Bronze plaque bearing a relief of Chaim Arlosoroff’s profile and his signature. Designed by artist Meir Gur Aryeh .
The inscription: “בדמייך חיי!” (In your blood you shall live) appears on top. “Born 13 Adar 1989; murdered 22 Sivan 1933” (Hebrew) is at the bottom.
The murder of Arlosoroff, one of the Yishuv’s leaders and head of the Jewish Agency’s political department, occurred on June 16, 1933 on the Tel Aviv beach. The murder, which remains unsolved, caused public uproar and heavy accusations against the Revisionist movement. The controversy in the Yishuv regarding the assassin’s identity and the consequences of the murder continued during the British Mandate, and to a certain extent, even after the establishment of the state of Israel.
3.5×6 cm. 40 grams. Very fine condition.
Sefer HaTakanot shel Agudat HaNeta’im – 39 regulations divided by topic. There is an illustration of two flowerpots with seedlings on the back of the booklet.
Agudat Neta’im was a Zionist company that was privately owned, intended to advance Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel. It was founded in 1905 by Aharon Eisenberg, Chaim Michel Michlin and Dr. Yitzchak Levi. Agudat Neta’im’s plan of action was to prepare estates, colonies and orchards ready for settlement with the ability to sustain themselves economically, and to sell them for profit to immigrants, in order to save the immigrants the need to start the settlement from the beginning. The company was officially registered with the Ottoman authorities as a company for settlement within the Ottoman Empire, in April 1910, and was the first settlement association which succeeded in doing so.
12 pages. 17 cm. Copy no. 617.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Tear without lack. Jacket cover.
Articles about the history of Chibat Tziyon and the settlement of the Land of Israel edited by Alter Droyanov.
Alter Droyanov [1870-1938] was a student at the Volozhin yeshivah, secretary of the “Odessa Committee,” manager of Dvir Press, editor of the weekly WZO bulletin HaOlam , editor of the monthly journal about the revival in the Land of Israel, Miyamim Rishonim , as well as editor of the sections on literature, Zionism and Israeli geography in the Eshkol encyclopedia. In 1919 he edited the first the first section of articles on history of Chibat Tziyon and the settlement of the Land of Israel. He ascended to the Land of Israel in 1921. He became known as an expert on Jewish folklore after he wrote, translated and edited Sefer HaBedichah V’HaChidud which started being published in 1922. He was one of the editors of the HaBoker newspaper. He published memoirs and articles by publicists in the press. He wrote and edited the book Tel Aviv , published in 1936.
Hebrew, Russian and German.
Volume 1: [2] pages, [2], 852 columns. 29 cm.
Volume 2: [1] page, [4], 11-36, [2], 800 columns. 28 cm.
Volume 3: [2] pages, [2], 11-46, [2], 1012 columns. 27 cm.
Fine condition. Elegant semi-leather binding with gilt imprint.
Charavot L’Etim – a picture of farmers’ lives in the Holy Land. Story by Ze’ev Ya’avetz.
Rabbi Ze’ev Ya’avetz [1848-1924] was an author, historian and educator, one of the leaders of the Mizrachi movement and reinstators of the Hebrew language. He ascended to the Land of Israel in 1887 and returned to Vilna in 1897. He authored many books and published articles in Yeshurun , HaMasdronah and Sha’arei Tziyon .
40 pages. 16 cm. Fine condition. Owner’s signature: “Yitzchak HaLevi Bamberger.”
Map of Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley; map of Tel Aviv, map of Jerusalem; map of the Near East and Asia; map of Egypt; map of Iraq; map of the oil route in the Middle East; map of the Land of Israel; map of the Land of Israel according to the 1949 borders; map of Near East countries; booklet on Palestine. Jerusalem, 1935; map of the settlements 1967-1976; biblical atlas. Tel Aviv, 1943; map of the water works in the Land of Israel.
Various sizes. Overall fine condition.
Six issues of the Congress Newspaper , published in Geneva for the 21st Zionist Congress. The issues before us are from August 16-25, 1939.
Among the headlines: “The Problem Of The Jewish Present,” “The Administration’s Political Account – Dr. Chaim Weizmann’s Lecture,” “Speech By Chairman of The Zionist Administration In Jerusalem, David Ben Gurion,” “Alliance Of General Zionists Conference,” “Mizrachi Conference.” The articles summarize various meetings and speeches.
Enclosed: HaChayal HaIvri booklet – soldiers’ association newspaper. (5/2/1948).
Fine overall condition.
Seven historic booklets, for the most part by Pinchas Greivsky, accompanied by pictures.
* Zikaron L’Chovavim HaRishonim , Booklet II. Jerusalem, 1929.
* Teudot Historiot Booklet II. Jerusalem, 1929.
* Bnot Tziyon V’Yerushalayim Part III. Jerusalem, 1929.
* Bnot Tziyon V’Yerushalayim Part V. Jerusalem, 1929.
* Bnot Tziyon V’Yerushalayim Part VI. Jerusalem, 1929.
* Avnei Zikaron , Part III. Jerusalem, 1929.
* HaUniversitah HaIvrit BiYerushalayim 1928-1929 Yearbook. Jerusalem, 1929.
Pinchas Greivsky [1873-1941] was an author who documented Jewish life in Jerusalem. He was educated at the Etz Chaim yeshivah. His father, Rabbi Tzvi, was from an early rabbinic family who ascended to the Land of Israel. He served as an adjudicator in Slonim. He was a close associate of Rabbi Shmuel Salant, rabbi of Jerusalem. He became the assistant director under Rabbi Yechiel Michel Pines in the administration of the Bikkur Cholim hospital in 1893, per the request of Rabbi Shmuel Salant. Over the years, he published over 170 booklets, divided into various series.
21 cm. Fine condition. Aging stains. Two detached leaves. Partially detached binding.
*liederbuch von dr. Heinrich Loewe, ספר שירים ציוניים, יצא ע”י ד”ר לעווי הנודע, כולל גרסה מוקדמת ל”התקווה”. ברלין 1898.
*N. Sokolow, rede gehalten auf dem IV zionisten congresse, נאומו של נחום סוקולוב מהקונגרס הציוני הרביעי, וינה 1900.
*protokoll des I. zionistenkongresses in basel, vom 29 bis 30 august 1897, פרוטוקול הקונגרס הציוני הראשון, פראג 1911.
*ראמזיי מאקדאנאלד, דאס ארבעטנדע ארץ-ישראל, רעדן און ארטיקלען. ארץ ישראל העובדת, למברג 1923.
*’warum gingen wir zum ersten zionistenkongress?, מדוע הלכנו לקונגרס הציוני הראשון?, מאמרים. ברלין 1922.
*la colonizacion colectiva judia en palestina, ההתיישבות הקולקטיבית בארץ ישראל, ירושלים 1947.
גדלים שונים, מצב כללי טוב – טוב מאד.
Fascinating form with 30 questions which all the gabbaim of synagogues in Jerusalem in 1915 were required to answer in order to receive a “Royal Firman.”
A Firman is a royal edict which was used in various Moslem countries during different periods in history, among them, in the Ottoman Empire. Firmans were often issued also by rulers who were not the monarch, or by those who did his bidding. An additional meaning the word Firman took on was franchise or custody. For example, the franchise given to various religious communities to run their holy sites was given as an edict and understood as a franchise.
In addition to technical details (the name of the synagogue, its size, its financial situation), the gabbaim were also asked about nationality or whether the synagogue was used to house the poor.
The gabbaim were also required to add a map and diagrams of the synagogue.
The form was issued by the rabbinate and it was the one which mediated between the synagogues and the Ottoman authorities.
This historic document indicates the relationship between the Turks and the Jews and sheds light on the conduct of the communities vis-à-vis the authorities.
[1] printed leaf. 30×45 cm.
Five condition. Fold marks.
Maps:
* Scripturae Linguaeque Phoeniciae , pars prima, 1786-1842
* Scripturae Linguaeque Phoeniciae , pars tertia, 1786-1842
* English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th Century, Comprising the Productions of Bow, Chelsea, Lowestoft, Derby, Longton Hall, Bristol, Worcester, Caughley, and Liverpool Potters from 1740-1800 , 1947.
* Bibliothek des Verstorbenen Hernn Justizrat , 1929.
* Maps and Map-Makers , R. V. Tooley, 1952.
* Collections of Maps and Atlases in the Netherlands , 1961.
* Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th and 18th Centuries , 1965.
* Collectors’ Guide to Maps of the African Continent and Southern Africa , 1969.
* Map Collector , 1977.
* Tooley’s Dictionary of Mapmakers , supplement, 1986.
* Tooley’s Dictionary of Mapmakers , 1986.
Art Books:
* Ya’akov Finkerfeld, BiSvilei Omanut Yehudit , 1957.
* Monumenta Judaica , Handbuch, 1963.
* Monumenta Judaica , fazit, 1964.
* Monumenta Judaica , katalog, 1964.
* Heinrich Frauberger, Objects of Ancient Jewish Ritual Art and Illuminated Hebrew Script and Ornaments of Printed Books , 1970
* Toldot Tenuat HaPoalim HaBeinleumit , the Paris Commune.
* Toldot Tenuat HaPoalim HaBeinleumit , the industrial revolution in England and the beginning of the workers’ movement.
* Toldot Tenuat HaPoalim HaBeinleumit , the first International.
* Hora’ot L’Yessod V’Hanhalat Chanuyot al Yessodot Co-operativim , per the Rotshil method, 1926.
* Reshimot Mo’etzet Po’alei Tel Aviv V’Yaffo , 1930.
* Sefer HaTerumah shel Poalei Eretz Yisrael L’Poa’alei Austria, list of donors and their donations, 1934.
* HaChugim HaMarxistim B’Eretz Yisrael, BaMafneh , anthology, 1934.
* HaChugim HaMarxistim B’Eretz Yisrael, BaMafneh , anthology, 1934.
* Mo’etzet Po’alei Tel Aviv V’Yaffo , numbers, tax firms, budget and economy.
* Hitagdut L’Tarbut Gufanit ‘HaPoel’ – general exercise, 1936.
* Hitagdut L’Tarbut Gufanit ‘HaPoel’ – company – structure and order of activities. 1937.
* Hitagdut L’Tarbut Gufanit ‘HaPoel’ – training outstanding swimmers (how to achieve superior fitness).
* Achdut anthology, Communist Union newsletter in the Land of Israel, 1945-1946.
* HaPoel, Blatter des Hechaluz , German, May 1946.
* HaPoel, Blatter des Hechaluz , German, May 1946.
* HaPoel, Blatter des Hechaluz , German, May 1946.
* HaPoel, Blatter des Hechaluz , German, June 1946.
* HaPoel, Blatter des Hechaluz , German, October 1947.
* HaPoel, Blatter des Hechaluz , German, November/December 1947.
* Leket Hofa’ot Booklet 1, “Satos” youth performance in Switzerland, 1947.
* Tzlichat HaKinneret HaShishit , 1958.
* Hitagdut L’Tarbut Gufanit ‘HaPoel’ – regulations of amateur soccer, 1963.
Various sizes.
Fine-very fine condition.
* Klilat Chatanim – regarding engagement and marriage. Cairo, 1910. 16 leaves.
* Sefer HaAgudah – on behalf of Agudat HaRabbanim HaKlali. Cairo, 1913. [2], 3, [1] page.
* Knesset HaGedolah Part II. “From the Chareidi Rabbinical Union for Strengthening Religion.” [Alexandria], 1904. 68 leaves.
* 2x Knesset Yisrael – laws and regulations of Agudat Knesset Yisrael in Egypt. Cairo, 1913. 4 leaves. With the Agudah’s stamp.
* 2x regulations of the Histadrut Knesset Yisrael. Cairo. [1913]. 8 pages.
* 2x manifesto by Histadrut Knesset Yisrael. Cairo. Ink Stamp.
Rabbi Aharon Mendel HaKohen Bahara”n [1866-1927] was a native of Tiberias, a gaon and an author. He was appointed Ashkenazic rabbi of Cairo in 1894 and served there approximately 30 years. He is known especially known for his wide-ranging activities to renew “semichah” (some of the items here deal with this issue). He arranged the “Krakow Assembly” of 1903 in this framework, established “Agudat HaRabbanim,” and after WWI, established the Knesset Yisrael association and worked to establish a central Beit Din [something of a Sanhedrin] in Jerusalem. He wanted to establish a council called “Knesset HaGedolah,” and established a rabbinical association numbering over 500 members across the Jewish world. Following this initiative, he also assembled a World Congress of sages in Krakow in 1903. ” To take counsel on raising the flag of the Torah and seek a proper and desirable way to close the breaches and build up the distant.”
Varying conditions. Overall fine condition.
Group of [7] souvenirs from a policeman who served in the British police in the Land of Israel during the period of the British mandate. Cufflinks, pins and badges.
* Wooden shield with the emblem of the mandate police, 17 cm.
* Pair of stamped silver cufflinks with the emblem of the mandate police (Palestine Police).
* Stamped silver pin with the emblem of the mandate police.
* Gilt pin with the emblem of the mandate police.
* Comb in a silver plated case with the emblem of the mandate police.
* British flag.
Overall very fine condition.
Notification and propaganda placards from the underground: Etze”l (Irgun) and Lech”i.
* Notification opposing Ben-Gurion: “At the head of the ‘Haganah’ stands Ben-Mugion.”
* Notification: “The truce was not the main reason for our action against the Irgun, but the attempt to violate state sovereignty.” Signed, Moshe Shertok (Sharett).
* Invitation to an Irgun rally on Chanukah, December, ’48.
* Obituary for a Lech”i fighter.
* Fundraising notification for purchasing weapons for Irgun fighters.
* Propaganda notification opposing British claims against the Irgun.
* “Public declaration” about the events at the Haifa refinery. (The events started with the slaughter of six Arab workers, which led to the murder of 39 Jews and finally retaliation by the Palma”ch in which more than 70 Arabs were killed.) The notification is to describe the Irgun’s part in these events out of concern for distortion.
Various sizes. Overall fine condition.
Very large collection of slides photographed by David Rubinger, including of famous personalities, landscapes of Israel and around the world and significant events that occurred to the State of Israel.
David Rubinger (1924-2017) was an Israeli photojournalist and winner of the Israel Prize for media in 1997.
The collection is sold without the photography rights
Rubinger took about half a million pictures over the course of his lifetime, and Alex Libek wrote about him that he became the “State Photographer.” In a certain sense, he was David Ben-Gurion’s “house photographer.” Teddy Kollek, former mayor of Jerusalem said about Rubinger: “It’s hard to express in words the feeling that you get from David Rubinger’s pictures, if there’s a feeling that does not loosen its grip on you with words, it is their insufficiency. To tell the story of Israel as these photographers do, would take entire volumes, and they would still miss the target.”
Shuk (marketplace); Carter’s visit to Israel, with Begin and the government; The Lottery; Landscapes; Forest and mountains; Moshe Dayan; The Western Wall; Safari in Africa; Menachem Begin Speaking in the Knesset; Begin Speaking at a cornerstone laying ceremony; Visit by an African tribe; Pictures from Gaza; Pictures for Yamit, preparations for the evacuation, the study hall and pictures of the evacuation; IDF soldiers in Sidon; Many pictures of IDF soldiers; Begin’s press conference after bombing the Iraqi reactor; Kiryat Shmoneh; Soldiers in Sinai; West Beirut; Yitzchak Shamir; The Gaza Strip; Study Hall in Yamit; Masada; Abba Eban; Arabs in the Galilee.
Overall excellent condition
Important and fascinating collection with important historic items, starting with accounting ledgers from the important institutions of Jerusalem and concluding with a Hebrew copy of the armistice terms with Turkey in WWI.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a detailed list.
Overall fine condition.
Many articles about what is happening at Bezalel, accompanied by various pictures of works of art.
38 pp. 20 cm.
Fine condition. Minimal tears at the margins without damage to text.
The Jewish National Fund (JNF) was established as a Zionist organization during the fifth congress of the Zionist Federation in 1901, as a means of raising funds from Jews to purchase lands in the Land of Israel and its preparation for Jewish settlement. After the establishment of the State of Israel, the JNF became an Israeli association, and a 1954 memorandum defines its goals, among others, as purchasing and leasing lands for Jewish settlement.
One of the ways it raised funds was by turning its representatives into insurance agents of the Phoenix company. In 1924, the agreement was signed, and it was renewed in 1933, when the document before us was written.
[1] leaf decorated with starts-of-David. Handwritten in Polish and stamped. 18×25 cm.
Fine condition. Tears at the margins of the document without damage to text. Fold marks.
Lapel pin with a pin holder for attaching it to a garment’s lapel, designed by artist Shmuel Krechmer. Israel, early 20th century.
Theodor Herzl’s portrait in relief on the pin’s obverse, with the inscription “Herzl” beneath it, two small stars-of-David on both sides, and the inscription “Keren Kayemet L’Yisrael” (Jewish National Fund) on top.
3×2 cm. Silver-plated copper.
Fine condition. The silver plating is chipped.
Letter written by Yitzchak Slonky to his wife Lotti, who was in the detention camp. He explains to her why Jews must ascend to the Land. He mentions, inter alia, the tendency to socialism and communism, adding pessimistically, “Apparently no Jew is confident that the promises will be kept and that the displacement from exile will be realized” and as such, they must ascend to the Land. Another part is addressed to his wife’s teacher, and the third part is in a foreign language.
This letter reveals a bit of the situation of the Jews in the Land and in exile just before the establishment of the state of Israel.
The letter was sent via the British police in Latrun, which is why all its parts are grouped together in one document.
[1] leaf paper. Ink on paper, in Hebrew and in another language. 26×22 cm.
Fine condition. Fold marks.
Letter by Meir Dizengoff [1861-1937], the first mayor of Tel Aviv, while he served as a member of the founding committee of the Society for Healing and Recovery Homes in the Land of Israel .
In his letter, Dizengoff asks – inter alia – that the Tel Aviv Municipality set up a meeting on the matter of planting trees on Tu BiShvat. The letter was written during the years he did not serve as mayor, after resigning in 1925 due to the city council’s decision regarding payments by parents to municipal schools. Dizengoff returned to his position as mayor of Tel Aviv in 1928.
[1] leaf official stationery, 22×28 cm. Entirely handwritten and signed by Meir Dizengoff.
Fine condition. Stains. Fold marks. Filing perforations. Very small tears at the margins of the leaf with no damage to text.
Placard: Ma’aneh al HaSe’arah. Opposing the ban on etrogs from Corfu, signed by Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer Webber – rabbi of Ada.
The Corfu Etrog controversy broke out in the early 18th century and agitated European Jewry. The foundation of the polemic was the halachic question of the kashrut blessing-suitability of etrogim from Corfu, the Greek island, revolving around a factual clarification: Were these etrogs hybrids or not? The Hebrew press and European Jewry, as well as that in the Land of Israel, followed the polemic in real time, and newspaper editors took pains to criticize each other regarding how the affair was covered.
This placard: ‘Ma’aneh al HaSe’arah’ opposes the ban. He adds: is it not enough that the poor of Jerusalem have a hard time paying the price of local etrogs, but the livelihood of the Jews on the island of Corfu depends on the etrog trade, and as if they are not sufficiently plagues by their Greek neighbors, now European Jewry comes and cuts off their economic branch? This manifest became famous in Europe and caused quite an uproar, primarily towards the writer.
Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer Webber “The rabbi of Ada” [1822-1892], was a disciple of the Chatam Sofer and descendant of the Magen Avraham. He also studied with the author of Yeriot Shlomo, who ordained him. He was appointed rabbi of Ada in 1853. He was very close to Rabbi Chaim of Sanz, who would call him “רב אדא בר אהבה” (Rabbi of Ada, son of Leeba, which is Ahuvah in Yiddish), a paraphrase of the Amora Rav Ada bar Ahavah. After his ascent to the Land of Israel, he became close to the Mahari”l Diskin, and the only time the Mahari”l Diskin participated in a eulogy was the eulogy for Rabbi Webber. In Tishrei, 1851, he went together with R’ Shimon Hausman (Chevroner) into the Cave of the Patriarchs. They went in disguised as Arab women, but forget a sefer Tehillim in the cave, and the Arabs who found it caused a riot which almost caused persecution and pogroms.
[1] printed page. 20×31 cm. Placed in a special binding.
Maccabi quarterly – journal for physical education. Year 1, booklet 1 (additional booklets were not printed). Contains many illustrations and photographs. Published by the ‘Maccabi’ center in Russia .
The booklet contains articles about tuberculosis, gymnastics in Germany, sport in the Land of Israel and in Western countries, and an overview of the activities of the ‘Maccabi’ central committee. Dr. Y. Klausner, Dr. R. Hertzberg, Dr. Y. Katznelson and Prof. Reidet are among the writers.
155 pages. 26 cm; fine condition. Tiny tears without lack in the margins of the jacket cover.
The photograph depicts Einstein sitting together with Tel Aviv committee members. Beside him is Mayor Meir Dizengoff.
An original photograph of Abraham Suskin (1881-1963).
Also present are Ahad Ha’am, Bezalel Yaffe, Yehuda Grazovsky and Ben Zion Mossinson.
Einstein visited the Land of Israel for the first time in his life in 1923 (which ended up being his only visit). The visit was designated to help his friend Chaim Weizmann establish the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Inter alia, Einstein and his wife visited Tel Aviv. City residents were very excited by this visit, and they decided to grant Einstein the title “Yakir HaIr Tel Aviv,” making him the first to receive this honorable title. Einstein started his visit at the Herzliah Gymnasium, where he met the faculty and even entered and observed some of the classes. After his visit at the gymnasium, Einstein went to the town square, where he was met with the deafening applause of masses of people. Einstein expressed great appreciation to the people of Tel Aviv, and even said that he recently received the parallel award from New York, yet the one from Tel Aviv is worth ten times more to him.
Very fine condition.
