Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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An alternative Independence Day poster issued by the Movement for Greater Israel. Printer and place of printing not indicated, 1969. Design: Elly Gross (signed in the plate).
The poster depicts Israel with its new borders, from the Jordan River to the Suez Canal; the word "Hitnachalut" (Settlement) is spread over the old territory of Israel and the word "LeAltar" (Immediately) is spread over the territory captured by Israel in the Six-Day War – the Sinai Desert. Right margin text: "Independence Day 1969" (Hebrew).
Elly Gross (1921-2014), graphic designer, artist, sculptor, and member of the Movement for Greater Israel. Gross immigrated to Palestine from Vienna in 1939 and was a student in one the first classes of the New Bezalel. During the 1940s and 1950s she designed numerous logos and posters, mainly for "Keren HaYesod", where her husband Yehuda Ya'ari headed the information bureau.
56.5X84 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Creases and minor blemishes.
The poster depicts Israel with its new borders, from the Jordan River to the Suez Canal; the word "Hitnachalut" (Settlement) is spread over the old territory of Israel and the word "LeAltar" (Immediately) is spread over the territory captured by Israel in the Six-Day War – the Sinai Desert. Right margin text: "Independence Day 1969" (Hebrew).
Elly Gross (1921-2014), graphic designer, artist, sculptor, and member of the Movement for Greater Israel. Gross immigrated to Palestine from Vienna in 1939 and was a student in one the first classes of the New Bezalel. During the 1940s and 1950s she designed numerous logos and posters, mainly for "Keren HaYesod", where her husband Yehuda Ya'ari headed the information bureau.
56.5X84 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Creases and minor blemishes.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Sold for: $750
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Collection of advertising ephemera, Palestine, [1930s to 1960s].
24 items advertising food and drinks, clothes, appliances and various services, representing many fields of the economy of Palestine on the eve of the establishment of the state and of the young State of Israel. Including: · An advertising poster for "Jaffa Oranges Syndicate LTD." Designed by Franz Krausz. Signed Krausz/Jacobsohn. · Advertising poster for rubber pipes made by "HaOgen" designed by Sheraga Weil. · Advertising poster for an electric clothes dryer made by Orient, designed by Y. Weisberg (two copies, one printed on paper, the other on card). · Six advertising posters for juices made by Mitzi. · Sketch for an advertising poster for the Rachel dry cleaning services in Haifa, by Zvi Hirschkorn. · And more.
Size and condition vary. Good to fair-poor condition.
24 items advertising food and drinks, clothes, appliances and various services, representing many fields of the economy of Palestine on the eve of the establishment of the state and of the young State of Israel. Including: · An advertising poster for "Jaffa Oranges Syndicate LTD." Designed by Franz Krausz. Signed Krausz/Jacobsohn. · Advertising poster for rubber pipes made by "HaOgen" designed by Sheraga Weil. · Advertising poster for an electric clothes dryer made by Orient, designed by Y. Weisberg (two copies, one printed on paper, the other on card). · Six advertising posters for juices made by Mitzi. · Sketch for an advertising poster for the Rachel dry cleaning services in Haifa, by Zvi Hirschkorn. · And more.
Size and condition vary. Good to fair-poor condition.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Carmel Oriental – Lord of Carmel Brandy. [ca. mid-20th century]. English.
Advertising poster for Brandy made by the Carmel Oriental wineries in Rishon LeZion and Zichron Yaakov.
High quality print on heavy stock.
35X43 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes to margins.
Advertising poster for Brandy made by the Carmel Oriental wineries in Rishon LeZion and Zichron Yaakov.
High quality print on heavy stock.
35X43 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes to margins.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Collection of bottle labels for "Adloyada" wine, marketed by the "Markolet" cooperative, Tel-Aviv, [ca. 1930s].
18 labels for various kinds of "Adloyada" wine, marketed by the "Markolet" cooperative, a food cooperative active in Tel-Aviv in the 1930s.
Size varies. Good overall condition. Stains to some labels.
Enclosed: four labels of wines produced by the Rishon LeZion and Zichron Yaakov wineries.
18 labels for various kinds of "Adloyada" wine, marketed by the "Markolet" cooperative, a food cooperative active in Tel-Aviv in the 1930s.
Size varies. Good overall condition. Stains to some labels.
Enclosed: four labels of wines produced by the Rishon LeZion and Zichron Yaakov wineries.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $700
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Four large notebook leaves on which Jacob Mordechai (1762-1838) summarized in dense hand theological ideas about the creation of the world and the giving of the Torah to the Jewish People, and three pieces of paper on which he wrote outlines for ideas dealing presumably with the weekly Torah portion and holidays. [USA, late 18th century or the first decades of the 19th century]. English, some Yiddish and some Hebrew.
The four large notebooks leaves contain theological ideas about the creation of the world and the giving of the Torah to the Jewish People from the work "Discours sur l'histoire universelle" by French theologian Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet and from one of Catholic French philosopher Francois Philippe Mesenguy's works (presumably, "Abbrégé de l'histoire de l'Ancien Testament").
The three small pieces of paper deal with ideas deriving more directly from Judaism: one, in Yiddish, deals with the interpretation of biblical Joseph's names; the second interpreting the Hebrew word "שית" and the third refers to the verse "O Israel, return to thy Lord thy God".
Jacob Mordechai (1762-1838) merchant and educator, a Jewish pioneer in the American south. He was the son of Moses Mordechai, a German Jew who lived in England, where he married Elizabeth Whitlock, an English convert to Judaism. Mordechai Sr.'s business failed and, failing to pay his debts, he was exiled as a convict indentured servant. After serving his time, Mordechai Sr. settled in Philadelphia. At the age of 13, Jacob Mordechai served as a rifleman, escorting the Continental Congress from Frankford into Philadelphia. For a time, he worked as clerk to David Franks, who was a commissary for the British prisoners during the American Independence War. Franks was accused of treason and arrested, and Mordechai turned to commerce, married, and after trying his luck in several places settled in Warrenton, a small town in North Carolina, where he opened a country store.
After his wife Judy's death, Mordechai married her younger sister, Becky. Their store failed, and Mordecai took the position of steward of the local boys' academy. When the academy closed, the family opened their own girls' academy. Mordechai headed the school and taught several classes, with his older children, all of whom received extensive education, teaching other classes. His eldest daughter, Rachel, one of the best-educated women in the state at the time, ran the school alongside her father. The school emphasized the importance of scientific education and knowledge in an era when girls' schools emphasized manners, etiquette and appropriate occupations such as embroidery and music. The school was a success; but when Mordechai had to retire, buying a farm near Richmond, Virginia, his financial situation worsened again. He spent his final years in Richmond, where he was one of the founders of the Beth Shalom synagogue.
Mordechai was the only Jew in the remote town of Warrenton, where books of any kind were scarce. In this environment, Mordechai stood out as a scholar. He was fluent in the Bible and highly knowledgeable in the Christian and secular literature of his time. An apologist, his writing strived to explain Judaism in light of Christian attacks. In addition, in the absence of ready-made textbooks, he wrote ones for the
students of the private girls' school he headed. As a Jewish headmaster directing a school attended by daughters of Christian well-established families – an unusual sight – Mordechai strived to pass on to his students the values of enlightenment which he embraced. The school celebrated Jewish and Christian holidays alike and demonstrated complete tolerance for any religious belief. Mordechai's writings were never published; these notes may belong to his apologia or the educational material he wrote.
[4] leaves (written on both sides), approx. 33X20 cm; [3] small pieces of paper, size varies. Good condition. Tears, small open tears and wear to margins. Minor stains.
The four large notebooks leaves contain theological ideas about the creation of the world and the giving of the Torah to the Jewish People from the work "Discours sur l'histoire universelle" by French theologian Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet and from one of Catholic French philosopher Francois Philippe Mesenguy's works (presumably, "Abbrégé de l'histoire de l'Ancien Testament").
The three small pieces of paper deal with ideas deriving more directly from Judaism: one, in Yiddish, deals with the interpretation of biblical Joseph's names; the second interpreting the Hebrew word "שית" and the third refers to the verse "O Israel, return to thy Lord thy God".
Jacob Mordechai (1762-1838) merchant and educator, a Jewish pioneer in the American south. He was the son of Moses Mordechai, a German Jew who lived in England, where he married Elizabeth Whitlock, an English convert to Judaism. Mordechai Sr.'s business failed and, failing to pay his debts, he was exiled as a convict indentured servant. After serving his time, Mordechai Sr. settled in Philadelphia. At the age of 13, Jacob Mordechai served as a rifleman, escorting the Continental Congress from Frankford into Philadelphia. For a time, he worked as clerk to David Franks, who was a commissary for the British prisoners during the American Independence War. Franks was accused of treason and arrested, and Mordechai turned to commerce, married, and after trying his luck in several places settled in Warrenton, a small town in North Carolina, where he opened a country store.
After his wife Judy's death, Mordechai married her younger sister, Becky. Their store failed, and Mordecai took the position of steward of the local boys' academy. When the academy closed, the family opened their own girls' academy. Mordechai headed the school and taught several classes, with his older children, all of whom received extensive education, teaching other classes. His eldest daughter, Rachel, one of the best-educated women in the state at the time, ran the school alongside her father. The school emphasized the importance of scientific education and knowledge in an era when girls' schools emphasized manners, etiquette and appropriate occupations such as embroidery and music. The school was a success; but when Mordechai had to retire, buying a farm near Richmond, Virginia, his financial situation worsened again. He spent his final years in Richmond, where he was one of the founders of the Beth Shalom synagogue.
Mordechai was the only Jew in the remote town of Warrenton, where books of any kind were scarce. In this environment, Mordechai stood out as a scholar. He was fluent in the Bible and highly knowledgeable in the Christian and secular literature of his time. An apologist, his writing strived to explain Judaism in light of Christian attacks. In addition, in the absence of ready-made textbooks, he wrote ones for the
students of the private girls' school he headed. As a Jewish headmaster directing a school attended by daughters of Christian well-established families – an unusual sight – Mordechai strived to pass on to his students the values of enlightenment which he embraced. The school celebrated Jewish and Christian holidays alike and demonstrated complete tolerance for any religious belief. Mordechai's writings were never published; these notes may belong to his apologia or the educational material he wrote.
[4] leaves (written on both sides), approx. 33X20 cm; [3] small pieces of paper, size varies. Good condition. Tears, small open tears and wear to margins. Minor stains.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Issue no. 733 of the American newspaper Niles Weekly Register edited by Hezekiah Niles, with a news item about the establishment of the Ararat city of refuge for Jews on Grand Island (New York). Baltimore: William Ogden Niles, October 1, 1825. English.
An early issue of the important American newspaper Niles Weekly Register, reporting on the spread of the colonies westward, changes in the tobacco and cotton markets, commerce in Egypt and additional subjects. Appearing on p. 69 is a long contemptuous and mocking news item about the establishment of a new "National Home" for Jews on Grand Island – the city of Ararat. The item quotes from the speech of the initiator of the project, journalist Mordechai Manuel Noah, who declared himself a "governor and judge of Israel" – instructing all the Jews of the world to register as residents of the city, a declaration about American natives being the descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes, an announcement about a one dollar tax that will be imposed on the Jews of the world for the treasury of Ararat, and more.
The item begins with an apology: "We had some disposition to publish these things, but do not see how we should be fully justified in giving up so much room to an individual, employed to make the most out of the bargain which he has negotiated, for, most probably, some foreign speculators – Jews themselves, perhaps, who have no sort of objection to advance their own wealth at the cost of their fellows".
Ararat, the city of refuge for Jews, was intended to be built on Grand Island, New York. Its initiator, the Jewish-American journalist, diplomat and judge Mordechai Manuel Noah (1785-1851), purchased approximately one-third of the Island to build the city on, and in 1825 held an impressive ceremony at the Saint Paul Church in Buffalo, and, dressed in a purple cloak and a gold chain he had borrowed from a theater, gave a long speech in which he announced the establishment of the city. The project was a complete failure and subsequently, Noah devoted his efforts to building a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine.
[1], 66-80 pp, approx. 25.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor creases. Closed tears and small open tears (to margins). Two leaves detached.
An early issue of the important American newspaper Niles Weekly Register, reporting on the spread of the colonies westward, changes in the tobacco and cotton markets, commerce in Egypt and additional subjects. Appearing on p. 69 is a long contemptuous and mocking news item about the establishment of a new "National Home" for Jews on Grand Island – the city of Ararat. The item quotes from the speech of the initiator of the project, journalist Mordechai Manuel Noah, who declared himself a "governor and judge of Israel" – instructing all the Jews of the world to register as residents of the city, a declaration about American natives being the descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes, an announcement about a one dollar tax that will be imposed on the Jews of the world for the treasury of Ararat, and more.
The item begins with an apology: "We had some disposition to publish these things, but do not see how we should be fully justified in giving up so much room to an individual, employed to make the most out of the bargain which he has negotiated, for, most probably, some foreign speculators – Jews themselves, perhaps, who have no sort of objection to advance their own wealth at the cost of their fellows".
Ararat, the city of refuge for Jews, was intended to be built on Grand Island, New York. Its initiator, the Jewish-American journalist, diplomat and judge Mordechai Manuel Noah (1785-1851), purchased approximately one-third of the Island to build the city on, and in 1825 held an impressive ceremony at the Saint Paul Church in Buffalo, and, dressed in a purple cloak and a gold chain he had borrowed from a theater, gave a long speech in which he announced the establishment of the city. The project was a complete failure and subsequently, Noah devoted his efforts to building a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine.
[1], 66-80 pp, approx. 25.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor creases. Closed tears and small open tears (to margins). Two leaves detached.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $688
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Panegyric on the Life, Character and Services of the Rev. Isaac Leeser, Pronounced by Moses A. Dropsie Before the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia on February 19, 1868 (5628). Philadelphia: Jones & Co., 1868. English.
Isaac Leeser (1806-1868), rabbi, publisher, scholar and a prominent leaders of American Jewry in the pre-civil war era. Leeser served as rabbi of the Mikveh Israel and Beth-El-Emeth congregations in Philadelphia, where he also worked as a publisher. He also wrote historical and theological works.
Moses Aaron Dropsie (1821-1905), an attorney and philanthropist born in Philadelphia. He was president of the Jewish Education Society of Philadelphia, which was founded by Isaac Leeser, and an active member of many other commercial, religious and social organizations. He was the president of the Maimonides College, president of the local branch of Alliance Israélite Universelle and president of the Gratz College. He also wrote and translated works on Roman law. Dropsie's estate funded the creation of the The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning – America's first degree-granting institution for post-doctoral Jewish studies.
This booklet presents the panegyric Dropsie delivered to the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia two and a half weeks after Leeser's death, paying tribute to Leeser's work of cultivating Jewish education and life in the USA and his contribution to Jewish publishing in the United States.
11 pp, 23 cm. Fair-good condition. Detached leaves. Tears, some open, to margins (not affecting text). Some stains. Thin and brittle paper.
Isaac Leeser (1806-1868), rabbi, publisher, scholar and a prominent leaders of American Jewry in the pre-civil war era. Leeser served as rabbi of the Mikveh Israel and Beth-El-Emeth congregations in Philadelphia, where he also worked as a publisher. He also wrote historical and theological works.
Moses Aaron Dropsie (1821-1905), an attorney and philanthropist born in Philadelphia. He was president of the Jewish Education Society of Philadelphia, which was founded by Isaac Leeser, and an active member of many other commercial, religious and social organizations. He was the president of the Maimonides College, president of the local branch of Alliance Israélite Universelle and president of the Gratz College. He also wrote and translated works on Roman law. Dropsie's estate funded the creation of the The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning – America's first degree-granting institution for post-doctoral Jewish studies.
This booklet presents the panegyric Dropsie delivered to the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia two and a half weeks after Leeser's death, paying tribute to Leeser's work of cultivating Jewish education and life in the USA and his contribution to Jewish publishing in the United States.
11 pp, 23 cm. Fair-good condition. Detached leaves. Tears, some open, to margins (not affecting text). Some stains. Thin and brittle paper.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Bible View of Slavery, a Discourse, Delivered at the Jewish Synagogue "Bene Jeshurum" [sic], New York, on the Day of the National Fast, Jan. 4, 1861, by Rev. M.J. Raphall [Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall]. New York: Rudd & Carlton, 1861. English.
In November 1860, after a tumultuous election which focused on the questions of slavery and the future of the Unite States as a federation, Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery and the withdrawal of the southern states, was elected president. Consequently, several southern states announced their intention to secede from the Union. Outgoing President James Buchanan, in a desperate attempt to prevent the collapse of the United States and restore the peace, declared a Day of National Fast and Prayer on January 4, 1861.
On that same day, which happened to be Shabbat's eve, Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall delivered an uncharacteristically long sermon at the Bene Jeshurun Synagogue. In his sermon, he compared the situation of the American nation on the brink of civil war to that of the people of Ninveh when Jonah the Prophet came to warn them of the impending destruction of their town. Rabbi Raphall dedicated most of his sermon to proving that Judaism allows and even supports slavery. Therefore, Raphall claimed, the American nation should not fight and shed blood in an effort to abolish slavery. Instead, "If our northern fellow-citizens, content with following the word of God, would not insist on being 'righteous overmuch', or denouncing 'sin' which the Bible knows not… they would entertain more equity and less ill feeling towards their Southern brethren. And if our Southern fellow-citizens would adopt the bible view of slavery, and discard that heathen slave code which permits a few bad men to indulge in an abuse of power that throws a stigma and disgrace on the whole body of slaveholders – if both North and South would do what is right, then 'God will see their works and that they turned from the evil of their ways'". The sermon was a great success and Raphall was asked to deliver it again to a large crowd.
The sermon was printed in the present booklet with an introduction by Raphall, in which he declares that there is nothing in the Bible to suggest that slavery is a sin and that "The long tirade in the 'Tribune' must go for what it is worth... But I am convinced my discourse will not fall, for it embodies 'the word of our God, which standeth good forever'".
The sermons and speeches that were delivered by various spiritual leaders on the National Day of Fast, including this sermon, were published in a series of booklets and compiled into a volume.
Morris Jacob Raphall (1798-1868), an orthodox rabbi, was born in Stockholm and acquired a broad religious and general education in Denmark, England and Germany. He was active in England and published the "Gal'ed - Hebrew Review, and Magazine of Rabbinical Literature", the first Jewish journal in England. During the Damascus Affair in 1840, he travelled to Syria to assist in the investigation of the affair and published a four-lingual work (in Hebrew, English, French and German) refuting the blood libel. In 1849, he migrated to New York, where he was appointed rabbi and preacher of the Bene Jeshurun community. He was a prolific writer and translated classic Judaic works and scholarly books into English, from partial translations of the Mishna and Maimonides to the writings of Naphtali Hertz Weisel. For all his achievements, Rabbi Raphall is remembered because of his support of slavery.
VIII, 9-41 pp., [1] leaf, 18.5 cm. Good condition. Re-bound with the original front cover laid down. Large open tears to corners and margins of front cover. Minor stains to several leaves. Bookplate of Norman Evelyn Drachler to inside front cover.
Not in NLI.
In November 1860, after a tumultuous election which focused on the questions of slavery and the future of the Unite States as a federation, Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery and the withdrawal of the southern states, was elected president. Consequently, several southern states announced their intention to secede from the Union. Outgoing President James Buchanan, in a desperate attempt to prevent the collapse of the United States and restore the peace, declared a Day of National Fast and Prayer on January 4, 1861.
On that same day, which happened to be Shabbat's eve, Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall delivered an uncharacteristically long sermon at the Bene Jeshurun Synagogue. In his sermon, he compared the situation of the American nation on the brink of civil war to that of the people of Ninveh when Jonah the Prophet came to warn them of the impending destruction of their town. Rabbi Raphall dedicated most of his sermon to proving that Judaism allows and even supports slavery. Therefore, Raphall claimed, the American nation should not fight and shed blood in an effort to abolish slavery. Instead, "If our northern fellow-citizens, content with following the word of God, would not insist on being 'righteous overmuch', or denouncing 'sin' which the Bible knows not… they would entertain more equity and less ill feeling towards their Southern brethren. And if our Southern fellow-citizens would adopt the bible view of slavery, and discard that heathen slave code which permits a few bad men to indulge in an abuse of power that throws a stigma and disgrace on the whole body of slaveholders – if both North and South would do what is right, then 'God will see their works and that they turned from the evil of their ways'". The sermon was a great success and Raphall was asked to deliver it again to a large crowd.
The sermon was printed in the present booklet with an introduction by Raphall, in which he declares that there is nothing in the Bible to suggest that slavery is a sin and that "The long tirade in the 'Tribune' must go for what it is worth... But I am convinced my discourse will not fall, for it embodies 'the word of our God, which standeth good forever'".
The sermons and speeches that were delivered by various spiritual leaders on the National Day of Fast, including this sermon, were published in a series of booklets and compiled into a volume.
Morris Jacob Raphall (1798-1868), an orthodox rabbi, was born in Stockholm and acquired a broad religious and general education in Denmark, England and Germany. He was active in England and published the "Gal'ed - Hebrew Review, and Magazine of Rabbinical Literature", the first Jewish journal in England. During the Damascus Affair in 1840, he travelled to Syria to assist in the investigation of the affair and published a four-lingual work (in Hebrew, English, French and German) refuting the blood libel. In 1849, he migrated to New York, where he was appointed rabbi and preacher of the Bene Jeshurun community. He was a prolific writer and translated classic Judaic works and scholarly books into English, from partial translations of the Mishna and Maimonides to the writings of Naphtali Hertz Weisel. For all his achievements, Rabbi Raphall is remembered because of his support of slavery.
VIII, 9-41 pp., [1] leaf, 18.5 cm. Good condition. Re-bound with the original front cover laid down. Large open tears to corners and margins of front cover. Minor stains to several leaves. Bookplate of Norman Evelyn Drachler to inside front cover.
Not in NLI.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Zamir Aritzim, against the sect of Hassidim and their false prophets, by Rabbi David of Maków. With an introduction by Ephraim Deinard. Newark (New Jersey): Ben Zion Nathanson press, [1899]. Third edition.
A bibliophile edition. Narrow, long book, printed on leaves of various colors.
"Zamir Aritzim" is one of the most vehement works opposing Hassidim. In the book, the author calls to fight Hassidism, mocks its leaders and vehemently and blatantly turns against the leaders of the movement and especially its founder, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, and the books attributed to him by his disciples.
The book contains an introduction by writer, historian and polemicist Ephraim Deinard (1846-1930). In his introduction, Deinard tries to trace the origin of the book, arriving at the mistaken conclusion that its author is Rabbi Yaakov Bachrach.
XXVIII, 76 pp. Missing English title page. 15 cm. Good condition. One leaf is detached. Blemishes and tears to the first leaves, professionally restored. Tears and small open tears to margins of several leaves.
A bibliophile edition. Narrow, long book, printed on leaves of various colors.
"Zamir Aritzim" is one of the most vehement works opposing Hassidim. In the book, the author calls to fight Hassidism, mocks its leaders and vehemently and blatantly turns against the leaders of the movement and especially its founder, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, and the books attributed to him by his disciples.
The book contains an introduction by writer, historian and polemicist Ephraim Deinard (1846-1930). In his introduction, Deinard tries to trace the origin of the book, arriving at the mistaken conclusion that its author is Rabbi Yaakov Bachrach.
XXVIII, 76 pp. Missing English title page. 15 cm. Good condition. One leaf is detached. Blemishes and tears to the first leaves, professionally restored. Tears and small open tears to margins of several leaves.
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"Tractate Megilah of the Babylonian Talmud. Proofread, vowelized and annotated, with an introduction and an alphabetically ordered list of all the names of the sages it refers to, by Jacob Newman, a lecturer of Talmud at the Hebrew Teachers College in Boston" (Hebrew). [Boston, ca. 1930s to early 1950s].
Manuscript of a vowelized and annotated edition of Tractate Megilah, written with pencil on note paper, by the Bible and Talmud teacher at the Hebrew Teachers College in Boston, Jacob Newman. With a title page, short preface and a list of the sages referred to by the tractate, alphabetically ordered.
The preface states: "The Babylonian Talmud is following, unfortunately, in the footsteps of its elder brother the Jerusalem Talmud, and is being forgotten by our people… by the new vowelization and punctuation I hope to simplify study for students newly acquainted with the Talmud" (Hebrew).
The Hebrew Teachers College in Boston (presently the Hebrew College) was established in 1921 by the Jewish-American educator Louis Hurwich. Classes were all taught in Hebrew, and several secular subjects were included in the curriculum: modern Hebrew literature, sociology and Jewish history.
No edition of Tractate Megilah edited by Jacob Newman is recorded in OCLC (editions of other tractates and Talmudic chapters edited by him were published during the 1930s to the early 1950s).
[4], [1]-5, 1-10, 16-114 pp., approx. 27 cm. Pages 11-15 are missing. Unbound. Good condition. Filing holes, creases and some small tears.
Manuscript of a vowelized and annotated edition of Tractate Megilah, written with pencil on note paper, by the Bible and Talmud teacher at the Hebrew Teachers College in Boston, Jacob Newman. With a title page, short preface and a list of the sages referred to by the tractate, alphabetically ordered.
The preface states: "The Babylonian Talmud is following, unfortunately, in the footsteps of its elder brother the Jerusalem Talmud, and is being forgotten by our people… by the new vowelization and punctuation I hope to simplify study for students newly acquainted with the Talmud" (Hebrew).
The Hebrew Teachers College in Boston (presently the Hebrew College) was established in 1921 by the Jewish-American educator Louis Hurwich. Classes were all taught in Hebrew, and several secular subjects were included in the curriculum: modern Hebrew literature, sociology and Jewish history.
No edition of Tractate Megilah edited by Jacob Newman is recorded in OCLC (editions of other tractates and Talmudic chapters edited by him were published during the 1930s to the early 1950s).
[4], [1]-5, 1-10, 16-114 pp., approx. 27 cm. Pages 11-15 are missing. Unbound. Good condition. Filing holes, creases and some small tears.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $400
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Fin de siècle poker, with portraits of famous players. New-York: Metropolitan, 1895. English.
Pocket guide with advice and rules of thumb for poker players, with an illustration representing the amateur poker player – Pat Straight – followed by sixteen illustrations of fictional poker champions, most of them with stereotypical Jewish names and features: Dovid Bloom of Kansas City, Boomele Levy of St. Louis, Loompe Meyer of Baltimore and others. The introduction to the guide states "The illustrations in this work are not intended to be offensive. They are neither real nor even ideal; they are not of the type professional, or can they be said to correctly represent the amateur. They are simply productions of 'mythical Athletes of Pokerdom', sketched in Dreamland".
The guide ends with leaves for recording poker games results (some of them filled-in).
[17] leaves with text and illustrations and [6] leaves for recording results, 11.5 cm. Rebound with the original cover. Body in good condition, with minor blemishes to margins of several leaves. The original cover in fair-poor condition, with abrasions and long tears, some reinforced with tape.
Rare. One copy in OCLC.
Pocket guide with advice and rules of thumb for poker players, with an illustration representing the amateur poker player – Pat Straight – followed by sixteen illustrations of fictional poker champions, most of them with stereotypical Jewish names and features: Dovid Bloom of Kansas City, Boomele Levy of St. Louis, Loompe Meyer of Baltimore and others. The introduction to the guide states "The illustrations in this work are not intended to be offensive. They are neither real nor even ideal; they are not of the type professional, or can they be said to correctly represent the amateur. They are simply productions of 'mythical Athletes of Pokerdom', sketched in Dreamland".
The guide ends with leaves for recording poker games results (some of them filled-in).
[17] leaves with text and illustrations and [6] leaves for recording results, 11.5 cm. Rebound with the original cover. Body in good condition, with minor blemishes to margins of several leaves. The original cover in fair-poor condition, with abrasions and long tears, some reinforced with tape.
Rare. One copy in OCLC.
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Americana
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
A letter handwritten and signed by Oscar Solomon Straus, the first Jewish member of the US cabinet, to the Jewish philanthropist Marco Newmark. Coronado (California), February 25, 1915. English.
In the letter, Straus expresses his regret at not being able to attend a mass conference held in Los Angeles for the benefit of the Jews of Palestine and emphasizes the measures this desperate time calls for in his opinion – to enlist the aid and fortune of the Jewish community in the USA for the Jews of the world who are suffering due to the war.
Straus writes: "No time in the tragic history of Israel since the destruction Jerusalem has so large a number of our brethren been subjected to such intense and widespread suffering as at the present-time in War zones […] By every dictate of humanity, by the ties of a common religion, race and a glorious heritage and history it is the sacred duty of American Israel to go to the rescue of their persecuted… bretheren […] The American Jewish Relief Committee has been organized… to collect funds for the relief of the appalling misery of our most-unfortunate coreligionists, may your great mass meeting serve to bring home to the […] Jews of Los Angeles a lively sense of their duty to subscribe generously to the American Relief Fund".
World War I marked a change in the attitude of American Jewry to the Jews of the world, and during the war, several of the most important Jewish aid organizations in the 20th century were established. The American Jewish Relief Committee, mentioned in this letter, was one of the first American aid organizations and one of the organizations that made up the JOINT.
Oscar Solomon Straus (1850-1926) was a Jewish American diplomat and politician. He served three times as head of the USA legation to the Ottoman Empire. In 1906, he was appointed by Theodore Roosevelt as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, becoming the first Jewish cabinet member in the history of the USA.
The addressee, Marco Newmark (1878-1959), was a businessman and philanthropist of Jewish origin, president of the Federation of Jewish Welfare Organizations of Los Angeles and head of the Los Angeles branch of the Zionist Organization of America.
[1] folded leaf (four written pages), approx. 17.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Separation along fold lines.
In the letter, Straus expresses his regret at not being able to attend a mass conference held in Los Angeles for the benefit of the Jews of Palestine and emphasizes the measures this desperate time calls for in his opinion – to enlist the aid and fortune of the Jewish community in the USA for the Jews of the world who are suffering due to the war.
Straus writes: "No time in the tragic history of Israel since the destruction Jerusalem has so large a number of our brethren been subjected to such intense and widespread suffering as at the present-time in War zones […] By every dictate of humanity, by the ties of a common religion, race and a glorious heritage and history it is the sacred duty of American Israel to go to the rescue of their persecuted… bretheren […] The American Jewish Relief Committee has been organized… to collect funds for the relief of the appalling misery of our most-unfortunate coreligionists, may your great mass meeting serve to bring home to the […] Jews of Los Angeles a lively sense of their duty to subscribe generously to the American Relief Fund".
World War I marked a change in the attitude of American Jewry to the Jews of the world, and during the war, several of the most important Jewish aid organizations in the 20th century were established. The American Jewish Relief Committee, mentioned in this letter, was one of the first American aid organizations and one of the organizations that made up the JOINT.
Oscar Solomon Straus (1850-1926) was a Jewish American diplomat and politician. He served three times as head of the USA legation to the Ottoman Empire. In 1906, he was appointed by Theodore Roosevelt as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, becoming the first Jewish cabinet member in the history of the USA.
The addressee, Marco Newmark (1878-1959), was a businessman and philanthropist of Jewish origin, president of the Federation of Jewish Welfare Organizations of Los Angeles and head of the Los Angeles branch of the Zionist Organization of America.
[1] folded leaf (four written pages), approx. 17.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Separation along fold lines.
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