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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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A Brief Guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif, a guide for visitors to the Temple Mount. Jerusalem: The Supreme Muslim Council, 1924. First edition. English.
A guide for visitors to the Temple Mount (Al-Haram Al-Sharif) – description of its structures, their history and significance. Accompanied by seven photographs: a view of the Temple Mount, Sabil Qaitbay, The Summer Pulpit, the Dome of the Rock, the Foundation Stone and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. At its beginning, the guide notes that since the entire compound is a sacred Muslim site, visitors are forbidden to smoke and bring dogs to the compound.
The guide was published by the Supreme Muslim Council, a body that represented the religious interests of the Arabs of Mandatory Palestine under British rule. The council was founded in 1922 and was in charge of managing the holdings of the Waqf, including the Temple Mount, and managing the Muslim justice system; the Mufti Hajj Amīn al-Husseini was elected its president.
It is interesting to note that although the guide was written from a Muslim perspective, it defines the Temple Mount as the place where the Temple was located. Printed on p. 4: "This site is one of the oldest in the world. Its sanctity dates from the earliest (perhaps from pre-historic) times. Its identity with the site of Solomon's Temple is beyond dispute. This, too, is the spot, according to universal belief, on which 'David built there an altar unto the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings' [2 Samuel, 24:25]".
16 pp. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Open tear to corner of front cover. A stub with a stamp of the Supreme Muslim Council has been torn off the upper left corner of the back cover (as in all copies).
A guide for visitors to the Temple Mount (Al-Haram Al-Sharif) – description of its structures, their history and significance. Accompanied by seven photographs: a view of the Temple Mount, Sabil Qaitbay, The Summer Pulpit, the Dome of the Rock, the Foundation Stone and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. At its beginning, the guide notes that since the entire compound is a sacred Muslim site, visitors are forbidden to smoke and bring dogs to the compound.
The guide was published by the Supreme Muslim Council, a body that represented the religious interests of the Arabs of Mandatory Palestine under British rule. The council was founded in 1922 and was in charge of managing the holdings of the Waqf, including the Temple Mount, and managing the Muslim justice system; the Mufti Hajj Amīn al-Husseini was elected its president.
It is interesting to note that although the guide was written from a Muslim perspective, it defines the Temple Mount as the place where the Temple was located. Printed on p. 4: "This site is one of the oldest in the world. Its sanctity dates from the earliest (perhaps from pre-historic) times. Its identity with the site of Solomon's Temple is beyond dispute. This, too, is the spot, according to universal belief, on which 'David built there an altar unto the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings' [2 Samuel, 24:25]".
16 pp. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Open tear to corner of front cover. A stub with a stamp of the Supreme Muslim Council has been torn off the upper left corner of the back cover (as in all copies).
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Palestinian Arabs - The British Mandate of Palestine and the State of Israel
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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Two booklets issued by the Executive Committee of the Palestine Arab Congress (the Arab Executive), signed in print by the secretary, Jamal al-Husayni. Jerusalem: Beyt-UL-Makdes, 1925. English.
1. Two memoranda submitted to the Council & Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations… by the Executive Committee, Palestine Arab Congress, 12 April, 1925. Jerusalem, April 1925.
Two memoranda submitted to the League of Nations: a memorandum on the British Mandate for Palestine (which does not, according to the petitioners, keep the British promises to the Arabs in the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence); a memorandum regarding the discriminatory British policy towards Palestinian Arabs
32 pp. 23 cm.
2. Report on the state of Palestine submitted to His Excellency the High Commissioner for Palestine by the Executive Committee, Palestine Arab Congress on the 13th of October, 1925. Jerusalem, October 1925.
A report submitted to High Commissioner Herbert Plumer with an interesting review of the state of Palestine during the first years of the British mandate: the pro-Jewish activities of the previous High Commissioner, Herbert Samuel; mass Jewish immigration; the failure to develop industry in Jewish cities; governmental monopolies granted to the Jews (such as the Palestine Salt Company in Atlit and Rutenberg's power station); and more. The report states the demand of the Arab Executive from the Mandate authorities: the establishment of a Jewish-Arab state, with government representatives of both nations, the number of which will be based on their relative population percentage in Palestine before the World War.
30 pp. 23 cm.
Good overall condition. Original covers, stained.
The Arab Executive was the central political institution of the Palestinian national movement from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s. It was established in December 1920 and operated under the leadership of Musa Kazim Pasha al-Husayni (1853-1934) throughout its existence.
The Arab Executive strived for the establishment of an independent Arab state with an elected legislative body, espousing non-violent methods – writing petitions, meeting with representatives of the British governments, sending delegations to London, publishing newspaper articles, and more. In 1934, with Husayni's death, the Arab Executive fell apart (and was replaced by the Arab Higher Committee, which supported a violent struggle).
1. Two memoranda submitted to the Council & Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations… by the Executive Committee, Palestine Arab Congress, 12 April, 1925. Jerusalem, April 1925.
Two memoranda submitted to the League of Nations: a memorandum on the British Mandate for Palestine (which does not, according to the petitioners, keep the British promises to the Arabs in the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence); a memorandum regarding the discriminatory British policy towards Palestinian Arabs
32 pp. 23 cm.
2. Report on the state of Palestine submitted to His Excellency the High Commissioner for Palestine by the Executive Committee, Palestine Arab Congress on the 13th of October, 1925. Jerusalem, October 1925.
A report submitted to High Commissioner Herbert Plumer with an interesting review of the state of Palestine during the first years of the British mandate: the pro-Jewish activities of the previous High Commissioner, Herbert Samuel; mass Jewish immigration; the failure to develop industry in Jewish cities; governmental monopolies granted to the Jews (such as the Palestine Salt Company in Atlit and Rutenberg's power station); and more. The report states the demand of the Arab Executive from the Mandate authorities: the establishment of a Jewish-Arab state, with government representatives of both nations, the number of which will be based on their relative population percentage in Palestine before the World War.
30 pp. 23 cm.
Good overall condition. Original covers, stained.
The Arab Executive was the central political institution of the Palestinian national movement from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s. It was established in December 1920 and operated under the leadership of Musa Kazim Pasha al-Husayni (1853-1934) throughout its existence.
The Arab Executive strived for the establishment of an independent Arab state with an elected legislative body, espousing non-violent methods – writing petitions, meeting with representatives of the British governments, sending delegations to London, publishing newspaper articles, and more. In 1934, with Husayni's death, the Arab Executive fell apart (and was replaced by the Arab Higher Committee, which supported a violent struggle).
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Palestinian Arabs - The British Mandate of Palestine and the State of Israel
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $500
Sold for: $938
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دليل المعرض العربى الاول: لسنة ١٣٥٢, guide to the first Arab Exhibition in Jerusalem, an all-Arab trade fair. Jerusalem, 1933. Arabic.
An official guide issued by the Arab Exhibition Company, with a list of participants, sketches and pictures of the showrooms, an advertisements section and an introduction to the history of the Arab world. Illustrated cover (signed in the plate: "M.J. Badran").
The First Arab Exhibition opened in July 1933 at the Palace Hotel in Jerusalem (now the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Agron Street). The initiative developed on the background of the increasing tension between the Palestinian Arabs and the Mandate Government, France's and Britain's colonial activity in the Middle East and the success of the Levant Fair exhibitions in Tel-Aviv. The intent was to showcase the agricultural, industrial and cultural advancements taking place in the Arab World in an exhibition just as grand as the Levant Fair exhibitions, and strengthen the economic and cultural ties between Arab countries.
The exhibition took place in the Palace luxury hotel, one of the most beautiful buildings in Jerusalem. Invitations and advertisements were published throughout the Arab World and on the opening night, fireworks lit up the skies of Jerusalem. The halls of the hotel displayed a variety of agricultural and industrial developments, handicrafts and works of art from Palestine and from all over the Arab World – Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. The exhibition also featured works by Palestinian painter Zulfa al- Sa'di; the artist and art scholar Kamal Boullata refers to al-Sa'di's exhibit at the Arab Exhibition as the "first ever solo exhibition by a Palestinian painter".
The exhibition was widely reported in the Arab Press, attracted many visitors and was considered a success. The Hebrew press barely mentioned the exhibition and the few papers that did reported it noted that the entrance of Jewish journalists was forbidden. In an extraordinary review that was published in the "Doar Hayom" newspaper, Yehuda Karniel mocked the exhibition and its participants: "A 'treasurer' sat inside the palace and handed over the tickets through the grate, sticking out his hand to receive the cash and hand out the tickets, like a monkey being given food […] I saw there products of… Syria, Baghdad and Egypt but of Palestine … almost nothing!" (in the article, Karniel claimed that he infiltrated the hall in disguise).
44 ff., 22 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor blemishes. Tears and stains to gutters of first and last leaves. Stains and minor wear to cover.
Literature:
1. Self-Portrait of a Nation, The Arab Exhibition in Mandate Jerusalem, 1931-34, by Nadi Abusaada. In Jerusalem Quarterly, issue 77, Jerusalem: The Institute for Palestinian Studies, 2019, pp. 122-135.
2. The Storyteller of Jerusalem: The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948, editors: Salim Tamari, Issam Nassar (Northampton, USA, 2014), chapter: The First Arab Exhibition.
An official guide issued by the Arab Exhibition Company, with a list of participants, sketches and pictures of the showrooms, an advertisements section and an introduction to the history of the Arab world. Illustrated cover (signed in the plate: "M.J. Badran").
The First Arab Exhibition opened in July 1933 at the Palace Hotel in Jerusalem (now the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Agron Street). The initiative developed on the background of the increasing tension between the Palestinian Arabs and the Mandate Government, France's and Britain's colonial activity in the Middle East and the success of the Levant Fair exhibitions in Tel-Aviv. The intent was to showcase the agricultural, industrial and cultural advancements taking place in the Arab World in an exhibition just as grand as the Levant Fair exhibitions, and strengthen the economic and cultural ties between Arab countries.
The exhibition took place in the Palace luxury hotel, one of the most beautiful buildings in Jerusalem. Invitations and advertisements were published throughout the Arab World and on the opening night, fireworks lit up the skies of Jerusalem. The halls of the hotel displayed a variety of agricultural and industrial developments, handicrafts and works of art from Palestine and from all over the Arab World – Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. The exhibition also featured works by Palestinian painter Zulfa al- Sa'di; the artist and art scholar Kamal Boullata refers to al-Sa'di's exhibit at the Arab Exhibition as the "first ever solo exhibition by a Palestinian painter".
The exhibition was widely reported in the Arab Press, attracted many visitors and was considered a success. The Hebrew press barely mentioned the exhibition and the few papers that did reported it noted that the entrance of Jewish journalists was forbidden. In an extraordinary review that was published in the "Doar Hayom" newspaper, Yehuda Karniel mocked the exhibition and its participants: "A 'treasurer' sat inside the palace and handed over the tickets through the grate, sticking out his hand to receive the cash and hand out the tickets, like a monkey being given food […] I saw there products of… Syria, Baghdad and Egypt but of Palestine … almost nothing!" (in the article, Karniel claimed that he infiltrated the hall in disguise).
44 ff., 22 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor blemishes. Tears and stains to gutters of first and last leaves. Stains and minor wear to cover.
Literature:
1. Self-Portrait of a Nation, The Arab Exhibition in Mandate Jerusalem, 1931-34, by Nadi Abusaada. In Jerusalem Quarterly, issue 77, Jerusalem: The Institute for Palestinian Studies, 2019, pp. 122-135.
2. The Storyteller of Jerusalem: The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948, editors: Salim Tamari, Issam Nassar (Northampton, USA, 2014), chapter: The First Arab Exhibition.
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Palestinian Arabs - The British Mandate of Palestine and the State of Israel
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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An airborne leaflet dropped over the Arab village of al-Tira (الطيرة), presumably just before it was conquered during the "Ten Day Battles". [July 1948]. Arabic.
The leaflet sharply threatens the residents of the village: "To the Arabs of al-Tira, the next few hours are crucial: your destiny is in your own hands… we call upon you to turn in the foreign gang members and the weapons in your possession to the Israeli army… be advised that the sword will be held to your throat mercilessly and without compassion… be advised that our airplanes, tanks and mortars will crush your village to dust, shell your houses, break your backs, rip you out by the root… If you want to prevent a Nakba, to avoid disaster and to be saved from certain doom, surrender". [Presumably, this is one of the first texts to use the word "Nakba" to describe the events of 1948. See: Omar Ghobari (عم الغباري), "Remembering al-Tira/Haifa" (Hebrew), June 2012, pp. 39-42]. The broadside is signed in print: "The Headquarters of the Israeli Army".
The village of al-Tira, also known as Tirat al-Carmel or Tirat al-Lawz was the largest Arab village in the district of Haifa until the Israeli War of Independence. In July 1948, during the Battles of the Ten Days, the village was conquered by IDF forces and its Arab residents were expelled to nearby settlements.
Approx. 23.5X31 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines and minor blemishes. Some tears and open tears to edges (one of the tears, slightly affecting text, is reinforced with tape). Numbered by hand on the margins. Handwriting on verso (Hebrew).
The leaflet sharply threatens the residents of the village: "To the Arabs of al-Tira, the next few hours are crucial: your destiny is in your own hands… we call upon you to turn in the foreign gang members and the weapons in your possession to the Israeli army… be advised that the sword will be held to your throat mercilessly and without compassion… be advised that our airplanes, tanks and mortars will crush your village to dust, shell your houses, break your backs, rip you out by the root… If you want to prevent a Nakba, to avoid disaster and to be saved from certain doom, surrender". [Presumably, this is one of the first texts to use the word "Nakba" to describe the events of 1948. See: Omar Ghobari (عم الغباري), "Remembering al-Tira/Haifa" (Hebrew), June 2012, pp. 39-42]. The broadside is signed in print: "The Headquarters of the Israeli Army".
The village of al-Tira, also known as Tirat al-Carmel or Tirat al-Lawz was the largest Arab village in the district of Haifa until the Israeli War of Independence. In July 1948, during the Battles of the Ten Days, the village was conquered by IDF forces and its Arab residents were expelled to nearby settlements.
Approx. 23.5X31 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines and minor blemishes. Some tears and open tears to edges (one of the tears, slightly affecting text, is reinforced with tape). Numbered by hand on the margins. Handwriting on verso (Hebrew).
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Palestinian Arabs - The British Mandate of Palestine and the State of Israel
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!["Hakol al Kafr Qassem" [All about Kafr Qassem], one-time edition. Editor: Uri Selah. Tel-Aviv: "Dfus Chadash" press, [1956].](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/56.jpg "\"All about Kafr Qassem\", a One-time Edition of a Booklet Condemning th")
Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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"Hakol al Kafr Qassem" [All about Kafr Qassem], one-time edition. Editor: Uri Selah. Tel-Aviv: "Dfus Chadash" press, [1956].
The booklet was presumably printed during late December 1956, approx. two months after the massacre in Kafr Qassem. It opens with a review of the events and eyewitness testimonies, followed by a series of articles by Dan Ben Amotz, Amos Kenan, Avraham Shlonsky, Gershom Schoken and others, condemning the massacre. The last page features a petition calling for a public trial, with a blank space for signing and instructions for the reader: "sign it […] cut the page, fold it and send it by mail to the address: Speaker of the Knesset, Jerusalem".
During the Kafr Qassem Massacre, 49 residents of the village, including women and children, were shot to death by the Israel border police after violating a curfew imposed on the village, of which they were unaware, while working outside the village. Initially, the authorities tried to hide the events from the public and the military censor imposed a gag order on written and broadcasted media. This booklet was printed illegally under the gag order and was distributed secretly. Its first copies were printed at the expense of the Mapam party (the paper was donated by Uri Avneri and Shalom Cohen, the owners of the weekly "Haolam Hazeh") and were distributed by members of "Hashomer Hatza'ir" movement. During distribution, some members of "Hashomer Hatza'ir" ran into members of the Security Services, who confiscated the booklets and burnt them. Shortly thereafter, an additional edition of the booklet was printed, funded by the Maki party.
7, [1] pp. 34.5 cm. Sheets unopened in their upper edges. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
The booklet was presumably printed during late December 1956, approx. two months after the massacre in Kafr Qassem. It opens with a review of the events and eyewitness testimonies, followed by a series of articles by Dan Ben Amotz, Amos Kenan, Avraham Shlonsky, Gershom Schoken and others, condemning the massacre. The last page features a petition calling for a public trial, with a blank space for signing and instructions for the reader: "sign it […] cut the page, fold it and send it by mail to the address: Speaker of the Knesset, Jerusalem".
During the Kafr Qassem Massacre, 49 residents of the village, including women and children, were shot to death by the Israel border police after violating a curfew imposed on the village, of which they were unaware, while working outside the village. Initially, the authorities tried to hide the events from the public and the military censor imposed a gag order on written and broadcasted media. This booklet was printed illegally under the gag order and was distributed secretly. Its first copies were printed at the expense of the Mapam party (the paper was donated by Uri Avneri and Shalom Cohen, the owners of the weekly "Haolam Hazeh") and were distributed by members of "Hashomer Hatza'ir" movement. During distribution, some members of "Hashomer Hatza'ir" ran into members of the Security Services, who confiscated the booklets and burnt them. Shortly thereafter, an additional edition of the booklet was printed, funded by the Maki party.
7, [1] pp. 34.5 cm. Sheets unopened in their upper edges. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
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Palestinian Arabs - The British Mandate of Palestine and the State of Israel
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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Down with the Occupation 1967-1987, portfolio with 67 prints by Israeli and Palestinian artists. Published by "Artists for Freedom of Speech", June 16, 1987.
In 1987, a group of Israeli and Palestinian artists held an exhibition to mark the 20th anniversary of the Six-Day-War, titled "Down with the Occupation". The exhibition held 67 works, including works by Asad Azi, Asim Abu Shakra, Tayseer Barakat, Suleiman Mansour, Aviva Uri, Nabil Anani, Yehezkel Streichman, Ruth Schloss, Avishai Eyal, Simcha Shirman, Deganit Berest and others. The original works were exhibited at the Artifact Gallery in Tel-Aviv and their prints were exhibited at the El-Hakawati Theatre in Jerusalem and the Neveh-Tzeddek theatrical center in Tel-Aviv. Alongside the exhibition, a portfolio of all 67 works was published.
This portfolio includes:
• 29 prints signed and numbered by hand (out of 100), including prints by Gershon Knispel, Yair Garbuz, Rafi Lavi, Igael Tumarkin, Asad Azi and others. One of them is marked "A.P.".
• 2 prints signed and marked "A.P.".
• 16 signed prints, not numbered.
• 20 prints which are neither signed nor numbered.
The prints are accompanied by a title page signed by some of the artists and numbered 135/200.
[1] title page + [67] prints, approx. 69X48.5 cm. Placed in a paper cover and cardboard portfolio. Good overall condition. Tears to the cover and portfolio.
In 1987, a group of Israeli and Palestinian artists held an exhibition to mark the 20th anniversary of the Six-Day-War, titled "Down with the Occupation". The exhibition held 67 works, including works by Asad Azi, Asim Abu Shakra, Tayseer Barakat, Suleiman Mansour, Aviva Uri, Nabil Anani, Yehezkel Streichman, Ruth Schloss, Avishai Eyal, Simcha Shirman, Deganit Berest and others. The original works were exhibited at the Artifact Gallery in Tel-Aviv and their prints were exhibited at the El-Hakawati Theatre in Jerusalem and the Neveh-Tzeddek theatrical center in Tel-Aviv. Alongside the exhibition, a portfolio of all 67 works was published.
This portfolio includes:
• 29 prints signed and numbered by hand (out of 100), including prints by Gershon Knispel, Yair Garbuz, Rafi Lavi, Igael Tumarkin, Asad Azi and others. One of them is marked "A.P.".
• 2 prints signed and marked "A.P.".
• 16 signed prints, not numbered.
• 20 prints which are neither signed nor numbered.
The prints are accompanied by a title page signed by some of the artists and numbered 135/200.
[1] title page + [67] prints, approx. 69X48.5 cm. Placed in a paper cover and cardboard portfolio. Good overall condition. Tears to the cover and portfolio.
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Palestinian Arabs - The British Mandate of Palestine and the State of Israel
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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Approx. 400 pro-Palestinian posters. Issued by various organizations (a large part of the posters was issued by the PLO in France, where an official office of the organization was established). Arabic, French and English.
The posters deal with the rights of the Palestinian people, the release of prisoners, the crimes of the State of Israel, the Land Day and the desire for peace.
Size and condition vary. Some duplicate posters.
The posters deal with the rights of the Palestinian people, the release of prisoners, the crimes of the State of Israel, the Land Day and the desire for peace.
Size and condition vary. Some duplicate posters.
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![Tractatus Raby Samuelis, Errorem Judeorum Indicans [The Epistle of Rabbi Samuel…]. Printed for Giovanni Andrea Valvassori, Ve](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/185.jpg "\"The Epistle of Rabbi Samuel\" – Anti-Semitic Treatise – Venice, 1537")
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Tractatus Raby Samuelis, Errorem Judeorum Indicans [The Epistle of Rabbi Samuel…]. Printed for Giovanni Andrea Valvassori, Venice, 1537. Latin.
A polemic anti-Semitic treatise, divided into 27 short chapters, attempting to prove the truth of Christianity. The work comprises an epistle allegedly written by Samuel of Morocco (Samuel Marochitanus), a Jew who converted to Christianity, to his friend, Rabbi Isaac. It deals with the long exile of the Jews, which, according to the writer, was caused by the Jews' sin.
The treatise was presumably written in the late 1330s. It opens with a short introduction by Dominican monk and Bishop of Marrakech Alfonso Buenhombre, in which he claims that he translated the epistle from an ancient Arabic manuscript which was concealed for many years. The original Arabic manuscript, from which Buenhombre allegedly translated the epistle, has never been found, and it is now believed that Buenhombre composed the text himself (Samuel of Morocco was presumably based on Al-Samawal al-Maghribi, a Jewish mathematician, astronomer and physician who converted to Isalam, the author of the polemic book Ifḥām al-Yahūd [Confutation of the Jews]).
The Epistle of Rabbi Samuel was one of the most widely copied and printed anti-Semitic works in Europe of the late Middle Ages (it was printed in many editions, in different languages). It grew to be a deeply influential anti-Semitic tract, influencing anti-Semitic theologians such as Anton Margaritha and Martin Luther.
[27] ff., 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, some dark. Notations to margins. Vellum over card boards. Minor blemishes to binding.
Literature: Orah Limor, The Epistle of Rabbi Samuel of Morocco: A Best-Seller in the World of Polemics, in: Contra Iudaeos. Ancient and Medieval Polemics between Christians and Jews. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1996. pp. 177-194.
A polemic anti-Semitic treatise, divided into 27 short chapters, attempting to prove the truth of Christianity. The work comprises an epistle allegedly written by Samuel of Morocco (Samuel Marochitanus), a Jew who converted to Christianity, to his friend, Rabbi Isaac. It deals with the long exile of the Jews, which, according to the writer, was caused by the Jews' sin.
The treatise was presumably written in the late 1330s. It opens with a short introduction by Dominican monk and Bishop of Marrakech Alfonso Buenhombre, in which he claims that he translated the epistle from an ancient Arabic manuscript which was concealed for many years. The original Arabic manuscript, from which Buenhombre allegedly translated the epistle, has never been found, and it is now believed that Buenhombre composed the text himself (Samuel of Morocco was presumably based on Al-Samawal al-Maghribi, a Jewish mathematician, astronomer and physician who converted to Isalam, the author of the polemic book Ifḥām al-Yahūd [Confutation of the Jews]).
The Epistle of Rabbi Samuel was one of the most widely copied and printed anti-Semitic works in Europe of the late Middle Ages (it was printed in many editions, in different languages). It grew to be a deeply influential anti-Semitic tract, influencing anti-Semitic theologians such as Anton Margaritha and Martin Luther.
[27] ff., 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, some dark. Notations to margins. Vellum over card boards. Minor blemishes to binding.
Literature: Orah Limor, The Epistle of Rabbi Samuel of Morocco: A Best-Seller in the World of Polemics, in: Contra Iudaeos. Ancient and Medieval Polemics between Christians and Jews. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1996. pp. 177-194.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Zuwissen und Kundt gethan sey hiemit menniglich… wegen der, ein zeithero entstandenen unrhue, empörung und Rebellion... stürm: und plünderung der Judengassen [Knowing and announcing to all ... about the unrest, outrage and rebellion... the plundering and looting of the Jewish street], a printed decree issued by the Nürnberg city council, on behalf of Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor. [Nürnberg], December 14, 1614. German.
An imperial decree ordering the prosecution and punishment of rioters who took part in the Fettmilch Uprising (The Guilds Uprising) and who took part in the looting of the Jews of Frankfurt. The decree was issued by the Nürnberg city council, on behalf of Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, several days after the suppression of the rebellion and the arrest of its leader Vinzenz Fettmilch. The decree requires all the citizens and subjects of Nürnberg, where many rioters had escaped, to report those who were involved in the riots and orders: "to apprehend and properly punish any apprentice who assisted in… looting, anywhere they are; and the instigators who will be found amongst them … to execute".
Vinzenz Fettmilch, a German baker from Frankfurt am Mein, led on August 22, 1614, the Guild Uprising against the institutions of his city. The uprising turned into a raid on the Jewish Quarter, during which Jewish houses were looted and after which, the Jews were forced to leave the city. After the intervention of Emperor Matthias, Fettmilch was arrested in November 1614 and after a long trial was publicly executed in February 1616. The Jews of Frankfurt am Main were allowed to return to their homes and the day of their return was celebrated yearly thereafter as the "Frankfurt Purim" or "Purim Vinz".
41.5X33 cm. Good condition. Vertical fold line. Minor stains. Tears and small holes to margins (not affecting text).
Two copies only in OCLC.
An imperial decree ordering the prosecution and punishment of rioters who took part in the Fettmilch Uprising (The Guilds Uprising) and who took part in the looting of the Jews of Frankfurt. The decree was issued by the Nürnberg city council, on behalf of Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, several days after the suppression of the rebellion and the arrest of its leader Vinzenz Fettmilch. The decree requires all the citizens and subjects of Nürnberg, where many rioters had escaped, to report those who were involved in the riots and orders: "to apprehend and properly punish any apprentice who assisted in… looting, anywhere they are; and the instigators who will be found amongst them … to execute".
Vinzenz Fettmilch, a German baker from Frankfurt am Mein, led on August 22, 1614, the Guild Uprising against the institutions of his city. The uprising turned into a raid on the Jewish Quarter, during which Jewish houses were looted and after which, the Jews were forced to leave the city. After the intervention of Emperor Matthias, Fettmilch was arrested in November 1614 and after a long trial was publicly executed in February 1616. The Jews of Frankfurt am Main were allowed to return to their homes and the day of their return was celebrated yearly thereafter as the "Frankfurt Purim" or "Purim Vinz".
41.5X33 cm. Good condition. Vertical fold line. Minor stains. Tears and small holes to margins (not affecting text).
Two copies only in OCLC.
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![Zur Erinnerung an den Tendenzprozesz von Tisza-Eszlár [In memory of the biased trial of Tisza-Eszlár]. Published by J. Kleinb](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/187.jpg "The Defense Attorneys at the Trial of the Tiszaeszlár Affair – Print –")
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Zur Erinnerung an den Tendenzprozesz von Tisza-Eszlár [In memory of the biased trial of Tisza-Eszlár]. Published by J. Kleinberger; Kellner u. Mohrlüder Press, Budapest, [ca. 1883]. German. Lithograph after Alfons Giehsz.
Lithographic print - portraits of the five defense attorneys who took part in the defense of the Jews accused of the blood libel in the village of Tiszaeszlár in eastern Hungary in 1882. In the center, portrait of the chief defense lawyer, Eötvös Károly, and around it portraits of the defense attorneys Alexander Funták, Bernhardt Friedmann, Max Szekely and Ignatz Heumann. Printed beneath the portraits is the inscription "In memory of the biased trial of Tisza-Eszlár 1883. The portraits of the acclaimed defense attorneys".
The blood libel known as the Tiszaeszlár Affair occurred in the Hungarian village of Tiszaeszlár in 1882, after a Christian girl named Eszter Solymosi disappeared from her home several days before Passover, and did not return. Fifteen Jews were accused of abducting and murdering the girl, and in summer of 1882 they were brought to trial. Their defense was led by the attorney, journalist and member of Hungarian parliament Eötvös Károly, who worked tirelessly to prove their innocence. Eventually, in August 1883, the defendants were cleared of all charges.
46.5X61.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Many stains, including dampstains. Tears and minor creases to edges. Long tear (approx. 16 cm.) to lower part.
Rare.
Lithographic print - portraits of the five defense attorneys who took part in the defense of the Jews accused of the blood libel in the village of Tiszaeszlár in eastern Hungary in 1882. In the center, portrait of the chief defense lawyer, Eötvös Károly, and around it portraits of the defense attorneys Alexander Funták, Bernhardt Friedmann, Max Szekely and Ignatz Heumann. Printed beneath the portraits is the inscription "In memory of the biased trial of Tisza-Eszlár 1883. The portraits of the acclaimed defense attorneys".
The blood libel known as the Tiszaeszlár Affair occurred in the Hungarian village of Tiszaeszlár in 1882, after a Christian girl named Eszter Solymosi disappeared from her home several days before Passover, and did not return. Fifteen Jews were accused of abducting and murdering the girl, and in summer of 1882 they were brought to trial. Their defense was led by the attorney, journalist and member of Hungarian parliament Eötvös Károly, who worked tirelessly to prove their innocence. Eventually, in August 1883, the defendants were cleared of all charges.
46.5X61.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Many stains, including dampstains. Tears and minor creases to edges. Long tear (approx. 16 cm.) to lower part.
Rare.
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!["Solche gibt es auch, aber... so war es nicht gemeint!" [There are those too, but ... it wasn't meant like that!], an anti-Se](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/188.jpg "Illustrated Anti-Semitic Poster – Philipp Rupprecht, \"Fips\" – Vienna,")
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"Solche gibt es auch, aber... so war es nicht gemeint!" [There are those too, but ... it wasn't meant like that!], an anti-Semitic poster. Published by Waldheim-Eberle (WE), [Vienna, ca. 1938]. German.
A large anti-Semitic poster – caricature by Philipp Rupprecht ("Fips") depicting the Aryanization process as a change of personnel between Jews (presumably, in response to what the Nazis called "camouflaging Jewish businesses" – businesses that were formally transferred to Aryan hands yet in practice were managed by Jews).
The caricature depicts two Jewish men, identical in everything but the color of their clothes, in the revolving entrance door of a closed store – as one enters, the other one exits. A sign above the door reads "In Arisierung" ("in the process of Aryanization"). The caption next to the caricature reads "There are those too, but ... it wasn't meant like that!".
Caricaturist Philipp Rupprecht, who published his works under the pseudonym Fips, worked for Julius Streicher's anti-Semitic newspaper Der Stürmer. Two anti-Semitic children's books he had illustrated – "Don't Trust a Fox in a Green Pasture or a Jew Upon His Oath" and "The Poisonous Mushroom", were widely circulated in Nazi Germany. After World War II, he was tried in the Nuremberg Trials for his crucial part in distributing anti-Semitic propaganda.
Approx. 95X62.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and fold lines. Small tears to edges. Minor stains.
A large anti-Semitic poster – caricature by Philipp Rupprecht ("Fips") depicting the Aryanization process as a change of personnel between Jews (presumably, in response to what the Nazis called "camouflaging Jewish businesses" – businesses that were formally transferred to Aryan hands yet in practice were managed by Jews).
The caricature depicts two Jewish men, identical in everything but the color of their clothes, in the revolving entrance door of a closed store – as one enters, the other one exits. A sign above the door reads "In Arisierung" ("in the process of Aryanization"). The caption next to the caricature reads "There are those too, but ... it wasn't meant like that!".
Caricaturist Philipp Rupprecht, who published his works under the pseudonym Fips, worked for Julius Streicher's anti-Semitic newspaper Der Stürmer. Two anti-Semitic children's books he had illustrated – "Don't Trust a Fox in a Green Pasture or a Jew Upon His Oath" and "The Poisonous Mushroom", were widely circulated in Nazi Germany. After World War II, he was tried in the Nuremberg Trials for his crucial part in distributing anti-Semitic propaganda.
Approx. 95X62.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and fold lines. Small tears to edges. Minor stains.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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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] f, 22.5X24 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Filing holes. Minor stains.
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] f, 22.5X24 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Filing holes. Minor stains.
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