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Lot 248

"Die Deborah" and "The Zion Messenger" Issues – USA, early 20th century

1-4. The Zion Messenger, first year, issue no. 3 (three copies); second year, issue no. 5. Chicago, October 1904; May 1905. English. 16 pp. per issue, 23.5 cm.
"The Zion Messenger" was the journal of the first Zionist union in Chicago. Poems about Zion, philosophical essays and surveys about Zionist figures appeared in the journal.
5-9. Die Deborah. First year, issues no. 2 and 11 (2 copies of issue no. 11); second year, issues no. 6-7. Cincinati. February and November 1901; June and July 1902. German. Consecutive pagination. 22.5 cm.
"HaDvorah" was the most important Jewish-German paper in the early 20th century in the USA. Founded in 1855 and continued to be published until 1902. The paper was distributed as a supplement for women, in English, to the paper "The American Israelite".
Condition varies, overall good condition. Handwritten inscriptions.