DIE ALTE UN DIE NAYE SHUL די אלטע און די נייע שול
Minsk: Tsenterforlag, 1929. Item #43590
First edition. Probably lacking original paper wrappers, staple bound, 8vo, 151 pages. 19 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “The Old and New School”
A pamphlet for mass readership on pedagogical issues in the Soviet Union.
Sarah Maryasina “was a current events writer and a teacher, born in a town near Minsk, Byelorussia. She lived in Homyel (Homel, Gomel), Horad Barysaw (Borisov), and Minsk. For many years she was a teacher in Jewish educational institutions in Byelorussia. She published articles on pedagogical issues in the journal Af di Vegn tsu der Nayer Shul (On the Road to the New School) (Moscow, 1923-1925) and in other pedagogical venues, and she compiled books for Jewish schools…In 1931 she was accused of Jewish nationalism and from that point in time she disappeared without a trace.” (Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur)
OCLC: 631723442. OCLC locates only 2 copies worldwide (NLI & HUC), none in New York and none at any Ivy League Institution. Scarcity may be in part because of her purged disappearance 2 years following publication.
Ex-library with some markings. Some water damage and paper embrittlement, pages largely uncut. Good- Condition. Scarce (PSB-1-43).
Price: $435.00