Publishers cloth. 8vo. 285 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. ‘History of the Pogroms 1919-1920; Book 1, The Ukrainian Slaughter in 1919.’ Published by the Educational Committee of the Workmen’s Circle in New York. An English version was also published the same year. The author, Elias Heifetz, was the chairman of the ‘All-Ukrainian Relief Committee for the Victims of Pogroms’, organized under the auspices of the Red Cross; this volume contains a litany of documentation taken by members of the relief commission, lawyers, and others in the Ukraine at the time; includes information in the appendix of pogroms in Ovruch, Proskurov and Felshtin as well as many small villages. Our volume contains endpage bookstamps of the World Jewish Congress (one in English, one in French, a third in Yiddish) ; Yiddish bookstamp remarks that this book was donated for European Jews who were the victims of Hitlerite and fascist terror. Subjects: Jews -- Persecutions - Ukraine. Pogroms - Ukraine. OCLC lists 26 copies. Other than WJC Stamps, very clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (EE-5-19)

Publishers boards. 8vo. 574 pages. 22 cm. Illustrated. First edition. 8 leaves of black and white photographs. Title translates as, “In Search of Destiny: the Jewish People in the Cycle of History: Book 2” “This book, which is the second part of the trilogy, describes the fate of the Jews of tsarist Russia after the fall of the autocracy. Subjects include: the Jewish question in the Ukrainian People's Republic of 1917-1920, the spiritual life of the Jews in the Soviet Union in the 20's and 30's of the last century, the failed Jewish land management in Soviet countries, the situation of Jews in Soviet Belarus and in the territories of Belarus and Ukraine as part of Poland. Considerable attention is paid to the anti-Semitic policies of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The final part of the book describes the total destruction of the Jews in the Soviet Union, occupied by the Nazis during the war, and a thorough examination of the role of the Judenrat in the Nazi plans for the ‘Final Solution’ of the Jewish question. ” (Publisher’s description) Subjects: Jews – History. Ex-Library with usual markings. Light shelf wear, text clean and bright. Very good condition. (EE-6-15)

Small folio, 17, 33pages. First Edition. With an introductory essay by Abraham Joshua Heschel. A most moving depiction of vibrant Jewish life before the Holocaust. 31 black and white photographs, many now iconic images of Eastern European Jewish life. Original boards, no jacket. Old crease in the front board and has a stamp and pen mark on the title page and a stain on the rear blank endpaper, but the gold type on the front and spine is crisp, the corners show very little wear, it the book is very clean inside. Good Condition (EE-3-20) xx

Small folio, 17, 33pages. First Edition. Inscribed by Vishniac's father, Solomon.With an introductory essay by Abraham Joshua Heschel. A most moving depiction of vibrant Jewish life before the Holocaust. 31 black and white photographs, many now iconic images of Eastern European Jewish life. Original boards, beautiful clean copy in jacket that lacks 3 inches of the spine and has spine label at the bottom but otherwise nice. Inscribed by Vishniac's father, Solomon, in the old Russian style, on the end paper. We had an expert from the Roman Vishniac collection at the Institute for Contemporary Photography take a look at it and this is what they concluded: "It’s written in the old Russian language (tsarist’s times) and says 'In memory to dear Ida Glezer from the devoted friend Solomon Vishnyak (signiture) Roman Vishnyak.' So here we have confirmation. Roman Vishniac's father, Solomon Vishniac, inscribed his son's book to a friend, in the old Russian language of tsarist's times (whereas, Roman Vishniac's Russian was quite modern...So, not signed by Vishniac, but by his father. Confirmed attribution." Very Good Condition in Good Jacket with damaged spine and spine label on jacket only (EE-3-20) xx

Original Cloth. 12mo. 107 pages. 19 cm. First edition. Workmen's Circle; Arbeiter-Ring bibliotek; 6. ‘Political Economy: Foundational Principles. ’ Volume one of a three part primer in marxist political economy, written for socialist workers, by the Yiddish journalist Abraham Sacks. This primer was reprinted in significant numbers by the Bund in interwar Poland for their constituency. Subjects: Economics. Socialism. Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring. Hinges shaken, cloth deeply soiled, outer edges soiled; internally clean. Fair condition. (YID-19-56)

Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 465 pages, plus [5] leaves of plates. 20 cm. In Yiddish. Short stories. Title on verso of title page: "Polskie lata." Wear to wrappers, heavy at spine, otherwise Good Condition. (H-43-10)

First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 172 pages. 23 cm. SUBJECTS: Yiddish language -- Congresses. Yidisher visnshaftlekher institut -- Congresses. Browning to cover and pages. Very good condition. (AC-1-16)

1st edition. No Date [ca. 1930]. Original photo-illustrated handbill (19 x 13 cm) folded once along vertical axis. In Yiddish and Latvian. Translates as, “Program “200.000” (The Big Win) A Comedy in 3 Acts, 5 Scenes by Sholem Aleichem.” Along the top of the wrapper: “Riger Idisher Sport-Farayn “MAKABI”/Rigas zidu sporta biedriba ‘Makkabi’ [Riga’s Jewish sports association “Maccabi”]. In A playbill for Sholem Aleykhem’s “200,000," a comedy in 3 acts. The play was performed by “Maccabi," Riga’s Jewish sports association, with the dramatic section of the association led by S. Timencika and M. Dembo. Very good Condition (Latyid-2-4)

Original Wrappers. 8vo. 21 pages. 22 cm. Front cover illustration by Mitchell Loeb. A Holocaust-era pamphlet of the Jewish Book Council outlining the program and intentions of the Jewish Book Month, with listings of participating libraries in major U. S. Cities, selected materials, publishers, and bibliographic resources. Includes Yiddish listings. In 1944 the Jewish Welfare Board became a sponsor and coordinator of the Jewish Book Council, which had originally been founded, in 1925, as Jewish Book Week and expanded through the following years. The Book Council's objectives were the stimulation of an abiding zeal for knowledge among young and old; the development of a Jewish cultural atmosphere in homes; the enrichment of educational programs of clubs, study circles and discussion groups; and the enlargement of book collections in institutional libraries, reading rooms, and private homes. Subjects: Books, Jewish. Jewish Book Month. OCLC lists one copy (HUC) . Light wear to covers, clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-96-26)

First edition. Period boards. 8vo, 92 pages, 20 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “A Provincial Newspaper. ” Miriam Karpilove (1888-1956) was one of the most prolific and widely published women writers of Yiddish prose. Her short stories and novels explore issues important in the lives of Jewish women of her generation. Frequent themes are the upbringing of girls and women in Eastern Europe, the barriers they encounter when they seek secular education, and the conflicts they experience upon immigration to North America. ” (Kellman, JWA, 2016) Over the course of her life, Karpilove lived in Minsk, Palestine, NYC, and finally Connecticut. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Some light water stains to top margins. Overall in Very Good Condition with few markings. (YID-23-13)

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)

1st Edition. Original printed cloth, Small 8vo, 283 pages; 20 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as, "Plays." SUBJECT(S): Yiddish drama. Peretz Davidovich Markish (1895-1952) was a “Soviet/Russian Jewish poet and playwright who wrote predominantly in Yiddish.... His first poetry collection, Shveln ('Thresholds'), published in Kiev in 1919, established his reputation….In the early 1920s, he was a member of the Kiev group of Yiddish poets that included David Hofstein and Leib Kvitko. After a series of pogroms took place in Ukraine, he moved to Warsaw and in Western Europe. ….In 1924 he was a co-founder and editor of the Literarishe bleter in Warsaw. In 1926, Markish returned to the Soviet Union. There he published a number of optimistic poems glorifying the communist regime, including Mayn dor ('My Generation'; 1927) and the epic Brider ('Brothers'; 1929). His novel Dor oys, dor ayn ('Generation After Generation'; 1929), about the genesis of revolution in a small Jewish town, was condemned for 'Jewish chauvinism.' As a co-founder of the Soviet School of Writers he was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1939. Markish joined the Soviet Communist party in early 1942 when he took a job at the International Division of Sovietinformburo, while a colleague Teumin was the press agent. The bureau head Lozovsky banned them from any further contact with JAC; effectively cutting them off from the international socialist element altogether. The monitors started looking through their post, investigating the articles they wrote. In April 1942, Stalin had ordered the formation of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee designed to influence international public opinion and organize political and material support for the Soviet fight against Nazi Germany, particularly from the West….In 1946, he was awarded the Stalin Prize, and wrote several paeans to Joseph Stalin, including a 20,000-line epic poem Milkhome (‘War’) in 1948. However, Stalin soon changed policy towards the liquidation of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee and against the remnants of official Jewish cultural activity in the Soviet Union…..Markish was accused of being a ‘Jewish nationalist’, and arrested in January 1949, and shot with other Jewish writers during the Night of the Murdered Poets in August 1952. After Stalin's death, Markish's widow Esther and his sons, literary scholar Shimon Markish and prose writer David Markish, actively set out to redeem his memory" (Wikipedia). OCLC: 19304548. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide (NYPL, YIVO, Harvard, UT-Austin, UCL, NYBC) with no listings for the complete Gezamelte Verk set anywhere. Light staining and wear to boards and spine, unobtrusive pen marks to half title and blank end page, bookplate, some foxing. About Very Good- Condition. A nice copy of this scarce and important Soviet imprint, the first appearance of this collection. (yid-42-16A-ELXCC)

Paper wrappers, 8vo. , 32 pages. In Yiddish. Illustrated stories for children based on the lives of the Rabbis Gershom, Rashi and Yehudah Hasid. Series: Kinder-Ring bibliotek; Historishe geshtaltn. SUBJECT (S) Named Person: Gershom ben Judah, Me'or ha-Golah, 10th/11th cent. -- Fiction. Rashi, 1040-1105 -- Fiction. Judah ben Samuel, ca. 1150-1217 -- Fiction. Responsibility: Yudl Mark. Illustrations by Y. Nayshlos and B. Tumarin. OCLC list 22 copies. Very good condition. Kazdan 143. (YIDCHI-2-8)

1st edition. Original publisher’s cloth, 12mo, 75 pages 23 cm. In Yiddish. 23 cm. Glaser & Weintraub et al cite this work in the bibliography of “Proletpen: America’s Rebel Yiddish Poets” (Madison, 2005). For more on Vaynper, see “Dos Z. Vaynper-Bukh” (New York; Ikuf, 1962) OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Stain to foredge, otherwise Very Good Condition (KH-5-17)

Presume 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 12mo, [1], 16 pages. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “Regulations for Operations in the Savings and Loans Funds: 1932.” "The number of Jewish mutual loan banks in Romania rose during the 1920s. The highest numbers were seen in 1930, when Romania had 87 Jewish mutual loan societies, with 64,000 members, most of them in Bessarabia, which before 1918 had been part of the tsarist empire….In the interwar period, of the more than 30,000 clients of Jewish cooperative credit banks, 3,600 were farmers—Bessarabia was second at the time only to Palestine with its numbers of Jewish farmers” (YIVO Encyclopedia). For more on Jewish cooperatives in Bessarabia, see Moshe Ussoskin, Struggle for Survival: A History of Jewish Credit Co-operatives in Bessarabia, Old-Rumania, Bukovina, and Transylvania (Jerusalem, 1975); and Yoysef Yashunsky and Herman Frank, “Yidishe kooperatsye,” in Algemeyne entsiklopedye: Yidn, vol. 1, cols. 533–562 (Paris, 1939).SUBJECT(S): Cooperative societies. Jews -- Economic conditions. OCLC: 713568466. OCLC lists one copy worldwide (NLI), which lists the publication date in error as 1933 (a misreading, as the “2” in "1932" is damaged in the print). Period acquisition stamp on cover. Small tear to upper margin of front cover. Light toning and stains, but solid and nice. Very Good- Condition. Rare and important. (YID-43-30)

1950/51. 1st edition. Original Cloth in the rare illustrated dust jacket. 8vo, 385 pages. 23 cm. In the original Hebrew. Book of Holocaust poetry published just after the Holocaust by one of the greatest 20th-century Hebrew and Yiddish poets. Leah Orent notes that "On Tisha b'Av, the day of collective mourning for Jewish national disasters both ancient and modern, it has become customary to read Holocaust literature. Greenberg's Rehovot ha-Nahar is an epic Holocaust lamentation, published in 1951. Reading a representative selection from the text, we…. Examine how the poet's private voice merges with that of his persona as spokesperson for the Jewish people, addressing a silent God in heaven and confronting the murderers on earth. We…consider the speaker's struggle to balance the guilt of a survivor with his sense of prophetic vocation. Ultimately, the collection articulates a vision of Jewish history flowing like an eternal river from Abraham to Sinai through the horrors of the Holocaust towards the revival of the kingdom of Israel and messianic redemption" (2014) . Indeed, Greenberg's poems in this collection are cited by, for example, leading Holocaust scholar David S. Wyman in "The World Reacts to the Holocaust" (Baltimore, 1996, see for example page 922) . Very Good Condition with dustjacket mounted onto boards. A very nice and attractive copy. (holo2-122-48A)

Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 47 pages. 21cm. CONTENTS: Academic Staff --- Library and Archive --- Dictionary and Journal --- Growth in Yiddish Studies --- Services to the Community --- Record of Activities --- Individual Reports of Scholars. SUBJECTS: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies -- Periodicals. Jews -- Study and teaching -- England -- Oxford -- Periodicals. Judaism -- Study and teaching -- England -- Oxford -- Periodicals. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (BIBLIOG-28-21)

1st edition. Original program (18 x 27.5 cm) folded once along vertical axis. In Yiddish and Latvian. Translates as, “A Corner in Brazil.” A program for a production by the Riga Yiddish Minority Theater of a play by D. Spivak. Likely performed on October 5th – 7th, 1928. Very Good Condition. (Latyid-2-14)

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)

Publishers cloth. 8vo. 192 pages. 22 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. “Robert’s Adventures. ” Bound in pink cloth with color-printed pictorial onlay. Black and white illustrations by Note Kozlovski. Solomon Simon (1895-1970) was a prolific Yiddish writer, famous for his children’s stories and as a leading figure of the Sholem Aleichem Folks Institute. Farlag Matones was founded by “the Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute, an organization established in New York in 1918 to coordinate a secular Yiddish school system. .... [and] as a publisher of children’s books but became a leading publisher of Yiddish literature and of well-known authors such as Menahem Boraisha, Jacob Glatstein, Chaim Grade, Moses (Moyshe) Leib Halpern, Leibush Lehrer, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Hillel Zeitlin, Aaron Zeitlin” (Guide to the Yivo Archives, 2012) . Subjects: Children's literature, Yiddish. OCLC lists 15 copies. Light wear to cloth, torn upper portion of page not affecting text on table of contents, otherwise fine. Very good + condition. (YIDCHI-6-6A)

(FT) Paper-wrappers, 8vo, 12 pages, in Yiddish and English, illustrated, music, Description of the festivals in the back, personalization page on the back of front cover, The Congress for Jewish Culture was founded in 1948 as an umbrella organization serving a dozen other Jewish groups of varied political and cultural stripes. Our goal is to promote Yiddish language and culture; to foster all aspects of Yiddish creativity; and to respond to the Yiddish cultural and educational needs of the American as well as international communities. The Congress attempts to achieve these objectives through a varied program of activities, such as concerts, publications, and art exhibits (from the congress’ website) . SUBJECT(S) : Yiddish --- Rosh Ha’Shanah --- Yom Kippur ---. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Covers show some wear, pages clean, very good condition. Scarce. (YIDCHI-5-37)

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)

Publishers cloth. 8vo. Xiii, 195 pages. 24 cm. Illustrated. First edition. Inscribed by author on front free end page. Four leaves of black and white photographs, as well as reproductions of paintings and documents. “This book focuses on the social and intellectual odysseys of merchants, maskilim, and rabbis, and their varied attempts to combine Judaism and European culture. David Fishman here chronicles the remarkable story of these first modern Jews of Russia. ” (Dust jacket) Subjects: Jews -- Belarus -- Shklou -- Intellectual life. Haskalah -- Belarus -- Shklou -- History -- 18th century. Condition. (EE-6-4)

1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 72 pages, 19 cm. Includes illustrations and portraits. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Sacco-Vanzetti: The History of their Martyrdom. ” Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian-born American anarchists who were controversially convicted of murdering a guard during an armed robbery. The trial was highly publicized and inspired protests around the world. Their innocence was even argued by future Supreme Court justice, Felix Frankfurter (Wikipedia, 2018) . The author, Melech Epstein, became a leading writer on the history of Jewish Communism in Amerca. SUBJECTS: Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass. , 1921. Trial (Murder) -- Massachusetts -- Dedham. Anarchists -- United States. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide (OCLC: 191805432) . Bound into pamphlet protector, with binding affecting a couple letters on original ilustrated cover. Good Condition. (YID-40-99A-M)

Original illustrated wraps. 4to. 44 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Catalog of two exhibitions, Return to Vilna I and Return to Vilna II, held between 31 August and 20 November, 2002 at Pucker Gallery, Boston, Mass. With 67 full color illustrations. Samuel Bak “was born in Vilna. A few years later the area was incorporated into the independent republic of Lithuania. He was eight when the Germans occupied the city. Bak began painting while still a child and, prompted by the well-known Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever, held his first exhibition (in the Vilna ghetto) in 1942 at the age of nine. From the ghetto the family was sent to a labor camp on the outskirts of the city. Bak's father managed to save his son by dropping him in a sack out of a ground floor window of the warehouse where he was working; he was met by a maid and brought to the house where his mother was hiding. His father was shot by the Germans in July 1944, a few days before Soviet troops liberated the city. His four grandparents had earlier been executed at the killing site outside Vilna called Ponary. After the war, the young Bak continued painting at the Displaced Persons camp in Landsberg, Germany (1945–48) , where he also studied painting in Munich. In 1948, he and his mother immigrated to Israel, where he studied for a year at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. After fulfilling his military service, he spent three years (1956–59) at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He then moved to Rome (1959–66) , returned to Israel (1966–74) , and lived for a time in New York City (1974–77) . There followed further years in Israel and Paris, then a long stay in Switzerland (1984–93) . From 1993 Bak lived and worked outside Boston, in Weston, Massachusetts. ” (EJ 2007) Subjects: Bak, Samuel - Exhibitions. Holocaust Art - Vilna. OCLC lists 21 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-108-44), Y 1/13

4to. 52 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : German language; Switzerland – languages – dialects. Very good condition. (GER-15-43)

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)

Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 64 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Features the classic haggadah in large letters along with a variety of stories and parables, including Mishlei Yaakov, along the bottom of the page. Yaari, 1853. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Harvard) . Horizontal tear across top 1/6th of title page. Shelfwear. Binding is starting. Paper wrappers are soiled. Pages are browning. All text and illustrations are clean. About Good- condition. (Hag-18-20A)

Period Wrappers. 8vo, 32 pages, 19 cm. In Hebrew with Judeo-German commentary underneath. Yaari, 779. OCLC lists one copy worldwide (Harvard) . Pages are foxing and occasionally edgeworn. Overall good condition. (Hag-18-17)

Period boards. 8vo, 30 pages. 18cm. In Hebrew. Yaari, 778. Haggadah with commentary Ohr Yesharim by Rabbi Yechiel Heller. Rabbi Heller (1814-1862) was already known in his youth as one of the leading Torah scholars of his days. Born in Koidanov, he studied in yeshivot in Minsk and was renowned as the "Ilui of Koidanov". At the age of 21, he was appointed Rabbi in Hlusk and in 1843 as Rabbi of Vawkavysk, succeeding Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Chaver. In 1854, he began serving in the Suwalki rabbinate and at that time printed his commentary on the Passover Haggadah (Kedem, 2016) . Subjects: Liturgy and ritual. Hagadah. Yiddish. Judaism - Liturgy - Texts. OCLC only lists two copies (Harvard and Ets Haim in Netherlands) . Ex-library with usual markings. Minor soiling to pages, with edgewear to some. Binding and boards are heavily worn. Good- condition. (Hag-18-9A)

1st edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 88 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Title translates to “Memorial Book for the Rabanit Ester Rubinstein on the First Anniversary of her Death, 8 Atseret, 686. A Collection of Articles in Hebrew and Yiddish. ” Ester Rubinstein (1881-1924) was the wife of prominent Chief Rabbi of Vilna, Isaac Rubinstein. She was instrumental in introducing primary schooling for girls within Orthodox Judaism. She also played a great role in the Jewish culture of Vilna (Koss, 2010) . SUBJECTS: Jewish education. OCLC 122732732. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Brandeis, NYPL) . Very lightly edge worn. A remarkably clean and fresh copy. Very Good Condition. Rare. (YID-41-54)

1st edition. Original cloth with jacket, 4to. , 840 columns. VOLUME ONE OF TWO ONLY. Illustrated with photographs, facsimiles, folded map. In Hebrew and Yiddish.   Series: Sifre zikaron li-kehilot ha-golah. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Poland -- Czestochowa -- History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Czestochowa.   Czestochowa (Poland) -- Ethnic relations.   Other Titles: Ts'enstohov; Entsiklopedyah shel galuyot. Light wear to jacket. Very good condition. (YIZ-14-8), ok 2/2021

Period Quarter calf and boards. 12mo. [8], 84 leaves; [i. E. 168] pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Printed in Rashi script. 'Sheba' Petilot, ' the moral teachings of the 'Menorat ha-Ma'or, ' in seven chapters. Moses Ben Simon Frankfurter was a Dayyan and printer of Amsterdam; born 1672; died 1762. “Frankfurter wrote Nefesh Yehudah (1701) , a commentary on Isaac Aboab's Menorat ha-Ma'or with a Yiddish translation of the text. This very popular tract was often reprinted, as was Sheva Petilot (1721) , an abbreviated version of the same work. ” - EJ 2008. Subjects: Jewish ethics. Aboab, Isaac, active 14th century. Menorat ha-ma? Or. OCLC lists 11 copies. Light foxing throughout, overall clean and fresh in solid binding. Very good condition. (SPEC-40-50)

1st edition. Period boards. 8vo. 24 pages, 24 cm. In Hebrew with some Yiddish. Title translates as "The Sayings of the Rabbis: Part 1." Goldman, #724. Schwartz was a Richmond based Rabbi and Gorchicoff was a rabbi in Ukraine who later moved to New York City and was a member of Agudath Harabbonim. Together, they authored this volume of mussar in order bring attention to those whose religious observance was lacking as a result of forgetfulness or ignorance. Appended are mystical incantations from amulets to protect pregnant women and to guard against the evil eye (Goldman, #724) . SUBJECTS: Jewish sermons - Hebrew. OCLC lists only one copy at the National Library of Israel. Boards are edgeworn and binding is starting. Some pages were trimmed in the margins with no loss to text. Some pages have light foxing. Rare. (RAB-66-4-'+)

Later Wraps. 8vo. 112 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Yiddish and Hebrew. 'Jargon-Hebrew dictionary. Yiddish Holy-Tongue Dictionary. ' Yiddish-Hebrew Dictionary. Subjects: Yiddish language - Dictionaries - Hebrew. Yiddish language. Dictionaries. OCLC lists 8 copies. Scarce. Rebound in later wraps. Pages aged, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (YID-22-47)

(FT) 8vo. 126 pages. In Hebrew. Deinard 751. Goldman 830: “Kaplan was born in Medvedichi, Byelorussia, in 1899 and he studied in the yeshivot of Minsk, Bobruysk, Slutsk and Mir…immigrating to America in 1909…. Kaplan was the founder of the Jewish Conciliation Court of America…..Sefer Ruah Ha-‘Et contains twenty-seven sermons for the lections of Genesis and other occasions. Kaplan originally delivered them in Yiddish between 1907 and 15 Feb. 1920…. Some of the sermons deal with American themes (e. G. On kashruth…on immigration laws…on Henry Morgenthau…) . ” Also on “the conclusion of World War I…. ” No other volumes are recorded. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons, Hebrew. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Ex library. Occasional marginalia, good condition. (AMR-32-22)

(FT) Cloth, 8vo. , 329 pages. With Photographs. In Yiddish and Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) Jews -- Belarus -- Zheludok. Jews -- Belarus -- Orlovo. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Belarus -- Zheludok. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Belarus -- Orlovo. Zheludok (Belarus) Orlovo (Belarus) . Added title page: The book of Zoludek and Orlowa; a living memorial. Letter typed in Yiddish laid in. Light wear to covers, very good condition. (YIZ-1-18), ok 2/2021

(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)

New York: Library of the Jewish Theological Society of America, 1975. Cloth; 4to. Xx, 384, xii pages. Nicely bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and spattered edges. Frontispiece portrait of the author's late son, to whom the book is dedicated. In Yiddish, with introduction in both Yiddish and English. Title page in English on verso: Hebrew Subscription Lists, With an Index to 8, 767 Jewish Communities in Europe and North Africa. Includes indices. This work is the fruit of a massive project undertaken by the author, a staff member of the Library of the JTS. It organizes the data culled from tens of thousands of Jewish books over a period of about 150 years. The result is an index of 350, 000 Jews from almost 9, 000 communities who presubscribed for specific books by specific writers, their names having been noted in the books upon publication. Given the destruction of so many records of Jews during the Holocaust, this book is an invaluable tool for scholars and researchers. SUBJECT (S) : Rabbinical literature -- Publishing. Names, Geographical -- Hebrew. Names, Geographical -- Yiddish. Names, Geographical -- Europe, Eastern. Names, Geographical -- Africa, North. Very good condition. (CT-9-1), Wanted by Irene Goldstein

(FT) Hardcover, 107 pages, 12mo. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew language -- Grammar -- Textbooks. Hebrew language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- Yiddish. No copies found on OCLC. Ex library. Stained pages. Tile page chipped around edges. Wear to cover binding and edges. Chipped cover corners. Otherwise, very good condition. Scarce. (Rab-34A-4)

1st edition. Original Embossed hardcover, 8vo. , 12, 32-543 pages. Photographs throughout. In Yiddish. SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Jews -- Ukraine -- Zakarpats'ka oblast' -- History. Jews -- Romania -- Maramures-- History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Ukraine -- Zakarpats'ka oblast'. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Romania -- Maramures. ; Zakarpats'ka oblast' (Ukraine) Maramures (Romania) ; Crisana (Romania) . OCLC lists 48 copies worldwide. Covers worn. Very good condition. (YIZ-12-7), ok 2/2021

Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 48; 48 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Added English title page for volume 1: ‘Moseig Meidwas, Part 1, A Book of Sermons’; for volume 2: Moseik Meidwas, Part II, A Book of Sermons’. Three volumes were printed total, 1917-1918; volumes one and two only. “This work contains sermons (on holidays, lifecycle events and Zionism) and eulogies written with the ‘spirit of the time and place’ in mind. For a critique of modern synagogues, see vol. 1, pp. 25-7 (e. G. They emphasize aesthetics, electricity and organs, but they are devoid of Judaism; they permit mixed dancing; and they perpetuate ‘bar mitzvah Judaism’) . … For a sermon delivered by R. Hayyim Zevi Braude, Silverstone’s uncle, see vol. 2, pp. 12-4. Louis Herman may have been the typesetter for vol. 2 (vol. 2, p. 48) . All of Silverstone’s publications were subsidized by Noah Musher …Most copies of vols. 1-2 were purchased by two New York book dealers within a year. Vols. 1-2 were so popular that Silverstone had to buy back on hundred copies because preachers kept on writing to him asking for them (vol. 3, p.5) . ” (Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America, entry # 794) . Subjects: Jewish sermons, Hebrew. OCLC lists 4 copies (JTSA, Yeshiva, Flordia, HUC) . Wraps soiled, outer edges lightly soiled, wraps of part 2 are loose; internally fresh and clean. Good + condition. (AMR-44-17)

1st edition, Original Cloth, 4to, 450 pages.In Yiddish and Hebrew. Yizkor book commemorates Sosnowiec (Katowice, Poland). Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Sosnowiec Jews -- Poland -- Sosnowiec Sosnowiec (Poland) -- Ethnic relations. Very Good Condition., MISSING 06/12

YIZKER BUKH NOKH DREY-UN-TSV?ONTSIK HORUV GEVORENE YIDISHE KEHILES` IN SVENTSYANER GEGNT?; SEFER ZIKARON LE-EZOR SHVINTSYAN. SEFER ZIKARON LE-?ES´RIM VE-SHALOSH KEHILOT SHE-NEHREVU BE-EZOR SHVINTSYAN Tel-Aviv : Irgun Yots'e Ezor Shvintsyan be-Yis´ra'el19651st Edition. Original Publisher’s Cloth, 4to (Large), 1954 columns. Includes endpaper maps and illustrations throughout. Chiefly in Yiddish. Title translates as, “A Book of Remembrance for Twenty-Three Communities Destroyed in the Shvintsyan Area.” Each chapter concerns a different community: Svencian - New Svencian - Old and New Dugelishak - Ignalina - Lingmian - Kaltinian - Duksht - Podbrads - Lintop - Kimelishak - Heidutschak - Styatshik - - Gaviken - Weeds - Kazian - Kabilnik - Niemenchin - Fastov - Yadi - Myari. SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Lithuania -- S?venc?ionys -- History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) OCLC: 23554363. Light wear, Very Good Condition (YIZ-18-9), ok 2/2021

Original paper wrappers. 8vo. [2], 24, 10 pages. 22 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, Yiddish, and English. Added English title page: Pearls of the Talmud and Medrash. “This volume of mussar, in Yiddish, Hebrew and English, contains adaptations from Midrash and aggadah. While many of Wishnewitz’s contemporaries bemoaned the rampant Sabbath desecration and non-observance that existed in America, he believed that ‘without a doubt shortly America will become a place of Torah. They will observe the Sabbath … and they will establish many Talmud Torahs and the young students will be educated and they will observe [the Sabbath]. The rest depends on God and it is our obligation only to do what we can to strengthen ourselves, our children, and our children’s children’ (p. 15) . He also asserted that America would be the final country in which the Jews would live prior to being restored to the Land of Israel (p. 14) . (Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America, entry #764) . Wishnewitz (1866-1930/8) was born in Kovno, a rabbi in Krekenava, and immigrated to South Africa in 1896; he died in Palestine. This volume was later translated into English and printed in Jerusalem in 1930 under the title ‘Precious Pearls’. Subjects: Talmud Bavli - Commentaries. OCLC lists two copies (Natl Libr Israel, HUC) . Wraps reinforced with paper; light soiling to wraps, otherwise fresh and clean. Very Good condition. (AMR-44-18) Xx

1st Edition. Presume Original blue paper wrappers, 8vo, 111 pages; 21 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish with the Author’s address in Nashua, NH, noted in English on the title page. Title translates as, “The Borrowed Axe: A Pointed Essay on the Song of Songs as a Critique of the State of American Judaism. ” An anti-assimilationist polemic, critical of the Jews of small town New England, including Nashua, NH, written in the form of a running commentary to the Song of Song by a Mir and Volozhin-educated immigrant to Nashua, Goldman 1148. “Harkavy was born in 1859 in Yeremichi, Minsk Province, and he studied in the yeshivot of Mir and Volozhin…. He immigrated to America in 5667 [1907]. In 5671 [1911, the year of publication] he lived with his brother in Nashua, NH, and was a teacher. Sh. Goldman [1993-1, quoted in Yosef Goldman] notes that "Harkavy's Vehu Shaul, a previously unrecorded and unrecognized contribution to the literature of anti-assimilationist polemics, was written in the form of a running commentary on the text of Song of Songs. The Yiddish title of the book is Di Gelihene Hok (The Borrowed Ax) and the commentary on each page is divided into Hebrew and Yiddish sections ... Harkavy's polemic is unique in that is speaks of the Jews in the small rural towns of New England ... Much of his polemic concerns the religious life of small Jewish communities such as Nashua ....Unlike Weinberger [who concurrently wroate about the Jews in New York] who held out some hope for the American Jewish future, Harkavy saw none” (Sh. Goldman [1993-1], 185, 188, 192) . Harkavy writes, "Having dwelt in this land for a number of years and having seen the disgraceful behavior of my people-they have torn up and stomped upon the essentials of their faith and 'there is no one to save them'-and, having considered the leadership of this people: its rabbis, ritual slaughterers, cantors, communal officials and synagogue presidents, I could no longer restrain myself. I had to make public what has weighed so heavily on my heart" (pp. 1-2, trans. In Sh. Goldman [1993-4) , 185) . Appended to this work is "a witty and vitriolic poem entitled The Clock [pp. 104-11] ... The poem, which appears in both Hebrew and Yiddish versions, employs the metaphor of the ticking clock. The hands of the clock are the rabbis of America-who are continually contending with one another" (Sh. Goldman [1993-4], 193) . Sefer ve-hu Sha'ul was positively reviewed in Ha-Mitzpah, Nr. 6, p 24. Contents include: Shir ha-shirim -- ha-Moreh sha? Ah -- Der zeyger. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- United States. Jews -- Cultural assimilation. Commentaries. Bible. Song of Solomon -- Commentaries. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (NYPL, JTSA, YIVO, Yale, HUC) . Wear and pen marks to blank wrappers, old tape repair to blank front endpaper and title page. Otherwise good paper and binding, Good solid condition. A scarce contemporary examination of Jewish life in early 20th Century Small-Town New England. (KH-8-68)

1st edition, original cloth, 4to. X + 377 pages, illustrations throughout. In Hebrew. English title: “Lomza- In Memory of the Jewish Community. ” “After the end of World War I, the ethnic structure changed significantly. After Orthodox Russians and German Protestants had left Lomza, it became a city of two religions, being inhabited by Catholic Poles and Jews. After regaining independence, Lomza reached the status of a county town in Bialystok Province (from 1939 on in Warsaw Province) . It was also the local centre of trade, crafts and industry, and also the seat of garrison at the same time. A few high school operated there, and what is more, the local press in Polish and Yiddish language was published. In 1925, Pope Pius XI made Lomza the capital of Lomza Diocese. After the outbreak of World War II, on 7 September 1939, Lomza was destroyed as a result of bombing. Three days later Germans entered the city. On 28 September 1939, the city was handed over to Red Army units. Lomza was incorporated into the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. The occupiers transported to Siberia. When the war between the Germans and the Soviets began, on 22 June 1941, Lomza was bombarded by German Luftwaffe, while on 24 June – occupied by Wehrmacht. In July, the city and the whole land of Bialystok were subordinated to the Gauleiter of East Prussia. A ghetto was formed in August. Jewish inhabitants and refugees from other areas were relocated there. In September 1941 about 31, 000 Jews from the ghetto were sent before a firing squad; most of those who remained were killed in Treblinka and Auschwitz-Birkenau. During the war (fights on the line of the River Narew) , in winter 1944/1945, about 70 per cent of Lomza's buildings were destroyed. The reconstructed city was the centre of county in Bialystok Province to 1975, and next it was the capital of Lomza Province, existing to 1998, as a result of an administrative reform in 1975. In 2013, the city had a status of the centre of Lomza County and a city with county rights (so-called municipal county) . ” (sztelt.org 2018) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Poland -- Lomz? A -- History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Lomz? A. Ethnic relations. OCLC: 19162885. Ex library with usual marks, wear on cover and spine, pages are separating from binding slightly in some parts, Good Condition Overall. (YIZ-18-2), ok 2/2021

Cloth, small 4to. , 570 pages. In Yiddish. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Poland -- Zawiercie. Title on cover: Sefer zikaron li-kedoshe Zvirts'ah veha-sevivah. OCLC lists 22 copies worldwide. Light wear to cover, and spine. Edgewear to endpapers. Pages lightly tanned in margins. Good + condition. (YIZ-5-2)xx, ok 2/2021

8vo; [Hebrew Date 525]. Period full leather with raised bands and interspersed gilt floral design and leather spine label, 4to (large) 18 leaves [i.e. 36 pages], 152 leaves [i.e. 304 pages], + 69 leagues [i.e. 138 pages] [i.e. 478 pages total]. 27 cm. In Hebrew and Judeo-German (German in Hebrew script). Includes indexes. "In France Hebrew presses were established in Metz (c. 1760), Strasbourg (1770), and later in Paris (1806)" (Jewish virtual library), this being an early example of Hebrew printing in Metz. Vinograd, Y., Metz 10. SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Repentance -- Prayers and devotions. Judai¨sme -- Liturgie -- Textes. OCLC: 265896805. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide (British Library, Loyola, NYPL, YIVO, Stanford, HUC). The British library listing lists an engraved frontis; however, no other holdings nor auction records which we have seen ever list an engraved frontis, so we assume that to either be a mistake, or added later, or a variant. Some wear to leather boards as expected, especially at corners, but paper and binding remain clean and strong. About Very Good- Condition. A beautiful copy with attractive leather binding. (Rab-66-33-'belxcc)

1st edition. Original publisher's cloth, large 8vo, 652 pages. Includes illustrations, facsimiless, portraits; 25 cm. In Yiddish. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Poland -- Luków (Siedlce) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) . Added title page: "Sefer Lukow. " Partly also in Hebrew. Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-57) . OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. wear and some discoloration to boards, Good Condition. (YIZ-6-12) xx, ok 2/2021

No Date (1920s) . First Yiddish edition. Later paper wrappers. 8vo. 64 pages, 23 cm. Title translates to "The Splendor of Eliyahu: Notes and Beauty of the Vilna Gaon. " Rabbi Eliyahu Landa (1873-1946) , was a fourth generation descendent of the Vilna Gaon. He was born in Jerusalem to Rabbi Elazar of Slonim (1818-1874) who had come to Eretz Israel in 1868 and married the daughter of Rabbi Ze'ev Wolfinson Be Avraham Dayan of Shklov (one of the disciples of Harg"a who had emigrated to Eretz Israel) . Landa studied at the Etz Hayim Yeshivah and established charity institutions in Jerusalem. During his lifetime, he published over 50 books, including the writings of Hagr"a. Landa also initiated the publishing of the Hebrew Bible by Jews, which during that time had been entirely done by Christians. As part of his trade in books, religious objects and Etrogim, he arrived in the US, establishing the "Beit Ha-Midrash Eliyahu" later returning to Eretz Israel. SUBJECTS: Rabbis -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- Biography. Rabbis. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Pages are chipped, browning, and fragile but all text is clean. (YID-27-6)

(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 380 pages. Port. 24 cm. In Yiddish. Series: “Argentiner Yivo-bibliotek, 21.” “Shatzky (1893–1956) was a Polish-born historian and he was one of the founders of the U. S. Section of YIVO. ” (EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- History. Jewish historians. Jewish scholars. Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- History. Shatzky, Jacob, d. 1956. Added Spanish Title Page: “Shatzky-buj: memorias, cartas y ensayos de Jacob Shatzky. ” Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-376) . Cloth torn along backstrip, but binding still tight. Previouss owner’s name and inscription on FEP. Otherwise a nice, clean copy in good+ condition. (FEST1-76)

(FT) (FT) Cloth, 12mo, 71 pages. In Hebrew, vocalized. 1st edition. Inscribed by Zeitlin. Bialik’s poems, translated from the Yiddish by Zeitlin. “`Ivrit bi-yede Aharon Tsaitlin; be-tseruf mavo me-et ha-metargem. ” SUBJECT(S) : Yiddish poetry -- Translations into Hebrew. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Some tanning to pages, otherwise very good + copy (HOLO2-98-18)

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)

8vo. 306 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew poetry. "[Zeitlin] grew up in Gomel, Vilna, and Warsaw. His early poetic works were lyrical; later, philosophic concepts appeared in his verses, and then followed an attempt to express mystical religious insights within formal rhythmic structures. A philosophic aesthete deeply rooted in Jewish tradition and mysticism, Zeitlin's lyrics are often contemplative liturgic hymns. Well versed in world literature, Zeitlin wrote with equal facility in Hebrew and Yiddish. [In 1926] he became literary editor of the Warsaw Yiddish daily Unzer Ekspres. When [WWII] came, he was saved; in the spring of 1939, Maurice Schwartz invited him to New York for the Yiddish Art Theater's premiere of his play. The war prevented Zeitlin's return to his family, all of whom were killed by the Nazis. As contributor to the New York Yiddish daily Jewish Morning Journal and professor of Hebrew literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Zeitlin profoundly influenced the American Jewish scene after World War II. His Hebrew essays, poems, and lectures during his frequent visits to Israel similarly influenced Hebrew literature. " (EJ, 2007) Has tanned and rubbed dust jacket. Front hinge starting, jacket is taped on, good condition. (HebLit-6-18)

Publishers cloth. 8vo. 104 pages. 24 cm. Second edition. In Yiddish. Translated title: “Shmerl the Fool: The Story of an Unknown Hero. ” Bound in blue cloth and color-printed pictorial onlay. Solomon Simon (1895-1970) was a prolific Yiddish writer, famous for his children’s stories and as a leading figure of the Sholem Aleichem Folks Institute. “Shmerl Nar” (later translated as The Wandering Beggar) , is about a Jewish simpleton accomplishing accidental “miracles” as he wandered about Russian towns. Farlag Matones was founded by “the Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute, an organization established in New York in 1918 to coordinate a secular Yiddish school system. .... [and] as a publisher of children’s books but became a leading publisher of Yiddish literature and of well-known authors such as Menahem Boraisha, Jacob Glatstein, Chaim Grade, Moses (Moyshe) Leib Halpern, Leibush Lehrer, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Hillel Zeitlin, Aaron Zeitlin” (Guide to the Yivo Archives, 2012) . Subjects: Children's literature, Yiddish. Children's story. OCLC lists 30 copies worldwide. Light tear to top edge of backstrip, light wear to covers, hinges starting. Otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (YIDCHI-6-4)

Publishers cloth. 8vo. 104 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Translated title: Shmerl the Fool: The Story of an Unknown Hero. Bound in brown cloth and color-printed pictorial onlay, with decorative endpages. Solomon Simon (1895-1970) was a prolific Yiddish writer, famous for his children’s stories and as a leading figure of the Sholem Aleichem Folks Institute. “Shmerl Nar” (later translated as The Wandering Beggar) , is about a Jewish simpleton accomplishing accidental “miracles” as he wandered about Russian towns. Farlag Matones was founded by “the Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute, an organization established in New York in 1918 to coordinate a secular Yiddish school system. .... [and] as a publisher of children’s books but became a leading publisher of Yiddish literature and of well-known authors such as Menahem Boraisha, Jacob Glatstein, Chaim Grade, Moses (Moyshe) Leib Halpern, Leibush Lehrer, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Hillel Zeitlin, Aaron Zeitlin” (Guide to the Yivo Archives, 2012) . Subjects: Children's literature, Yiddish. Children's story. OCLC lists 30 copies. Backstrip absent, edges of cover worn, hinges started, first decorative endpage absent, otherwise clean and fresh. Fair condition. (YIDCHI-6-4B)

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)

Newspaper. 4 pages. Includes photos. Holocaust era issue, but really a recrutiment pamphlet disguised as a newspaper which displays all the ways the union is winning and growing. "Published for and in the interest of Workres in Non-Union Shops by International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union." Four months later the US would be in the war and strikes would be banned, the textile industry booming with war-time production. The heavily Yiddish-speaking International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was once one of the largest labor unions in the United States, one of the first U. S. Unions to have a primarily female membership, and a key player in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. Back page includes Noticias Del Taller, in Spanish. Contents includes: “Strikers Get 15 Per Cent Boost in Pay, ” “Dubinsky Rejoices Over Victories; Pledges Full Aid, ” “Blanket Sportswear Agreement Signed. ” OCLC lists no copies. Cover is slightly darkened but all text is clear. Letter “D” written on cover in margin. Very good condition. (HOLO2-39-7-XX-'+) ., OK 06/12

Buenos Ayres [Buenos Aires]: Farlag Perl, 1942. Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 80 pages. Yiddish Monthly. Anthology of articles on ancient and modern Judaism. Continued on into at least 1971 (we located an issue Nr. 343) SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- Periodicals. Jews -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 7 holdings worldwide. Paper browning at edges, otherwise Very Good Condition. (Y-44)

Original Cloth. 4to. 262, 34 pages. 32 cm. First edition. In Yiddish, with added German title page and abstracts. Black cloth and purple endpages as issued by publisher. Schriften fur Wirtschaft und Statistik, Band 1. Published by the Ekonomish-statistishe sektsye [Economic-Statistical Section] of the Yidishn visnshaftlekhn institut. Contains articles by J. Lestschinsky, E. Ringelblum, J Shatzky, J. Joffe, S. Dubnow and others. Articles on demographics in Riga, Poland, etc. Articles on mortality rates, criminality rates, pogroms in Ukraine 1918-1921, artisans, industrialists, factory workers, credit and finance, etc. Hundreds of charts and graphs. Edited by Jacob Lestschinsky (1876-1966) “historian and sociologist; specialist in Jewish demography and economic history … one of the founding members of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and participated in the inaugural meeting of its Historical Section in Berlin on 31 October 1925. Lestschinsky edited Bleter far yidisher demografye, statistik, un ekonomik, which appeared in Berlin from 1923 until 1925. He laid the groundwork for the Economic-Statistical Section of YIVO, which he headed from its inception in 1926, and edited its publications Ekonomishe shriftn and Yidishe ekonomik. ” - YIVO Encyclopedia. Bound in black cloth over boards; gilt title on cloth, gilt title on red leather pastedown on backstrip, purple endpapers. Subjects: Jews - Economic conditions - Periodicals. Jews - Statistics – Periodicals. YIVO – Berlin Branch. YIVO - Ekonomish-statistishe sektsye - Economic-Statistical Section – Periodicals. Jews. Jews - Economic conditions. Periodicals. Statistics. Binding repaired; institutional stamps on endpages; otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (YID-21-17)

(FT) Publishers cloth. 8vo. 306, [7]pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Added title page in English: Cities and towns in the history of the Jews in Russia and the Ukraine. This excellent bibliography and history was compiled by Mendel Osherowitch (1888-1965) , ”the Yiddish journalist, novelist and historian, was born in Trostyanetz-Podolsk, Ukraine, which was then part of Galicia, in January 1888. He came to New York City in 1910 after a short stay in Palestine and immediately began writing for various Yiddish periodicals, including Yidisher Kemfer, Zukunft and Freie Arbeiter Stimme. He joined the staff of the Jewish Daily Forward in 1914 as a feature writer and later worked as the city editor for ten years, as the Sunday editor, and as a staff writer on Russian affairs, a position which he held until his retirement from the Forward in January of 1965. … Osherowitch was the Chairman of the Committee to Protect the Jews in the Ukraine, which was renamed the Association to Perpetuate the Memory of the Ukrainian Jews after World War II. He edited and contributed to the two volume ‘Jews in the Ukraine’ [published 1961-1967], a proposed three-volume work sponsored by the committee of which only two volumes were ever published. ” (YIVO) . Subjects: Jews - Soviet Union - History. Jews - Ukraine - History. Ukraine - Ethnic relations. Soviet Union - Ethnic relations. Ex-library markings. Very minimal staining. Slight toning. Very good + condition. (YIZ-13-11A), ok 2/2021

1st edition. Original Cloth, 8vo. 2 volumes. Vol. 1 – 306 pages; Vol. 2 – 305 pages. In Yiddish. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Soviet Union -- History. Jews -- Ukraine -- History. Title on added title page: Cities and towns in the history of the Jews in Russia and the Ukraine. Responsibility: fun M. Osherovitsh. OCLC: 38718164. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Ex-library with bookplate, marking on spine, and stamp on title page. Light wear to cover and spine. Text in very good condition. (YIZ-6-5), ok 2/2021

(FT) Rebound in modern black cloth, with original paper cover glued to front. Large 8vo. , 516 pages. In Yiddish. ‘A City in Poland; A Novel” Contents: Ersht bukh: Tsvishn tsvey milhomes. First bok: Between Two Wars”. Title on title page verso: Shtut in Poiln. OCLC lists 28 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (HOLO2-84-6)

Publishers cloth. 8vo. 537, 294, X pages. 24 cm. First edition. In English and Yiddish. With 31 fascimile reproductions of source documents from the interwar period. Edited by Joshua Fishman, educator, social psychologist, and sociolinguist. With contributions from Zosa Szajkowski, Ezekiel Lifschutz, Celia Heller, Pawel Korzec, Leonard Rowe, Isaiah Trunk, Moshe Kligsberg, Shimshon Tapuach, Israel Shayn, Marek Web, and Israel Oppenheim, on the following subjects: anti-semitism in Poland, Western Aid to Jewish communities, Orphans and child welfare in Poland, Halutz Hakhshara, Farming, materials for a bibliography of periodicals, assimilation, Jewish self-defense. Maps on endpages. Subjects: Jews - Poland - History. Yiddish periodicals - Poland - Bibliography. Antisemitism - Poland. Poland - History - 1918-1945. Light soiling to cloth, light bowing, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (EE-4-4) Xx, Mp 11/12

Publishers cloth. 8vo. 118 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. English title page: “Studies in the History of Rumanian Jews in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. ” The only published volume amidst the prolific writings of “Joseph Kissman (1889-1968) , one of the youngest participants in the Czernowitz Conference. Later in his career, living in the US Joseph Kissman was an active journalist and writer, frequent contributor to ‘Tsukunft’, ‘Forverts’, and other Yiddish periodicals. He wrote the book ‘Shtudyes tsu der geshikhte fun rumenishe yidn in 19tn un onheyb 20stn yorhundert’ (Nyu York: Yidisher visnshaftlekher institut, 1944) and edited the Jewish Labor Committee's publication ‘Facts and Opinions’. ” (Mendele, Vol. 08.048, September 1998) Subjects: Jews - Romania - History. Romania - Ethnic relations. Light wear to cloth, penciled inscription on endpage, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (YID-16-24) Xx

8vo. 416 pages. In Yiddish. Illustrated. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – education – United States. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Workmen's Circle, also known in Yiddish as Arbeter Ring, was “[c]reated a century ago by immigrants as a mutual aid society, [and] the organization became known for building bonds of support and community. WC/AR branches formed across North America, providing communities of fellowship and a visionary safety net of health and education services, aiding Jewish families throughout the life cycle. ”(www.circle.org) Spine and edges worn, good condition. (HEB-3-13)

1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 297 pages. 25 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Thresholds: A Trilogy. ” Levadi (1898 - 1973) was Russian writer. He served in the Turkish army during WWI and was stationed in Palestine. He moved to America in 1921 where his literary career blossomed. In this volume, Levadi designed the title page and included a glossary of Hebrew, Arabic, and Turkish words that the author used in the trilogy. (Yiddish Leksikon, 2017) . SUBJECTS: Autobiographical fiction. Yiddish fiction. Very light soiling to cloth. Very Good Condition. (YID-40-56-CLX)

Original Cloth. 32mo (pocket-sized). 608 + 176 pages. 12 cm. In Hebrew. Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter “also known by the title of his main work, the Sfas Emes, was a Hasidic rabbi who succeeded his grandfather, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, as the av beis din (head of the rabbinical court) and Rav of Gora Kalwaria, Poland (known in Yiddish as the town of Ger) , and succeeded the Rebbe, Reb Heynekh of Alexander, as Rebbe of the Gerrer Hasidim. His output was prodigious, and his works (all entitled Sfas Emes) deal with the Talmud, the ethics of the Midrash, and mysticism of the Zohar” (Wikipedia) . Subjects: Siddurim - Texts. Judaism - Sephardic rite - Liturgy – Texts. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Yale, Harvard, National Library of Israel) . Wear to binding. Yellowing of pages. Cloth cover wrinkled. Bumped cover and page corners and edges. Wear to spine. Fair condition. (Heb-35-19)

(FT) Hard Bound. Octavo. Book Size. 245 Pages. 24 cm. First edition. Yiddish, with Spanish title on back cover: Siluetas de Sud America (Silhouettes of South America) . Subjects: Jews - Argentina - Social life and customs - South America - Biography. OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Slightly yellowed pages. Ink dedication in Yiddish on title page. Very Good Condition. (LATAM1-7)

Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 15 pages, 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Simplon” and “Children of Parma.” A Naiz-era Yiddish language studybook focusing on Maksim Gorky. Gorky (1868-1936) was a Soviet Russian writer and pioneer of the Socialist realism genre. Nice illustrated ad on rear for children's publishers Grinke Beymelekh ("Green Saplings") with a shouting capped newsboy hocking papers. SUBJECTS: Short stories, Yiddish. Selections. OCLC Number: 20069016. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Harvard, FAU, NLI), none in New York and none west of Florida. Light edge wear and browning to wrappers. Overall good condition. Scarce (YID-33-64-L'ex)

Very Good Condition No Jacket; 8vo; 261 +98 pages; In Yiddish, Hebrew, & English. Map endpapers, of the town. Very good condition. (YIZ-1-10A) xx, ok 2/2021. Illustr: Illustrated by Many Photos

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-+)

1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 80 pages, 19 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to "Socialist Colonies. " Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky (1865-1919) was a Ukrainian economist, politician, statesman. He is remembered as one of the founders of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and one of the earliest Ukrainian ministers of finances in the Vynnychenko's General Secretariat of the Central Council of Ukraine. In professional circles he is remembered as a leading exponent of Legal Marxism in the Tsarist Russian Empire and was the author of numerous works dealing with the theory of value, the distribution of a social revenue, history of managerial development, and fundamentals of cooperative managerial activities (Wikipedia, 2019) . SUBJECTS: Collective settlements. (OCLC: 12149265) . Binding is starting. Boards are very slightly worn. All contents very good. (AMR-56-11-LXE-) xx

Publishers cloth. 8vo. XXIII, 271 pages. 22 cm. First edition. This comprehensive bibliography covers Jewish life in the Soviet Union from the 1917 Revolution to the Gorbachev era. Topics explored are historical, political, and economic developments, cultural life, education, religious practices, dissent, emigration, the diaspora, world opinion, and current changes. The work incorporates materials published in English, French, German, Spanish, and Swedish as well as Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish, and Hebrew. Subjects: Jews - Soviet Union - Bibliography. Joden. Soviet Union - Ethnic relations - Bibliography. Possible inscription by the author. Very good condition +. (BIBLIOG-33-45A)

Softbound. 4to. 117, [17] pages. 28 cm. First edition. Text in English; includes facsimiles of Yiddish language documents. Errata slip inserted. A detailed history of the cultural work and cultural associations in the Vilna Ghetto, with chapters on armed resistance, in the former YIVO, and sports. Profusely illustrated. Subjects: Jews - Lithuania - Vilnius - History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Lithuania - Vilnius. World War, 1939-1945 - Jewish resistance - Lithuania - Vilnius. Ghetto. Wilna / Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum. Lithuania - Ethnic relations - History. Near fine condition. (HOLO2-97-25) Xx

1st edition. Original green printed paper wrappers, 16mo (small), 22 pages. In German. Statues of the Central Bank for the Promotion of Jewish Cooperatives in Lithuania. “Prior to the [First World] war, there were many Jewish credit co-operatives and loan and savings societies in Lithuania. After the war, the Jews did not initially deem it advisable to re-establish these societies because of the new currency and the difficulties involved in repaying old debts and collecting loans. But at the beginning of 1920, some banks were reorganized. The Kovno Folksbank started functioning in two rooms secured from the Jewish community on January 25, 1920, with a capital of 52,500 marks. Paid workers were not employed during the initial develop- ment of the institution which was open two evenings a week. By the end of 1921, the bank had 2,376 accounts. That year it had granted 2,657 loans totaling 10,235,824 marks. The Jewish credit co-operatives of Lithuania, known as People's Banks (Folksbenk), belonged to a Union (Farband fun di Yidishe Folksbenk). During the period of national Jewish autonomy in Lithuania, the credit co-operatives and the Central Bank flourished. In 1923, Joseph Marcus, representative of the JDC, obtained $50,000 for the People's Bank from the Lithuanian govern- ment, a sum equal to the JDC contribution. In Lithuania the Jewish banks, besides granting loans, also assisted producers' and consumers' co-operatives, and cultural and other activities. There was no lack of conflicts however. The local People's Bank of Schaulen complained that the Central Bank charged unbelievable interest for dead capitals.’ The People's Bank of Kovno, which had 4,500 clients, complained that the Central Bank had become a political weapon and did not take the needs of the people into consideration” [Szajkowski, "Reconstruction" vs. "Palliative Relief" In American Jewish Overseas Work (1919-1939) (Part II) Jewish Social Studies, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr., 1970), p. 114] SUBJECT(S): Banks and banking -- Lithuania. Jews Cooperative societies. -- Economic conditions. OCLC: 235472553. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Harvard, NLI, Danish Royal Lib). Stamped “file” on frontcover, extraneous paper removed from rear cover, Very Good Condition. Scarce and historically important. (YID-43-23)

1st edition, original cloth with dust jacket, 8vo. Vii+527 pages. In Yiddish and English. The first in a series of Yiddish polemical pamphlets (Diskursn) appeared one week before the elections to the second National Assembly in the Republic of the Netherlands on August 1, 1797. Inspired by the expanded freedom of the press and the satirical and often vulgar Spectatorial writings which were popular at the time, a small but energetic group of enlightened Jews in Amsterdam decided the previous summer to publish a periodical. These Yiddish polemical pamphlets would serve as an informative and propagandistic vehicle through which members of the new community could anonymously persuade the Jews of Amsterdam to choose the party of progress and enlightenment. The author or authors inveighed strongly against the alleged abuses in the established community and those they held responsible, the parnosim (board of directors) and their officials. In order to reach the Jewish masses in a city with about 20, 000 Ashkenazic Jewish inhabitants, the reformers chose to write the Diskursn in Amsterdam Yiddish. Their efforts were so successful that the established community thought it necessary to enter the fray by publishing its own version of a thirteenth installment shortly before the thirteenth installment of the original series was due to appear. From then on, two series of Diskursn competed for public favor. Using criticism, salacious gossip, slander, and accusations, the same three or four main characters and a few secondary ones railed against the excesses and foibles of the other community. Both series ended after the parnosim of the old community were deposed in the early spring of 1798. By then, 24 Diskursn from the new community and 11 from the established community had appeared, together more than 500 printed pages. Of course we cannot judge the two communities fairly based on the texts of the Diskursn. Both sought to discredit their opponents with stories of whores, sexual scandals, illegitimate children, hypocrisy, religious violations, bankruptcy, and fraud. Nevertheless, the pamphlets describe the environment of Amsterdam Jewry and reveal what interested those Jews and how they responded to revolutionary changes. All of this is depicted by inventive authors who came up time and again with different, often humorous settings for their volleys of curses and torrents of abuse. These Yiddish polemical pamphlets are a rare phenomenon, not just in the history of Jewish communities in the period of emancipation, but in the histories of Yiddish literature and satirical/polemical periodicals as well. This is the first-ever bilingual edition of a major portion of this collection of documents and the first time any of them have been published in English translation. A lengthy introduction and five appendices help the reader understand and appreciate these colorful Dutch Jews and their often impassioned arguments. Near perfect condition, Very Good Condition Overall. (AC-6-11)

1st Edition. Original Boards. 8vo. 347 pages ; 24 cm. In Polish. Title translates into English as, “The Global Future: The Literature Of The Tsukunft. ” “Tsukunft or Cukunft or Zukunft (Yiddish for future) was the youth organization of the General Jewish Labor Union (or Bund) . It was founded in 1910, and in 1916 it was officially called Yugnt-Bund Tsukunft. Their newspaper was the Yugnt veker. In 1921 Tsukunft suffered a split, in which a pro-Communist group broke away and formed Komtsukunft. Tsukunft had applied for membership in the Communist Youth International two weeks after the Bund had applied for membership in the Communist International, but the second congress of the Communist Youth International had adopted criteria that were not acceptable for Tsukunft… On the eve of the Second World War, the organization had 15, 000 members. The Tsukunft took part in the Warsaw ghetto uprising as part of the Jewish Fighting Organization. ” (Wikipedia, 2017) OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Very Good Condition. (holo2-135-56)

Presume 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 12mo, 8 pages. In Yiddish with some Russian publication information on cover. Title translates as, "Rules for the Jewish Musical Literary Society HaZomir [The Nightingale] in Warsaw." We presume this to be the Hazomir Chorus organized by Y.L. Peretz: “Warsaw’s Jewish writers and poets in the early 1900s—most notably Y. L. Peretz—took a strong interest in folk song and in folk choruses. Peretz organized a Hazomir chorus in Warsaw: Matisyohu Bensman (1871–1922) served as its first conductor, and Leo Liow (1878–1962), a synagogue choir conductor in Vilna and Bucharest and choral director of the famed Tlomackie Synagogue in Warsaw, took over the group in 1908. Under Liow’s guidance, the group became the most prominent Jewish secular chorus in Eastern Europe. Its mark of distinction, one that made it a key part of Warsaw’s Yiddish cultural renaissance, was its devotion to performing Yiddish folk songs in sophisticated arrangements by Liow himself—over the objections of those in the group who were proponents of Hebrew” (YIVO Encyclopedia). No copies on OCLC. We could find no copies of this booklet anywhere, including YIVO, Harvard, NLI, & KVK. Perhaps a unique surviving copy from an important Jewish musical and cultural organization. Edgewear, stamp, and stain to front cover, rear cover (probably blank) is missing. Paper remains good and strong. Good Condition Thus. Very Rare (M-YID-43-29A)

1st edition. Original Green Printed Paper Wrappers, 16mo (small), 18 pages; 16 cm. In Yiddish. Regulations booklet for Central Bank to Support Jewish cooperation in Lithuania. “Prior to the [First World] war, there were many Jewish credit co-operatives and loan and savings societies in Lithuania. After the war, the Jews did not initially deem it advisable to re-establish these societies because of the new currency and the difficulties involved in repaying old debts and collecting loans. But at the beginning of 1920, some banks were reorganized. The Kovno Folksbank started functioning in two rooms secured from the Jewish community on January 25, 1920, with a capital of 52,500 marks. Paid workers were not employed during the initial develop- ment of the institution which was open two evenings a week. By the end of 1921, the bank had 2,376 accounts. That year it had granted 2,657 loans totaling 10,235,824 marks. The Jewish credit co-operatives of Lithuania, known as People's Banks (Folksbenk), belonged to a Union (Farband fun di Yidishe Folksbenk). During the period of national Jewish autonomy in Lithuania, the credit co-operatives and the Central Bank flourished. In 1923, Joseph Marcus, representative of the JDC, obtained $50,000 for the People's Bank from the Lithuanian government, a sum equal to the JDC contribution. In Lithuania the Jewish banks, besides granting loans, also assisted producers' and consumers' co-operatives, and cultural and other activities. There was no lack of conflicts however. The local People's Bank of Schaulen complained that the Central Bank charged unbelievable interest for dead capitals.’ The People's Bank of Kovno, which had 4,500 clients, complained that the Central Bank had become a political weapon and did not take the needs of the people into consideration” [Szajkowski, "Reconstruction" vs. "Palliative Relief" In American Jewish Overseas Work (1919-1939) (Part II) Jewish Social Studies, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr., 1970), p. 114] SUBJECT(S): Banks and banking -- Lithuania. Jews Cooperative societies. -- Economic conditions. OCLC: 926202057 (Also issued in German as OCLC: 235472553). OCLC lists only 1 copy worldwide (UCL). Stamped “file” on covers, extraneous paper removed from rear cover, Inside bright white and extremely clean, Very Good+ Condition. Very Rare and historically important. (YID-43-22-+)

Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 33 pages, 21 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Rules of Yiddish Orthography. ” A language guide for Jewish refugees in Italy following the Holocaust. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide (OCLC: 35744131) . SUBJECTS: Yiddish language -- Orthography and spelling. Edge wear to wrappers. Pages browning. Otherwise Good Condition. (YID-40-65-L-'x)

(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 158 pages, illustrated, in Yiddish. SUBJECT(S) : Yiddish --- poems. Edgewear to covers, pages tanned, Very good condition (YIDCHI-5-32)

Original boards. 8vo. 192, 186 pages, 21 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Theater and Drama.” Michael Weichert (1890-1967) was a Galician Jewish theater director, historian, activist, and critic. He directed plays for the Vilner Trupe and published numerous articles on drama and theater history (YIVO). SUBJECTS: Theater, Yiddish. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide (OCLC:42036360). Title page repair. Pages browning. Overall good condition. (YID-33-15-L-’xe)

(FT) Wrappers, oversized 4to, 13 in. , various paging (about 75 pages) . Profusely illustrated. On cover: Caiet--program nr. 1. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Jewish theater in Bucharest, with articles in Romanian, Yiddish and English translation, program material, in Romanian and Yiddish. Photographs, and advertisements. “Jewish Theatre in Romania has a tradition dating back 130 years. Documents show that in 1876 the writer and artist Avram Goldfadenstarted the first professional Jewish theatre in the world, in a public park in the Romanian town of Iasi. A few months later, Goldfaden moved with his theatre company to Bucharest. The first review of the work of the Jewish Theatre was written by the eminent Romanian poet Mihail Eminescu. Since then the Jewish Theatre has held a particular place in Romanian Theatre…. In its uninterrupted 130 year history, the last 56 as a State institution, the Jewish Theatre of Bucharest has developed a distinguished profile and occupies a unique position in Yiddish language art worldwide” (Moti Sandak, 2012) . OCLC lists no copies of this edition. Ex-library, Slight wear, otherwise in very good condition. (Spec-15-10)xx

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

1st English edition. Original Cloth in dust jacket. 8vo. 265 pages. 22 cm. Translation of Di 'agune. Translated from the Yiddish and with an introduction by Curt Leviant. "Di Agune ('The Abandoned Wife, ' 1961; Heb. Trans. 1962; Eng. Trans. 1974) , depicts all segments of Jewish Vilna between the wars. " - EJ 2008. "Grade's novel Di agune (1961; The Agunah) concerns an Orthodox woman whose husband is missing in action in wartime and who, according to Orthodox Jewish law, is forbidden to remarry, lest she enter into an adulterous union. " - Encyclopedia Brittanica. Subjects: Yiddish fiction - Translations into English. Yiddish fiction. Translations. Bookplate and owners stamp on title page. Tape repair to lower margin of front end paper; tiny tear to half title; in Very Good Dust Jacket. A very nice copy. (YID-21-54A)

Jerusalem and New York: Feldheim, 1988. Paper; 8vo. 248 pages. First edition. Attractively designed book with French flaps and bright-red cover with photographs of the author with his daughter on the front. Illustrated with photographs. Glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms. "This heartwarming, true story, filled with humor and pathos, joy, frustration and ultimately, fulfillment, describes the providential chain of events that leads the Schwartzbaums from the discovery of a Chinese infant to the discovery of their Jewish heritage. Along the way, they also discover that the burdens and obligations of authentic Judaism are outweighed by its myriad benefits. " SUBJECT (S) Jews -- United States -- Biography. Jews -- United States -- Return to Orthodox Judaism. Foundlings -- Taiwan -- Biography. Jewish converts. Proselytizing -- Judaism. Conversion -- Judaism. Flyer advertising Forever My Jerusalem from Feldheim Publishers laid in. Upper right-hand corner of front cover bumped; bottom edge soiled. Very good condition. (AM-4)

1st edition, Original wrappers , 8vo 28 pages, including facsimiles and a double map. 23 cm. Wolff #I: 1441. At head of title: S. Mendelsohn. "This paper was read at the eighteenth annual conference of the Soft cover, 28 pages, 8vo. Yiddish scientific institute on January 9, 1944 ...The paper was delivered in Yiddish and is published in the Yivo bleter, Journal of the Yiddish scientific institute, XXIII, 1 (January-February, 1944) " Early report on the uprising: "It is as yet impossible to give a complete picture of the resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto....The material is as yet too scarce. " Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities. Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw. Subject: Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945. Slight fading to cover. Otherwise, good condition. (Holo2-14-5), ok 2020/4

8vo; 323 pages; 22 cm. First edition. "The chapters of this volume were almost all spoken addresses. " Contents include: The book of delight, A visit to Hebron, The solace of books, Medieval wayfaring, The fox's heart, Marriages are made in heaven, Hebrew love songs, George Eliot and Solomon Maimon, How Milton Pronounced Hebrew, The Anglo-Jewish Yiddish Literary Society, the Mystics and Saints of India, The Shape of Matzoth, Notes, Index, etc. Owner's name inside front cover, back hinge starting. Very good condition. (RAB-16-8)

Original stapled illustrated wraps. 8vo. [12] pages. 22 cm. First edition. In English and Yiddish. Description of the collection of manuscript and audio-visual materials held in the Farmingdale collection at Rutgers University. Farmingdale, New Jersey, was one of a number of Jewish farm settlements established with some success across America in the early twentieth century. It sustained itself for nearly fifty years. Subjects: Jews -- New Jersey -- Farmingdale -- History -- Sources. Jewish farmers. OCLC lists 13 copies. Fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-30-4)

New York : Jewish Labor Committee, 1958. Paperback, 8vo, 32 pages, 22 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Soviet Union. Yiddish literature -- Soviet Union -- History and criticism. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Cover faded around edges, moisture stain on cover. Very Good condition. (ComHist-8-13)

Publishers cloth. 8vo. Xvii, 357 pages. 22cm. Illustrated. First edition. Playfully written inscription by the author reads, “For Rabbi Albert Lewis with envy for the first edition, and appreciation for his appreciation. – Meyer Levin 1978.” Illustrated endpages with cartoon-like map titled “Land of the Baal Shem Tov. ” Frontispiece illustration titled “Two Musicians. ” Fourteen beautiful and unique full page illustrations throughout the text. Illustrated by Marek Szwarc, a painter and sculptor identified with the Ecole de Paris art period. Levin writes, "I have tried to put the scattered legends ... Together so as to form a legendary life-story of Rabbi Israel ... His great-grandson left thirteen tales, which were written down by his pupil, Nathan. Of these I have translated eleven. " (Foreword) “U. S. Novelist. Born and raised in the Chicago slums, Levin became a reporter for the Chicago Daily News and in 1925 was sent to cover the opening of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and returned to Palestine in 1928 to spend a year on a kibbutz. He had already written short stories of Jewish life, some of which appeared in the Menorah Journal, but his Yehuda (1931) was one of the first novels about kibbutz life. In The Golden Mountain (1932) , reissued in 1966 as Classic Hassidic Tales, he retold stories of the ? Asidim, and in The Old Bunch (1937) portrayed his own generation Levin was a correspondent in Spain during the Civil War (1936–39) and later reported the Palestine disorders for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (1945–46) . In 1946 he made the first feature film of the yishuv, My Father's House, and a documentary, The Illegals, in 1947. His autobiography, In Search, appeared in 1950. Levin's writings covered a wide field – from Jewish mysticism to the modern American scene, which he depicted with realism and vitality. His novels include Reporter (1929) , Frankie and Johnny (1930, reedited as The Young Lovers, 1952) , The Fanatic (1964) , and Stronghold (1965) . Levin was the first writer to dramatize The Diary of Anne Frank (1952) . Levin's own account of the turmoil he underwent to bring his version of the diary to the stage is found in his The Obsession (1973) . His bestseller, Compulsion (1956) , a study of the *Loeb-Leopold murder case of the 1920s, was dramatized by the author himself (1959) and filmed. Eva (1959) told the story of a Jewish girl's escape from Nazi-occupied Poland to Palestine. Levin also published a Passover Haggadah, various histories of Israel for juveniles, and books on the synagogue and the Jewish way of life. In 1958 he settled in Israel, which was the setting for his erotic extravaganza, Gore and Igor (1968) . Israel is also the subject of his novels The Settlers (1972) and The Harvest (1978) . ” (EJ 2007) Subjects: Hasidim -- Legends. Rabbis -- Legends. Ba`al Shem Tov, ca. 1700-1760 -- Legends. Nahman, ; of Bratslav, ; 1772-1811. Previous owner’s (Albert Lewis) inscription in red pencil on end page. Front and rear hinges starting, no DJ. Very good condition. (AMR-43-38)

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)

Original illustrated Wraps. 12mo. 50 pages. 20 cm. First English edition. With 28 illustrations. A brief history of the Jews in Hungary before and after 1945. The second part of the booklet contains pictures of synagogues and of community life. The author was head of the Jewish Museum of Budapest for many years, and was the sister of Imre Benoschofsky, chief Rabbi of Budapest. Subjects: Jews - Hungary - History. OCLC lists 12 copies. Fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (EE-5-8) Xx

1st edition. Cloth, 8vo. Xv, 402 pages. This work is divided into two sections: chapters dealing with the various genres, periods, and geographical divisions of Yiddish literature, and a chrestomathy (anthology) of specific Yiddish writers. Two appendices and an index follow. Bibliographical citations. Wiener was a Russian-born philologist who taught Slavic languages at Harvard. Singerman 5688. Some stains and wear to covers, otherwise Very Good and Solid (AMR-3-11A)

Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. X, 336 pages. 24 cm. A political, cultural and demographic examination of Jewish life during the mid 20th century, dedicated to the Institute of Jewish Affairs on the 20th anniversary of the association. CONTENTS: The basic problems which confronted Jewry in the years 1933-1961, by N. Robinson. --The evolution of Jewish political thought, by O. Karbach. --The Jewish catastrophe and its aftermath, started by G. Jacoby. --War criminals, by A. Goldstein. --Refugees, DP's, and migrants, by K. R. Grossman. --Spoliation and remedial action, by N. Robinson. --History of the Institue of Jewish Affairs of the World Jewish Congress during the Holocaust and after. Chapters include: Jewish education in Europe, 1933-1960, by E. E. Eppler. --Yiddish literature, 1933-1961, by A. A. Roback. --The crystallization of the new Hebrew literature, by D. B. Malkin. --The Jewish press, by J. Fraenkel. SUBJECT (S) : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jews -- History -- 1945- Joden. Includes bibliographies.Title written along spine. Overall, internal pages are nice and clean. Very good condition. (HOLO2-61-10), KRA 1-13 $5

Publishers cloth. 8vo. Xvi, 142 pages. 22 cm. Illustrated. First U. S. Edition. Black and white photographs, as well as diagrams and charts. “The Jews of the former Soviet Union have always been the subject of intense controversy. In the past 25 years, especially, they have been the source of considerable speculation. […]The issues swirling around the Jews in the republics now known as the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have sparked debate because of the status of these Jews has deep policy implications for Russia, Israel, the United States, and other countries. […] This volume is the first based on an on-site survey of Jews in the CIS. In addition to providing data on the Jews of Moscow, Kiev, and Minsk – who collectively account for over a quarter of all Jews residing in the three Slavic republics of the CIS – the author places the survey results in their social and historical contexts. He explains why ethnic distinctiveness persisted and even became accentuated in the Soviet era and also describes the position of Jews in Soviet and post-Soviet society and some of the dilemmas they face. ” (Dust jacket description) Subjects: Jews -- Politics and government. Jews -- Politics and government. Jews -- Politics and government. Jews Identity. Jews -- Migrations. Antisemitism. Former Soviet republics -- Ethnic relations. Dust jacket protected in mylar sleeve. Fine, like new condition. (EE-6-8)

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

Publishers cloth. 8vo. XI, 300 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “An illuminating study of the demographic, cultural, and socioeconomic condition of East Central European Jewry, the book focuses on the internal life of Jewish communities in the region and on the relationships between Jews and gentiles in a nationalist environment. ” (Publishers Description) Subjects: Jews - Europe, Eastern - History - 20th century. Juifs - Europe de l'Est - Histoire - 20e siècle. Joden. Judíos - Europa oriental. Relaciones étnicas - Europa oriental. Europe, Eastern - Ethnic relations. Europe de l'Est - Relations interethniques. Light wear to jacket, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good condition. (EE-5-23)

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)

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

Heavy brown stain to front cover & edges and extending into the text of the introductory material and up to page 20 (but easy to read through). Otherwise Good Solid Condition. ; 8vo; 107, 110 pages; 23 cm. In English & Yiddish. This publication offers "The most comprehensive survey of Germany's treatment of Jews and other minorities within Germany, including conditions in concentration camps. " Produced by the Great BritainForeign Office. Contains documents concerning German-Polish relations and the outbreak of hostilities between Great Britain and Germany on September 3, 1939., & the final report by the Right Honourable Sir Nevile Henderson. G. C. M. G. , on the circumstances leading to the termination of his mission to Berlin, September 20, 1939. SUBJECT(S) Geographic: Germany -- Foreign relations -- Poland. Poland -- Foreign relations -- Germany. Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Germany. Germany -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain. (H-42-6), ok 2020/4

Very Good Condition.; 1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 30 Pages, many illustrated. ; 23 cm. Also issued in Yiddish as " Vi Azoy Lebn Poylishe Yidn In Di Getos" Photo cover, printed on glossy paper. "This Paper Was Read Before The Sixteenth Annual Conference Of The Yiddish Scientific Institute On January 11, 1942 ... The Paper Was In Yiddish And, Simultaneously With This Translation, Is Being Published In The Yivo Bleter, Journal Of The Yiddish Scientific Institute, XIX, 1 (January-February, 1942) . " Subject: Jews -- Poland. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews. Subject: Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945. Publisher's stamp and date inked onto margins of front cover and on blank front end paper, toning to cover as usually found, about Very Good Condition (Holo2-89-29)

Original Wraps. 4to. 53, [21] pages. 28 cm. First edition. Essays on Solomon Rosenthal, with bibliography of the items from his collection (in Yiddish and Hebrew) ; edited by Abraham I. Katsh. Collection of Hebraica of Solomon Rosenthal who was a “Hungarian scholar; born in Moór, Hungary, June 13, 1764; died at Pesth April 8, 1845. His father, Naphtali Rosenthal, was a personal friend of Moses Mendelssohn in his youth. Rosenthal's teachers were Mordecai Benet, later chief rabbi of Moravia, and Meïr Barby, head of the Presburg yeshibah. For a time Rosenthal engaged in commerce in his native place, devoting himself in his leisure to Jewish literature. He contributed to ‘Ha-Meassef, ’ ‘Orient, ’ and ‘Zion, ’ besides maintaining a literary correspondence with Hartwig Wessely and Isaac Euchel. In 1819 he removed to Pesth. Rosenthal was the author of ‘Bet Awen’ (Ofen, 1839) , in which he attacked Creizenach, Luzzatto, and Reggio; and he published the ‘Ari Nohem’ of Leo da Modena, for which he wrote a preface and notes. He left in manuscript a fragmentary Hebrew translation of Mendelssohn's ‘Phädon. ’” (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia) . Subjects: Rabbinical literature - Catalogs. Jewish libraries - New York (State) - New York - Catalogs. OCLC lists 18 copies. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise near fine. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-38)

1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 86 pages, 24 cm. In English. This issue is dedicated to esteemed Yiddish writer, David Pinski. Pinski (1872-1959) is perhaps best known as a playwright. He explored topics that were previously ignored, like urban Jewish workers and sexuality. There are 11 articles dedicated to his work. SUBJECTS: Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals. Intellectual life. Wrappers are edge worn. Otherwise very good condition. (YID-41-22)

2nd Edition. Cloth, 8vo, 160 pages, illustrations, 24 cm. Adapted from Hebrew and Yiddish works. Includes bibliographical references. Includes illustrated cover, frontis photo. Subject: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Addresses, essays, lectures. Added Author Zuker, Simon. Added Author Hirschler, Gertrude. Ex-library with usual markings. Dust jacket has minor wear. Very good condition. (H-11-7)

Softcover, 29, 2 pages, illustrations, 8vo, 23 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 -- Anniversaries, etc. Cover title. Annual commemorative booklet for the Martyrs of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, issued by the Congress for Jewish Culture. Includes scores, dual English/Yiddish songs at the end: "Zog nit keinmol" and "Kaddish"; for voice and piano, with Yiddish words on pages 28-31. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Light wear. Very good condition. (Holo2-22-29)Xx, OK 06/12

8vo. 39, 29 pages. In Yiddish and English. SUBJECT (S) : Warsaw (Poland) – history – Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 – anniversaries, etc. Very good condition. (SPEC-19-3)

Cloth. 8vo. 659 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Theater-Yiddish-New York; Joden; Toneel, Jiddisch. Wear to dustjacket and edges, otherwise Very Good+ condition. A Beautiful copy. (AMR-41-42) .

Publishers cloth. 8vo. 242 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Originally written as the author’s dissertation at Colombia University, serialized in the American Jewish year book, volume 26, September 29, 1924, to September 18, 1925, pages165-372. “Moredecai Soltes (1893-1957) was a Jewish author and educator. He wrote the The Yiddish Press: An Americanizing Agency, and served as chairman of National Committee for the Jewish Book Week. Soltes was also on the executive staff of the National Jewish Welfare Board, and served as Director of Education from 1925-1944. He was the Executive Director and Professor of Community Service at Yeshiva University's School of Education and Community Administration from 1944-1957.”(Guide to the Mordecai Soltes Papers; Yeshiva University) Subjects: Yiddish newspapers. Americanization. Institutional stamps on cloth. Light wear to cloth and outer edges. Endpages lightly aged and chipped, internally fresh and clean. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-29-35)

Publishers cloth. 8vo. 242 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Originally written as the author’s dissertation at Colombia University, serialized in the American Jewish year book, volume 26, September 29, 1924, to September 18, 1925, pages165-372. “Moredecai Soltes (1893-1957) was a Jewish author and educator. He wrote the The Yiddish Press: An Americanizing Agency, and served as chairman of National Committee for the Jewish Book Week. Soltes was also on the executive staff of the National Jewish Welfare Board, and served as Director of Education from 1925-1944. He was the Executive Director and Professor of Community Service at Yeshiva University's School of Education and Community Administration from 1944-1957.”(Guide to the Mordecai Soltes Papers; Yeshiva University) Subjects: Yiddish newspapers. Americanization. Light wear to cloth and outer edges. Internally fresh and clean. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-32-7), Pinson

Small 8vo. 14 pages. With fascimile of letter from Albert Einstein to Simon Dubnow on the need for the YIVO. SUBJECT (S) : Yivo Institute for Jewish Research – history. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. YIVO. The Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, a global organization, was founded in Berlin in1925, so “that Jews participate in scholarly research in their own language, and that the results of world scholarship be made available to those Jews unfamiliar with languages other than Yiddish. ” (Liptzin, EJ) Spine is torn, otherwise good condition. (BIB-5-27)