Lot 350
Letter Handwritten by Nahum Sokolow – Warsaw, 1886 – About the Journals "HaTzfirah" and "HaAsif"
A letter handwritten and signed by Nahum Sokolow. Written on the official stationery of "Beit Ma'arachot 'HaTzefirah', 'HaAsif' Ve'Toldot HaYehudim'". [Warsaw, 1886].
A letter by Nahum Sokolow to one of his colleagues, a writer who published his works in the newspaper "HaTzfirah". At the beginning of the letter, Sokolow reports about turning "HaTzfirah" into a daily newspaper. Later he addresses a dispute or argument between the addressee and members of "HaTzfirah" and begs him to continue sending his works to be published. At the end of the letter, Sokolow refers to the content of "HaTzfirah" and the ideological line that characterized it.
Nahum Sokolow (1859-1936), the fourth president of the World Zionist Organization; a writer, poet and one of the pioneers of Hebrew press, the editor of "HaTzfirah" and "HaAsif". In 1886, he turned "HaTzfirah" from a weekly into a daily newspaper; the newspaper, which was edited by him, led a mild and cautious ideological line in relation to burning questions such as nationalism, immigration and settlement. After a meeting between Sokolow and Theodor Herzl during the first Zionist Congress in 1897, "HaTzfirah" became the official mouthpiece of political Zionism.
[1] leaf, 20.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Several stains. Tears along edges and the horizontal fold line, reinforced with tape (slightly affecting the text).
