Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics

Letter Handwritten and Signed by David Ben-Gurion – Request for Assistance with Conversion – Sde Boker, 1960

Opening: $150
Sold for: $200
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Autograph letter signed by David Be-Gurion. Sde Boker, September 25, 1960. Hebrew. In this letter, David Ben-Gurion requests assistance from the intended recipient, addressed as "Dear Gideon, " with regard to a certain Polish woman who married a Jewish man and from whom a sum of 300 Israeli lira was demanded for the benefit of a recognized conversion: "Can you not arrange to have a [particular] Sephardi rabbi (I forget his name, but I saw him at our conference and he gave me the impression of [being] an understanding and patient [or tolerant] man) arrange for him the conversion for his wife?" Signed "D. Ben-Gurion." 1 f. (one side written), approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Punch holes, and minor tears to edges (medium-sized tears adjacent to lower punch hole). Browning to paper in left margin.
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