‎Hebraic literature‎

‎Amar, Ariella; Jacoby, Ruth / Narkiss, Bezalel [Introduction]‎

‎Ingathering of the Nations: Treasures of Jewish Art: Documenting an Endangered Legacy [IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH]‎

‎IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH. 34.5X24.5 cm. 7+133 pages. Hardcover. In good Condition.‎

‎Ambros, Peter‎

‎Das wortreiche deutsche Schweigen,‎

‎Berlin, Argument, 2013. 191 S., OPbd., EA sehr gut erhalten‎

Bookseller reference : 166869AB

‎American Academy For Jewish Research‎

‎SEFER HA-YOVEL LI-KHEVOD LEVI GINTSBURG: LI-MELOT LO SHIV’IM SHANAH‎

‎Hardcover, 8vo, ix, 446 pages, 24 cm. In Hebrew. Hebrew volume of the Festschrift for Louis Ginzberg (an English volume was also published) . SUBJECT(S) : Jewish literature. Ginzberg, Louis. Published simultaneously with the English section. Other Titles: Louis Ginzberg; jubilee volume: Hebrew section. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Light wear. Wear to cover binding. Bumped corners. Otherwise, very good condition. (Rab-40-7)‎

‎American Committee Of Jewish Writers, Artists and Scientists.‎

‎EYNIKAYT /AYNIKAYT / AINIKAYT [NEW SERIES] LOOSE ISSUES: 1944 (NR. 5-FRAGILE PULP PAPER WITH CHIPPING) ; 1945 (NRS. 1, 2-EDGEWEAR, 3, 6, 9) , 1946 (NRS. 2, 3, 4(GROPPER COVER) , 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12) , 1947 (NRS. 1, 2).‎

‎New York, Der Komitet, 1946-47. Paper Wrappers, Folio (Road Atlas size, 35 cm) , 32 pages. "Unity. " Yiddish Communist bimonthly (from May 1944-Jan 15 1945) , then monthly (through 1947) for writers, artists, and scientists, a periodical certainly read by many of those swept up in the Atom Spy witchhunts 10 years later. "Aroysgegebn fun Komitet fun Yidishe shrayber, kinstler un visnshaftler in Amerike. " Preceeded by periodical of the same name, also published in New York, in 1942.SUBJECT(S) : Jewish communists -- United States -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 3 holdings worldwide (LOC, UCLA, Columbia) . Bound in blank paper wrappers. Cover on 1945 has detached, with a bit of edgewear to the first and last pages; All printed on good paper, so condition remains Good+ Solid. Important volumes straddling the end of the war and the early post war period. (Y-37B) . Price per each issue.‎

‎American Federation for Polish Jews‎

‎POYLISHER ID: YORBUKH LIKHVOYD DER ... KONVENSHON FUN DER AMERIKANER FEDERATSYE FAR POYLISHE IDN. POLISH JEW. TSENTER YORBUKH. TENTH YEAR BOOK ON THE OCCASION OF THE 34TH CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR POLISH JEWS [1942, SIC] [10TH 10TN]‎

‎1st edition. Original (?) blue boards, 4to [Life Magazine Size], 188 (Yiddish) + 39 (English) pages. In Yiddish and English. Annual Yearbook of the American Federation for Polish Jews, started in 1932-33, as Hitler ascended to power in Germany. Title varies based on the year: Polish Jews; Polish Jew; Poilisher Yid; Poylishe Idn. English essays include: Abraham Goldberg In Memoriam; Abraham Goldberg (by Louis Lipsky); Message to the Delegates of the 34th Convention (by Benjamin Winter); Looking Ahead (by B.J. Weinberg); Jewish Cultural-Aesthetic Life in the Independent Poland (byJakob Apenszlak); Polish Jews in War and Peace (byDr. Joseph Tenenbaum); Polish Jewish Artists (by Alfred Werner); Reactionary Groups in Poland (by Alexander Z. Hafftka); Art and Art Appreciation (by Rachel Wischnitzer-Bernstein); Federation Activities (by M.B.); & Women's Division. The American Federation for Polish Jews, formerly known as the Federation of Polish Jews in America, was founded in 1908 as the Federation of Russian-Polish Hebrews, primarily to “help Polish landslayt in New York in any possible way" and to strengthen the activities of landsmanshaftn in the city. It established the Beth David Hospital to aid members and newly arrived immigrants around 1912 and contributed to the People's Relief Committee in 1919. The Federation sent a delegate to the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919. In 1920, the organiztion dropped the word "Russian" from its name and in 1926, changed the word "Hebrews" to "Jews". The Organization established the related World Federation of Polish Jews in 1935 for relief and economic assistance for Jews in Poland. The women's division, Ezra, was organized in 1931. The Federation cooperated with the Association of Jewish Refugees and Immigrants from Poland in publishing “The Black Book of Polish Jewry” in 1943. In the mid-1940s, they also coordinated relief activities of New York Polish landsmanshaftn on behalf of their home towns and landslayt, going on, in the 1950s, to campaign actively against antisemitism and racial discrimination. Leaders included Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum, Zelig Tygel, and Benjamin Winter (YIVO). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. -- Poland. -- Europe. Juifs -- E´tats-Unis -- Pe´riodiques. -- Pologne -- OCLC: 145390394. Stains to spine Very Good Condition (AMR-65-4B-EL’x)‎

‎American Friends Of The Hebrew University [Benjamin N. Cardozo]‎

‎HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN PALESTINE‎

‎First edition. Original paper wrappers. Includes loose copy of an article about Hebrew University in the New York Times from December 21, 1932. 8vo. 13 pages; 23cm. Features eloquent arguments about the importance of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem as well as appeals by several scholars and educators about “why this institution should be welcomed, why the ideal of a Hebrew University in Jerusalem appeals to them. ” Includes testimonials by (soon to be) United States Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo (then Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals) , and Stephen S. Wise, Rabbi and founder of the Free Synagogue of New York, as well as presidents of HUC, Columbia University, and JTS. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Education. OCLC lists 4 holdings worldwide (NYPL, Harvard, HUC, Penn) , none west or south of Cincinnati. Significant pencil markings on most pages. Heavily underlined with notes and scribbles in the margins. Slight toning. Otherwise good, solid condition. (zion-11-16)‎

‎American Friends Service Committee‎

‎REFUGEE FACTS: A STUDY OF THE GERMAN REFUGEE IN AMERICA.‎

‎8vo; 24 pages; Original Stapled Paper Wrappers. 12mo. 24 pages. 18 cm. 3 diagrams done in period design. Scarce Quaker pamphlet on Jewish refugees, advocating for higher admittance quotas. (HOLO2-63-19) xx‎

‎American Institute Of Judaism and A Just and Enduring Peace‎

‎JUDAISM AND A BETTER WORLD‎

‎Original Wraps. 8vo. 11 pages. 21 cm. First edition. The conference "The American Institute on Judaism and a Just and Enduring Peace was held at the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio, from Dec. 21 to Dec. 24, 1942." Program, report, and results of the conference held at the founding of the American Institute on Judaism and a Just and Enduring Peace. “Creation of a 'World Council of Christianity and Judaism' and establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine after the war were urged yesterday in a statement issued by the 'American Institute on Judaism and a Just and Enduring Peace' at the close of its four-day session at the Hebrew Union College here. The statement also demanded the creation by the United Nations of a tribunal to try 'those responsible for the perpetration of crimes against humanity, ' and the removal of all racial barriers. Discussing Jewish post-war reconstruction, the leading rabbis and laymen from all sections of the country who participated in the Institute stressed that after victory has been achieved by the Allied Nations, the Jews, who were among the chief victims of the Nazis, must be given homes and opportunities to rehabilitate themselves. ” - 'World Inter-faith Council is Urged by Institute on Judaism', JTA Archive, December 27, 1942. Subjects: Peace (Jewish theology) . Jewish Welfare Board. OCLC lists 4 copies (NYPL, Harvard, HUC, Amsterdam) . Previous owners signature on front wraps; wraps soiled; internally clean and fresh. Good + condition. (HOLO2-123-18) xx‎

‎AMERICAN JUDAICA.‎

‎Douglass & Aikman's Almanack and Register for the Island of Jamaica:‎

‎Kingston: Douglass & Aikman 1781. Octavo 149 x 91 mm. Original tan calf wallet binding raised bands to the spine gilt chain-link rules date gilt in the second compartment single chain-link panel to both boards and the flap a pocket inside both boards. Housed in chemise in a black morocco-backed black cloth drop-back box title gilt to smooth-polished black morocco label. 92 pages plus 5 leaves unpaginated of currency conversion tables the almanac proper entirely interleaved with blanks and 34 blanks at the rear. Somewhat worn and a touch stained upper joint starting at the tail short split at the tail of the fold of the flap internal binding a little cracked after the final leaf of the text spine correspondingly creased and just starting light browning but overall a very good copy in excellent unrestored contemporary condition. Extremely uncommon. Printed and published by David Douglass and William Aikman Loyalist refugees from the Revolution in America - Douglass from Charleston Aikman from Annapolis - this almanac includes at the conclusion of the calendar proper on the verso of the leaf bearing a Jamaican historical chronology - a "Kalendar of Months Sabbaths and Holy Days the Hebrews or Jews observe & keep for the Years 5541 and 5542 of the Creation" with the names of the holidays and the months printed in both English and Hebrew types. This page represents one of the very earliest specimens of Hebrew type in a publication produced in the Western Hemisphere intended for the use of Jews. Judah Monis's Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue of 1735 was a textbook for the instruction of biblical students at Harvard while the first book published in North America set with Hebrew type intended for a Jewish readership was probably the 1816 Philadelphia-published Order of Service containing "an Acrostic hymn in Hebrew" Singerman 262 over thirty years after this almanac. In his study of DeCordova's Reason and Faith Kingston: Strupar and Preston for Subscribers 1788 Korn calls for serious investigation "of the relative significance of the Jewish communities in the West Indies during the eighteenth century in contrast to the settlements on the North American mainland" and describes how beginning with "the 1776 Jamaica almanac published by James Fannin in Montego Bay the compilers of such guides included a Jewish calendar pages which listed the Holy Days holidays the first days of the Hebrew months and other such details" which he sees as a clear "indication of the importance of Jewish residents in the eyes of Christian Jamaicans" "The Haham De Cordova of Jamaica" in American Jewish Archives November 1966 p. 141. However the earliest examples printed "these Jewish data in English type" the first to utilize Hebrew type was Ann Woolhead's 1779 Almanac published in Kingston - no copy traced on current library searches but a copy was apparently formerly in the library of the American Antiquarian Society - "thenceforth all the printers of eighteenth-century almanacs which the writer has been able to examine in the West Indies Research Library Â… utilized Hebrew type Â…" p142. That Douglass and Aikman - "Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty" - who are described by Cave as "extraordinarily good businessmen" "Printing in Eighteenth-century Jamaica" in The Library September 1978 p194 should adopt this practice is clear confirmation of Korn's inference relative to the perceived importance of the Jewish community in Jamaica at this time. Almanacs are by their very nature ephemeral a functional reference and notebook pocket-carried for their year of currency and then most often discarded; and those produced locally for a small readership in a climate unforgiving to books the more so. Don Mitchell's on-line West Indian Bibliography describes all issues of Douglass & Aikman's almanacs as "rare"; BL has two copies one for 1781 and an imperfect copy for 1783 "wanting many leaves"; OCLC locates copies of the present edition at Oxford and in the library of the Society of the Cincinnati; just two appearances of any edition - 1781 - traced at auction neither of these in the original binding the most recent of them making in excess of $50000 in 2005. This copy is favoured with an extremely intriguing provenance and includes some highly revealing memoranda recording the business and personal transactions of one of the influential group of Scots "sojourners" who were key in the development of the economy of the West Indian colonies. As early as 1777 a Scottish merchant told Ezra Stiles the President of Yale College that "in Jamaica the Scotch had got Two Thirds of of the land mortgaged or otherwise engaged to them or was owned in Scotland" Dexter The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles II p227-8. The title page here bears the ownership inscription of James Duthie Esq. and the interleaves and blanks have 46 pages of his notes concerning the employment and payment of "Negroes" in work on various estates; lists of purchases both personal and business; accounts due; and of cash loaned collected and "carried to Town" on the behalf third parties. From Sheridan's description of the West Indian plantation society of the time it seems that Duthie's role would have been that of attorney; "The proprietors or island nobility were for the most part absent. Plantation attorneys some with many estates under their care formed the squirearchy of the island Â… In the absence of the proprietor the attorney had the oversight of the plantation. Among other things he ordered the plantation supplies purchased slaves and superintended the shipment of sugar and rum. He carried out the instructions of his employer hired and fired the overseers inspected the plantation records and reported on the general conduct and performance of the plantation. Besides his handsome commission the attorney enjoyed various perquisites which made his position eagerly sought after" "The Role of the Scots in the Economy of the West Indies" in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 292 1977 p94-5. The first detailed memorandum is verso of the front free endpaper and records; "Two of the Retreat Masons came to work with me Albion Estate 11th January 1782 @ the Rate of £30 per year. Gave the following NegrosOne Bitt about 7½ pence in local currency - there is a conversion table of riyals and bits into local pounds and pounds sterling included in the almanac in part of their allowance" followed by a list of 19 names. The Retreat and Albion are two of the estates that Duthie appears to have had oversight of later accounts lists include around 15 named estates or individuals including the Beckford Roaring River Estate. The amounts represent considerable sums in Duthie's accounts due notes for May 1782 over £214 is owing for Albion - "one of the largest sugar estates in the old parish of St. David" Higman Jamaica Surveyed p139 - which would approximate to around £13500 in current buying power and William Ross Esqr. later Attorney-General of Jamaica owed around £406 or £25500. His personal expenditure is equally revealing his purchases including foodstuffs - "Four capons hamm flour half a Barrell of Pork" - household goods "Cups & Sausirs Salt Sellars Tea Pot Sugar Dish & Milk Pot" - clothing and fabrics - "Two hats bullion loop and cord Hatt for Jack Bonnet for child". The impact of the conflict in America can also be noted in Duthie's expenditure in March he spends £2 15s 8d on a commission and £2 on a "Regimental Coat" presumably for one of the militia regiments listed in this almanac. It was in that month that Martial Law was declared in Jamaica when "Five thousand slaves were conscripted to work on the fortifications Â… The colonists suspecting that the governors introduced martial law as a pretext to augment their personal authority when there was no real emergency" O'Shaughnessy An Empire Divided p193; and in July Duthie notes progress on "Breast work at Oxford 26 feet long 9 feet high 4 feet thick". These notes are sparse but nonetheless illuminate a community the history of which is still in construction; "Many aspects of the social and domestic life of Scottish planters merchants doctors public officials and other residents in the pre-emancipation period emerge as by-products of historical studies but a domestic history of Scots in the Caribbean has yet to be attempted Â… by and large the experiences of those involved in the processes of relocation and settlement have been astonishingly neglected" Williamson "Mrs Carmichael: A Scotswoman in the West Indies 1820-1826" in The International Journal of Scottish Literature Autumn 2008. A brief analysis of the names of Duthie's associates - exx. Donald Malcolm Angus Campbell Dr. David Shaw William Ross John Grant Peter McGill Mr. McPherson - some of whom have left some trace of their activities in Jamaica the preponderance is of names of Scottish origin so he certainly seems to have been part of one of the "supportive networks of Scots linked by kinship and business ties" noticed by Williams. In the way of the "sojourners" Duthie died aged around 60 in 1817 back in Scotland at his home Melville Place near Stirling leaving some considerable bequests in his five-page will. A wonderfully multi-faceted object; an extraordinary survival; a revealing relic of the mercantile culture of the Caribbean; and an incunabulum of Hebrew printing in the Western Hemisphere; and as such highly desirable. Sabin 35564. Kingston: Douglass & Aikman, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 82190

‎American Jewish Committee‎

‎PUBLICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RELATIONS.‎

‎New York: Institute of Human Relations (American Jewish Committee) , 1971. Wrappers; slender 8vo. 57 pages. March 1971. With Index of Titles at back. . Much on the Civil Rights movement. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. Judaism and social problems -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. Catalogs, Publishers' -- New York (State) -- New York. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Excellent condition. (CT-10)‎

‎American Jewish Committee,‎

‎AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK VOL. 50 (5709) , 1948-1949‎

‎8vo. 84 pages. In English. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. In very good condition (AMR31-10)‎

‎American Jewish Committee.‎

‎RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON PEACE AND POST-WAR PROBLEMS. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT, MAY 1941.‎

‎Original Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 20 pages. 23 cm. Lays out the reasons for the insitute's founding, as well as it's goals and researchers, with short biographies of each. Important document. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Very Good Condition. (p-4-4)‎

‎American Jewish Committee.‎

‎STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ON WITHDRAWAL FROM THE AMERICAN JEWISH CONFERENCE, TOGETHER WITH ADDRESS OF JOSEPH M. PROSKAUER.‎

‎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 announced here last night following a full-day session of its executive committee attended by seventy-five leading representatives of Jewish communities throughout the country. The session was presided over by Jacob Blaustein, chairman of the General Committee. Protesting this decision, three Zionist members of the American Jewish Committee resigned and telegraphed other members urging them to do likewise. … A statement on the position of the American Jewish Committee, presented by its president Joseph M. Proskauer, declared that 'the present demand for the eventual establishment of a Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine, made by the American Jewish Conference, and constituting one of its major decisions, as well as the subordination of other Jewish issues to the problem of the political structure of Palestine, are in such essential disagreement with the fundamental views of the American Jewish Committee that in the best interests of Jews in this and other countries, including Palestine, the Committee feels impelled to withdraw from the American Jewish Conference. ' The statement reaffirms the desire of the American Jewish Committee 'to utilize for the Jews of Europe the broadest opportunities which Palestine can offer. ' It assures that the Committee 'will apply its most diligent efforts to bring about the abrogation of the White Paper which closes the doors of Palestine to further Jewish immigration and restricts Jewish land purchase. ' At the same time it expresses the conviction that the problems of world Jewry cannot be solved by a single political panacea and that 'the salvation and rehabilitation of the stricken Jews of Europe cannot be achieved through Palestine alone and certainly not through overemphasis on the political constitution of Palestine. It can be achieved only by considering Palestine a part of the larger program which looks to the rehabilitation and resettlement of Jews throughout the world and the restoration of their equal rights. ” - JTA October 26, 1943. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Jews. Jews. Zionism. American Jewish Committee. American Jewish Conference. OCLC lists 3 copies (Louisiana, HUC, Univ Washington) . Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (ZION-4-18)‎

‎American Jewish Committee.‎

‎SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS: COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENT: STAFF SEMINAR.‎

‎Hole punched in period folder. 4to. 29cm. 28, xiv pages. Single-sided mimeographed pages. Summary report of the annual meeting of the Community Activities Department of the American Jewish Committee. Topics discussed include, budget, administrative tasks, community service, public education, legislation, and foreign affairs. Small American Jewish Committee library stamp on inside cover. Light shelf wear. Very good condition. (AJC-14)‎

‎American Jewish Committee.‎

‎THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT-AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE-1940.‎

‎New York: American Jewish Committee, 1907-. Paper Wrappers. 12mo. 111 pages. Frontis portrait. SUBJECT (S) : Jews-United States. Minor dampstains to title page and the first few pages of text. Wear to spine. Ex-library with usual markings. Dampstains to back cover. Binding tight and covers firmly attached but entire volume is slightly bent with pages extending past rear cover. Otherwise in Good condition. (AMRN-14-9) .‎

‎American Jewish Committee. Committee On Peace Problems.‎

‎TO THE COUNSELLORS OF PEACE: RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE.‎

‎Original Paper Wrappers, 4to, xi, 110 pages. 27 cm. "An interim report of the Committee on Peace Problems. " SUBJECT (S) : Reconstruction (1939-1951) World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace. Light wear, Good+ Condition (p-4-6)‎

‎American Jewish Committee. Research Institute On Peace and Post-War Problems.‎

‎JEWISH POST-WAR PROBLEMS, A STUDY COURSE. COMPLETE IN 8 VOLUMES.‎

‎Paper Wrappers, 8vo; 32, 40, 48, 40, 64, 71, 80, 23 pages. 23 cm. Contents: 1. Why study post-war problems. --2. The two world wars, a comparison and contrast. --3. How the Jewish communities prepared for peace during the first world war. --4. Europe between the two world wars (1919-1939) --5. The position of the Jews in the post-war world. --6. Palestine in the new world. --7. Relief, reconstruction and migration. --8. Jewish survival in the democracy of the future. SUBJECT(S) : World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews. Reconstruction (1939-1951) . Vol VII includes the errata slip. Very Good Condition. (p-4-3)‎

‎American Jewish Conference‎

‎AMERICAN JEWISH CONFERENCE: BULLETIN OF ACTIVITIES AND DIGEST OF THE PRESS: NO. 56‎

‎Staple bound leaves. 4to. 4 pages. 28 cm. First edition. No. 56, Dated April 6, 1945. Topics include UN and governmental decisions regarding Palestine, the death of former British Prime Minister Lloyd George, Russian and South African Jewish representatives to the Conference, and upcoming radio program related to the Conference. The “American Jewish Conference [was a] representative American organization established in 1943 at the initiative of B'nai B'rith to deal with the problems of Palestine and the European Holocaust. Originally composed of representatives of all major Jewish groups and delegates from local Jewish communities, the Conference was given direction from Zionist bodies which sought a pro-Zionist declaration by a body representing American Jewry as a whole. Such a declaration was overwhelmingly adopted at its New York assembly in August 1943. As a result, the American Jewish Committee seceded from the Conference. Nevertheless, the organization submitted a series of pro-Zionist statements to official national and international bodies and waged a public relations campaign until its dissolution in 1949.” (EJ 2007) Subjects: Jews -- United States -- Politics and government -- Periodicals. American Jewish Conference. OCLC lists 7 libraries with partial or complete runs of this periodical. Pages lightly toned. Light shelf wear. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-109-54)‎

‎American Jewish Conference On Soviet Jewry.‎

‎WHITE PAPER ON SOVIET JEWRY.‎

‎8vo. 23 Pages. "This White paper on Soviet Jewry was adopted at the Biennial of the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, April 8, 1968" SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Soviet Union – history; Soviet Union – politics and government; Soviet Union – ethnic relations; Soviet Union – foreign relations – Israel; Israel – foreign relations – Soviet Union. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (ComHist-9-18) xx‎

‎American Jewish Conference. Committee On Preliminary Studies.‎

‎A SURVEY OF FACTS AND OPINIONS ON PROBLEMS OF POST-WAR JEWRY IN EUROPE AND PALESTINE.‎

‎Paperback, 4to, 4 p. L. 11-143 pages, 27 x 20 cm. "Documents" on pages 111-143. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews. Jewish question. Reconstruction (1939-1951) . Very Good condition. (H-43-12) xxx‎

‎American Jewish Congress‎

‎ANGLO-AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY, WASHINGTON, D.C. HEARINGS, JANUARY, 1946. STATEMENT BY THE AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS.‎

‎1st edition, original paper wrappers, 8vo; 17 pages; 22 cm. Imediate post-Holocaust statements submitted by Stephen S. Wise and the American Jewish Congress supporting the Jewish claim to Palestine. Lacks half of rear cover; bound in stiff pamphlet protector, pencil notations on front cover, Good Condition. (HOLO2-117-62)‎

‎American Jewish Congress.‎

‎THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS: SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS‎

‎Original Wraps. 8vo. 11 pages. 21 cm. First edition. “April, 1936”. Early Nazi-era publication of the World Jewish Congress, from the first year of its founding, on its objectives and purpose. Addresses how and why the World Jewish Congress was founded, its membership and structure, the struggle against Nazism and anti-Semitism, support of refugees, economic aid to impoverished communities, struggling for equal rights. Subjects: World Jewish Congress – Principles and Aims. OCLC lists 3 copies (Spertus, Harvard, CJH) . Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-123-19) xx‎

‎American Jewish Historical Society‎

‎HAYM SALOMON, A GENTLEMAN OF PRECISION AND INTEGRITY‎

‎Original paper wrappers. 4to. 16 pages. 28 cm. “A Bicentennial publication on the life, times and personal papers of the celebrated American Jewish patriot whose efforts helped finance Washington’s army and secure American Independence. ” Staple bound in fine paper wraps with raised signature title, fine tissue endpapers, background illustrations throughout, all text in red and brown ink, thirty four illustrations, and biographical chronology at end. Text details the life of Haym Salomon (Solomon) (1740–1785) , “early American merchant and Revolutionary War patriot. Salomon, who was born in Lissa, Poland, arrived in New York about 1775 after wandering in Europe and became one of the most prominent 18th-century American Jews. During the Revolutionary War he was a distiller and sutler to the American army, and was captured as a spy by the British. His life was spared, and he served as an interpreter in their commissary department. Continuing to give information to the Americans, he assisted their prisoners to escape British captivity while operating a profitable victualing business in New York City under British occupation. Married to Rachel Franks in 1777, he had to flee a year later to Philadelphia, where he began a brokerage and commission business. In 1781 he became an assistant to Robert Morris, superintendent of the Office of Finance, after serving in a similar capacity as broker and treasurer for the huge expenses of the French army stationed in America. Morris characterized him as ‘useful to the public interest. ’ Salomon also lent money without charge to impecunious members of the Continental Congress, among them James Madison, who recommended him as ‘our little friend in Front Street. ’ In 1784 Salomon expanded his business activities to New York, opening a brokerage and auctioneering house there with Jacob Mordecai. A mason, Salomon was a major contributor in 1782 to the Congregation Mikveh Israel building, Philadelphia. He argued against a New Testament oath taken by officeholders in Pennsylvania and worked for political rights of Jews. Though a successful merchant, Salomon invested most of his money in Continental stocks and bonds, and his accounts showed a deficit at the time of his death. The newspaper obituary referred to him as ‘an eminent broker of this city… remarkable for his skill and integrity in his profession, and for his generous and human deportment. ’ He left four children and a widow, who later married David Hilborn. By 1799 she was living in the Batavian Republic. … Exaggerated claims were made for Salomon's services to the American Revolution, largely as a point of Jewish apologetics. Without question, however, he was a vigorous patriot at great personal risk, and a competent financial servant of American independence and of some of its leaders. ” (EJ 2007) Subjects: Jews - United States - Biography. Salomon, Haym, 1740-1785. United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography. Fine condition. (AMR-43-4) x+‎

‎American Jewish Historical Society.‎

‎ANNIVERSARIES IN AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY FOR 1950.‎

‎New York, 1950. Pamphlet. 12mo. 14 pages. Highlights important anniversaries for Jews in America in 1950, including the anniversaries of various congregations, the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Jewish community of Utica, NY, the 100th anniversary of Oscar S. Straus' birth, the 75th anniversary of the founding of Hebrew Union College. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Very slight discoloration to covers, but otherwise in excellent condition. (AMRN-2-18) .‎

‎American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee‎

‎EUROPEAN LEGISLATION ON DECLARATIONS OF DEATH: SURVEY CONCLUDED ON JANUARY 1, 1949‎

‎1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 197 pages. Compiled by the Office of General Counsel European Headquarters American Joint Distribution Committee. "The primary mission of the American (Jewish) Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) in Europe, has been to rehabilitate and reestablish or resettle the remnants of European Jewry left by Hitler's Germany. In accomplishing this mission, it became very obvious in the days immediately following the war, that one of the most difficult legal problems preventing the reestablishment of European Jewry in their countries of nationality, or in other countries all over the world, was the problem of obtaining declarations of death in the several European countries. The related problem of obtaining recognition and faith and credit from courts of other nations all over the world offered even more difficulties. It was clear that there was no uniform method of issuing cleclarations of death, nor was there any uniform approach by the other nations to recognize declarations of death. " (from foreword by Joel Fisher) . Subjects: Absence and presumption of death. The US Holocaust museum keeps their copy in their Rare Book Collection. Pen note and staples on front cover. Some chipping on cover and spine and blank page before title page. Pages are darkened. Previous owner's stamp on front cover. Good Condition Overall. (HOLO2-145-22+)‎