Book details: ‘ORAH! : A RUF TSU DER AMERIKANER ORTODOKSI
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Teitz, Pinchas M. (Pinchas Mordecai)
‘ORAH! : A RUF TSU DER AMERIKANER ORTODOKSI
Imprint: Elizabeth, NJ; Shulzinger Bros, 1936
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Original Wraps. 8vo. 15 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. “Orah! : A Call to the American Orthodox”, by Rabbi Pinchas Teitz (1908-1995) , an influential orthodox American rabbi, who came to America in 1933, and was instrumental in founding the modern Torah community in Elizabeth, NJ, where two mikvaos, three schools, and five shuls form a united JEC, Jewish Educational Center. “Seeing a need for a national awakening of Orthodox Jewry in America, he published in Elul 5696 (1936) the first of a series of booklets entitled ‘Urah – Awaken’ as a call to teshuva. ” (Jewish Observer, June 1996, An Appreciation of Rabbi Mordechai Pinchas Teitz zt"l by Rabbi Yaakov M. Dombroff) Rabbi Teitz was famous for his Yiddish radio broadcasts, and for his 22 visits to the Soviet Union to help preserve and renew the religious jewish communities there. Subjects: Orthodox Judaism - United States. OCLC lists two copies (Yeshiva, NYPL) . Pencilled writing in English and Yiddish on back cover, endpages, and first and last page, not affecting text. Wraps lightly soiled, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (YID-16-46)
Stock number:30848.