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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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Seven postcards (undivided), a folded leaf and two pieces of paper (stubs of postal payment vouchers), with autograph letters by Alexander Ziskind Rabinowitz. Poltava and Jaffa, 1903-1906.
Ten autograph letters by Alexander Ziskind Rabinowitz (Azar) which were sent to the researcher scholar and writer Abraham Kahana in Zhytomyr and Kiev. The letters are concerend with literary issues and sale and distribution of books, royalties and payments, printing of essays and books, biblical commentary and novellae, as well as personal matters and the events of the time.
In one of the postcards Azar writes about his plan to immigrate to Palestine "and work there as a writer only". In another postcard, sent after the Pogrom in Zhytomyr following the 1905 Revolution, Azar writes Kahana that he heard "there were murders in your area…"; he inquires about Kahana's health, stating "I am not asking about your situation since I know there is no peace for us in this bloody land".
In an additional lengthy letter, from late 1906, Azar writes about his wellbeing after immigrating to Palestine: "I, my friend, am truly happy for the chance to settle in the land of our forefathers. Here I do not feel any moral slavery. I am a Jew, and I am one with my people, my young children […] are being educated in a Hebrew environment, speaking Hebrew and learning what a Hebrew needs to learn. And as for my material situation: - with God's will I and the members of my family are all satiated, and I haven't been rich in Russia either". Azar advises his addressee, Abraham Kahana, to immigrate to Palestine as well: "And if you are a wise man heeding to advice, come here too. For a wise man such as you, it is probably good to sit in the midst of Judaism […] since, who could imagine while sitting in a different country the beauty of his ancient country, its skies, mountains and valleys and especially its gentle and caressing wind. What wonderous gentleness it has, such that is indescribable […] and undoubtedly you would make here a generous living, that is: if you do not strive for horses and a carriage". Azar continues on, claiming that "Palestine greatly needs wise people. We have more than enough 'Intellectuals', but the number of expert wise people… is limited, and they are burdened with so much work on various matters that it is impossible for them to properly engage in literary work".
Alexander Ziskind Rabinowitz (Azar, 1854-1945), author, editor, biographer and prolific translator, who published approximately 100 books during his lifetime. He translated scholarly Talmudic books by Binyamin Ze'ev Bachar and published a translation of the Song of Songs, commentary on the Book of Job, and more. In 1906 he immigrated to Palestine, settling in Jaffa. He worked as a librarian at the "Sha'ar Zion" library as well as a teacher.
Size varies. Fair condition. Two postcards significantly browned. Filing holes to some items. Worming to one postcard. Stains.
Provenance:
1. The Ben Zion Kahana Collection.
2. Sold by "Kedem", auction 60 (March 2018), item 248.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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Letter handwritten and signed by Yosef Chaim Brenner, addressed to the Palestine Restoration Fund (Keren HaGeulah) committee in Jaffa. August 1920.
The letter deals with the sixth issue of the literary anthology "Revivim", edited and published by Brenner in Jaffa in 1919. Brenner writes: "I have two hundred and thirty copies of the issue, the remainder of the entire edition, which numbered nine hundred and forty copies, and I think that the Shtibel publishing house […] or another bookstore, abroad or in the country, will willingly buy this remainder, since in a year or two this issue will become scarce, like the ones that preceded it. I ask to inform me where to deliver the aforementioned 230 copies, which are the property of Keren HaGeulah".
The literary anthology "Revivim" was published during the years 1908-1919. Issues 1-2 were published in Lviv (Galicia) in 1908, before Brenner's immigration to Palestine, and issues 3-5 were published in Jerusalem and Jaffa in 1913-1914, after Brenner's immigration to Palestine in 1909. Issue 6 – the subject of this letter - was published in Jaffa in February 1919.
The Palestine Restoration Fund (Keren HaGeulah), established in July 1919, collected funds for the World Zionist Organization (funding immigration and buying lands in Palestine) before the establishment of "Keren Hayesod".
The letter was published in Vol. III of The Collected Writings of Yosef Chaim Brenner (Hebrew), [Tel-Aviv]: HaKibbutz Hameuchad, 1967; letter 774.
[1] folded leaf (one written page), 22 cm. Good condition. Creases and fold lines. Pinholes and small tears to edges and fold lines (not affecting the text). Stains.
The letter deals with the sixth issue of the literary anthology "Revivim", edited and published by Brenner in Jaffa in 1919. Brenner writes: "I have two hundred and thirty copies of the issue, the remainder of the entire edition, which numbered nine hundred and forty copies, and I think that the Shtibel publishing house […] or another bookstore, abroad or in the country, will willingly buy this remainder, since in a year or two this issue will become scarce, like the ones that preceded it. I ask to inform me where to deliver the aforementioned 230 copies, which are the property of Keren HaGeulah".
The literary anthology "Revivim" was published during the years 1908-1919. Issues 1-2 were published in Lviv (Galicia) in 1908, before Brenner's immigration to Palestine, and issues 3-5 were published in Jerusalem and Jaffa in 1913-1914, after Brenner's immigration to Palestine in 1909. Issue 6 – the subject of this letter - was published in Jaffa in February 1919.
The Palestine Restoration Fund (Keren HaGeulah), established in July 1919, collected funds for the World Zionist Organization (funding immigration and buying lands in Palestine) before the establishment of "Keren Hayesod".
The letter was published in Vol. III of The Collected Writings of Yosef Chaim Brenner (Hebrew), [Tel-Aviv]: HaKibbutz Hameuchad, 1967; letter 774.
[1] folded leaf (one written page), 22 cm. Good condition. Creases and fold lines. Pinholes and small tears to edges and fold lines (not affecting the text). Stains.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
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First edition of the novel Das große Wagnis by Max Brod – author's copy, with notes in his handwriting (before the printing of the second edition published in 1919) and two records with musical compositions by Brod (1953).
• Das große Wagnis [The Big Gamble], by Max Brod. [Leipzig and Vienna: Kurt Wolff, 1918]. German. First edition. Incomplete copy.
A copy owned by the author, Max Brod, who added to it dozens of handwritten proofreading notes, corrections and additions, towards the printing of the second edition. The notes and corrections were written in part on the book's pages and in part on separate leaves. On the front cover, a list of pages with Brod's corrections, hand-signed by Brod.
The book is placed in a card cover, with a mailing label of the Kurt Wolff publishing house in Leipzig (stating the addressee's name, Max Brod, and his address in Prague), and a label reading "corrections, The Big Gamble, for the new edition, published by Kurt Wolff" (German).
Incomplete copy. 33-329, [1] pp. (missing title page and first 32 pages). 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Detached leaves and gatherings. Stains and small tears. Front and back cover detached from one another and from the body of the book; torn spine.
Enclosed with the book are several galley proofs printed towards the publishing of the second edition (1919) – leaves and unopened sheets, some of them with the stamp of the E. Haberland Printing house in Leipzig, with several handwritten notes and corrections.
pp. 13-29, 42-96, 183, 316-337, [1]. 19.5 cm. Creases and small tears to margins.
The novel Das große Wagnis, written by Brod after World War I, describes the establishment of the underground city "Liberia", ruled by the dictator Dr. Askonas.
• Two records of the W.H. Von Der Mühll Zürich company – musical compositions by Max Brod (two texts after Kafka – Tod and Paradies and poems by Goethe). Zürich, October 1953.
• Das große Wagnis [The Big Gamble], by Max Brod. [Leipzig and Vienna: Kurt Wolff, 1918]. German. First edition. Incomplete copy.
A copy owned by the author, Max Brod, who added to it dozens of handwritten proofreading notes, corrections and additions, towards the printing of the second edition. The notes and corrections were written in part on the book's pages and in part on separate leaves. On the front cover, a list of pages with Brod's corrections, hand-signed by Brod.
The book is placed in a card cover, with a mailing label of the Kurt Wolff publishing house in Leipzig (stating the addressee's name, Max Brod, and his address in Prague), and a label reading "corrections, The Big Gamble, for the new edition, published by Kurt Wolff" (German).
Incomplete copy. 33-329, [1] pp. (missing title page and first 32 pages). 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Detached leaves and gatherings. Stains and small tears. Front and back cover detached from one another and from the body of the book; torn spine.
Enclosed with the book are several galley proofs printed towards the publishing of the second edition (1919) – leaves and unopened sheets, some of them with the stamp of the E. Haberland Printing house in Leipzig, with several handwritten notes and corrections.
pp. 13-29, 42-96, 183, 316-337, [1]. 19.5 cm. Creases and small tears to margins.
The novel Das große Wagnis, written by Brod after World War I, describes the establishment of the underground city "Liberia", ruled by the dictator Dr. Askonas.
• Two records of the W.H. Von Der Mühll Zürich company – musical compositions by Max Brod (two texts after Kafka – Tod and Paradies and poems by Goethe). Zürich, October 1953.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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Sold for: $500
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Six books by max Brod, inscribed by him, in German:
1-3. Three books to his secretary and life partner Ilse Ester Hoffe (1906-2007).
• Der Sommer den man zurückwünscht. Zurich: Manesse, 1952.
On the first page, a long dedication, dated 14.10.52: "Hesitatingly and at an inconvenient time these two books [this book and the book Almost a Gifted Pupil, see next paragraph] have come along – you know this – yet they of course do not hold the thought, the wish and the hope that they will be read immediately. I asked them myself, blushing they assured me that they do not wish at all to wait impatiently on the shelf until your hand holds them. 'Just do not leave us forever to gaze at the dark and gloomy night of the bookcase! Since all books, be they impertinent, humble, singing of lust or suffering, always yearn to please – and in their parlors there is but one heaven on earth – to be read'" (German).
• Beinahe ein Vorzugsschüler, oder, Pièce touché. Zurich: Manesse, 1952. With a dedication from 14.10.52 – "See the above dedication in Der Sommer…".
• Ein Abenteuer Napoleons. Zurich: Werner Classen, 1954. With a short dedication from 1.1.1955.
4-6. Three books with dedications to Eva Hoffe (1933-2018), Ilse Ester Hoffe's daughter.
• Unambo, a novel of the war in Israel. New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. English. With a short dedication (1962).
• Reuveni, sar ha-yehudim (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Youth and Pioneer Department of the World Zionist Organization, 1954. With a dedication (Tel-Aviv, August 1954).
• Prager Sternenhimmel, Literary, Theater and Music Criticism. Vienna-Hamburg: Paul Zsoinay, 1966. German. With a dedication: "In memory of a single afternoon on which we admired Shakespeare together", dated 18.6.1966.
6 books. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
1-3. Three books to his secretary and life partner Ilse Ester Hoffe (1906-2007).
• Der Sommer den man zurückwünscht. Zurich: Manesse, 1952.
On the first page, a long dedication, dated 14.10.52: "Hesitatingly and at an inconvenient time these two books [this book and the book Almost a Gifted Pupil, see next paragraph] have come along – you know this – yet they of course do not hold the thought, the wish and the hope that they will be read immediately. I asked them myself, blushing they assured me that they do not wish at all to wait impatiently on the shelf until your hand holds them. 'Just do not leave us forever to gaze at the dark and gloomy night of the bookcase! Since all books, be they impertinent, humble, singing of lust or suffering, always yearn to please – and in their parlors there is but one heaven on earth – to be read'" (German).
• Beinahe ein Vorzugsschüler, oder, Pièce touché. Zurich: Manesse, 1952. With a dedication from 14.10.52 – "See the above dedication in Der Sommer…".
• Ein Abenteuer Napoleons. Zurich: Werner Classen, 1954. With a short dedication from 1.1.1955.
4-6. Three books with dedications to Eva Hoffe (1933-2018), Ilse Ester Hoffe's daughter.
• Unambo, a novel of the war in Israel. New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. English. With a short dedication (1962).
• Reuveni, sar ha-yehudim (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Youth and Pioneer Department of the World Zionist Organization, 1954. With a dedication (Tel-Aviv, August 1954).
• Prager Sternenhimmel, Literary, Theater and Music Criticism. Vienna-Hamburg: Paul Zsoinay, 1966. German. With a dedication: "In memory of a single afternoon on which we admired Shakespeare together", dated 18.6.1966.
6 books. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
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![The cycle of poems "Ahavat Shimshon" (Samson's Love) by Leah Godlberg – nine leaves in Goldberg's handwriting. [1948]. Hebrew](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/221.jpg "The Cycle of Poems \"Samson's Love\" Handwritten by Leah Goldberg")
Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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The cycle of poems "Ahavat Shimshon" (Samson's Love) by Leah Godlberg – nine leaves in Goldberg's handwriting. [1948]. Hebrew.
The cycle of poems "Samson's Love" by Leah Goldberg, consists of seven poems retelling the biblical story of Samson from different perspectives. The cycle was first published in the journal Molad, edited by Ephraim Broido (volume I, April 1948).
This is the final version of the cycle of poems, handwritten by Goldberg. Printing instructions on the first page: "One column, regular vocalization" (Hebrew).
9 leaves, 20 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Horizontal fold lines. Small tears to margins.
Provenance: The Molad Archive.
The cycle of poems "Samson's Love" by Leah Goldberg, consists of seven poems retelling the biblical story of Samson from different perspectives. The cycle was first published in the journal Molad, edited by Ephraim Broido (volume I, April 1948).
This is the final version of the cycle of poems, handwritten by Goldberg. Printing instructions on the first page: "One column, regular vocalization" (Hebrew).
9 leaves, 20 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Horizontal fold lines. Small tears to margins.
Provenance: The Molad Archive.
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!["On Nabokov and Lolita", autograph draft of an article (67 pp.) by Leah Goldberg. [1959]. Hebrew. Lengthy critique dealing w](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/222_1.jpg "\"On Nabokov and Lolita\" – Autograph Draft of an Article by Leah Goldbe")
!["On Nabokov and Lolita", autograph draft of an article (67 pp.) by Leah Goldberg. [1959]. Hebrew. Lengthy critique dealing w](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/222_2.jpg "\"On Nabokov and Lolita\" – Autograph Draft of an Article by Leah Goldbe")
Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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"On Nabokov and Lolita", autograph draft of an article (67 pp.) by Leah Goldberg. [1959]. Hebrew.
Lengthy critique dealing with the work of Vladimir Nabokov, and comparing his novel Lolita (1955) to the novel Doctor Zhivago (1957) by Boris Pasternak.
Goldberg writes: "[…] and indeed, honest people among the simple readers of Pasternak and Nabokov have made their verdict: Pasternak is 'boring' and Nabokov is 'pornographic', and he too is 'boring' in all those chapters that are not pornography"; and later: "[…] Nabokov's book needs to be approached cautiously maybe even more than Pasternak's, since it has much more leaves that act on the senses, which might discourage the sensitive reader and which might, in the worst case, fulfill the needs of those people who seek sensual stimulation rather than artistic pleasure from literature. Surely this book is mostly a work of art, and from a purely artistic perspective, it is possibly the most perfect among all that has been written in the last twenty years".
This draft comprises 67 pages and includes many erasures and corrections.
The final version of the article was published in the Molad journal edited by Ephraim Broido (issue 17, 1959).
[67] leaves written on one side, with handwritten pagination (mispaginated, yet it seems that the article is complete), 24.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Fold lines and minor creases. Tears to some leaves (open tear to upper part of the first leaf, slightly affecting text).
Lengthy critique dealing with the work of Vladimir Nabokov, and comparing his novel Lolita (1955) to the novel Doctor Zhivago (1957) by Boris Pasternak.
Goldberg writes: "[…] and indeed, honest people among the simple readers of Pasternak and Nabokov have made their verdict: Pasternak is 'boring' and Nabokov is 'pornographic', and he too is 'boring' in all those chapters that are not pornography"; and later: "[…] Nabokov's book needs to be approached cautiously maybe even more than Pasternak's, since it has much more leaves that act on the senses, which might discourage the sensitive reader and which might, in the worst case, fulfill the needs of those people who seek sensual stimulation rather than artistic pleasure from literature. Surely this book is mostly a work of art, and from a purely artistic perspective, it is possibly the most perfect among all that has been written in the last twenty years".
This draft comprises 67 pages and includes many erasures and corrections.
The final version of the article was published in the Molad journal edited by Ephraim Broido (issue 17, 1959).
[67] leaves written on one side, with handwritten pagination (mispaginated, yet it seems that the article is complete), 24.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Fold lines and minor creases. Tears to some leaves (open tear to upper part of the first leaf, slightly affecting text).
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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Sold for: $450
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Three letters handwritten and signed by S.Y. Agnon. Jerusalem, 1950s. Hebrew.
The letters are addressed to Ephraim Broido and mostly discuss various literary matters.
In the first letter (1950), Agnon denies a certain request by Broido, complains that he has no time for literary writing: "[…] some of my 'works' have been stopped halfway and I need to make a tremendous effort to return to them […]", and refers to the "old age that has sprung upon me". In addition, Agnon reports that he is working on publishing a collection of stories (possibly, a reference to "Samuch VeNireh" published in 1950) and a new edition of the novel "Hachnasat Kalah".
In the second letter (1955), Agnon writes about a visit of an Israeli minister to his home: "Please tell the minister that his proposal has honored me […] I have to turn down the proposal for the time being. I relished the minister's visit to my home. [Hopefully?] I did not weary him with my words. I am not writing to him so as not to bother him. And now, you send him my regards and tell him I am at his command at any time".
The third letter (close to Passover 1956) is written on verso of three leaves from the novella "Ad Henah" (printed; with proofreading comments in pencil). Agnon thanks Broido for proofreading the text and adds: "I do not like split words […] but since the deed has already been done and time is of the essence, I am letting it go and you can leave the split words as they are".
3 letters (seven pages handwritten by Agnon). Size varies. Good condition. Some stains and minor blemishes. Fold line in two leaves. Filing holes to all leaves, slightly affecting text.
Provenance: The Molad Archive.
The letters are addressed to Ephraim Broido and mostly discuss various literary matters.
In the first letter (1950), Agnon denies a certain request by Broido, complains that he has no time for literary writing: "[…] some of my 'works' have been stopped halfway and I need to make a tremendous effort to return to them […]", and refers to the "old age that has sprung upon me". In addition, Agnon reports that he is working on publishing a collection of stories (possibly, a reference to "Samuch VeNireh" published in 1950) and a new edition of the novel "Hachnasat Kalah".
In the second letter (1955), Agnon writes about a visit of an Israeli minister to his home: "Please tell the minister that his proposal has honored me […] I have to turn down the proposal for the time being. I relished the minister's visit to my home. [Hopefully?] I did not weary him with my words. I am not writing to him so as not to bother him. And now, you send him my regards and tell him I am at his command at any time".
The third letter (close to Passover 1956) is written on verso of three leaves from the novella "Ad Henah" (printed; with proofreading comments in pencil). Agnon thanks Broido for proofreading the text and adds: "I do not like split words […] but since the deed has already been done and time is of the essence, I am letting it go and you can leave the split words as they are".
3 letters (seven pages handwritten by Agnon). Size varies. Good condition. Some stains and minor blemishes. Fold line in two leaves. Filing holes to all leaves, slightly affecting text.
Provenance: The Molad Archive.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
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"Yerusha" ("Heritage"), a poem handwritten by Haim Gouri. Signed. Hebrew.
The poem "Yerusha" by Haim Gouri (1923-2018), one of the most prominent poets of the 1948 generation, deals with the binding of Isaac, ending with the famous lines: "Isaac, as the story goes, was not / sacrificed. He lived for many years, saw / what pleasure had to offer, until his / eyesight dimmed. / But he bequeathed that hour to his / offspring. They are born with a knife in / their hearts". It was published in Gouri's fourth book "Shoshanat Ruchot" (Compass Rose; 1960), which was written under the impression of the poet's encounters with Holocaust survivors at DP camps.
This is a draft handwritten Gouri, with several minor corrections, hand-signed by him.
[1] f, 32.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor creases. Filing holes. Some tears, not affecting text. One long tear, reinforced with tape on verso.
Provenance: The Molad Archive.
The poem "Yerusha" by Haim Gouri (1923-2018), one of the most prominent poets of the 1948 generation, deals with the binding of Isaac, ending with the famous lines: "Isaac, as the story goes, was not / sacrificed. He lived for many years, saw / what pleasure had to offer, until his / eyesight dimmed. / But he bequeathed that hour to his / offspring. They are born with a knife in / their hearts". It was published in Gouri's fourth book "Shoshanat Ruchot" (Compass Rose; 1960), which was written under the impression of the poet's encounters with Holocaust survivors at DP camps.
This is a draft handwritten Gouri, with several minor corrections, hand-signed by him.
[1] f, 32.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor creases. Filing holes. Some tears, not affecting text. One long tear, reinforced with tape on verso.
Provenance: The Molad Archive.
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!["Hitadkenut" [Update], an article handwritten by Haim Gouri, signed. [1974]. Hebrew. The article "Hitadkenut", somewhat in t](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/225_1.jpg "\" Hitadkenut\" – Autograph Article by Haim Guori, Signed – 1974")
!["Hitadkenut" [Update], an article handwritten by Haim Gouri, signed. [1974]. Hebrew. The article "Hitadkenut", somewhat in t](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/225_2.jpg "\" Hitadkenut\" – Autograph Article by Haim Guori, Signed – 1974")
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"Hitadkenut" [Update], an article handwritten by Haim Gouri, signed. [1974]. Hebrew.
The article "Hitadkenut", somewhat in the style of a prose poem, was written after the Yom Kippur War, close to the publication of the Agranat Commission report, which investigated the failures of the war. It was published in the journal Molad in 1974 (vol. 6 [29], issue 31 [241], April-June 1974).
Gouri writes: "The process of drawing conclusions is undoubtedly a most painful one, yet there is no escape, you know it as well as I do, from dealing with it […] please do me this courtesy and never again utter – until the coming of the Messiah do not say – the two sickening words 'low probability'. And for the sake of your people of Israel include in the teams of experts some wild-haired anxious prophet who will add gloomy pessimism, ancient Israeli unrest, to the evaluation of the situation".
Later, he pleads: "And act, for God's sake, as if in a continuous and constant repetitive drill. And always ask yourself, what is new by nightfall or by dawn, am I being misled, am I indulging in 'conceptions'… created in my tired mind due to the hardships and the terrors".
This is a handwritten draft of the article (13 leaves), with erasures and corrections. It includes an ending paragraph that was not published in Molad.
13 ff, approx. 30 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Blemishes and minor creases. Minute tears to edges of several leaves.
Provenance: The Molad Archive.
The article "Hitadkenut", somewhat in the style of a prose poem, was written after the Yom Kippur War, close to the publication of the Agranat Commission report, which investigated the failures of the war. It was published in the journal Molad in 1974 (vol. 6 [29], issue 31 [241], April-June 1974).
Gouri writes: "The process of drawing conclusions is undoubtedly a most painful one, yet there is no escape, you know it as well as I do, from dealing with it […] please do me this courtesy and never again utter – until the coming of the Messiah do not say – the two sickening words 'low probability'. And for the sake of your people of Israel include in the teams of experts some wild-haired anxious prophet who will add gloomy pessimism, ancient Israeli unrest, to the evaluation of the situation".
Later, he pleads: "And act, for God's sake, as if in a continuous and constant repetitive drill. And always ask yourself, what is new by nightfall or by dawn, am I being misled, am I indulging in 'conceptions'… created in my tired mind due to the hardships and the terrors".
This is a handwritten draft of the article (13 leaves), with erasures and corrections. It includes an ending paragraph that was not published in Molad.
13 ff, approx. 30 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Blemishes and minor creases. Minute tears to edges of several leaves.
Provenance: The Molad Archive.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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Sold for: $575
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Collection of items related to the song "Jerusalem of Gold", poet Naomi Shemer and singer Yaffa Yarkoni. [Israel 1960s to 1990s].
Including:
• A short note handwritten by Naomi Shemer, concerning her song "Jerusalem of Gold": " I am happy to share with you the sheet music of 'Jerusalem of Gold'…". Signed by her and dated June 23, 1967 (about a month after the premiere of the song and two weeks after the end of the Six-Day-War).
• A printed leaf with the lyrics of "Jerusalem of Gold", a gift to IDF soldiers upon the liberation of the Old City. [June 1967].
• A 33 RPM "Shana Tova" greeting card record, playing Jerusalem of Gold by Shulamit Livnat.
• A record, "Jerusalem fun Gold" ("Jerusalem of Gold" by Naomi Shemer; Yiddish) and additional songs by Yafa Yarkoni. 33 RPM.
• The poem "Rokedet", a handwritten draft by Naomi Shemer. The poem, written for Yafa Yarkoni's 60th birthday, is based on her life story.
• Two fan letters addressed to Yafa Yarkoni: a letter from a high school student, dated 9.6.67 (one leaf; missing end), mentioning Yarkoni being the "first singer by the Western Wall", and a letter from a soldier wounded during the Six-Day-War, dated 3.7.67.
The song "Jerusalem of Gold" was written by Shemer for the 1967 Israeli Song Festival, when Mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek requested several songwriters, including Shemer, to compose a special song dedicated to Jerusalem. A few weeks after the debut performance of the song at the Song Festival (on Independence Day), the Six-Day War broke out. In a telegraph Kollek sent to Shemer he wrote: "All IDF soldiers stationed in Jerusalem and its surroundings, and all residents of Jerusalem are always singing 'Jerusalem of Gold'. With the change in the city's borders, we ask that you add another, uplifting verse to the song". Shemer, who at the time was in the Sinai Desert with an army band, heard IDF soldiers singing the song on the radio and added a new verse in which she compared the pre-war atmosphere to the post-war one. With "Jerusalem of Gold", Shemer became for many the "national songwriter". "Jerusalem of Gold" is considered one of the most beloved Hebrew songs of all times and one of the most famous ones. The best-known recording of the song is that of singer Yafa Yarkoni.
Yafa Yarkoni (1925-2012), born in Tel-Aviv, started her artistic career at a young age, performing at the café owned by her family. She was a dancer in the Gertrud Kraus Dance Company for 12 years, until she was forced to retire due to an injury. In 1947, she joined the Haganah and started singing with the "Chishtron" band; immediately after the War of Independence, she recorded the album "Bab al-Wad" composed of war songs. She led a rich musical career for five decades. Her many appearances at Israeli army bases and before soldiers in the field, earned her the title "singer of the wars". In 1998, she was awarded the Israel Prize; an album she released that year included the song "Rokedet" by Naomi Shemer.
7 items. Size and condition vary.
Including:
• A short note handwritten by Naomi Shemer, concerning her song "Jerusalem of Gold": " I am happy to share with you the sheet music of 'Jerusalem of Gold'…". Signed by her and dated June 23, 1967 (about a month after the premiere of the song and two weeks after the end of the Six-Day-War).
• A printed leaf with the lyrics of "Jerusalem of Gold", a gift to IDF soldiers upon the liberation of the Old City. [June 1967].
• A 33 RPM "Shana Tova" greeting card record, playing Jerusalem of Gold by Shulamit Livnat.
• A record, "Jerusalem fun Gold" ("Jerusalem of Gold" by Naomi Shemer; Yiddish) and additional songs by Yafa Yarkoni. 33 RPM.
• The poem "Rokedet", a handwritten draft by Naomi Shemer. The poem, written for Yafa Yarkoni's 60th birthday, is based on her life story.
• Two fan letters addressed to Yafa Yarkoni: a letter from a high school student, dated 9.6.67 (one leaf; missing end), mentioning Yarkoni being the "first singer by the Western Wall", and a letter from a soldier wounded during the Six-Day-War, dated 3.7.67.
The song "Jerusalem of Gold" was written by Shemer for the 1967 Israeli Song Festival, when Mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek requested several songwriters, including Shemer, to compose a special song dedicated to Jerusalem. A few weeks after the debut performance of the song at the Song Festival (on Independence Day), the Six-Day War broke out. In a telegraph Kollek sent to Shemer he wrote: "All IDF soldiers stationed in Jerusalem and its surroundings, and all residents of Jerusalem are always singing 'Jerusalem of Gold'. With the change in the city's borders, we ask that you add another, uplifting verse to the song". Shemer, who at the time was in the Sinai Desert with an army band, heard IDF soldiers singing the song on the radio and added a new verse in which she compared the pre-war atmosphere to the post-war one. With "Jerusalem of Gold", Shemer became for many the "national songwriter". "Jerusalem of Gold" is considered one of the most beloved Hebrew songs of all times and one of the most famous ones. The best-known recording of the song is that of singer Yafa Yarkoni.
Yafa Yarkoni (1925-2012), born in Tel-Aviv, started her artistic career at a young age, performing at the café owned by her family. She was a dancer in the Gertrud Kraus Dance Company for 12 years, until she was forced to retire due to an injury. In 1947, she joined the Haganah and started singing with the "Chishtron" band; immediately after the War of Independence, she recorded the album "Bab al-Wad" composed of war songs. She led a rich musical career for five decades. Her many appearances at Israeli army bases and before soldiers in the field, earned her the title "singer of the wars". In 1998, she was awarded the Israel Prize; an album she released that year included the song "Rokedet" by Naomi Shemer.
7 items. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Collection of signed autograph drafts by economist and political theorist Harold Laski, chairman of the British Labour Party after World War II. [England, ca. 1940s]. English.
Harold Joseph Laski (1893-1950), a political theorist economist, was considered one of the most extreme politicians of the English left, supporting Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union almost unequivocally, even implicitly calling for the use of violence if the Labour Party did not win the elections. Several important leaders warned against him after the War - Winston Churchill claimed that if the Labour won the elections, Laski will be "the power behind the throne"; John F. Kennedy wrote that "It's that spirit which builds dictatorships, as has been shown in Russia"; and Israeli Prime Minister Moshe Sharett wrote (in a letter) that Laski "knows no pity and nothing is sacred to him. He destroys but does not build anew. He is no socialist, no Jewish nationalist; just a plain Jew whose Jewish bitterness is spilling over". Laski's name appeared in Orwell's List – a list communist sympathisers compiled by George Orwell before his death.
This is a collection of drafts of articles by Laski:
1. Draft of the article "Palestine, the economic aspect". A pro-Zionist analysis of the economic development of Palestine in the years of the British Mandate, with a 17-steps plan for establishing a Jewish State in the spirit of Socialism: the establishment of labor unions, the establishment of collective settlements, the establishment of cooperatives for marketing products and more.
16 handwritten pages. Hand-signed by Laski on the last page.
The article was published in the book Palestine's Economic Future, edited by J.B. Hobman (London: Percy Lund Humphries, 1946).
2-15. London Letter, fourteen drafts of opinion pieces for the Scottish journal of the Labour Party, Forward, on a variety of subjects.
2-4 handwritten pages per draft, most of them hand-signed by Laski on the last page. Two of them are, presumably, incomplete.
Enclosed: • A letter to the readers of the "Davar" newspaper – greetings for the May 1st, the International Workers' Day (presumably, of 1945, the eve of Nazi Germany's surrender). One typewritten page, with handwritten additions and corrections, unsigned. • An autograph eulogy for Harold Laski. Written, presumably, by a leader or a member of the Zionist Movement. 7 pp.
Good condition. Stains. Some creases. Small tears to edges. Fold lines and minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Molad Archive.
Harold Joseph Laski (1893-1950), a political theorist economist, was considered one of the most extreme politicians of the English left, supporting Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union almost unequivocally, even implicitly calling for the use of violence if the Labour Party did not win the elections. Several important leaders warned against him after the War - Winston Churchill claimed that if the Labour won the elections, Laski will be "the power behind the throne"; John F. Kennedy wrote that "It's that spirit which builds dictatorships, as has been shown in Russia"; and Israeli Prime Minister Moshe Sharett wrote (in a letter) that Laski "knows no pity and nothing is sacred to him. He destroys but does not build anew. He is no socialist, no Jewish nationalist; just a plain Jew whose Jewish bitterness is spilling over". Laski's name appeared in Orwell's List – a list communist sympathisers compiled by George Orwell before his death.
This is a collection of drafts of articles by Laski:
1. Draft of the article "Palestine, the economic aspect". A pro-Zionist analysis of the economic development of Palestine in the years of the British Mandate, with a 17-steps plan for establishing a Jewish State in the spirit of Socialism: the establishment of labor unions, the establishment of collective settlements, the establishment of cooperatives for marketing products and more.
16 handwritten pages. Hand-signed by Laski on the last page.
The article was published in the book Palestine's Economic Future, edited by J.B. Hobman (London: Percy Lund Humphries, 1946).
2-15. London Letter, fourteen drafts of opinion pieces for the Scottish journal of the Labour Party, Forward, on a variety of subjects.
2-4 handwritten pages per draft, most of them hand-signed by Laski on the last page. Two of them are, presumably, incomplete.
Enclosed: • A letter to the readers of the "Davar" newspaper – greetings for the May 1st, the International Workers' Day (presumably, of 1945, the eve of Nazi Germany's surrender). One typewritten page, with handwritten additions and corrections, unsigned. • An autograph eulogy for Harold Laski. Written, presumably, by a leader or a member of the Zionist Movement. 7 pp.
Good condition. Stains. Some creases. Small tears to edges. Fold lines and minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Molad Archive.
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![One Palestine Pound banknote of the Anglo-Palestine Bank, hand-signed by David Ben-Gurion. [September 1948]. One Palestine](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/228.jpg "One Palestine Pound Banknote, Anglo-Palestine Bank – Hand-Signed by Da")
Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
One Palestine Pound banknote of the Anglo-Palestine Bank, hand-signed by David Ben-Gurion. [September 1948].
One Palestine Pound banknote of the Anglo-Palestine Bank, hand-signed by then- Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion – "D. Ben-Gurion" (Hebrew; in blue ink).
This banknote was sent to Zionist leader and writer Leon Gellman (1887-1971), in New York, on the occasion of the first Rosh Hashana after the establishment of the State of Israel (1948).
Enclosed: a letter (typewritten in English, on JNF stationery) that was enclosed with the banknote, from September 20, 1948, signed by the director of the overseas department of the JNF Eliyahu (Elias) M.Epstein (1895-1958).
Banknote: 15X7.5 cm. Good condition. Letter: [1] f., 28 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Stains and minor blemishes.
One Palestine Pound banknote of the Anglo-Palestine Bank, hand-signed by then- Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion – "D. Ben-Gurion" (Hebrew; in blue ink).
This banknote was sent to Zionist leader and writer Leon Gellman (1887-1971), in New York, on the occasion of the first Rosh Hashana after the establishment of the State of Israel (1948).
Enclosed: a letter (typewritten in English, on JNF stationery) that was enclosed with the banknote, from September 20, 1948, signed by the director of the overseas department of the JNF Eliyahu (Elias) M.Epstein (1895-1958).
Banknote: 15X7.5 cm. Good condition. Letter: [1] f., 28 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Stains and minor blemishes.
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