Item 15755AVI CHAI: 1995-1997.
New York: The Avi Chai Foundation. Paper wrappers; 4to. 31 pages. Some cover soil; otherwise, excellent cond ition. (W-62). More
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Item 30176DER KLEINE AMERIKANISCHE DOLLMETSCHER : LEICHT FASSLICHE ANWEISUNG FÜR AUSWANDERNDE GEWERBS- UND LANDLEUTE
Bayreuth: Buchner, 1846. Marbled boards, 8vo. , 72 pages. In German and English. The Little American interpreter: Easy to understand instruction for emigrating tradesmen and countrymen. German-English phrase book for emigrants to America, including phrases and vocabulary for food, travel, housing, agriculture, and work. Includes pronunciation. Fifteen pages at the..... More
Item 15757JEWISH HERITAGE: A READING LIST FOR ADULTS.
Boston: Boston Public Library. Paper wrappers; 12mo. 35 pages. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Excellen t condition. (W-62). More
Item 23849JEWS IN AMERICA
Digest & Review, 1936. 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 in..... More
![Item 243368. MACHZOR: FORM OF PRAYERS FOR THE NEW YEAR, [AND] FORM OF PRAYERS FOR THE DAY OF ATONEMENT. ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF THE POLISH JEWS. WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION [COMPLETE SET IN TWO VOLUMES]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/42040.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1669039275)
Item 42040MACHZOR: FORM OF PRAYERS FOR THE NEW YEAR, [AND] FORM OF PRAYERS FOR THE DAY OF ATONEMENT. ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF THE POLISH JEWS. WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION [COMPLETE SET IN TWO VOLUMES] מחזור : ... כמנהג פולין
New York: Henry Frank, 1854. 1st edition. Period-style gilt tooled Morocco leather. 12mo, various pagination (aprox 475 pages total) . Singerman 1285, Goldman 40. The first Ashkenazi machzor printed in America. Based upon the celebrated Wolf Heidenheim edition, Henry (Chaim) Frank of New York published in 1854 2 prayer-books for..... More
Item 36626MENDELE MOYKHER SFORIM (SH. Y. ABRAMOVITSH) : YUBILEUM ALBOM.
Varsha- Nyu-York - Vilna: Ferlag "mendele" 1910. 1st edition. Original printed wrappers, oblong 12mo xv pages + [20] leaves of portraits ; 14 x 20 cm. In Yiddish. Mendele Mocher Sforim (1836-1917, also known as Moykher, Sfarim; his name means "Mendele the book peddler”) was a Jewish author and one..... More
Item 20580PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ANNUAL RABBINICAL ASSEMBLY CONFERENCE ON JEWISH EDUCATION
Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society. 1947. 8vo. Iv, 163, 13 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish religious education – United States – congresses; Conservative Judaism – congresses. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Ex library. Covers worn, front cover and firtst few pages wrinkled from moisture, good condition. (RAB-19-3). More
Item 42510SABBATH EVE SERVICE FOR CHILDREN
Baltimore: Board of Jewish Education, 1946. 1st edition. Original printed stiff paper wrappers, 12mo (small), 14 pages. 16 cm. In English with some Hebrew. Includes illustrations and music. Immediate post-war publication. SUBJECT(S): Sabbath -- Liturgy -- Texts -- Juvenile literature. Judaism -- Jewish children -- Prayers and devotions -- English..... More
Item 15739SAFEGUARDING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
New York: JAC of Synagogue Council of America. Cover title: Statements of Policy and Position on Religion anad Public Education and Other Aspects of Church-State Relationships Jointly Adopted by th e Synagogue Council of America and the National Community Relations Advisor y Council, Compiled December 1957. Paper wrappers; small 8vo..... More
Item 20890AVOT HA-UMAH.
Baltimore, no publisher, 1916. 1; 1st edition. Paper Wrappers, 16mo, 27 [1] pages. Deinard #7. Goldman #347, locating only 1 copy. "Among the innovations in Jewish education he [Abrams] is credited with are the introduction of a kindergarten program and the use of buses to transport children to and from..... More
![Item 54847. SEDER TEFILAH. THE ORDER OF PRAYER FOR DIVINE SERVICE. VOL. I, DIVINE SERVICE [OF 2 VOLUMES]. THIRD EDITION](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/41716.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1668807296)
Item 41716SEDER TEFILAH. THE ORDER OF PRAYER FOR DIVINE SERVICE. VOL. I, DIVINE SERVICE [OF 2 VOLUMES]. THIRD EDITION סדר תפלה
New York: Printed by Thalmessinger and Cahn, 1864. Original boards. 8vo. 181 pages, 18 cm. In English and Hebrew. Singerman 1845. Includes Order of prayer in the house of Mourners and Hymns for divine service in the Temple Emanu-El. Reform siddur. Samuel Adler was a prominent German-American Reform rabbi who..... More
![Item 277602. ZIKHRONOT FUN Y. ADLER [ZIKHROYNES].](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/42817.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1717157353)
Item 42817ZIKHRONOT FUN Y. ADLER [ZIKHROYNES]. זכרונות
Boston: Shaub Bros, 1907. 1st edition. Original blank glossy wrappers, small 8vo. 69 pages, 20 cm. In Yiddish. Poetry. Early Boston Zionist imprint. Includes frontis photo and illustrated title page. Title translates to “Memories of Y. H. Adler.” Yisrael Yehuda Adler (1870-1948) was a Hebrew teacher and philanthropist who was..... More
![Item 266945. RECORDS OF ISRAEL. [ASSOCIATION COPY BELONGING TO EXTENDED FAMILY OF AUTHOR'S PATRON IN THE US, A FAMILY FIGHTING FOR THE JEWISH RIGHTS ADVOCATED IN THE BOOK; OWNERS INCLUDE SOLOMON ETTING, THE FIRST KOSHER BUTCHER IN AMERICA]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/42764.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1712783248)
Item 42764RECORDS OF ISRAEL. [ASSOCIATION COPY BELONGING TO EXTENDED FAMILY OF AUTHOR'S PATRON IN THE US, A FAMILY FIGHTING FOR THE JEWISH RIGHTS ADVOCATED IN THE BOOK; OWNERS INCLUDE SOLOMON ETTING, THE FIRST KOSHER BUTCHER IN AMERICA]
London: J. Mortimer, 1844. First edition of author’s first work of fiction. Original (publisher’s?) blindstamped cloth, gilt spine, 12mo, xi, 139 + [4] pages of ads for other works by Aguliar at the rear. Aguilar’s first work of fiction, this copy owned by the family of Rebecca Gratz, Aguilar’s early..... More
Item 42546SOME FACTS ABOUT THE MURDER NOTES IN THE PHAGAN CASE.
No Place [Atlanta?], No Publisher [The Author?], [1914]. No Date (early 1914).1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 8 pages. Includes illustrations. 23 cm. “On August 16, 1915….At an oak grove outside of Marietta, Georgia, a quietly efficient lynch party hanged Leo M. Frank, a Jew convicted of murdering and suspected..... More
Item 34687STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ON WITHDRAWAL FROM THE AMERICAN JEWISH CONFERENCE, TOGETHER WITH ADDRESS OF JOSEPH M. PROSKAUER.
New York City; American Jewish Conference, 1943. Original Wraps. 12mo. 16 pages. 20 cm. First edition. Holocaust-era Statement of Withdrawal of the AJC from the American Jewish Conference. A contemporary news report described the withdrawal as such: “The withdrawal of the American Jewish Committee from the American Jewish Conference was..... More
![Item 243622. HIDUSHE AVI. 3 VOLUMES COMPLETE [BOUND TOGETHER AS ISSUED] [AUTHOR INSCIRBED]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/42114XT.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1676144138)
Item 42114xtHIDUSHE AVI. 3 VOLUMES COMPLETE [BOUND TOGETHER AS ISSUED] [AUTHOR INSCIRBED] חידושי אב״י
Chicago: No Publisher [The Author], 1904. 1st edition. Original gilt tooled publisher’s cloth, folio (large), [145], 60, [43] pages. Author inscribed with author’s stamp on front endpaper. In Hebrew. Title translates as “Innovations of the Fathers.” Goldman 595: “Anixter was born ca.1829 and he immigrated to New York ca 5634..... More
Item 42515xtCONFIRMATIONSREDE: GEHALTEN IN SEINEM BARMIZWAFESTE, AM 3. MÄRZ, 1866 (16. ADAR 5626, SABBATH KI-TISSA)
Baltimore: W. Polmyer, 1866. 1st edition. Original printed canary yellow paper wrappers over identical title page, 12mo, 7 pages, 19 cm. In German. Title translates as, “Confirmation speech: held at his Barmitzvah festival, March 3, 1866 (Adar 16, 5626, Sabbath Ki-tissa).” Singerman 1923. David Appel’s father, “Simon Appel was born..... More
Item 28035TORE ZAHAV, AL HILKHOT HAKHNASAT ORHIM VE-SHUT
New York? 1920-1929? Hardcover, 8vo, 94, 48 pages, 2 volumes in 1, 24 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Descriptor: Hospitality -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Responsa. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Wear to binding. Cover corners and edges bumped. Bumped page corners. Spine cover torn. Otherwise Good Condition. (Heb-33-3)..... More
Item 42152AMERICANS ALL: A SHORT HISTORY OF AMERICAN JEWS.
Chicago: The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. No Date [1942?]. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 31 pages. Part of the organization's Holocaust-era campaign to build tolerace for Jews in America and fight Antisemitism. Very minor wear from use. Jewish Ex-library with tag on cover, stamp on title page, and pocket at rear..... More
Item 39287SVETIMOJ PADANGEJ
Buenos Aires : [Imprenta "dorrego"], 1947. First Edition. 1st Edition. Original Illustrated Wrappers. 12mo. 63 pages ; 17 cm. In Lithuanian. Title translates to English as, "The Strangers Dead. " A scarce book of poems from Petras Babickas (1903-1991) , the Lithuanian journalist, writer, and diplomat, whose sister was the..... More
Item 30641THE IMMIGRANT: A PAPER READ BEFORE THE CONTEMPORARY CLUB DAVENPORT, IOWA NOVEMBER 26, 1923
Davenport, Iowa: Contemporary Club, 1923. Wrappers, 8vo, 24 cm. , 22 pages. Rabbi Joseph Louis Baron was born in Vilna in 1894, and immigrated at the age of 13 to the United States. In 1920 Baron was ordained at HUC, and became rabbi of Tri-City Temple Emanuel, which served the..... More
Item 41580REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CONSTITUTION GRAND LODGE I.O.B.B. 1882-1883
New York: No Publisher Listed, 1883. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 151 pages. Tables in back. Singerman S028, listing only 3 holdings of this volume in 2019 (B’nai B’rith Archives, NYPL, HUC), none at any Ivy League Institution nor at the AJHS.. The exchanges and reports are surprisingly critical..... More
Item 41662MAR'OT ELOHIM: FILOSOFYA ELOHUT 'AL YEDE SHETE SHITOT ... HE'ELETI BE-HEGYONI. DIVINE PHILOSOPHY FROM CHIEF RABBI A.L. BINKOVITZ
NY: M. Graievsky, N.D. No Date [1906]. 1st edition. Later boards, 8vo. 40 pages. In Hebrew. Goldman 1031, Deinard 544. “Binkowitz was born in 1851 in Bialystok….He was ordained by R. Joseph Baer Soloveitchik and R. Samuel Mohilewer….In 5656 [1896] he immigrated to New York, where he served as a...... More
Item 42468“LOYALTY TO AMERICA DEMANDS THAT EACH JEW BECOME A ZIONIST"
Washington, D.C.: Zionist Organization of America, 1930s? No Date [1930s?]. 1st edition? (see below), single fold pamphlet, 8vo, [4] pages (2 leaves), with photo of Brandeis on cover. Reprints excerpts and quotes from the writings of Justice Louis Brandeis: "Written nearly a quarter of a century ago [in 1915], the..... More
Item 42463ZIONISM AND PATRIOTISM
New York, Federation of American Zionists, 1918. Original paper wrappers, 8vo, 7 pages. 22 cm. Brandeis (1856–1941), was a “U. S. Jurist, the first Jew to be appointed to the U. S. Supreme Court….When Woodrow Wilson was elected president in 1912 on a platform of the New Freedom, he turned..... More