A proclamation printed in Yiddish, calling for support in building new neighborhoods in Jerusalem "outside of the Old City walls". Boston, [no note of year of printing, between 1902 and 1909]. Printed by M. Lang and Sons.
The difficult financial situation of the Jewish population of Jerusalem and the danger lurking from the missionaries is mentioned as well as the emissary Rabbi Yosef Salant "grandson of Rabbi Shmuel Salant" sent for collecting funds. The (printed) signature and temporary Boston address of Rabbi Yosef Salant (son of Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Salant who was actually a great-grandson of Rabbi Shmuel) appear at the bottom of the proclamation as well as (printed) signatures of rabbis of Boston and other cities in the State of Massachusetts.
Rabbi Shmuel Salant who was alluded to as still alive at the time of the proclamation died in 1909, and Rabbi Duber ben Abba Ya'akov Borochov who signed as the Rabbi of Malden (Massachusetts) began to serve there in the rabbinate in 1902.
This proclamation has not been bibliographically listed and is not known from any other source.
Leaf, 40 cm. Fair condition, folding marks, tears and holes.