Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
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Two printed prayers in honor of Moses Montefiore and a printed booklet with a letter by Moses Montefiore to the Jews of Palestine and letters received in response.
1. "A song of thanksgiving and greeting to Moses Montefiore, a righteous and honest man, great among Jews …". Trieste: Ignatz Popesh and Friend, [ca. 1846].
Prayer in honor of Moses Montefiore, written by Rabbi Shabtai Elchanan Treves, following Montefiore's efforts in assisting the Jews of Damascus during the Damascus Affair (1840).
[1] leaf, 22.5X36 cm. (printed on both sides). Good-fair condition. Tears along edges and along fold lines. Open tears, mostly to margins and not affecting text. Creases. Stains.
2. Preghiera per Mosé, "To praise and glorify the name of the esteemed and elevated dignitary… Sir Moses Montefiore… greetings for the hundredth year of his life". Livorno: Yisrael Kushta, 1883. Hebrew and Italian.
9; [2] leaves, 13-16 pp (the booklet is incomplete), 17.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
3. Translations of a Letter Addressed by Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., F.R.S., […] to the Jewish Congregations in the Holy Land […] and the Replies Received Thereto, by Moses Montefiore. London: London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews, 1874. English.
In 1874, after a hard winter that raised the price of food, the Jews of Jerusalem appealed to Moses Montefiore, who had been continuously supporting the Yishuv and repeatedly attempted to find sources of income for it, with a request for help. In response to their appeal, Montefiore wrote to the representatives of the Jewish communities in Palestine and suggested to initiate agricultural, trade and industry projects in order to improve their situation and save them from the hunger they regularly suffered from, as well as the dependence on charity funds. Montefiore gathered the letters he received in response from the representatives of the communities and from private people, the contents of which range from doubt to open enthusiasm, and printed them in this book in order to distribute it among the Jews of Britain and motivate them to support the establishment of a functioning economy, especially agricultural settlement, in Palestine.
Enclosed: a printed letter by Moses Montefiore, signed with his printed signature, urging the addressee to read the correspondence in order to be convinced of the willingness of the Jews of Palestine to work for their living and to contribute money to Montefiore's agricultural and business initiatives in Palestine.
82 pp, 23.5 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Creases. A tear to the last leaf. Tears and open tears along the edges of the cover. Loose cover. Missing spine. Loose and partly detached gatherings. Library sticker on the cover.
Enclosed letter: [2] pp (a sheet folded in half), 32.5 cm. Good condition. Folds.
1. "A song of thanksgiving and greeting to Moses Montefiore, a righteous and honest man, great among Jews …". Trieste: Ignatz Popesh and Friend, [ca. 1846].
Prayer in honor of Moses Montefiore, written by Rabbi Shabtai Elchanan Treves, following Montefiore's efforts in assisting the Jews of Damascus during the Damascus Affair (1840).
[1] leaf, 22.5X36 cm. (printed on both sides). Good-fair condition. Tears along edges and along fold lines. Open tears, mostly to margins and not affecting text. Creases. Stains.
2. Preghiera per Mosé, "To praise and glorify the name of the esteemed and elevated dignitary… Sir Moses Montefiore… greetings for the hundredth year of his life". Livorno: Yisrael Kushta, 1883. Hebrew and Italian.
9; [2] leaves, 13-16 pp (the booklet is incomplete), 17.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
3. Translations of a Letter Addressed by Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., F.R.S., […] to the Jewish Congregations in the Holy Land […] and the Replies Received Thereto, by Moses Montefiore. London: London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews, 1874. English.
In 1874, after a hard winter that raised the price of food, the Jews of Jerusalem appealed to Moses Montefiore, who had been continuously supporting the Yishuv and repeatedly attempted to find sources of income for it, with a request for help. In response to their appeal, Montefiore wrote to the representatives of the Jewish communities in Palestine and suggested to initiate agricultural, trade and industry projects in order to improve their situation and save them from the hunger they regularly suffered from, as well as the dependence on charity funds. Montefiore gathered the letters he received in response from the representatives of the communities and from private people, the contents of which range from doubt to open enthusiasm, and printed them in this book in order to distribute it among the Jews of Britain and motivate them to support the establishment of a functioning economy, especially agricultural settlement, in Palestine.
Enclosed: a printed letter by Moses Montefiore, signed with his printed signature, urging the addressee to read the correspondence in order to be convinced of the willingness of the Jews of Palestine to work for their living and to contribute money to Montefiore's agricultural and business initiatives in Palestine.
82 pp, 23.5 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Creases. A tear to the last leaf. Tears and open tears along the edges of the cover. Loose cover. Missing spine. Loose and partly detached gatherings. Library sticker on the cover.
Enclosed letter: [2] pp (a sheet folded in half), 32.5 cm. Good condition. Folds.
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $700
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Twelve booklets, letters, broadsides and other paper items that were printed by aid organization Federation of Ukrainian Jews, active in London after World War I. London, ca. early-mid 1920s. English and Yiddish.
Among the items: • "Tetigkayts barikht far der tzayt fun October 1921 biz April 1923" (Yiddish), a detailed report about the organization's activity and the situation of Jews in various European countries: Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and elsewhere. With illustrations, pictures, sketches and a folded map. • "The Call of Ukraine", booklet with a summary of the annual conference of the organization, 1923 (enclosed are two postage stamps with the logo of the conference). • A latter of appreciation, typewritten on official stationery, enclosed, presumably, with a receipt for a donation. • "The menorah, A Chanukah Journal", a booklet for Hanukkah issued by the organization, with illustrations, a list of donors to the organization and an addendum for children (a separate booklet). 1923. • Illustrated form (blank) for giving a Hanukkah donation. • Two fund-raising handbills. • And more.
Two of the items are addressed to Isaac Livingstone, the director of the Golders Green Beit Midrash of London.
Enclosed: a handbill issued by the Russian Jewish Relief Fund.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Among the items: • "Tetigkayts barikht far der tzayt fun October 1921 biz April 1923" (Yiddish), a detailed report about the organization's activity and the situation of Jews in various European countries: Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and elsewhere. With illustrations, pictures, sketches and a folded map. • "The Call of Ukraine", booklet with a summary of the annual conference of the organization, 1923 (enclosed are two postage stamps with the logo of the conference). • A latter of appreciation, typewritten on official stationery, enclosed, presumably, with a receipt for a donation. • "The menorah, A Chanukah Journal", a booklet for Hanukkah issued by the organization, with illustrations, a list of donors to the organization and an addendum for children (a separate booklet). 1923. • Illustrated form (blank) for giving a Hanukkah donation. • Two fund-raising handbills. • And more.
Two of the items are addressed to Isaac Livingstone, the director of the Golders Green Beit Midrash of London.
Enclosed: a handbill issued by the Russian Jewish Relief Fund.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Sixteen letters, handwritten on official stationery, sent by the French Minister of Police Charles Cochon de Lapparent to the administrators of the 7th and 11th quarters of Paris and other government officials during the French Revolution. Paris, [1796-1797]. French.
Official letters containing opinions, requests and instructions about issues of law and punishment and various administrative issues under the responsibility of the French Minister of Police Charles Cochon de Lapparent. The letters refer, among other things, to the law requiring the locking of doors during the night and the punishment for breaking the law, the entrance of immigrants to France, and more.
The most interesting letter deals with a request by the Jews of Paris to open a synagogue in an apartment in 29 rue des Blancs-Manteaux. The letter, from December 1796, states that the opening of the synagogue should be permitted and notes that the Jews' freedom of religion is anchored in the French constitution.
The letters were divided into three groups; each group of letters is bound into a booklet and all three booklets are placed in a custom-made album. Two of the booklets of letters are mounted to the leaves of the album (the last leaf of each of them is set in thick paper, with a "window" displaying both sides of the letter). The third booklet of letters is placed in a transparent plastic pocket. Alongside the letters, the album contains a short biography of Charles Cochon de Lapparent (a typewritten English leaf) and a print depicting the grand attack on Valenciennes, France, in 1793. The album is hardbound with a gilt inscription on its front. A paper label with information about the letters was mounted on the inside front binding.
The French politician Charles Cochon de Lapparent (1750-1825) held senior positions in the French Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly) and the Comité de Salut Public (Committee for the Public's Safety) and served as the Minister of Police of France during the years 1796-1797 (for additional information about him, see enclosed biography).
16 letters (17 handwritten leaves), approx. 23.5 cm. Album: 39.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Fold lines and creases. Minor blemishes.
Enclosed: English translations of the letters.
Provenance:
1. Purchased at the Ader-Picard-Tajan Auction House, 1987.
2. Autograph collection of Dr. Max Thoreck, USA.
3. A private Collection, New York.
Official letters containing opinions, requests and instructions about issues of law and punishment and various administrative issues under the responsibility of the French Minister of Police Charles Cochon de Lapparent. The letters refer, among other things, to the law requiring the locking of doors during the night and the punishment for breaking the law, the entrance of immigrants to France, and more.
The most interesting letter deals with a request by the Jews of Paris to open a synagogue in an apartment in 29 rue des Blancs-Manteaux. The letter, from December 1796, states that the opening of the synagogue should be permitted and notes that the Jews' freedom of religion is anchored in the French constitution.
The letters were divided into three groups; each group of letters is bound into a booklet and all three booklets are placed in a custom-made album. Two of the booklets of letters are mounted to the leaves of the album (the last leaf of each of them is set in thick paper, with a "window" displaying both sides of the letter). The third booklet of letters is placed in a transparent plastic pocket. Alongside the letters, the album contains a short biography of Charles Cochon de Lapparent (a typewritten English leaf) and a print depicting the grand attack on Valenciennes, France, in 1793. The album is hardbound with a gilt inscription on its front. A paper label with information about the letters was mounted on the inside front binding.
The French politician Charles Cochon de Lapparent (1750-1825) held senior positions in the French Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly) and the Comité de Salut Public (Committee for the Public's Safety) and served as the Minister of Police of France during the years 1796-1797 (for additional information about him, see enclosed biography).
16 letters (17 handwritten leaves), approx. 23.5 cm. Album: 39.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Fold lines and creases. Minor blemishes.
Enclosed: English translations of the letters.
Provenance:
1. Purchased at the Ader-Picard-Tajan Auction House, 1987.
2. Autograph collection of Dr. Max Thoreck, USA.
3. A private Collection, New York.
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![Zeitung [Newspaper] / Beschreibung, [by Abraham Spire. Metz, 1789-1790]. German in Hebrew characters. A volume gathering sixt](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/208.jpg "\"Zeitung\" / \"Beschreibung\" – a Jewish Newspaper from the Time of the F")
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $800
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Zeitung [Newspaper] / Beschreibung, [by Abraham Spire. Metz, 1789-1790]. German in Hebrew characters.
A volume gathering sixteen issues of the newspaper "Zeitung" which reviews the events of the French Revolution and an essay titled "Beschreibung" dealing with the Revolution and the events that preceded it. The newspaper and the essay were written and published simultaneously by the Jewish printer Abraham Spire, the grandson of Moise May, the first Jewish printer in Metz.
The "Zeitung" newspaper was published between November 1789 and March 1790 and reviewed the main daily events. The issues were dated according to the weekly Torah portions (Parashot HaShavu'ah). The composition "Beschreibung", which was meant to complement the "Zeitung", dealt with the period between 1780 to 1789 – the "Estates General of 1789", the "National Assembly" and the attack on the Bastille. Among other things, it describes the struggle for equal rights of the Jews of Alsace-Lorraine.
Before us are 16 of the 20 issues of the "Zeitung" (most of them one leaf long) and most of the composition "Beschreibung" (without several leaves at its beginning and end).
[19] leaves ("Zeitung"); [4] leaves; 7-108 pp. (mispagination. pp. 1-6 and 109-110 are missing). 15 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Folds and creases in the corners of the leaves. Trimmed margins, with minor damage the text or page numbers (on the top of several of the leaves). Ink and pen scribbles on the binding. Blemishes to binding.
Rare. Only a few copies of the two complete publications are known of.
A volume gathering sixteen issues of the newspaper "Zeitung" which reviews the events of the French Revolution and an essay titled "Beschreibung" dealing with the Revolution and the events that preceded it. The newspaper and the essay were written and published simultaneously by the Jewish printer Abraham Spire, the grandson of Moise May, the first Jewish printer in Metz.
The "Zeitung" newspaper was published between November 1789 and March 1790 and reviewed the main daily events. The issues were dated according to the weekly Torah portions (Parashot HaShavu'ah). The composition "Beschreibung", which was meant to complement the "Zeitung", dealt with the period between 1780 to 1789 – the "Estates General of 1789", the "National Assembly" and the attack on the Bastille. Among other things, it describes the struggle for equal rights of the Jews of Alsace-Lorraine.
Before us are 16 of the 20 issues of the "Zeitung" (most of them one leaf long) and most of the composition "Beschreibung" (without several leaves at its beginning and end).
[19] leaves ("Zeitung"); [4] leaves; 7-108 pp. (mispagination. pp. 1-6 and 109-110 are missing). 15 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Folds and creases in the corners of the leaves. Trimmed margins, with minor damage the text or page numbers (on the top of several of the leaves). Ink and pen scribbles on the binding. Blemishes to binding.
Rare. Only a few copies of the two complete publications are known of.
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Jewish Communities
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $300
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"L'augusto anniversario della nascita di S. M. Napoleone il Grande" / " Lamenazeach Shir Mizmor…", a poem for Napoleon Bonaparte's Birthday, by Buonaventura Modena. "Printed at the Imperial Printing Press", 1806. Hebrew and Italian on facing pages.
An eight-verse poem in honor of Napoleon Bonaparte's birthday, recited in a synagogue in Paris. The author, Buonaventura Modena, was a rabbi of the Modena community in Italy and a member of The Grand Sanhedrin of Paris (a gathering of Jewish rabbis and leaders in France, convened by Napoleon Bonaparte).
9, [1] pp, 21 cm. Uneven edges. Good condition. Stains to the margins of the leaves (most of them minor). Blank paper cover.
An eight-verse poem in honor of Napoleon Bonaparte's birthday, recited in a synagogue in Paris. The author, Buonaventura Modena, was a rabbi of the Modena community in Italy and a member of The Grand Sanhedrin of Paris (a gathering of Jewish rabbis and leaders in France, convened by Napoleon Bonaparte).
9, [1] pp, 21 cm. Uneven edges. Good condition. Stains to the margins of the leaves (most of them minor). Blank paper cover.
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Jewish Communities
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $700
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"Shir Chanukat Habayit" (Hebrew) / Gottesdienstlicher Vortrag bei der Einweihungsfeier einer Synagoge, by Benjamin Szold. Pressburg: Vormals Schmid'schen Buchdruckerei, 1854. German and some Hebrew.
A sermon for the inauguration ceremony of a synagogue, by rabbi and scholar Benjamin Szold (1829-1902). Szold studied at the Pressburg Yeshiva and at the Rabbinical Seminary in Breslau. In 1859, he immigrated to the USA and served as the rabbi of the "Ohev Shalom" community of Baltimore, Maryland, until his death. His eldest daughter was the social activist and educator Henrietta Szold.
36 pp, approx. 21.5 cm. good condition. A few stains. Minor creases. Tiny tears along the edges of the leaves. Stains and small tears along the edges of the cover.
Not in OCLC.
A sermon for the inauguration ceremony of a synagogue, by rabbi and scholar Benjamin Szold (1829-1902). Szold studied at the Pressburg Yeshiva and at the Rabbinical Seminary in Breslau. In 1859, he immigrated to the USA and served as the rabbi of the "Ohev Shalom" community of Baltimore, Maryland, until his death. His eldest daughter was the social activist and educator Henrietta Szold.
36 pp, approx. 21.5 cm. good condition. A few stains. Minor creases. Tiny tears along the edges of the leaves. Stains and small tears along the edges of the cover.
Not in OCLC.
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Jewish Communities
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $2,800
Sold for: $4,250
Including buyer's premium
Broadside for teaching the Hebrew alphabet, with blessings, verses of prayer and a chapter of Psalms. Frankfurt an der Oder, [1794].
Printed in the center of the broadside are the letters of the Hebrew alphabet with various diacritical marks. Printed around them, in frames, are the verses and blessings which open the morning prayer, several other blessings, Psalms 23 and words of praise for the neat typeface, meant to make the study easier for children (Yiddish). The leaf is decorated with woodcuts depicting Moses and Aaron.
In most cases, due to their constant use, these broadsides did not survive and the few that did survive are mostly torn and stained (see enclosed letter from the British Museum of London).
Approx. 35X42 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Pinhole in the upper part of the leaf. Vertical fold line. Ink corrosion in the margin.
Printed in the center of the broadside are the letters of the Hebrew alphabet with various diacritical marks. Printed around them, in frames, are the verses and blessings which open the morning prayer, several other blessings, Psalms 23 and words of praise for the neat typeface, meant to make the study easier for children (Yiddish). The leaf is decorated with woodcuts depicting Moses and Aaron.
In most cases, due to their constant use, these broadsides did not survive and the few that did survive are mostly torn and stained (see enclosed letter from the British Museum of London).
Approx. 35X42 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Pinhole in the upper part of the leaf. Vertical fold line. Ink corrosion in the margin.
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Jewish Communities
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![Feiertags Küchenkalender für die jüdische Hausfrau [Holiday Recipes for the Jewish Housewife]. [Frankfurt am Mein]: Heim des](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/212.jpg "Booklet of Holiday Recipes for the Jewish Housewife – \"Home of the Jew")
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
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Feiertags Küchenkalender für die jüdische Hausfrau [Holiday Recipes for the Jewish Housewife]. [Frankfurt am Mein]: Heim des jüdischen Frauenbundes Neu-Isenburg [Home of the Jewish Women's League in Neu-Isenburg], [1910-1920]. German.
A booklet with dozens of recipes for the Jewish holidays, including recipes for Shavuot, Tishat HaYamim, Rosh HaShana, the eve of Yom Kippur, Passover, Purim, and more. On the back cover of the booklet appear advertisements for Jewish businesses and stores. The booklet was issued by the "Home of the Jewish Women's League" in Neu-Isenburg, close to Frankfurt – a Jewish shelter for girls at risk, pregnant women, single mothers and children (legitimate and illegitimate) which provided its residents with education and training in household maintenance. The shelter was established in 1907 by Bertha Pappenheim (1859-1936), a feminist, the founder of the League of Jewish Women and a pioneer in the field of social-work. Pappenheim was an activist for Jewish women and an activist in the struggle against prostitution and trafficking in women.
In 1938, a day after Kristallnacht, the main building of the "Home of the Jewish Women's League" was burned down. In 1942, the Gestapo invaded the place and its remaining residents were sent to concentration camps.
12 pp, 21X15 cm. The booklet is stapled. Good condition. Stains (some of them dark). Small tears to the edges and corners of leaves. Tears and blemishes to cover.
Not in NLI.
A booklet with dozens of recipes for the Jewish holidays, including recipes for Shavuot, Tishat HaYamim, Rosh HaShana, the eve of Yom Kippur, Passover, Purim, and more. On the back cover of the booklet appear advertisements for Jewish businesses and stores. The booklet was issued by the "Home of the Jewish Women's League" in Neu-Isenburg, close to Frankfurt – a Jewish shelter for girls at risk, pregnant women, single mothers and children (legitimate and illegitimate) which provided its residents with education and training in household maintenance. The shelter was established in 1907 by Bertha Pappenheim (1859-1936), a feminist, the founder of the League of Jewish Women and a pioneer in the field of social-work. Pappenheim was an activist for Jewish women and an activist in the struggle against prostitution and trafficking in women.
In 1938, a day after Kristallnacht, the main building of the "Home of the Jewish Women's League" was burned down. In 1942, the Gestapo invaded the place and its remaining residents were sent to concentration camps.
12 pp, 21X15 cm. The booklet is stapled. Good condition. Stains (some of them dark). Small tears to the edges and corners of leaves. Tears and blemishes to cover.
Not in NLI.
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Jewish Communities
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
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16 group photographs documenting members of Zionist and Jewish organizations in Poland. Most of them were taken in Kovel (Volyn province. Today in Ukraine), [1920s-1930s].
Group photographs of members of various Zionist and Jewish organizations, most of them from the city of Kovel; mounted on cardboard mounts. Many of the photographs depict Avraham Meir (Meytze) Weisbrot, one of the Zionist leaders in Kovel, the chairman of the "Tze'irei Zion" Organization and vice chairman of the Palestine Office in the town. Several of the photographs are inscribed to Weisbrot for his immigration to Palestine in 1925. Some of them are captioned in the plate or on verso (in pencil) and some bear photographers' stamps.
Among the photographs: • Group photograph depicting Arieh Leib Yaffe, captioned on verso: "A visit of Leib yaffe in 1924" (Hebrew). • Photograph of the committee of the "Tarbut" Hebrew Gymnasium in Kovel. • Photograph of school children and their teachers, captioned in the plate: "'Tarbut' library in Kovel, founded by the American committee… in 1920. Photograph B. Geller, Kovel" (Hebrew). • Two photographs of the members of the "Tze'irei Zion" Movement, one of them captioned in the plate: "The first conference of 'Tze'irei Zion' in Volyn, Rivne 16-20 Tamuz 1921" (Hebrew). • Two photographs of Avraham Meir Weisbrot with his friends, members of "Tze'irei Zion" in Kovel, taken before his immigration to Palestine in 1925. On their verso, inscriptions signed by the members of the movement. • Photograph of Weisbrot with the members of the Palestine Office, also taken before his immigration to Palestine in 1925 and bearing an inscription signed by the members of the office. • Three photographs related to the TOZ Organization (an organization for promoting medicine and hygiene among Jews): a group photograph from the "Children's Colony" of the organization (captioned in the plate in Yiddish and dated 1932); photograph of the committee of TOZ from 1932 (captioned and dated on verso, in pencil); group photograph stamped on verso with the stamp of the organization. • And more.
Pencil notations on verso of all photographs read: "Rivkah Weisbrot". Presumably, these photographs are from the estate of Rivkah Weisbrot, Avraham Meir Weisbrot's first wife.
16 photographs, mounted on cardboard mounts. Size and condition vary. Stains and tears.
Group photographs of members of various Zionist and Jewish organizations, most of them from the city of Kovel; mounted on cardboard mounts. Many of the photographs depict Avraham Meir (Meytze) Weisbrot, one of the Zionist leaders in Kovel, the chairman of the "Tze'irei Zion" Organization and vice chairman of the Palestine Office in the town. Several of the photographs are inscribed to Weisbrot for his immigration to Palestine in 1925. Some of them are captioned in the plate or on verso (in pencil) and some bear photographers' stamps.
Among the photographs: • Group photograph depicting Arieh Leib Yaffe, captioned on verso: "A visit of Leib yaffe in 1924" (Hebrew). • Photograph of the committee of the "Tarbut" Hebrew Gymnasium in Kovel. • Photograph of school children and their teachers, captioned in the plate: "'Tarbut' library in Kovel, founded by the American committee… in 1920. Photograph B. Geller, Kovel" (Hebrew). • Two photographs of the members of the "Tze'irei Zion" Movement, one of them captioned in the plate: "The first conference of 'Tze'irei Zion' in Volyn, Rivne 16-20 Tamuz 1921" (Hebrew). • Two photographs of Avraham Meir Weisbrot with his friends, members of "Tze'irei Zion" in Kovel, taken before his immigration to Palestine in 1925. On their verso, inscriptions signed by the members of the movement. • Photograph of Weisbrot with the members of the Palestine Office, also taken before his immigration to Palestine in 1925 and bearing an inscription signed by the members of the office. • Three photographs related to the TOZ Organization (an organization for promoting medicine and hygiene among Jews): a group photograph from the "Children's Colony" of the organization (captioned in the plate in Yiddish and dated 1932); photograph of the committee of TOZ from 1932 (captioned and dated on verso, in pencil); group photograph stamped on verso with the stamp of the organization. • And more.
Pencil notations on verso of all photographs read: "Rivkah Weisbrot". Presumably, these photographs are from the estate of Rivkah Weisbrot, Avraham Meir Weisbrot's first wife.
16 photographs, mounted on cardboard mounts. Size and condition vary. Stains and tears.
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Jewish Communities
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,800
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42 postcards with photographs from Birobidzhan and the Jewish agricultural settlements in Ukraine and Crimea. Printed in Moscow, with the cooperation of the OZET, [ca. 1930s]. Russian.
The photographs that are printed on the postcards depict the various settlements and their residents (group photographs, photographs taken during work in the fields, and more). On several of the postcards appear photographic portraits of Communist leaders and activists, including Joseph Stalin and Semyon Dimanstein, chairman of the OZET committee and head of the Yevsektsiya.
During World War I, the Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil war, hundreds of thousands of Jews lost their sources of income. During the early 1920s, public figures and Jewish communists tried to promote the idea of turning the impoverished Jews into farmers and in 1924 the KOMZET - Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on the Land - was established. During the first meeting of the KOMZET management, it set the goal to turn 100,000 Jewish families into land-working farmers. During that same year, the OZET (the public Society for Settling Toiling Jews on the Land in the Soviet Union) was established, to assist in the execution of the KOMZET's goals. The activity of these organizations, as well as the activity of the Agro-Joint (the executive branch of the Joint in the Soviet Union) led to the establishment of Jewish agricultural settlements in Crimea and South Ukraine, including settlements in the counties of Kalinindorf, Nay-Zlatopol and Stalindorf (the three were announced Jewish counties during the years 1927-1930). In 1934, the Jewish autonomous region in the Russian Far East was established, its capital being Birobidzhan. Stalin's Great Purge during the 1930s, during which the OZET and KOMZET were closed down and Jewish leaders were arrested and executed, put an end to the development of the autonomous Jewish region. In contrast, the Jewish agricultural settlements in Ukraine continued to exist until the area was conquered by the Germans in 1941.
42 postcards, 10X14 cm. Good overall condition (the postcards were not used). Blemishes and minor stains to several of the postcards. Stamps on verso of several of the postcards. One postcard has a horizontal fold line, traces of glue and scrapings in the paper on verso and pen writing.
Literature: "From the Wilderness of Ukraine and Crimea to a Country of Hardship – Birobidzhan…" (Hebrew), by Matityahu Mintz. "Israel", issue 21, Spring 2013, published by The Chaim Weizmann Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel.
The photographs that are printed on the postcards depict the various settlements and their residents (group photographs, photographs taken during work in the fields, and more). On several of the postcards appear photographic portraits of Communist leaders and activists, including Joseph Stalin and Semyon Dimanstein, chairman of the OZET committee and head of the Yevsektsiya.
During World War I, the Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil war, hundreds of thousands of Jews lost their sources of income. During the early 1920s, public figures and Jewish communists tried to promote the idea of turning the impoverished Jews into farmers and in 1924 the KOMZET - Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on the Land - was established. During the first meeting of the KOMZET management, it set the goal to turn 100,000 Jewish families into land-working farmers. During that same year, the OZET (the public Society for Settling Toiling Jews on the Land in the Soviet Union) was established, to assist in the execution of the KOMZET's goals. The activity of these organizations, as well as the activity of the Agro-Joint (the executive branch of the Joint in the Soviet Union) led to the establishment of Jewish agricultural settlements in Crimea and South Ukraine, including settlements in the counties of Kalinindorf, Nay-Zlatopol and Stalindorf (the three were announced Jewish counties during the years 1927-1930). In 1934, the Jewish autonomous region in the Russian Far East was established, its capital being Birobidzhan. Stalin's Great Purge during the 1930s, during which the OZET and KOMZET were closed down and Jewish leaders were arrested and executed, put an end to the development of the autonomous Jewish region. In contrast, the Jewish agricultural settlements in Ukraine continued to exist until the area was conquered by the Germans in 1941.
42 postcards, 10X14 cm. Good overall condition (the postcards were not used). Blemishes and minor stains to several of the postcards. Stamps on verso of several of the postcards. One postcard has a horizontal fold line, traces of glue and scrapings in the paper on verso and pen writing.
Literature: "From the Wilderness of Ukraine and Crimea to a Country of Hardship – Birobidzhan…" (Hebrew), by Matityahu Mintz. "Israel", issue 21, Spring 2013, published by The Chaim Weizmann Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel.
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Jewish Communities
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Six items documenting the life of the Jewish community in China during the 1940s: a certificate and a medal issued by the Betar youth movement; an issue of the journal of Betar and the Revisionist Movement; a religious periodical with articles by the students of the Mir Yeshiva; letter by the committee of the JNF in Shanghai about planting a forest in Palestine in memory of Holocaust victims; and a certificate for immigration to Israel. Shanghai and Harbin, 1940s. Russian, English and Hebrew.
1-2. Certificate issued by the Betar Youth Movement in Harbin indicating the winning of second place in a volleyball competition held in August 1942. Stamped with the stamp of the Betar Movement in Harbin and signed by the representatives of the sports committee of the movement. Enclosed with the certificate is a medal awarded at the aforementioned competition.
3. "Maor Torah [Light of Torah], Monthly for Torah Novellae on Halachic matters". Booklet B [of two booklets]. Shanghai, Menachem-Av (1946).
Scholarly compilation, edited by Rabbi Ephraim Mordechai Ginzburg, which served as a platform for the students of the Mir Yeshiva who escaped to Shanghai during World War II. Printed at the end of the issue: "The printing of this issue marks the end of a special period in the life of Torah scholars in Shanghai. A number of them moved to Canada and America, and the rest are ready to leave".
4. "Tagar" (Struggle), Organ of the United Zionists-Revisionists & Brit Trumpeldor in the Far East. Issue no. 22. Shanghai, November 16, 1947. Russian and English.
5. Letter by the Committee of the JNF in Shanghai to the head office of the JNF in Jerusalem. Shanghai, April 1947. English.
The letter announces the decision of the Jewish and Zionist organizations in Shanghai to plant a forest in Palestine in the name of the Jewish community of Shanghai, in memory of the Holocaust victims and asks to allocate land for the planting of the forest and to encourage other Jewish communities around the world to plant forests of their own. The letter is typewritten (on official stationery) and hand-signed by the secretary of the committee.
6. Certificate for immigration to Israel, given to a Jewish-Russian woman in Shanghai in January 1949. With a passport photo and stamps of the immigration office.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1-2. Certificate issued by the Betar Youth Movement in Harbin indicating the winning of second place in a volleyball competition held in August 1942. Stamped with the stamp of the Betar Movement in Harbin and signed by the representatives of the sports committee of the movement. Enclosed with the certificate is a medal awarded at the aforementioned competition.
3. "Maor Torah [Light of Torah], Monthly for Torah Novellae on Halachic matters". Booklet B [of two booklets]. Shanghai, Menachem-Av (1946).
Scholarly compilation, edited by Rabbi Ephraim Mordechai Ginzburg, which served as a platform for the students of the Mir Yeshiva who escaped to Shanghai during World War II. Printed at the end of the issue: "The printing of this issue marks the end of a special period in the life of Torah scholars in Shanghai. A number of them moved to Canada and America, and the rest are ready to leave".
4. "Tagar" (Struggle), Organ of the United Zionists-Revisionists & Brit Trumpeldor in the Far East. Issue no. 22. Shanghai, November 16, 1947. Russian and English.
5. Letter by the Committee of the JNF in Shanghai to the head office of the JNF in Jerusalem. Shanghai, April 1947. English.
The letter announces the decision of the Jewish and Zionist organizations in Shanghai to plant a forest in Palestine in the name of the Jewish community of Shanghai, in memory of the Holocaust victims and asks to allocate land for the planting of the forest and to encourage other Jewish communities around the world to plant forests of their own. The letter is typewritten (on official stationery) and hand-signed by the secretary of the committee.
6. Certificate for immigration to Israel, given to a Jewish-Russian woman in Shanghai in January 1949. With a passport photo and stamps of the immigration office.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Jewish Communities
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
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Printed certificate, confirmation of transfer of funds to the "Ha'avara" company, owned jointly by the Anglo-Palestine Bank, Bank of the Temple Society and the Jewish Agency, with handwritten details and stamps of the Bank of the Temple Society. 1935. English.
The Ha'avara Agreement ("transfer agreement") was signed in 1933 between the government of Nazi Germany and the Jewish Agency, with the aim of transferring the possessions and capital of German Jews to Palestine. Within the framework of the agreement, wealthy German Jews, planning to emigrate to Palestine, transferred their money to one of three mediating companies ("HaNote'ah", Anglo-Palestine Bank or"Ha'avara") and they in turn transferred it to companies in Palestine, with a promise to purchase only German goods. After the immigrants arrived to Palestine, two thirds of their original funds were returned to them.
The agreement caused a major controversy in the Jewish community in Palestine and in the Diaspora, as many questioned the moral propriety of negotiating with the Nazis and the economic gain to be derived there from.
[1] leaf, 22X24.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Creases and several small tears along edges. Filing holes.
The Ha'avara Agreement ("transfer agreement") was signed in 1933 between the government of Nazi Germany and the Jewish Agency, with the aim of transferring the possessions and capital of German Jews to Palestine. Within the framework of the agreement, wealthy German Jews, planning to emigrate to Palestine, transferred their money to one of three mediating companies ("HaNote'ah", Anglo-Palestine Bank or"Ha'avara") and they in turn transferred it to companies in Palestine, with a promise to purchase only German goods. After the immigrants arrived to Palestine, two thirds of their original funds were returned to them.
The agreement caused a major controversy in the Jewish community in Palestine and in the Diaspora, as many questioned the moral propriety of negotiating with the Nazis and the economic gain to be derived there from.
[1] leaf, 22X24.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Creases and several small tears along edges. Filing holes.
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Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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