Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Broadside Issued by the New Zionist Federation – A Call for Recruitment / Advertisement for the Newspaper "Diglenu" of the Agudat Yisrael Youth, Issue "For the Recruits" – 1940s

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Broadside issued by the New Zionist Federation calling to join the "Hebrew Battalions" and an advertisement for the newspaper "Diglenu" (Our Flag) of Tze'irei Agudat Israel (Agudat Yisrael Youth). [1940s].
1. "Hebrews in the Homeland" (Hebrew), broadside issued by the New Zionist Federation, calling for enlistment. Tel-Aviv: Strod press, [ca. 1942-1943].
The broadside calls: "[…] We shall follow Jabotinsky: we shall join the Hebrew Battalions!" (Hebrew).
Approx. 24.5X32 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Stains. Tears and tiny holes to margins, restored.
2. Advertisement for issue no. 5 [22] of the newspaper "Diglenu" (the journal of Tze'irei Agudat Israel) – "For the Recruits". Av 1948.
On the right, details about the content of the issue and on the left, a group photograph of soldiers in a "club and resort for the religious soldier of Tze'irei Agudat Israel" in Bnei-Berak. A printed piece of paper, mounted in the center, reads: "When this advertisement appears on billboards of stores, hundreds of teenagers will run to buy the newspaper. Thousands copies of it have been sent to soldiers in all camps for free".
33X25 cm (thick paper). Good-fair condition. Open tears to two corners (affecting the text). Creases, restored tears. Filing holes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Jewish Enlistment to the British Army – WWI and WWII
Jewish Enlistment to the British Army – WWI and WWII