“Agron is Dead” poster, and a call to beware of the power of the Bada”tz in Jerusalem “Whose words are heard in Heaven,” and to heed their prohibition against participation in the elections to the fourth Knesset, which was held on 03.11.1959. Jerusalem, 1959.
Specifications: [1] leaf, paper printed at Moriah Press in Jerusalem. 20×30 cm.
Background: Gershon Agron (Agronsky) [1893-01.11.1959] journalist, founder and editor of The Palestine Post who served as mayor of Jerusalem beginning in 1955. In 1959, the Bada”tz Eidah HaChareidit arranged a Pulsa Denora ceremony against him in the wake of the opening of the Jerusalem pool, and within two weeks Agron passed away due to complications of hepatitis.
Condition: Moderate- fine. Fold marks, short tears along the fold mark.