THE GOOD EARTH AND ISRAEL’S PEACE AIMS
New York: Jewish National Fund, 1940. Item #41880
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 8 pages, 21 cm. In English. A Holocaust-era JNF pamphlet promoting settlement of Palestine. Israel Goldstein (1896-1986) was a very well-known American-Israeli rabbi, writer, and Zionist leader. He was one of the founders of Brandeis University. From 1918 until his immigration to Israel in 1960, Israel Goldstein served as the rabbi of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New York, the second oldest synagogue in the city. He was head of the New York Board of Rabbis (1928–30), the Jewish National Fund of America (1934-1943), the Zionist Organization of America (1943-1946), and American Jewish Congress (1952-1959), and helped found the National Conference of Christians and Jews. In 1945, he was a consultant to the U.S. delegation at the Founding Conference of the United Nations in San Francisco (Wikipedia, 2019) SUBJECTS: Land settlement - Palestine. OCLC: 10470938. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (HUC and UPenn). Very good condition. (ZION2-2-55-AIIICCQXX).
Price: $100.00