VOROBEICHIC, Moshe. Ein Ghetto im Osten Wilna [The Jewish Street in Vilnius]. Zürich–Leipzig: Orell Füssli, 1931. German and Yiddish edition.
Sixty-five photographs by Moshe Vorobeichic (Raviv) (Moi Ver), documenting the pre-war atmosphere of the Jewish ghetto in Vilnius. Vorobeichic's unique 'New Vision' photographic style utilizes a composition of light and shadow, integrating geometric shapes and dynamic photographic angles with a collage-like graphic layout of the images. Introduction by S. Chneour. This Yiddish and German edition is the rarest of the three bi-lingual editions of the book. One of the most important photobooks of the 20th century.
7 pp, 64 photo-plates, 8 pp, 19.5 cm. Very Good Minus condition. Some staining and minor damages to binding. Handwritten dedication to an Oleh to Eretz Israel (dated 1933, Vilnius).

Ten group photographs of Jewish and/or Zionist organizations in Eastern Europe:
*"Yavneh" elementary school in Pruzhany, Belarus). * Group photo, Slonim, 1920 (holding signs with writing in Yiddish). *"Al HaMishmar" Society, Onevezh, 1923, "For the second anniversary". * Opening of the University Revival of Hebrew Culture, "HaKoach", [Lithuania], 1925. *Three photographs of "Va'ad 'Maccabi', Marijampolė", 1931. * "First convention of Kibbutz Aliya B in Lithuania, held in Šiauliai, 1931.
* Group of Olim from Klosowo, 1933. *Children gathering in front of a free tea distribution site by the Jewish community – te umzist fun yidishen komitet". Sizes and conditions vary. Some in fair condition.

Photo-album, portraying the Yiddish Theater in Iași , Romania, late 1940s and 1950s.
The Yiddish Theater in Iași , active during the years 1949-1963, concurrently with the Teatru Evreiesc Baraşeum that performed in Bucarest. The artistic managers of the theater were the director Iso Schapira, (1903-1981) and the dramaturge Iţic Şvarţ-Kara (1906-2001). Amongst the actors were Solomon Friedman, Abram Naimark, Ruhele Heller-Schapira and others. Plays performed were by Jewish writers such as Abraham Goldfaden, Sholem Aleichem and Mendele Moicher Seforim side by side with translation of plays by Mark Twain, Howard Fast, Boris Gorbatov, Carlo Goldoni and others. The artistic activity of the above mentioned directors and actors, whether on stage or at other events (some social events out of the theater) is well documented in this album.
About 165 photographs, including 135 photographs of various sizes, 5.5X8.5 cm to 17.5X11.5 cm + 30 photographs 3.5X2.5 cm or the size of a passport photo. Album: 22X30.5 cm. Generally in good condition. Glue-marks and stains. Some photographs are detached.

Photo of Rabbi Zwi Perez Chajes as Chief Rabbi of Vienna . Photographer Hella Katz, Vienna, [c. 1918 / beginning of the 1920s].
The photographer Hella Katz was born in Lvov 1899 (emigrated to Vienna following WWI). She left Austria in April 1939, to escape the Nazis and settled in England.
Rabbi Zwi Perez Chajes (1876-1927), rabbi, historian and researcher of the Bible. Born in Galicia, where he studied in a yeshiva and was ordained as a Rabbi. As of 1918 he served as Chief Rabbi of Vienna and established a seminary for teachers. Was one of the first rabbis who supported Zionism, and the first chairman of the Zionist Executive Committee. Died in Vienna in 1927. Buried in Tel Aviv. Attached is a handwritten letter addressed to Rabbi Chajes. Photograph 19X14 pasted on cardboard 32X24 cm. Good condition. Tears on rear side of cardboard.