Letter from Moses Montefiore. Written by a scribe, on official stationery of the Montefiore residence in Ramsgate, England ("East Cliff Lodge, Ramsgate"). Signed by Montefiore. [Ramsgate], 19 March 1843. English.
The letter concerns an essay on the subject of the Jews of Morocco, written by the Irish physician and traveler Arthur Leared (1822-1879). Montefiore, who received the proofreading copy of this essay, criticizes one of the passages in it, describing Jewish merchants as engaging in deceptive practices when dealing with the city's Muslim residents.
First, Montefiore cites the paragraph that aroused his ire, which reads: "Jews have themselves defended to me the common practice of using false weights and other more ingenious methods for unfair dealing with the Moors [Morocco's Muslim residents]", later writing that it is inconceivable that this information reached Leared from a trustworthy source, since the Jews of Morocco steadfastly adhere to the precepts of their religion, which prohibit unfair dealing. Finally Montefiore notes that in his opinion, "a great deal of injustice would be done to the Jews in general if the paragraph in question were to appear in print".
[1] folded leaf (three written pages), 20 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Several small tears to folding lines. Light stains.

Thirty five photographs of clinics in Jerusalem and about 200 letters, from the archive of the Feigenbaum family. Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa, Rehovot, Berlin and other places, ca. 1910s until the early 1970s. Hebrew, English and some German.
The archive includes:
* Album with thirty three photographs (mounted on album's leaves), of the Eye Department in the "Jewish Health Bureau" hospital in Jerusalem, directed by Aryeh Feigenbaum, ca. 1913-1916. The photographs show the medical team, treating patients, beds and hospital's room, laboratory tests and more. At the beginning of the album appears a photograph of the medical team at the entrance to "Meir Rothschild Hospital".
* Large group photograph (mounted on cardboard) of participants in the "First Trachoma Convention" in 1914 in Jerusalem. Seen in the photograph are the physicians Aryeh Feigenbaum, Avraham Ticho, Naftali Weitz, Aryeh Goldenberg, Aharon Meir Mazia, Sonia Belkind, Miriam Nofech and others. Approx. 38.5X27.5 cm.
* Photograph of patients in the yard of one of the eye hospitals in Jerusalem in 1918. Titled and dated by hand on the back (Hebrew). Approx. 16X11 cm.
* About 200 handwritten letters (a few letters are typewritten) exchanged between Feigenbaum family members. Most letters were sent to Hemda during the 1930s (when she stayed in the United States), and are written by more than one family member. Several letters were sent from Jerusalem during the Independence War, some of them are from later years and some are from friends and acquaintances. Among the letters, appear eight letters from Yigael Sukenik - birth name of the IDF Chief of Staff and archeologist Yigael Yadin who sent them in the 1930s (some are long and detailed and contain interesting facts about his life durng that period).
Enclosed: about 35 paper items, including postcards, handwritten notes, invitations to events, and more.
Total of 35 photographs and about 200 letters. Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. The album in fair-poor condition. Some photographs are defected or faded. Some with stains, peelings and tears.

About 230 letters, forms, receipts and paper items, in handwriting and in print, that belonged to Aharon Amir in the period when he edited the journal Aleph. Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and New York, late 1940s / early 1950s. Hebrew and some English.
Items include:
* Eighteen long letters sent by historian and cultural critic Adaya Gurevitch Horon to Amir and to the Aleph editorial board. The letters were sent when Horon was staying in New York, and they mention, among other things, relations with the movement's members (Yonatan Ratosh, Ari Jabotinsky, Hillel Kook and others), protocols of conventions of the movement's members in New York, a critique of the movement's ideological platform, the possibility of turning the movement into a political party, the publication of materials in Aleph and other matters.
* The Hebrew Land by the Euphrates, A View of the Semitic Orient, Past, Present & Future, detailed outline for a book on the history of the Near East and the revival of Hebrew culture in the spirit of the "Young Hebrews". 7 typewritten pages. Two copies. Possibly composed by Adaya Gurevich Horon.
* Fourteen printed invitation forms (blank) to meetings of the "Young Hebrew Center", with the emblem of the journal Aleph at the head of the form.
* Handwritten draft of a public apology presented to Dr. Baruch Kurtzweil, following an item published about him in the journal Aleph.
* Summons from the Israeli police for Uzi Ornan to arrive at the police station and deliver details regarding the "Young Hebrews Center". Sent on 22 June 1952.
* Announcement, typewritten on official stationery of the journal Aleph, regarding expulsion from the movement following a public appearance and the expression of political positions. Addressed to "Weiser". Dated 12 December 1952.
* About 170 receipts issued for the journal Aleph and its members, including receipts from printing services, advertising companies, translation services and more.
* Handwritten notes, envelopes, telegrams, letters, notebook of financial expenses, name lists and other items.
The journal Aleph of the "Young Hebrews" movement (previously "The Council for Solidarity of Hebrew Youth") was published and edited by Aharon Amir and Yonatan Ratosh, together with the movement's members and associates, such as Adaya Horon (A.G. Horon), Uzi Ornan [Ratosh's brother], Amos Keinan, Binyamin Tammuz and others. The movement, founded in 1939, reached its peak in Palestine in the 1940s, influencing political thought, art, literature and intellectual life in Palestine and the State of Israel. Its members attempted to draw a direct line between the peoples living in Palestine in the 2nd millennium B.C. and the Jewish people in Palestine in the 20th century, in an attempt to create a new-old culture and reject Jewish tradition. The name "Canaanites" was given to the movement, somewhat ironically, by the poet Avraham Shlonsky.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.

Lipless Faucets, David Avidan. Tel Aviv: Arad, 1954. Hebrew.
The first book by poet David Avidan. Preceding the title page is a signed dedication in the hand of Avidan, to Prof. Gabriel Moked: "To my friend Gabriel, In the hope that this book will contribute in some way to the accelerated process of your liberation from certain limitations on the way to your future fusion with some magnetic field of brain cells in our space, 18.8.54".
66 pp, 21 cm. Last leaf missing. Fair condition. Stains. Repaired tears to all the leaves of the book. New binding and endpapers.