to the events and utterances of the first few weeks following publication of Mr. Balfour's historic letter. Chapters include: Resolutions, Statements, and Messages of Zionist Organisations; Resolutions of Other Jewish Organizations; Views of Jewish Leaders; Public Demonstrations; Press Comment. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Palestine. Zionism. Note(s) : "The charter of Zionism, letter from the British government ... To Lord Rothschild, in which Mr. A. J. Balfour, secretary of state for foreign affairs, declared the sympathy of the British government with Zionist aspirations and its favourable attitude towards the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. " Light wear, Good+ Condition. (ZION-16-24) xx
Stock number:40040.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Wien, Zionistisches Landeskomitee Fur Osterreich,, 1933
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Hardcover, 76 pages, 8vo, 23 cm. Series: Schriftenreihe des zionistischen Landeskomitees fur Osterreich, nr. 3; From the year of Hitler's ascendency, a Zionist analysis of the decimation of Judaism, via Antisemitism and Assimilation, which can only be solved by the creation of a Jewish state. SUBJECT (S) : Heller, Otto, 1897- Untergang des Judentums. "Vorwort" signed Wilhelm Stein. Imprint on cover: "Verlagsbuchhandlung Dr. H. Glanz, Wien. " OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Hinge repair. Slight browning of pages. Wear and browning to front cover. Small tear to bottom of title page, no text loss. Light wear. Otherwise, very good condition. (Holo2-20-4), OK 06/12
Stock number:23561.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, N. Y. : Israel Discount Bank, 1976
Binding: Paperback
Original wrappers, 4to, 19 unnumbered pages ; 28 x 36 cm. A reproduction of an original manuscript book designed and written out by Paul Freeman from the official english translation of the original Hebrew document and commissioned by Israel Discount Bank Limited in New York City. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. OCLC: 17100757. Touch of edgewear and toning to cover, Very Good Condition. (Zion-16-13/A-J)
Stock number:39996.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Meksike: Drukerey Visn, 1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 445 pages. 21 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “My Life and My Travels. ” Mishkovski (1878-1950) was a prominent Russian-American Zionist-socialist and Yiddish author. He wrote prolifically and was active in the Workmen’s Circle and Jewish Labor Committee. (Jewish Leksikon, 2017) . SUBJECTS: Yiddish authors — Biography — Jewish socialists. Jews -- Politics and government. Very Good Condition (YID-30-31)
Stock number:39847.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Torat Eretz Yisrael Publications, 1991
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original Cloth with duest jacket, 8vo, 387 pages. Zvi Yehuda Kook (1891 - 1982) “was an Orthodox rabbi, a prominent leader of Religious Zionism, and Rosh Yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva. He was the son of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and named in honor of his maternal grandfather's brother, Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Rabinowitz-Teomim. His teachings are partially responsible for the modern religious settlement movement in the West Bank. Many of his ideological followers in the Religious Zionist movement settled there. Under the leadership of Rabbi Kook, with its center in the yeshiva founded by his father, Jerusalem's Mercaz HaRav, thousands of Orthodox Jews campaigned actively against territorial compromise, and established numerous settlements throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Many of these settlements were subsequently granted official recognition by Israeli governments, both right and left” (Wikipedia, 2018) . Occasional underlining, some wear to binding, Good Condition in Good Jacket that also shows some wear. (AC-6-1)
Stock number:39754.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Nyu York : Poyle Tsien Farlag, 1920
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Original boards with gilt lettering. 8vo, 320 pages, 21 cm. In Yiddish. Ber Borochov (1881-1917) was a Marxist Zionist and one of the founders of the Labor Zionist movement as well as a pioneer in the study of Yiddish as a language. As an adult he joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party but was expelled when he formed a Zionist Socialist Workers Union in Yekaterinoslav. Subsequently, he helped form the Poale Zion party and devoted his life to promoting the party in Russia, Europe, and America. When the Russian social democrats came to power, Borochov returned to Russia in March 1917 to lead Poale Zion. Borochov became highly influential in the Zionist movement because he explained nationalism in general, and Jewish Nationalism in particular in terms of Marxist class struggle and dialectical materialism. Borochov predicted, correctly, that nationalist forces would be more important in determining events than economic and class considerations, especially as concerned the Jews. Borochov argued that the class structure of European Jews resembled an inverted class pyramid where few Jews occupied the productive layers of society as workers. The Jews would migrate from country to country as they were forced out of their chosen professions by a stychic process which would ultimately force migration to Palestine, where they would form a proletarian basis in order to carry out Marxist class struggle. A key part of Borochovian ideology was that the Arab and Jewish working classes had a common proletarian interest and would participate in the class struggle together once Jews had returned to Palestine (Wikipedia 2015) . SUBJECT (S) : Labor Zionism - Nationalism. Very minor edgewear. Clean pages. Overall Very Good condition. (YID-30-1).
Stock number:39746.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary, 1909
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 29 pages. Schechter was a rabbinic scholar and president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Born in Rumania, he moved to Britain in 1882 and there became a spokesman for Jewish traditionalism. In 1901 he moved to New York and became the president of the Seminary. During his tenure the Seminary became one of the most important centers of Jewish learning and Jewish and intellectual revival. He regarded Zionism as a bulwark against assimilation and in 1913 attended the 11th Zionist Congress in Vienna. He is regarded as the chief architect of Conservative Judaism in the United States (Horin EJ) . SUBJECT(S) : American Poltical, Government History, Biography, President Lincoln. Edgewear and some mild discoloration to covers. Otherwise in very good conditioin. (AMR-41-41-P)
Stock number:31341.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv, Israel: Seminar Haqibbutzim, 1959
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback.
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st edition. Publisher’s original boards, 8vo, 169 pages. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front end paper. Title translates as “Biblical Values, Human Values: Texts by Mordechai Segal with 12 Drawings by Marcel Jaco. ” Born in 1903 in Ukraine, Mordechai Segal lived in Israel from 1925 onward and is best known for founding the “Kibbutz Seminar, ” an academic college in Tel Aviv focused on education and pedagogy. Segal ran the seminar for its first 35 years (1939-74) and is credited, among others, for defining the new educational tools necessary for the “new” Israeli Jew. Segal developed his own unique pedagogical method (the “process method, ” which stressed student excursions and independent work outdoors or with arts and crafts) for younger Israeli teachers, would then take his approach with them to disperate kibbutzim and moshavim across Israel. “The single role of (kibbutz) education, ” he wrote, “is to attend to porosities of the spirit of the child to remain always clean and open to the vitality of everyday life that is around him. ” Less well known are Segal’s reflections on Jewish spirituality and scripture, collected in this volume from 1955 and long out of print. The collection is especially unique for including 12 drawings by the acclaimed Romanian and Israeli avant-garde artist Marcel “Moshe” Jaco. Jaco was the co-inventor of Dadaism, one of the most important and definitive art movements of the 20th century, and edited (along with other modern art luminaries Tristan Tzara and Ion Vinea) the Romanian literary and art magazine Simbolul (The Symbol) . After delaying his leave from Europe well into the war, Jaco finally fled Hitler and moved to Palestine in 1941, bringing his extended family and other Holocaust escapees with him. In early Israel Jaco worked on developing the State’s national park system, but was most famous for helping establish the community of Ein Hod, a utopian artist’s colony near Haifa, built on the ruins of a desert Palestinian village of the same name. In very good condition, with a very good dust jacket, slightly sunned (AC-4-6).
Stock number:39624.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Montreal, Canada; Eagle Pub. Co., 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Publishers Cloth. 4to. 209 pages. 26 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Inscribed in Yiddish by author on front end paper. Written by Israel Rabinovitch (1894-1964) , “an accomplished musician and writer, was chief editor of the Montreal Yiddish daily newspaper, the Keneder Adler, from 1924 to 1964. … Following in the tradition of fellow musicologist Professor Abraham Tzvi Idelsohn, whom he greatly admired, Rabinovitch used the Keneder Adler as a platform to share his love for Jewish music, writing widely about it and contributing to the status and knowledge of hazzanut (cantorial arts) in Canada. In 1940, Rabinovitch published the book Muzik bai Yidn (Music by Jews) , which was translated from Yiddish into English by A. M. Klein in 1952 under the title Jewish Music: Ancient and Modern. … Rabinovitch was one of the founders of the Jewish Public Library, a leader in the Labour Zionist group Poale Zion, and also the first president of the Jewish Music Council of Montreal. He passed away in Montreal in 1964. As Cantor Nathan Mendelson of the Shaar Hashomayim wrote in his obituary of Rabinovitch, ‘his song, the song of our people remains eternal. ” (Le musée interactif du Montréal juif; Israel Rabinovitch) Subjects: Jews - Music - History and criticism. Hingest starting, but solid. Good+ condition. (YID-18-11)
Stock number:39452.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Yerushalem : M. Shiynkin, 1906
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
First edition. Original paper wrappers bound in later boards. 8vo; 83, 23 [1] pages : maps, folded table ; 16 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Handbook for Knowing the Land of Israel. ” As the introduction states, this book was written for the purpose of teaching potential Jewish settlers about the physical Land of Israel. The author, David Trietsch (1870-1935) , was a German writer and among the first Zionist activists who fully believed in the absorptive capacity of Palestine. SUBJECTS: Guidebooks --Palestine -. Middle East -- Palestine. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Pages are chipped and brittle. Repair to spine and binding. Overall Fair Condition. (HEB-48-57)
Stock number:37128.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York, 1955
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 12mo, illustrated, in English, Serial Publication. First Edition. Judaean Leaves include the issues January (28 pages) , February (30 pages) , March (21 pages) , April (12 pages) , May (27 pages) , Summer (19 pages) , November (20 pages) , December (29 pages) , Leader’s Guide (40 pages ) bound in between Summer and November issues. Yocheved (Judith) Herschlag (Muffs) , was born in 1926 in Queens, NY. She joined Ha-Shomer ha-Dati, a religious kibbutz-oriented Zionist youth group, and went to their training farm in upstate NY in 1946. In 1947, when she was nineteen, she immigrated illegally to British-controlled Palestine with the famed Exodus ship. She settled with her garin [aliyah group] at a kibbutz. The kibbutz fought off several Arab attacks during the Israeli War of Independence in 1947–1949. Judith Herschlag served as a messenger during times of alert, learning to throw grenades and to shoot. Shortly after her return to the United States in late 1949, she started to work for Young Judaea, an educational movement for Zionist youth. She first served as a group leader and then, beginning in 1954, as national program director. Eventually, she wrote five volumes of “Judaean Leaves, ” a program guide for group leaders. While she worked at Young Judaea, she returned to university studies. In 1970, she married Rabbi Yochanan Muffs, Distinguished Service Professor of Bible studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Throughout her entire professional career, Muffs has striven to promote love of Judaism among Jewish young people, and understanding of Judaism among those of other faiths. , SUBJECT(S) : Jews --- youth --- Zionism. OCLC lists 7 other copies worldwide. Shelf wear to covers, otherwise very good condition (YIDCHI-5-49)
Stock number:29823.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Shik?ago [Chicago]: Druk Fun Y. Shapiro, 1910
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original boards. 8vo. 200 pages. 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to "Jewish Worlds: Stories, Sketches, and Photos. " Solomon Baruch Komaiko (1879-1957) was an American author, journalist, and Zionist activist. Upon the recommendation of Professor Richard Gottheil, Komaiko became the chief American correspondent to Die Welt which appeared in Vienna as the official organ of the Zionist movement. In 1903, Komaiko settled in Chicago, contributing for a number of years to local Yiddish papers, such as the Chicago Sentinel and the Jewish Daily Courier. Komaiko also wrote for the Jewish Daily News of New York, the Jewish Morning Journal, the Jewish Record, and many other daily Yiddish- and English-language newspapers. As a result of his work as a journalist and author, Komaiko is regarded as one of the 100 most influential Chicago Jews of the 20th century. During World War I, Komaiko held several high-profile positions related to the war effort. After the Treaty of Versailles, Komaiko used his notoriety to secure American diplomatic recognition for the newly formed Republic of Lithuania. SUBJECTS: Yiddish wit and humor. Soiling to boards. Internally Very Good. Overall Good+ Condition. (YID-27-16)
Stock number:39132.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [New York] : [American Hebrew], 1906
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Separate Edition. Original Wrappers. 8vo. [3]-16 pages ; 21 cm. "Reprinted from The American Hebrew. " Here Ginzberg criticizes William Rosenaus "Jewish Biblical Commentators. " "Rosenau served as rabbi in Omaha, Nebraska and in Congregation Oheb Shalom of Baltimore, Maryland. He was also on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University. Rosenau was considered a radical reformer regarding ritual and he was a member of the anti-Zionist American Council for Judaism. He was an editor of the revised editions of the Union Prayer Book and the Union Haggadah" (Wikipedia, 2017) Rabbi Louis Ginzberg (18743-1953) was a Talmudist and leading figure in the Conservative Movement of Judaism of the twentieth century. " (Wikipedia, 2017) OCLC lists just 5 copies worldwide (JTS, HUC, Universiteit Van Amsterdam, YIVO, NLI) . A few small tears to front wrapper. Paper toning. Very good- condition. (AMR-52-38)
Stock number:39100.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1983
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original boards. 8vo. 369 pages. 25 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to "Schatz's Betzalel, 1906-1929." Features articles on Boris Schatz and the Bezalel school of art in Jerusalem. It contains many color and black and white photographs of his works, many of which were printed for the first time in this publication. SUBJECTS: Jewish art -- Palestine. Jewish artists -- Palestine -- Biography. Jewish art. Jewish artists. Kunstonderwijs. Betsal'el. (ART-27-4)
Stock number:38980.
$US 100.00
Imprint: The American Hebrew, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Broadside
1st Separate Edition. 6 X 13 Inches : Text Front and Back, accompanied by a photo of Gruen. “Reprinted from ‘The American Hebrew, ’ November 1, 1940.” By the 1930s, significantly-sized Jewish communities had grown up around farming towns like Farmingdale, New Jersey. The farmers built synagogues and community centers, held religious services, and celebrated Jewish holidays together. During the Depression, they raised money to help those in need, and during the years of World War II, they collected money, knitted, and sent care packages to Jews overseas. They also absorbed some of the Displaced Persons who arrived in the U. S. And were willing to work on farms. Indeed, some of these D. P. S even established their own farms, with the help of the Jewish Agricultural Society. Oscar Gruen was himself a recently arrived European refugee and was the Associate Publisher and Editor of the American Hebrew at the time of this article’s publication. Gruen (1890-1953) was also the founding editor of the first Jewish news bureau, the Juedische Pressezentrale, which published a weekly edition in Zurich from 1917 to 1940. Grün began the Pressezentrale in the wake of World War I in order to counteract what he saw as international agitation against Jews. In 1919, Grün was a member of the committee which, under the leadership of Louis Marshall, presented the Jewish case to the Paris Peace Conference and secured the inclusion of the "minority rights clause" in the various constitutions of the newly established states in Central Europe. As editor of one of the world’s leading Jewish periodicals, Grün witnessed firsthand many of the most important Jewish-related events of the time, including the 20th Zionist Congress (1937) and the Evian Conference (1938) . OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Slight wear and toning. About very good condition. (AMR-52-32)xx
Stock number:38974.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin : Rimon Pub. Co., 1923
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Original Boards. 8vo. 54 pages ; 23 cm. “Moses Gaster (1856 – 939) was a Romanian, later British scholar, the Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish congregation, London, and a Hebrew and Romanian linguist. Moses Gaster was an active Zionist in Romania as well as in England, where in 1899 he helped establish the English Zionist Federation. He was the father of Jack and Theodor Gaster and the grandfather of Marghanita Laski. He was also son-in-law to Michael Friedländer and father-in-law to Neville Laski. ” (Wikipedia, 2017) SUBJECT(S) : Ketubah. Ex-library with Jewish Institutional Bookplate and usual markings. Spine is torn. Boards re worn. Otherwise Good+ condition. (BR-11-57)
Stock number:38943.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London, East And West Library, 1954
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Brown Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. [12]-19 pages ; 22 cm. Offprint from “Essays Presented To Leo Baeck On The Occasion Of His Eightieth Birthday, ” published by East and West Library in London in 1954. This copy is inscribed by Bentwhich on the wrappers, “With Norman’s Love and Apologies. ” “Norman De Mattos Bentwich OBE MC (1883 – 1971) was a British barrister and legal academic. He was the British-appointed attorney-general of Mandatory Palestine and a lifelong Zionist… Norman Bentwich was the oldest son of British Zionist Herbert Bentwich. ” (Wikipedia, 2017) Creased along the middle of every page. Otherwise about very good condition. (BR-11-56)
Stock number:38896.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Nyu-York; Aroysgegebn Fun Poyele Tsiyen Palestina Komitet,, 1916-1917
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 4to. 190, [2] pages. 27 cm. First Yiddish edition. In Yiddish. Adaption from the Hebrew with the same title. Yizkor for fallen Fighters and Workers in Eretz Yisroel. Published in New York for the World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers, Po'alei Zion, Palestine Committee. Yiddish edition edited by David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) , Zionist leader, Israeli statesman, first prime minister and defense minister of Israel; member of the First to Eighth Knessets. Bound in black cloth with gilt title, black endpages, two illustrated title pages, and dozens of illustrations throughout. Subjects: Jews - Biography. Zionists - Biography. Jewish-Arab relations - History - 1917-1948. Halutzim. Palestine - History - 1917-1948. World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers - Po'alei Zion; Palestine Committee. OCLC lists 23 copies. Minimal edgewear. Slight toning. Some rubbing. Ex-library markings. Very good condition. (SPEC-36-60A)
Stock number:38689.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin, Rimon, 1923
Binding: Hardcover
Original illustrated boards. 12mo. 153 pages; 20 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Herman Cohen: Who Preached Morality and His Teachings in Judaism. ” Includes portraits and facsimiles. Klatzkin (1882-1948) was an “author, philosopher, and Zionist. Klatzkin was born in Bereza Kartuska, Brest-Litovsk district, today Belarus. The son of Elijah Klatzkin, a prominent rabbinical scholar, who gave him a thorough education in all branches of traditional Jewish studies. At the age of 18, Klatzkin went to Germany, first to Frankfurt on the Main and then to Marburg, where he studied philosophy under Hermann Cohen. He received his doctorate from the University of Berne in 1912. In the following years Klatzkin was active in Germany as a writer for Hebrew periodicals, including Ha-Zeman, Ha-Shilo’ah, and Ha-Tekufah, and as editor of Die Welt, the organ of the Zionist Organization, and later in Heidelberg, of the Freie Zionistische Blaetter. From 1912 to 1915 he was director of the Jewish National Fund in Cologne. From 1915 to 1919 he edited the Swiss Bulletin Juif, which covered world events of special relevance to Jews during World War I and established the publishing firm Al ha-Mishmar, which issued a series of books on Jewish problems in French and German. In Berlin Klatzkin founded another publishing house, Eshkol, and continued writing for the Jewish press. In 1924 he and his lifelong friend Nahum Goldmann initiated the Encyclopaedia Judaica, of which ten volumes appeared between 1928 and 1934. Two volumes of a parallel Hebrew edition, Enziklopedyah Yisre’elit, were issued in 1929–32. Klatzkin acted as editor in chief in cooperation with leading Jewish scholars…Klatzkin was a student of philosophy as well as a brilliant Hebrew essayist. In philosophy Klatzkin opposed his teacher Cohen, whose philosophy and interpretation of Judaism he submitted to searching criticism in the monograph Hermann Cohen. He also devoted a critical study to Spinoza, Baruch Spinoza, in which he stressed the Jewish influences in his intellectual background and style; he translated Spinoza’s Ethics from the Latin to Hebrew as Torat ha-Middot. Klatzkin developed his own philosophy, which may be described as vitalistic, emphasizing the biological, instinctive aspect of life rather than the intellectual one, in Sheki'at ha-? Ayyim, and in Der Erkenntnistrieb als Lebens und Todesprinzip” (Sole and Scheps in EJ, 2007) . SUBJECT(S) : Jewish Philosophy. Ex-library markings. Browning to pages. Mild edgewear. Minimal staining. Very good condition. (RAB-46-11C)
Stock number:38641.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Czernowitz: Birnbaum & Kohut,, 1910
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback.
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 336 pages ; 25 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “Selected Writings On The Jewish Question. Part 1.” Includes only Volume 1 of 2. “Nathan Birnbaum (1864 – 1937) . (also known as ‘Mathias Acher’ and other pseudonyms) .. Was an Austrian writer and journalist, Jewish thinker and nationalist. His life had three main phases, representing a progression in his thinking: a Zionist phase (1883 – 1900) ; a Jewish cultural autonomy phase (1900 – 1914) which included the promotion of the Yiddish language; and religious phase (1914–1937) when he turned to Orthodox Judaism and became staunchly anti-Zionist…” (Wikipedia, 2017) SUBJECT(S) : Jews. Zionism. Spine is missing, and somewhat ironically the exposed binding shows a repurposed newspaper cartoon of Jewish men having an argument. Boards slightly worn. Includes full pages portrait of Birnbaum. A few markings throughout but overall about very good condition. (GER-59-30)
Stock number:38606.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Jewish Agency For Palestine, Economic Research Institute,, 1946
Binding: Paperback
Original paper wrappers. 4to. Xvi, 171 pages; 24 cm. Divided into five parts with smaller chapter divisions within each. Includes various tables. “The reader is warned at the outset not to mistake such an attempt as either a ‘blueprint’, or a ‘forecast’ of what is likely to happen. As these lines are written (beginning of 1946) , the political and economic future of the country is no less uncertain than it was in 1942, when the work was taken in hand. But then, as now, the investigation is justified, in the author’s opinion, just because no mere prophesy has any practical value. Its task is to show what might be done in Palestine and in this way to establish the reasonableness of the Zionist claims for conditions under which the realisation of their aims can be achieved. It is intended to help towards the creation of preconditions favourable to our cause, and is, in so far, not dependent upon the actual situation at present or in future. ” SUBJECT(S) : Economic policy, Palestine. Minimal edgewear and staining. Slight toning. Very good condition. (ZION-12-70)
Stock number:38587.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Wien: L. Rosner ; Leipzig: August Schulze, 1894
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Later Boards with Original Wrappers Bound Inside. 8vo. 32 pages ; 18 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “Assimilation, Antisemitism and Jewish Nationalism. ” Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32) . OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Ex-library with Jewish Institutional Stamp on Wrapper. Paper brittle. Otherwise Good condition. (GER-59-13)
Stock number:38487.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, National Committee For Labor Palestine,, 1946-1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated blue and white paper wrappers with black-and-white photographs. 4to. About 12 pages each; 28 cm. Post-Holocaust and Statehood issues of this publication that continued the Histadrut Bulletin. The Histadrut “was founded in December 1929 in Haifa to look out for the interests of Jewish workers...The Histadrut became one of the most powerful institutions in the state of Israel, a mainstay of the Labour Zionist movement and, aside from being a trade union, its state-building role made it the owner of a number of businesses and factories and, for a time, the largest employer in the country. Until Israel began moving away from a socialist economy, the Histadrut, along with the government, owned most of the economy” (Wikipedia 2017) . Includes black-and-white photographs, tables, and articles on Histadrut accomplishments and includes photographic gems, such as Vol. IV No. 3, which includes a photograph of Golda Meir with her daughter captioned “Mother and Daughter: Goldie Meyerson, head of political office of Jewish Agency in Jerusalem, with daughter who is a member of a kibbutz in the Negev. ” SUBJECT(S) : Jews, Zionism, Periodicals, Labor Zionism. OCLC lists 2 holdings worldwide (Harvard, UMichigan) . Overall, very good condition. Minimal pencil markings and slight toning. Some edgewear and pencil markings that affect text. (HOLO2-134-28)
Stock number:38413.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Eschweiler: Verlag Der Freistatt, 1913
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Period Boards with Original Red Paper Wrappers Bound Inside. 8vo. 200 pages ; 22 cm. 3 Issues Bound Together (nos. 1 — 3) . In German. The title translates loosely into English as, “The Sanctuary: A Monthly Periodical on Jewish Culture and Politics. ” all 3 issues from the first year of publication of the influential Jewish-German periodical "Die Freistatt". Founded by Fritz Mordechai Kaufmann (1888-1921) , it was the only German-Jewish periodical to represent a 'pan-Judaic' approach, distinguishing it both from liberal and Zionist Judaism in Germany at that time. Was a forum for political, religious and sociological discussions about Judaism. Featured prominent writers such as Elsa Lasker Schüler, Chaim Nachman Bialik, Ber Borochov, and numerous others. Substantial Water damage throughout. Back Board is missing and front board is worn. Wrappers have bled onto pages and many pages have a damaged red discoloration. Some edgewear. Overall in fair condition. (GER-58-78a)
Stock number:38383.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London : Geo. Young, 1917
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Wrappers. 8vo. 8 pages ; 22 cm. Sermon by a Non-Zionist. SUBJECT (S) : Shavuot sermons. Zionism. OCLC + Worldcat list about 14 copies worldwide. Stamped on cover from date of publication. Very good condition. (BR-11-44)
Stock number:38303.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin : Soncino-Gesellschaft, 1926
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Wrappers. 4to. 30 pages ; 29 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “ProselyteS: A Contribution to the History of the Jewish Race. ” “Heinrich Loewe (1869 — 1951) was a German journalist, publicist, folklorist, linguist, philosopher, and Zionist politician…” (Wikipedia, 2017) One of 800 copies printed for the annual of the Soncino-Gesellschaft der Freunde des Jüdischen Buches. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish converts.
Stock number:38291.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem : Re'uven Mas, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Later boards. 8vo. 160 pages, 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Democracy and Totalitarianism: Foundations of the Doctrine. ” Holocaust-era imprint. First in a pre-state series on major political and social movements. Aharon Reuveni (1886-1971) was born in the Ukraine. He left his own country for the United States in 1904 but returned to Russia in 1906, excited by the winds of revolution. He was exiled to Siberia with his family in 1908 for hiding arms. He escaped and reached Eretz Israel in 1910, after extensive travels in China, Japan and Egypt. He became active in public affairs (his brother, Yitzhak Ben Zvi, became the second president of Israel) and published in a several fields, including novels, poems, essays on Hebrew literature, and research on early Jewish history. SUBJECTS: Democracy -- Philosophy. Totalitarianism -- Philosophy. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Very good Condition. (HEB-50-42)
Stock number:38279.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Frankfurt A. M. , J. Kauffmann,, 1893
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st Edition. Original Boards. 2 volumes in 1. VIII, (2) , 119, (5) , 127, (8) , 236 pp. With 4 plates ; 23 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “A History of the Jews in Rome From Olden Times to the Present. ” This is Rabbi Joseph Strauss’ copy with his bookplate. Strauss (1845-1922) was an influential British Zionist and Rabbi in the late 19th century. He was one of the first Reform Rabbis in England. “Berliner… was a German theologian and historian… (His) edition of Rashi's commentary to the Pentateuch (1866) first made him known as a scholar; he added to his reputation by various historical works…” (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Rome. With Rabbi Strauss’ bookplate. Some wear and discoloration to boards end pages. Inside pages are very good condition. (GER-58-63)
Stock number:38266.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin, J. Springer,, 1859
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 249 pages. 22 cm. In German. Second and final volume in the series, "Die Synagogale Poesie des Mittelalters. " Includes bibliographical references. Leopold Zunz (1794-1886) was the founding father of the 'Wissenschaft des Judentums. ' SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Liturgy and ritual -- History. Judaism -- Liturgy -- History. Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts -- History and criticism. This copy is inscribed by Hirsch Jakob Zimmels on the title page. Zimmels, in turn, gave the book 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 on title page. One or two markings throughout. Slight foxing/discoloration. Otherwise about very good condition. (GER-0-10a)
Stock number:38239.
$US 100.00
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: [Berlin] [M. Poppenlauer], 1918
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 151 pages ; 23 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “The Rabbi, His Life and His Views. ” Jacob Samuel Zuri-Szezak (1884–1943) , lawyer, authority on Hebrew law, and author. Zuri, who was born in Poland, studied in France and Germany. After immigrating to Palestine after World War I, he lectured for a time at the Jerusalem Law School. In 1927 he moved to Paris and in 1931 to London. Zuri's single scholarly purpose was to introduce into the European study of Greek, Roman, and Islamic law the data of the Jewish legal tradition. He published most of his 31 works in Hebrew, because, as a Zionist, he hoped to lay the foundation for a system of legislation for the coming Jewish state. In his biographical studies and in his analysis of Jewish jurisprudence, Zuri distinguishes between two main currents in rabbinical methodology, the southern, characteristic of Judean scholars, and the northern, of Galilean scholars. These recur in Babylonian Sura and Nehardea-Pumbedita, respectively. Southern methodology seeks for the underlying unity of surface differences. In mishnaic study, a southerner will relate the view of an anonymous Mishnah to the total view held by a tannaitic authority or to an abstract legal principle. Northern methodology concentrates on concrete characteristics of cases and looks for fine individual differences. In mishnaic controversy, the northerner looks for an explanation of difference in the differing circumstances of specific cases. Zuri worked out these principles in, among others, the following works: Rab, sein Leben und seine Anschauungen (1918) ; Rabbi Akiva (Heb. , 1924) ; Rav Ashi (Heb. 1924) ; Tarbut ha-Deromim (1924) ; Toledot Darkhei ha-Limmud (1914) ; Toledot ha-Mishpat ha-Zibburi ha-Ivri (3 vols. 1931–34) ; and Tarbut ha-Deromim (1924) . Zuri made a substantial contribution to the study of talmudic history and law. Inscribed on title page. Stamped from the personal library of Rabbi HP Chajes, the Chief Rabbi of Vienna and Zionist leader who was chair of the World Zionist Congress from 1912 to 1925. Otherwise pages are clear. Slight toning. End page foxing. About Very good condition. (GER-58-60)
Stock number:38235.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Wien, R. Lwit, 1916
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 57 pages ; 23 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “The Oldest Printed German Translation of the Jewish Prayer Book, Dated 1530, and its author, Anthonius Margaritha. A Literary Historical Investigation. ” “Mieses (1882–1942) (was a) rabbi, scholar, and Polish army chaplain. The elder brother of author and scholar Matthias Mieses, Józef Mieses was born in Przemysl and lived there until he completed his high school education in 1900. Sent to Vienna to study in the rabbinical seminary and university, he was ordained as a rabbi and received his doctorate in 1907… Over the decades, Mieses published a number of articles in scholarly journals in Poland and abroad on issues involving Jewish culture and linguistics, including a critical study of Sa‘adyah Gaon’s Arabic translation of the Torah and a supplement to Jacob Levy’s Talmudic dictionary. Following the outbreak of World War I, Mieses escaped to Vienna as a refugee, where he devoted himself to research in the city’s libraries. In 1916 he was appointed a chaplain in the Austro-Hungarian army, with the rank of captain, for the Tenth Corps, whose headquarters were located in Przemysl…In 1920 he joined the Polish army and was named chief Jewish chaplain, with the rank of colonel, serving until 1932.” (YIVO, 2016) Margaritha was a 16th century Hebraist who converted to Christianity. “He is best known for the 1530 book Der Fantze Jüdisch Glaub (The Whole Jewish Belief) . ” (Wikipedia, 2016) The book influenced Martin Luther’s anti-semitic treatise “On the Jews and Their Lies. ” SUBJECT(S) : Margaritha, Anton. Inscribed on the title page. Stamped on title page from the personal library of Rabbi HP Chajes, the Zionist leader who was chair of the World Zionist Congress from 1912 to 1925. Back hinge is reinforced with tape. Pages clear. About very good condition. (GER-58-59)
Stock number:38233.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Wien: Published By The Author, 1933
Binding: Hardcover
Original purple boards with gold letters. 8vo. 280 pages; 24cm. Includes 18 word inscription on title page. In German. Title translates to “Chief Rabbi Hirsch Perez Chajes: His Life and Work. ” Illustrated by 8 photo plates. Includes "Gedachtnisaufzeichnungen nach oberrabbiner prof. Dr. H. P. Chajes' Reden und Ansprachen" on pages xii-xv, and "Erganzungen zur Bibliographie der Schriften, Reden und Vortragevon Hirsch Perez Chajes'" on pages 275-280. Hirsch Perez Chajes, also known as Zwi Perez Chajes, “was a rabbi, historian, biblical scholar and a notable Zionist leader” (Wikipedia, 2016) . Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Slight toning. Minimal staining. Very good condition. (GER-51-55)
Stock number:38207.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Buenos Ayres: Y. Botoshanski, 1948
Binding: Hardback
Cloth, 8vo. , two volumes, 536 pages. In Yiddish. Illustrated with photographs. “ The Beginnings of the State of Israel”. Subjects: Palestine -- History -- 1929-1948. Israel -- History -- 1948-1967. Israel -- Description and travel. Botoshansky (1892–1964) , was a “ Yiddish novelist, journalist, and critic. Botoshansky was born in Bessarabia. He was active in Romania from 1914 to 1926 as a literary pioneer of Yiddish, and, thereafter, in Buenos Aires as editor of the Yiddish daily, Di Prese. In 1914–15 he was one of the founders and editors of Likht, Romania's first modern Yiddish periodical, and collaborated with Jacob Sternberg in writing for the renascent Yiddish theater. In Argentina, Botoshansky quickly emerged as a leader combating the influence wielded in the Yiddish theater by the criminal elements who were then prudishly called "white slave traders" he never ceased to play a prominent role in Jewish cultural life there. His writings include travel sketches of North and South America and of Israel. Two of his dramas, Hershele Ostropolyer and Reb Ber Lyover (1928) , were staged in Argentina and Soviet Russia. His works include Mir Viln Lebn ("We Want to Live, " 1948) and Di Kenigin fun Dorem-Amerike ("The Queen of South America, " 1962) , both fictional travel sketches; Di Lebnsgeshikhte fun a Yidishn Zhurnalist ("The Biography of a Jewish Journalist, " memoirs, 3 vols. , 1948) ; and Pshat ("Simply Speaking, " literary essays, 1952) (Astro, EJ, 2007) . Other titles: El Genesis del Estado de Israel. Bereshit fun Medinat Israel. Bereshit fun Medinat Yisra'el. Very good condition. (YID-17-12A)
Stock number:38190.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Ha-Vaadah Ha-Historit Shel Berit "kibuts Galuyot", 1930
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. 8vo. 276 pages. 24 cm. Illustrated with photographs. In Hebrew. Title translates to: “Ten years of persecution: the Soviet Zionist movement in Russia” SUBJECT: Descriptor: Zionism -- Soviet Union -- History. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Wear to covers. Good condition. (HEB-44-1A)
Stock number:38187.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem; The University, 1948
Binding: Softcover
Original Wraps. 8vo. XIII, 216 pages. 21 cm. Frontispiece folded plan of the university. Massive handbook for the Hebrew University, with list of courses, faculties, departments, contributors to the University, Board of Governors, etc. With two tables. Published under difficult conditions: “The publication of this handbook has been unduly delayed owing to the war which broke out in Palestine shortly after the completion of the text and which, unfortunately, is still in progress at the time of writing. The bombing of the pritning press at which the manuscript was already once completely set, necessitating its being re-set elsewhere; the shortage of paper as a result of explosions in Jerusalem and the breakdown in communications with the rest of the country over a prolonged period … the severe cuts in electric power … its publication … now practically coincides with the termination of the Mandate. As a result, certain passages in it relating to the British Government are no longer valid. ” - p. III. Includes a list of professors and staff who perished in an explosion of their convoy on the way to Mt. Scopus on April 13th, 1948. Errata slip laid in. Subjects: Universitah ha-? Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim. Wraps worn and soiled, rebacked. Internally clean and fresh. Very good condition. (ZION-5-14A)
Stock number:38183.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: American Zionist Emergency Council, BY Arrangement With V. Gollancz, London., American Zionist Emergency Council, 1945.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Later brown boards. 8vo. 84 pages; 20 cm. Photo cover. With military abbreviations and glossary of Hebrew terms. The author was the senior Jewish chaplain to the Eighth Army. SUBJECT (S) : World War, 1939-1945 – participation, Jewish; World War, 1939-1945 – Palestine; World War, 1939-1945 – Middle East. Ex library markings. Minimal pencil markings that minimally affect text. Slight browning to pages. Very good condition. (MX-2-15A)
Stock number:38180.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Nyu-York: Kadimah,, 1919
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original boards. 12mo. 132 pages. 16cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to "When will they Speak Hebrew?" Ben-Yehuda (1858–1922), “Hebrew writer and lexicographer, generally considered the father of modern Hebrew, and one of the first active Zionist leaders. Born Eliezer Yizhak Perelman in Luzhky, Lithuania, he officially adopted the pseudonym Ben-Yehuda, which he had previously used in his literary activities, when he went to Palestine. … The Ben-Yehuda household thus was the first Hebrew-speaking home established in Palestine, and his first son, Ben-Zion (later called Ithamar Ben-Avi), the first modern Hebrew-speaking child. ” - EJ 2008. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew language. Lightly faded boards. Otherwise Very Good Condition. (HEBLIT1-1)
Stock number:38178.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Wien; Phaidon-Verlag, 1927
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st Edition. Original Cloth. 8vo. 318 pages. 23 cm. In German. 'From the pre-history of Zionism: the Jewish State project in the years 1695-1845'. Published under the auspices of the Executive of the World Zionist Organization (Exekutive der Zionistischen Weltorganisation) . A history of the texts and diplomatic projects and proposals relating to the foundations of the idea of the Jewish State, from Holger Paulli to Mendellsohn, Napoleon to Mordecai Noah, the Decembrists to the Crimea Project of 1841. Attractively bound and printed. The author, Nathan Michael Gelber (1891–1966) , was an Austrian historian and Zionist leader, the "first secretary of the Austrian Zionist Organization (1921–30) . In 1934 he immigrated to Palestine where, until his retirement in 1954, he worked in the Keren Hayesod head office in Jerusalem. " - 2008 EJ. Subjects: Zionism. Zionismus. Judentum. Zionismus. Inscribed by the author in Hebrew on the front-end page. There is a second inscription in German adjacent to the title page. Light wear to cloth, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-33A)
Stock number:38108.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Dept. For Torah Education And Culture Of The World Zionist Organization, 1970
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Envelop. 64 loose plates in envelop with printed captions ; 25 X 17 CM pages. Photos are about 16 X 12 CM. Photographs are reproduced from the book “Holy Arks and Ritual Appurtenances from Italy in Israel” by Shlomah Umberto Nahon published in the same year. SUBJECT (S) : Ark of the law. Jewish art and symbolism. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Ex-library with Jewish Institutional stamp/markings on envelope. Envelope has a few tears. Photographs themselves are in very good condition. (SPEC-43-9)
Stock number:38091.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin, M. Poppelauer, 1931
Binding: Hardcover
Original brown boards. 12mo. 225 pages; 19.5 cm. Written in German. Title translates to “Yearbook for Jewish History and Literature. ” Includes calendar as well as black-and-white photographs and facsimiles of Jewish art. Ismar Elbogen was a German “rabbi, scholar and historian” and author of the comprehensive Jewish Liturgy: A Comprehensive History (Wikipedia, 2016) . Franz Oppenheimer was “a German sociologist and political economist, who published also in the area of the fundamental sociology of the state” (Wikipedia, 2016) . Alex Bein was “a Jewish scholar in Jewish culture and history, one of the founders of Zionist historiography, ” and “is best known for his biography of Theodor Herzl” (Wikipedia, 2016) . Ernst Loewenberg was a German Jewish author, teacher, and university lecturer. Max Grunwald was “a rabbi in Hamburg and Vienna and author of works on Jewish history and folklore” (Wikipedia, 2016) . Heinrich York-Steiner was a founder the Zionist movement and close associate of Theodor Herzl. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish history, Jewish literature, German Jews. OCLC and Worldcat list no holdings worldwide. Some staining on cover boards. Minimal markings. Slight toning to pages. Very good condition. (GER-51-8)
Stock number:38042.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Am `oved, 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original boards. 8vo. 788 pages, 24 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Book of the Second Wave of Immigration. € Both editors were major figures of the Second Aliyah. This anthology features essays from the major forefathers of Zionism, including Berl Katznelson, Ben-Gurion, Tibenkin, and many more. Overall a comprehensive look at the most important and influential wave of Zionist immigration to Palestine. SUBJECTS: Zionism – Immigration. Minor wear to boards. Very Good Condition. (ZION-14-35)
Stock number:38025.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv: Hotsaat Shilton Betar, 1949
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 144 pages and portrait, 17 cm. In Hebrew. From the First year of Israeli Statehood. Title translates to “Ze’ev Jabotinsky: An Anthology in Honor of His Memory. ” Published for the nine year anniversary of his death and features commemorative essays by Menachem Begin, Ari Jabotinsky, and more. Vladimir (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky (1880–1940) , Zionist leader, founder of Revisionist Party; he was involved in Zionist politics since the turn of the century in Russia, was famous as a publicist, poet, essayist, and orator in Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish; he founded the Jewish Legion in the first world war, and in the 1920’s, founded the right-wing Revisionist Zionist movement Betar after having broken with mainstream Zionism. “During a tour of the United States in 1940, he died suddenly, and due to the animosity toward him on the part of Ben-Gurion, his remains were not returned to Israel until after Ben-Gurion’s final resignation as prime minister in 1964.” (Yivo Encyclopedia) . SUBJECTS: Jabotinsky, Vladimir, 1880-1940. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Minor foxing on cover. Pages are browning. Overall Good+ Condition. (ZION-14-68)
Stock number:38015.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Poalei Zion, 1926-1939
Binding: TICKETS
3 Original tickets. 11x6, 11x7, 11x8. In Yiddish. The earliest ticket is from 1926 and is for a night of music by Shalom Aleichem, as part of a Hebrew theater series. The second is for a night of music put on by Poalei Zion and features Hazzan Isaac Glickstein and Miss. Mildred Breger. The last ticket is from 1939 for an event with Zalman Shneur, the famed Yiddish poet. All events took place in Roxbury, Massachusets, a major center of Jewry on the east coast and home to the original Hebrew Union College. SUBJECTS: Hebrew theater – Yiddish. No copies on OCLC. Very Good Condition. (ZION-14-67)
Stock number:38014.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Buenos Aires: Editorial Cadelabro, 1957
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 446 pages, 21 cm. In Spanish. Title translates to “The Life of Jabotinsky: Rebel and Statesmen. ” First Spanish translation of Schechtman’s famed work on Jabotinsky. Schechtman (1891-1970) was a writer and Revisionist political activist. He developed a close relationship with Jabotinsky through Zionist activism. He was also one of the founders of the World Union of Zionists-revisionists (Paris, 1925) . In 1929-1931 he was the editor of Yiddish weekly "Der Noyer Veg" (The New Way) in Paris. From 1931 to 1935 Schechtman was a member of the executive committee of the Zionist Organization(WZO) , when both he and Jabotinsky left the ZO to co-found the New Zionist Organization. His later years were spent in the US working for YIVO, the OSS, and the Jewish Agency. SUBJECTS: Revisionist Zionists -- Biography. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (JTS, Yale, FAU, Dartmouth, NLI). OCLC Number:42909167. Spine rebacked, cover has been trimmed close with loss of one letter in author's name (Text pages inside retain good margins). Overall Very Good Condition. (ZION-14-66A)
Stock number:38013.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Buenos Aires: Editorial Cadelabro, 1957
Binding: Hardcover
First Spanish edition. Period boards. 8vo. 446 pages, 21 cm. In Spanish. Title translates to “The Life of Jabotinsky: Rebel and Statesmen. ” First Spanish translation of Schechtman’s famed work on Jabotinsky. Schechtman (1891-1970) was a writer and Revisionist political activist. He developed a close relationship with Jabotinsky through Zionist activism. He was also one of the founders of the World Union of Zionists-revisionists (Paris, 1925) . In 1929-1931 he was the editor of Yiddish weekly "Der Noyer Veg" (The New Way) in Paris. From 1931 to 1935 Schechtman was a member of the executive committee of the Zionist Organization(WZO) , when both he and Jabotinsky left the ZO to co-found the New Zionist Organization. His later years were spent in the US working for YIVO, the OSS, and the Jewish Agency. SUBJECTS: Revisionist Zionists -- Biography. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (JTS, Yale, FAU, Dartmouth, NLI). OCLC Number:42909167. Very Good Condition. (ZION-14-66)
Stock number:38012.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale, 1867
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Contemporary boards. 8vo. 486 pages, 23 cm. In French. Title translates to “Essay on the History of Geography in Palestine After the Talmud and Other Rabbinic Sources. ” Joseph Derenburg (1811 – 1895) was a Franco-German orientalist who was born in French-controlled Mainz. He played a large part in the revival of Jewish education in France. Though much of his work focused on Saadia, this essay is his most important work. It is an original contribution to the history of the Jews and Judaism in the time of Christ, and has been much used by many later historians of the subject. SUBJECTS: Jews -- History -- 586 B. C. -70 A. D. Jews. Rabbijnse literatuur. Geografie. OCLC Number: 474636288. Ex-library with usual markings. Very Good Condition. (ZION-14-64)
Stock number:38010.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Vilna: [Punlisher Unknown], 1910
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original paper wrappers rebound in period boards. 8vo. 101 pages, 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “The People and The Land: A Special Anthology for the Study of Philosophy. ” Features articles by Yiddish literary giants such as Ben-Adir, Ba’al Mahshevos, Yosef Luria, etc. Edited by Shalit and devoted to philosophical and social enlightenment and to the critique of Zionism. Moshe Shalit (1855-1941) was a researcher, journalist, essayist, ethnographer, and humanist of the inter-war period. Shalit devoted himself to the promotion of Yiddish language and of literature in a spirit of openness and intercultural exchange. Shalit was an active member of the Jewish Scientific Institute, YIVO, which became the Yiddish Institute for Jewish Research. He was murdered by the Nazis. (Wikipedia, 2016) . SUBJECTS: Zionism. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Very Good Condition. (ZION-14-61)
Stock number:38007.
$US 100.00
Imprint: N.D.
Binding: Photo
No Date (1940s? ) . 18x13”. Medium black and white photo. This photo shows a funeral near the grave of H. N. Bialik and Ahad Ha-Am, thus dating it to post-1934. The cemetery was founded in 1902 on a tract of unoccupied land in Jaffa, six years before the founding of Ahuzat Bayit, the first neighborhood of Tel Aviv. Buried there are the city's founders, early residents, and cultural and historical figures, including Moshe Sharett, the second Prime Minister of Israel. Today, only persons holding plots purchased long ago and a small number willing to pay many thousands of dollars are buried there. The eastern section is the oldest and includes the tombs of the early leaders in Tel Aviv, and Jews from Jaffa. The remains of well-known persons may be found in the southwest corner. Some creases. Overall Good Condition. (ZION-14-56)
Stock number:38002.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Prag-Karlin [Prague], Neumann & Co., 1937
Binding: Hardcover
Original boards with original dust jacket. 8vo. Pages 11-77; 21 cm. Written in German. Title translates to “Verses of a Jew. ” A collection of Jewish poetry. Dedicated to all of the fighters for a Jewish state. Divided into 5 sections. Georg Mannheim was an Austro-Czechoslovakian journalist and writer. He worked for Bohemia, a daily newspaper, as a political reporter but quit after Nazi powers censored the content of the paper. He founded a magazine called Truth, “In which he led a journalistic struggle against fascism in Europe without political consideration” (Wikipedia, 2016) . He was blacklisted by the Nazis and placed on their list of banned authors and books. He was arrested in September 1940 and sent to Dachau where he died in 1942. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish poetry, German poetry. Some dampstaining and marks. Slight toning. One pencil mark that does not affect text. Library stamp. Very good condition. (ZION-22-36)
Stock number:37987.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv, Lion The Printer, For The Zionist Organisation Youth Dept, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers with blue spine. 12 mo. 79 pages; 17 cm. Includes fabulous, artistic close-up black-and-white photographs of people’s faces. A short Holocaust-era anthology of prose, poetry, photography, and short stories about Palestine written in Hebrew and translated to English for this publication. Includes more than a dozen works by various authors with titles such as “Grocery, Haberdashery and Books, ” “The Story of a Blanket, ” and “I Am The Daughter. ” “There is another bookshop in the City within the Walls, but quite of a different kind. Its owner is a little fellow with a long beard, who fears God, loves his fellow-man, and is known as Little Grandpa. In his shop there are no secular books to be found but holy works written in a holy spirit in the Holy Tongue, as is fitting and proper to so worthy a Jew as he. And since by reason of our many iniquities, holy books do not provide a livelihood for their owners in our days, our good Jew, gentle Little Grandpa, must supplement his traffic in books with the sale of writing materials and even of haberdashery, may it not be reckoned as a transgression. ” Number 1 in a series of anthologies from the Palestine Pioneer Library. SUBJECT (S) : Palestine, Modern Hebrew Literature. OCLC lists 21 holdings worldwide. Some toning. Library marking on spine. A few pages damaged. Very minimal markings. Good condition. (zion-12-33)
Stock number:37984.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth, 1942
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers with red font. 8vo. 74 pages; 23 cm. A Holocaust-era in-depth analysis of the pros and cons of the Kvutza, a communal settlement, in Palestine by Shalom Wurm, author and one of the founders of the Bet Alpha settlement in Emek Yizreel. “As an experiment in socialist community building the kvutza faces two grave problems. One is the secular equivalent of the relation between church and state-in this case between ideology and community. The other is the problem of leadership. ” Includes several black-and-white photographs, some of kvutza scenery and one of people playing instruments. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism, Agricultural societies, Palestine. Significant dampstaining. Minimal folds and tears. Some stains and slight toning of original paper wrappers. Good condition. (zion-12-32)
Stock number:37983.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Calgary [Can. ] Federation Of Young Judaea Of Canada, Western Division And The Calgary Sharon Zionist Club, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No date (1940s) . First edition. Original blue cardstock wrappers. 8vo. 60 pages; 21 cm. "The cataclysmic events that have descended upon us in rapid succession have awakened both the conscience and consciousness of Jewry. People who but yesterday sheltered themselves in the fool’s paradise of Emancipation have emerged from their crumbling shells and are re-identifying themselves with our people. Renegade sons who denied the nationhood of Israel and sought an escape in the “isms” of the moment found themselves of a sudden on a shattered foundation.” A Holocaust-era collection of various speeches about Zionism that Aron Horowitz gave around Canada during his three years as Western Executive Director of the Zionist Organization of Canada and Educational Supervisor of all Western Canadian Hebrew Schools. Includes topics such as “The Role of Hebrew in Our National Renaissance, ” “Zionism and Jewish Education, ” and “Religion as a Philosophy of Life. ” “SUBJECT(S) : Zionism, Jewish education. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Several stamps and library markings on binding and inside title page. Minimal pencil marks and pen inscription in Hebrew that do not affect text. Slight toning. Very good condition. (zion-12-31) .
Stock number:37982.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [Israel], [Jewish National Council], 1949
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original front illustrated paper wrapper (detached) with photographs of a close up of a wall with shadows of branches and a whole through which the horizon can be seen. 8vo. [42] pages. 22.5 cm. Includes forward by Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, “second and longest-serving President of Israel” (Wikipedia, 2016) . A history of Jerusalem with dozens of black-and-white photographs of scenery, sites, and people-some famous, some ordinary. “All the values - human, religious, moral and cultural - that Jerusalem has bequeathed to the world were the product of high-minded men belonging to Israel, - men who thought and spoke in Hebrew, felt the ache of their people, predicted its future and proclaimed its mission to humanity. ” Includes biblical quotes in Hebrew and English in the upper margin of several pages. SUBJECT(S) : Jerusalem, Israel, 1948 War. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Front cover page detached with stains, many tears, and folds that somewhat affect text. Back cover missing. Dampstaining, tear in first page that affects text. Slight toning. Fair condition. Rare. (zion-12-29)
Stock number:37980.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Avukah, 1941
Binding: Paperback
Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 11 pages; 19 cm. A Holocaust-era program investigating how being Jewish affects American Jews’ lives, attempting to describe and analyze the social situation for Jews in 1941, the middle of WWII. “It should not be inferred that antisemitism and other barriers are the only factors which keep the Jewish group from disappearing. Much of the Jewish social and economic concentration is kept up by Jews as a matter of habit and tradition. However, many of these bonds seem to be losing their effectiveness for young American Jews, since such Jewish interests have no prestige-value in general American society. ” Avukah was an educational and cultural student Zionist organization on college campuses across America. SUBJECT (S) : American Jews, Social conditions, Zionism. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (National Library of Israel, Balch Inst for Ethnic Studies Libr, Univ of Texas, Austin, Harry Ransom. ) Slight toning. Minimal markings. Ink smudges that affect some text on back paper wrapper. Very good condition. (zion-12-25)
Stock number:37975.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Labor Zionist Organization Of America-Poale Zion, N.D.
Binding: Paperback
No date (1948-1952) . Original illustrated orange, green, and white paper wrappers with illustration of an Israeli farmer. 12mo. 4 pages; 15 cm. A DP/Early Statehood-era pamphlet encouraging membership to the LZOA-Poale Zion by highlighting two important members of the organization, Rabbi James G. Heller, prominent Reform rabbi and Zionist leader, and Maurice Samuel, prolific author and Zionist who was best known for his book You Gentiles (1924) . “Labor Zionist Pioneers who built the land-reclaimed the soil-normalized the occupational structure of the Jewish people. ” Also includes statistics about the accomplishments of Labor Zionism as well as a quote from David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel and Labor Zionist. Includes green tinted black-and-white headshots of Heller and Samuel as well as photos of Israelis farming, laboring, and arriving in Israel. Written in green and orange font with an illustration of an Israeli farmer sowing seeds. SUBJECT(S) : Labor Zionism, Israel. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Library stamp and very minimal markings. Very good + condition. Rare. (zion-12-23)
Stock number:37973.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tzfat, [Volex], N.D.
Binding: Paperback
No date (1920-1955) . Original blue paper wrappers with blue ink. 12mo. 10 cm x 7.5 cm. Written in Hebrew with an English title, “Souvenir of ‘Safat’. ” A souvenir photo portfolio with 8 black-and-white photographs of the scenery and people of Tsfat that folds accordion style. Short description on the back paper wrapper about the products that Zushia Luria made, including toys, souvenirs, gifts, and other photography needs. SUBJECT(S) : Tzfat, Photographs. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Stains, slight toning, and faded font on original paper wrappers that slightly affects text. Very minimal markings on photographs. Original paper wrappers good condition, photographs very good condition. (zion-12-22)
Stock number:37972.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Pro-Palestine Herald Publishing Co., 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated salmon paper wrappers with intricate images of farming, scholarship, industry, and sheep herding, amongst others in blue ink. 4to. 16 pages; 30 cm. A Holocaust-era Philo-semitic journal, this issue includes 9 articles by various authors, a book review, and a monthly chronicle. Topics include “The Palestine Riddle, ” “Monticello-America’s Debt to a Jew [referring to the care and renovation of Thomas Jefferson’s home by US Commander Uriah Phillips Levy and his family], ” and “Baruch Spinoza. ” Includes 3 black-and-white headshots of authors, a map, and a poem. “When the Jewish nation is established, we need not dread from that source the invidious maligniity of wars and threats of wars. The Hebrew race is peace-loving. Haven’t they not endured in unparalleled tolerance of intolerance the oppression of so-called civilized powers? Have they not clung to their sublime faith and perfect trust while dynasties rose to power and fell to ruin, dynasties which ridiculed and persecuted that Hebrew religion in its firm conviction? ” Back cover of the periodical includes “Principles and Program of the Pro-Palestine Federation of America. ” SUBJECT (S) : Zionism, Anti-Semitism, Inter-faith. OCLC lists 4 holdings worldwide (NYPL, Harvard, Cleveland Pub. Lib, UVA) Very minimal markings. Slight toning, especially on edges. Very good + condition. (zion-12-19) xx
Stock number:37968.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Labor Zionist Organization Of America-Poale Zion, 1949
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback (single sheet of paper)
First edition. Mimeograph letter. 4to. 1 page; 28 cm. A letter of declaration about the status and goals of the first “Kinus” at the Hechalutz Farm at Cream Ridge, New Jersey. “Our way must become an example for many others. The spirit of chalutziut and the driving urge to realize the chalutz ideal must penetrate to every corner of the Labor Zionist Organization. Our ideal must become the common possession of all members of the Organization. ” SUBJECT (S) : Labor Zionism, Jewish colonization, Israel. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Slight toning. Folded in half. Very good condition. Rare. (zion-12-12)
Stock number:37961.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth In Cooperation With The Jewish Agency, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No date (1951-1956) . First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers in yellow, black, white, and grey with photographs of young Jews in Israel. Brochure. 6 panels; 22cm. A lively brochure aimed at getting young people to come and work as Kibbutzim for a year in the early Statehood period. Covered in yellow stripes and squares, black-and-white photographs, and yellow colorized photographs of young adults experiencing Israeli life. Includes requirements for participation in the program as well as descriptions of the trip. “The Youth Workshop in Israel is an educational institution designed to meet the needs of young Jews who wish to see Israel, not as tourists, but to live there for a period of time and to experience it personally. ” SUBJECT(S) : Zionism, Jewish youth, Israel. OCLC lists no holdings. Minimal markings and folds. One faint pencil mark and one blue pen date range written by previous owner “Sept. 1956-June 1957” that do not affect text. Very good condition. Rare (zion-12-10)
Stock number:37959.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, National Academy For Adult Jewish Studies, Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, 1940
Binding: Paperback
First preliminary edition. 4to. 47 pages; 28 cm. A Holocaust-era curriculum for adult Jewish education designed to fit Jewish adults’ busy schedules and Jewish educational backgrounds that teaches about Palestine. “This syllabus is intended to introduce the adult student to those decisive passages in literature, those traditions, customs and habits which reveal the relationship of Jews to Palestine in the long history of Israel, from the beginnings until just before modern times. ” Divided into 8 chapters including “The Nation in the Making” and “Forcing Open the Gates of Palestine. ” Includes foreword by Rabbi Israel M. Goldman. Dr. Ira Eisenstein co-founded the Reconstructionist Movement with his father-in-law, Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan. SUBJECT (S) : Adult Education, Curricula, Zionism. OCLC lists 8 holdings worldwide. Some tears in original paper wrappers as well as some browning around a rectangular mark left by a book. Slight toning of pages with some fading of ink. Good + condition. (zion-12-8)
Stock number:37957.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, The Jewish Forum Publishing Co., 1919
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers with blue ink. 8vo. Pages 955-1016; 24 cm. The June issue of a monthly magazine focusing on “Shevuoth, ” “Jewish Colonization in Palestine, ” and “The New ‘Learned Jew’. ” Includes 11 pieces by different authors, a mix of poetry, articles, and short stories. Includes “Greens for Shevuoth, ” a translated story from Sholom Aleichem as well as interesting titles such as “Three Types of Orthodox Jews” and “The Jewish Review of Reviews. ” “All the praise and encomium we have showered upon our faith has been only upon our Orthodox Judaism, but not upon orthodox Jews. We have maintained that the great revelation given to our people on Mount Sinai is the most sublime and perfect of all divine revelations. We have, however, never maintained that orthodox Jews are the most sublime and perfect of men. That would be ridiculous. ” Includes black-and-white headshot of Dr. Joshua Bloch, one of the authors. Advertisements on original paper wrappers. SUBJECT (S) : Shavuot, Zionism, Judaism. Original paper wrappers repaired, fraying, browning. Minimal markings on pages beyond some offsetting from laid in newspaper articles. Original paper wrappers good condition, pages very good condition. (zion-12-6) .
Stock number:37955.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Department Of Education And Culture Of The Jewish Agency-American Section, 1965
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated blue paper wrappers with photo collage of celebrating Israelis in the shape of a shield. 4to. 20 pages; 29 cm. English with occasional Hebrew. A curriculum guide for schools and clubs on the history of Israel and various ways to celebrate Israeli Independence Day. Provides historical background on important topics such as “The Balfour Declaration, ” “United Nations Approve Partition, ” and “Arabs Attack Yishuv. ” Includes timeline of events leading up to statehood, suggestions for songs, arts, a parade, and an assembly outline, among other things. “Hardly anything stirs children as much as does a parade, with its color and excitement - the marching to the rhythm of instruments and the fluttering of flags and banners. If possible, all the schools in a city, or in an area, should plan a mass parade to some central point. ” Copy of the “Proclamation of Israel Independence” with signatures and “Prayer for the State of Israel” in Hebrew and English at the back. Includes suggestions for Audio-visual materials and bibliography. SUBJECT (S) : Independence Day (Israel) , Israel. OCLC lists 3 holdings worldwide (YU, HUC, Hebrew Univ) . Slight toning. Very minimal markings. One pencil mark that does not affect text. Very good condition. (zion-12-5)
Stock number:37954.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Wichita, Defender Publishers, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No date (1930s) . First edition. Original paper. Single double-sided leaf (i. E. 2 pages) ; 28cm. This Nazi-era article takes a decidedly Anti-Semitic, Anti-Zionist stance, using Christian biblical quotes and interpretation to show that Jews should be punished for their apostasy, and have no biblical claim to the land. Also argues that Jews have no claim to Palestine because the Arab population is much larger and has been there longer. “A careful study of the Scriptures reveals the fact that the Jew will never be permitted to peacefully occupy Palestine until he repents ‘nationally’ and accepts the land from his coming Messiah and King, the Lord Jesus Christ. ” “Since both the Jews and the Arabs are Semitic, the bugaboo of anti-Semitism need not enter here. ” Dr. W. D. Herrstrom was an Anti-Semitic journalist who produced many publications including Bible News Flashes (1940-1953) , a Christian, Anti-Jewish magazine. SUBJECT(S) : Palestine, Anti-Semitism, Jewish-Arab conflict. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Minimal tears. Slight browning. Rare. (zion-12-58)xx
Stock number:37946.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Education Dept. , Zionist Organization Of America, 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 31 pages; 23 cm. A Hitler-era detailed description of the history, economics, and accomplishments of various types of cooperatives in Palestine. Includes several charts, pictorial graphs, and black-and-white photographs of scenery and milking cows. Divided into various sections including “Cooperative Agricultural Colonies, ” “Relations with the Histadruth, ” and “Zerubabel Bank. ” “Cooperation grew almost naturally out of the pioneer conditions, the extreme difficulties of establishing one’s self in this long-neglected land, which made people band together in order to eke out an existence and make the place livable and fruitful for themselves and for future immigrants. The pioneering attitude of the settlers made them eager to try (or willing to subject themselves to) experiments in social and economic arrangement. ” Zionist Education Series No. 1. SUBJECT(S) : Cooperative societies, Palestine, Economics. OCLC lists 15 holdings worldwide. Some tearing and glue residue on binding. Very minimal markings. Slight toning. Very good condition. (zion-12-57)
Stock number:37945.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin, Jüdischer Verlag, 1918
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Later red boards with original covers with red and black font mounted on front and back. 8vo. 223; 21 cm. Written in German. Title translates to “Yiskor [Memory]: a Book of Remembrance of Fallen Lookouts and Workers in the Land of Israel. ” Translated into German from the original Hebrew by Gershom Scholem, founder of the modern academic study of Kabbalah, who requested to remain anonymous because he did not agree with how the book was used as Zionist propaganda. A memorial book to several early Palestinian settlers who died with short biographies of each of them, some with illustrated portraits. Martin Buber “was an Austrian-born Israeli Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and the I-It relationship” (Wikipedia, 2016) . SUBJECT(S) : Palestine, Yizkor, Jews. Some staining and browning. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Very good condition. (zion-12-55)
Stock number:37943.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Education Department, Zionist Organization Of America, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 15 pages; 23 cm. A Nazi-era series of questions and answers about Zionism and Antisemitism. Includes topics such as “Shall We Remain Jews? , ” “Stranger Assimilated; Jews Unassimilable” and “The Christian Myth. ” “Where shall we establish the Jewish home? Our dreams of the past as well as the realities of the present have determined that. There is but one country which has fired the imagination of the Jew, which at the same time the Jews can claim historically. Moreover, it is the only country which can be considered open to Jewish immigration. The answer is Palestine. ” No. 7 in the Zionist Education Series. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism. OCLC lists 6 holdings worldwide. Slight toning. A few small tears. Very good condition. (zion-12-47)
Stock number:37933.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Brünn, Jüdischer Buch Und Kunstverlag, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
First edition. Original black boards with gold font. 8vo. 287 pages; 24 cm. Written in German. Title translates roughly to “Comrades of His Era Consider Herzl. ” Dr. Tulo Nussenblatt was a famous Zionist scholar and historian before WWII. During the Holocaust, Nussenblatt housed many people in his bunker in the Warsaw ghetto. He died in the uprising, still clutching his briefcase full of book materials about Theodor Herzl, about whom he wrote this book. Divided into dozens of short essays on Herzl by various authors with black-and-white head shots. Also includes facsimiles of letters, important documents, and political cartoons. SUBJECT (S) : Theodor Herzl. Loose spine. Minimal tears and markings on pages. Toning of pages. Library stamps, bookplate, and call numbers on spine. Good + condition. (zion-12-38)
Stock number:37924.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Keren Hayesod, 1937
Binding: Paperback
First separate edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers with intricate illustration of people building a settlement. 8vo. 7 pages; 23 cm. A Nazi-era first person account of Harzfeld’s experience as a settler, focusing particularly on newer settlements including in Yavneel, the Beth-Shan Valley, Huleh, and the Galilee. “I have lived through the so-called heroic period of Zionism, in the days of the Second Aliyah, when young people, fired with the ideal of building a new social life in Eretz Israel, cast aside the chains of the Galuth for the first time; but never since the days of the Second Aliyah have I seen such a moving force in the people and in the country-this land of ours which from a dream has been transformed into earthly reality! ” Abraham Harzfeld was a Zionist and Israeli politician who “headed the settlement department of the Agricultural Association and was involved in the establishment of new settlements for forty years …. He was known for his habit of bursting into song, sometimes in the middle of his speeches” (Wikipedia, 2016) . Includes several black-and-white photographs of the settlements and illustrations on front and back covers. From an Address by Abraham Harzfeld. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish settlements, Palestine, Kibbutzim. OCLC lists only one holding worldwide (National Agr Libr) . Moderate folds with a few unobtrusive marks. Good + condition. Scarce. (zion-11-27)
Stock number:37920.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Hashomer Hatzair, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers with photograph and title printed in blue ink. 8vo. 31 pages; 23 cm. Inscription on inside cover. Holocaust-era story of the creation, history, daily life, and accomplishments of Kibbutz America-Krith, a kibbutz fused from Polish and American groups. “And then there’s the sweat. They say it’s advisable not to drink too much, but hardly anyone can heed that. Buckets of sweat need buckets of water-that’s a simple theory. So drink, drink, on on the bosses’ time as you never drank before, drink and wring the sweat out of your undershirt! ” Includes several black-and-white photographs of the people and land as well as a balance sheet providing the economic picture of the kibbutz. Includes introductory letter from Dr. Israel Goldstein, a rabbi, author, Zionist leader and one of the founders of Brandeis University. SUBJECT (S) : Kibbutzim, Halutzim, Jewish colonization. OCLC lists 3 holdings worldwide (NYPL, Univ Kansas, NLI) . Light staining and unobtrusive pencil marks. Very good- condition. (zion-11-24)
Stock number:37917.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Jewish National Fund, 1944
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 11 pages; 20cm. Holocaust-era speech by Judge Morris Rothenberg, President of the Jewish National Fund of America, about the Jewish immigration achievements since 1882 in Palestine as well as the goals for future purchase and cultivation of land. Sir John Hope-Simpson, Vice-President of the British Refugee Settlement Committee and author of the Hope Simpson Report, had declared in the 1930s that “all the all the available land was then already under cultivation and the rest comprised irreclaimable soil. The desperate needs of the Jewish people, the determination and ingenuity of the Yishuv have exploded this expert assertion. The Jewish population of Eretz Israel has more than doubled since that erroneous opinion was uttered and served as the basis for the White Paper of 1931, now lying in the waste basket of history. ” SUBJECT (S) : Palestine-20th century, Jewish immigration, land settlement. OCLC lists one holding worldwide (Harvard) . Some pencil markings and minimal staining on paper wrappers. Original paper wrappers good condition, pages very good condition. Scarce. (zion-11-18)
Stock number:37911.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London: St. Clements, 1917
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Separate Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 12 pages ; 21 cm. "Reprinted in revised form from Aspects of the Jewish question, Murray, 1902."This edition was reprinted in the same year as the Balfour Declaration. One week after the Declaration Magnus, along with her father, Sir Philip Magnus, played a critical role in establishing the League of British Jews, which opposed the idea that Jews constituted a political nation. Statement on “Judaism and Nationalism” from the 1917 Central Conference of American Rabbis is laid-in. SUBJECT (S) : Jews. Zionism. Stamp on Front Cover. Slight crease in right-hand corner. Very good- condition. (zion-10-50)
Stock number:37887.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Committee On Unity For Palestine, 1930s
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers with Illustration of the Statue of Liberty. 12mo. 5 pages ; 16 cm. Holocaust/DP-era outline of possible motivations for being an American Zionist including quotes from Louis Brandeis and Judge Julian Mack. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Univ. Of Minnesota, HUC) . Very good+ condition. Scarce. (zion-10-44)
Stock number:37881.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London Keren Hayesod (Palestine Foundation Fund), 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Wrappers. 8vo. 6 pages ; 19 cm. Holocaust-era imprint. “The Third War Appeal of the Keren Hayesod (Palestine Foundation Fund) for £250, 000.” “Keren haYesod was established at the World Zionist Conference held in London on July 7–24, 1920, to provide the Zionist movement with resources needed for the Jewish people to return to the Land of Israel. It came in response to the Balfour Declaration of 1917… Keren haYesod established fundraising organizations around the world. Early leaders included Chaim Weizmann, Albert Einstein and Ze’ev Jabotinsky. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) OCLC lists just 2 or 3 copies worldwide (Univ Bibl Johann Christian Senckenberg, Harvard? ) . Slight wear. Paper Yellowing. Overall about very good condition. Scarce (zion-10-43)
Stock number:37880.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Jewish National Fund, 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Illustrated Wrappers. 8vo Pamphlet folded into 6 pages ; 22 cm. Hitler-era solicitation 35th anniversary solicitation from the JNF with photographs of settlements, portraits of early settlers, and a photo of an early tree grove. Cover photo shows a line of farmers in a line holding scythes. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Slight wear and a small tear along the center fold, no text effected. Overall good+ condition. Rare. (zion-10-42)
Stock number:37878.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jewish National Fund, 1944
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Blue Illustrated Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 2 pages ; 20 cm. Front and Back. Program from the Nachlath Dinner at the Hotel Statler on April 23rd, 1944. Includes a statement from Massachusetts Governor Leverett Saltonstall on the “linking of historic Massachusetts with Palestine. ” Governor Saltonstall served as the Honorary President of the Nachlath Massachusetts Committee for the evening. In his statement, he celebrates the JNF’s “decision to establish a colony in Palestine that will bear the name of Massachusetts. ” Program also includes the names of all Executive Committee Members. No holdings listed worldwide on OCLC. Creased. Otherwise very little wear. Good+ condition. Rare. (zion-10-40)
Stock number:37876.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jewish National Fund, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Illustrated Paper Wrappers. 4 pages ; 23 cm. A World War II Era solicitation from the Jewish National Fund: “We come to your doorstep with a simple but urgent plea: ‘Grant us a minute of your time! Accept into your home the Blue-White Box of the Jewish National Fund! ’” Cover art depicts a scene steeped in the 20th century American Sublime Aesthetic. A man in a hat greets a woman at her doorstep with the holding the Blue-White box at his side. On another illustration inside an assimilated American Jewish couple embraces as a man points out Palestine to them on a map. Underneath the illustration reads, “One Place on God’s Earth Which the Jewish People Can Call its Own. ” And “A Coin a Day will Provide More Land More Food for More People. ” Also includes photographs from Palestinian settlements and an update from the JNF on the settlement of refugees in Palestine: “scores of thousands of Jewish refugees from the zones of war and oppression have found new hope and life in Palestine. ” Pamphlet is highly stylized and includes a cutout of the letters “JNF” on the back-cover. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Slight wear and some foxing on cover. Otherwise in about very good condition. (zion-10-39b)
Stock number:37875.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jewish National Fund, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
no date [1941-1944] 1st Edition. Original Illustrated Paper Wrappers. 4 pages ; 23 cm. A Holocaust-Era solicitation from the Jewish National Fund: “We come to your doorstep with a simple but urgent plea: ‘Grant us a minute of your time! Accept into your home the Blue-White Box of the Jewish National Fund! ’” Cover art depicts a scene steeped in the 20th century American Sublime Aesthetic. A man in a hat greets a woman at her doorstep with the holding the Blue-White box at his side. On another illustration inside an assimilated American Jewish couple embraces as a man points out Palestine to them on a map. Underneath the illustration reads, “One Place on God’s Earth Which the Jewish People Can Call its Own. ” And “A Coin a Day will Provide More Land More Food for More People. ” Also includes photographs from Palestinian settlements and an update from the JNF on the settlement of refugees in Palestine: “scores of thousands of Jewish refugees from the zones of war and oppression have found new hope and life in Palestine. ” Pamphlet is highly stylized and includes a cutout of the letters “JNF” on the back-cover. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Slight wear and small tears to the “JNF” Cutout on the Back Wrapper. Otherwise in About very good condition. (zion-10-39a) xx
Stock number:37874.
$US 100.00
Imprint: The Hague, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Wrappers. 12mo. 31 pages ; 18 cm. The first major solicitation for afforestation efforts in the Eretz Israel. “The JNF was founded at the Fifth Zionist Congress in Basel in 1901 with Theodor Herzl's support based on the proposal of a German Jewish mathematician, Zvi Hermann Schapira. Early land purchases were completed in Judea and the Lower Galilee. In 1909, the JNF played a central role in the founding of Tel Aviv. The establishment of the ‘Olive Tree Fund’ marked the beginning of Diaspora support of afforestation efforts…” (Wikipedia, 2016) “The statutes of the Olive Tree Fund, with Warburg as chairman, were drawn up in January 1905. At the Seventh Zionist Congress in that year, Warburg proposed that the olive groves be named the “Herzl Forest”; in 1906, he unleashed a vigorous propaganda campaign that stressed the association of the Olive Tree Fund with Herzl’s name…. ” (Penslar, 1991) With photographs throughout including a photo of Herzl and a photo of new forest plantations. SUBJECT(S) : Forests and forestry -- Palestine. OCLC lists 9 holdings worldwide. Some tears to wrappers and markings on title page but inside pages are clear. Overall in good+ condition. (zion-10-33)
Stock number:37867.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, N. Y. : American Zionist Policy Committee, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 13 pages ; 23 cm. Holocaust-era address given by Rabbi Silver at the Hotel Commodore on March 21, 1945. “Abba Hillel Silver (1893 – 1963) was an American Rabbi and Zionist leader. He was a key figure in the mobilization of American support for the founding of the State of Israel. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) . In this address he criticizes President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill for their hesitancy to establish a Jewish State despite their general support and comments on the influence of Saudi leader Ibn Saud. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism -- United States. OCLC lists 6 holdings worldwide. None in New York. Previous owner’s stamp on cover. Creased throughout. Otherwise pages bright and clean. About very good condition. (zion-10-31)
Stock number:37865.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Judean Press, 1914
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original blue paper wrappers. 8vo. 64 pages; 23 cm. A music anthology of Zionist songs divided into two parts: “Exile” and “Return. ” Features the lyrics to 39 songs by various artists including Hyman Segal, Emma Lazarus, and C. N. Byalik. Includes illustrations. “This collection of verse has not been gathered in this form on account of its merit as poetry or to parade what has been accomplished in the indiscriminate field of general Jewish verse. These verses have been culled with an eye single to the aim of calling up to the reader the heroic image of the Jew struggling to regain his place among the nations in order to be true to himself and keep faith with the world. ” Number one in the series “Little Zionist Classics. ” SUBJECT (S) : Jewish poetry, Zionism, Jewish music. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Minimal markings and toning. Cover wrappers separated from rest of book and binding somewhat loose. Good + condition. (zion-11-62)
Stock number:37841.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York, Edward B. Marks Music Corporation, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No date (1942) . First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers with purple illustration of cover of “Pioneer Songs of Palestine. ” 5 pages; 13 x 8.5 cm. Holocaust-era order form and advertisement for 33 record album. Includes picture of album cover, reproduction of one of the songs from the album, and list of contents of the album. Features positive reviews by Dr. Curt Sachs, “Outstanding musicologist and noted authority on Oriental Music, ” Dr. Stephen S. Wise, prominent Reform rabbi and Zionist leader, and Sidor Belarsky, a Russian and Yiddish opera singer. Music compiled, edited, and arranged by A. W. Binder and Hebrew text and English adaptations by Olga Paul. “Use this convenient order blank today! ” SUBJECT(S) : Music, Palestinian music, Palestinian folksongs. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Some staining, particularly along right-hand side. One faint pencil mark that does not affect text. Good + condition. (zion-11-48)
Stock number:37828.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, American Christian Palestine Committee, 1947
Binding: Paperback
First separate edition. Original color paper wrappers. 8vo. 31 pages; 22cm. Dr. Carl Hermann Voss, a pro-Zionist Chrstian minister, succinctly answers 29 questions related to the topic of Palestine. Questions range from “Isn’t Palestine an Arab Country?” to “Aren’t Jews a Religion, Not a Nationality?” to “Why Don’t They Stay in Europe?” to “How Can Peace Be Brought to Palestine?” Written with a Zionist bent for a Christian audience, Voss answers most questions in favor of Jewish nationalism. “For the Arabs to permit a Jewish State in Palestine involves no sacrifice to the Arabs; on the contrary, it provides them with a progressive and democratic neighbor eager to create a joint future in which the hopes of both peoples may be realized.” Includes a Statement of Principles of the American Christian Palestine Committee in which the committee declares that their support for the Jewish People is rooted in Christian values of social justice. “During World War II, Dr. Voss founded and led the American Christian Palestine Committee. The group called for a Jewish national state to give refuge to survivors of the Nazi Holocaust. To that end, he became a vocal supporter of the partition of Palestine. Once Israel was established, he urged the United States to provide the aid that would enable the new state to absorb the many refugees then arriving. In his speeches, he took the position that Washington and the world were not doing enough (NYT, 1985). SUBJECT(S): Palestine, Jewish nationalism, Christianity. Based upon an article entitled ‘Questions and answers on the Palestine problem,’ which appeared in the September 1946 issue of ‘The Women’s Press.’ Minimal stains and folds. One light pencil mark that does not affect text. Original paper wrappers slightly torn. Good + condition. (zion-11-37)
Stock number:37816.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Herzlia, Palphot, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No date (ca. 1948-1949). . First edition. Original green paper wrappers. Photo binder. 12 pages; 10cm x 15cm. Hebrew title translates to “Tel-Aviv, the Hebrew City, in pictures. ” Hebrew and English captions and copyright information on each photograph. Palphot logo in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. Hebrew and English on back cover. Inside cover includes history of Tel-Aviv in Hebrew. 12 high-quality, original, black-and-white photographs of Tel-Aviv attached accordion-style. Includes stunning images of Zina Dizengoff Square, “Habimah” Theatre, Rothschild Boulevard, and the Mugrabi Opera, among others. SUBJECT(S) : Tel-Aviv, Photographs. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Slight toning. Unobtrusive pencil markings that do not affect text. Good + condition. (zion-11-33)
Stock number:37812.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Herzlia, Palphot
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No date (ca. 1948-1949). First edition. Original green paper wrappers. Postcard binder. 12 pages; 10cm x 14.5cm. Hebrew title translates to “Souvenir, Jerusalem, the Holy City. ” Hebrew and English captions and copyright information on each postcard. Pre-state period collection of photgraphs, 12 high quality black-and-white photo postcards of Jerusalem attached accordion-style. Includes photographs of Ben Yehuda Street, the Wailing Wall, Hebrew University, Hadassah Hospital, the Citadel of David, and more. All of the photos are original. Says “Made in Palestine. ” Palphot logo in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. Hebrew and English on back cover. 3 word inscription in blue pen “Trip in Israel 1949.” SUBJECT(S) : Jerusalem, Photographs. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Slight toning of paper wrappers. Very good condition. Rare. (zion-11-32)
Stock number:37811.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Hapoel Hamizrachi Of America, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No date (ca 1948-1953) . First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers with large black-and-white photograph of Israeli countryside with green and white emblem in Hebrew of Hapoel Hamizrachi of America. 8vo. 5 pages; 21.5 cm. Pamphlet from the beginings of the State of Israel lauding the accomplishments of Hapoel Hamizrachi of America, a religious Zionist organization, in the new Israel in the areas of building, education, and defense. Includes 7 black-and-white photographs of young Israelis in settlements as well as a fun green graphic of a film strip with various achievements in each cell including “48 Colonies and Kvutzot, ” “25 Youth Aliyah Groups, ” and “46 Cooperatives. ” “Out of the sterile sands came the Promised child, Israel...born anew from the faith in Torah and the love of Avodah...from the seed and the song of the Plough and the Prayer…” SUBJECT(S) : Jewish immigration, Settlements, Zionism. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Some staining and a few unobtrusive marks. Fold in center of pamphlet. Good + condition. Rare. (zion-11-30)
Stock number:37809.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, American Jewish Conference, 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original blue paper wrappers. 8vo. 26 pages; 24 cm. The American Jewish Conference was an ad-hoc organization that formed to represent the American Jewish community as a whole on issues relating to Palestine and the status of Jews post World War II with representatives from 64 national Jewish membership organizations. Delegates “included both Zionist and non-Zionist groups, all major religious bodies-orthodox, conservative, and reform, the representatives of labor, fraternal, service and social organizations” from all fifty states. The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry was a British and American committee “tasked to examine political, economic and social conditions in Mandatory Palestine as they bear upon the problem of Jewish immigration and settlement” in Palestine “and the well-being of the peoples” who lived there (Wikipedia, 2016) . The American Jewish Conference states support for Jewish immigration and settlement in Palestine and provides a clear, step-by-step explanation of their decision referencing key resolutions and papers from the period. Includes appendix of the national organizations affiliated with the American Jewish Conference. SUBJECT(S) : Palestine, Jewish immigration, Zionism 1917-1948. OCLC lists 12 holdings worldwide. Previous owner’s tamp on the front cover and first page. Some pencil markings that do not obstruct text. Slight browning of pages. About Very Good- condition. (zion-11-6)
Stock number:37768.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Temple Emanu-El, 1908
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 16 pages; 23 cm. Three eloquent High Holiday sermons written by the renowned Rabbi Judah Leon Magnes about what it means to be Jewish in the modern world. “We moderns- and the Jews imagine themselves to be the modern of the moderns, just as they often strive to be more royal than the king- are apt to be very boastful of our education, our culture, our vast mechanical and commercial and scientific enterprises; and we are at times justified in smiling casually at much of the simplicity and naivete of the life of even a generation back. ” SUBJECT (S) : Reform Judaism. OCLC lists 2 holdings worldwide (HUC, NLI) . Slight tear in cover. Front and back pages slightly rubbed. Some general toning, margin notes on one page. Good+ condition. (zion-11-3)
Stock number:37757.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: [New York, N. Y. ?]: Zionist Labor Party "hitachduth" Of America, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 28 pages ; 23 cm. From “The Young Jew Series; ” Number Two. Includes two essays: “Theodor Herzl and History” by Buber, and “Theodor Herzl and We, ” by Welsch. “Approaching Zionism from his own personal viewpoint, Buber disagreed with Theodor Herzl about the political and cultural direction of Zionism. Herzl envisioned the goal of Zionism in a nation-state, but did not consider Jewish culture or religion necessary. In contrast, Buber believed the potential of Zionism was for social and spiritual enrichment. For example, Buber argued that following the formation of the Israeli state, there would need to be reforms to Judaism: "We need someone who would do for Judaism what Pope John XXIII has done for the Catholic Church". Herzl and Buber would continue, in mutual respect and disagreement, to work towards their respective goals for the rest of their lives. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) In this essay, Herzl writes, “But beyond all definite judgment there rises before us, in the light of history, the personality of Theodor Herzl… He was the hero of a period of transition. He was the master of a sick people. His greatest deed is one which he did not achieve of his own will. He gave an image to this people. Not the image of a real living person, but an ideal image, a model comforting and inspiring. It is thus that the poets in their works may cast into human shape their ideal of themselves… (Herzl was) a statue beyond fault or blame, bearing the pure features of genius, the countenance lit with the splendor of the messiah. A gift of illusion. A gift of grace. ” OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Some discoloration to Wrappers. Overall about very good condition. (Zion-10-17A) xx
Stock number:37739.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: London, MacMillan, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st Edition. Original Green Boards. 8vo. [cviii], 853 pages ; 23 cm. Inscribed by Loewe on the front end page. The last published work by Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore, who edited this volume with Herbert Martin James Loewe. “Loewe (1882–1940) was a noted scholar of Semitic languages and Jewish culture. His grandfather, Louis Loewe had (also) been Sir Moses Montefiore’s secretary... (Claude Montefiore’s great uncle) . ” (Wikipedia, 2016) “Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore… was the intellectual founder of Anglo-Liberal Judaism and the founding president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, a scholar of the Hebrew Bible, rabbinic literature and New Testament, an influential anti-Zionist leader in the communal body, the Anglo-Jewish Association, and an educator. He was a significant figure in the contexts of modern Jewish religious thought, Jewish-Christian relations, and Anglo-Jewish socio-politics. ” (Wikpedia, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Judaism. Jewish ethics. Jewish literature. Ex-library with Jewish institutional stamp and usual markings. Overall good condition. (BR-11-32)
Stock number:37730.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Warsaw: Bi-Defus Shuldberg. Http://Www.danwymanbooks.com/Hebrew/Heb-6-1.jpg, 1904.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
8vo. 540 pages. In Hebrew. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism; Sokolow, Nahum, 1859-1936. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Sokolow (1859-1936) was born and educated in Poland. The command of diverse languages and literary traditions he acquired through both a religious and a secular education served him well in his later life. He began writing for newspapers in the 1870s, particularly about science and current affairs. Though he at first held reservations concerning Zionism, after the First Zionist Congress and meeting Theodore Herzel, Sokolow supported the movement, and was soon the secretary, and then later president, of the World Zionist Organization. After each visit to Palestine, he published his impressions, and along with personal meetings in The U. S. , Canada, England and elsewhere, won Zionism many supporters. (Kressel, EJ) Original binding repaired with new backstrip and corners, very good condition. (HEB-6-1A)
Stock number:37717.
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Imprint: [New York]: "ha-Me'ir", 1917-1918
Binding: Hardback
Cloth, 8vo. , 240 pages, 253 pages. In Yiddish. With photographs. Cover decorated with map of Israel. “The First Step of Settling the Land of Israel” History of the early days of the development of the State of Israel. Includes chapters on: The founding of Rishon Le-Tzion; The first and second revolutions in rishon Le-Tzion; Petakh Tikvah, Rosh Pinah, Zikhron Yaakov; America and Eretz Yisrael; and Is the risk of cultural centered Zionism really a risk? SUBJECT (S) : Agricultural colonies -- Palestine. Jews -- Palestine. Jews -- Colonization -- Palestine. Zionism. OCLC 9038139. Very good condition. (YID-17-6A-LX-'e)
Stock number:37715.
$US 100.00
Imprint: [New York, N. Y. ?]: Zionist Labor Party "hitachduth" Of America, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 28 pages ; 23 cm. From “The Young Jew Series; ” Number Two. Includes two essays: “Theodor Herzl and History” by Buber, and “Theodor Herzl and We, ” by Welsch. “Approaching Zionism from his own personal viewpoint, Buber disagreed with Theodor Herzl about the political and cultural direction of Zionism. Herzl envisioned the goal of Zionism in a nation-state, but did not consider Jewish culture or religion necessary. In contrast, Buber believed the potential of Zionism was for social and spiritual enrichment. For example, Buber argued that following the formation of the Israeli state, there would need to be reforms to Judaism: "We need someone who would do for Judaism what Pope John XXIII has done for the Catholic Church". Herzl and Buber would continue, in mutual respect and disagreement, to work towards their respective goals for the rest of their lives. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) In this essay, Herzl writes, “But beyond all definite judgment there rises before us, in the light of history, the personality of Theodor Herzl… He was the hero of a period of transition. He was the master of a sick people. His greatest deed is one which he did not achieve of his own will. He gave an image to this people. Not the image of a real living person, but an ideal image, a model comforting and inspiring. It is thus that the poets in their works may cast into human shape their ideal of themselves… (Herzl was) a statue beyond fault or blame, bearing the pure features of genius, the countenance lit with the splendor of the messiah. A gift of illusion. A gift of grace. ” OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Some discoloration to Wrappers. Overall about very good condition. (Zion-10-17) xx
Stock number:37691.
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Imprint: Paris: Perrin,, 2010
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 12mo. 298 pages ; 17cm. In French. Nr. 57 in the “Comprehensive Digital Bibliography of the Dreyfus Affair…” (Guieu, n. D. ) . Title translates into English as, “The Two Promised Lands: The Jews of France and Zionism. 1897-1945.” Michel Abitbol “is an Israeli Jewish historian, professor, and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is considered an expert on the history of the Jews of North Africa. He is also the scientific director of the Center for Research on Moroccan Jewry, founded in Jerusalem in 1994. He writes his books and monographs in French. SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Sionisme -- France -- Histoire. Very good+ condition. (FR-2-13)
Stock number:37679.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: [London], Published By The Jewish Religious Union, 1909
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Orignal Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 11 pages ; 22 cm. “Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore (1858 - 1938) was son of Nathaniel Montefiore, and the great-nephew of Sir Moses Montefiore. He was the intellectual founder of Anglo-Liberal Judaism and the founding president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, a scholar of the Hebrew Bible, rabbinic literature and New Testament, an influential anti-Zionist leader in the communal body, the Anglo-Jewish Association, and an educator. He was a significant figure in the contexts of modern Jewish religious thought, Jewish-Christian relations, and Anglo-Jewish socio-politics. ” (Wikpedia, 2016) OCLC lists just 6 copies worldwide, none in New York City. Some edgewear and foxing to wrappers but overall in about very good condition. (BR-11-28)
Stock number:37668.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Washington, D. C. : G. Silverstone,, 1919
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. [37], 47 pages. 23 cm. In Hebrew. Goldman 822. Important Orthodox tract, Title translates to “The Book of Choice Silver. ” Only 2nd volume of 3. Rabbi Gedaliah (George) Silverstone was a popular American Orthodox homilist of the early 20th century, largely supporting himself on books of sermons such as this one. SUBJECT(S) Jewish sermons, Hebrew. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Very Good condition. (AMR-50-5C)
Stock number:37623.
$US 100.00
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
8vo; New York: Songs of Religion Co., 1946. 1st edition. 1 score ([3] pages); 30 cm. Became the Israeli national anthem. "Including New Refrain as Sung in Israel." Traditional melody; words in English and phonetic romanized Hebrew. Original music [i.e. words] by N.H. Imber; English lyrics by Jacob Freedman. Subjects: National songs -- Israel. Other titles: Jewish national anthem. An important document, here in the scarce first edition. Fine Condition. (AMR-50-17A)
Stock number:37571.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: [Chicago]; Privately Published, 1933
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 8vo. Xx 423 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Each part preceded by leaf with half-title not included in the pagination (4 leaves) . Takes a cultural instead of chronological approach to history; bringing together the author’s opinions, descriptions of community issues, and examinations of events occuring throughout the later 19th and early 20th century. Introduction by Julian W. Mack, U. S. Judge and Zionist leader. Philip Bregstone was a “chicago lawyer, writer, and public official who was active in Jewish affairs and Zionist causes. […] Mr. Bregstone also organized Zionist groups in the Middle West and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to promote the idea of a Palestinian homeland for Jewish peoples. Meanwhile, he wrote many articles about literature and several books— ‘In Shturm von Leben’, which was published in Yiddish in 1924; ‘Chicago and Its Jews’, which was published in English 1933; and ‘Sins of Youth’, which was never published. Bregstone received much recognition during his lifetime for his literary efforts. He died on February 9, 1934 in Chicago. ” (Philip P. Bregstone Papers) Subjects: Jews -- Illinois --Chicago. Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Charities. Ex-library. Slight fraying to top and bottom of backstrip. Light wear to cloth. Very good condition. (AMR-41-45a), FOG 2013-04
Stock number:37380.
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Imprint: Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society., 1970.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
4to. Xii, 448 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Connecticut - Hartford - history. "Born in Newburgh, N. Y. , Silverman was ordained rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1922. From 1923 to 1961 he served as rabbi of the Emanuel Synagogue in Hartford, Conn. , and was a leader in virtually every aspect of Jewish life, prominently active in civic affairs, civil rights, interfaith activities, and Zionist work. He built the synagogue into one of the dominant congregations of New England and served with Hartford colleagues who also enjoyed long and distinguished tenures in the rabbinate. His greatest influence on North American Jewry was through his role as a liturgical innovator and editor. Silverman began creating preliminary and experimental editions of various prayer books and booklets in the early 1930s . He eventually produced nationally distributed editions of twelve liturgical works, most published by the Prayer Book Press, which was established in Hartford to encourage dissemination of his work. " (EJ, 2007) Has torn dust jacket. Book is in very good condition. (ComHist-16-15)
Stock number:22321.
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Imprint: Tuscaloosa: University Of Alabama Press., 1992.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0817305440. 8vo. Xvi, 251 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - New Jersey - Farmingdale - history; Jews - colonization - New Jersey - Farmingdale - history; Jewish farmers - New Jersey - Farmingdale - case studies; Jewish farmers - New Jersey - Farmingdale - biography; Farmingdale (N. J. ) -- ethnic relations. SERIES: Judaic studies series; Variation: Judaic studies series (Unnumbered) . "New Jersey granted religious tolerance to its citizens as early as 1665, and the state constitution of 1844 abolished all religious qualifications for voting and holding public office. Although the first organized Jewish communities in New Jersey were not established until the middle of the 19th century, Jewish merchants from Philadelphia and New York conducted business in the state as early as the 17th century. " In the late 1800s, most of the Jews in New Jersey were of German descent, but the following decades brought many Eastern European and some Middle Eastern Jewish immigrants to the area. As European and American Zionists searched for solutions, some of New Jersey's Jews, as elsewhere, turned to agriculture, with the Alliance Israélite Universelle and the Baron de Hirsch Fund. In later years, New Jersey's Jewish communities grew as former residents of New York City sought the suburbs. As of 2001, there were about 485, 000 Jews living in New Jersey, the Garden State; most are located in the north-eastern corner, near New York City. (EJ, 2007) Fine condition. (ComHist-16-11)
Stock number:22318.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society., 1968.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 347 pages. Maps on endpapers. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - colonization - Africa, East. CONTENTS: Introduction; The early development of the East African Protectorate; The birth of political Zionism; The formal offer to the Zionists; Settler reactions to the offer; The colonial official, the missionary and the offer; Motives, objections and the press; Jews in turmoil-probable abandonment of the scheme; The scheme revived; The Zionist expedition to East Africa; ITO and East Africa; Conclusion. Has dust jacket. Jacket and first few pages has moisture stain on fore edge, good+ condition. (ComHist-16-1)
Stock number:22308.
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Imprint: Tel Aviv : Verlag Bitaon Ltd. ,, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 50 pages ; 22 cm. In Gernan. Title translates into English as, “Problems of the Transitional Period : New Tasks And New Ways Of Democracy. ” Holocaust-era presentation by Georg Landauer, the influential Zionist politician and settler, at the second national conference of Alija Chadasha. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Paper slightly browning. About very good condition. (holo2-131-36)
Stock number:37291.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Tel-Aviv: Alijah Chadascha,, 1942
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 22 pages ; 20 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “World Judaism and Zionism: Lecture Held on the Country’s Day of HOGOA in Kfar Shmaryahu 10/31/1942.” Holocaust-era lecture by Georg Landauer (1895-1954) , a Zionist politician and settler. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Foxing on wrappers. Paper browning. Overall good condition. (holo2-131-9)
Stock number:37267.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Lodz, Centralna Zydowska Komisja, 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Original illustrated cover, Large 8vo; 133 pages; In Polish. To the Victims of the Brigade of Death. Wolff # I: 1354. Weliczker was in the Sonderkommando. "Leon Weliczker Wells was born in Lvov, Poland, on March 10, 1925. Wells was a prisoner in the Janowska concentration camp outside Lvov during World War II. He escaped from the camp in an uprising in 1943 and was hidden in the basement of the Kalwinski family on the outskirts of Lvov. Wells kept a written record of his experiences as a member of the "Death Brigade," and these memoirs were published in Poland after the war and reissued in the United States as The Janowska Road. In 1946 Wells left Poland for the American Zone in Germany, and while in Munich he helped organize the Jewish Historical Commission there. This group gathered documents on the Holocaust which became part of the original collection of the Yad Vashem archive in Israel. Wells gave testimony at both the Nuremberg trials and the Eichmann trial....Wells published Who Speaks for the Vanquished? in 1987. In this work Wells investigated the "non-response" of American Jewish leaders of theplight of Jews in Nazi Europe. He contended that Zionist organizations in America failed to respond in a significant way to save the Jews of Europe because they were focusing their time, influence, and money on preparations for a Jewish state in Palestine" (Yale 2002).Repair to spine. Cover wrappers are edgeworn and chipped without any significant damage to illustration. Pages are browning. Overall Fair Condition. (H-17-1)
Stock number:37190.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Defus Ha-`ivri,, 1921
Binding: Hardcover
Later boards protecting original paper wrappers, which are present. 8vo, 74 pages, 18 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Pure Sayings - Two Developed Books: Book 1. On the Sin of Disagreement and its Restrictions. Book 2. Minchat Shmuel. ” Rav Michal Hirsch (1840-1906) was one of the most well respected rebbes (Admorim) of the Old Yishuv period. His followers, notably Yaakov Moshe Charlap, published many of his writings. (Wiki, 2016) This publication deals primarily with the topic of disputes and moral speech, as outlined in Pirkei Avot. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish ethics. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Previous owner’s stamp on foreword. Very Good Condition (HEB-48-23)
Stock number:37015.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Park Plais, Tshitham, Manshester: Defus Mazal,, 1927
Binding: Hardcover
Original paper wrapper affixed to period boards. 8vo, 216 leaves. 25 cm. In Hebrew. Both essays present here attempt, as the introduction demonstrates, to answer the pressing questions of the Jewish community. Rabbi Yoffey was a revered English polemicist, rabbi, and educator. His influence, however, extends far beyond. He almost single-handedly established the first Manchester branch of the international religious-Zionist Mizrachi Movement. In 1934, he famously passed away in Alexandria while traveling to Palestine. CD 000108628. Ex-library with usual markings. Pages lightly soiled, but overall in Very Good Condition. (HEB-48-3)
Stock number:36828.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Fürth : [Publisher Not Identified],, 1844
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Bound in later boards, 12mo, 156, 48 pages, Includes illustrations ; 20 cm. In Hebrew. Title page, first leaf, and fold out map in facsimile. SUBJECT (S) : Bible. Old Testament -- Commentaries. OCLC lists only 1 copy worldwide (BRITISH LIBR) . Includes large fold out hebrew map of Eretz Israel and the Eastern Mediterranean (here in facsimile) , as well as 5 other illustrations, 4 of which fold out as well. Ex-library with usual marks, expected staining, corner tear to last leaf not affecting text, otherwise Very Good. (kh-6-9)
Stock number:36548.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York City, 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback.
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 15 pages. 23 cm. SUBJECTS: Israel. This JNF-issued pamphlet explains the need for development of the Huleh Valley in the Galilee. A full account is given of the geography, climate, etc. Of the region with accompanying illustrations. OCLC only lists 2 copies worldwide (NYPL and University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) . Very Good Condition. (ZION-10-1)
Stock number:36336.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York : Alexander Kohut Memorial Fouindation., 1930
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 394 pages. In Hebrew. First edition. English title : A grammar of Babylonian Aramaic. SUBJECT (S) : Aramaic language - grammar. SERIES: Sifre mosad le-zikhron Aleksander Kohut; Variation: Veröffentlichungen der Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation. "Born in Zagare, Lithuania, Levias [1860-1934] studied and was a fellow in the department of Oriental languages of Columbia University and in the department of Semitic languages of Johns Hopkins University. From 1895 to 1905 he was an instructor of Semitic languages at Hebrew Union College, and from 1910 to 1920 he served as principal of the Plaut Memorial Hebrew Free School in Newark, New Jersey. An ardent Zionist, he devoted much time to the propagation of modern Hebrew literature, and together with R. Brainin and I. Schapiro he edited and published the literary journal Ha-Deror. His main interest, however, was Semitic philology and grammar, about which he contributed numerous articles to scholarly journals. His chief works were the pioneer study A Grammar of the Aramaic Idiom Contained in the Babylonian Talmud, and a Hebrew book on the same subject, Dikduk Aramit Bavlit. Only two parts of his Ozar Hokhmat ha-Lashon, a study of Hebrew philology, were ever published, and a lexicon compiled by him of medical terms in Hebrew literature never appeared at all. " (EJ, 2007) Gilt titles. Ex-library with usual markings. Contents are clean. Very Good Condition. (MX-21-21B)
Stock number:36333.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: New York: Gefen, 2007
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 270 pages, illustrated, 4to, 28 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Hungary -- Biography. Jewish youth -- Hungary -- Biography. Zionism -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Hungary. Jews, Hungarian -- Israel -- Biography. Holocaust survivors -- Israel -- Biography. Ondergrondse organisaties. Joden. Zionisten. Hongarije. Note(s) : "Copyright (c) The Society for the Research of the History of the Zionist Yorth Movement in Hungary. "-Title page verso. Includes bibliography (p. 261-264) and index. Very good condition. (Holo2-16-23A)
Stock number:36275.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York; Public Publ. Co., 1919
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 151 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Introduction by Judge Julian Mack. Decorative border illustration at the bottom of each page. Essays on 'social zionism', 'a social commonwealth in palestine', 'jewish law and a sanhedrin', 'a jewish industrial army', 'zionist state and the land problems', 'a jewish commonwealth in zion', by Bernard Rosenblatt (1886-1969) : “In 1919 he accompanied Felix Frankfurter to the Versailles Peace Conference to assist his efforts to have a clause included in the Palestine Mandate opposing land speculation. He became a New York City magistrate in 1921 and was elected to the World Zionist Executive that same year. He floated the first Palestinian municipal bonds in the United States, the forerunner of the Israel Bond campaign. Mr. Rosenblatt served at various times as president of the Jewish National Fund and Keren Hayesod and was a vice president and honorary Secretary of the Zionist Organization of America. He was an officer of several Jewish business enterprises in Palestine and was the first president of the American Zion Commonwealth, a land purchasing and settlement agency he founded in 1915 which established the communities of Balfouria, Afule and Herzlia and the Haifa Bay Settlement in Palestine. ” - JTA Obituary, October 16, 1969. Subjects: Zionism. Jews - Politics and government. Jews - Social conditions. Light soiling to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (ZION-4-43)
Stock number:36231.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: [Oberlin, Ohio]: [Biblioteca Sacra],, 1911
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st separate edition. Period boards with original paper wrappers bound in, pages [510]-531 (ie.22 pages) ; 24 cm. “Reprint from the Biblioteca Sacra, ” July, 1911. Includes bibliographical references. Solomon Schechter’s copy with his presentation bookplate. Harold Marcus Wiener (1875-1929) was a British-born Jerusalem lawyer and bible scholar who was killed in the 1929 riots in Palestine. His entire estate was bequeathed to the Spanish and Portugese Jews' Congregation of London. Mordechai Ben Katharina Mayer Wiener was born into a privileged Anglo-Jewish family, received his legal education at Cambridge University and became a renowned British lawyer. But he became more famous as a Bible scholar focused on the legal aspects of Bible study. In 1923 he immigrated to Israel, "to better understand the Bible, ” to retreat from public life, and to focus on his studies. He lived in Jerusalem near Herod’s Gate, and became close to the Arab population, and he funded scholarships for Arab students at the American University in Beirut. On the outbreak of the 1929 riots, he was at home with 2 Jewish workers who were renovating his home. Wiener drove them in his car back toward the Jewish neighborhoods, but the three passengers were killed in the Damascus Gate. Wiener was buried in a mass grave along with 15 others killed in the first part of the riots (Wikipedia 2015) . SUBJECT(S) : Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Blindstamp on titlepage, damp stains throughout. Otherwise Good Condition. (KH-5-33)
Stock number:36212.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press., 1972
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth.
8vo. 506 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish law; Courts, Jewish; Judges (Jewish law) . SERIES: Yale Judaica series; v. XIX. "Hershman was born in Neustadt, Poland, immigrating to the U. S. In 1896. Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (1906) , he served in Syracuse, New York, then went to Detroit's Congregation Shaarey Zedek (1907) , which he led until 1946, when he became rabbi emeritus. Founder and president of the Detroit Zionist Organization, Hershman was also principal of the Division Street Talmud Torah, Detroit's first Jewish communal school; delegate to the first American Jewish Congress; and a founder of the Jewish Community Council. " (Katz, EJ). No dustjacket. Excellent good condition. (rab-60-11)
Stock number:36184.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Jerusalem, The Jewish National Fund, Head Office, 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, Small 8vo, 47 pages. "No longer will the land be a source of riches for a select few—usually through the exploitation of other men—merely because they happen town a unique form of property. In our social order the land will be a source of secure livelihood for all who are willing to till it with their own hands and to invest their best energies in it" (page 47) . Very Good Condition. (ZION-9-14) xx
Stock number:36031.
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Imprint: New York, Dept. Of Youth and Education, Zionist Organization of America,, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
VG/NONE; 1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 7 pages, 23 cm. Holocaust-era tract. "The Jews of Palestine are the only Jews in the world, who, under attack, as Jews, stand their ground as a people, fight back, give blow for blow, defend their homes, refuse to be humiliated and to retreat....they are the same Jews who, a few short years ago walked the streets of Warsaw and Berlin and Vienna. Indeed, many still trapped in these cities of death would have been in Palestine these last years if they had not been kept imprisoned by the lack of immigration certificates" (p. 5). Eisenstein was a leder of Reconstructionist Judaism. Light Wear, Good+ Condition (ZION-9-13), HARVARD 2014
Stock number:36016.
$US 100.00
Binding: Paperback
good; London: English Zionist Federation, 1917. Wrappers; 8vo. 24 pages. Jewish question. OCLC lists ten copies worldwide. Wear and light soiling to cover. Good condition. (ZION-9-12), harvard 2014
Stock number:36015.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: London, Zionist Organisation,, 1915
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 8vo 16 pages. 21 cm. Not the more common second edition from 1918. Series: Zionist pamphlets. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Restoration. Judaism. Zionism. Cover-title. Glue-stain to spine, some pencil underlining, otherwise Very Good condition. (mx-31-6), harvard 2014
Stock number:36014.
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Imprint: New York, The Committee,, 1952
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 10 pages. Regarding the decision described in this pamphlet, the Jewish Telegraph Agency reported on Sept 22, 1952: "The American Jewish Committee and the B’nai B’rith, parent body of the Anti-Defamation League, tonight officially announced their withdrawal from the National Community Relations Advisory Council. Their action followed adoption by the national plenary conference of the NCRAC earlier this month of a plan for reorganization of work in the community relations field. Both organizations had strenuously opposed the plan, adoption of which was inspired by the Maclver Report on Jewish community relations. Jacob Blaustein, president of the American Jewish Committee, and Frank Goldman, president of B’nai B’rith, made the formal statements announcing secession by their organizations from the eight-year-old agency. Mr. Blaustein declared that 'the fundamental basis for the American Jewish Committee’s withdrawal from the NCRAC is our rejection of a regulatory body with compulsory powers to which national agencies are subordinated. No central body,' he asserted, 'can presume to have a mandate to speak as the ‘official’ voice of American Jewry.'” It re-joined NCRAC in 1966. Important and scarce. Faint vertical crease, otherwise Very Good Condition (zion-9-5), harvard 2014
Stock number:35952.
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Binding: Hardback
New York, American Zionist Council, 1955. Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 13 pages. Early Statehood-period critique of this American Jewish Anti-Zionist organization. Accuses the ACJ of affiliating with such anti-Semitic extremists as Gerald LK Smith and Merwin K. Hart. With a brief foreword by Albert Einstein in which he compares the ACJ to the Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith in pre-War Europe. Not in Singerman.Very Good Condition. (zion-8-24) xxx, harvard 2014
Stock number:35946.
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Imprint: Philadelphia; No Publisher (The Jewish Exponent?), 1936
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
1st seperate edition. Original Wrappers. 12mo. [6] pages. Written for the Jewish Exponent and reprinted from the Issue of July 3, 1936. A supportive review of “The Jews of Germany” by Marvin Lowenthal, written by Rabbi Mortimer J. Cohen, whom was educated at the City College of New York, Colombia, and JTSA. He is remembered for having worked with Frank Lloyd Wright to build the synagogue for his congregation of Beth Sholom in North Philadelphia. Marvin Marx Lowenthal was born on October 6, 1890, in Bradford, Pennsylvania. He was an author, lecturer, traveler, and historian. At Harvard University, Lowenthal became a part of a tight-knit group of Zionists that included Louis Brandeis. In 1916, Brandeis asked Lowenthal to head the Zionist Bureau of the Pacific Coast in San Francisco. Lowenthal began working as its fundraiser until the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) moved to its New York office in 1919. In 1920, Lowenthal decided to abandon the ZOA to pursue a career as a full-time writer. “In 1936, Lowenthal published his most important and popular book, The Jews of Germany: A Story of Sixteen Centuries. In writing this book, he hoped to demonstrate that discrimination against Jews in Germany was not something that [only] became commonplace once Hitler took control. Lowenthal wanted to reach out to his readers and explain that if something was not done about the treatment of Jews in Europe that Jews would be doomed. Lowenthal followed the events in Germany closely and was disturbed by the passing of the Nuremberg Laws in September 1935, which stripped Jews of their citizenship in Germany and forbade Jews to marry non-Jewish citizens. Lowenthal was appalled by the treatment of Jews in Germany; Jews were forced to sit in the back of public buses, drink from different water fountains, and not allowed to use public restrooms. The book was painstaking for Lowenthal to write because of his love for Zionism and his determination to free Jews from discrimination in Europe. The Jews of Germany left Lowenthal exhausted. His book consisted of literary fragments, essay sketches, and writing plans, but no finished product materialized. It is in this book that his craftsmanship and urbanity of style appear at their best. ” (From Guide to the Papers of Marvin Lowenthal) Subjects: Jews - Germany – History. OCLC lists only one copy worldwide (HUC) . Light soiling to front and back pages. Fold line down the center of all pages. Fresh and clean. Good + condition. (HOLO2-95-26)
Stock number:35934.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim: Ha-Shiloah,, 1919
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
(ft) Cloth, Square 8vo, 100 pages. 22 cm. 1st edition. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature, Modern -- History and criticism. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Includes bibliographic references. Klausner (1874-1958) "was an active Zionist and a fervent nationalist throughout his life, and his Zionist views color all his work. A delegate to the First Congress, he was greatly influenced by the political ideas of Herzl, although his cultural approach remained that of the Hovevei Zion and Ah ad Ha-Am. He attended nearly every subsequent Congress until the eleventh, contributing surveys on them to Ha-Shilo'a h. From 1930 he began to identify himself more and more with the policy of Jabotinsky and was regarded by the Revisionist Party, and later by its successor, Herut, as the ideologist of the movement. He edited the monthly Beitar (together with B. Netanyahu) from 1932-33 and came out vigorously, both in speech and in writing, in support of the ideals of the right-wing nationalists. In 1949 they put his name forward as their candidate for the first president of the State of Israel in opposition to Chaim Weizmann. " (Staff, EJ) . Binding repaired, otherwise Good Condition. (HEB-2-21A)
Stock number:21801.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; Young Judaea, 1940
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 23, [1] pages. 22 cm. Holocaust-era periodical, April 1940, vol V, no 6. Contents: Proclamations of Zionist Youth Council, Britain Enacts Drastic Land Regulations, Jewish Scouting in Palestine, etc. Contains fron cover illustration of a “Model Table Set for the Passover Seder”, illustration of an “Ancient Passover Plate” (pg 22) ; and announcements for the beginning of Passover on April 23. Subjects: Periodicals, Jewish, in English. Periodicals, American. Jews - Restoration. OCLC lists 4 copies (NYPL, Yale, Brandies, HUC) . Light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (HAG-16-36)
Stock number:35868.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; The Chapter, 1956
Binding: SpiralBound
Spiralbound. 8vo. [190] pages. 25 cm. April 18, 1956 New York Chapter of Hadassah donor luncheon. Ilustrated, printed in brown and red ink, with names of donors, members, and supporters to several projects of Hadassah, with highlights of the Medical Center and Medical Organization. Subjects: Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. New York Chapter – Annual Donor Luncheon. OCLC lists one copy (NYPL) . Light edge wear, very clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (WOMEN-2-42)
Stock number:35809.
$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: London: Hotsaat Ha-Hevrah Le-Mehkar Ule-`arikhat Ha-Mishpat Ha-`ivri., 1944.
Binding: Paperback
(FT) 8vo. 79 pages. In Hebrew. English title: Treatise of Hebrew civil law: Hypotheka. SUBJECT(S) : Mortgages (Jewish law) ; Liens (Jewish law) . SEREIS: Torat ha-mishpat ha-ezrahi ha-`Ivri. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (JTSA) . Zuri (1884-1943) was a lawyer and legal scholar. Born in Poland, he also lived in Palestine, France, and England. [His] "single scholarly purpose was to introduce into the European study of Greek, Roman, and Islamic law the data of the Jewish legal tradition. He published most of his 31 works in Hebrew, because, as a Zionist, he hoped to lay the foundation for a system of legislation for the coming Jewish state. " (EJ, 2007) Pages lightly tanned, covers a little soiled, with small tears, good condition. (RAB-21-16)
Stock number:21740.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Amanah., 1960.
Binding: Paperback
(FT) 8vo. In Hebrew. Volume one (of three) only. SUBJECT(S) : Faith (Judaism) . OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Kook (1865-1935) , born in Latvia, was a religious Zionist and the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi In Erez Israel. He was ordained a rabbi in 1888, serving in Zaumel, Bausk, and after migrating, in Jaffa. Stuck in Euope during WWI, Kook temporarily led a congregation in London and encouraged Zionist activity there; after the war he was made chief rabbi of Jerusalem. His devotion to Israel as a religious entity often brought him conflict with other Zionists, both secularists and other rabbis who held practical interests above religious ones. (Zinger, EJ) Ex library. Covers soiled, good condition. (RAB-21-12)
Stock number:21736.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Dvir., 1936.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. Xxx, 135 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Bible. O. T. Apocrypha. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Kaminka (1866-1950) was a rabbi, scholar, and Zionist. In 1900, he moved to Vienna to work for the Israelitische Allianz, staying in that city until Austria was annexed by Hitler, after which he moved to Palestine. He translated classic literature into Hebrew and also wrote his own poetry and biblical commentary. (EJ, 2007) Wrinkled from water throughout, good condition. (RAB-19-11)
Stock number:21718.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Fresh Meadows, N. Y. ; Biblio Press, 1979
Edition: First Edition
Binding: PlasticComb
Original Wraps. 4to. 53 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Groundbreaking work. Single sided mimeographed. Annotated bibliography on Jewish Women, covering anthologies, history/herstory, religious life and law, in the United States and Canada, in Israel, in the Holocaust and resistance, other countries, children's books, poetry, and reference works. “Aviva Cantor (born 1940) was a co-founder in 1968 of the Jewish Liberation in New York, a Socialist Zionist organization, and served as founding editor of its Jewish Liberation Journal. JLP was among the first Jewish groups to advocate the two-state solution (1968) …. In 1976, she initiated and co-founded Lilith, the independent Jewish Feminist quarterly magazine, which she served as co-founding editor through 1987, and for which she wrote regularly. …Cantor has written five alternative Passover ceremonies…the fifth one, The Egalitarian Hagada…. Is a gender- and generation-inclusive…. She compiled, edited and annotated several editions of The Jewish Woman, 1900-1985: A Bibliography…. Her children's book manuscript, Tamar's Cat: A Story of the Exodus, won first prize in the Sydney Taylor Children's Book Manuscript Contest” (Wikipedia, 2015) . Subjects: Jewish women - Bibliography. Jewish women. Bibliography. Clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (WOMEN-1-32)
Stock number:35743.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Cincinnati; Wise & Co., 1917
Binding: LooseLeaf
Original Newspaper issue. Folio. 8; 8 pages. 60 x 44 cm. Two issues. July 26th and August 2nd issue of the American Israelite, volume 64, numbers 4 and 5. Weekly periodical; began publication in 1854 by Isaac M. Wise. Leo Wise, publisher and proprietor during the period of this issue. Contains domestic and international news: History of Jewish Congregations in Richmond, Virginia; editorial on the New Jewish Pedagogy; Jewish services in Prison; Jewish Social and Religious Work Among Soldiers; United Jewish Charities Report; Full Emancipation of the Jews in the Russian Revolution; More Jewish Refugees arrive from German occupied lands; anti-semitism of the Polish Women's Alliance; article by Joshua Bloch on Hebrew Literature; 'The Philosophy of the Chosen People' by Gotthard Deutsch; work of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society; Jewish graduates of the National Farm School; Imperial Reactionists and pogroms by white forces in Russia; The part that the Jewish Community is playing in the present war; Council of Jewish Women; correspondence and reports from American Union of Hebrew Congregations, Jewish communities, temples, and benefit societies throughout the country. Subjects: American Israelite (Cincinnati, Ohio: 1916) . Jewish newspapers - Ohio. Jewish newspapers. Newspapers. Cincinnati (Ohio) – Newspapers. Folded in fourths, lightly aged; otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (AMR-46-34)
Stock number:35693.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; American Council For Judaism, Inc., 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 12 pages. 23 cm. First edition. “This essay originally appeared in the New Republic but it has been brought up to date in a postscript. ” - p. 1. An American philosopher's analysis of Zionism and the American Jewish community, with criticism of the anti-enlightenment strands in Zionism, published by the leading American liberal Jewish Anti-Zionist group. Postscript adds the hopeful expectation that a nonsectarian state will emerge in Palestine. Attractively printed, with red decorative line borders throughout. Subjects: Zionism. OCLC lists 7 copies (UC-Davis, Mercer, Harvard, NC State, Princeton, HUC, NLI) , none in New York. Pen marks in margins and some underlining. Light wear to wraps. Good condition. (ZION-8-16)
Stock number:35661.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Paris; La Ligue, 1919
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 12 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In French. 'New Palestine: Public Bulletin of the League of Friends of Zionism'. Issue No. 2. February 1919. (First issue: no. 1, déc. 15, 1918) . Contains articles on: 'Jews and Arabs, 'The Jewish Nation', 'Stephen Wise at Paris', 'Meeting between Steph Wise with Colonel House', 'President Wilson and Zionism', News. Address: Paris, 20 rue de Longchamp: les Amis du sionisme, Impr. Driay-Cahen. Subjects: Zionism - France - Periodicals. Zionism. Periodicals. France. OCLC lists 6 copies. Foxed, aged, edge bumped, otherwise clean. Good condition. (ZION-8-3)
Stock number:35644.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London; Poale Zion, 1944
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 12mo. 47 pages. 19 cm. First separate edition. Holocaust-era imprint. Reprinted, with some alterations, from the Left news, December 1943, by the Jewish Socialist Labour Party (Poale Zion) . Argues for continued Jewish and Arab cooperation in industrially and agriculturally developing Palestine. Written by Ephraim Broido (1912–1994) , Hebrew essayist, translator, and editor. Subjects: Jews - Palestine. Palestinian Arabs. Zionism. Jews. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-55)
Stock number:35634.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv; Lion The Printer For The Zionist Organization, Youth Dept, [1940s]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 12mo. 79 pages. 17 cm. First English edition. Holocuast-era work translated from the original Hebrew by Sylvia Satin. History of the labor zionist pioneers to Palestine in the first part of the twentieth century. Contains much useful information on the various labor zionist tendencies and groups, workers struggles, and the early cooperative settlements; part memoir, part history. Shlomo Zemach (1886–1974) , Hebrew writer; emigrated to Palestine at the age of 18, helped found the socialist zionist organization Hapoel Hatzair; famous for his novels, drama, and short stories. Subjects: Land settlement - Palestine. Agricultural colonies - Palestine. Agricultural colonies. Land settlement. Middle East - Palestine. OCLC lists 25 copies. Small institutional stamp on front wrap, first endpage browned, otherwise clean. Good + condition. (ZION-7-53)
Stock number:35632.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; National Committee For Labor Palestine., 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 16mo. 15 pages. 15 cm. First edition. Holocaust-era brochure on the history and activities of the Histadrut, and discusses the different groups under the umbrella of the Histadrut (Haganah, sick and medical funds, cooperative housing, the Davar newspaper, etc. ) and in which ways Histadrut works with other agencies and groups (Keren Hayesod, etc. ) . Emphasizes the benefits of organized labor and the workers movement in Palestine, with sections discussing the affiliated Arab workers in the Histadrut. Subjects: National Committee for Labor Palestine. OCLC lists only 1 copy (Harvard) . Light wear to wraps, small tear to top edge, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-52)
Stock number:35631.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; Astoria Press, 1949
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 15 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Address delivered before the Business and Professional Council for Histadrut, Oct. 1949. Celebratory address about the newly established state of Israel and the role of the Histadrut after a recent visit to the country by the famous political commentator, journalist, and activist Max Lerner (1902-1992) . Subjects: Labor movement - Israel. Labor movement. Histadrut ha-kelalit shel ha-`ovdim ha-`Ivrim be-Erets-Yisrael. OCLC lists 9 copies. Previous owners name in pen on front wrap. Otherwise clean. Good + condition. (ZION-7-50) xx
Stock number:35629.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv; Histadrut-Auslandsabteilung, [1960]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 15 pages. 22 cm. First edition. In German. 'The local workers council as a community partner. ' German-language Histadrut publication detailing the importance for community life of the Histadrut; contains charts and graphs detailing the organizational form of these linkages. Subjects: Histradut kelalit shel ha-`ovdim be-Erets-Yisra’el. Israel - Politics and government. Oclc lists one copy (Harvard) . Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-49)
Stock number:35628.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin; "hechaluz", 1932-1933
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 12mo. 156; 159 pages. 18 cm. First edition. In German. Volume 2 was published the year that Hitler took power. 'The Jewish Labor Movement in Palestine'. Two volumes in the series: 1. T. Die Entwicklung der Bewegung von den ersten Anfängen bis 1932. 2 T. Das Werk der Organisierten Arbeiterschaft und seine Problematik. In the series: Deutsche Schriftenreihe "Jessodoth" des Welt-Verbandes Hechaluz, Heft 2-3. History of the Jewish workers movement in Palestine, organized socialist tendencies and socialist positions of the workers movement. Important historical reference work written by an activist in the Second International and the Socialist Zionist movement, translated into several languages. Subjects: Labor and laboring classes - Palestine - History. Jews - Palestine - History. Labor movement - Palestine. Socialism - Palestine. Labor unions - Palestine. Cooperation - Palestine. Cooperation. Labor movement. Labor unions. Socialism. Middle East – Palestine. OCLC lists 16 copies. Wraps soiled, worn, previous owners name on title page, otherwise clean. Good + condition. (ZION-7-48)
Stock number:35627.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; Palestine Foundation Fund, 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 15 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Nazi-era brochure on the Keren Hayesod during its first sixteen years of operation. Addresses day to day operations, immigration and settlement assistance, fundraising activities, assistance given to German Jewish refugees, the Hebrew school system and Hebrew renaissance in Palestine. Contains list of expenditures of the Keren Hayesod from 1920 to 1936. Subjects: Zionism. Keren Hayesod. OCLC lists 3 copies (Natl Libr Israel, Harvard, Brandeis) , none in the US outside Boston. Light wear to wraps, some pen marks, otherwise Very good condition. (ZION-7-45A) xx
Stock number:35624.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, N. Y. ; Jewish National Fund, [1947]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. [16] pages. 22 cm. First edition. Mandate period illustrated brochure of the development of the Jordan River Valley by the Jewish National Fund, and plans for the 'Jordan Valley Authority' in the future. Subjects: Jordan River - Description and travel. Jordan River Valley - Description and travel. Palestine - Description and travel. Middle East - Jordan River. Middle East - Jordan River Valley. Middle East – Palestine. OCLC lists 7 copies. Wraps lightly soiled, previous owners name stamp on front wrap, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-37) xx
Stock number:35615.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; National Young Judea, 1949
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 4to. 20 pages. 28 cm. Revised edition. First published January 1948. “Revised January 1949.” Important early statehood document as the holiday was gaining a new meanting in the new Jewish state. Typewritten duplicated printing; wraps typeset, dated January 1948 (wraps re-used from original printing) . Prepared by Norman Schanin, for National Young Judaea, under the auspices of the American Zionist Youth Commission. Program manual for the celebration of Hamishah Asar B'Shevat; with a history of the origin and meaning of the holiday, its significance for American Jews, observing the holiday in a group, the trees of Israel, and games, crafts and projects for the classroom. Contains a one page bibliography at rear. "[I]n 1948 the Zionist dream of an independent State of Israel miraculously came to pass, and one of the first things the settlers did when they came back to their land was to plant trees and develop moshavim (collective farms) . Reforesting the land by planting trees during Tu B'Shevat eventually became national custom. Today Israeli schoolchildren plant trees in special ceremonies (neti'at etzim) . And people living the Disapora often donate money to plant trees in Israel through the services of the Jewish National Fund. Tu B'Shevat therefore resembles an 'Israeli Arbor Day' when trees are planted and the rebirth of the Jewish homeland is celebrated" (John Parsons, 2015) . Subjects: Tu bi-Shevat - Study and teaching. Jews - Education - United States. Jews - Education. Tu bi-Shevat - Study and teaching. United States. OCLC lists one copy of this edition (Harvard) , 3 of the 1948 edition, no others. Very Good condition. (ZION-7-32)
Stock number:35610.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; Jewish National Fund, Education And Youth Dept., 1953
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 4to. [19] pages. 28 cm. First edition. Typewritten and mimeographed single sided pages. Program and educational materials on Jerusalem; includes historical background materials, a materials on present day Jerusalem, etc. Issued by the Jewish National Fund, October 1953 – Tishri, 5714. Subjects: Study skills. Outlines, syllabi, etc. Jerusalem - Study and teaching - Outlines, syllabi, etc. Middle East – Jerusalem. OCLC lists 4 copies (Harvard, HUC, Natl Libr Israel, NYPL) . Wraps soiled and worn, rear wrap absent. Good condition. (ZION-7-28) xx
Stock number:35606.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, N. Y. ; Education And Youth Dept. , Jewish National Fund, 1953
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 4to. 21, 8 pages. 28 cm. First edition. With 8 page section in Hebrew. Issued November 1953 – Kislev 5714. Program syllabus by the Jewish National Fund for Zionist education teachers. Contains materials for use, suggested programs and activities, commemoration of the life of Zvi Hermann Schapira, and a large section on the Jewish National Fund, its program and achievements. Contains frontispiece printed letter from Usher Kirshblum on the late Professor Zvi Hermann Schapira. Subjects: Schapira, Hermann Hirsch, 1840-1898. Jewish National Fund. Zionism - United States. OCLC lists 5 copies (Harvard, Huc, Johns Hopkins, Natl Libr Israel, NYPL) . Wraps in poor condition with edgewear and fragile; internally very clean. Good condition. (ZION-7-27) xx
Stock number:35605.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, N. Y. ; Zionist Organization Of America, Program And Education Dept, [1949]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 4to. 38 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Published by the National Education Department of the Zionist Organization of America. Syllabus on Zionist History, with a wide range of projects and topics for discussion and study. Date determined from pg 37-38, where mention is made of the proclamation of the State of Israel and events in early 1949. Subjects: Syllabus – Education – Zionism. Zionist Organization of America, National Education Dept. OCLC lists 4 copies (Johns Hopkins, Harvard, HUC, Wisconsin) . Light wear to wraps, rear wrap loose; otherwise clean. Good condition. (ZION-7-26)
Stock number:35604.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; Jewish Education Committee, [1954]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 20 pages. 25 cm. First edition. One act play on the last days of Akiba Ben Joseph from the setting of his imprisonment in Caesarea, before he was martyred (c. 135) . The play focuses on Akiba's devotion to the redemption of eternal Israel. Written by Rufus Learsi, pen name of Israel Goldberg (1887-1964) , American-Jewish educator, historian, author and journalist. Subjects: Akiba ben Joseph, approximately 50-approximately 132 - Drama. Akiba ben Joseph, approximately 50-approximately 132. Drama. OCLC lists 3 copies (NYPL, Harvard, HUC) . Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-24) xx
Stock number:35602.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem; Keren Hayesod, 1930
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 23, [8] pages. 25 cm. First edition. Brochure/report on Hebrew education and educational institutions in Palestine and the Hebrew revival movement. Contents: The Hebrew Language, The Hebrew Schools, The Schools as a Cultural Factor, Scope of the Schools, Structure of the School System, The Kindergartens, The Elementary Schools, The Secondary Schools, The Institutions of Higher Learning, General Cultural Conditions in Palestine, List of Schools buildings, Income of the Keren Hayesod (1921-1929) , Allocation of Keren Hayesod Funds in Palestine (1921-1929) . “Printed in 5500 copies by 'Amanuth', Tel-Aviv. ” - last page. Photos by J. Schweig and J. Soskin. “Cover design: Architect Krakauer. ” - Last page. Profusely illustrated throughout with 54 black and white photographs (including photographs of Habimah, Yemenite Talmud Thora, etc. ) . Subjects: Education - Palestine. Education. Middle East – Palestine. OCLC lists 9 copies. Some edgewear to edges, pen marks of previous owner on wraps and title page, light edge wear, otherwise clean. Good condition. (ZION-7-22)
Stock number:35600.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London; Jewish Historical Society Of England, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 12mo. 14, [2] pages. 18 cm. First edition. Holocaust-era publication. Lucien Wolf memorial lecture, 1945. Lecture delivered on the beginnings and current work of the Hebrew University of Jersualem, emphasizing the unique role it has of being a major research university with unparalleled subject offerings and its major role in Palestine and in the Zionist and Hebrew revival project. Subjects: Jerusalem. Hebrew University. Universitah ha-`Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim. OCLC lists 22 copies of this edition. Light wear to wraps. Very clean. Very good + condition. (ZION-7-21A)
Stock number:35599.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; American Friends Of The Hebrew University, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 16 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Holocaust-era publication. 'The Hebrew university and its place in the modern world, being the Lucien Wolf memorial lecture, 1945, delivered before the Jewish historical society of England in March 1945.' Lecture delivered on the beginnings and current work of the Hebrew University of Jersualem, emphasizing the unique role it has of being a major research university with unparalleled subject offerings and its major role in Palestine and in the Zionist and Hebrew revival project. Subjects: Jerusalem. Hebrew University. Universitah ha-`Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim. OCLC lists 11 copies of the American Friends of the Hebrew University edition. Very clean. Very good + condition. (ZION-7-21)
Stock number:35598.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: American Friends Of The Hebrew University, [1950s]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 12mo. [6] pages. 23 x 29 cm. , folded to 23 x 10 cm. First edition. Tri-fold brochure/article on Jewish archaeology in Israel and the work of the Department of Archaeology at the Hebrew University in Jersualem. With 4 illustrations. Not dated. Subjects: Archaeology - Israel. Antiquities. Archaeology. Israel - Antiquities. OCLC lists one copy (Harvard) . Institutional pen marks on front wrap, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-20)
Stock number:35597.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem; Hebrew University, 1961
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 16 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Rear wrap in Hebrew. Brochure and outline of the Institute of Jewish Studies: Historical Background, After the State, Progress in Exile, Teaching and Research Programmes, Services to Jewish Scholarship, Services to the Diaspora, Staff of the Institute of Jewish Studies. With 18 black and white photograph illustrations. Subjects: Universitah ha-`Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim. Makhon le-mada`e ha-Yahadut. OCLC lists 4 copies (Natl Libr Israel, Harvard, Lutheran Sem, Cornell) . Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-19)
Stock number:35596.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem; The Jerusalem Press Ltd., 1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 19 pages. 25 cm. First edition. “Dedicated to Dr. J. L. Magnes President of the Hebrew University on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday. ” - p. 2. Brochure on the history and specialties of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Outlines the history of the founding of the university in 1925, the development of new buildings, its teaching curriculum, research, staff, professors, publications, library facilities, museums and collections, degrees offered, scholarships and fellowships, the successes of the Institute after twenty three years. Subjects: Universitah ha-`Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim. OCLC lists 6 copies. Light soiling and spotting to wraps, otherwise clean. Good + condition. (ZION-7-18)
Stock number:35595.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem; Joint Committee For Youth Affairs, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 46 pages. 22 cm. First edition. History of the Bethshan plain, from ancient Judea through Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman times, to the 1930s, with much of the land area in the plain of Bethshan owned by the Jewish National Fund, and with several Jewish settlements in the area. Highlights the several Jewish settlements in the plain. Contains 6 black and white photograph illustrations and one map. Printed in Palestine at the Jerusalem Press, Ltd. Subjects: Bet Shean (Israel) - History. Israel - Bet Shean. OCLC lists 18 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-15)
Stock number:35592.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Dov-Ber Aaronson, 1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 12mo. 71 pages. 17 cm. First edition. Plays compiled and edited by Zvi Wineberg. Contains the following: Contents: The messenger of hope / Zvi Wineberg. Harvest festival / Djiloshinski. Back to Moses / Zvi Wineberg. The moon speaks / Zvi Wineberg. The birthday of a flower / adapted from a play by children of Kibbutz Mizra. Bar Cochba / Yehuda Haezrahi. Subjects: One-act plays, English - Israel. One-act plays, English. OCLC lists 9 copies. Wraps aged, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-12)
Stock number:35589.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Zionist Organization Of America, 1939
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 15 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Issued the year after Kristallnacht by the Zionist Organization of America. Political primer for the American Zionist movement; updated, extended, and rewritten version of 'Zionism: Its Aspirations, Aims and Accomplishments' issued in 1938. Subjects: Zionism - History. Propaganda, Zionist - United States - 20th century. Zionism. OCLC lists 5 copies (Harvard, Princeton, Fuller Theol Sem, Spertus, Johns Hopkins) . Wraps lightly soiled, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-5) xx
Stock number:35582.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; Zionist Organization Of America, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 14 pages. 20 cm. First edition. Issued by Zionist Organization of America. Political primer for the American Zionist movement; outlining the background of the Zionist movement, the accomplishments in Palestine, the history of the Jewish people, the need for Zionism, etc. Subjects: Zionism - History. Propaganda, Zionist - United States - 20th century. Propaganda, Zionist. Zionism. OCLC lists 10 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-4)
Stock number:35581.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Chicago; Zionist Organization Of America,, 1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 21 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Progress report submitted to the fifty-third annual convention of the Zionist Organization of America held in Chicago on June 30- July 5, 1950 by Benjamin G. Browdy, President. “Last night at the opening session of the four-day convention, Mr. Browdy outlined a four-point program aimed at increasing the role of the Z. O. A. And expanding its activities, and calling on the Organization to take the load in a campaign to democratize Jewish community life in this country. The major points of the program are: 1. The creation of a demission on policy to be named by the Z. O. A. President through which all policy questions are to be cleared before they come up for final decision before the duly authorized bodies of the Zionist organization. 2. The sending to Israel of a Zionist delegation of 50 outstanding American businessmen from various parts of the country to study the whole problem of private investment in Israel. 3. The establishment of a national chaluziuth commission to organize and supervise ZOA projects of planned chalutziuth. 4. The convening of a conference on democratization of the Jewish community to which are to be invited all Jewish groups within and without the Zionist movement. ” - JTA, 'Browdy Presents Four-point Program to Z. O. A. 53rd Annual Convention in Chicago', July 3, 1950. Subjects: Zionism. Zionist Organization of America; Convention; (53rd; 1950; Chicago. ) . OCLC lists 2 copies (Harvard, Johns Hopkins) , none in New York. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-3)
Stock number:35580.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Washington, D. C. ; Zionist Organization Of America, 1943
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 40 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Holocaust-era imprint. Foreword by Judge Louise E. Levinthal. “The four essays contained in this booklet were presented at a special session of the Forty-fifth Annual Convention of the Zionist Organisation of America on October 15, 1942. Each author is a distinguished rabbi in American Israel. ” - p. 5. Essays include 'Substance and Spirit' by David de Sola Pool, 'Zionism – A Religious Duty' by Felix A. Levy, 'The Religious Character of Jewish Nationalism' by Joseph H. Lookstein, 'The Religious Spirit' by Louis Levitsky. Subjects: Zionism. Judaism. OCLC lists 15 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-7-1)
Stock number:35578.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Porto Alegre; Organisacao Sionista Unificada, 1949
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 12mo. 27, [4] pages. 18 cm. First appearance. Selecoes Sionistas, Ano 1, Maio 1949 -5709 [Iyar] – N. 1. “A 'Meguila' de Proclamacao do Estado de Israel. ” Zionist Selections, published May 1949 to celebrate the one year anniversary of Israel Independence Day. Contains selections present and past from Zionist leaders, and proclamations and announcements on the establishment of the State of Israel. First appearance of the periodical Selecoes Sionistas, long lasting Brazilian-Zionist periodical. Subjects: Jews - Brazil - Periodicals. Zionism - Brazil - Periodicals. Jews. Zionism. Periodicals. Brazil. OCLC lists 2 copies (Harvard, Natl Libr Israel) , none in New York. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-6-46)
Stock number:35573.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York; Office Of Jewish Information, American Jewish Congress, 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 30 pages. 20 cm. First edition. “How Israel Will be Governed' analyzes the Draft Constitution, the form of government is will create and some of the issues it will present to the Constituent Assembly. Will Maslow, director of the Commission on Law and Social Action of the American Jewish Congress, is one of the America lawyers who have been consulted by Israeli authorities in the preparation of the Draft. ” - verso. The author, Will Maslow (1907-2007) , is famous as the executive director of the American Jewish Congress from 1960 to 1972, at the height of its civil rights involvements. Subjects: Constitutional history - Israel. Politics and government – Israel. Constitutional history. Political science. Israel. OCLC lists 14 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-6-41) xx
Stock number:35568.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Paris; Imprimerie Centrale Commerciale, 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 4to. 39 pages. 27 cm. First edition. Early post-war statements submitted to the Paris Conference by the World Jewish Congress, Agudas Israel World Organisation, American Jewish Conference, American Jewish Committee, Board of Deputies of British Jews, Anglo-Jewish Association, Conseil Representatif des Juifs de France, Alliance Israelite Universelle, South African Jewish Board of Deputies. Amendments to the proposed peace treaties, urging inclusion of annexes to secure the rights of the Jewish population. - cf. P. 2. Contents: Memorandum on the treaty with Roumania - Memorandum on the treaty with Hungary - Memorandum on the treaty with Italy - Memorandum on the treaty with Bulgaria. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Peace proposals and settlements. World War, 1939-1945 - Jews. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Reparations. Jews - Legal status, laws, etc. Paris Peace Conference (1946) . OCLC lists 7 copies. In protective library folder, slight library stamp on pastedown, otherwise Very good condition. (ZION-6-34A)
Stock number:35561.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York; Herzl Press, 1960
Edition: First Edition
Binding: LooseLeaf
Original Portfolio. 4to. [2], [40] pages. 30 cm. First edition. Legends in Hebrew and English. Forty photographs, prepared by the Joint Committee of the Government of Israel and the World Zionist Organisation for the Observance of the Herzl Centennial 1860-1960. Forty black and white plates in portfolio. Subjects: Zionists - Biography - Pictorial works. Pictures. Zionism. Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904 - Iconography. Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904. Biography - Pictorial works. OCLC lists 20 copies. Portfolio case in poor condition, otherwise clean. Good + condition. (ZION-6-24)
Stock number:35550.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York; Zionist Organization Of America, 1954
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 4to. 19 pages. 29 cm. First edition. "A service of the American Zionist Fund, issued for use of its Regions and Districts by The Zionist Organization of America" – Cover. Fiftieth anniversary of the death of Theodor Herzl commemoration and educational material, for the 'Herzl Year'. Contains source material for celebrating the Herzl Year, bibliography of materials, etc. Subjects: Zionism - United States - History. Zionism. Educational Material - Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904. Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904. United States. OCLC lists 3 copies (Harvard, Penn, Huc) , none in New York. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-6-23)
Stock number:35549.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Jerusalem; Herzl Museum, [1960s]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 12mo. 48 pages. 17 x 13 cm. First edition. Contains 38 black and white illustrations. Guide to the Herzl Museum, lists 263 items in the museum. Subjects: Zionism – Museums. OCLC lists 23 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-6-21)
Stock number:35547.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Tel-Aviv; S. Bursi, 1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 80 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Vol. IV, Civil Procedure, Part 1. By A. M. Apelbom; foreword by Sir W. J. Fitzgerald. “This volume deals with the principal enactment relating to the constitution, administration, jurisdiction and procedure applicable in the civil courts in Palestine. ” - p.1. Addresses procedural law in the various juridictions and district courts established in Palestine across the Turkish, British Mandate, etc. Periods. Subjects: Law - Palestine. Law. Middle East - Palestine. OCLC lists 16 copies. Light soiling to wraps, previous owners name stamp on a few pages. Clean. Good condition. (ZION-6-15)
Stock number:35541.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: New York City; American Jewish Conference, 1943
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 15 pages. 23 cm. First edition. “Confidential Congress Report. ” Confidential statement of the American Jewish Conference on the withdrawal of the American Jewish Committee: adopted by the Interim Committee of the American Jewish Conference, November 7th, 1943. Statement of the “unanimous decision of the Interim Committee to challenge the action of the American Jewish Committee in withdrawing from the American Jewish Conference and thereby attempting to undermine Jewish unity at the hour of its greatest need”. - Confidential Congress Report, American Jewish Congress, November 1943. The reason for withdrawal was the schism over the centrality of the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine above other issues of concern—including aid to refugees from Europe and political work to push the US on involvement in Europe. Subjects: Zionism. World War, 1939-1945 - Jews. Jews. Zionism. American Jewish Committee. American Jewish Conference. OCLC lists 4 copies (Harvard, HUC, USHMM, Brandeis) . Previously folded down center, light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean. Good + condition. (ZION-6-9) xx
Stock number:35534.
$US 100.00
Imprint: 'S-Gravenhage; Typ. "het Vaderland", 1912
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 51 pages. 23 cm. First Dutch edition. In Dutch. Uitgave van den Nederlandschen Zionistenbond. Palestine a Jewish Land; with sections on Emigration and colonization - the Jewish population of Palestine - the language question in Palestine - school and education - results of the colonization - future and goals of the Jewish colonization. Elias Auerbach (1882–1971) , Israeli physician, biblical scholar, and historical writer. Auerbach emigrated to Erez Israel in 1909 and settled in Haifa. Subjects: Zionism. Agricultural colonies – Palestine. Jews - Colonization Palestine. OCLC lists 5 copies (IISH, Univ Kampen, Harvard, Natl Libr Israel, Univ Amsterdam) . Wraps torn at edges, with later added cloth tape, internally clean. Good condition. (ZION-6-3)
Stock number:35527.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Washington, D. C. : The Zionist Organization Of America, 1942
Binding: Phamplet
8vo. Pages. In English. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism -- History. Note: "Address at the joint session of the Convention of the Zionist Organization of America, and of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, October 1942."/ "Reprinted from The new Palestine, November 6, 1942."/ Cover title. OCLC lists: seven copies worldwide. In very good condition. (MX18-29)
Stock number:21531.
$US 100.00
Imprint: London, R. Anscombe,edition: [2d Ed. ], 1952
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Pages. In English. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism -- History. Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952. Trial and error. RAbinowicz, (1902–1969) , was a financier, an author, and a Zionist. Born in Aspern, Austria, Rabinowicz studied at Brno, Prague and Berlin, later engaging in the gold business. He was active in the Zionist Revisionist movement and after 1933 became chairman of the Czechoslovak committee to boycott Nazi Germany. Ex library in good condition. (MX18-2)
Stock number:21504.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1961
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 643 Pages. In English. SUBJECT (S) : Zionists -- Biography. Jabotinsky, Vladimir, 1880-1940. Schechtman, (1891–1970) , was a Zionist leader, an authority on population movements, and an author. Schechtman, who was born in Odessa, served in the all-Russian Jewish Congress convened in Petrograd (1917) and the Ukrainian National Assembly convened in Kiev (1918) . After leaving Russia in 1921, he became coeditor and later managing editor of Razsvyet (1922–32) , the organ of the Federation of Russian-Ukrainian Zionists, and subsequently the leading Revisionist weekly. Schechtman approved Jabotinsky's resignation from the Actions Committee of the World Zionist Organization in 1923, but disagreed with his concurrent resignation from the Zionist Organization itself. However, this partial support later became total when the two men took the lead in founding the World Union of Zionist Revisionists in Paris in 1925 which elected Jabotinsky its president. In very good condition, in a good jacket, ex-library with the usual markings. (MX18-1)
Stock number:21503.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Frankfurt: AM, April 1918
Binding: Paper Wrappers
8vo. 16 pages. In German. "Agudat Yisrael was founded in Katowice (Upper Silesia, now in the southwestern part of Poland) , in 1912, with purpose of providing an umbrella organization for observant Jews, who opposed the Zionist movement" (Wikipedia 2012) . In good condition. (MX17-19)
Stock number:21499.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press., 1949.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Xxiv, 345 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish law. SERIES: Yale Judaica series; v. 2; “Born in Volkovysk, Poland, Rabinowitz, after teaching for several years in Vitebsk, left in 1900 for Switzerland, where he started to write. Upon his return to Russia in 1904, he became active in Zionist affairs and began his long career as journalist and author. From 1907 until his departure for Erez Israel in 1910, he was active in the Odessa Committee, becoming M. M. Ussishkin's principal aide. In Erez Israel he first settled in Petah Tikvah, but moved to Tel Aviv in 1923. Together with A. Barash he founded the literary journal Hedim (1922) , which became a forum for both the old and young generations of writers and an outstanding expression of the literary milieu in Erez Israel from the time of the Third Aliyah. His own contributions consisted of monographs on various authors. In addition, he wrote a regular column for Davar, contributed to many literary periodicals, and published translations” such as this one. (Kressel, EJ) Ex library with usual markings. Faded binding cover. Otherwise, very good condition. (RAB-14-17)
Stock number:21454.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press., 1949.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Xxv, 335 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish law; Courts, Jewish; Judges (Jewish law) . SERIES: Yale Judaica series; v. 3. "Hershman was born in Neustadt, Poland, immigrating to the U. S. In 1896. Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (1906) , he served in Syracuse, New York, then went to Detroit's Congregation Shaarey Zedek (1907) , which he led until 1946, when he became rabbi emeritus. Founder and president of the Detroit Zionist Organization, Hershman was also principal of the Division Street Talmud Torah, Detroit's first Jewish communal school; delegate to the first American Jewish Congress; and a founder of the Jewish Community Council. " (Katz, EJ) Ex library with usual markings. Very good condition. (k-rab-3-6)
Stock number:21453.
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Imprint: Berlin; F. Dümmler, 1883
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Later Cloth. 8vo. VIII, 162 pages. 22 cm. First edition. In German. 'The Development of the Israelite Prophethood'. A historical and philological analysis of the Biblical Prophets and the Priesthood. Sigmund Maybaum (1844–1919) , “rabbi and lecturer on homiletics. … He officiated as rabbi in Dolni-Kubin, Hungary (1870–73) , and Zatec, Bohemia (1873–81) . In 1881 he was called to Berlin, where from 1888 he also lectured on homiletics at the Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums. In 1903 he was appointed professor. Active in the association of rabbis in Germany, in 1897 Maybaum was among those rabbis who protested against the idea of convening the Zionist Congress in Germany. ” - EJ 2008. Subjects: Prophets - Palestine - History. Judaism - History - To 70 A. D. Judaism. Middle East - Palestine. Bound in later cloth. First and last leaf soiled, some soiling in margins throughout, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLE-14-7)
Stock number:34875.
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Imprint: Indianapolis, New York; The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth in jacket. 8vo. 308 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Includes laid in promotional multi-page letter, advertising the volume, addressed to Geoffrey Parsons of the New York Herald Tribune, from Marika Hellstrom of Publicity Associates. Book addresses Jewish occupations and livelihood, Jewish slef-acceptance, tradition, Zionism and Palestine, and anti-semitism. In four parts: Problems of Status, Problems of Sel-Acceptance, Problems of the Traiditon, Problems of the Homeland. “This is distinctly one of the better books on the Jewish Problem and its twin, the Gentile Problem. Rabbi Steinberg believes that what the Jews need is not more but less assimilation, and that only a revival of Judaism can insure their survival. ” - Review in Foreign Affairs, July 1946 issue. Milton Steinberg (1903-1950) was an American author, philosopher, rabbi, teacher, and theologian; he was Rabbi at the Park Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan for many years, and worked with Hadassah, the American Jewish Congress, and the Rabbinical Assembly-Committee on Social Justice, B’Nai B’rith’s Hillel Commission, Jewish Publication Society’s Publication Committee, the Board of Jewish Education, Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, and served as editor of The Reconstructionist. He taught classes at the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Teachers Institute, and at the 92nd Street YMHA. Subjects: Antisemitism. Jews - Psychology. Judaism - 20th century. Zionism. Jews. Jewish question. Light wear to jacket, overall very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. Beautiful copy (ZION-5-26)
Stock number:34758.
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Imprint: Berlin; Deutschen Landesverbandes Hechaluz, 1924
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Orignal Wraps. 8vo. 40, [2] pages. 23 cm. First edition. First Issue. In German. Hechaluz; Monatsschrift des "Hechaluz, " Deutscher Landesverband. Jahrgang 1, Heft 1, September 1924. First issue, first appearance, of the monthly newsletter of the Hechalutz organization in Germany, a Zionist youth group. Many Hechalutz associations formed around the turn of the 20th century in Europe and worldwide with the aim to train its members to settle in the Land of Israel. This issue contains the following articles: 'Hechaluzfragen' by H. Nagler, 'Die Haschscharah in Deutschland' by E. Ascher, 'Hechaluz und Jugenbewegung' by M. Bogdanowski, 'Chaluz und Partei' by U. Friedland, 'Aus der Haschscharah' by Die Magdeburder Tischlerei. Subjects: Hechaluz (Organization : Germany) Periodicals. ; Zionism Germany Periodicals. ; Jewish periodicals; German-language periodicals. Scarce Journal. 5 listings on OCLC (Harvard, Leo Baeck Institute, Natl Libr Israel, Bayerische, Deutsche NatlBiblio) , none west of New York. OCLC lists no complete runs; It appears that only LBI comes close with a run of 3 issues (year 1, issues 1 and 2; year 2, issue 2) . Aged, with fragile edges. Tear to edge repaired with tape. Otherwise clean. Good condition. (ZION-5-21)
Stock number:34753.
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Imprint: New York; Zionist Organization Of America, 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wraps. 8vo. 21 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “The turning point: based on his presidential address to the annual convention of the Zionist Organization of America, Pittsburgh, Pa. , July 3, 1948.” Address by Emanuel Neumann, President of the Zionist Organization of America, on the tasks of the world zionist movement in the year that the 'republic of Israel' (p. 3) is a fact. Subjects: Zionism. OCLC lists 9 copies. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (ZION-5-3)
Stock number:34735.
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Imprint: London; Hendersons, 1919
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. XII, 159 pages. 20 cm. First edition. A collection of articles, edited by Leon Simon, of articles by Shmarya Levin originally written in Hebrew and Yiddish and published in the American-Jewish press, translated by Nellia Straus and Philip Raskin. Contains numerous polemics on Hebrew, Yiddishists, Jewish Nationalism, assimilationists and anti-assimilationists, and Zionist philosophy and practice. Shmarya Levin (Shemaryahu; 1867–1935) , “Zionist leader, Hebrew and Yiddish author. Born in Svisloch, Belorussia, Levin joined Hibbat Zion in his youth, was one of Ahad Ha-Am's adherents, becoming a member of the Benei Moshe society. … A small selection of his articles appeared in English entitled Out of Bondage (1919) . ” - 2008 EJ. From the library of leading Jewish bibliographer Joshua Bloch, with laid in articles: two cut out Yiddish articles by Shmarya Levin, one english language review of this publiction (out of bondage) , and two more articles in English concerning the ideas of Levin on Moses Hess. Subjects: Zionism. Jews. Light soiling to outer edges. Jacket is missing portions in various spots; binding slightly bowed; otherwise very clean and fresh, pages uncut, never before read. Good condition in Fair jacket. (ZION-5-1)
Stock number:34733.
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Imprint: Jerusalem; Palestine Mizrachi Fund, 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original Wraps. 8vo. 40 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Published by Palestine Mizrachi Fund under the auspices of the Zionist Executive, Jerusalem, 5698. Illustrated brochure, with 23 photographic plates and one map, depicting the activities of the Mizrachi Palestine Fund, its work in agricultural settlements, trade schools, teachers seminary, and schools. The Mizrachi Palestine fund is the fund of the Mizrachi World Organization which supports all of the Mizrachi activities in Palestine both in the fields of education and religion, and also the Keren Torah V’avodah, Torah and Work Fund, of the Hapoel Hamizrachi. It also supports the various colonization and industrial undertakings of the Mizrachi in Palestine. Subjects: Mizrachi. Palestine. OCLC lists 5 copies (Johns Hopkins, CJH, Bar Ilan, NYPL, Tel Aviv) , none in Europe. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (ZION-4-40)
Stock number:34709.
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Imprint: New York City; American Jewish Conference, 1943
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Original Wraps. 12mo. 16 pages. 20 cm. First edition. Holocaust-era Statement of Withdrawal of the AJC from the American Jewish Conference. A contemporary news report described the withdrawal as such: “The withdrawal of the American Jewish Committee from the American Jewish Conference was announced here last night following a full-day session of its executive committee attended by seventy-five leading representatives of Jewish communities throughout the country. The session was presided over by Jacob Blaustein, chairman of the General Committee. Protesting this decision, three Zionist members of the American Jewish Committee resigned and telegraphed other members urging them to do likewise. … A statement on the position of the American Jewish Committee, presented by its president Joseph M. Proskauer, declared that 'the present demand for the eventual establishment of a Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine, made by the American Jewish Conference, and constituting one of its major decisions, as well as the subordination of other Jewish issues to the problem of the political structure of Palestine, are in such essential disagreement with the fundamental views of the American Jewish Committee that in the best interests of Jews in this and other countries, including Palestine, the Committee feels impelled to withdraw from the American Jewish Conference. ' The statement reaffirms the desire of the American Jewish Committee 'to utilize for the Jews of Europe the broadest opportunities which Palestine can offer. ' It assures that the Committee 'will apply its most diligent efforts to bring about the abrogation of the White Paper which closes the doors of Palestine to further Jewish immigration and restricts Jewish land purchase. ' At the same time it expresses the conviction that the problems of world Jewry cannot be solved by a single political panacea and that 'the salvation and rehabilitation of the stricken Jews of Europe cannot be achieved through Palestine alone and certainly not through overemphasis on the political constitution of Palestine. It can be achieved only by considering Palestine a part of the larger program which looks to the rehabilitation and resettlement of Jews throughout the world and the restoration of their equal rights. ” - JTA October 26, 1943. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Jews. Jews. Zionism. American Jewish Committee. American Jewish Conference. OCLC lists 3 copies (Louisiana, HUC, Univ Washington) . Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (ZION-4-18)
Stock number:34687.
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Imprint: London, Federation Of Zionist Youth, 1936
Binding: Softcover
Original Wrappers.16 pages. 8vo. 19 cm. First separate Edition. “Young Zionist” Publications No. 4. “First printed in the ‘Zionist Review’ September, October and November, 1935.” Article responding to communist criticism of Zionist policy. Specifically, the article addresses Jewish communists in the Soviet Union and elsewhere. The text is largely negative towards the communist criticisms stating: “Their lack of a realistic approach and a penetrating analysis has forced them to accept the view point and tactics of a wordy faction. ” (pg. 16) Subjects: Communism and Zionism. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Minimal age toning and shelf wear, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (ZION-1-13)
Stock number:34665.
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Imprint: New York; World Jewish Congress., 1955
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wrappers. 4to. 29 cm. 74 [1] pages. Single-sided mimeographed pages. Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of American Jewish culture. Includes articles and essays about Yiddish and Hebrew literature, as well as Jewish education. Contributors include: Ephraim Auerbach, Ch. Leaf, Dr. A. Duker, Dr. A. E. Milgram, Dr. Israel Goldsein, and Dr. W. Blattberg. Spine rebacked. Small tear to back wrapper. Small library stamp on inside cover, light library markings. Light shelf wear. Good + condition. (AJCong-26)
Stock number:34647.
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Imprint: Stockholm, London; World Jewish Congress., 1959
Binding: Pamphlet
Original Wrappers. 4to. 29 cm. 13 pages. Single-sided typed pages. Outlining Jewish cultural programs sponsored by Governments and private organizations throughout Israel and the Diaspora. Describes programs including literary competitions, Jewish Music Week, sociological surveys, publications, and conferences. Spine rebacked. Small library stamp on inside cover. Some age toning. Very good condition. (AJCong-14)
Stock number:34645.
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Imprint: [New York]; American Jewish Committee., 1952
Binding: Pamphlet
Hole punched in period folder. 4to. 28cm. 17, XV pages. Single-sided mimeographed pages. Some shelf wear to containing folder. Describing the resolution adopted by the American Jewish Committee regarding civil rights. Outlining directives and further actions to be taken by the committee through public and media outreach in defense of civil liberties. Appendix includes lists of prominent people to contact for support, dates and holidays appropriate for awareness campaigns, and “histories in the field of civil liberties. ” Light library markings, including American Jewish Committee library stamp on title page verso. Text is bright and clean. Very good + condition (AJC-26)
Stock number:34642.
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Imprint: [New York]; American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League Of B’nai B’rith., 1952
Binding: Pamphlet
Hole punched in period folder. 4to. 28 cm. 22, 18 pages. Single-sided mimeographed pages. Second portion of 18 pages is the final revision of the memorandum. Outline of proposals for the joint planning and cooperation of the American Jewish Committee and The Anti-Defamation League regarding public outreach and organization in American Jewish communities. The purpose of this joint operating committee would be to create a more effect body for both organizations to continue their work on public education and fight against Antisemitism. Light shelf wear. Light library markings, including stamp from the American Jewish Committee library on inside cover. Text is bright and clean. Very good + condition. (AJC-25)
Stock number:34641.
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Imprint: New York; American Jewish Committee., 1950
Binding: Pamphlet
Hole punched in period folder. 4to. 28cm. 15 pages. Single-sided mimeographed pages. Speech discussing budgetary reductions and the continuing community work of the American Jewish Committee. Light shelf wear. Small stamp from the American Jewish Committee library on inside cover, minimal markings otherwise. Text is bright and clean. Very good + condition. (AJC-23)
Stock number:34639.
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Imprint: Chicago; American Jewish Committee., 1949
Binding: Pamphlet
Hole punched in period folder. 4to. 28 cm. 12 pages. Single-sided mimeographed pages. Speech describing the work and progress made by American Jewish communities, but also highlighting the continuing social and economic obstacles still bearing weight in light of the independence of the State of Israel and the end of World War II. Topics discussed include American Antisemitism, civil rights and Zionism. Light shelf wear. Folder has small tear to cover, does not affect text block. Minimal library markings, with small American Jewish Committee library stamp on inside cover. Text bright and clean. Very good condition. (AJC-20)
Stock number:34638.
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Imprint: [New York]; American Jewish Committee., 1949
Binding: Pamphlet
Hole punched in period folder. 4to. 28cm. 42 pages. Single-sided mimeographed pages. Summary of discussions from the American Jewish Committee staff seminar. Including discussions about legal, legislative, and social programs, scientific research, Israel and American Jewry, educational programs, and new membership among many other topics. Light shelf wear. American Jewish Committee library stamp on inside cover. Text bright and clean. Very good + condition. (AJC-19)
Stock number:34637.
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Imprint: Chicago, Ill. ; Royce Publishers, 1944
Binding: Paperback
Original Wraps. 16mo. 128 pages. 12 cm. Second edition. 1944 Ilustrated edition, abridged. Abridged 'Quick Reader' of Hecht's novel Count Bruga, about a philandering mountebank appearing in caricature. Count Bruga was originally published in 1926. Ben Hecht (1894–1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist; known as "the Shakespeare of Hollywood". He became an active Zionist shortly before the Holocaust began in Germany, and as a result wrote articles and plays about the plight of European Jews, such as We Will Never Die in 1943 and A Flag is Born in 1946. Of his seventy to ninety screenplays, he wrote many anonymously to avoid the British boycott of his work in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The boycott was a response to Hecht's active support of paramilitary action against British forces in Palestine and sabotaging British property there, during which time a supply ship to Palestine was named the S. S. Ben Hecht. Subjects: Count Bruga – Novel – Abridged. Ben Hecht. OCLC lists 3 copies (Newberry, Northwestern, Illinois) . Pages aged, wraps soiled, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (SPEC-40-40)
Stock number:34594.
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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.
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Imprint: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press., 1949.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Xxv, 335 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish law; Courts, Jewish; Judges (Jewish law) . SERIES: Yale Judaica series; v. 3; “Hershman was born in Neustadt, Poland, immigrating to the U. S. In 1896. Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (1906) , he served in Syracuse, New York, then went to Detroit's Congregation Shaarey Zedek (1907) , which he led until 1946, when he became rabbi emeritus. Founder and president of the Detroit Zionist Organization, Hershman was also principal of the Division Street Talmud Torah, Detroit's first Jewish communal school; delegate to the first American Jewish Congress; and a founder of the Jewish Community Council. ”(Katz, EJ) Dust jacket lightly soiled with minimal edgewear. Internally bright and crispd. Very Good condition. (RAB-14-18A)
Stock number:34357.
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Imprint: New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press., 1949.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Xxiv, 345 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish law. SERIES: Yale Judaica series; v. 2; “Born in Volkovysk, Poland, Rabinowitz, after teaching for several years in Vitebsk, left in 1900 for Switzerland, where he started to write. Upon his return to Russia in 1904, he became active in Zionist affairs and began his long career as journalist and author. From 1907 until his departure for Erez Israel in 1910, he was active in the Odessa Committee, becoming M. M. Ussishkin's principal aide. In Erez Israel he first settled in Petah Tikvah, but moved to Tel Aviv in 1923. Together with A. Barash he founded the literary journal Hedim (1922) , which became a forum for both the old and young generations of writers and an outstanding expression of the literary milieu in Erez Israel from the time of the Third Aliyah. His own contributions consisted of monographs on various authors. In addition, he wrote a regular column for Davar, contributed to many literary periodicals, and published translations” such as this one. (Kressel, EJ) DJ lightly soiled, with some edge wear. Internally bright and crisp. Very Good condition. (RAB-14-17A)
Stock number:34356.
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Imprint: London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1943
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 12mo, 62 pages. Holocaust-era translation, with new forward by the translator, originally published in French in 1927. CONTENTS: “Why I Am A Jew”; “Israel Lost”; “Israel Found Again”; “Israel Everlasting. ” Fleg (1874-1963) was a French poet, playwright, and librettist. Though he was not very committed to Judaism in his early life, the Dreyfus Affair and early Zionist Congresses returned him to the faith. After early popular literary successes, including the French scripts for Faust and Julius Ceasar, Fleg devoted his efforts to examining modern Judaism, and from the 1920s on, was a leader in French Jewish literature, writing biographies, poetry, and essays. (EJ, 2007) Ex library. Pages tanned, otherwise good+ condition. (Holo2-11-15), OK 06/12
Stock number:20866.
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Imprint: New York: World Jewish Congress., July, 1955.
Binding: Paperback
4to. 15 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Warsaw (Poland) – history – Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 – anniversaries, etc. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Brandeis Univ, Univ of Maryland-College Park, Hebrew Union College, Univ of Pennsylvania, UPenn Center for Judaic Studies) . Schwarzbart (1888-1961) was a Polish Zionist. He studied law in Cracow, and was politically active with Zionist organizations and publications there, including the student group Ha-Shahar. Later, he was a founder and chairman of the World Movement of General Zionists. In 1938, he was elected to the Polish government, but fled to Rumania when WWII began, and later to Paris and London, where he was part of the Polish government-in-exile. After the war, he moved to the United States, and led the administrative department of the World Jewish Congress. (Kressel, EJ) A little discolored around the edges, very good condition. (HOLO2-6-30), OK 06/12
Stock number:20775.
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Imprint: Paris; Centre De Documentation Juive Contemporaine, 1983
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 245, [20] pages. 22 cm. Second edition. In French. 'Activity of Jewish Organizations in France during the Occupation. ' Centre de documentation juive contemporaine. Série Etudes et monographies, 4. Reimpression of the 1947 edition, with new preface by Georges Wellers. Profusely illustrated. Contains detailed histories of various Jewish Organizations during the Occupation period, including the American Joint Distribution Committee, various Zionist organizations, refugee organizations, ORT, etc. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Jews. Jews - France. Guerre 1939-1945 - France - Occupation. France. Juifs. 1940-1945. Guerre mondiale 1939-1945. France occupée. Juifs. Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) - Mouvements de résistance juifs - France. Juifs - Persécutions - France - 1900-1945. Jews. German Occupation of France (1940-1945) World War (1939-1945) History. 1939 - 1945 France - History - German occupation, 1940-1945. Light wear to wraps, near fine otherwise. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-117-7)
Stock number:34093.
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Imprint: New York : YIVO., 1946.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
(ft) 8vo. 218 pages. Illustrated. In Yiddish. First edition. English title: Fight against gambling among Jews : a study of five centuries of Jewish poetry and cultural history. SUBJECT(S) : Yiddish poetry – history and criticism; Jews – gambling. CONTENTS: Preface; Old-Yiddish gambling songs; Games of chance in the folksong; Modern gambling songs; A letter and a lampoon on the lottery; Solomon Deukler's humoresque; Gambling terminology; Supplements; Indices. “Rivkind [1895-1968] was born in Lodz, Poland, and studied at the yeshivot of Volozhin and Ponevezh. During World War I and after he helped organize the Mizrachi movement of Poland. In 1917 he founded the Ze'irei Mizrachi in Lodz and in 1919–20 was a member of the Jewish National Council of Poland. In 1920 he was a delegate to the London Zionist Conference and from there proceeded to the U. S. To work on behalf of Mizrachi. In 1923 he began to work in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, eventually becoming chief of the Hebraica section. He was a co-founder of the U. S. Branch of the Yiddish Scientific Institute; on the executive of the Hebrew PEN Club of the U. S. A. ; and a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research. During World War II and in the immediate postwar years he was the national chairman in the U. S. Of the League for Religious Labor in Palestine. Rivkind was the author of significant studies and essays in many fields, notably in Jewish bibliography, ethnography and folklore, Yiddish philology, and Zionism. He contributed to numerous periodicals and publications in Hebrew, Yiddish, and English...” (EJ, 2007) White paint splattered on spine, otherwise good condition. (RAB-26-2)
Stock number:20598.
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Imprint: Vilna : Almanah Veha-Ahim Rom., 1917.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 235 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Talmud Yerushalmi – criticism, textual; Talmud Yerushalmi – criticism, interpretation, etc. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Ratner (1852-1917) was a Lithuanian-born Talmud scholar. He began publishing at 16, and beginning in 1901 to publish Ahavat Tsiyon vi-Yerushalmi, eventually covering all of the Zera'im and Mo'ed from the Jerusalem Talmud. Ratner was also an early Zionist, and received Theodor Herzl in Vilna in 1903. (Preschel, EJ) Ex library. Boards edgeworn, pages tanned, good condition. (RAB-18-19)
Stock number:20574.
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Imprint: Tel Aviv : Hotsaat "yalkut. ", 1936.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. Illustrated. Volume four (of four) only. In Hebrew. First edition. SUBJECT(S) : Jews – Russia – biography; Rabbis – Russia – correspondence; Mazeh, Jacob, 1859-1924. Born in Belorussia in 1859, Mazeh was a Zionist leader. The pogroms of 1882 led his to join Hibbat Zion, and he was shortly thereafter one of the founders of Benei Zion. He worked to revive communal spirit among local Jews in Russia, as well as supporting settlers in Palestine, first traveling there himself in 1890. In 1893, he was appointed by the government as rabbi in Moscow, and continued to promote Jewish cultural and civic activity, and was part of the defense at the Beilis trial in Kiev in 1912. Under the Soviets, he continued this work, both supporting Jewish culture, and fighting anti-Semitism. Zikhronot, Mazeh's memoirs, were published in Israel, and provide a rich history of the Jews in Russia during his lifetime. (Slutsky, EJ) Moisture stain at lower corner throughout, covers a little soiled, good condition. (RAB-18-17)
Stock number:20572.
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Imprint: Jerusalem : World Zionist Organization, Dept. for Torah Education and Culture in the Diaspora., 1956.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 123 pages. In English with some Hebrew. First edition. Frontispiece. SUBJECT (S) : Talmud. Berakhot – study and teaching. Born in Poland and ordained at 17, Gold (1889-1956) was a Zionist leader. He emigrated to the United States in 1907 and headed congregations in South Chicago, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Williamsburg, New York, San Francisco, and Brooklyn. He joined the Mizrachi movement in 1913, and was president of American Mizrachi from 1932 to 1935. He traveled extensively for the organization, going to Palestine first in 1924, to help establish settlements. Settling there permanently in 1935, Gold was involved in pre-statehood government and worked to establish Jewish educational institutions throughout the diaspora. (EJ, 2007) Ex library. Very good condition. (RAB-22-25)
Stock number:20508.
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Imprint: Jerusalem : Dept. of Torah Education and Culture in the Diaspora of the World Zionist Organization., 1963.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. Xvi, 232 pages. In English with some Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Talmud, Baba mez'ia – commentaries. SERIES: Popular Torah library. Ex library. Good condition. (RAB-22-18)
Stock number:20501.
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Imprint: Berlin; Leonhard Simion, 1888
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Period Cloth. 8vo. VI, 291 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In German, with some Hebrew. Collection of Sermons by Pinkus Friedrich Frankl: “German rabbi; born at Ungarisch-Brod, Moravia, Jan. , 1848; died at Johannisbad Aug. 22, 1887. After attending the yeshibah at Presburg, Frankl prepared himself for the rabbinate at the seminary in Breslau, and at the same time studied Orientalia at the university of that city, graduating (Ph. D. ) in 1870. In 1875 he became the secretary of the Wiener Israelitische Allianz, and in 1877 succeeded Abraham Geiger in the rabbinate of Berlin. Four years later Frankl added to his rabbinical duties those of teacher in the Lehranstalt für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums. At that time he became the associate of Grätz in the publication of the 'Monatsschrift. '” - 1906 JE. Contains the bookstamp and signature of Dr. Simon Miller on title page (bookstamp lists Simon Miller of the First National Bank Building of New York) , who served as president of the Federation of Hungarian Zionists. Subjects: Jewish festival-day sermons. Jewish occasional sermons. Sermons, German - Jewish authors. Jewish sermons - Germany. OCLC lists 14 copies. Light soiling to cloth, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (GER-44-58) xx
Stock number:33797.
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Imprint: Frankfurt A. M. ; J. Kauffmann, 1904
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Later boards. 8vo. 23 pages. 22 cm. First edition. In German. 'Prayers in Judaism. ' Felix Perles (1874–1933) , “rabbi and scholar. Felix was drawn into the Zionist movement in Vienna and in 1899 he became rabbi at Koenigsberg. Like his father, Felix Perles had wide scholarly interests: Bible criticism, Hebrew and Aramaic lexicography, apocryphal and pseudepigraphical literature, medieval Hebrew poetry, liturgy, Jewish dialects, and abbreviations. His best-known works are his critique of W. Bousset's Religion des Judentums im neutestamentlichen Zeitalter (1903) , and the collection of essays, Juedische Skizzen (1912, 1920) ” - EJ 2008. Subjects: Prayer - Judaism. Judentum. OCLC lists 14 copies. Pages wavy, lightly aged, otherwise fresh and clean. Good + condition. (GER-44-40)
Stock number:33775.
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Imprint: Vilna : S. Valikovski., 1902.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 8vo. 111 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism; Homiletical illustrations, Jewish. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Nissenbaum (1868-1942) "was a central figure in the Zionist movement, particularly among the Orthodox Jews. He used midrashic elements in his Zionist preachings and had a considerable influence on Orthodox Jews. In 1900 he settled in Warsaw and became a regular preacher in synagogues and other places. He was an active member of Mizrachi from its beginning, a member of the executive of the Polish Zionist Organization, and one of the heads of the Jewish National Fund. Beginning in 1889, Nissenbaum wrote many essays on current events, Zionism, and religious Zionism, as well as personal memories and several exegetical books. He was one of the editors of Ha-Zefirah, and after World War I, editor of Mizrachi's weekly in Poland. He edited a series of republished classical books in Jewish studies. The first explanatory pamphlet concerning the Jewish National Fund was written by him (1902) . During World War II he remained in the Warsaw ghetto and was murdered there. " (Kressel, EJ) Covers slightly bowed, binding a little loose, pages tanned with some chips and corners and edges, good- condition. (RAB-24-10)
Stock number:20445.
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Imprint: Leipzig; Duncker & Humblot, 1912
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 91 pages. 20 cm. First edition. In German. 'The Future of the Jews. ' A controversial work on the economic position of diaspora Jewry. Werner Sombart (1863–1941) , “German political economist and sociologist. Born in Ermsleben, Sombart acquired a reputation through his work Der Moderne Kapitalismus (2 vols. , 1902, 1916) in which he traced the development of capitalism from the late Middle Ages. In 1917 he was appointed professor of political economy at the University of Berlin. He wrote two works on capitalism and the Jews: Die Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben (1911; The Jews and Modern Capitalism, 1913, 1951) , and Die Zukunft der Juden (1912) which aroused considerable controversy. In Sombart's view, the Jews were the principal cause of the disruption of the medieval economic system and its replacement by capitalism. The Jews, he held, were foreigners and came up against the hostility of the guilds which controlled the commerce of the medieval cities. Consequently they sought to break away from the restrictive economic framework of city life and, by doing so, became the pioneers of international trade. In this way they helped to lay the foundation of the capitalist system. Sombart maintained that the Jewish intellect, 'concrete, stubborn, and systematic, ' was ideally suited to fostering a capitalist economy: 'When Israel appears upon the face of Europe, the place where it appears comes to life; and when it departs, everything which had previously flourished withers away. ' Such statements made for the ambivalent reception of Sombart's work among Jews at the time. Thus, while liberal Jews strongly criticized Sombart as an antisemite, others, particularly in the Zionist camp, praised him as a nonpartisan researcher and held up his theses as evidence of Jewish perseverance and as acknowledgement of the special contribution of the Jews. ” - EJ 2008. Subjects: Civilization - Jewish influences. Jews - Germany - Social conditions. Civilization - Jewish influences. Ethnic relations. Jews - Social conditions. Germany - Ethnic relations. Wraps bumped, slightly torn along backstrip, light soiling to outer edges, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (GER-43-41)
Stock number:33629.
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Imprint: Berlin; W. Peiser, 1903
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. VI, 133 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German. 'Bousset's Religion of Judaism: critically examined from the New Testament Period. ' A critique of the Protestant theologian Wilhelm Bousset's 'Religion des Judentums', also published in 1903. Felix Perles (1874–1933) , “rabbi and scholar. Felix was drawn into the Zionist movement in Vienna and in 1899 he became rabbi at Koenigsberg. Felix Perles had wide scholarly interests: Bible criticism, Hebrew and Aramaic lexicography, apocryphal and pseudepigraphical literature, medieval Hebrew poetry, liturgy, Jewish dialects, and abbreviations. His best-known works are his critique of W. Bousset's Religion des Judentums im neutestamentlichen Zeitalter (1903) , and the collection of essays, Juedische Skizzen (1912, 1920) . ” - 2008 EJ. Attractively bound in period cloth with original wraps pasted on top. Subjects: Judaism - History. Die Religion des Judentums im neutestamentlichen Zeitalter (Bousset) . Christentum. Judentum. Bousset, Wilhelm, 1865-1920. Religion des Judentums im neutestamentlichen Zeitalter. Dedication inscription on title page, light pencil marks on some pages, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (GER-43-36)
Stock number:33624.
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Imprint: Halberstadt; Verl. Der Agudas Jisroel, 1922
Binding: Hardcover
Original printed boards. 8vo. 60 pages. 23 cm. Second edition. In German, with some Hebrew. 'Return to the Torah? ; A Request to Young-Israel'. First published 1911, Frankfurt. Published by the Agudas Yisroel. Addressed to the youth zionist movement. Written by Dr Wilhelm (Zev) Freyhan, a leading member of the Jewish community of Breslau, and one of the original founders of Agudat Israel at the Kattowitz Conference of 1912. Subjects: OCLC lists 4 copies of this edition (Univ Bremen, Univ Hamburg, Natl Libr Israel, Danish Natl Libr) , none in the US, 6 total copies total of all editions. Light soiling to boards. Pages lightly aged, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (GER-43-14)
Stock number:33601.
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Imprint: Berlin : Schocken Verlag., 1933.
Binding: Hardcover
12mo. 83 pages. In German and Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Bible. O. T. Isaiah. SERIES: Bücherei des Schocken Verlags ; ; 1. Buber (1878-1965) was a philosopher born in Vienna, and studied at the university there, as well as in Leipzig, Zürich, and Berlin. In the years before the rise of Nazism, he was a professor of religion at the University of Frankfort. He joined the Zionist movement in 1898 and was a delegate at the Third Zionist Congress a year later, where he emphasized education over propaganda. Later on, he would support the idea that Zionism “should address itself also to the needs of the Arabs, ” and held that opinion even while the groups were at war. In 1938 he moved to Palestine, where he was a professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University until 1951. (Bergman, EJ) Backstrip missing, as usually found, Good condition. (GER-29-23)xx
Stock number:20398.
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Imprint: Frankfurt, Moses Jachiel Kirchheim'sche Stiftung, 1992
Binding: Paperback
Large 8vo, 981 pages. Includes 47 illustrations, a 20-page bibliography, and a 45-page index. Important history of the Jewish Community of Frankfurt during the French Revolution. Written by Paul Arnsberg (1899-1978) a German-Jewish native of Frankfurt, writer, historian, and board member of the Zionist Federation of Germany during the Weimar era; he served as a member of the municipal council of the Jewish community of Frankfurt until 1933. A statue was recently dedicated in Frankfurt to dedicate his life and the history of Jewish Frankfurt, on the Paul Arnsberg Platz. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise fresh. Very Good Condition. (GER-42-5)
Stock number:33552.
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Imprint: Berlin; Jüdische Buch-Vereinigung, 1935
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 4to. XXXI, 120 pages. 26 cm. First edition. Introduction in German by Georg Landauer, followed by 188 photographs, in black and white. Lacking 12 page index and map at rear. Georg Landauer (1895–1954) , “Zionist leader, active mainly in aiding the aliyah and absorption of German Jews in Israel. Born in Cologne, Landauer was active in the Zionist youth movement Blau-Weiss and the student Zionist organization Kartell Juedischer Verbindungen. He was a founder of Ha-Po'el ha-Za'ir in Germany. In 1925 he became director of the Berlin Palestine Office and, after two visits to Palestine between 1924 and 1933, settled there in 1934. He became managing director of the Palestine Office and of the Zionist Federation in Germany (1929–33) . From 1934 to 1954 Landauer was director of the Jewish Agency Central Bureau for the Settlement of German Jews, in which his main activities were the organization of aliyah, capital transfer, agricultural settlement, Youth Aliyah , and German reparations. He was a founder of Aliyah Hadashah, a party of the Mandate period consisting mainly of German immigrants, and a member of the Va'ad Le'ummi (1941–48) . ” EJ 2008 Subjects: Palestine - Pictorial works. Index and map in facsimile. Light soiling to rear cloth. Otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (ART-23-14)
Stock number:33474.
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Imprint: Berlin; Jüdische Buch-Vereinigung, 1935
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 4to. XXXI, 120 pages. 26 cm. First edition. Introduction in German by Georg Landauer, followed by 188 photographs, in black and white. 12 page laid in index at rear with map, with list of photographers and description of photographs (in English, German, French, and Hebrew) . Georg Landauer (1895–1954) , “Zionist leader, active mainly in aiding the aliyah and absorption of German Jews in Israel. Born in Cologne, Landauer was active in the Zionist youth movement Blau-Weiss and the student Zionist organization Kartell Juedischer Verbindungen. He was a founder of Ha-Po'el ha-Za'ir in Germany. In 1925 he became director of the Berlin Palestine Office and, after two visits to Palestine between 1924 and 1933, settled there in 1934. He became managing director of the Palestine Office and of the Zionist Federation in Germany (1929–33) . From 1934 to 1954 Landauer was director of the Jewish Agency Central Bureau for the Settlement of German Jews, in which his main activities were the organization of aliyah, capital transfer, agricultural settlement, Youth Aliyah , and German reparations. He was a founder of Aliyah Hadashah, a party of the Mandate period consisting mainly of German immigrants, and a member of the Va'ad Le'ummi (1941–48) . ” EJ 2008 Subjects: Palestine - Pictorial works. Light soiling to cloth, minor tear to rear board, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (ART-23-13)
Stock number:33473.
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Imprint: Berlin : Judischer Verlag., 1929.
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 77 pages. Illustrated. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism – Austria – biography; Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904. Includes extracts from Theodor Herzl's works, diaries, speeches, etc. One of the most famous Zionist leader, Herzl was born in Budapest in 1860. While he did study law in Vienna, most of his early intellectual work concentrated on literature and journalism. He was launched into Zionism in 1896, motivated by the Dreyfus case, and fueled by the translation into English of his “Judenstaat. ” The next year he planned the first Zionist Congress, and was elected it's president; at following Congresses, he was continually reelected. Heads of state throughout Europe conferred with Herzl in his position as leader of the Zionists. In particular, he worked with the British government for the establishment of territory for the Jews in the Middle East. He died in 1904. (Singer & Haas, JE) . Pages a little tanned, good condition. (GER-25-5)
Stock number:20288.
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Imprint: Breslau: No Publisher., 1870.
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 50 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Targum. Chronicles – criticism, interpretation, etc. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (JTSA, Leiden Univ, Cambridge Univ) . Kohler (1843-1926) was born in Bavaria and received his doctorate in 1867. "His university studies had shattered Kohler's Orthodoxy and his doctoral thesis, Der Segen Jacobs, took such a radical viewpoint that no rabbinic position was open to him. " In 1869, at the suggestion of Abraham Geiger, Kohler moved to the United States, leading congregations first in Detroit, Chicago and New York. An anti-Zionist, active member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and president of Hebrew Union College, he was a Reform leader. "[In 1885, ] replying to attacks by Alexander Kohut, he published a series of sermons entitled Backward or Forward (1885) . The outcome was his convening of the Pittsburg Conference of Reform rabbis and its adoption of a radical program on the basis of Kohler's draft. In 1903 Kohler was appointed president of Hebrew Union College and set about immediately to improve the curriculum and to bring fresh talent to the faculty. Upon his retirement, Kohler received the title of president emeritus. " (Temkin, EJ) Ex library. Pages tanned, title page missing, moisture stain in margin throughout, good condition. (GER-27-8)
Stock number:20228.
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Imprint: New York; Transcontinental Music Publications, 1954
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original wraps. 4to. 4 pages. 27 cm. First edition. "From the inscription on the Statue of Liberty. " Words by Emma Lazarus. Transcontinental choral library; No. 110. Copyright 1950. Max Helfman (1901–1963) “A composer of wide-ranging interests and abilities, Max Helfman directed the Brandeis-Bardin Institute for seventeen years, and composed for–and participated in–socialist-oriented Yiddish worker's choruses, the synagogue, and pro-Zionist causes and organizations. ” (Milken Archive) Subjects: Songs, Jewish - United States. Statue of Liberty (New York, N. Y. ) - Songs and music. OCLC lists 7 copies. Wraps bumped, three hole punch along edge, previously repaired with tape, otherwise clean. Good condition. (MUSIC-3-50) Xxxx
Stock number:33293.
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Imprint: New York; Metro Music, 1927
Binding: Hardback
Original wraps. 4to. 4 pages. 30 cm. Second edition. Words in romanized Yiddish; full text in Yiddish on p. [4]. Front portrait of Bialik. Yiddish song by the famous poet Bialik. First published 1916. “Bialik composed his sea poems ('Yam lider') in Yiddish in 1908 and published them in a Zionist-oriented anthology just before his first visit to Eretz Yisrael in 1909. The small cycle of three pseudo-naive poems was defined by the poet as a translation from the prominent medieval poet Rabbi Yehuda Halevi. However, this cycle of poems is, in fact, a free adaptation of diverse motifs from Halevi, imbued with contemporary colours and revealing Bialik's intimate secrets. … Bialik wrote these Zionist poems ('Yam lider') in the language of the Jewish masses, telling his ideological adversaries in an indirect and subtle way that if he turns to the writing of poems in Yiddish, it is merely for ideological purposes, and not because he agrees with their credo. Indeed, the role of these poems in many Zionist circles has been long acknowledged. ” (Khulyot; Journal of Yiddish Research; No. 8 Winter 2003) . Subjects: Songs, Yiddish -- United States. OCLC lists 5 copies of this edition. Institutional marks on wraps, light pencilling throughout, lightly soiled wraps, otherwise fresh. Good - condition. (MUSIC-3-40) Xx
Stock number:33283.
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Imprint: Paris : Durlacher., 1899.
Binding: Hardback
8vo. 404 pages. Volume one (of two) only. SUBJECT(S) : Bible. O. T. French. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Kahn (1839-1905) was the last official chief rabbi of France, from 1889. He was educated att he yeshiva in Strasbourg and at the Ecole Rabbinique in Metz, where he also taught. Kahn never exerted great power, due to conflict with other leaders, the annexing of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany, and the influence of the Alliance Israelite Universelle over the migration of Eastern European Jews. Kahn was, however, head of Hibbat Zion in France and immersed himself in the practical issues surrounding settlement in Palestine. Against his Zionist tendencies, though, he felt that French Jews must be, first and foremost, French citizens. During the Dreyfus Affair, he wished to build a strong coalition in Dreyfus's defense, but was unable to persuade the Jewish leaders in France to do so. As a writer, Kahn edited a French translation of the Bible, helped Singer with the Jewish Encyclopaedia, and published a few sermons. (EJ) Ex library. Covers missing, good condition. We can have this expertly rebound for you. (SPEC-2-14)
Stock number:20123.
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Imprint: Yerushalayim; Hotsa?ah ?ivrit, 1947
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 16mo. 208 pages. 15 cm. Second edition. In Hebrew. 'Songs of the Land of Israel'. Lyrics (romanized) -also printed as vocalized text in Hebrew script. Anthology of 230 zionist songs. Includes unacc. Melodies. Originally published by the Yudisher Ferlag of Berlin, under the auspices of Hechalutz and Maccabi World Union. This edition copyright Jewish Publishing House, Jerusalem, printed in Switzerland (Basel; Goldschmidt) . Second edition of Shire Erets Yisra'el by composer and music theorist Jakob Schönberg (1900-1956) . Subjects: Songs, Hebrew. Zionism - Songs and music. OCLC lists 22 copies of this edition. Light wear to wraps, light soiling to outer edges, some pages dogeared, otherwise clean. Good condition. (MUSIC-2-54)
Stock number:33240.
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Imprint: New York; Hotsa'at Nehemyah Lin, 1929
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 58 pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, with transliteration. Collection of Hebrew songs, some composed by the editor. Abraham H. Friedman (1891-1939) “educator, author, and first director of the Bureau of Jewish Education, was born in Gorodok, Lithuania to Leah Friedland. He received a traditional yeshiva education. His family came to New York when he was 14, and he studied at the Isaac Elchanan Yeshiva in addition to public high school. Following graduation from Columbia University, Friedland helped establish the Natl. Hebrew School for Girls in New York in 1911, remaining there until 1920, when he became superintendent of the cleveland Hebrew Schools. In 1924, when the Bureau of Jewish Education was established to coordinate institutions offering Jewish education, Friedland became its first director, establishing teacher-training, youth clubs, children's theater, advanced Hebrew studies, and the Institute for Jewish Studies-building a network of 8 Hebrew and 5 religious schools, and an adult institute. An ardent Zionist, Friedland was criticized by those who believed he taught secular Jewish nationalism. In 1926, he declined an invitation to become director of the Jewish educational system in Palestine. Friedland was president of Cleveland Zionist District, Ohio Region of the Zionist Organization of America, Histadrut Ivrith, and Natl. Council of Jewish Education. Interested in aids to teach Hebrew to children, he wrote Torah-Li, Shiron, Sippurim Yofim, and coauthored Gilenu. He also wrote Sonettot; poetry, published as Shirim; and coauthored Hashvil with Rabbi Solomon Goldman. He translated Hebrew literature into English and English poets into Hebrew. ” (Encyclopedia of Cleveland History) Subjects: School song-books, Hebrew. Jewish school songbooks. OCLC lists 17 copies. Light edge wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (MUSIC-2-24)
Stock number:33208.
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Imprint: Tel-Aviv; Mekhon Tel-Aviv Le-Musikah Datit Yehudit, 1965
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Cloth. 8vo. 319, [15] pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Added English title page: Zeharim in memory of Leib Glantz. With 15 pages of plates of photographs of Glantz throughout his life. Leib Glantz (1898 - 1964) was a Russian-born lyrical tenor cantor (chazzan) , Composer, Musicologist of Jewish music, Writer, Educator and Zionist leader. “In 1959 Glantz founded the Tel Aviv Institute for Jewish Liturgical Music, and an academic level conservatory for training cantors -- the Cantors Academy (Ha’Akademia Le’Chazanut. ) With Glantz at the helm, many important scholars and musicians proudly joined the academic faculty. Following Glantz’s sudden passing on January 27, 1964, while in concert in Tel Aviv, the Tel Aviv Institute for Jewish Liturgical Music was transformed into the publishing organ of Leib Glantz’s musical compositions, as well as his research and literary work. This body has published seven books of Glantz’s musical compositions and the Hebrew book Zeharim – In Memory of Leib Glantz. ” (Leib Glantz Biography, FAU Libraries) . Subjects: Synagogue music - History and criticism. Cantors (Judaism) . Glanz, Leib, 1898-1964. Jacket worn, tattered at edges, previous owners signature on endpage, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (MUSIC-2-3)
Stock number:33187.
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Imprint: New York, Schocken Books, 1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 171 pages; Includesblack adn white illustrative plates. Sections on architecture, plaques, seals, coins, carvings, stamps, amulets, glass and manuscripts from 973 BCE to the Roman period. Ex-library with usual markings. Very good condition. (ART-17-3A). Illustr: Illustrated by Over 200 Photos
Stock number:33182.
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Imprint: Paris; ORT Français, 1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 23 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In French. Frontispiece portrait of Leon Bramson. 'Leon Bramson and the ORT Union. ' Published on the seventieth anniversary of the World Ort Union, in memory of Leon Bramson, founder of the ORT in France. A history of the French ORT, and the life and work of Leon Bramson (Leonty; 1869–1941) , “communal worker and writer. Born in Kovno, Bramson graduated in law from Moscow University, then settled in St. Petersburg, where he practiced, and was active in the Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews . He was also director of the central committee of the Jewish Colonization Association from 1899 to 1906. Under his direction a statistical study was carried out on the economic situation of the Jews in Russia (published in Russian in 1904 and in French in 1906–8) . He was one of the compilers of the Sistematicheskiy ukazatel literatury o yevreyakh na russkom yazyke ('Systematic Guide to Russian Literature About Jews, ' 1892) , and contributed many articles to Voskhod and other periodicals on problems of Jewish education, emigration, and colonization. Active in Jewish political life, Bramson was one of the founders of the 'Jewish Democratic Group. ' In 1906 he was elected to the First Duma as a deputy for Kovno province, joining the Labor faction ('Trudoviki') . During World War I, the Revolution, and the Civil War, Bramson was an organizer of the Central Committee for the Relief of Jewish War Sufferers (YEKOPO) . When he left Russia in 1920, he continued to work in Western Europe on behalf of ORT (with which he had been associated in Russia from 1909) , serving as its president from 1923 until his death. ” (EJ 2008) . The author, Dr David Lvovitch (1882-1950) studied law and economics in St Petersburg and later studied engineering in Munich. An early Zionist from a wealthy family, he visited the USA, spending the First World War years there. He returned to Russia and was elected to the short-lived 1918 Constituent Assembly. An industrialist, he was interested in ORT's agricultural and co-operative projects. Elected as a founder member of the World ORT Union Council in 1921, he was central in developing ORT into a world organisation. Lvovitch travelled abroad with Leon Bramson to find financial support for needy Russian Jews after the First World War. He worked successfully in the USA, cultivating support among the Russian emigre community. On Bramson's death Lvovitch and Aaron Syngalowski, as co-chairmen of the ORT Executive, shared the running of World ORT throughout the Second World War and after. Lvovitch, based in Paris, was in charge of ORT's remarkable programmes assisting and retraining displaced persons in Europe. When he died, the ORT Lvovitch School in Netanya was named in his memory. Subjects: Bramson, Leontii Moiseevich, 1869-1941. World ORT Union OCLC lists 3 copies (Yale, Biblio Natl France, Biblio Sainte-Genevieve) . Wraps previously folded down center, with crease line throughout; light soiling to wraps, with minor pen marks, otherwise fresh and clean. Good condition. (HOLO2-113-14)
Stock number:33121.
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Imprint: [Merhavyah]; Hotsaat Ha-Kibuts Ha-Artsi Ha-Shomer Ha-Tsair,, 1940
Binding: Hardcover
Original Cloth. 8vo. 185 pages. 21 cm. First Hebrew edition. Translated from the German by Avraham Kohen. Translation of Die Nationalita¨tenfrage und die Sozialdemokratie. A translation of the Austrian Socialist Otto Bauer's first book, The Nationalities Question and Social Democracy (first published 1907) , an extremely influential work on the position of national minorities and the necessity for cultural-national autonomy; written specifically for the conditions of the national minorities and the need for socialism in the Austro-Hungarian empire, this work immediately impacted the debates in the Russian and Polish socialist milieu, and, especially, in the General Jewish Labor Bund and the socialist zionist milieu (rather, the debates with the Bund and socialist zionist milieu created many of the major theoretical distinctions which Bauer drew upon) . Lenin extensively criticized this work, and Stalin's work on the National Question is essentially a polemic with all the major ideas put forth in Baeur's text; the debates would immensely impact the conceptions of language, autonomy, and the various ethnically based republics of the soviet union. In Palestine and Israel, the concepts put into place by Baeur were one of the major touchstones for the argument for a binational state argued by Hashomer Hatzair. In the series: Sifriyat Poa´lim; kerekh 11. Bound in original cloth and decorative boards, with decorative gilt, blue endpages, and red and black ink title page. Subjects: Nationalities – Socialism. Hashomer Hatzair – Palestine – Socialism. Otto Baeur – Marxism – Translations into Hebrew. Oclc lists 6 copies. Pages yellowed and brittle, rubbing to edge of boards, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (SPEC-39-47), Y 8/13
Stock number:32958.
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Imprint: Varshe; 'kadima', 1935
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. [125-188] ie. 53 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Ershter Band, Dritter Heft. Title page verso: Leksykon Sjonistyczny. Published in parts, this is the third issue (Alef continuing) . Includes four illustrations. An excellent source for interwar Eastern European history, as well as the history of several short lived zionist periodicals and collective projects; with statistics and bibliographic citations in other languages (primarily German) . Wraps printed in blue ink. Subjects: Zionism – Encyclopedias. Yiddish. Zionism. OCLC lists three copies (JTSA, Brandeis, Florida) . Edges soiled, brittle, light tears along edges. Otherwise clean. Poor condition. (SPEC-39-40)
Stock number:32951.
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Imprint: Jerusalem; Hassifriya Haziyonit,, 1978
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Softbound. 4to. 84 pages. 32 cm. First edition. Parallel text in English and Hebrew. "Prepared by the Organization and Information Dept. Of the World Zionist Organization on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the state of Israel. " With English and Hebrew descriptions, and reproductions of thirty documents from the central Zionist archives, including The Basle Programme; Appeal of the 'Palestine Office' to those liable to expulsion; Draft of report by Henrietta Szold regarding the Youth Aliyah; A letter from Winston Churchill to Chaim Weizmann; Invitation to the ceremony of the proclamation of independence; etc. Subjects: Zionism - History - Sources. World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archive. Light wear to wraps, with bumped lower edge, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (SPEC-39-39), Y 5/13
Stock number:32950.
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Imprint: Berlin: Vereinigung Für Deutschland,, [1930]
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 16mo. 31 pages. 17 cm. First edition. In German. Includes poems by Bialik in German and Hebrew. Contents: Joachim Prinz, Zwei Männer - zwei Wege. Dr. A. Bein, Theodor Herzl und Palästina. Ernst Simon, Die Idee der jüdischen Befreiung in Bialiks Werk. Ch. N. Bialik, Die neue jüdische Kultur in Palästina. Gedichte. Bialiks Leben, Ein Kurzer Biographischer Abriß. Subjects: Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904. Bialik, Hayyim Nachman, 1873-1934. Zionists - Biography. OCLC lists 18 copies. Light soiling to wraps, minor tear along backstrip, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (SPEC-39-35)
Stock number:32946.
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Imprint: [Buenos Aires: Acervo Cultural,, 1965
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 265 pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Spanish. With woodcuts by Victor Marchese. Junto a un Rio de Babel (Beside a River of Bablyon) , a collection of poems by Carlos Grunberg (1903-1968) , Argentine lawyer, poet, and translator, and friend of Jorge Luis Borges. In this work, Grunberg expresses his Zionist ambivalence; on the one hand he defines himself as an exiled Jew eager to return to the land of his ancestors, and on the other hand he refuses to give up his pride in being an Argentine citizen and his love of his birthplace. The first section of poems, entitled 'Hitlermedio', concerns the holocaust. Subjects: Spanish – Argentine-Jewish Literature. Carlos Grunberg – Poems. Zionism – Argentina – Poetry. Poetry – Holocaust. Oclc lists 24 copies. Light soiling to wraps, light shelf wear, overall very fresh. Very good condition. (SPEC-39-14) xx
Stock number:32926.
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Imprint: Efal : the Kibbutz Bibliographic Project., 1975.
Binding: Paperback
8vo. 11, 785 pages. In Hebrew. Index of articles. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Israel – bibliography. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Univ of Frankfurt) . SERIES: Maftehôt le-kitvê `et sel hat-tenû`a haq-qîbbûsît. Previous owner's stamp on covers and title page, good condition. (BIB-3-23)
Stock number:19866.
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Imprint: Darby, Penn. : Norwood Editions., 1982.
Binding: Hardcover
Small 4to. Ix, 103 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Israel – bibliography; Kibbutz – bibliography. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. SERIES: Kibbutz, communal society, and alternative social policy series. Ex library, otherwise very good condition. (BIB-3-22)
Stock number:19865.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Darby, Penn. : Norwood Editions., 1981.
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Small 4to. Ix, 103 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Israel – bibliography; Kibbutz – bibliography. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. SERIES: Kibbutz, communal society, and alternative social policy series. Inscribed by Joseph Blasi, the series editor. Very good condition. (BIB-3-21)
Stock number:19864.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem : World Zionist Organization., 1977.
Binding: Paperback
8vo. 25 pages. In Hebrew and English. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – bibliography – periodicals. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Lightly tanned, otherwise very good condition. (BIB-3-15)
Stock number:19860.
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Imprint: Tel-Aviv : Museum Haaretz., 1961.
Binding: Paperback
8vo. 30 pages. Museum bulletin, with news of the museum. SUBJECT (S) : Muzeon ha-arets (Tel Aviv, Israel) – periodicals. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. ISSN: 0077-2305. Covers lightly soiled, good condition. (BIB-3-10)
Stock number:19855.
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Imprint: Jerusalem : Government Press Offices of the State of Israel., 1970.
Binding: Paperback
8vo. 36 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Newspapers – Israel – bibliography; Periodicals – Israel – bibliography. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Edges a little discolored, good+ condition. (BIB-3-5)
Stock number:19850.
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Imprint: Englewood Cliffs, N. J. ; Prentice Hall, 1990
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Softbound. 8vo. XVI, 288 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Edited by Neusner and Calvin Goldscheider. Contains the following essays: Introduction: Social foundations of Judaism in classical and modern times: from content to context - Part I: Formative and the classical ages of Judaism: 500 B. C. To A. D. 640, 640 to 1789 - Religion and society in the formation of the Judaism of the Pentateuch by Jacob Neusner; Religion and society in the law of the Mishnah, Jacob Neusner; Social foundations of Medieval mysticism in Judaism, Ivan Marcus; Religion and economics in Medieval Judaism, Jacob Katz; Marxist view of Hassidism, Raphael Mahler - Part II: Age of diversity: Judaisms and modernization, 1789 - Judaic reformation as a sociopolitical process, Calvin Goldschieder and Alan Zuckerman; Rise and reception of Zionism in the nineteenth century, Ben Halpern; Judaism in America: the social crisis of freedom, Jacob Neusner - Part III: Toward the twenty-first century: contemporary Judaisms in America and in the state of Israel - Religion and ethnicity in the American Jewish community, Marshall Sklare; Civil religion and the modern Jewish challenge, Jonathan Woocher; Synagogue life in America, Samuel Heilman; Ethnicity, American Judaism, and Jewish cohesion, Calvin Goldscheider; Social foundation of Israeli Judaism, Shlomo Deshen; Reform and conservative Judaism in Israel, Ephraim Tabory; From religious Zionism to Zionist religion, Gideon Aran. Subjects: Judaism - History. Judaism - Social aspects. Jewish sociology. Judaism - United States. Judaism - Israel. Light wear to bottom of wraps, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (NEUSNER-3-4)
Stock number:32849.
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Imprint: New York: Greenwood Press, 1986
Binding: Hardcover
8vo, 700 pages plus index. Primarily a dictionary of the various organizations but with articles on the subject included as a large appendix. Includes: "Jewish Communal Responses to older People's Needs, " by Lucy Y. Steinitz; "The History of American Zionist Organizations: An Ideological and Functional Analysis, " by Deborah E. Lipstadt; "The Jewish Federation Movement, " by Deborah K. Polivy; "Some Sectarian Aspects of American Jewish religious Organizations, " by S. Daniel Breslauer; "The Jewish Feminist Movement, " by Reena Sigman Friedman; "Refugee Landsmannshaften , " by Michael N. Dobkowski; and "The Soviet Jewry Movement in the United States, " by Paul S. Appelbaum. Very Good Condition. (Comhist-3-12)
Stock number:19732.
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8vo. 22, 771 pages. In Hebrew with some German and English. Includes article by Abraham Isaac Katsh. SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew philology; Rabbinical literature; Shazar, Zalman, 1889-1974; Bible. O. T. Has worn dust jacket with large tears around the edges. Shazar (1889-1974) was born in Belorussia, and, as a Socialst Zionist, was the third president of Israel. An active European Zionist from his youth, he first visited Palestine in 1911, and settled permanently there in 1924. He was elected to the Knesset in 1949, and then reelected. He was appointed minister of culture and education from 1949 to 1951. Shazar was elected president in 1963, and, reelected five years later for a second term, was in office till 1973.(Kressel, EJ) Abraham I. Katsh's bookplate. Bumped corners, good+ condition. (Katsh-1-21) xxxx
Stock number:19484.
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8vo. 24 pages. Reprinted from Jewish Social Studies, Vol. VIII, No. 2 and from The Jewish Review, Vol. IV, No. 3. Not an offprint. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism; Philosophy; Krochmal, Nachman. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Brandeis) . 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) Crease down front cover, edgeworn, good condition. (Katsh-1-9) x6
Stock number:19472.
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Imprint: [Festschrift Fur Jost Hermand - Offprint], 1996
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. [37-47] (ie. 11) pages. 21 cm. Offprint. In German. “Ist der Nationalismus noch zu retten? Über gerechtfertigten und ungerechtfertigten Nationalismus, ” in Responsibility and Commitment, Festschrift für Jost Hermand, Ed. Klaus Berghahn et al. , Frankfurt am Main, Peter Lang, 1996. Originally presented as a lecture for the 1995 Annual Chaim Weizmann Lecture in Humanities, and later published in English (in 'Israel Studies' 1997) as 'Can Nationalism Be Saved? About Zionism, Rightful and Unjust Nationalism'. A reexamination of various zionist schools of thought that prevailed in the 1920's and 1930's, with an emphasis on Martin Buber; also develops a history of the concept of nationalism from the French Revolution to the present. Subjects: Nationalism – Zionism. Chaim Weizmann Lecture in Humanities. Light shelf wear, very good condition. (MOSS-1-11) Xxxxx
Stock number:32663.
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Imprint: Vilna; M. Man Ve-S. Zimel, 1839
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Later Cloth. 12mo. XL, 187, [10] pages. 19 cm. In Hebrew and German. Eretz Kedumim (Geography of the Land of Israel) . Part one only, descriptive list of towns and villages A-J (ending with Jeter) . Vinograd Vilna 431. Added title page: Erez kedumim, das Land des Alterthums; oder, Alphabetisch geordnete Geographie Pala¨tinas und der Umgegend. First edition published in 1819 under title: Mehkere Erets. This work deals with the various locales of the Holy Land in alphabetical order, drawing on Biblical and Talmudic, as well as non-Jewish sources. The book bears a letter of endorsement from Mordechai Aaron Ginzburg, a religious maskil (enlightened Jew) . According to Ginzburg, Kaplan revised the work of Lewisohn (Vienna, 1819) , adding entries Lewisohn neglected. On prefatory pages 31-38, Kaplan reproduces the commentary of the Vilna Gaon ('Shenoth Eliyahu') to the Mishnah, Shevi’ith 9: 2, adding German translation of the Mishnah and notes to the Gaon’s commentary. Subjects: Palestine - Historical geography. Bible. Old Testament - Geography. Oclc lists 18 copies. Minor soiling to title page, light soiling throughout, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (RAB-56-10)
Stock number:32627.
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Imprint: New York; American Jewish Conference, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Staple bound leaves. 4to. 4 pages. 28 cm. First edition. No. 56, Dated April 6, 1945. Topics include UN and governmental decisions regarding Palestine, the death of former British Prime Minister Lloyd George, Russian and South African Jewish representatives to the Conference, and upcoming radio program related to the Conference. The “American Jewish Conference [was a] representative American organization established in 1943 at the initiative of B'nai B'rith to deal with the problems of Palestine and the European Holocaust. Originally composed of representatives of all major Jewish groups and delegates from local Jewish communities, the Conference was given direction from Zionist bodies which sought a pro-Zionist declaration by a body representing American Jewry as a whole. Such a declaration was overwhelmingly adopted at its New York assembly in August 1943. As a result, the American Jewish Committee seceded from the Conference. Nevertheless, the organization submitted a series of pro-Zionist statements to official national and international bodies and waged a public relations campaign until its dissolution in 1949.” (EJ 2007) Subjects: Jews -- United States -- Politics and government -- Periodicals. American Jewish Conference. OCLC lists 7 libraries with partial or complete runs of this periodical. Pages lightly toned. Light shelf wear. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-109-54), BJPA
Stock number:32490.
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Imprint: New York; Hebrew Educators Committee For Labor Palestine, 1966
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Wrappers. 8vo. 15 pages. 21 cm. Illustrated. First edition. Map of Galilee. Two black and white wood block illustrations. “This story is a translation from the Hebrew of Eliezer Smoli, one of the famous young writers in Eretz Yisrael. Smoli is a teacher and naturalist, as well as a writer. He teaches in a school of the Histadrut, the General Federation of Jewish Labor in Palestine. A great friend of children, he has taught for years in the pioneer settlements in the Valley of Jezreel and in Galilee. He is a lover of nature and knows every nook of the Valley Jezreel and Galilee. These are the motifs that inspired Smoli’s writings, which depict the life of the Chaluzim in Eretz Israel and the life of their children. ” (Back wrapper) Subjects: Children. Eliezer Smoli. Bible. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide. (JTSA, Harvard, HUC) Light shelf wear. Small crease on front wrapper. Very good + condition. (ZION-3-14)
Stock number:32384.
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Imprint: New York; League For Labor Palestine, 1935
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Wrappers. 12 mo. 15 pages. 20 cm. First edition. Official endorsement of the Labor Palestine organization by a group of 241 American Reform Rabbis. Including letters of gratitude and acknowledgement by Labor Palestine. Subjects: Labor movement -- Palestine. Histadrut ha-kelalit shel ha-`ovdim be-Erets-Yisrael. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide. (HUC, UW Milwaukee, Natl. Libr. Of Israel. ) Light age toning. Has some edge wear, with a few small tears along top edge. Good + condition. (ZION-3-11), ok 2020/4
Stock number:32381.
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Imprint: Jerusalem; Office Of Statistics, 1945
Binding: Paperback
Original Wrappers. 8vo. 295 pages. 24cm. Eighth updated edition of this regularly published report. Containing charts and statistical information regarding demographics, finance, labor, education and a variety of other topics related to the administrative concerns of the British Mandate of Palestine. Subjects: Palestine -- Statistics -- Periodicals. Israel -- Statistics -- Periodicals. Ex-Library with usual markings. Light shelf wear. Horizontal scratch to front wrapper. Very good condition. (ZION-3-6)
Stock number:32376.
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Imprint: New York; League For Labor Palestine, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Wrappers. 12mo. 96 pages. 19 cm. Illustrated. First edition. Fold out frontis piece map titled, “1937 Histadruth Map in Eretz Israel. ” Black and white photographs showing workers and kibbutz construction. A history and description of The Histadrut, with an examination of organizational structure and mission. The Histadrut “founded in 1920 the largest labor union and the largest voluntary organization in Israel and largest Jewish labor organization in the world. ” (EJ 2007) Subjects: ha-Histadrut ha-kelalit shel ha-`ovdim ha-`ivrim be-Erets-Yisrael. Zionism. Labor. Author’s name handwritten on back strip. Some light shelf wear with minimal age toning. Very good condition. (ZION-3-4)
Stock number:32374.
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Imprint: New York; Young Judaea, 1940
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Wrappers. 12mo. 19 pages. 19 cm. First edition. 3 black and white illustrations depicting Judas’ leadership, 2 black and white contextual maps describing historic borders. Youth oriented pamphlet regarding the biblical history of Judas Maccabeus. Described internally as “one of a series of pamphlets on Jewish History, Zionism, and the Jewish Festivals. ” “Founded in 1909 Young Judaea drew its members from Jewish students. The original group was led by Emanuel Neumann. It formulated as its goals the advancement of the cause of Zionism; furthering the mental, moral, and physical development of Jewish youth; and the promotion of Jewish cultural ideas in accordance with Jewish tradition. It was affiliated with the Zionist Organization of America and published a journal, the Young Judaean, originally edited by Henrietta Szold . In 1940 it came under the jurisdiction of the American Zionist Youth Commission, a joint effort of Hadassah and the ZOA and in 1967 became the sole responsibility of Hadassah. The first settlers in Israel from the Young Judaea movement arrived during World War I, among them members of the Jewish Legion . At its peak of membership (1948) Young Judaea had over 30, 000 members, but along with other Zionist groups in the U. S. It suffered a decline in membership following the establishment of the State of Israel. Each year thousands of young people age 8–18 attend its clubs, conventions, activities, and six summer camps including Tel Yehudah, the movement's senior leadership camp in Barryville, New York. Its Year Course program, founded in 1956, brings more than 400 young people annually to Israel during a "gap year" between high school and college, for a 10-month program of study, community volunteering, and intense engagement with Israeli society. A variety of other programs involve visits to Israel for high school and college students. The Hamagshimim program is for college students up to age 30. In 1973 a group of its members founded kibbutz Keturah in the Aravah. ” (EJ 2007) Subjects: Judas Maccabeus. Zionism – Youth. Young Judaea. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide. (Natl. Libr. Israel, HUC. ) Some light shelf wear and rubbing externally. Rubbing to pages 4 and 5, affecting text. Small horizontal margin tear, from front wrapper through page 8. Tear does not affect text. Text is clean and fresh. Good condition. (ZION-3-3)
Stock number:32373.
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Imprint: Yerushalayim; Hotsaat Sefarim A. Sh. Y. L. Magnes, Ha-Universitah Ha-Ivrit, 1982
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Hardback. 8vo. 671 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Added title page: The "He-Halutz" movement in Poland, 1917-1929. The He-Haluts was a Zionist pioneering movement in Poland. “The founders of He-? Aluts believed that no political or propaganda accomplishment would benefit Zionism in the long run unless it were complemented by deeds of personal fulfillment, which became a primary objective in the organization’s overall ideology. In other words, to actually implement the principles of He-? Aluts, the individual was expected both to identify with the Histadrut (Labor Federation) and to live on a cooperative kibbutz in Palestine. … On an ideological level, the basic foundations of the He-? Aluts movement were consolidated in 1917. Based on a combination of universal socialist and nationalist concepts, they drew ideological influence from the Tse‘ire Tsiyon party. He-? Aluts continued to evolve in Russia even after the change of regime. The fundamentals of agricultural training farms and links with the budding kibbutz movement in Palestine were laid down. … The Fourth Aliyah (1924–1929) marked the first test of the populist concept, since at the time of the Third Aliyah (1919–1923) —the previous immigration wave—He-? Aluts had still been in an amorphous ideological phase and had been a marginal factor in Diaspora public affairs. When He-? Aluts held its world conference in 1923, the movement numbered only 7, 000 registered members, but membership increased to tens of thousands within a year and a half. This massive growth led to a change in the organization’s social structure. High-school students and middle-class youth were now replaced with thousands of working-class youngsters and unemployed individuals, including members of Zionist Socialist parties. ” (YIVO Encyclopedia; He-Haluts; article written by Israel Oppenheim) . Israel Oppenheim is Professor Emeritus of the History of the Jewish People, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba. Subjects: Labor Zionism - Poland - History. Jews - Poland - History - 20th century. Histadrut he-H? Aluts be-Polin. Poland - Ethnic relations. Light soiling to outer edges, previous owners name in pen on inside endpage; otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (EE-5-32), Kra 3/13
Stock number:32338.
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Imprint: Detroit: Luis Lamed Foundation., 1941.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 156 pages. In Yiddish. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Literature, Jewish. Samuel Niger was the pseudonym of Samuel Charney (1883-1955) . A Zionist influenced by Adah Ha-Am and a Russian socialist revolutionary, he joined the Zionist-Socialist Workers Party, and was repeatedly arrested and tortured by Russian authorities. Though his first literary efforts were in Russian and Hebrew, his mature work was written mostly in Yiddish. In 1908, he, with A. Veiter and S. Gorelik, founded Literarishe Monatshriften, which became very popular and influential after the Czernowitz Yiddish Conference. In 1912, after three years in Europe, he began editing DiYidishe Velt. After being imprisoned by Polish legionaires in 1919, Niger left for the United States. In New York, he worked for Der Tog, a Yiddish daily; beginning in 1920, he worked for the paper for 35 years, “becoming the most revered and feared Yiddish critic of his generation. ” Outside of strictly literary work, Niger worked with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research from its inception, a and helped found the Congress for Jewish Culture. (Liptzin, EJ) Edgeworn, publisher's stamp on flyleaf, good condition. (HEB-4-10)
Stock number:19172.
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Imprint: Tel Aviv: NO Publisher., 1972.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 226 pages. In Hebrew. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Zionists – correspondence – catalogs; Jabotinsky, Vladimir, 1880-1940 – correspondence – catalogs. Jabotinsky (1880-1940) was a Russian Zionist, soldier and writer, and founded the Jewish Legion during WWI. He spoke Russian, Hebrew (he was a strong proponent of the Hebrew renaissance) , Yiddish, German, French and English, making him a very accessible and beloved speaker, especially in Eastern Europe. Though not a follower of Marx, Jabotinsky was a believer in socialism, influenced by his professors in Rome, where he studied law. Back in Russia, the 1903 Kishinev pogrom spurred him into Zionist activity; he was a delegate at the Sixth Zionist Congress (where he voted against Herzl's Uganda Scheme) , and turned his journalistic efforts in that direction as well, editing the Zionist Razsvet, and then later four publications in Constantinople for the World Zionist Organization. When the Ottoman Empire joined WWI, Jabotinsky foresaw that nations downfall, and, desiring to gain Israel from the Ottomans, began assembling the Jewish Legion, and joined the British 38th Battalion himself. (EJ) Very good condition. (HEB-4-8)
Stock number:19170.
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Imprint: Jerusalem: R. Mass., 1977.
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
8vo. 382 pages. In Hebrew. Frontispiece. Inscribed by Goldstein. SUBJECT (S) : Goldstein, Israel, b. 1896; Rabbis – United States – biography; Zionists – United States – biography. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide. Dust jacket is torn at top corner, very good condition. (HEB-4-4)
Stock number:19166.
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Imprint: Jerusalem: Ha-akademyah Ha-leumit Ha-yisreelit Le-mada`im., 1982.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 262 pages. In Hebrew. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Messiah – Judaism – congresses; Redemption – Judaism – congresses; Philosophy, Jewish – congresses; Philosophy, medieval – congresses; Scholem, Gershom Gerhard, 1897-1982 – congresses; Zohar – congresses. SERIES: Kitve ha-Akademyah ha-leumit ha-Yisreelit le-mada`im, ha-Hativah le-mada`e-ha-ruah; Variation: Kitve ha-Akademyah ha-leumit ha-Yisreelit le-mada`im, ha-Hativah le-mada`e-ha-ruah. Scholem (1897-1982) , born in Berlin, was a leading authority in Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism. He joined the Zionist movement as a student, and believed that this “implied a thorough understanding of the full historical, religious, and cultural tradition of Judaism, to the study and interpretation of which he henceforward devoted himself. ” He studied at Berlin, Jena, Berne, and Munich, and earned his doctorate in 1922. After WWI, Scholem was part of the faculty of several academic institutions in Israel, and “[i]n 1962 he was elected vice-president and in 1968 president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He was a consulting editor to the Encyclopaedia Judaica. ”(Werblowsky, EJ) Top corner bumped, very good condition. (HEB-4-2)
Stock number:19164.
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Imprint: Yerushalayim; Mosad Shelomoh Meir, Makhon Le-Made Ha-Yahadut, Milano, 1967
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 8vo. 319, 160 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew and Italian. Housed in original paper case. Writings in Memory of Leone Carpi. With dozens of facsimile letters and illustrations, and frontispiece portrait of Leone Carpi (1887–1964) ; “Italian Zionist leader. Carpi was born in Rome from ancient Jewish family deeply involved in the Italian National Revival (so-called Risorgimento) and graduated in law from the University of Rome and in philosophy from the University of Padua. During World War I he served in the Italian army in the artillery corps and was decorated. After the war he became an active Zionist, working mainly in Milan. Carpi was one of the first Italian Jews to join the Revisionist movement (1925) and was its leader in Italy from 1928. He edited the Italian Revisionist organ L'Idea Sionistica. Carpi was the guiding spirit behind the founding of the Betar naval school at Civitavecchia in 1934, and helped organize ‘illegal’ immigration to Palestine from the Italian coast. In 1956 he settled in Jerusalem. He died there in 1964.” (Ej 2008) . Collection contains letters from Carpi to Jabotinski. Subjects: Jews - Italy. Carpi, Leone. Light wear to jacket, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (CJH-1-9), Kra 1/13
Stock number:32271.
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Imprint: Paris; Comité Des Délégations Juives, 1936
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Wrappers. 8vo. 15 [1] pages. 24 cm. First edition. In French. Hitler-era pamphlet. Title translates as: “Committee of Jewish Delegations: Seventeen Years of Activity” A history and report describing the work of the Comité des Délégations Juives during their time of transition into the larger and broader based World Jewish Congress. The Comité des Délégations Juives was formed in 1919 “at the initiative of the Zionist Organization, to alert the Paris peace conference to the grave situation of the Jews in various European countries and to obtain international guarantees for safeguarding their rights. ” (EJ 2007) Subjects: Comité des délégations juives. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide. (Eth-Bibliothek Zurich, Archives D’Etat Geneve, Int. Inst. Of Social History, and Peace Palace Libr. ) , none outside Europe. Spine rebacked. Pages tanned from age. Small library stamp on inside cover. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-109-47)
Stock number:32260.
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Imprint: Jerusalem, Tel-avv: Schoken., 1970.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
8vo. 254 pages. First edition. In Hebrew. Inscribed by author. SUBJECT (S) : Zionists – biography; Horowitz, David, b. 1899. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Shelfworn, with rubber band mark across the back. Very good condition in Very Good Jacket. (HEB-2-14)
Stock number:19131.
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Imprint: Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society, 1897?
Binding: Hardcover
12mo. 97 pages. Louis Finkelstein's copy with his ownership signiture and "dec. 3, 1915" penned on the front endpaper. Preceeding his name he has written "21." Finkelstein (1895-1991) was awarded a doctorate from Columbia in 1918, became a rabbi in 1919, and, after many years as professor of theology at the Jewish Theological Seminary he was appointed Chancellor in 1951. He authored a number of books, including Tradition in the Making, Beliefs and Practices of Judaism, Pre-Maccabean Documents in the Passover Haggadah, Abot of Rabbi Nathan, (a three volume series on The Pharisees), and Akiba: Scholar, Saint and Martyr. He also edited a three volume series entitled The Jews: Their History (vol 1), Their Religion and Culture (vol 2), Their Role in Civilization (vol 3)." [Wikipedia, 2007] He was "the dominant leader of Conservative Judaism in the 20th century." Finkelstein would have been a 20-year-old student at the time of this inscription, possibly book nr 21 in his own private graduate student library. Darmesteter was a French philologist who taught at the Sorbonne; his essay "Le Talmud" was written in 1866 and published in 1890 in Reliques Scientifiques. The translation was done at a time when Henrietta Szold, a Baltimore philanthropist and ardent Zionist, was working as secrtary at the JPS. She later became one of the founders of Hadassah and its first president, as well as an executive of the World Zionist Organization, and a director of Youth Aliyah, an organization which took Jewish adolescents out of Nazi Germany and trained them in Palestine. Singerman 5147. Very good condition. Lacks half of backstrip (spine covering), otherwise Good Condition. (AMR-19-20
Stock number:19107.
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Imprint: New York, UAHC
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 0807400068. 8vo; viii, 258 pages; Kaplan was a JEWISH national president of the NAACP & activist for Racial Equality. Ex-library, otherwise Very Good Condition. (amr-19-16)
Stock number:19103.
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Imprint: New York, Bloch Publishing Co., 1925
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 120 pages; 22 cm. Published also as thesis (PH. D. ) Pennsylvania University in 1925 under title: The causes of anti-Semitism in the US. Ex-library, otherwise Very Good Condition.(k-amr-20-52)
Stock number:19073.
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Imprint: Tel-Aviv; Ha-Federatsyah, 1967
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 8vo. 388 pages. 24 cm. Edition. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Yearbook of the World Federation of Polish Jews, 1967, published in Tel Aviv. Essays on ‘Polish and Lithuanian Jewry and their method of Torah Study, by Moses Shulvass; ‘Traditional Heritage of the Polish Jews’, by S. Z. Kahane; ‘Development of the Hebrew culture in Poland’, by Samuel Rosenheck; ‘Jewish Culture in Poland before the two World Wars’, by Shlomo Schweizer; ‘Jewish Schools in Poland between the two wars’, by Arieh Tartakower; ‘The Jewish Press in Poland between the two world wars’, by David Flinker; ‘Jewish Theatre in Poland between the two World Wars’, by Itzhak Turkow-Grudberg; ‘Institute for the Sciences of Judaism in the Warsaw’, by Abraham Weiss; ‘Yeshiva Hahmei Lubliu’, by Itzhak Lewin. Edited by Arieh Tartakower (1897–1982) , sociologist, demographer, and communal leader, “founder and chairman of Hitahadut, the Labor Zionist organization in Poland, and also served as an alderman of the city of Lodz during 1938–39.” (EJ 2008) Subjects: Jews - Poland - Periodicals. OCLC lists 26 copies. Light wear to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (EE-4-22)
Stock number:32187.
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Imprint: New Haven; Yale University Press, 1981
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Publishers cloth. 8vo. XI, 373 pages. 24cm. First edition. Detailed study on the parties, tendencies, personalities, and regional disjuncts of the Zionist movements in Poland in the period 1915 to 1926. Written by Ezra Mendelsohn, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Contemporary Jewry and in Russian and East European Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. This volume was awarded the Yefroykin Prize, Hebrew University, 1979 (awarded to best manuscript on the history of the Jews in Eastern Europe) , it was also translated into Hebrew. Subjects: Zionism - Poland - History. Jews - Poland - History - 20th century. Sionisme - Pologne - Histoire. Juifs - Pologne - Histoire - 20e siècle. Zionisme. Zionismus. Geschichte 1915-1926. Poland - Ethnic relations. Light soiling to cloth, previous owners signature on endpage, otherwise fresh and clean. Good condition. (EE-4-10) Xx, Kra 1/13
Stock number:32173.
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Imprint: New York; King's Crown Press, 1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 8vo. 112 pages. 21 cm. First edition. With frontispiece fold out map. Issued also as thesis, Columbia University. The author examines the nature of the interwar Polish Jewish school system, explaining the intramural culture and political groupings in the Jewish community that maintained the various networks of this system: Cysho, tarbut, Agudah, and mizrachi. Her intention was to record the intellectual struggle and aspirations of polish Jewry while memory was still fresh. She covers ‘the emergence of the two main political forces in jewish life - the bund and the zionist movement’ and the various school systems, including the ultra-orthodox. There is discussion of the ideology and curriculum of each educational network. Subjects: Jews - Education - Poland. Light soiling to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (EE-4-1) Xx
Stock number:32163.
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Imprint: London, New York; Routledge, 2008
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers Boards. 8vo. 118pages. 24cm. First edition. Using modern social theory, David Brenner examines how German-Jewish identity was influenced by the production and consumption of popular culture. Part of the “Routledge Jewish Studies Series. ” “David A. Brenner examines how Jews in Central Europe developed one of the first ‘ethnic’ or ‘minority’ cultures in modernity. Not exclusively ‘German’ or ‘Jewish, ’ the experiences of German-speaking Jewry in the decades prior to the Third Reich and the Holocaust were also negotiated in encounters with popular culture, particularly the novel, the drama and mass media. Despite recent scholarship, the misconception persists that Jewish Germans were bent on assimilation. Although subject to compulsion, they did not become solely ‘German, ’ much less ‘European. ’ Yet their behavior and values were by no means exclusively ‘Jewish, ’ as the Nazis or other anti-Semites would have it. Rather, the German Jews achieved a peculiar synthesis between 1890 and 1933, developing a culture that was not only ‘middle-class’ but also ‘ethnic. ’ In particular, they reinvented Judaic traditions by way of a hybridized culture. Based on research in German, Israeli and American archives, German-Jewish Popular Culture before the Holocaust addresses many of the genres in which a specifically German-Jewish identity was performed, from the Yiddish theatre and Zionist humour all the way to sensationalist memoirs and Kafka’s own kitsch. This middle-class ethnic identity encompassed and went beyond religious confession and identity politics. In focusing principally on German-Jewish popular culture, this groundbreaking book introduces the beginnings of ‘ethnicity’ as we know it and live it today. ” (Publisher’s description. ) Subjects: Jews in popular culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Jews -- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. Popular culture -- Germany. Jews in popular culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Jews -- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. Popular culture -- Germany. Massenkultur. Jews in popular culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Jews -- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. Popular culture -- Germany. . Like new condition. (HOLO2-107-5) Xxxx, Y 3/13
Stock number:31983.
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Imprint: New York; American Academy For Jewish Research., 1959
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Publishers cloth. 4to. LI, 303 pages. 30 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Yidishe Gelt, "Jewish Money, " a Yiddish lexicological study on money in Jewish folkways, cultural history, and folklore; organized alphabetically according to prefix (tog-gelt; ploger-gelt, etc. ) , encompassing 674 entries; with illustrations throughout, and choice anecdotes in English and German as well; includes copious citations from Yiddish literature. The author, Isaac Rivkind (1895–1968) , was a “librarian and scholar. Rivkind was born in Lodz, Poland, and studied at the yeshivot of Volozhin and Ponevezh. During World War I and after he helped organize the Mizrachi movement of Poland. In 1917 he founded the ? E'irei Mizrachi in Lodz and in 1919–20 was a member of the Jewish National Council of Poland. In 1920 he was a delegate to the London Zionist Conference and from there proceeded to the U. S. To work on behalf of Mizrachi. In 1923 he began to work in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, eventually becoming chief of the Hebraica section. He was a co-founder of the U. S. Branch of the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO) ; on the executive of the Hebrew PEN Club of the U. S. A. ; and a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research. During World War II and in the immediate postwar years he was the national chairman in the U. S. Of the League for Religious Labor in Palestine. Rivkind was the author of significant studies and essays in many fields, notably in Jewish bibliography, ethnography and folklore, Yiddish philology, and Zionism. ” (EJ 2008) . Bound in blue cloth with gilt title, yellow book-ribbon sewn in. Subjects: Money - Folklore. Jews - Folklore. Lexicology. Yiddish Literature. Previous owners signature on endpage (David Kranzler, holocaust historian) , with hundreds of blank post it notes affixed in margins; first hinge starting, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-33-42A), Kra 1/13
Stock number:31947.
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Imprint: New York; American Academy For Jewish Research., 1959
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Publishers cloth. 4to. LI, 303 pages. 30 cm. First edition. Yidishe Gelt, "Jewish Money, " a Yiddish lexicological study on money in Jewish folkways, cultural history, and folklore; organized alphabetically according to prefix (tog-gelt; ploger-gelt, etc. ) , encompassing 674 entries; with illustrations throughout, and choice anecdotes in English and German as well; includes copious citations from Yiddish literature. The author, Isaac Rivkind (1895–1968) , was a “librarian and scholar. Rivkind was born in Lodz, Poland, and studied at the yeshivot of Volozhin and Ponevezh. During World War I and after he helped organize the Mizrachi movement of Poland. In 1917 he founded the ? E'irei Mizrachi in Lodz and in 1919–20 was a member of the Jewish National Council of Poland. In 1920 he was a delegate to the London Zionist Conference and from there proceeded to the U. S. To work on behalf of Mizrachi. In 1923 he began to work in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, eventually becoming chief of the Hebraica section. He was a co-founder of the U. S. Branch of the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO) ; on the executive of the Hebrew PEN Club of the U. S. A. ; and a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research. During World War II and in the immediate postwar years he was the national chairman in the U. S. Of the League for Religious Labor in Palestine. Rivkind was the author of significant studies and essays in many fields, notably in Jewish bibliography, ethnography and folklore, Yiddish philology, and Zionism. ” (EJ 2008) . Bound in blue cloth with gilt title, yellow book-ribbon sewn in. Subjects: Money - Folklore. Jews - Folklore. Lexicology. Yiddish Literature. Light soiling to cloth, previous owners signature on endpage, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-42)
Stock number:31946.
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Imprint: New York: Theodore Herzel Foundation., 1956.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 174 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – United States; Zionism – United States. Very good condition. (AMR-18-17)
Stock number:18907.
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Imprint: Pariz: Bikher fun Yidishn Pen-Klub, 1951
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Original Wraps. 8vo. 126 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Title on title page verso: “Heure de la poe´sie; Chou fun lid. Hour for Song; Songs and Poems, by Chaim Leib Fox “ “ (Fuks/Fuchs; 1897–1984) , Yiddish author and journalist. Born in Lodz, Fox was at the center of its Yiddish literary life, which he described in a number of essays (e. G. , ‘Dos Yidishe Literarishe Lodzh’ (‘Yiddish Literary Lodz’) , in: Fun Noentn Over, 3 (1957) , 189–284) and in his monograph Lodzh shel Mayle (‘Heavenly Lodz, ’ 1972) . During World War I Fox was a labor conscript in Germany. After a brief period in the Bund, he joined the Labor Zionist movement and, in Palestine (1936–38) , the Haganah. During World War II he was in the Soviet Union (1940–46) and thereafter lived in Lodz, Paris (1948–53) , and New York. He wrote for many periodicals and contributed over 3, 000 articles to the Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur. A poet of intense religious and national feeling, he published seven volumes of poetry (1926–82) and wrote the historical novel Gyoras Letster Veg (‘Giora's Final Road, ’ 1939) and 100 Yor Yidishe un Hebreishe Prese in Kanade (‘100 Years of Yiddish and Hebrew Press in Canada, ’ 1980) . Subjects: Yiddish Poetry. OCLC lists 22 copies. Light soiling to wraps, light tear to top and bottom of backstrip, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (YID-18-2)
Stock number:31709.
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Imprint: [Chicago]; Privately Published, 1933
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 8vo. Xx 423 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Each part preceded by leaf with half-title not included in the pagination (4 leaves) . Takes a cultural instead of chronological approach to history; bringing together the author’s opinions, descriptions of community issues, and examinations of events occuring throughout the later 19th and early 20th century. Introduction by Julian W. Mack, U. S. Judge and Zionist leader. Philip Bregstone was a “chicago lawyer, writer, and public official who was active in Jewish affairs and Zionist causes. […] Mr. Bregstone also organized Zionist groups in the Middle West and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to promote the idea of a Palestinian homeland for Jewish peoples. Meanwhile, he wrote many articles about literature and several books— ‘In Shturm von Leben’, which was published in Yiddish in 1924; ‘Chicago and Its Jews’, which was published in English 1933; and ‘Sins of Youth’, which was never published. Bregstone received much recognition during his lifetime for his literary efforts. He died on February 9, 1934 in Chicago. ” (Philip P. Bregstone Papers) Subjects: Jews -- Illinois --Chicago. Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Charities. Ex-library. Slight fraying to top and bottom of backstrip. Light wear to cloth. Very good condition. (AMR-41-45), FOG 2013-04
Stock number:31675.
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Imprint: Cape Town; City Printing Works, 1930
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 4to. 177 pages. 27 cm. First edition. With 9 leaves of plates. With frontispiece portrait of Bertha Beinkinstadt. Poem titles in Hebrew and English. Includes poems by Chaim Nachman Bialik, Saul Tchernichowsky, David Shimonowitz, Jacob Cohen, David Frischman, Simon Frug, Yehoash, and Morris Rosenfeld. With a preface from Alfred Philip Bender, rabbi of Tikvath Israel synagogue in Cape Town; with a foreword from Judah Leo Landau, a professor in Johannesburg; both the preface and foreword make repeated references to the Balfour declaration and South African Zionist politics. The translator, Bertha Beinkinstadt, was one of the first Jewish Women university students in South Africa, she was a Yiddish poet, and was the daughter of Moshe Beinkinstadt, proprietor of the oldest Jewish Bookstore in Cape Town, a long standing meeting place for Yiddish intellectuals; established in 1903, the store closed its doors in 2008; this volume was printed at City Printing Works, owned by Moshe Beinkinstadt since 1910. Attractively bound in blue cloth. Subjects: Hebrew poetry - Translations into English. Yiddish poetry - Translations into English. Institutional stamps on endpages, bumped edges of cloth, otherwise fresh. Good + condition. (SPEC-36-38A)
Stock number:31601.
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Imprint: New York: Shulsinger Bros., 1949
Binding: Hardback
8vo. 22 pages. In English. An address given by Poale Zion at a Forum of the Labor Zionist Organization of America. In good condition. (AMR-27-48) .
Stock number:31533.
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Imprint: Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society., 1970
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
4to. Xii, 448 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Connecticut – Hartford – history. “Born in Newburgh, N. Y. , Silverman was ordained rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1922. From 1923 to 1961 he served as rabbi of the Emanuel Synagogue in Hartford, Conn. , and was a leader in virtually every aspect of Jewish life, prominently active in civic affairs, civil rights, interfaith activities, and Zionist work. He built the synagogue into one of the dominant congregations of New England and served with Hartford colleagues who also enjoyed long and distinguished tenures in the rabbinate. His greatest influence on North American Jewry was through his role as a liturgical innovator and editor. Silverman began creating preliminary and experimental editions of various prayer books and booklets in the early 1930s . He eventually produced nationally distributed editions of twelve liturgical works, most published by the Prayer Book Press, which was established in Hartford to encourage dissemination of his work. ” (EJ, 2007) Has edge-worn dust jacket. Owner's name on fly leaf, very good condition. (AMR-34-39)
Stock number:31524.
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Imprint: Longmeadow, Mass. : Jewish Geriatric Services., 1998
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
8vo. Xx, 138 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism – Massachusetts; Jews – United States – history. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. CONTENTS: A history of Zionism in Greater Springfield; Springfield remembers historical moments; Supporting Palestine and Israeli independence; Religious education and family background; How I got involved in Zionism; What Israel means to me; Ethics and values; Timeline of world, Zionist and Springfield history. “As of 2005, Springfield and its suburbs had a total population of 251, 000, including an estimated 10, 000 Jews, a figure largely unchanged in the past quarter-century. Jews did not begin to settle in Springfield in large numbers until the East European immigration of the 1880s, though individual Jews were recorded in the city previously, among them Leopold Karpeles (1838–1909) , a Congressional Medal of Honor winner in the Civil War who lived in Springfield before the war. The first synagogues – B'nai Jacob and Beth Israel – were organized in 1891–92, and within a decade five other Orthodox congregations were established to serve the rapidly growing community, whose numbers increased from about 300 to 3, 000 between 1901 and 1907 alone. YMHA was organized in 1905 and a Jewish Home for the Aged in 1912. ” (EJ, 2007) Fine condition. (AMR-34-37) xx
Stock number:31522.
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Imprint: New York: United Synagogue Commission On Jewish Education., 1965
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. X, 114 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Schechter, Solomon, 1847-1915. CONTENTS; The world outside; Vienna, then Berlin; And then England; A home of his own; The great treasure hunt; The treasure goes to England; The mysterious Jewish kingdom; Farewell to England; The blank page; The seminary goes forward; The scholar; The Zionist; The United Synagogue; In a world at war; The burning bush. Schechter (1847-1915) , born in Rumania, was president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Before that he taught in England at Cambridge University and University College, London. “His fame rests on the scholarly recovery of the Cairo Genizah. It created a sensation in the world of scholarship, and in its wake Jewish history and the history of Mediterranean society were and are being rewritten. Over one hundred thousand manuscripts and manuscript fragments were brought to England and presented to Cambridge University by Schechter and Charles Taylor, the master of St. John's College who had made Schechter's trip possible. ” He became president of the JTSA in 1902, and held that position for the rest of his life; he was also an early Conservative leader. (EJ, Ben-Horin) Has dust jacket. Ex library. Very good condition. (AMR-34-35)
Stock number:31520.
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Imprint: Kansas City, Mo. : Jewish Community Foundation Of Greater Kansas City ; Waltham, Mass. : American Jewish Historical Society., 1982
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
8vo. Xvii, 405 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Missouri – Kansas City; Judaism – Missouri – Kansas City; Kansas City (Mo. ) -- ethnic relations. CONTENTS: The consensus of “civil Judaism”: the religious life of Kansas City Jewry, by Joseph P. Schultz; Transmitting the heritage: Jewish education in Kansas City, by Bella E. Schultz; The Zionist spectrum, by Carla L. Klausner; Seeking the welfare of the city: a survey of public relations, economics, and social and civic activity, by Howard F. Sachs; Jewish journalism in Kansas City, by Judith M. Firestone; The highest degree of tzedakah: Jewish philanthropy in Kansas City, 1870-1933, by Bella E Schultz; New beginnings in the heart of America: organized resettlement in Kansas City, by Sharon Lowenstein; Jewish self-government in Kansas City: the origins and ascendancy of the federation, 1933-19946; The demographic perspective, by Avron C. Heiligman. “Kansas City, Missouri [is the] commercial and industrial center on the Missouri River opposite Kansas City, Kansas; Jewish population totaled approximately 19, 000 or 1.1 percent of the total city population which is listed as 2, 692, 000 (2005) . As early as 1839 several Jews had found their way to the settlement of Wyandotte, Missouri, which was not renamed "Kansas City" until 1889. Among the earliest Jewish residents were Herman and Benjamin Ganz, Henry Miller, and Lewis Hammerslough. During the Civil War, 12 Jews served in the local home guard and another, Lieutenant Colonel Reuben E. Hershfield, was commander of nearby Fort Leavenworth. ” (EJ, 2007) Inscribed to Harry Starr by Joseph Schultz and two others. Has dust jacket. Very good condition. (AMR-34-31)
Stock number:31516.
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Imprint: New York, 1927
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
8vo. 5, 225, [2] pages. In English. Contents: The sermon. --Pastoral duties. --The religious school. --The child and the synagogue. --The synagogue center. --Administrative duties. --The rabbi as scholar and teacher. --The community-at-large. --The problem of chaplaincy. --The wife of the rabbi. SUBJECT (S) : Synagogues -- Administration and organization. Note(s) : Preface signed: Israel Goldstein, president New York Board of Jewish Ministers. Goldstein, (1896–1986) , was a U. S. Conservative rabbi and a Zionist. He was born in Philadelphia, received his Jewish education at Yeshiva Mishkan Israel and Gratz College, studying for a time at a ? Eder in Riga. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (1914) and ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1918. He received his D. H. L. From the Seminary as well (1927) . In that year he was appointed rabbi of the prominent Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New York, where he served until 1961. Begun in 1825, B'nai Jeshurun was one of the oldest congregations in New York and badly in need of revitalization. Goldstein instituted late Friday evening services, expanded its school and educational outreach, and began the community center directed by Louis Levitsky. During his four decades of leadership, he established B'nai Jeshurun as a respected and progressive congregation. An ardent Zionist, Goldstein was president of the Jewish National Fund of America (1933–43) , and vice president (1934–43) and president (1943–45) of the Zionist Organization of America, and enjoyed the reputation of an outstanding orator and administrator. (EJ, Staff) Ex library in very good condition (AMR-34-2)
Stock number:31489.
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Imprint: New York : Hebrew Publishing Co., 1909.
Binding: Hardcover
16mo. 237 pages. In Yiddish. Volume two (of three) only. English title: Masliansky's speeches for Sabbaths and holidays. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons, Yiddish – United States. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Univ of Alberta, McGill Univ, Univ of Illinois) . Masliansky was born in Russia in 1856, and received a rabbinical education. He taught and preached in Pinsk, Yekaterinoslaf and Odessa. In the early 18902, he devoted himself to preaching a Zionist message in Russia, after meeting M. L. Lilienblum. In 1895 he moved to the United States, where he founded the newspaper Yiddishe Welt and continued to lecture. (JE) Good condition. (AMR-35-15)
Stock number:31397.
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Imprint: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1977
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 455 pages. In English. SUBJECT (S) : Zionists -- United States -- Biography. Jews -- United States -- Biography. Judaism. Yiddish literature -- History and criticism. Jews in literature. Samuel, Maurice, 1895-1972. Samuel (1895–1972) , was a U. S. Author and translator. Born in Macin, Rumania, Samuel spent his boyhood in Manchester, England, migrating to the U. S. In 1914. At home in both Jewish and Anglo-American culture, he tried to maintain an equilibrium between both, but before long saw dangers in this bi-cultural experience. (EJ, Liptzin) In good condition. (AMR-30-7)
Stock number:31373.
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Imprint: Paris: Plon., 1967.
Binding: Hardcover
12mo. 370 pages. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Soviet Union; Zionist – biography; Statesmen – Israel – biography; Juifs – Russie. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (McGill Univ. , Univ. Laval) . Tsur (also Tchernowitz) (1906–1990) was an “Israel diplomat and Zionist leader. Born in Vilna, the son of Samuel Tchernowitz, Tsur settled in Erez Israel in 1921. He was educated in Jerusalem and the universities of Paris and Florence”(EJ) . Very good condition. (FR-1-3) 
Stock number:18273.
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Imprint: 1956.
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 157, 73 pages. In Hebrew and English. SUBJECT (S) : Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Federbusch (1892–1969) was a rabbi, author, and Zionist leader. “He was born in Narol, Galicia. He was ordained by prominent rabbis in Poland before World War I and also received a rabbinical degree from the Vienna Israelitisch-Theologische Lehranstalt in 1923. He settled in Lvov (Lemberg) and was a member of the Polish Sejm (parliament) from 1922 to 1928, and vigorously supported legislation for Jewish education and for the rehabilitation of Jewish war victims. Active in the Mizrachi movement from his student days, Federbusch helped found Ha-Po'el ha-Mizrachi and was president of the Mizrachi Organization of Galicia from 1924 to 1930. In 1930 he became rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of Helsinki, Finland, and the following year was elected chief rabbi of Finland. In 1940 he moved to New York City, where he was rabbi and principal of the Yeshiva Rabbi Israel Salanter (Bronx) , a position he held until his death. He was president of Ha-Po'el Ha-Mizrachi of America from 1942 to 1948. From 1944 he was chairman of the Histadrut Ivrit. He was a member of the executive of Brit Ivrit Olamit ("The World Hebrew Union") , the executive of the World Jewish Congress, the World Zionist Actions Committee, the World Mizrachi Council, and the presidium of the World Federation of Polish Jews. (Hadas, EJ) Good condition; with dust jacket with some small tear and darkening on spine. (RAB-11-3)
Stock number:18231.
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Imprint: New York : Philip Cohen., 1900.
Binding: Hardcover
12mo. Viii, 138 pages. Third edition. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism – study and teaching. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Hebrew Union College, Jewish National & Univ Library) . CONTENTS: Introductory; System of doctrines; System of duties; Religious observance; Appendix A; Appendix B. Kohler (1843-1926) was born in Bavaria and received his doctorate in 1867. "His university studies had shattered Kohler's Orthodoxy and his doctoral thesis, Der Segen Jacobs, took such a radical viewpoint that no rabbinic position was open to him. " In 1869, at the suggestion of Abraham Geiger, Kohler moved to the United States, leading congregations first in Detroit, Chicago and New York. An anti-Zionist, active member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and president of Hebrew Union College, he was a Reform leader. "[In 1885, ] replying to attacks by Alexander Kohut, he published a series of sermons entitled Backward or Forward (1885) . The outcome was his convening of the Pittsburg Conference of Reform rabbis and its adoption of a radical program on the basis of Kohler's draft. In 1903 Kohler was appointed president of Hebrew Union College and set about immediately to improve the curriculum and to bring fresh talent to the faculty. Upon his retirement, Kohler received the title of president emeritus. " (Temkin, EJ) Corners bumped, pages clean. Good+ condition. (AMR-41-40-D)
Stock number:31340.
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Imprint: Warsaw: Bi-Defus Shuldberg. Http://Www.danwymanbooks.com/Hebrew/Heb-6-1.jpg, 1904.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
8vo. 540 pages. In Hebrew. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism; Sokolow, Nahum, 1859-1936. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Sokolow (1859-1936) was born and educated in Poland. The command of diverse languages and literary traditions he acquired through both a religious and a secular education served him well in his later life. He began writing for newspapers in the 1870s, particularly about science and current affairs. Though he at first held reservations concerning Zionism, after the First Zionist Congress and meeting Theodore Herzel, Sokolow supported the movement, and was soon the secretary, and then later president, of the World Zionist Organization. After each visit to Palestine, he published his impressions, and along with personal meetings in The U. S. , Canada, England and elsewhere, won Zionism many supporters. (Kressel, EJ) Pages darkened around the edges, ex library with usual markings, has been very nicely rebound, very good condition. (HEB-6-1)
Stock number:31303.
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Imprint: [Tel Aviv]; Moledet, 1934
Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 8vo. 192, [4] pages. 20 cm. Second Hebrew edition, revised. “A Short History of Modern Hebrew Literature (1781-1934) ”, updated and expanded from the 1920 first Hebrew edition (comprising a translation of the 1900 Russian edition, “Novo-evreiskai’a’ literature”) . Joseph Gedaliah Klausner (1874–1958) , “literary critic, historian, and Zionist…. He took an active part in the Va'ad ha-Lashon, the Academy of the Hebrew Language, first as scientific secretary, then as editor of its proceedings, and later as president. He continued to act as editor of Ha-Shilo'ah when it was revived in Erez Israel…. When the Hebrew University was established, to his disappointment he was not appointed to the chair of Jewish history, as his views were considered too secular, but was appointed to the chair of Hebrew literature. It was only in 1944, at the age of 70, that he was appointed to the chair of the History of the Second Temple, endowed by his friends and admirers. From 1950 until shortly before his death he acted as editor in chief of the Encyclopaedia Hebraica and was responsible for volumes 2–5 and 7–8. He published his autobiography in 1946 (enlarged edition 1955) . […] Despite his own methodological deficiencies and the fact that great progress has since been made in methods of literary criticism, Klausner's work remains a notable landmark in modern Hebrew literary criticism. ” (EJ 2007) Subjects: Hebrew literature, Modern - History and criticism. OCLC lists 14 copies. Light wear to cloth, pages aged, with some brittle edges and folded corners, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (MX-36-16)
Stock number:31180.
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Imprint: London: Hoypt?buro Funm K?eren-Ha-Yesod, 1922
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original wraps. 8vo. 32 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Early British Zionist pamphlet on Chalutzim (Pioneers) in Eretz Yisroel, published by Karen Hayesod in London; written by “Shamai Pinsky (Kiev 1882 – Jerusalem 1941) poet, journalist, Zionist activist. Active in London and Romania. Moved to Jerusalem in 1939.” (National Library of Israel archives) Subjects: Halutzim. OCLC lists 4 copies (Bar Ilan, Ben Gurion, Natl Libr Israel, Univ Haifa) , none outside Israel. Edges worn to wraps, minor chipping to edges of back wrap, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (MX-36-2), Kra 1/13
Stock number:31166.
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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.
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Imprint: Wurzburg, N. Philippi, 1905
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
8vo 8" - 9" tall; Paper wrappers, 480 pages. In German. "Unter Mitwirkung von Autoritäten aller Konfessionen hrsg. Von Lazar Schön." Scarce, F. Von. Judaea (gedicht) --Geleitwort des herausgebers. --Zum programm des zionismus. --Palästinafragen. --Stimmen über dr, Theodor Herzl. --Für und wider den zionismus. --Christliche stimmen über den zionismus. --Zionismus und kultur. --Zionismus und religion. --Der zionismus und die frauen. --Zur geschichte des zionismus. --Zionistiche literatur. --Vermischtes. Back-cover missing, front cover detached, but present, missing corners, spine absent. Corners bumped and binding loose, but all pages are clear, no text loss. Overall good condition. (HOLO2-98-32), LBI 12/12
Stock number:31144.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Binding: Hardcover
New York: Philosophical Library, 1951. Cloth. 8vo. 300 pages. A fundamental study in the underlying causes of antagonism, hatred and violence as it exists in anti-Semitism. The author was President, General Zionist Org. In Israel. Bernstein (Fritz; 1890–1971) was a “Zionist leader, publicist, and Israel politician. Bernstein, who was born in Meiningen, Germany, studied commerce. From 1930 to 1935 he was chief editor of the Dutch Zionist weekly, in which he fought for "unconditional Zionism, " both in relations with non-Jews and in debate with the socialist and the religious Zionists. In Jew-Hate as a Sociological Problem he tried to prove that anti-Semitism is a sociological phenomenon which cannot be eliminated by better knowledge, by persuasion, or by education. He also rejected the theory that the Jews in the Diaspora have negative traits which encourage anti-Semitism. Bernstein was a member of the Knesset from its inception until 1965, and minister of commerce and industry in 1948–49 and from 1952 to 1955. When the Liberal Party was established he was elected one of its two presidents. Following the party split in 1964, he became honorary president of the larger faction which retained the name of the Liberal Party. Bernstein continued his journalistic activities during his political career. He often opposed the left wing in his articles and advocated a business-oriented policy” (Jozeph Michman [Melkman] in EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Antisemitism. Gilt lettering on cover. Small tag from ZOA Book and Gift Shop tipped in. Small stain to edge of textblock. Top edge blue. Dustjacket shows some creasing and bumping to edges. Dustjacket is in Good condition. Book is in Very Good condition. (SEF-5-5).
Stock number:17893.
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Imprint: 1920
Binding: Paperback
Frankfurt a. M. : J. Kauffmann, 1920. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 63 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Yeshiva Univ, Univ of Pennsylvania, Univ of Pennsylvania Ctr Judaic Studies, Jewish Nat & Univ, Die Deutsche nationalbibliothek) . Some slight bumping and chipping to edges. Ex-library with minimal markings. Rear cover shaken. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (GERA-12-3).
Stock number:17779.
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Imprint: Tel-Aviv: Y.L. Perets, 1965
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo. , 135 pages. In Yiddish. 40 Years of Papiernikov in the Land of Israel. SUBJECT (S) : Papyernikov, Yosef -- Criticism and interpretation. Published by Yidishn literatn un zshurnalistn-farayn in Yisro'el. Papiernikov, Joseph (1897–1993) , was a “Yiddish poet. Born in Warsaw, he attended a Russian secondary school. Because of his fine voice and sensitive ear for music, he was accepted as choir boy by Cantor Gershon Sirota in the Tlomacka Synagogue in Warsaw. At an early age he joined the Left Po'alei Zion party, which supported the development of a modern Yiddish literature, and there he found the first audience for his lyrics. In 1924 he immigrated to Palestine, where he remained except for an extended sojourn in Poland (1929–33) . After his first poem was published in 1918, his melodious poetry, with its rich imagery and folklike quality, was welcomed in numerous Yiddish journals in Poland and other countries, and his lyric "Zol Zayn az Ikh Boy in der Luft Mayne Shleser" ("I Build my Castles in the Air") , to which he also composed the music, became a popular folk song. Eight collections of Papiernikov's poems were printed before World War II, including In Zunikn Land ("In the Sunny Land, " 1927) and Far Mir un far Ale ("For Me and the Others, " 1936) and a volume of his translations of S. Essenin's poetry (1933) . A faithful lyric recorder of the hardships of the pioneers in the Jewish home-land, Papiernikov's post-Holocaust poetry, short stories, and memoirs, which were collected in several volumes, have a more elegiac tonality. He was honored with several literary awards, and a volume of tributes to him was published on the 40th anniversary of his settling in Israel: 40 Yor Papiernikov in Erets-Yisroel (1965) ” (Biletzky, EJ, 2007) . Other Titles: ? Fertsik yor Papyernikov in Erets-Yisro'el, Fercik Yor Papiernikow in Erez Israel. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (YID-17-7)
Stock number:30897.
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Imprint: London, Soncino Press, 1960
Binding: Hardcover
Very Good Condition in Good Jacket; 8vo; 120 pages; (rab-3-9)
Stock number:17663.
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Imprint: New York: Vokhnblat, 1955
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 8vo. , 192 pages. In Yiddish. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Biography. Other Titles: Builders and creators of my generation. Includes sections on 17 individuals who helped to create the State of Israel. With photographs. Published by Farlag “Wochenblat”. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (YID-17-5)
Stock number:30895.
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Imprint: Nyu-York, Geverkshaftn Kampayn farn Arbentendn Erets Yisroel, 1946
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 8vo. , xvii, 300 pages. In Yiddish. “A quarter of a century of the Histadruth”. “HISTADRUT (abbreviation of Ha-Histadrut ha-Kelalit shel ha-Ovedim be-Ere? Israel, the General Federation of Labor in Israel; until 1966, Ha-Histadrut ha-Kelalit shel ha-Ovedim ha-Ivriyyim be-Ere? Israel, the General Federation of Jewish Labor) , founded in 1920… the largest labor union and the largest voluntary organization in Israel and largest Jewish labor organization in the world. In 1969 it had a membership of 1, 038, 653, including housewives and members of its working youth organization, Ha-No'ar ha-Oved. Excluding the two latter categories, its membership was 719, 937, approximately 75% of the labor force in Israel. By 1985 it numbered 1.5 million members, who together with their families included 2.5 million people. From 1995, after the election of Haim Ramon as secretary general, the Histadrut underwent radical changes in its organization and operation” (Medzini & Gilboa, EJ, 2007) . Very good condition. (YID-17-4)
Stock number:30894.
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Imprint: Buenos Aires: Kium, 1956
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 8vo. , 260 pages. In Yiddish. “With the Second Aliyah (Memoirs) ”. Added title in Spanish: Con La Segunda “Alia” (Memorias) . Ben-Zvi (Shimshelevich) , Izhak (1884–1963) , was a “Labor leader in the Yishuv, historian, Israeli politician, second president of the State of Israel; member of the First and Second Knessets. Ben-Zvi was born in Poltava, Ukraine, the eldest son of ? Evi Shimshelevich. He visited Ere? Israel for the first time in 1904 for a period of two months. He entered the University of Kiev in 1905, but studies were interrupted due to a general strike....Ben-Zvi settled in Ere? Israel at the beginning of 1907. In the same year he was a Po'alei Zion delegate from Ere? Israel to the Eighth Zionist Congress held in The Hague. He participated in the founding of the Bar Giora organization in Jaffa in 1907, and in 1909 of Ha-Shomer , along with Rahel Yanait (Ben-Zvi) , who had settled in Ere? Israel in 1908, and was to become his wife in 1918...In 1910 Ben-Zvi, together with Ra? El Yanait, Ze'ev Ashur, and others, founded the first Hebrew socialist periodical in Ere? Israel, A? Dut ("Unity") . Upon the outbreak of World War I, Ben-Zvi interrupted his studies at the University of Constantinople and returned to Ere? Israel. During the persecution of Jews by Jamal Pasha, the Ottoman governor, A? Dut was closed down, and Ben-Zvi, together with David Ben-Gurion, was imprisoned. They were both deported, and eventually made their way to New York. There they founded in 1915 the He-? Alutz movement of America...After the establishment of the State of Israel, Ben-Zvi was elected as a Mapai member to the First and Second Knessets. Upon the death of President Chaim Weizmann in 1952, he was elected president of the State. He was elected to a second term in 1957, and to a third term in 1962. He died in office on April 23, 1963...Ben-Zvi headed the Institute for the Study of Oriental Jewish Communities in the Middle East, which he founded in 1948, and which was renamed the Ben-Zvi Institute in 1952. His research on the history of the people of Israel was a lifelong endeavor. The scholarly works that he published were devoted mainly to research on communities and sects (such as the Samaritans, Karaites, Shabbateans, Jewish communities in Asia and Africa, the mountain Jews, and others) and to the geography of Ere? Israel, its ancient populations, its antiquities, and its traditions. He was also a prolific journalist, publishing articles under his own name as well as under various pseudonyms” (Shazar, EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (YID-17-2)
Stock number:30892.
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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.
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. Cloth; 8vo. X, 308 pages. First printing. With bibliographical footnotes and index. Impact on American Jewish life of new immigration quotas, changes in leadership in Zionist movement, and garment industry unionization. Contents including: In Alien Corn (1921-1930) ; Catastrophe and Triumph (1930-1948) ; The Native and His Ancestors (1948-1967) . 1921 was year the U. S. Imposed stringent immigrant quotas. Has jacket that is browned and has a stain on the back. Very good condition. (AMR-26-1)
Stock number:30719.
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Imprint: New York, World Jewish Congress, 1975
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers
Small 8vo; 45 pages; An unusual item Consists of a preferatory note by Shulamit Nardi; an initial presentation by Fackenheim; "Discussion" by Arthur D. Morse, Piotr Rawicz, Manes Sperber, and Alfred Kazin; a Reply by Fackenheim; and Closing Remarks by Zalman Shazar. (HOLO2-98-27)
Stock number:30675.
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Binding: Paperback
No publisher (the author? ) , 1924. Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 15 pages. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Palestine. Palestine -- Description and travel. OCLC lists copies at 5 institutions worldwide (Yale, Louisville, Yeshiva, Penn, JNUL) Rubbing to front cover, otherwise Very Good condition. (P-2-20) xx
Stock number:17485.
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Imprint: New York; Posy-Shoulson Press, 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
(FT) Suede wraps. 4to. [4], 171, [2], 23 pages. 28 cm. First edition. In Yiddish and English. Added title-page: Ten years Artef; published for the tenth anniversary of the Artef, March, 1937. Extensively illustrated publication for the tenth year anniversary of the radical Yiddish theatre company: “Artef, the radical Yiddish dramatic troupe based in New York during the heyday of the Yiddish theater in America. Begun in the mid-1920s as a study group of amateur worker-actors (at one time there were nine separate studios with over 120 students) , in the 1930s the troupe went professional, putting on at least two and often three new plays per season. With such plays as Jacob Mostel's Strike, Shmuel Godiner's Jim Kooperkop, Avrum Vevioka's Diamonds, and Maxim Gorky's Egor Bulychev and Dostigaev and Others, Artef spread propaganda to the masses. … Ideologically Artef was far left; its hope was a Communist society here in America. As a troupe, its role was ‘agit-prop, ’ to agitate and propagandize, to serve as the cultural representative of radical workers. In fact, most of its tickets were pre-sold through worker unions and, at least in its early years, Artef gave presentations at political events. Its first large-scale production was Mass Play and Ballet of the Russian Revolution, which appeared at the Lenin memorial celebration in Madison Square Garden on January 21, 1928. … Artef's greatest artistic and commercial successes were connected with the talented productions of director Benno Schneider. Schneider, who had been active in the Zionist Habima troupe in Moscow, wed aesthetic excellence to revolutionary ideology with his interpretation of Aristocrats, an adaptation of Sholem Aleichem's Mentshn. Incidentally, Schneider earned such a positive reputation with Artef that he received offers to direct on Broadway, a promotion that cost the radical Yiddish theater dearly. The end of the Artef was gradual, and its causes were closely associated with the reduced role of Yiddish in American life. But there were bright lights before the darkness. During the ‘days of the Popular Front, ’ when the Communists formed associations with less radical leftist parties, the Artef attracted a larger audience, which led to an optimistic expansion that later was responsible for huge financial losses. The darkness occurred at the end of the thirties, when the number of Yiddish speakers began to diminish. The last performance of the Artef was on July 7, 1941. (Review by Dr. Brian Horowitz of “Yiddish Proletarian Theatre: The Art and Politics of the Artef, 1925–1940” written by Edna Nahshon) . Many of the actors and directors in Artef went on to establish solid careers on Broadway, Hollywood, and for those blacklisted, overseas. Subjects: Arbeiter theatre verband, New York. Jewish theater. Theater - New York (State) - New York. Artef - Anniversaries, etc. OCLC lists 29 copies worldwide. With previous owners bookstamp on endpage; that of Wolf Mercur, a playwright, actor, and director in Yiddish films and on Broadway. Very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (ART-18-15)
Stock number:30507.
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Binding: Paperback
New York: B'rith Rishonim, 1964. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 11 pages. Part of the series: A Galaxy of American Zionist Rishonim. Description of contents. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism-United States; Louis Lipsky (1876-1963) . OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Spine very slightly sunned. Otherwise in Very Good condition-a beautiful copy. (AMRN-14-11) .
Stock number:17440.
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Hartford, Connecticut: Beth Israel Pulpit, 1931. Cloth. 12mo. 96 pages. First edition. "A U. S. Reform rabbi, Feldman was born in Kiev, Ukraine, immigrating to New York in 1906. He was ordained at Hebrew Union College (1918) . Rabbi Feldman led Congregation Beth Israel of Hartford, Conn. , from 1925. A distinguished leader in state and communal affairs, he has also been prominent in rabbinical circles and was president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis during 1947-49. Rabbi Feldman wrote Why I am a Zionist (1945) and American Reform Rabbi (1965) , as well as many articles" (Goodman, EJ) . SUBJECT(S) : American Jewish Sermons. Small area of chipping to bottom of spine. Corners mildly bumped. Some rubbing to covers. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (AMRN-13-20).
Stock number:17427.
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Imprint: Baltimore: Friedenwald Company, 1904
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
8vo. 142 pages. First edition. "The following paper was written at the invitation of the Executive Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (under the date of October 20, 1903) and read in substance before that body in the city of Detroit, July 1, 1903." Published by the Central conference of American Rabbis. "A U. S. Biblical and Semitic scholar born in Russia, Margolis received a thorough training in Bible and Talmud as well as in modern sciences and languages in his native country and in Berlin. In 1889 he went to the United States. His first field of specialization was the text-criticism of the Talmud to which his dissertation was devoted. In 1897 he went to the University of California at Berkeley to teach Semitic languages and in 1905 returned to the Hebrew Union College as professor of biblical exegesis. He resigned from the Hebrew Union College in 1910, after he and other faculty members differed with the College president regarding educational philosophy and Zionism-Margolis was a strong Zionist. He went to Europe to complete his work on his pioneering and still classic Manual of the Aramaic Language of the Babylonian Talmud, which appeared both in English and in German (1910) . The Jewish Publication Society chose Margolis to be secretary of the Board of Editors and editor-in-chief of their new translation of the Bible into English. To this major task he devoted himself until 1917. The book by which he is perhaps most widely known is a one-volume History of the Jewish People (1927, 19622) written in collaboration with Alexander Marx. Within the confines of a single volume the multitude of details of nearly 40 centuries of Jewish history were compressed with conciseness, clarity, and completeness. Moreover, the entire work is informed by a broad philosophic grasp of the subject, a rare balance and objectivity of treatment, and a warm love for the Jewish people and its heritage" (Gordis, EJ) . SUBJECT(S) : Judaism. Covers missing. Title page detached but present. Some pencil marginalia. Chipping to a few pages at the front of the book. Spine covering partially present. Otherwise in Good condition. (AMRN-13-17).
Stock number:17424.
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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.
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Imprint: Buenos Aires, Editorial ICUF, 1963
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. Small 8vo. 276 pages. Ports. 21 cm. In Spanish. Title translates to English as, “Janus Korczak: Teacher and Martyr. ”Korczak was a Polish author, educator, and social worker. Born into a wealthy and assimilated Warsaw family, qualified as a physician and soon became interested in the poor, working as a volunteer in summer camps for underprivileged children. In 1911 he became the head of a new Jewish orphanage in Warsaw. His educational approach, revolutionary in its time, gave children a system of self-government and the opportunity of producing their own newspaper, Maly Przeglad ("Little Journal") , which appeared as a weekly supplement to the Zionist daily Nasz Przeglad (1920–39) . His success prompted the authorities to secure his aid in establishing a parallel non-Jewish orphanage near Warsaw. With the rise of Hitler and the spread of antisemitism, Korczak's Jewish consciousness deepened and he became Poland's non-Zionist representative on the Jewish Agency. After the Nazi invasion of Poland, he strove to protect the orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto, to which it had been transferred in 1940, and rescued many other hapless youngsters. ” He was sent to Treblinka, along with 200 of his orphans, where he died. –EJ, 2007. Translated by Esther G. De Adin from the original Polish, “Janus Korczak. ”Spine repaired and reinforced with tape. Some wear to covers. Small gauging to edges of last 20 pages, but no loss of text. Good Condition. (HOLO2-93-21)
Stock number:30249.
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Binding: Paperback
New York: New Century Publishers, 1946. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 32 pages. "The communist position on Palestine in 1946. Denouncing both British and American imperialism in Palestine, the author urges the unity of Jewish and Arab leaders and a joint struggle for independence and freedom. He attacks Zionist propaganda and philosophy, Jewish terrorism in Palestine, and partition schemes. " (Seidman M283) SUBJECT(S) : Palestine-Politics and Government. OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Binding is reinforced with clear tape. Many edges are taped as well. Chipping to first few pages with some text loss. Pages are brittle and browned. Otherwise in good condition. (AMRN-6-51).
Stock number:17212.
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Binding: Paperback
Cincinnati: 1952. Paper Wrappers, 8vo. 15 pages. An address delivered at the founders' day exercises of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, March 29, 1952. Brickner was a youthful orator in the Zionist circles of New York's Lower East Side. He was later the president of the Toronto Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and the editor of the Canadian Jewish Review. After moving to Cincinnati in 1925 he lead a congregation and later became president of the Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education and continued his Zionist activities (Temkin, EJ) . OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Covers are slightly faded in places. Otherwise in very good condition. (AMRN-6-2) . Scarce.
Stock number:17163.
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Imprint: New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary, 1909
Binding: Paperback
Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 29 pages. Schechter was a rabbinic scholar and president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Born in Rumania, he moved to Britain in 1882 and there became a spokesman for Jewish traditionalism. In 1901 he moved to New York and became the president of the Seminary. During his tenure the Seminary became one of the most important centers of Jewish learning and Jewish and intellectual revival. He regarded Zionism as a bulwark against assimilation and in 1913 attended the 11th Zionist Congress in Vienna. He is regarded as the chief architect of Conservative Judaism in the United States (Horin EJ) . SUBJECT(S) : American Poltical, Government History, Biography, President Lincoln. Edgewear and some mild discoloration to covers. Otherwise in very good conditioin. (AMRN-5-13B)
Stock number:17154.
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Imprint: New York: American Jewish Congress,, 1923
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 12mo. 52 pages. First edition. Mr. Zangwill's address on the occasion of the luncheon given to the delegates by Mr. Nathan Straus. Zangwill, an English author, was born in London of a poor Russian immigrant family. He was educated at the Jews' Free School in the East End of London and later became a teacher there. Early on in his career he wrote short humorous stories. His later work, however, reflected his serious intellectual and spiritual concern with Jewish existence in the Diaspora. His most famous work was Children of the Ghetto, which reflected his experiences growing up and also his work in the East End. Zangwill was also involved in women's suffrage and pacifism during World War I. In 1895 he met Theodor Herzl in London and immediately became a follower of Zionism. He was more interested in Jewish nationhood than Jewish land and he abandoned official Zionism after the Seventh Zionist Congress in 1905 rejected the Uganda offer. After that he founded the Jewish Territorial Organization, which was dedicated to the creation of a Jewish territory, not necessarily in Palestine (Fisch, EJ) . SUBJECT(S) : Zionism. Very good condition. (AMRN-3-1) .
Stock number:17111.
$US 100.00
Edition: First Edition
Fort Wayne, Indiana: Indiana Jewish Historical Society, 1975. Paperback. 8vo. 44 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Zionists-Biography; Jews-Indiana-Fort Wayne-Social Conditions. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. YIVO stamp on title page. Black and white portrait of Baum facing title page. In excellent condition. (AMRN-2-8) .
Stock number:17084.
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Berlin-Charlottenburg: Verlag Zionistisches Zentralbureau, 1908. Cloth; 8vo. Viii, 293 pages. Limp binding; gilt titles. First edition. In German. "Herausgegeben, mit Unterstützung zahlreicher sachverständiger Mitarbeiter, von der Zionistischen Vereinigung für Deutschland. " Illustrated with tables. Eleven pages of advertisements at end. The Z. V. D. (Zionist Federation of Germany) was one of the most important Jewish organizations in Germany before WWII. They published the Jüdische Rundschau, the leading Jewish paper in Germany. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism. Zionism -- Dictionaries. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Edgeworn, especially at head and tail of spine. Flyleaves soiled. Some notation in pencil on table of contents and rear flyleaf. Binding tight. Interior in very good condition. (GER-9-8)
Stock number:16919.
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Imprint: New York, 1969/70
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 12mo, illustrated, 30-70 pages per issue, in English, Serial Publication. First Edition. Judaean Leaves include the issues Vol.15, 1-5. Includes also two issues of The Literary Magazine Ma’ayan (one smaller, 8vo) and Leader’s Guide. Founded in 1909, Young Judaea is the oldest Zionist youth movement in the United States. It seeks to build Jewish identity and Zionist commitment in American Jewish youth and young adults (from their own website youngjudaea.org) SUBJECT(S) : Jews --- youth --- Zionism. OCLC lists 7 other copies worldwide. Shelf wear to covers, otherwise very good condition (YIDCHI-5-51)
Stock number:29825.
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Imprint: New York, 1961-1964
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 12mo, illustrated, 30-40 pages per issue, in English, Serial Publication. First Edition. Include the issues Vol.8, 1-5, Vol. 9, 1-2, Vol.10, 1 and Vol. 11, 1 Founded in 1909, Young Judaea is the oldest Zionist youth movement in the United States. It seeks to build Jewish identity and Zionist commitment in American Jewish youth and young adults (from their own website youngjudaea.org) SUBJECT(S) : Jews --- youth --- Zionism. OCLC lists 7 other copies worldwide. Shelf wear to covers, otherwise very good condition (YIDCHI-5-50)
Stock number:29824.
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Imprint: New York, N. Y. : Young Judaean, Inc., 1950-51
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 8vo, 24 pages per issue, in English. First Edition. Issued monthly from October to June. Includes a monthly review of Jewish events. "A magazine for Jewish youth. " Young Judaea (founded in 1909) is a Zionist movement that runs programs throughout the United States for Jewish youth in grades 2-12. SUBJECT(S) : Jews --- youth --- Zionism. OCLC lists 10 other copies worldwide. Shelf wear to covers, otherwise very good condition (YIDCHI-5-48)
Stock number:29822.
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Berlin-Charlottenburg: Jüdischer Verlag, 1905. Cloth; 8vo. 312, 312 pages. Marbled boards; decorative endpapers. Beautifully typeset, with ornate borders on chapter headings. First edition. In German. Two volumes in one. Not the more common 1920 edition. Herzl is the "father of political Zionism and founder of the World Zionist Organization. [He] transformed Zionism from a weak and insignificant movement into a world organization and a political entity that Great Britain was prepared to accept as the authorized representative of the Jewish people. This in turn led to the Balfour Declaration and eventually to the founding of the State of Israel. " (Alex Bein, EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Jewish question. Jews -- Restoration. Boards very scuffed and edgeworn; backstrip not present. Front hinge weak. Contemporary inscription on title page. Interior in very good condition. (GER-8-10)
Stock number:16814.
$US 100.00
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Vienna: Israel. -Theol. Lehranstalt, 1904. Cloth; 8vo. 23, 56 pages. First edition. In Hebrew. Series: XI. Jahresbericht der Israelitisch-Theologischen Lehranstalt in Wien für das Schuljahr 1903/1904. Title page in Hebrew on verso. Introduction in German. "Bericht des Kuratoriums" and "Bericht des Rektors, " in German and containing tables, at end. Friedmann was a rabbinic scholar born in Slovakia. "His writing is exceptionally erudite, profound, logical, and elegant of expression. His influence on Jewish scholarship was considerable. Many of the commentaries and interpretations of later talmudic scholars and researchers originated in his work. Friedmann maintained that 'the Talmud is the foundation of Judaism and whoever abandons it is abandoning life'; this conviction affected all his creative work and activities. At the height of the Haskalah Friedmann was calling for traditional education, even drawing up plans for traditional Jewish secondary schools and universities. He was also active in the Zionist movement and founded the Association for the Dissemination of the Hebrew Language. " (Binyamin Zeev Benedikt, EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Education -- Germany -- Frankfurt am Main. Jewish religious education -- Germany -- Frankfurt am Main. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Ex-library. Bound in contemporary decorative boards, retaining original wrappers. Dampstained. Boards warped and peeling. Pages wrinkled and stained. Text in good condition. (GER-7-37), ger2
Stock number:16750.
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Imprint: New York, N. Y. : Young Judaean, Inc., 1953-54
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 8vo, 24 pages per issue, in English. Issued monthly from October to June. Includes a monthly review of Jewish events. "A magazine for Jewish youth. " Young Judaea (founded in 1909) is a Zionist movement that runs programs throughout the United States for Jewish youth in grades 2-12. SUBJECT(S) : Jews --- youth --- Zionism. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Shelf wear to covers, otherwise very good condition (YIDCHI-5-46)
Stock number:29734.
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Imprint: New York, N. Y. : American Representation of the General Jewish Workers' Union of Poland,, 1950-1989
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st edition. Paper Wrappers, 8vo, aprox. 48 pages each issue. Monthly, originally beginning with No. 1 (Febru'ar 1941) . 25 cm. In Yiddish. Nrs. 110/111, 239, 240, 311/312 (70th birthday of the Bund, special issue), 317, 327, 384, 386, 387, 394, 395, 433, 435, 436, 476, 592/593, 1978 (Nrs. 10, 11/12) 1979 (Nr 12), 1987 (Nr. 10-"90 yor Bund" special issue). The monthly journal of the Bund in America, here providing its unique Polish Jewish Socialist anti-Zionist perspective. The General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Yiddish: ”algemeyner yidisher arbeter-bund in lite, poyln un rusland”), generally called The Bund or the Jewish Labour Bund, was a secular Jewish socialist party.... founded in Vilnius on October 7, 1897…..In 1917 the Polish part of the Bund, which dated to the times when Poland was a Russian territory, seceded from the Russian Bund and created a new Polish General Labor Bund which continued to operate in Poland in the years between the two world wars….The Bund sought to unite all Jewish workers in the Russian Empire into a united socialist party, and also to ally itself with the wider Russian social democratic movement to achieve a democratic and socialist Russia. The Russian Empire then included Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine and most of present-day Poland, areas where the majority of the world's Jews then lived. They hoped to see the Jews achieve a legal minority status in Russia. Of all Jewish political parties of the time, the Bund was the most progressive regarding gender equality, with women making up more than one-third of all members. The Bund actively campaigned against anti-Semitism. It defended Jewish civil and cultural rights and rejected assimilation. However, the close promotion of Jewish sectional interests and support for the concept of Jewish national unity (klal yisrael) was prevented by the socialist universalism of the Bund. The Bund avoided any automatic solidarity with Jews of the middle and upper classes and generally rejected political cooperation with Jewish groups that held religious, Zionist or conservative views. Even the anthem of the Bund, known as "the oath" (di shvue in Yiddish), written in 1902 by Sh. An-ski, contained no explicit reference to Jews or Jewish suffering. At the heart of the vision of the future of the Bund was the idea that there is no contradiction between the national aspect on the one hand and the socialist aspect on the other. As a strictly secular organization, the Bund renounced the Holy Land and the sacred language (Hebrew) and chose to speak Yiddish….In its early years the Bund had remarkable success, gaining an estimated 30,000 members in 1903 and an estimated 40,000 supporters in 1906, making it the largest socialist group in the Russian Empire…. the Bund was a founding collective member at the RSDLP's first congress in Minsk in March 1898. For the next 5 years, the Bund was recognized as the sole representative of the Jewish workers in the RSDLP, although many Russian socialists of Jewish descent, especially outside of the Pale of Settlement, joined the RSDLP directly….The Bund generally sided with the party's Menshevik faction led by Julius Martov and against the Bolshevik faction led by Vladimir Lenin during the factional struggles in the run-up to the Russian Revolution of 1917….In the Polish areas of the [Russian] empire, the Bund was a leading force in the 1905 revolution. At that time the organization probably reached the height of its influence. It called for an improvement in living standards, a more democratic political system and the introduction of equal rights for Jews. At least in the early stages of the first Russian Revolution, the armed groups of the "Bund" were likely the strongest revolutionary force in Western Russia. During the following years, the Bund went into a period of decay….The Bund eventually came to strongly oppose Zionism, arguing that emigration to Palestine was a form of escapism. The Bund did not advocate separatism. Instead, it focused on culture, rather than a state or a place, as the glue of Jewish ‘nationalism.’ …. The Bund also promoted the use of Yiddish as a Jewish national language and to some extent opposed the Zionist project of reviving Hebrew. The Bund won converts mainly among Jewish artisans and workers, but also among the growing Jewish intelligentsia. It led a trade union movement of its own. It joined with the Poalei Zion (Labour Zionists) and other groups to form self-defense organisations to protect Jewish communities against pogroms and government troops. During the Russian Revolution of 1905 the Bund headed the revolutionary movement in the Jewish towns, particularly in Belarus and Ukraine…..In 1921, the Communist Bund [in the USSR] dissolved itself and its members sought admission to the Communist Party....Many former Bundists, like Mikhail Liber and David Petrovsky, perished during Stalin's purges in the 1930s. The Polish Bundists continued their activities until 1948. During the latter half of the 20th century the Bundist legacy was represented through the International Jewish Labor Bund, a federation of local Bundist groups around the world….Among the exiled Bundists who went on with Socialist politics in America was Baruch Charney Vladeck (1886–1938), elected to the New York Board of Aldermen as a Socialist in 1917…[and] 1937 [and] manager of The Jewish Daily Forward…Moishe Lewis (1888–1950)....the father of David Lewis (1909–1981), a leader of the New Democratic Party in Canada….David Dubinsky (1892–1982), though never formally a member of the party, had joined the bakers' union, which was controlled by the Bund, and was elected assistant secretary within the union by 1906…..He later became a member of the Socialist Party of America, helped found the American Labor Party in 1936 and was from 1932 till 1966 the leader of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union…..under the name Max Goldfarb, David Petrovsky (1886–1937) was a member of the Central Committee of the Jewish Socialist Federation of America, a member of the Socialist Party of America, and the labor editor of The Forward” (Wikipedia). All Good-Very Good Condition (Y-21-B) Price is per issue.
Stock number:16329.
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Imprint: New York; National Council Of Young Israel, 1957
Binding: Paperback
Original Wrappers. 8vo. 68 pages. 24 cm. Serial Publication, Volume 46, Chanukah 5718, November-December 1957, Number 7-8. Special issue dedicated to “Elijah and Kay Stein upon their return from Israel. ” Young Israel Viewpoint, a Zionist publication founded in 1911, “is a bi-monthly publication issued by Young Israel, an American Jewish youth movement devoted to the strengthening of Torah-true Judaism and to the observance of its ideals and rituals, based on the principle that orthodox Judaism and Americanism are compatible. ” This issue includes various essays on Chanukah, grappling with Orthodoxy, and many essays about Israel. Of note is the “news about Jews” section, which lists facts about Jewish communities worldwide in the Soviet Union, Egypt, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Britain, Brazil, Austria, etc. Subjects: Orthodox Judaism - United States - Periodicals. National Council of Young Israel (U. S. ) - Periodicals. Near fine condition. (HOLO2-95-22), OK 06/12
Stock number:29365.
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Imprint: Tel-Aviv; Published By Lion The Printer For The Zionist Organization Youth Dept, 1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 12mo. 198 pages. 17 cm. First edition. Number 11 in the Palestine pioneer library series. This work is a collection of commemorative writings on Jewish parachutists killed in the Second World War, published in Palestine in 1947; these seven individuals are memorialized in this remembrance of their heroic attempts to save Jews in Eastern Europe. With black and white photographic plates of the parachutists. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Jews. Jews - Biography. Institutional markings. Light wear to covers, backstrip has a small tear. Edges lightly bumped. Good condition. (HOLO2-95-10)
Stock number:29353.
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Imprint: London : The Organisation,, 1937
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers, 12mo, 8 pages . , [3] p. Of plates. 20 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Orthodox Judaism. “None of our contemporaries can possibly remember a world crisis of such gravity, as that in which humanity in general, and the Jewish people in particular, now finds itself. This crisis is of particular significance to us Agudists” [from the introduction by Jacob Rosenheim]. Agudat Yisrael was founded in Katowice (Upper Silesia, now in the southwestern part of Poland) , in 1912, with purpose of providing an umbrella organization for observant Jews, who opposed the Zionist movement…. In 1933, it entered into an agreement with the Jewish Agency [in Israel], according to which Agudat Yisrael would receive 6.5% of the immigration permits” (Wikipedia 2012) . OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (LOC, UFL, Nat Lib Israel, SW Regional Lib Sys of UK) . Original cover browning and fragile, with some chips, detached and missing pieces as generally found, internal paper & binding remain Very Good. (Holo2-88-21)
Stock number:29106.
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Imprint: London : The Organisation,, 1937
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers, 12mo, 8 pages . , [3] p. Of plates. 20 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Orthodox Judaism. “None of our contemporaries can possibly remember a world crisis of such gravity, as that in which humanity in general, and the Jewish people in particular, now finds itself. This crisis is of particular significance to us Agudists” [from the introduction by Jacob Rosenheim]. Agudat Yisrael was founded in Katowice (Upper Silesia, now in the southwestern part of Poland) , in 1912, with purpose of providing an umbrella organization for observant Jews, who opposed the Zionist movement…. In 1933, it entered into an agreement with the Jewish Agency [in Israel], according to which Agudat Yisrael would receive 6.5% of the immigration permits” (Wikipedia 2012) . OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (LOC, UFL, Nat Lib Israel, SW Regional Lib Sys of UK) . Original cover browning and fragile, with some chips, as generally found, internal paper & binding remain Very Good. (Holo2-88-19)
Stock number:29101.
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Imprint: Tel Aviv : Ha-V?a?adah Ha-Hist?orit Shel Berit "k?ibuts Galuyot", 1930
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Boards, tall 8vo. , 276 pages. Illustrated with photographs. In Hebrew. Title translates to: “Ten years of persecution: the Soviet Zionist movement in Russia” SUBJECT: Descriptor: Zionism -- Soviet Union -- History. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Spine rebound in cloth tape. Wear to covers. Pages lightly tanned. Good condition. (HEB-44-1)
Stock number:28960.
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Imprint: Frankfurt Am Main; L. Sänger, 1919
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers. 8vo. 31 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In German. Title translates as: “Before the Wandering Tempest. ” Printed in the pamphlet series “Jüdische Zeitfragen No. 1” (Jewish Contemporary Issues, no. 1) in the year 1919/5679. Nathan Birnbaum (1864–1937) , a writer (early pen name: Mathias Acher) , philosopher, one of the originators of Zionist ideology, later a leader of religious Judaism. He was an early proponent of Zionism, founding “Kadimah, ” the first Jewish nationalist students' organization (1882) with the aim of criticizing assimilation and setting up a Jewish nationalist consciousness. “After the Second Zionist Congress (1898) Birnbaum made a fundamental turn in his political thinking: He became a spokesman for "diaspora nationalism, " publishing articles in which he severely criticized Herzl's "diplomatism, " the "inorganic" nature of the Zionist movement, and the Zionist "negation of the Diaspora, " its culture and language (Yiddish) . He gradually withdrew from Zionism, affirming that "Israel comes before Zion, " i. E. , that the striving for Ere? Israel must not entail neglect of the Jewish People itself. His concept was now that of an interterritorial nation, comprising and integrating all existing Jewish groups which had a cultural life of their own. The most important group in his eyes was the Yiddish-speaking one in Eastern Europe. … He repudiated his own former "pagan-Jewish" life in Gottes Volk (1917) , with further editions in 1918 and 1921 (translated into English under the title Confession, 1946) . In Vom Freigeist zum Glaeubigen (1919) he described his spiritual development. Upon the refounding of the Agudat Israel World Organization (1919) he became its first general secretary. At that time, after the war, revolution, and pogroms in Eastern Europe, he devoted much effort to the problem of emigration and endeavored to enlist general Jewish cooperation toward regulating on a big scale what amounted to an unorganized, panic mass flight. His book Im Dienste der Verheissung (1927) contains a critical analysis of the "activism" of the Orthodox as a grafting of fashionable ideologies onto an organism that was inherently of a different nature and suggested to the "activists" a more fruitful field – the gigantic task of creating the necessary material preconditions toward effecting a metamorphosis. ” (2007 Encyclopedia Judaica) Subjects: Jews -- Restoration. Judentum. Migration. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. Lightly soiled front cover, soiled back cover. Pages aged, browned, but clean. Good+ condition. (GER-36-43)
Stock number:28894.
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Imprint: Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. X, 180 pages. 25 cm. “Hess, a German socialist and father of Zionist Socialism, professed that Jews must preserve their nationality in the exile and strive for its political restoration in Palestine. He felt that the Jewish religion is the best means of preserving the nationality of the Jews and must therefore be left unchanged until the day when the foundations of a Jewish political and social establishment are laid in Palestine and a Sanhedrin can be elected to modify Jewish law in agreement with the needs of the new society. According to Hess, the Jewish people needed a "center of action, " around which a nucleus of men devoted to the religious mission of Israel could gather to pursue their work. ” –EJ, 2007. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (GER-32-8)
Stock number:28778.
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Imprint: New York, Schocken Books, 1950
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo; 171 pages; Includes black and white illustrative plates. Sections on architecture, plaques, seals, coins, carvings, stamps, amulets, glass and manuscripts from 973 BCE to the Roman period. Ex-library with usual markings. Very good condition. (Art-17-3). Illustr: Illustrated by Over 200 Photos
Stock number:28696.
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Imprint: Jerusalem, Carta
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; small 8vo. 16 pages. Illustrated with two-color maps. On e of a series of four "background papers" on the administered areas. OCLC lists eleven copies worldwide. Excellent condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15764.
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Imprint: Jerusalem, Carta
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; small 8vo. 16 pages. Illustrated with two-color maps. On e of a series of four "background papers" on the administered areas. OCLC lists nine copies worldwide. Excellent condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15763.
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Imprint: Jerusalem, Carta
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; small 8vo. 16 pages. Illustrated with two-color maps. On e of a series of four "background papers" on the administered areas. OCLC lists eleven copies worldwide. Excellent condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15762.
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Imprint: New York; Commonplace Publishing For The Library Of The Jewish Theological Seminary, 2001
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Clothbound. 4to. 112 pages. 27 cm. Only edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, decorative endpages, and 100 plates of color photograph reproductions. Catalog of the exhibition Treasures from the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, held May 14-August 30, 2001 at the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, curated by Sharon Liberman Mintz, Elka Deitsch, and Havva Charm. A beautifully illustrated volume of rare printed material from the extensive library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, this collection affords a graphic representation of over ten centuries of Jewish scholarship, spanning the spectrum of Bible, liturgy, rabbinics, kabbalah, science, literature, philosophy and philology, specifically the Genizah, Ketubbot, Megillot, Incunabula, broadsides and prints, Americana, bookplates, and early 20th century Jewish postcards. A number of plates have their finest features and details reproduced in an enlarged portion, oftentimes comprising two full pages of the book, for example: “Zionist New Year’s Greeting” from 1906, or the “Fourth Day of Creation”, an engraving from 1600. Many other plates, such as the “Portae Lucis” (Gates of Light) from 1516, or the “Sefer Minhagim” (Book of Customs) from 1593, are reproduced twice on the same page to give an enlarged view upon the fine features of a specific characters of representative figures of the drawings or print adjacent. “This exhibition reflects the scope of the library's vast holdings and presents a splendid overview of the riches and resources found in the collection. In addition to the 370, 000 volumes in the general collection, the library's special collection currently comprises eleven thousand Hebrew manuscripts, thirty thousand fragments from the Cairo Genizah and twenty thousand rare printed books, including the largest collection of Hebrew incunables in the world. The Jewish art collection boasts an outstanding assemblage of ketubbot and megillot, as well as a diverse selection of broadsides and rare engravings from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries. The bookplate, postcard, music and Americana collections allow scholars to study the cultural history of Jewry in the twentieth century. These materials, gathered from all corners of the globe and representing communities from North America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe , have established the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary as a preeminent American center of Jewish scholarship. The pieces shown here are not merely artifacts; they are agents of Jewish identity that reflect human experience and progression while ensuring the perpetuation of Jewish spirit and knowledge. ” Subjects: Judaism -- Liturgical objects. Jewish art and symbolism. Manuscripts, Hebrew -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Incunabula -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Early printed books -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Hebrew imprints -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Fine condition. (JTS-2-3)
Stock number:28682.
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Imprint: Jerusalem, Publication Dept.
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; small 8vo. 23 pages. Contains regulations and suggestions for finding a job in Israel, and a list of useful addresses. OCLC lists n o copies worldwide. Excellent condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15761.
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Imprint: Jerusalem, Publication Dept.
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; small 8vo. 41 pages; illustrated. Prepared to answer ques tions that new immigrants ask about working in Israel. Contains glossary a nd list of useful addresses. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Excellent co ndition. (W-62)
Stock number:15760.
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Imprint: Jerusalem, Information Division, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; 8vo. 32 pages. Illustrated copiously with photographs. OC LC lists five copies worldwide. Israel-Arab War, 1967--Occupied territories Excellent condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15756.
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Imprint: Jerusalem, World Zionist Organization
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; 8vo. 79 pages. Illustrated. OCLC lists 17 copies worldwi de. Excellent condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15753.
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Imprint: Jerusalem, The Maurice Falk Institute
Binding: Paperback
Cover title: "Draft: Not for Quotation: Comments invited. " Paper wrappers; 4to. 15 pages. Illustrated with figures. References on last page. Israeli scientific report. Has been folded; edges bumped. Very good condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15751.
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Imprint: Jerusalem
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; 8vo. 36 pages. With annotations and references. Israeli scientific report. OCLC lis ts no copies worldwide. Cover sunned; very good condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15750.
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Imprint: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1915
Binding: Hardback
8vo. 214 pages. Maps on endpapers. In English. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Soviet Union. Jews -- Poland. FRIEDLAENDER, ISRAEL (1876–1920) , scholar, Zionist, community activist. Friedlander was born In Kovel, Poland, and raised In Praga-Warsaw. After proving his ability at an early age to master biblical and rabbinic texts, he moved, like many promising scholars of his generation, to Berlin, where he enrolled in the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary. Matriculating at the University of Berlin, he then transferred to the new German University of Strasbourg, where he earned a Ph. D. In Semitic languages under Theodor Noeldeke. In his dissertation, he argued for the purity of the Arabic language in Maimonides's Guide to the Perplexed. Denied a German University post because of antisemitism, in 1903, Friedlaender welcomed an invitation by Solomon *Schechter to join the faculty of the reorganized Jewish Theological Seminary as a professor of Bible. Two years later, he married Lilian Ruth Bentwich, daughter of the prominent British Zionist Herbert *Bentwich . (EJ, Shargel) Very good condition in good dust jacket. (SPEC-33-1)
Stock number:28643.
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Imprint: The Riverdale Press, Cincinnatti, 1943
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. Xiii, 505 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism – doctrines. Kohler (1843-1926) was born in Bavaria and received his doctorate in 1867. "His university studies had shattered Kohler's Orthodoxy and his doctoral thesis...took such a radical viewpoint that no rabbinic position was open to him. " In 1869, at the suggestion of Abraham Geiger, Kohler moved to the United States, leading congregations in Detroit, Chicago and New York. An anti-Zionist, active member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and president of Hebrew Union College, he was a Reform leader. "[In 1885, ] replying to attacks by Alexander Kohut, he published a series of sermons entitled Backward or Forward. The outcome was his convening of the Pittsburgh Conference of Reform rabbis and its adoption of a radical program on the basis of Kohler's draft. In 1903 Kohler was appointed president of Hebrew Union College and set about immediately to improve the curriculum and to bring fresh talent to the faculty. Upon his retirement, Kohler received the title of president emeritus. " (Temkin, EJ) Ex library, good condition. (RAB-54-2)
Stock number:28639.
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Imprint: New York, Israel Information Services
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; 8vo. 19 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Posted on b ack cover to Prof. Harry Wolfson, Harvard University. Library name written in. Very good condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15742.
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Imprint: New York, The American Jewish Committe
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; 16mo. 48 pages. Map on inside back cover showing cease-fi re lines, June 1967. OCLC lists four copies worldwide. Excellent conditio n. (W-62)
Stock number:15737.
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Imprint: Jerusalem Foundation
Binding: Paperback
Fourth edition. Paper wrappers; 4to. 30 pages. Illustrated. Inside back cover has foldout map of Jerusalem showing location of projects. OCLC lis ts no copies worldwide. Corners slightly bumped; back cover has scratch. V ery good condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15736.
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Imprint: Jerusalem, Israel Information Center
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; 8vo. 40 pages; illustrated. Contains Biblical and Talmudi c passages and readings in English and Hebrew, plus six songs with music. OCLC lists three copies worldwide. Excellent condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15735.
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Imprint: New York, American Committee for Israe
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; 8vo. 41 pages. OCLC lists seven copies worldwide. Very g ood condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15734.
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Imprint: New York, The American Jewish Committe
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; small 8vo. 72 pages. OCLC lists nine copies worldwide. S light wear to edges; very good condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15733.
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Imprint: New York, Israel Office of Information
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; 8vo. 8 pages; illustrated. OCLC lists eight copies worldw ide. Has been folded. Very good condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15730.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Washington, Public Affairs Press
Binding: Paperback
Aqaba, Gulf ofPaper wrappers; 8vo. 18 pages. Illustrated with centerfold map. Slight c over soil; otherwise, excellent condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15721.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Washington, Embassy of Israel
Binding: Paperback
Cover title: "Joint Meeting of the U. S. Congress, Washington, D. C. December 12, 1995." Paper wrappers; 4to. 8 pages. Slight cover wear; very good c ondition. (W-62)
Stock number:15720.
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Imprint: Israel Government Tourist Co
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; 12mo. 16 pages. Illustrated. Maps on inside front and ba ck covers. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Slight edge wear to cover. Ve ry good condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15719.
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Imprint: Histadrut
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; 8vo. 11 pages. Extracts from an article published in Hist adrut's daily "Davar", in November 1978. Illustrated with photograph of the author, Secretary General of the Histadrut. OCLC lists no copies worldwid e. Excellent condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15717.
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Imprint: Canadian Jewish Congress
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; small 8vo. 12 pages. OCLC lists one copy worldwide. Verticle crease, otherwise very good condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15716.
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Imprint: Tel Aviv, New York, Histadrut
Binding: Paperback
Histadrut ha-kelalit shel ha-`ovdim be-Erets-Yi´sra'elPaper wrappers; 12mo. 120 pages. Illustrated. Minimal margin markings in red pen. Very good condition. (W-62) .
Stock number:15714.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Federation of the Kibbutz...
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; 8vo. 40 pages. Illustrated with many photographs. OCLC l ists 8 copies worldwide. Excellent condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15713.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Israel Office of Information
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; small 8vo. 32 pages. Illustrated. Arab refugee issue dis cussed in terms of Arab obstructionism. Excellent condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15706.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Israel Office of Information
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; small 8vo. 16 pages. OCLC lists one copy worldwide. Ex-l ibrary copy with minimal markings. Very good condition. (W-62)
Stock number:15696.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Dept. of Information,/Public
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; 8vo. 7 pages. OCLC lists one copy worldwide. Ex-library copy with minimal markings. Small crease at top; very good condition. (W- 62)
Stock number:15690.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, Youth and Hechalutz Dept. Of
Binding: Paperback
Paper wrappers; small 8vo. 39 pages. Illustrated with plates. OCLC lists eleven copies worldwide. Top right corner bumped; very good condition. ( W-62)
Stock number:15684.
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Imprint: Copenhagen, M. Truelsens Bogtrykkeri, 1918
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 196 pages. 23 cm. In German. Title translates to English as, “The Jewish Policy of the Rumanian Government. ” Corp Authors: Zionist Organisation. ; Copenhagen office. CONTENTS: Die Juden in Rumänien bis zum Berliner Vertrag -- Der Berliner Vertrag -- Die Judenfrage in Rumänien zur zeit des Balkankrieges (1912-13) -- Die Lage der Juden in Rumänien set dem Ausbruch des Weltkrieges. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Romania. Jews -- Romania. Back cover absent; front cover detached but present. Internal pages are nice and clean, binding is tight. Good+ Condition. (SEF37-5)
Stock number:28465.
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Imprint: [Tel-Aviv] : Y. L. Perets, 1960
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth, 8vo. , 315 pages, plus additional pages at back. . In Yiddish. Translated from the Hebrew by Moshe Erem. Illustrated with photographs. SUBJECT (S) Descriptor: Labor unions -- Israel. Edgewear and tanning to book jacket. Very good condition in good jacket. (HOLO2-81-1)
Stock number:28396.
$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.
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Imprint: New York: American Zionist Emergency Council, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original paper wrapper. 8vo. 84 pages, 19cm. In English. With military abbreviations and glossary of Hebrew terms. The author was the senior Jewish chaplain to the Eighth Army. SUBJECT (S) : World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945 -- Palestine. World War, 1939-1945 -- Middle East. OCLC 3128440. Bit of cover soil. Very good condition. (BR-4-1-E)
Stock number:15324.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv University, 1982
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo, 32 pages. Spiegel Lectures in European Jewish History ; 2. SUBJECT (S) : Jews, Germany, Politics and Government, Zionism. Internal pages are nice and clean; Very good condition. (SPEC23-31A)
Stock number:28152.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, American Zionist Youth Foundation, 1970
Binding: Paperback
Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 138 pages. A compilation of readings on the Holocaust designed for use by youth leaders. Illustrated with sketches and photographs. Ex-lib with usual markings. Very good condition. (H-33)
Stock number:28016.
$US 100.00
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Imprint: Hoboken, NJ: KTAV Pub. House; New York: Temple Israel Of Great Neck, 1998
Binding: Hardback
Hardcover, 8vo, x, 394 pages, portrait, 24 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism. Christianity and other religions -- Judaism. Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity. Judaism -- United States. Includes bibliographical references. Other Titles: Yekar le-Mordekhai. Waxman (1917-2000) was a “U. S. Conservative rabbi, interfaith activist. Waxman was born in Albany, N. Y. , and received his B. A. From 1937. In 1941, he was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary , which awarded him an honorary D. D. In 1968. After serving as rabbi of Temple Beth Israel in Niagara Falls, N. Y. , he became founding rabbi of North Park Congregation Shaare Tikvah in Chicago, Illinois, leaving the synagogue for two years during World War II to serve as a chaplain in the U. S. Army. In 1947, he was appointed rabbi of Temple Israel in Great Neck, Long Island, where he remained for 55 years, until his death. Under his leadership, Temple Israel grew from 100 member families to 1, 300 families. Waxman emerged as a leader in the Conservative movement after he edited and wrote the introduction to Tradition and Change, the definitive anthology of writings on the views and philosophy of Conservative Judaism. He became chairman of the Membership Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly and subsequently editor of the journal Conservative Judaism. He also chaired the RA’s Committee on the Study and Reevaluation of the Community Service Program – a requirement that JTS graduates enter the military chaplaincy or a designated alternative equivalent that had become so unpopular during the Vietnam War that it was terminated. In 1974, Waxman was elected president of the Rabbinical Assembly, where he worked to strengthen RA representation in the World Council of Synagogues, the official representative of Conservative Judaism in the World Zionist Organization. Seeking to establish Conservative Judaism in Israel, he pressed for greater coordination among the various Israel programs sponsored by the RA, the JTS, and United Synagogue. Also during his term of office, the RA approved the plan to publish a new commentary on the Torah for use in Conservative synagogues...Waxman, who served as chairman of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultation, was particularly active in Catholic-Jewish relations. In 1987, he led a delegation of Jewish leaders that met with Pope John Paul II at Castel Gondolfo to resolve the Waldheim affair. Soon after, he spoke for American Jewry in welcoming the pope to the United States. For many years thereafter, Waxman and Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore co-chaired an annual series of Catholic-Jewish dialogues. He helped draft the welcoming Jewish response to the Vatican document We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah and worked to implement its mandate that Jews and Catholics sponsor joint educational programs on the Holocaust. His efforts were instrumental in bringing about the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the State of Israel. In 1997 he was awarded the Nostra Aetate Award, and in 1998 he became the first rabbi to be named by the pope a Knight Commander of the Order St. Gregory the Great..” (Gordon in EJ, 2007) . Author’s copy, with name inside front cover. In dust jacket. Very good condition. (Fest-4-4)
Stock number:27954.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Yerushalayim: Defus Salomon, 1933
Binding: Hardback
(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 36, 140, 4 pages, portrait, 25 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish diaspora. Edition: Hotsa’ah hadashah u-metukenet ? Im hosafat toldot ha-mehaber; me-et ... Yehudah Leib ha-Kohen Fishman. Reines (1839-1915) was a “rabbi, one of the founders and first head of the Mizrachi movement. Born in Karolin, Belorussia, Reines studied at the Eishishok and Volozhin yeshivot and was ordained by leading rabbis. He served in the rabbinate in Shavkyany, Lithuania, from 1867; in Sventsyany, Vilna district, from 1869; and in Lida from 1885 until his death. Reines made a distinct contribution to rabbinic scholarship, introducing a new and almost modern methodology which was in contrast to the current system of pilpul. It was based upon a purely logical approach and was influenced by Maimonides’ Millot ha-Higgayyon; it is actually called “Higgayon”. In the introduction to his first major halakhic work, ? Otam Tokhnit he emphasized this new approach, as he did in his later works. The ? Otam Tokhnit made a great impression, especially in Western Europe where Jews were not accustomed to works on halakhah with a strictly logical approach that had been written by Eastern European scholars. He also applied his new approach in his homiletical books, which, like others of his works, went through a number of editions. Reines tried to introduce the spirit of the times in his public activities, without breaking with tradition, and founded a yeshivah in Sventsyany…He participated in the first Zionist Congresses and was very close to Herzl, but he opposed the cultural work of the Zionist movement for fear that it would encroach on the status of religion. In 1902 he convened a large conference of rabbis and Orthodox people in Vilna and as a result the Religious Zionist movement, Mizrachi, was formed. Reines was the recognized leader of the movement and the outstanding personality at its founding convention in Pressburg. Many Orthodox rabbis, especially from Hungary, protested the convening of the founding conference and were against Mizrachi altogether. Reines answered them very sharply, sparing not even the greatest among them. He also founded the first journal of Mizrachi, entitled Ha-Mizra? . His great attachment to Herzl found expression during the controversy over the Uganda Scheme, when he proved to be an enthusiastic supporter of the plan. Despite all his public activities, Reines continued to write. Only a small portion of his works were published, and the rest remain in manuscript. In Lida, he realized his greatest personal dream – the establishment of a modern yeshivah in which secular studies were taught side by side with traditional studies, all within the framework of the meticulous observation of tradition. The yeshivah was established in 1905 and achieved a distinguished reputation. Reines developed the educational principles of the yeshivah in the booklets Kol Ya’akov, Mishkenot Ya’akov, and others. Although the Mizrachi movement viewed the yeshivah as its own project, its maintenance rested on Reines’ shoulders. While the institution was developing, World War I broke out and the suffering that it brought affected Reines’ health. In the past few years some of his works have come out in new editions and in facsimile editions” (Kressel in EJ, 2007) . Hinge repair. Very good condition. (Heb-40-8)
Stock number:27900.
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Imprint: New York, Palestine Foundation Fund (Karen Hayesod), 1923
Edition: First Edition (?)
Binding: Hardcover
12mo. 64 pages. Leather binding with gilt embossed title. CONTENTS: Preface by Samuel Untermyer; American Addresses of Dr. Weizmann; Hebrew University Address by Dr. Weizmann. Binding worn at corners and spine. Very Good Condition. (AMR-37-7A).
Stock number:27890.
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Imprint: Sydney, Archive of Australian Judaica, University of Sydney, 2000
Binding: Paperback
Wrappers. 8vo. 50 pages. Series: Monograph, Number 9. Includes bibliographical references and index. Zionism -- Australia -- History -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. Zionism -- Australia -- History -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs. Central Zionist Archives -- Catalogs. OCLC lists four copies worldwide (Brandeis, Harvard, UCLA, Library of Congress) . Excellent condition. (CT-3)
Stock number:14779.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Sydney, Archive of Australian Judaica, University of Sydney, 1993
Binding: Paperback
Wrappers. 8vo. 50 pages. Series: Monograph, Number 9. Includes bibliographical references and index. Zionism -- Australia -- History -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. Zionism -- Australia -- History -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs. Central Zionist Archives -- Catalogs. OCLC lists eleven copies worldwide. Excellent condition. (CT-3)
Stock number:14778.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin, Jüdischer Verlag, 1921
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 132 pages, portrait, 22 cm. In German. SUBJECT (S): Cohen, Hermann, 1842-1918. Bibliography on pages 95-100. Klatzkin (1882-1948) was an “author, philosopher, and Zionist. Klatzkin was born in Bereza Kartuska, Brest-Litovsk district, today Belarus. The son of Elijah Klatzkin, a prominent rabbinical scholar, who gave him a thorough education in all branches of traditional Jewish studies. At the age of 18, Klatzkin went to Germany, first to Frankfurt on the Main and then to Marburg, where he studied philosophy under Hermann Cohen. He received his doctorate from the University of Berne in 1912. In the following years Klatzkin was active in Germany as a writer for Hebrew periodicals, including Ha-Zeman, Ha-Shilo’ah, and Ha-Tekufah, and as editor of Die Welt, the organ of the Zionist Organization, and later in Heidelberg, of the Freie Zionistische Blaetter. From 1912 to 1915 he was director of the Jewish National Fund in Cologne. From 1915 to 1919 he edited the Swiss Bulletin Juif, which covered world events of special relevance to Jews during World War I and established the publishing firm Al ha-Mishmar, which issued a series of books on Jewish problems in French and German. In Berlin Klatzkin founded another publishing house, Eshkol, and continued writing for the Jewish press. In 1924 he and his lifelong friend Nahum Goldmann initiated the Encyclopaedia Judaica, of which ten volumes appeared between 1928 and 1934. Two volumes of a parallel Hebrew edition, Enziklopedyah Yisre’elit, were issued in 1929–32. Klatzkin acted as editor in chief in cooperation with leading Jewish scholars…Klatzkin was a student of philosophy as well as a brilliant Hebrew essayist. In philosophy Klatzkin opposed his teacher Cohen, whose philosophy and interpretation of Judaism he submitted to searching criticism in the monograph Hermann Cohen. He also devoted a critical study to Spinoza, Baruch Spinoza, in which he stressed the Jewish influences in his intellectual background and style; he translated Spinoza’s Ethics from the Latin to Hebrew as Torat ha-Middot. Klatzkin developed his own philosophy, which may be described as vitalistic, emphasizing the biological, instinctive aspect of life rather than the intellectual one, in Sheki'at ha-? Ayyim, and in Der Erkenntnistrieb als Lebens und Todesprinzip” (Sole and Scheps in EJ, 2007) . Lacks part of bacsktrip. Internal pages are nice and clean. Very good condition. (Rab-46-11a)
Stock number:27749.
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Imprint: Yerushalayim: Mosad Ha-Rim Levin, 1973
Binding: Hardback
(FT) Hardcover, 280 pages, 25 cm. In Hebrew. Edition: Mahad 2. Series: Sifriyat ha-peles; Variation: Sifriyat ha-peles. Contents: helek 1. Torah va-? Avodah. SUBJECT(S) : Hasidim -- Legends. Hasidism. Levin (1844-1925) was a “Hebrew socialist poet and writer and one of the first members of Hovevei Zion. He received an Orthodox education at home but studied secular subjects and became completely estranged from his former environment. In 1870 he was employed as tutor and secretary by the Brodskis, the Jewish sugar magnates of Kiev, and worked for them until the Soviet regime closed the enterprise in 1918. In 1871 he published his first collection of poetry, Siftei Renanot, which was well received by the Hebrew reading public. His socialist views stemmed from reading Russian radical and socialist literature and observing the relations between his employers, the Brodskis, and their employees. He joined the circle of A. S. Liebermann and helped him publish his newspaper, Ha-Emet. Most of his poems which appeared from 1874 to 1880 in Ha-ShaHar dealt with social problems and sharply criticized the existing order and the regime. His poems, actually essays in rhyme, were minor and innovative only in that they were the first to introduce socialist themes into Hebrew literature and poetry. Levin’s interest in problems of Jewish life increased when Russian nationalism and anti-semitism grew stronger. The pogroms in 1881 brought a decisive change in Levin's ideas; he drew even further from the socialist circles and devoted himself to the problems of Jewish life. He joined Hovevei Zion, was one of the founders of this pre-Zionist movement in Kiev, and through letters and articles propagandized for the settlement of Erez Israel. He translated Disraeli's Tancred, which visualizes the return of the Jews to their land. Because of this activity he had to leave Kiev and settle in the small town of Tomashpol where he worked for Brodski and continued with his literary work. Living in remote Tomashpol had an adverse effect on Levin. Out of touch with his contemporaries, he did not progress with the mainstream of Hebrew poetry and literature. In 1910, the jubilee of his literary work, he published his memoirs, Zikkaron ba-Sefer, including a chronological list of his writings. With the onset of the Russian Revolution Levin returned to Kiev, where he spent his last years in poverty and loneliness. A selection of his memoirs, articles, and poems was published in 1968 as Zikhronot ve-Hegyonot” (Slutsky in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Yale, U of Maryland) . Light chipping to edges of dust jacket. Very good condition. (Hasid-6-6)
Stock number:27580.
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Imprint: Jerusalem: Shoken, 1957
Softcover, 12mo, 115 pages, 17 cm. In Hebrew. Series: Sifre mofet le-vate-sefer; mis. 22; Variation: Sifre mofet le-vate-sefer; mis. 22. SUBJECT (S) : Hasidim -- Legends. Jewish legends. Buber (1878-1965) was a “philosopher and theologian, Zionist thinker and leader. Born in Vienna, Buber as a child lived in Lemberg with his grandfather Solomon Buber, the noted Midrash scholar. From 1896 he studied at the universities of Vienna, Leipzig, and Zurich, and finally at the University of Berlin, where he was a pupil of the philosophers Wilhelm Dilthey and Georg Simmel. Having joined the Zionist movement in 1898, he was a delegate to the Third Zionist Congress in 1899 where he spoke on behalf of the Propaganda Committee. In this speech, which bore the influence of modern Hebrew and Yiddish writers, notably of Ahad Ha-Am, Buber emphasized the importance of education as opposed to a program of propaganda. In 1901 he was appointed editor of the central weekly organ of the Zionist movement, Die Welt, in which he emphasized the need for a new Jewish cultural creativity. This emphasis on cultural rather than political activity led, at the Fifth Zionist Congress in 1901, to the formation of the Zionist Democratic Fraction which stood in opposition to Herzl. Buber, a member of this faction, resigned before the Congress as editor of Die Welt. Together with his friends, he founded the Juedischer Verlag in Berlin, which went on to publish books of literary quality. At the age of 26 Buber took up the study of Hasidism. At first his interest was essentially aesthetic. After attempting to translate the tales of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav into German, he decided to retell them in German in the form of a free adaptation. Thus originated Die Geschichten des Rabbi Nachman and Die Legende des Baalschem. Later Buber’s interest turned from the aesthetic aspect of Hasidism to its content. Deeply stirred by the religious message of Hasidism, he considered it his duty to convey that message to the world. Among the books he later wrote on Hasidism are Gog u-Magog, Or ha-Ganuz, and Pardes ha-Hasidut” (Bergman and Meir in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Hinge repair. Chipped cover corners. Browning to pages. Light staining to front and back cover. Otherwise, good condition. (Hasid-6-5)
Stock number:27579.
$US 100.00
Imprint: V?ilne: Farlag “t?omor”, 1937
Binding: Hardback
(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 292 pages, 2 volumes in 1, portraits, 24 cm. In Yiddish. SUBJECT(S) : Hasidism -- History. Hasidim -- Biography. Translation of: Hasidut veha-hasidim. Horodezky (1871–1957) was a “scholar and historian of Jewish mysticism and Hasidism. He was born in Malin (Kiev region) and studied in the courts of Tzaddikim in Malin and Chernobyl. He was attracted to the Haskalah and at the age of 20 settled in Berdichev where he changed from a rabbinic author to a Hebrew writer and began to correspond with contemporary authors. The pogroms of 1905–06 made him leave the Ukraine. He took advantage of his election as a delegate to the Eighth Zionist Congress (The Hague, 1907) and remained in the West. From 1908 to 1938 he lived for several periods in Switzerland and Germany. Horodezky was a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Judaica (1927–34) , and founder of the Hasidic archives of the Schocken Press (1935) . In 1938 he emigrated to Palestine and settled in Tel Aviv. Horodezky was one of the last scholars to write in the manner of Wissenschaft der Judenthums before its development into modern Jewish scholarship. Like other contemporaries, he was a product of the intellectual climate of the East European Jewish town and educated himself to become a Hebrew writer. His quiet, informative, non-argumentative manner of speech helped break the boycott of the maskilim against Hasidism. He liked to cite representative sources but wrote little analysis and criticism” (Bin-Gorion in EJ 2010) . OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Hinge repairs. Wear to binding. Yellow pages. Title page has brittle edges. Personal inscription inside front cover. (Hasid-3-6)
Stock number:27478.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv : Hanhalah Ha-Artsit Le-Irgun Bene-Akiva Be-Erets Yisrael, 1945
(FT) Softcover, 12mo, 143 pages, illustrations, 18 cm. In Hebrew. Published the year of his death. SUBJECT(S) : Descriptor: Religious Zionists -- Palestine -- Biography. Named Person: Shapira, Yeshayahu, 1891-1945. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Inscription in front cover. Tear to top corner of cover. Bumped corners and edges. (Hasid-1-9)
Stock number:27424.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem, “sura” Insitute For Research; New York, Yeshiva University, 1970
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 285, 316 pages. Port. 24 cm. In English and Hebrew.  “Mirsky (1899–1967) was a Russian-born rabbinic scholar, religious Zionist, and Hebraist. ” (EJ)  SUBJECT(S) : Rabbinical literature. Judaism -- History -- Modern period, 1750 - , Mirsky, Samuel Kalman, 1899-1967.  Includes Mirsky bibliography: pages 309-316.  Very good condition.  (FEST1-58) . Xx
Stock number:27296.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv, Verlag Bitaon, 1962
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. Royal 8vo. 650, 22 pages. Port. 25 cm. In German. “Siegfried Moses (1887 –1974) was a German Zionist leader and Israel public official.  He was a member of the Jewish Agency Delegation to the United Nations in 1947 and in 1949 was appointed Israel's first State Comptroller, a post which he held until his retirement in 1961.” (EJ)  "Muster ordnender Productivät, " Kurt Blumenfeld, "Siegfreid Moses' Entwicklung und Stellung im KJV, " Georg Herlitz, "Deutscher Zionismus in der Rüchschau, " Robert Weltsch, "Einige Bemerkungen über den deutschen Zionismus nach 1933, " Benno Cohn, "Der zionistische Rabbiner, " Kurt Wilhelm, "Funktionäre im Zionismus, " Kurt Loewenstein, "Vergleichende Bemerkungen zur Gestaltung des jüdischen Organiationslebens in Deuthschland und England, " Walter Breslauer, "Die Gründung der Reichsvertretung, " Hugo Hahn, "Die Reichsvertetung der deutschen Juden, " Friedrich S. Brodnitz, " Franz Meyer, "Ordnung in der Auflösung, " Kurt Tuchler, "Vermögentransfer nach Palästina 193-1939, " Ludwig Pinner, "Der erste Staatskontrolleur von Israel-sein Weg und sein Werk, " Heinz Gerling, "Aus der Gründungszeit des Council of Jews from Germany, " Herman Muller, "Siegfried Moses and the United Restitution Organisation, " Norman Betwich, "Aus der Vorzeit der kollektiven Wiedergutmachung, " Schalom Adler-Rudel, "Ein Baustein zur Geschichte der Wiedergutmachung, " Walter Schwarz, "Konzeption und Grundlage der Wiedergutmachung, " Felix Elieser Shinnar, "Biblische Quellen zur Staatsverwaltung im Alten Israel, " Elias Auerbach, "Neue wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen in Israel, " Yeshayahu Foerder, "Aus Erinnerungen an die Jahre 1939-1948, " Pinhas F. Rosen, "Kulturelle Problemem und Aufgabe der Juden aus Deutschland in Israel seit 1933, " Curt Wormann, "Zur Krise der Kibbuz-Bewegung, " Gerda Luft, "Zur Literatur der letzten Kabbalisten in Deutschland, " Gershom Scholem, "Hermann Cohens Begriff der Korrelation, " Alexandedr Altmann, "Aus unveröffentlichen Briefen von I. M. Jost, " Nahum N. Glatzer, "Priester, Opfer und Arzt Zu den Briefen Wolfskehls, Kafkas und Freunds, " Ernst Simon, "Der Gestaltwandel Ahsvers, " Adolf Leschnitzer, "Von der Stadt und den Städten, " Max Grunewald, "Juden als Bankiers-ihre völkerverbindende Tätigkeit, " Frederick H. Brunner… SUBJECT(S) : Jews.  Named Person: Moses, Siegfried, b. 1887  Added title page in Hebrew. Bibliographical footnotes.  Very good condition. (FEST1-35)
Stock number:27273.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Lod, Habermann Institute, 1988
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 10, 519 pages. Ill. Port. 25 cm. In Hebrew.  Title Cont: shiv'im shanah (Migvan - Studies in Hebrew Literature in Honor of Jacob Kabakoff) . “Kabakov is a U. S. Educator and scholar specializing in Hebrew literature in America. ” (EJ) Ruth Adler: Image of the Woman as Treated Symbolically by Agnon; Meir Ben Horin: Jabotinsky-Exemplar of Chivalry; Yitshak Ben-Mordechai: Distilled Realism of Reuben Wallenrod; Warren Bargad: 3 Zionist Monologues: Agnon, Hazaz, Oz; Isaac Barzilay: Motif of Departure & Return in Modern Hebrew Literature; Nurit Govrin: Demand for 'Americanism' & its Realization in Amer Hebrew Lit; Emanuel Goldsmith: Aaron Zeitlin's Poetry on the Hurban; Menuha Gilboa: America as Place, Metaphor & Symbol in 3 Israeli Novels; Avner Holtzman: On Gabriel Preil's Poetry & the Plastic Arts; Shlomo Haramati: A. H. Friedland's Children's Stories: From the Didactic to the Artistic; Aryeh Wineman: Rabbi Nahman of Bratzlav: Stories & Dreams; Nahum Waldman: Evil in Modern Poetic Works on Biblical Themes; Shmuel Werses: Poet M. M. Dolitzky & His Novel 'Mi-Bayyit U'Mi-Hutz; Nahum Tarnor: Between a Nation & the Sea; Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger: Hungarian Hebrew Writers in America; Hayim Leaf: Exile & Redemption in P. Churgin's Publicistic Writings; Zvi Malachi: 19th Century Amer Jews in Hebrew Parody; Abraham Marthan: Tchernichowsky's Recourse to Myth; Stanley Nash: Reuben Brainin's Hebrew & Yiddish Creativity; Moshe Pelli: Travel Lit Genre: Shmuel Romanelli's Massa Ba-Arav; Yehuda Friedlander: Between Polemic & Satire: Israel of Zamosc's Nezed Ha-Dema.  Includes index and bibliographies. "Kitve Ya? Ak? Ov K? Abak? Ov": pages 505-519.  Very good condition.  (FEST1-1)
Stock number:27238.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Chicago, [N. S. ], 1935
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 4to. 138, 50 pages. Port. 27 cm. In Hebrew and English. “Silber (1881–1946) was a Lithuanian-born Orthodox rabbi who grew to become a leader in American Zionist Orthodoxy. For 35 years, Silber was a role model for Orthodox Jewish life in Chicago and across the country. He differed from his peers in his fluent English, being well-versed in American history, literature and culture, and advocating a synthesis of secular and Talmud study. He also worked closely with non-Orthodox rabbis on communal matters. In his later years, Silber was a prominent member of Mizrachi, attending several World Zionist Congresses abroad. ” (EJ) CONTENTS: “Free government in ancient Israel, ” by I. H. Hertz; “The outlook of Greek culture upon Judaism, ” by I. Herzog; “Remarks on the Sabbatai Zevi movement, ” by S. Zeitlin; “Herzl and his philosophy, ” by M. Shulman. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism. Silber, Saul, 1881-1946. Added title page: “Gibeath Saul. ” OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (FEST1-105)
Stock number:27235.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv, Verlag Bitaon, 1962
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. Royal 8vo. 650, 22 pages. Port. 25 cm. In German. “Siegfried Moses (1887 –1974) was a German Zionist leader and Israel public official.  He was a member of the Jewish Agency Delegation to the United Nations in 1947 and in 1949 was appointed Israel's first State Comptroller, a post which he held until his retirement in 1961.” (EJ)  "Muster ordnender Productivät, " Kurt Blumenfeld, "Siegfreid Moses' Entwicklung und Stellung im KJV, " Georg Herlitz, "Deutscher Zionismus in der Rüchschau, " Robert Weltsch, "Einige Bemerkungen über den deutschen Zionismus nach 1933, " Benno Cohn, "Der zionistische Rabbiner, " Kurt Wilhelm, "Funktionäre im Zionismus, " Kurt Loewenstein, "Vergleichende Bemerkungen zur Gestaltung des jüdischen Organiationslebens in Deuthschland und England, " Walter Breslauer, "Die Gründung der Reichsvertretung, " Hugo Hahn, "Die Reichsvertetung der deutschen Juden, " Friedrich S. Brodnitz, " Franz Meyer, "Ordnung in der Auflösung, " Kurt Tuchler, "Vermögentransfer nach Palästina 193-1939, " Ludwig Pinner, "Der erste Staatskontrolleur von Israel-sein Weg und sein Werk, " Heinz Gerling, "Aus der Gründungszeit des Council of Jews from Germany, " Herman Muller, "Siegfried Moses and the United Restitution Organisation, " Norman Betwich, "Aus der Vorzeit der kollektiven Wiedergutmachung, " Schalom Adler-Rudel, "Ein Baustein zur Geschichte der Wiedergutmachung, " Walter Schwarz, "Konzeption und Grundlage der Wiedergutmachung, " Felix Elieser Shinnar, "Biblische Quellen zur Staatsverwaltung im Alten Israel, " Elias Auerbach, "Neue wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen in Israel, " Yeshayahu Foerder, "Aus Erinnerungen an die Jahre 1939-1948, " Pinhas F. Rosen, "Kulturelle Problemem und Aufgabe der Juden aus Deutschland in Israel seit 1933, " Curt Wormann, "Zur Krise der Kibbuz-Bewegung, " Gerda Luft, "Zur Literatur der letzten Kabbalisten in Deutschland, " Gershom Scholem, "Hermann Cohens Begriff der Korrelation, " Alexandedr Altmann, "Aus unveröffentlichen Briefen von I. M. Jost, " Nahum N. Glatzer, "Priester, Opfer und Arzt Zu den Briefen Wolfskehls, Kafkas und Freunds, " Ernst Simon, "Der Gestaltwandel Ahsvers, " Adolf Leschnitzer, "Von der Stadt und den Städten, " Max Grunewald, "Juden als Bankiers-ihre völkerverbindende Tätigkeit, " Frederick H. Brunner… SUBJECT(S) : Jews.  Named Person: Moses, Siegfried, b. 1887  Added title page in Hebrew. Bibliographical footnotes.  Very good condition. (FEST-1-35)
Stock number:27168.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Lod, Habermann Institute, 1988
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 10, 519 pages. Ill. Port. 25 cm. In Hebrew.  Title Cont: shiv'im shanah (Migvan - Studies in Hebrew Literature in Honor of Jacob Kabakoff) . “Kabakov is a U. S. Educator and scholar specializing in Hebrew literature in America. ” (EJ) Ruth Adler: Image of the Woman as Treated Symbolically by Agnon; Meir Ben Horin: Jabotinsky-Exemplar of Chivalry; Yitshak Ben-Mordechai: Distilled Realism of Reuben Wallenrod; Warren Bargad: 3 Zionist Monologues: Agnon, Hazaz, Oz; Isaac Barzilay: Motif of Departure & Return in Modern Hebrew Literature; Nurit Govrin: Demand for 'Americanism' & its Realization in Amer Hebrew Lit; Emanuel Goldsmith: Aaron Zeitlin's Poetry on the Hurban; Menuha Gilboa: America as Place, Metaphor & Symbol in 3 Israeli Novels; Avner Holtzman: On Gabriel Preil's Poetry & the Plastic Arts; Shlomo Haramati: A. H. Friedland's Children's Stories: From the Didactic to the Artistic; Aryeh Wineman: Rabbi Nahman of Bratzlav: Stories & Dreams; Nahum Waldman: Evil in Modern Poetic Works on Biblical Themes; Shmuel Werses: Poet M. M. Dolitzky & His Novel 'Mi-Bayyit U'Mi-Hutz; Nahum Tarnor: Between a Nation & the Sea; Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger: Hungarian Hebrew Writers in America; Hayim Leaf: Exile & Redemption in P. Churgin's Publicistic Writings; Zvi Malachi: 19th Century Amer Jews in Hebrew Parody; Abraham Marthan: Tchernichowsky's Recourse to Myth; Stanley Nash: Reuben Brainin's Hebrew & Yiddish Creativity; Moshe Pelli: Travel Lit Genre: Shmuel Romanelli's Massa Ba-Arav; Yehuda Friedlander: Between Polemic & Satire: Israel of Zamosc's Nezed Ha-Dema.  Includes index and bibliographies. "Kitve Ya? Ak? Ov K? Abak? Ov": pages 505-519.  Very good condition.  (FEST1-1)
Stock number:27133.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv, Verlag Bitaon, 1962
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. Royal 8vo. 650, 22 pages. Port. 25 cm. In German. "Siegfried Moses (1887 -1974) was a German Zionist leader and Israel public official. He was a member of the Jewish Agency Delegation to the United Nations in 1947 and in 1949 was appointed Israel's first State Comptroller, a post which he held until his retirement in 1961." (EJ) "Muster ordnender Productivät, " Kurt Blumenfeld, "Siegfreid Moses' Entwicklung und Stellung im KJV, " Georg Herlitz, "Deutscher Zionismus in der Rüchschau, " Robert Weltsch, "Einige Bemerkungen über den deutschen Zionismus nach 1933, " Benno Cohn, "Der zionistische Rabbiner, " Kurt Wilhelm, "Funktionäre im Zionismus, " Kurt Loewenstein, "Vergleichende Bemerkungen zur Gestaltung des jüdischen Organiationslebens in Deuthschland und England, " Walter Breslauer, "Die Gründung der Reichsvertretung, " Hugo Hahn, "Die Reichsvertetung der deutschen Juden, " Friedrich S. Brodnitz, " Franz Meyer, "Ordnung in der Auflösung, " Kurt Tuchler, "Vermögentransfer nach Palästina 193-1939, " Ludwig Pinner, "Der erste Staatskontrolleur von Israel-sein Weg und sein Werk, " Heinz Gerling, "Aus der Gründungszeit des Council of Jews from Germany, " Herman Muller, "Siegfried Moses and the United Restitution Organisation, " Norman Betwich, "Aus der Vorzeit der kollektiven Wiedergutmachung, " Schalom Adler-Rudel, "Ein Baustein zur Geschichte der Wiedergutmachung, " Walter Schwarz, "Konzeption und Grundlage der Wiedergutmachung, " Felix Elieser Shinnar, "Biblische Quellen zur Staatsverwaltung im Alten Israel, " Elias Auerbach, "Neue wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen in Israel, " Yeshayahu Foerder, "Aus Erinnerungen an die Jahre 1939-1948, " Pinhas F. Rosen, "Kulturelle Problemem und Aufgabe der Juden aus Deutschland in Israel seit 1933, " Curt Wormann, "Zur Krise der Kibbuz-Bewegung, " Gerda Luft, "Zur Literatur der letzten Kabbalisten in Deutschland, " Gershom Scholem, "Hermann Cohens Begriff der Korrelation, " Alexandedr Altmann, "Aus unveröffentlichen Briefen von I.M. Jost, " Nahum N. Glatzer, "Priester, Opfer und Arzt Zu den Briefen Wolfskehls, Kafkas und Freunds, " Ernst Simon, "Der Gestaltwandel Ahsvers, " Adolf Leschnitzer, "Von der Stadt und den Städten, " Max Grunewald, "Juden als Bankiers-ihre völkerverbindende Tätigkeit, " Frederick H. Brunner… SUBJECT(S): Jews. Named Person: Moses, Siegfried, b. 1887 Added title page in Hebrew. Bibliographical footnotes. Very good condition. (FEST-1-35)
Stock number:27127.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, MacMillan, 1963
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 4to. Viii, 459 pages. Port. 26 cm. Contributors include David Ben Gurion, Izhak Ben-Zevi, and Abba Eban. Silver (1893-1963) was a U.S. Reform rabbi and Zionist leader. He founded the Dr. Herzl Zion Club, a Hebrew-speaking group which evolved into Young Judaea, the first Zionist youth organization in the U.S. SUBJECT(S): Judaism. Jews -- History. Named Person: Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. "A bibliography of the writings of Abba Hillel Silver": pages [99]-120. Bibliographical footnotes. Very good condition. (FEST-1-34)
Stock number:27126.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, American Funds For Jewish War Sufferers, Joint, 1920
Binding: Hardcover
Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 7-100 pages, ports. 24 cm. Friedlaender (1876-1920) was a scholar, Zionist and community activist. On July 10, 1920 he and Bernard Cantor (1892-1920), a U.S. Reform rabbi, were murdered by Soviet troops in Kiev, Ukraine while volunteers on a Joint Distribution Committee relief programs for Jewish victims of post-World War I antisemitism in Eastern Europe. SUBJECT(S): Named Persons: Friedlaender, Israel, 1876-1920. Cantor, Bernard, 1892-1920. Carnegie Hall, New York City, Thursday evening September 9, 1920. Very good condition. (FEST-1-32)
Stock number:27124.
$US 100.00
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Binding: Hardback
New Delhi, Northern Book Centre, 2002 . Cloth, 23 cm, vi, 126 pages. Contents include: Introduction. 1. Gandhi and the Zionists (including C. F. Andrews and the Jews) . 2. The Jews of India. 3. Art. 4. From the archives. Indo-Judaic Studies has been gathering momentum ever since India and Israel established full diplomatic relations some ten years ago. This book is an important historical contribution to the subject as it contains hitherto unpublished material gleaned mainly from public and private archives in India and Israel. The author presents Mahatma Gandhi and C. F. Andrews in a new light. He traces the "lost" periods of the Bene Israel sojourn in India: their early settlement; the medieval and Moghul periods; and their heyday under the Marathas. The section on art deals with a fabulous collection that contains Indian miniatures and manuscripts taken by Nadir Shah when he took the Koh-i-noor and the Peacock throne. The diary kept by the Zionist emissary to India in 1936, Dr. Olsvanger, is published in full in English translation together with his correspondence with Pandit Nehru. The reader is introduced to the papers of Hermann Kallenbach, Gandhi's soul friend, and gets a peep into Indian and Israeli archives with one document going back to 1826." ISBN: 8172111312 . Very good condition in very good jacket. (SEF-27-12)
Stock number:11166.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York: CYCO, 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
1st edition. Cloth, 8vo, 1116 pages, 24 cm. In Yiddish. A selection of testimonies, chronicles, letters, wills, inscriptions, poems, music, legends, stories and essays pertaining to Jewish martyrdom today and in bygone days. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Persecutions. Added Title: Kiddush Hashem. Samuel Niger was the pseudonym of Samuel Charney (1883-1955) . A Zionist influenced by Adah Ha-Am and a Russian socialist revolutionary, he joined the Zionist-Socialist Workers Party, and was repeatedly arrested and tortured by Russian authorities. Though his first literary efforts were in Russian and Hebrew, his mature work was written mostly in Yiddish. In 1908, he, with A. Veiter and S. Gorelik, founded Literarishe Monatshriften, which became very popular and influential after the Czernowitz Yiddish Conference. In 1912, after three years in Europe, he began editing DiYidishe Velt. After being imprisoned by Polish legionaires in 1919, Niger left for the United States. In New York, he worked for Der Tog, a Yiddish daily; beginning in 1920, he worked for the paper for 35 years, “becoming the most revered and feared Yiddish critic of his generation. ” Outside of strictly literary work, Niger worked with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research from its inception, a and helped found the Congress for Jewish Culture. (Liptzin, EJ) Light wear, Good Condition. (yiz-20-13/ny-1-1), ok 2/2021
Stock number:10918.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Lod, Habermann Institute, 1988
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 10, 519 pages. Ill. Port. 25 cm. In Hebrew. Title Cont: shiv'im shanah (Migvan - Studies in Hebrew Literature in Honor of Jacob Kabakoff). “Kabakov is a U.S. educator and scholar specializing in Hebrew literature in America.” (EJ) Ruth Adler: Image of the Woman as Treated Symbolically by Agnon; Meir Ben Horin: Jabotinsky-Exemplar of Chivalry; Yitshak Ben-Mordechai: Distilled Realism of Reuben Wallenrod; Warren Bargad: 3 Zionist Monologues: Agnon, Hazaz, Oz; Isaac Barzilay: Motif of Departure & Return in Modern Hebrew Literature; Nurit Govrin: Demand for 'Americanism' & its Realization in Amer Hebrew Lit; Emanuel Goldsmith: Aaron Zeitlin's Poetry on the Hurban; Menuha Gilboa: America as Place, Metaphor & Symbol in 3 Israeli Novels; Avner Holtzman: On Gabriel Preil's Poetry & the Plastic Arts; Shlomo Haramati: A.H. Friedland's Children's Stories: From the Didactic to the Artistic; Aryeh Wineman: Rabbi Nahman of Bratzlav: Stories & Dreams; Nahum Waldman: Evil in Modern Poetic Works on Biblical Themes; Shmuel Werses: Poet M.M. Dolitzky & His Novel 'Mi-Bayyit U'Mi-Hutz; Nahum Tarnor: Between a Nation & the Sea; Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger: Hungarian Hebrew Writers in America; Hayim Leaf: Exile & Redemption in P.Churgin's Publicistic Writings; Zvi Malachi: 19th Century Amer Jews in Hebrew Parody; Abraham Marthan: Tchernichowsky's Recourse to Myth; Stanley Nash: Reuben Brainin's Hebrew & Yiddish Creativity; Moshe Pelli: Travel Lit Genre: Shmuel Romanelli's Massa Ba-Arav; Yehuda Friedlander: Between Polemic & Satire: Israel of Zamosc's Nezed Ha-Dema. Includes index and bibliographies. "Kitve Ya'akov Kabakov": pages 505-519. Very good condition. (FEST1-1)
Stock number:27093.
$US 100.00
Imprint: München, J. F. Lehmann, 1915
Edition: First Edition (?)
Binding: Paper Wrappers
Some tears to covers, but internal paper and binding are very good, overall a good, solid copy. ; 8vo; 48 pages; 23 cm. Interesting WW I-era nationalist-German piece which appears to call for an end to Eastern European Jewish imigration into Germany (partly because it is undermining existing German Jewry) . Contents include: Rasse, Germanen und Deutsche, Blutmischung, Deutsche Kolonisation des Ostens, Antisemitismus, Hauptrichtungen im Judentum, Untergang der deutschen Juden, Zionismus, Grenzschluss, etc. Edges are worn, otherwise in Very Good Condition. (zion-7-62)
Stock number:8231.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv: “am ‘oved”, 1943
Binding: Hardback
(FT) Hardcover, 12mo, 194 pages, front. (portrait) illustrated, plates, 17 cm. In Hebrew. Series: Shaharut; Variation: Sifriyat “Shaharut”. Author’s pseudonym, A. Litoin, at head of title. Translation of Yudishe neshomes. Litvin (1862-1943) was a “Yiddish journalist, poet, editor, and folklorist. Born in Minsk, he was self-educated. Believing in “redemption through physical labor, ” he tried to earn a living as street paver, carpenter, and typesetter, while contributing articles on miscellaneous subjects to Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish periodicals. In 1901 he immigrated to the U. S. , where he worked in a shoe factory and wrote for Yiddish journals. During the 1905 Revolution, he returned to Russia, edited the Vilna monthly Lebn un Visnshaft, and published studies on Shomer and I. M. Dik. Returning to New York in 1914, he wrote for radical and Labor Zionist organs, as well as for the dailies, the Forverts and Morgn-Zhurnal. During travels through the Polish, Lithuanian, and Galician Jewish communities he accumulated vast material on Yiddish folklore, folk characters, and half-forgotten villages, part of which he utilized in his main work Yidishe Neshomes, a panorama of exotic, picturesque Jewish life in preceding generations. Selections from these volumes were translated into Hebrew by A. Kariv and published in 1943. The greater part of Litvin’s collection of Yiddish folk songs, folktales, and folk humor was deposited in the archives of YIVO in New York and forms a rich source for scholarly research” (Liptzin in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Notes on some pages. Chipping to cover edges and corners. Hinge repair. Some stained pages. Otherwise, good condition. (Heb-30-8)
Stock number:27041.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel-Aviv : Hotsa?at Ha-Va?adah Le-?inyene Ha-?olim Me-Artsot Eropah Ha-Ma?aravit, 1935
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Red Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 56 pages ; 24 cm. In German. Title Translates into English as, “The German Aliya In Histadruth. ” Includes the full German text of addresses from Georg Landauer, Moscheh Brachmann, Hans Rubin, Fritz Löwenstein, and Josef Sprinzak. ” Sprinzak “was a leading Zionist activist in the first half of the 20th century, an Israeli politician, and the first Speaker of the Knesset, a role he held from 1949 until his death in 1959.” (Wikipdia, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Jews, German -- Palestine. Histadrut. OCLC lits 5 copies worldwide (Stanford, Harvard, HUC, NLI, Univ of Haifa) , none in New York. Wrappers are worn with a few tears. Small marking on title page. Overall about very good condition. (zion-10-60A)
Stock number:37898.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York City : Published By Zionist Organization Of America, N.D.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
No Date [ca. 1930]. 1st Separate Edition. Original Wrappers. 8vo. [3]-22 pages ; 21 cm. “Meyer Wolf Weisgal (1894 – 1977) was a Jewish American journalist, publisher, playwright, fundraiser, and Zionist activist who served as the President of the Weizmann Institute of Science and as the founding President of Beit Hatfutsot (the Jewish Diaspora Museum) ... (and) head of the Zionist Organization of America (from 1921 until 1930) . ” (Wikipedia, 2016) This publication is likely from the end of Weisgal’s tenure with ZOA, circa 1930. "Reprinted from ‘Current History. ’ "From Series: “The Jewish Position in Palestine. ” SUBJECT(S) : Zionism. Jewish-Arab relations -- History -- 1917-1948. Wrappers are dirty, and torn with no text effected. Inside pages are bright and clear with very little edgewear. Overall about very good condition. (zion-10-55)
Stock number:37893.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, N. Y. : Avukah, 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Wrappers. 8vo. 19 pages ; 19 cm. Hitler-era program is addressed to “American students who are Jews, and who want to know what is their relation to society, and what is the bearing of the fact that they are Jews. ” Avukah was strongly associated with Louis Brandeis. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- United States -- Social conditions. Zionism. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Slight discoloration to cover. Small fold on back wrapper. Very clean. Inside pages in very good condition. (zion-10-52)
Stock number:37890.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Baltimore, Lord Baltimore Press, 1906
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Cloth. 8vo. 356 pages. First edition. This biography, plus letters and speeches of an immigrant Jewish doctor in Baltimore was written by Harry Friedenwald "ophthalmologist, educator, medical historian, rare-book collector & pioneer in the Zionist movement" Both Harry and Aaron Friedenwald were members of the distinguished Baltimore family founded by Joseph Friedenwald who immigrated to Baltimore from Germany in 1832. Their father (Aaron) was also a respected physician in Baltimore. SUBJECT(S) : Biography-History of Medicine. Gilt lettering on cover and binding. Ex-library with typical markings. Wear to corners and edges of covers. Back hinge cracked. Otherwise in Good condition. Privately printed. (AMR-37-9)
Stock number:26908.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Palestine Foundation Fund (Karen Hayesod), 1923
Edition: First Edition (?)
Binding: Hardcover
12mo. 64 pages. CONTENTS: Preface by Samuel Untermyer; American Addresses of Dr. Weizmann; Hebrew University Address by Dr. Weizmann. Very Good Condition. (AMR-37-7).
Stock number:26896.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Berlin, Judisches Wissenschaftliches Institut, Sektion Für Wirtschaft Und Statistik, 1928
Binding: Hardback
(FT) Paper Wraps. Large 4to. 262, 34 pages. In Yiddish with additional German title page and summaries. Title translates to English as: “Writings of Economics and Statistics. ” Lestschinsky was a Russian-born pioneer in sociology, economics, and demography of Jewish life. He helped found the Zionist Socialist Party. SUBJECT(S) : Economics. Statistics. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. Yiddish title page has unobtrusive inscription from pervious owner in margins. Covers worn with some chipping. Approx. 1” tear at bottom of spine; lacks part of backstrip. Internal pages are tanning at edges, but all text is clear. Good+ condition. (SPEC16-22).
Stock number:26837.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem : J. Junovitch., 1927.
Binding: Hardcover
(FT) 4to. 345 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Messiah; Jews – history – to 70 A. D. SERIES: Sifriyyah historit-filologit. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Univ of Chicago, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) . Klausner (1874-1958) “was an active Zionist and a fervent nationalist throughout his life, and his Zionist views color all his work. A delegate to the First Congress, he was greatly influenced by the political ideas of Herzl, although his cultural approach remained that of the Hovevei Zion and Ahad Ha-Am. He attended nearly every subsequent Congress until the eleventh, contributing surveys on them to Ha-Shilo'ah. From 1930 he began to identify himself more and more with the policy of Jabotinsky and was regarded by the Revisionist Party, and later by its successor, Herut, as the ideologist of the movement. He edited the monthly Beitar (together with B. Netanyahu) from 1932–33 and came out vigorously, both in speech and in writing, in support of the ideals of the right-wing nationalists. In 1949 they put his name forward as their candidate for the first president of the State of Israel in opposition to Chaim Weizmann. ” (Staff, EJ) Edges tanning, spine a little cocked, minor edgewear, good+ condition. (HEB-8-12)
Stock number:26773.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth, 1944
Binding: Hardback
Paper Wraps. 8vo. 31 pages. Holocaust-era imprint. Monthly periodical by the Labor Zionist Youth organization. Contents of this issue include, “The Month: Still No Decision, ” Shalom Wurm; “Seder Diary, ” Ben Simcha; “Boundaries of Exile, ” Ben Halpern; “Palestine Letter: Crisis in the Party, ” S. Aharoni; “A Day in Yagur, ” Willliam Siegel; “Labor in Search of Policy, ” Samuel M. Ehrenhalt. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. Labor Zionism -- United States -- Periodicals. Jewish youth -- United States -- Periodicals. OCLC lists no copies. Cover has some stains, fraying at binding. Pages darkened and crease through corner of some pages, but all text is clear. Good condition. (HOLO2-41-17), OK 06/12
Stock number:26672.
$US 100.00
Imprint: New York, N. Y. : World Coordinating Committee Of The Bundist And Affiliated Jewish Socialist Organizations In Various Countries., 1948
Edition: First Edition
Paper, 8 pages. Published monthly. The cover story is “The State of Israel”, reporting on the proclamation of the new state, expressing both awe and dismay. The Bund was historically anti-Zionist, instead emphesizing its philosophy of "Do-Kayt"--"Here-ness," under which Jewish life is built right here, wherever Jews are now living, not in Palestine. SUBJECT (S) : Socialism -- United States – Periodicals; Jews -- United States – Periodicals; Working class -- United States -- Periodicals. OCLC lists seven libraries worldwide holding this periodical. Excellent condition. (Holo2-30-19), OK 06/12
Stock number:26111.
$US 100.00
Binding: Hardcover
New York: Philosophical Library, 1951. Cloth. 8vo. 300 pages. A fundamental study in the underlying causes of antagonism, hatred and violence as it exists in anti-Semitism. The author was President, General Zionist Org. In Israel. Bernstein (Fritz; 1890–1971) was a “Zionist leader, publicist, and Israel politician. Bernstein, who was born in Meiningen, Germany, studied commerce. From 1930 to 1935 he was chief editor of the Dutch Zionist weekly, in which he fought for "unconditional Zionism, " both in relations with non-Jews and in debate with the socialist and the religious Zionists. In Jew-Hate as a Sociological Problem he tried to prove that anti-Semitism is a sociological phenomenon which cannot be eliminated by better knowledge, by persuasion, or by education. He also rejected the theory that the Jews in the Diaspora have negative traits which encourage anti-Semitism. Bernstein was a member of the Knesset from its inception until 1965, and minister of commerce and industry in 1948–49 and from 1952 to 1955. When the Liberal Party was established he was elected one of its two presidents. Following the party split in 1964, he became honorary president of the larger faction which retained the name of the Liberal Party. Bernstein continued his journalistic activities during his political career. He often opposed the left wing in his articles and advocated a business-oriented policy” (Jozeph Michman [Melkman] in EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Antisemitism. Ex-library with spine label residue and institutional stamp. Text in very good condition. (SEF-5-5).
Stock number:25918.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Jerusalem: Deptartment For Torah Education And Culture In The Diaspora Of The World Zionist Organisation, 1955
Softcover, 8vo, 44, 12 pages, 22 cm. In English and Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Biography. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide. Book plate on front inside cover. Wear to binding. Some pages have pencil markings. Good condition. (Rab-51-1)
Stock number:25841.
$US 100.00
Imprint: Tel Aviv, 1937?
Softcover, 8vo, 45, 9 pages. Includes illustrations, many photos. 18 x 25 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Education -- Israel. Title on cover. Title on added title page: Mercaz Hinuch Hatorah, Centre of Torah Education in Palestine. Hebrew, English and Yiddish. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Brandies and Florida) . Bumped edges. Bound with string. Otherwise good condition. (Heb-15-6)
Stock number:25825.
$US 100.00