A letter handwritten and signed by "Ahad Ha'am", Asher Zvi Ginsberg, to Joseph Klausner. [Tbilisi], November 1903. Hebrew and a little Russian.
In 1903, "Ahad Ha'am" resigned his position as editor of "HaShilo'ach", the most important Hebrew journal of the time, and was replaced by the young editor Joseph Klausner. The "shift change" occurred after a prolonged struggle between "Ahad Ha'am" and writers of the younger generation, and symbolized the beginning of a new era in Hebrew literature. This letter was sent in November 1903 – after "Ahad Ha'am" resigned and before he was replaced by Klausner and it contains an interesting documentation of this period in Hebrew literature.
"Ahad Ha'am" refers in the letter to the intention to appoint the journalist Ben Zion Katz as the editor of "HaShilo'ach" ("He is an 'idler' and he will lack subtlety. Such will be the editor of "HaShilo'ach"?); to the question of appointing Klausner himself as editor; to the Hebrew encyclopedia he unsuccessfully planned to publish – "Otzar HaYehudim"; and also describes the Jews of the Caucasus, where he was staying when he wrote the letter: "You cannot imagine what Judaism in the Caucasus is. There are good and honest people here, who want to be Jews, to be national, Zionists etc. But the 'ignorance' is so great, that there is not even one person who can show them the way" (Hebrew).
Written on Ahad Ha'am's official stationery, with his address in Odessa.
Enclosed is the original envelope in which the letter was sent.
[2] pp (a leaf folded in half), approx. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor creases. Horizontal fold line.

Letter on a postcard, handwritten and signed by David Vogel. Sent to Shimon Pollack in Detroit. Vienna, April 14, 1923.
In the letter, Vogel asks his childhood friend to help him distribute his book of poems among Hebrew-lovers in Detroit and also find him a reliable person to sell additional copies of the book in New York [in the year the letter was written, Vogel's first book of poems was published in Vienna, "Lifnei HaSha'ar Ha'Afel" (Before the Dark Gate) – the only book of poems he published in his lifetime). At the end of the letter, Vogel describes his poverty and sickness: "I am sick and bone-tired. And my wife is sick. And the hunger is terrible. Real hunger. And the despair. […] I am in such distress, such that I cannot even describe it to you. And I do not know what I am going to do. I think of immigrating at the end of the summer to Palestine, to Haifa. By myself. My wife shall remain in Austria some more" (Hebrew). [His plan to travel to Palestine did not come to pass and Vogel visited Palestine for the first time only in 1929].
The poet and writer David Vogel (1891-1944) lived alternately in Vienna, Paris, Warsaw and elsewhere. In 1919, he married his wife, Ilka, and that year, they were both diagnosed with tuberculosis. In 1929, he visited Palestine, yet did not settle in it and after a year, returned to Europe. During World War II, he lived in occupied France and in February 1944 was transferred to Germany, where he was murdered by the Nazis.
Shimon Pollack was Vogel's childhood friend; eventually he became one of the prominent figures in the field of Jewish education in the USA.
9X14 cm. Good condition. Horizontal fold line in the center of the postcard. Tears and minor blemishes to margins.
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Proofread leaves of two works: the last chapter of the novel "BeChanuto shel Mar Lublin" (In Mr. Lublin's Store) by Shmuel Yosef Agnon and the poem "Harchek Me'od" (Very Far Away) by Leah Goldberg. The leaves were sent to the writers before being published in a journal and were returned to the editorial staff with their handwritten corrections. [Jerusalem?, ca. 1964].
Presumably, the leaves were sent to Agnon and Goldberg in preparation for publishing them in issue no. 4 of the journal "Me'assef: Divrei Sifrut, Bikoret Vehagut", which was published in 1964 and was edited by Dov Sadan and Shlomo Tenai. Appearing on the leaves are two notes handwritten by poet Avraham Broides, who was presumably in contact with the two writers on behalf of the journal.
1. "The Final Chapter" (Hebrew), nineteen printed leaves. On the first leaf, a handwritten inscription: "My dear friend S. Y. Agnon, in order to prevent errors, we again trouble you, asking you to go through what you have written […], greetings, Avraham Broides" (Hebrew). Later, dozens of handwritten corrections and comments by S. Y. Agnon appear, some of a single letter, some of one word and some of a complete sentence.
[19] leaves (paginated 9-27), approx. 24 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Tears to the upper edges of some (not affecting the text).
2. "Harchek Me'od" (Very Far Away), a printed leaf with a poem by Leah Goldberg. On the upper margins, a handwritten inscription: "Dear Leah Goldberg, this is a proof before printing, please correct what needs correction and return immediately. As for the page-layout, the graphic aspect, it is not I who set the rules […] A. Broides" (Hebrew). Later appear a single correction and a comment: "It's fine! Thank you very much! L.G" (Hebrew).
[1] leaf (paginated 33), approx. 26 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Enclosed: an additional leaf - revised printing of "The Final Chapter" (without handwritten comments and corrections).

1. Real Photo postcard with Jabotinsky's portrait. On verso, a dedication handwritten by him, to "Nina" [Nina Berlin?], initialed (Russian) and dated 1925. Photographer's stamp (impressed): H. Taubkin, Riga.
8.5X13.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
2. Undivided postcard, with a photograph of Jabotinsky in his youth. The publisher, year and place are not indicated.
8.5X14 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases and minor blemishes. Restored tears and blemishes to two of the corners and a restored hole in the lower margins (not affecting the picture).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.