CATALOG 205:
RARE AMERICAN JUDAICA
FROM THE COLONIAL ERA
THROUGH THE GREAT
DEPRESSION
AND BEYOND
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CATALOG 205: RARE AMERICAN JUDAICA FROM THE COLONIAL ERA THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND BEYOND
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CONTENTS
The First Two American Publications with “Zionism” in Their Titles
First American Monograph Defending Jewish anti-Missionary Publications Against Censorship (Here Against Infamous Post Office Inspector Anthony Comstock,1895)
Rare Einhorn Hymnal, Published Just After Fleeing to Philadelphia
Colonial Document Linking Two Prominent 18th Century American Jews
The First Hebrew Book On the Discovery of America
Rebecca Gratz’s Copy with Her Ownership Signature
Weitzmann Visits New York
Association Copy Linking Two Leading Left-Wing Anticommunists
First School where Hebrew was Taught as a Modern Living Language
First English-Language Edition of Hatikvah
Jewish Women Are Smartest!
Willowski, Jacob David Ben Zeev. NIMUKE RIDBAZ: PERUSH `AL HA-TORAH. Chicago: No Publisher., 1903. Cloth, 4to. 44, 30 leaves. 1st edition. In Hebrew. Deinard 579, Mishkin 39. Goldman 721: “Ridbaz (the acronym by which Willowsky is popularly referred to) was born in Kobrin, Poland, in 1845 and was known as a child prodigy. He became the rabbi of Izvolin in 1874. That same year he published his first work, Migadol Erez, which was widely lauded. He then served as a rabbi in Robruysk before becoming a dayyan in Vilna…. He became the rabbi of Slutsk in 1890 and was subsequently known as the Slutsker Rov. Shortly after settling in Slutsk he founded a yeshivah that emerged as one of the preeminent Lithuanian yeshivot.” In 1900, when he traveled to America, he was considered “’the ranking European Torah personality to arrive in the United States since Rabbi Jacob Joseph’ (Rothkoff [1968] 559).” In 1903 he “agreed to accept the position of chief Rabbi of Chicago” though “he was at once enmeshed in controversy, as his attempts to regulate kashruth threatened the vested interests of R. Zevi Simeon Album.” He settled in Safed in 1905, “was recognized as its chief Rabbi, and established a yeshivah… ‘During his lifetime he was priviledged to observe the universal acceptance which his commentaries on the Palestinian [Jeruslam] Talmud were accorded. Until this very day, all rabbinical scholars who consult the Jerusalem Talmud utilize the Radbaz’s explanation and annotations (Rothkoff) ’…. This commentary on Genesis and Exodus” includes “a critique of Sabbath observance, education, kashruth supervision, religious functionaries and the free press in America.” His response and commentaries are known the world over. SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Genesis – commentaries; Bible. O. T. Exodus – commentaries. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Ex library with minimal institutional markings. Hinges starting, pages a little tanned, Very Good condition. An important work. (AMR-32-24A). (ID #37412) $400.00.
Two Titles from the "Chief Rabbi of New York”!
Prohibition Riases the Question: Can Grape Juice be Substituted for Wine?
Scarce "Not-Reform-Enough" Prayerbook Forcibly Recalled by David Einhorn and His Followers in the Reform Movement
Unknown to Goldman and Singerman
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. AID TO JEWS OVERSEAS: REPORT FOR 1939, WITH A RESUME FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1940. New York: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1940. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 48 pages. Contains charts and illustrations. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Brandeis, Louisiana State University, Sarah Lawrence College, Amsterdam University, Leiden University). Pencil marks on cover, Very Good condition. (AMRN-6-60A). (ID #37417) $100.00.
By Jackie Mason’s Father
Judah Magnes' First American Publication
With Homo-Erotic Cover
By the Father of British Chief Rabbi Joseph Hertz