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(Hamburg) Grunwald, Max : Mitteilungen Der Gesellschaft Für Jüdischen Volkskunde (Book 7; 1903; Number 2)

Hamburg; Gesellschaft Für Jüdische Volkskunde (Germany), 1903

Serial Publication. 8vo. 124 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In German. Bound in cloth and decorative boards. Title translates as: “Bulletin of the Society for Jewish Folklore. ” This specific issue of the journal solely contains Grunwald’s famous essay on Hamburg’s Jewish Community from its inception until 1811: “In 1811, Hamburg being incorporated in the French empire, the Jews of that town were forced by an order of Napoleon to withdraw from the congregation of the Three Communities, and to form of the three Hamburg congregations a new community. The constitution of this new community was established in the following year. At the same time the old restrictions were abolished, and full equality before the law was given to the Hamburg Jews, as to all the Jews in the French empire. ” (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia) The Bulletin was established to publish the innovative work of Jewish folklorists working at the Hamburg Jewish Museum; it’s publishing run was from 1898 to 1929, though the publication name of the journal changed in 1923 and again in 1926, to that of “Mitteilungen zur jüdischen Volkskunde” and “Jahrbuch für jüdische Volkskunde” respectively. Max Grunwald (1871–1953) , “editor of "Mittheilungen der Gesellschaft für Jüdische Volkskunde, " which society was founded by him in 1897 and of which he is president (1903) . ” (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia) Grunwald was a “rabbi, historian, and folklorist. Born at Hindenburg (now Zabrze, Silesia) , Grunwald served as rabbi in Hamburg (1895–1903) and Vienna (1905–35) . He settled in Jerusalem in 1938. Grunwald was a many-sided and productive scholar. He wrote on the history of the communities which he served. …Grunwald's main interest, however, was Jewish folklore, and his contribution in this field is of lasting importance. In 1897 he founded the Gesellschaft fuer juedische Volkskunde and edited and largely wrote its organ, the Mitteillungen (1897–1922) , which was succeeded by the Jahrbuecher fuer juedische Volkskunde (1923–25) . In this area he contributed also to other periodicals as well as to a number of Festschriften and published important studies such as Hebraeische Frauennamen (1894– ) , Eigennamen des alten Testaments (1895) , and in the related field of Jewish art Holzsynagogen in Polen (with others, 1934) . Among Grunwald's other interests were Spinoza, on whom he had written his dissertation (1892) and a prizewinning Spinoza in Deutschland (1897) . On the occasion of the international exhibition on hygiene in Dresden in 1911 he published a book on that subject, Hygiene der Juden (1912) . He also edited a German prayer book for women and one for serving soldiers (Gebetbuch fuer israelitische Soldaten im Kriege, 1914) . On the occasion of Grunwald's 70th birthday Omanut, the publication of the Bezalel Museum in Jerusalem, issued his bibliography (1941) . ” (2007 Encyclopedia Judaica) Subjects: Jews -- Folklore -- Periodicals. Jews -- Social life and customs -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Ex-Libris Community Synagogue of Breslau, with corresponding stamps on title page and covers. Front cover starting at hinge. Endpages soiled. Pages lightly aged, but fresh and clean. Fair condition. (GER-38-37)

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