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
Americana
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 27889JEWS IN AMERICA
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
![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=1669039318)
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 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 54204. SHIKAGE: LITERARISHER HOYDESH ZSHURNAL. CHICAGO : A LITERARY MONTHLY IN YIDDISH. VOL. 1, NO. 1 (JUNE, 1930); VOL. 1, NO. 12 (JUNE, 1931); VOL. 2, NO. 4 (AUGUST, 1931); VOL. 2, NO. 23 (MAY 1932); VOL. 3, NO. 25 (OCTOBER 1932); VOL. 5, NO. 38 (DECEMBER 1934); VOL 8, NO. 48 (SEPTEMBER 1936); VOL 8 NO 52 (MAY-JUNE1937); VOL 9 NO 57 (MAY-JUNE 1938) [9 ISSUES TOTAL] [SHIKAGO, SHIKAGA]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/40137.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694194303)
Item 40137SHIKAGE: LITERARISHER HOYDESH ZSHURNAL. CHICAGO : A LITERARY MONTHLY IN YIDDISH. VOL. 1, NO. 1 (JUNE, 1930); VOL. 1, NO. 12 (JUNE, 1931); VOL. 2, NO. 4 (AUGUST, 1931); VOL. 2, NO. 23 (MAY 1932); VOL. 3, NO. 25 (OCTOBER 1932); VOL. 5, NO. 38 (DECEMBER 1934); VOL 8, NO. 48 (SEPTEMBER 1936); VOL 8 NO 52 (MAY-JUNE1937); VOL 9 NO 57 (MAY-JUNE 1938) [9 ISSUES TOTAL] [SHIKAGO, SHIKAGA] שיקאגע: ליטערארישער חודש זשורנאל
Shikage [Chicago]: Mei’ir Zolotarev, 1930-1934. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 63, 47, 48 , 133 pages, 27 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Chicago: A Literary Monthly Journal. ” Numbering shifts to whole number, rather than issue per volume, around January 1932. The journal ran from 1930-1939. SUBJECTS: Yiddish..... More
Item 41646SIDUR HINUCH HANERIM...ORDER OF SERVICE ON THE OCCASION OF THE PUBLIC RELIGIOUS EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN AT THE BAYSWATER SYNAGOGUE ON SUNDAY, 23RD MAY, 5629-1869. THE MUSIC ACCOMPANIED BY MR. J.L. MOMBACH.
London: Wertheimer, 1869. 1st edition, Original paper wrappers in later boards, [2] pages. Includes “Address and Prayer by the Rev. Dr. H. Adler.” Adler was to become Chief Rabbi after the death of his father in 1890. This sermon was delivered at the Bayswater Synagogue where he was the pulpit..... More
![Item 54817. VORTRÄGE ZUR FORDERUNG DER HUMANITÄT. VOL I ONLY [OF 2]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/41675.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1656080279)
Item 41675VORTRÄGE ZUR FORDERUNG DER HUMANITÄT. VOL I ONLY [OF 2]
Kassel: M.S. Messner, 1860. 1st edition, original paper wrappers. 8vo, vii, 16 pages. In German. Volume 1 (of 2) only. Title translates to: Lectures on the Demands of Humanity. “In 1852 Adler became district rabbi of the province of Hesse-Kassel and retained this post until his retirement to Wiesbaden in..... 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=1668807308)
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 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=1676144171)
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 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 41678THE PULPIT MESSAGE : THE JEW A RIDDLE
Philadelphia: Ben J. Nusbaum, 1893. 1st edition, original paper wrappers. 8vo, 8 pages. Series I. No. 9. On cover: “Discourses of Rabbi Dr. Henry Berkowitz, Before Congregation Rodef Shalom.” Delivered on Friday, March 31, 1893. Singerman S025. “In 1892 [Berkowitz] was called by the Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Philadelphia). In this..... More
![Item 243328. JUDAISM ON THE SOCIAL QUESTION. [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/39707.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1668796816)
Item 39707JUDAISM ON THE SOCIAL QUESTION. [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]
New York : John B. Alden. 1888. First edition. Original Publisher's Cloth, 12mo. 130 pages. Inscribed by author. SUBJECT (S) : Labor and laboring classes -- History. Labor and laboring classes -- United States. Jews -- Politics and government. Jews -- Social conditions. A thoughtful, conservative Rabbi's interpretation of Judaism..... 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