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New York : Jewish Ministers Cantors' Association Of America, 1950. First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 116 pages, 31cm. In English and Yiddish. The Jewish Ministers Cantors' Association, otherwise known as the Chazzanim Farband, is the oldest and most prestigious cantor's association in America. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (LOC..... More
Cleveland, O.: J.B. Savage, 1893. 1st edition. Original blue pebbled cloth with ornate silver lettering, oblong 8vo, 57 pages. 17 x 22 cm. Includes 24 photos, many showing the orphans at work or play, and frontis map. Includes 16 pages listing the name, location, and dates of approximately 500 “former..... More
Nyu York [New York]: Idisher Sotsyalistisher Federatsye In Amerika, 1914. 1st edition. Original boards. 8vo, 110 pages. Annual. Includes illustrations. 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to "Yiddish Year Book. " This periodical lasted until 1918 issue; Vols II (1915) and later are titled "Idishe yohrbukh. " "In 1908 a...... More
Boston: Peirce And Williams, 1829. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 27 pages, 24 cm. In English. For approximately 20 years, from 1810 to 1830, there was an ongoing battle fought between the religious traditionalists (conservatives) and members of the government over the lack of Sabbath recognition. Mails were transported..... More
1936. Original paper wrappers, 8vo., Softcover, 12 pages, long 8vo, 22 cm. Holocaust-era look at the Jewish community/ies in the US. Article first written in response to recent "Nazi barbarities" (page 2) as well as an implied call for assimilation: "it still remains true that the future of the Jew..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1901. Cloth; 16mo.146 pages. Gilt lettering on cover; top edge gilt. Embossing on cover. 33 poems by various authors; a dozen of these are from Jehudah Halevi, 12th-century Spanish poet and philosopher. SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew poetry -- Translations into English. English poetry -- Translations..... More
Baltimore: Friedenwald, 1892. 1st edition. Original Cloth, large 8vo. 21 pages. In German. With foldout map at end. Haupt was a U. S. Orientalist and Bible scholar. "He taught from 1880 at the University of Goettingen. In 1885 he was appointed to head the incipient Oriental Seminary in Johns Hopkins..... More
Baltimore: Friedenwald, 1892. 1st edition. Original Cloth, large 8vo. 21 pages. In German. With foldout map at end. Haupt was a U. S. Orientalist and Bible scholar. "He taught from 1880 at the University of Goettingen. In 1885 he was appointed to head the incipient Oriental Seminary in Johns Hopkins..... More
Cincinnati: Bloch, 1882. 1st edition. Cloth, 8vo. 128 pages. Adapted from the German of David Leimdoerfer and considerably enlarged. Singerman 2992. Chronological Table at end. Sigmund Hecht was minister of Kahl Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama. His purpose in writing the book, stated in the Preface, is to provide educators with a...... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1889. Cloth; 12mo. Xviii, 381 pages. Originally copyright 1885. Decorative boards in red, green, and black. Tissued frontispiece engraving. Illustrated with engravings (some portraits) and two fold-out maps. Series: The Story of the Nations. Preface and index. Intended primarily for older youth. The non-Jewish..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1900. Cloth; small 8vo. 500 pages. First edition. Gilt titles; embossed with JPS seal. Eight illustrations by Mark Zangwill, including frontispiece. A novel about two Jewish youths in London. Gordon was a German-born English novelist; he wrote several works dealing with Jewish life..... More
New York: S. Margolies, 1926. (FT) Paperback, 47 pages, 8vo, 21 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) ; Jewish sermons, Hebrew. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Wear to edges of cover and binding. Staining to cover. Light wear. Otherwise, very good condition. (Rab-37-8). More
New York: Published by the author, 1902. Cloth; 8vo. 100 pages. One table for each year, plus blank pages at end to record births, marriages, and death. "In publishing this almanac, the compiler is only resuming the work so ably begun and carried on by his family for neaarly two..... More
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1897? 12mo. 97 pages. Louis Finkelstein's copy with his ownership signiture and "dec. 3, 1915" penned on the front endpaper. Preceeding his name he has written "21." Finkelstein (1895-1991) was awarded a doctorate from Columbia in 1918, became a rabbi in 1919, and, after many years..... More
Kirk and Mercein; London: John Miller New York, 1819. First edition. 8vo, vi, [2], 431, [1], xlvii pages. Lacks engraved frontis portrait and 3 of 4 engraved plates. Bound in attractive modern cloth with spine label. Noah (1785-1851) was a lawyer, playwright, and journalist. He was born in Philadelphia of..... More
New York: UAHC. First Edition. ISBN 0807400068. 8vo; viii, 258 pages; Kaplan was a JEWISH national president of the NAACP & activist for Racial Equality. Ex-library, otherwise Very Good Condition. (amr-19-16). More
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1897. Cloth; 12mo. 109 pages. Bound in red boards. Translated from German. "Special Series No. 5." Lectures delivered during the winter of 1895-96 before the lodges of the Independent Order of B'ne B'rith at Berlin. The translation is done from stenographic notes printed as..... More
Narrow 8vo. 23 pages. Illustrated. SUBJECT (S) : Dropsie University. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Upenn, Upenn Center for Judaic Studies) , both at Penn. As the first state-accredited Ph. D. Program of its kind, Dropsie College is the world's founding institution of modern academic Jewish Studies. In the course..... More
8vo. Iv, 91 pages. Illustrated with figures. SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew language - study and teaching - United States; Hebrew philology - study and teaching. SERIES: Monograph /Payne Educational Sociology Foundation ; ; no. 2; Variation: Monograph (Payne Educational Sociology Foundation) ; ; no. 2. Katsh (1908-1998) was born in..... More
New York: American Leage for Democratic Socialism, 1932. First Edition. Light wear, Good Condition Pamphlet; 8vo; 49 pages; “This pamphlet by Karl Kautsky presents in clear and succinct form the issue between Communism and Socialism, the two forces struggling for supremacy in the international later movement. No man more competent..... More
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New York : Bloch Publishing Company [And] New York: Transcontinental, 1935 [AND] 1957 [AND] 1939. All first editions. Multiple items rebound in black cloth with gold gilt lettering. 8vo. 40, 54, 39, 31 pages. 26 cm. In English and transliterated Hebrew. "Jacob Weinberg (7 July 1879 – 2 November 1956)..... More
Chicago : Univ. of Chicago Press, 1911. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, pp. 404-435 (total of 32 pages). Offprint from the American Journal of Theology, v. 15, no. 3, July, 1911. “A study of Professor Schechter’s Recent Publication.” The Jewish Encyclopedia notes, “On May 13, 1896, Schechter discovered the..... More
Philip Cowen, New York, 1902. First English edition. Original black cloth with gold lettering on spine. 8vo, 155 pages. Reprinted from the American Hebrew, issues November 1901, to June, 1902. Deals with American Christian Hebraist Ezra Stiles. Important historical source on eighteenth century American Jews as Stiles was friends with..... More
New York: Bi-Defus H. Lampert, 1913-1914. (FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 54, 38, 47 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew. In Goldman. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons, Hebrew. Bible. O. T. Pentateuch -- Sermons. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Hinge repair. Fragile front and back pages. Wear and light chipping to edges of cover..... More
New York, The Inquiry 1930.Cloth, 8vo, xiv, 309 pages. Includes diagrams. 20 cm. Also includes "A reading list"on pages 197-219; and "Other publications of the Inquiry" on pages 307-309. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. PREFACE. INTRODUCTION How a class, a club, and a fraternity got interested in studying their relations to..... More