Two photographs depicting Yitzchak Rabin and King Hussein conversing, presumably after signing the Israel-Jordan peace treaty or after the ceremony of ratifying the treaty. [October/November 1994].
One photograph depicts Yitzchak Rabin, Elyakim Rubenstein, Shimon Peres, the Jordanian Prime-Minister, a Jordanian senior military man and King Hussein; the second photograph depicts Yitzchak Rabin and King Hussein. Both photographs are signed by Yitzchak Rabin.
Enclosed: a "First Day of Issue" cover of the stamp in memory of Yitzchak Rabin (in an elegant portfolio issued by the Ministry of Defense); a small sticker in memory of Rabin, issued by the Avodah party after the assassination; a ballot-like paper note with the caption "Yitzchak Rabin" printed in Hebrew and Arabic.
Photographs: 11.5X17 cm. Very good condition. Penned scribbles on verso of the photographs.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

The first twenty three issues of the Jewish Chronicle. Bound together. London, 1841-1842. English and a little Hebrew.
The Jewish Chronicle – the main newspaper of British Jewry – was founded in London in 1841 and is considered the oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world.
The newspaper was first published by the Jewish bookseller Isaac Vallentine, under the editorship of Rabbi David Meldola and educator Moses Angel; however, it was closed after seven months only due to financial difficulties. Only two years later, in October 1944, the printing of the paper was resumed by a new publisher – Joseph Mitchell, who began a new numbering of the issues (a numbering which continues to this day).
Before us are issues 1-23 of the first, short-lived series of the Jewish Chronicle (in the years 1841-1842), which are considered the rarest issues of the newspaper. The first page of the first issue features an editorial specifying the goals of the newspaper (Religious and moral instruction; local intelligence, historical information and facts, exclusively Jewish; original articles; textbooks). At the end of each issue are pages from two important Hebrew compositions: Passover Haggadah and the Hebrew-Aramaic dictionary "Tzemach David" (the compositions are accompanied by an English translation and presumably were planned to be published fully part by part).
132 [i.e 134] pp + [25] leaves (Haggadah and "Tzemach David"), 31 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears to the edges of several leaves. Slightly faded binding, with minor blemishes. Tears to the spine and the corners of the binding. Bookplate on the inside front binding.

A letter handwritten and signed by the Jewish merchant Samuel Etting, who fought and was wounded while defending Fort McHenry during the 1812 war. Baltimore, November 24, 1849. English.
The attack on Fort McHenry in Baltimore is considered the most famous battle of the 1812 war. The battle inspired Francis Scott Key to write a poem that would become the words to the national anthem of the United States of America – "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Eight Jewish soldiers are known to have taken part in this historic battle, all residents of Baltimore. Before us is a letter sent by one of those eight soldiers, Samuel Etting (1796-1862), who fought and was wounded while defending the fort. The letter was sent during a later period of Etting's life, after he became a successful merchant and an important figure in the Jewish community of Baltimore, and it addresses his business relations with its addressee, a Jew named Joseph R. Evans from Philadelphia.
[1] leaf (one written page), approx. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Fold lines. Several small holes.