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![21 printed documents and paper items, Jewish congregation of Vilnius, [first decades of 20th century]. Hebrew, Yiddish and Po](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale50-public/325.jpg "Collection of Paper Items – Vilnius Jewish Congregation")
Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $300
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21 printed documents and paper items, Jewish congregation of Vilnius, [first decades of 20th century]. Hebrew, Yiddish and Polish.
Among the items: programs of theater plays of "Ershter yiddisher folks-teater", "Kartis Kursisti" of "pedagogic lessons of the united committee of public Heders in Vilnius", broadsides issued by Jewish organizations - religious and Zionist, and more.
Size varies. Good condition. Some items appear in two copies.
Among the items: programs of theater plays of "Ershter yiddisher folks-teater", "Kartis Kursisti" of "pedagogic lessons of the united committee of public Heders in Vilnius", broadsides issued by Jewish organizations - religious and Zionist, and more.
Size varies. Good condition. Some items appear in two copies.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
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Meldung (Notice), bilingual appeal on behalf of KOMZET (Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on the Land) and OZET (Society for Settling Toiling Jews on the Land) in the Ukraine on the subject of Jewish settlement in Birobidzhan. Kiev, [ca. 1934]. Yiddish and Ukrainian.
A notice to Ukrainian Jews regarding a permit to settle in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the Far East (Birobidzhan), with a list of 33 vital professions whose practitioners are welcome to settle in the oblast.
35X41 cm. Good condition. Vertical folding mark. Some tears to margins. Tears reinforced with scotch tape on margins.
A notice to Ukrainian Jews regarding a permit to settle in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the Far East (Birobidzhan), with a list of 33 vital professions whose practitioners are welcome to settle in the oblast.
35X41 cm. Good condition. Vertical folding mark. Some tears to margins. Tears reinforced with scotch tape on margins.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
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Nieuwe Kaart van Suriname vertonende de stromen en land-streken van Suriname, Comowini, Cottica, en Marawini. Map of Suriname, hand-colored. Amsterdam: J. Ottens, [early 18th century].
A detailed map of the northeastern part of the Dutch colony of Suriname in South America, identifying by name tens of plantation owners located near rivers and streams. East of the Suriname River is a settlement called "Ioods Dorp en Sinagoge" [Jewish town and synagogue], bordering plantations owned by Jews (with names of the plantation owners - Jews of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry).
The first Jewish settlers in Suriname, in the 17th century, were Marranos from Spain and Portugal. The Dutch granted rights to the Jews and allowed the establishment of an autonomous Jewish territory in Suriname called Jodensavanne (where the Jewish town of Joods Dorp was established). The local community engaged mostly in growing sugar cane.
Leaf 64X50 cm. Good condition. Some foxing, minor tears to the leaf's top margins. Two pieces of fabric glued to the back of the map, at the top margins.
A detailed map of the northeastern part of the Dutch colony of Suriname in South America, identifying by name tens of plantation owners located near rivers and streams. East of the Suriname River is a settlement called "Ioods Dorp en Sinagoge" [Jewish town and synagogue], bordering plantations owned by Jews (with names of the plantation owners - Jews of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry).
The first Jewish settlers in Suriname, in the 17th century, were Marranos from Spain and Portugal. The Dutch granted rights to the Jews and allowed the establishment of an autonomous Jewish territory in Suriname called Jodensavanne (where the Jewish town of Joods Dorp was established). The local community engaged mostly in growing sugar cane.
Leaf 64X50 cm. Good condition. Some foxing, minor tears to the leaf's top margins. Two pieces of fabric glued to the back of the map, at the top margins.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $300
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Exeter Watchman and Agricultural Repository, Vol. 1, new series, No. 14, February 8, 1820. Exeter, New Hampshire, 8 February 1820. English.
Issue of a newspaper from the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, United States.
On page 4, as part of a column titled "The Jews", is an item stating that M. M. Noah has presented a petition to the Legislature of New York offering to purchase a tract of land belonging to the state - Grand Island near the Niagara Falls - with the intention of creating a town for Jewish emigrants. The island was purchased by New York State from Indians in 1815. Noah believed that with high-rise housing, 6 million Jews could be settled on the island, which would serve as their land of refuge and be called Ararat. Noah purchased a third of the island and received options to purchase the rest, but the plan never materialized.
4 pp., 52 cm. Good condition. Folded. Some stains.
Issue of a newspaper from the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, United States.
On page 4, as part of a column titled "The Jews", is an item stating that M. M. Noah has presented a petition to the Legislature of New York offering to purchase a tract of land belonging to the state - Grand Island near the Niagara Falls - with the intention of creating a town for Jewish emigrants. The island was purchased by New York State from Indians in 1815. Noah believed that with high-rise housing, 6 million Jews could be settled on the island, which would serve as their land of refuge and be called Ararat. Noah purchased a third of the island and received options to purchase the rest, but the plan never materialized.
4 pp., 52 cm. Good condition. Folded. Some stains.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $400
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The Books of Ruth and Esther in one volume. Philadelphia: The Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, 1838. English.
The Book of Esther and the Book of Ruth, in English, embossed for reading by the blind. This method was customary before Braille, invented in France, reached the United States.
The book was published by Julius Reinhold Friedlander (1803-1839), the founder and director of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Friedlander, a Jew born in Upper Silesia, died one year after the book was published, after serving as the principal of the institute for six years, at the young age of 36.
[48] leaves, 30 cm. Very good condition, slightly worn binding with damage to spine.
The Book of Esther and the Book of Ruth, in English, embossed for reading by the blind. This method was customary before Braille, invented in France, reached the United States.
The book was published by Julius Reinhold Friedlander (1803-1839), the founder and director of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Friedlander, a Jew born in Upper Silesia, died one year after the book was published, after serving as the principal of the institute for six years, at the young age of 36.
[48] leaves, 30 cm. Very good condition, slightly worn binding with damage to spine.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $750
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Drei Jahre in Amerika, 1859-1862 / Reise in den Ostlichen Staaten der Union und San Francisco / Reise im Innern von Californien, J. J. Benjamin. Self-published in Hanover, 1862. German.
Single edition of a travel diary from a journey to the United States, undertaken by the Jewish-Romanian historian israel Joseph Benjamin, called "Benjamin II". Benjamin spent three years on the new continent, researching the history and way of life of Jews of North America. He stayed in California, living in San Francisco and visiting, among other places, Nevada, San Bernardino, San Jose, Vancouver, Oregon, Michigan and Cincinatti. In addition to his comprehensive and important description of Jewish life in North America, Benjamin was deeply impressed by the Mormons, providing an early and important description of their way of life in Salt Lake City. The author's portrait appears on the page facing the title page.
Three parts in one volume. XVI, 384, VI, 168, VIII, 132 pp., 21 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Library stamp. Tear to first title page. Cardboard binding with leather spine, slightly worn.
Single edition of a travel diary from a journey to the United States, undertaken by the Jewish-Romanian historian israel Joseph Benjamin, called "Benjamin II". Benjamin spent three years on the new continent, researching the history and way of life of Jews of North America. He stayed in California, living in San Francisco and visiting, among other places, Nevada, San Bernardino, San Jose, Vancouver, Oregon, Michigan and Cincinatti. In addition to his comprehensive and important description of Jewish life in North America, Benjamin was deeply impressed by the Mormons, providing an early and important description of their way of life in Salt Lake City. The author's portrait appears on the page facing the title page.
Three parts in one volume. XVI, 384, VI, 168, VIII, 132 pp., 21 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Library stamp. Tear to first title page. Cardboard binding with leather spine, slightly worn.
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Jewish Communities, Americana
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
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Collection of booklets, newspapers and newspaper-cuttings, related to Reform Rabbi Bernard Felsenthal. USA (mainly Chicago), 1860s through early 20th century. English and German.
Bernard Felsenthal (1822-1908), rabbi and author, born and educated in Germany, emigrated to the USA in 1854 and worked as a rabbi and teacher; later worked in a banking-house. Felsenthal was active in founding the Reform Movement, was involved with the Historical Jewish-American society and supported Zionism.
The collection offered here includes mainly newspaper-cuttings with articles about Reform Judaism in the United States and "Chochmat Israel", some with comments or marks in Felsenthal's handwriting. In addition there are some issues of newspapers: * The Jewish Reformer, Vol. 1, issue no. 4, New-York, January 1886. * The Hebrew Leader, Vol. 12, issue no. 17, New-York, July 1868. * Libanon, Beiblatt zu "Young Israel", 3rd year, issue no. 2, New-York, 1877 (three copies); 3rd year, issue no. 12; 4th year, issue no. 1. * "Tosafot" - Extra - Beilage zur Chicago Sonntags-Zeitungs, 1867 (several copies). * The New Year, an Illustrated Periodical for Every Nation, first volume, first issue, Chicago, January 1, 1888 (three copies). * Leaves from The Jewish Times, New-York, 1870s. * Issues of Deborah, Cincinatti, 1857, and more.
The collection also contains two booklets printed by Felsenthal:
1. Zwei Reden, gehalten am Vorabend und am Morgen des Neujahrsfestes 5625 (30. Sept. und 1 Okt. 1864.) im Tempel der Ziongemeinde Zu Chicago, Chicago, 1864.
2. Jüdische fragen, Beiträge zur klärung derselben, von B. Felsenthal, Chicago, 1896 (two copies).
Total of about 270 newspapers-cuttings, newspapers and booklets. Size and condition vary.
Bernard Felsenthal (1822-1908), rabbi and author, born and educated in Germany, emigrated to the USA in 1854 and worked as a rabbi and teacher; later worked in a banking-house. Felsenthal was active in founding the Reform Movement, was involved with the Historical Jewish-American society and supported Zionism.
The collection offered here includes mainly newspaper-cuttings with articles about Reform Judaism in the United States and "Chochmat Israel", some with comments or marks in Felsenthal's handwriting. In addition there are some issues of newspapers: * The Jewish Reformer, Vol. 1, issue no. 4, New-York, January 1886. * The Hebrew Leader, Vol. 12, issue no. 17, New-York, July 1868. * Libanon, Beiblatt zu "Young Israel", 3rd year, issue no. 2, New-York, 1877 (three copies); 3rd year, issue no. 12; 4th year, issue no. 1. * "Tosafot" - Extra - Beilage zur Chicago Sonntags-Zeitungs, 1867 (several copies). * The New Year, an Illustrated Periodical for Every Nation, first volume, first issue, Chicago, January 1, 1888 (three copies). * Leaves from The Jewish Times, New-York, 1870s. * Issues of Deborah, Cincinatti, 1857, and more.
The collection also contains two booklets printed by Felsenthal:
1. Zwei Reden, gehalten am Vorabend und am Morgen des Neujahrsfestes 5625 (30. Sept. und 1 Okt. 1864.) im Tempel der Ziongemeinde Zu Chicago, Chicago, 1864.
2. Jüdische fragen, Beiträge zur klärung derselben, von B. Felsenthal, Chicago, 1896 (two copies).
Total of about 270 newspapers-cuttings, newspapers and booklets. Size and condition vary.
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Jewish Communities, Americana
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $300
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The American-Jewish Ritual as Instituted in Temple Israel, Brooklyn, by Raphael D.C. Lewin. New-York: L.H. Frank & Co., 1870. English and Hebrew.
Siddur - prayers for weekdays and holidays, and more. At the end of the book are leaves for adding family records of births and deaths. The Siddur was composed by Raphael De Cordova Lewin, rabbi of Temple Israel reform synagogue in Brooklyn, New-York.
XVII, 273, [3] pages, 18.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Gilt-tooled leather binding (slight tears and wear around the margins and spine). Gilt edges.
Singerman 2215.
Siddur - prayers for weekdays and holidays, and more. At the end of the book are leaves for adding family records of births and deaths. The Siddur was composed by Raphael De Cordova Lewin, rabbi of Temple Israel reform synagogue in Brooklyn, New-York.
XVII, 273, [3] pages, 18.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Gilt-tooled leather binding (slight tears and wear around the margins and spine). Gilt edges.
Singerman 2215.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
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Zwölf Tischreden an zwölf Festabenden der Israel. Wohlthätigkeits-Gesellschaft zu Baltimore. Baltimore: Bingswagner, [1874]. German.
A booklet with twelve sermons, all delivered in the month of December in the years 1856-1873, to the Hebrew Benevolent Society of Baltimore, the first Jewish charity in Baltimore, founded in 1843. The sermons were delivered by Rabbi Henry Hochheimer, who had served as the city's rabbi in the years 1849-1859.
29 pp., 17 cm. Good condition. Tears and creases to the paper wrapper (blank).
A booklet with twelve sermons, all delivered in the month of December in the years 1856-1873, to the Hebrew Benevolent Society of Baltimore, the first Jewish charity in Baltimore, founded in 1843. The sermons were delivered by Rabbi Henry Hochheimer, who had served as the city's rabbi in the years 1849-1859.
29 pp., 17 cm. Good condition. Tears and creases to the paper wrapper (blank).
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Jewish Communities, Americana
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $250
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Masekhet Amerika min Talmud Yankai, by Gershon Rosenzweig. New- York, 1892. First edition.
A satire on the life and manners of Jews in America, modeled on the language and style of the Talmud; "Amerika" is America, but it is also "Am Reika" (vain people) and Talmud "Yankai" is "Yankee Talmud".
35 pages, 14.5 cm. Fair-good condition. First leaf detached. Cardboard cover. Tear at the last leaves. Ex-Libris.
Goldman 1098.
A satire on the life and manners of Jews in America, modeled on the language and style of the Talmud; "Amerika" is America, but it is also "Am Reika" (vain people) and Talmud "Yankai" is "Yankee Talmud".
35 pages, 14.5 cm. Fair-good condition. First leaf detached. Cardboard cover. Tear at the last leaves. Ex-Libris.
Goldman 1098.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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1. Annual Report of the Young Men's Hebrew Association of Philadelphia, May 1880. Philadelphia: Edward Stern, 1880. English.
Annual report for 1880 of the Philadelphia branch of the organization, which was the Jewish equivalent of the Christian YMCA organization. Contains a financial report, constitution and by-laws and a list of active members. [2], 23, [1] pp, 17 cm. Good condition.
2. The Young Men's Hebrew Association of Philadelphia, a Fifty Year Chronicle, by William R. Langfeld. Philadelphia: The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Philadelphia, 1928. English.
A book reviewing 50 years of the organization's activities, with photographs. 147 pp, 21 cm. Good condition.
The YMHA was founded in New York in 1874, and it was the basis for the organization known today as the JCC (Jewish Community Centers).
Annual report for 1880 of the Philadelphia branch of the organization, which was the Jewish equivalent of the Christian YMCA organization. Contains a financial report, constitution and by-laws and a list of active members. [2], 23, [1] pp, 17 cm. Good condition.
2. The Young Men's Hebrew Association of Philadelphia, a Fifty Year Chronicle, by William R. Langfeld. Philadelphia: The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Philadelphia, 1928. English.
A book reviewing 50 years of the organization's activities, with photographs. 147 pp, 21 cm. Good condition.
The YMHA was founded in New York in 1874, and it was the basis for the organization known today as the JCC (Jewish Community Centers).
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Jewish Communities, Americana
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $1,000
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Zimrath Yah, Liturgic Songs… Systematically Arranged for the Jewish Rite with Organ Accompaniment. Edited and published by Alois Kaiser, Moritz Goldstein and Samuel Welsch. New York, 1873-1877. English, German and Hebrew. Three volumes (out of four).
Three books of notes - musical arrangements of liturgical songs, psalms and hymns, with organ accompaniment. The first volume contains pieces for the Sabbath, the second for Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot, Purim, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving, and the third for the New Year and Day of Atonement. In 1886 a fourth volume in the series was printed in Baltimore.
The volumes of Zimrath Yah, published in the years 1873-1877 (and in 1886) and distributed by cantors Alois Kaiser, Moritz Goldstein and Samuel Welsch, are one of the most prominent examples of attempts to create a musical repertoire based on the synagogue services at a time of the American Jewish institutionalization.
Vol. I: [3] leaves, 146 pp. Vol. II: [1] leaf, 134 pp. Vol. III: [2] leaves, 156 pp. 27 cm. Good overall condition. Tears to leaf corners (with some open tears). Some of the pages in volumes II and III are restored. New bindings.
Singerman 2429.
Three books of notes - musical arrangements of liturgical songs, psalms and hymns, with organ accompaniment. The first volume contains pieces for the Sabbath, the second for Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot, Purim, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving, and the third for the New Year and Day of Atonement. In 1886 a fourth volume in the series was printed in Baltimore.
The volumes of Zimrath Yah, published in the years 1873-1877 (and in 1886) and distributed by cantors Alois Kaiser, Moritz Goldstein and Samuel Welsch, are one of the most prominent examples of attempts to create a musical repertoire based on the synagogue services at a time of the American Jewish institutionalization.
Vol. I: [3] leaves, 146 pp. Vol. II: [1] leaf, 134 pp. Vol. III: [2] leaves, 156 pp. 27 cm. Good overall condition. Tears to leaf corners (with some open tears). Some of the pages in volumes II and III are restored. New bindings.
Singerman 2429.
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