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Berlin, K. Wolff Verlag A. -G. ; Schocken Verlag, 1936. Hardcover. First edition. Original black cloth boards. 4to. XII, 307; 287 pages. 28 cm. In German. 'The Desert and Promised Land; A history of Israel from its beginning until the period of the return from Babylon. ' Owned by Lehmann..... More
Sydney: Australian Jewish Historical Society, 1942. Broadside. 1st edition. 2 sheets folded to 23 x 10 cm. In English. To accommodate the growing Jewish community in Sydney, multiple congregations joined together to found the York Street Synagogue in 1842. In this letter, the Australian Jewish Historical Society asks recipients to..... More
New York; Austrian Labor Committee, 1942. 1st edition. Original Wraps. 4to. 16 pages. 30 cm. First edition. In English and German. Austrian labor information: Anti-Hitler-Magazine. Monthly publication of the Austrian Labor Committee, according to holdings at IISH, 37 issues total were published. Publication of the Austrian Social Democrats (second and..... More
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Shanghai: J. M. Ellenberg, 1943. Paperback. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 36 pages each volume, 22 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Essays from Conversations with Rav Yerucham Halevi Levovitz. ” Levovitz was the Mashgiach Ruchani of the Mirrer Yeshiva in Poland. One of the great exponents of Mussar. He was..... More
Leiden, Boston & Köln, Brill, 2001. 1st edition, original cloth, volume 1 and 2, 8vo, xii+196 pages, xii+271+[5] pages, Ex-library with usual marks, Very Good Condition, (AC-4-16). More
Montreal: [No Publisher], 1937. Paperback. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 14 pages, 24 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Jewish Wit and Humor. ” “Rabbi Avida (1887–1962) was a prominent communal worker, rabbi, and writer. During World War I he was held hostage by the local Russian commander against..... More
Jerusalem; Magnes Press Of The Hebrew University And Heikhal Ha-Sefer, 1956. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 4to. 40, 48 pages. 35 cm. First edition. With 8 plates. Aramaic inscriptions translated into Hebrew and English. Added English title page: A Genesis Apocryphon: a scroll from the wilderness of Judea: description and contents of..... More
New York, Avukah, N.D. Paperback. No date (1940-1945) First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 3 pages; 21 cm. A short Holocuast-era pamphlet describing how Avukah, in all its various chapters and fellowships, can help improve the situation of the Jewish people worldwide. “Political action includes participation in the fight against..... More
New York, N. Y. : Avukah, 1938. Paperback. 1st Edition. Original Wrappers. 8vo. 19 pages ; 19 cm. Hitler-era program is addressed to “American students who are Jews, and who want to know what is their relation to society, and what is the bearing of the fact that they are..... More
New York, Avukah, 1941. Paperback. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 11 pages; 19 cm. A Holocaust-era program investigating how being Jewish affects American Jews’ lives, attempting to describe and analyze the social situation for Jews in 1941, the middle of WWII. “It should not be inferred that antisemitism and other barriers..... More
Melborn [Melbourne]: [No Publisher, the Author?], 1965. paperback. 1st edition. Original printed boards, small 8vo, 246 pages. In Yiddish with English title page. SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Belarus -- Niasvizh. Ethnic relations. OCLC: 41122934. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Scarcely seen. Very Good Condition (YID-42-11-’lx). More
No Place (Germany?) , No Publisher, N.D. Hardcover. Original orange boards with black spine and lettering illustrated with decorative frame. 8vo. 130 + 92 pages; 21.5 cm. Written in Hebrew. Almost certainly an early post-war offset reproduction for Sherit Ha-Petah survivors for use in the DP camps, based on binding..... More
Pisa: Al Yede S. Molkho, 1803. Hardcover. 1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. 502 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Twenty Four with Commentary on Homat Anakh. ” Contains adorned title page. Azulai, known as the CHIDA, was a highly regarded, Jerusalem-born rabbinical scholar, a noted bibliophile, and a...... More
Livorno : Y. Kushta, 1867. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo, 64 pages, 19 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to "Letters of Rav Hida. " Haim Yosef David Azulai, commonly known as the Hida, was a Jerusalem born rabbinical scholar, a noted bibliophile, and a pioneer in the publication of Jewish religious..... More
Livorno: Bi-Defus Avraham Yitshak Kastilo Ve-Eliezer Sa’adun, 1784. Hardcover. First edition. Original boards. 4to. 272, 228 pages, 32 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Holding Prayer: On a Bit of Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayim, and Yoreh Deah. ” A first edition of Hida’s Halakhic commentary. Azulai, better known as Hida..... More
G’erbah [Djerba, Tunisia]: Y. Hadad, 1940. Paperback. Later wrappers. 8vo. 80 pages, 20 cm. In Judeo-Arabic. Sermons by Azulai. Title translates to “Tsiporen Shamir: Translated into the Arabic Language. ” Haim Yosef David Azulai ben Yitzhak Zerachia (1724 - 1806) , commonly known as the Hida (the acronym of his..... More
New York; Metro Music Co., 1928. Original wraps. 4to. 6 pages. 31 cm. Edition. Words in Yiddish romanized, also printed as text in Yiddish script. For medium voice and piano. Music by B. Charloff; words by David Goldstein. Boris Charloff (1896-1972) cantor, composer, served in Toronto Synagogues. J 141; Metro..... More
[New York,] Westchester Lodge No. 1386, B’nai B’rith, 1944. Hardcover. First edition. Original red boards with gold font. 4to, 150 pages, 32cm. Loaded with full page graphic anti-Nazi posters advocating American multiculturalism and promoting the US war effort, as well as drawings depicting Nazi atrocities, and photographs of B'nai B'rith..... More
Sinér-Varahl : Yaákov Vidér, 1943. Hardcover. Original boards. 8vo. 278 pages. 25 cm. In Hebrew. Rabbi Yisroel ben Eliezer, often called Baal Shem Tov or Besht, was a Jewish mystical rabbi. He is considered to be the founder of Hasidic Judaism. SUBJECTS: Hasidism. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (JTS, HUC..... More
Budapet: Schlesinger U. Wohlauer, 1877. Paperback. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to. 14 pages, 28 cm. In Hebrew with alternate title page in Hungarian. Title translates to “A Psalm Song for the Night Commemorating the Seminary. ” Bacher (1823-1891) was a prominent Hebrew poet and community leader in Hungary. He..... More
Frankfurt A. M. , Kauffmann, 1895. Hardcover. First edition. Later black boards. 8vo. VII, 112 pages; 22.5 cm. Written in German with Hebrew textual passages. Title translates to “Rabbi Meir ben Baruch from Rothenburg: His Life and Work, His Fate and Writings; a Memorial to the Six Hundredth Anniversary of..... More
Cincinnati, HUC, 1951. Softcoverpamphlet. Original Paper Wrappers, 8vo, pp. 549-560 (ie. 12 pages) . Offprint from H. U. C. Annual Vol 23. Leo Baeck was the leader of German Jewry through the Holocaust; he went to Theresienstadt to remain with his people rather than flee. He survived the war and..... More
New York City; Congregation Emanuel, 1950. Original Wraps. 8vo. 47 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Lectures delivered in Dec. 1949 and March 1950 at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Two series of lectures by Dr. Leo Baeck. “The interrelations of Judaism, science, philosophy and ethics". The Dr. Samuel..... More
New York City; Congregation Emanuel, 1950. Original Wraps. 8vo. 47 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Lectures delivered in Dec. 1949 and March 1950 at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Two series of lectures by Dr. Leo Baeck. “The interrelations of Judaism, science, philosophy and ethics". The Dr. Samuel..... More
Berlin, Philo Verlag, 1922. Paperback. First edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to. 297 pages; 24 cm. Written in German. Title translates to “A Memorandum on the 50th Anniversary of the Academy for the Science of Judaism in Berlin. ” A collection of Jewish studies papers published for the 50th anniversary of..... More