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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
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Korey, William.
JEWS AS NON-PERSONS : A STUDY OF SOVIET HISTORY TEXTBOOKS IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
8vo. 15 Pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews Soviet Union; Textbooks Soviet Union. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (ComHist-9-20)
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Resnick, Louis.
THE MEETING ON THE HILL : HISTORY, ROMANCE, FIGHT AND GLORY OF THE RUSSIAN JEWS UNDER THE LATE TSARS.
12mo. 215 Pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews Russia fiction. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Ex library. Good+ condition. (ComHist-9-25)
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Ben-Gal, Ely.
APPEL DE LA GAUCHE POUR LES JUIFS D'U.R.S.S.
8vo. 39 Pages. Illustrated. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Jews persecutions Soviet Union. OCLC listts 13 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (ComHist-9-31)
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Beiliss, Mendel) Samuel, Maurice.
BLOOD ACCUSATION : THE STRANGE HISTORY OF THE BEILISS CASE.
8vo. Xv, 286 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Trials, murder Soviet Union; Beilis, Mendel, 1874-1934. Maurice Samuel was born in Rumania in 1895 and was educated in England. He came to the United States in 1914. He was from 1917 in the American Army in France. Immediately after the war he served as interpreter at the Peace Conference and with the reparations Commissions in Berlin and Vienna, returning to America in 1921... His major interest for nearly fifty years [was] the position of the Jewish people in the Western world... He has concerned himself particularly with the exposition of Jewish values or examinations of the relations between the Jewish and Christian worlds. (dust jacket, back flap) Has slightly edgeworn dust jacket. Very good condition. (ComHist-10-1)
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Beiliss, Mendel) Tager, A. S.
THE DECAY OF CZARISM : THE BEILISS TRIAL, A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE POLITICAL REACTION DURING THE LAST YEARS OF RUSSIAN CZARISM : BASED ON UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS IN THE RUSSIAN ARCHIVES.
8vo. Xxi, 297 pages. Facsimile illustration. SUBJECT (S) : Trials (murder) Ukraine Kiev; Blood accusation Ukraine; Jews Soviet Union; Jews persecutions; Antisemitism Russia history; Beilis, Mendel, 1874-1934 trials, litigation, etc. ; lUshchinskii, Andrei, d. 1911. Mendel Beilis was tried in the Kiev Circuit court (Okruzhnoi sud) September-October, 1913, for the murder of Andrei Iushchinskii. "This book has appeared in the Russian language [TSarskaia Rossiia I delo Beilisa. Moskva, 1933] The Russian edition differs from this one in two respects: first, it contains more details about the czaristic regime and the Beiliss case, and second, it has a complete list of the sources upon which this work is based. " - p. 235. Edgeworn, bumped corners, spots and lettering worn on spine, marks on endpaper, good condition. (ComHist-10-2)
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Beiliss, Mendel) Tager, A. S.
THE DECAY OF CZARISM : THE BEILISS TRIAL, A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE POLITICAL REACTION DURING THE LAST YEARS OF RUSSIAN CZARISM : BASED ON UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS IN THE RUSSIAN ARCHIVES.
8vo. Xxi, 297 pages. Facsimile illustration. SUBJECT (S) : Trials (murder) Ukraine Kiev; Blood accusation Ukraine; Jews Soviet Union; Jews persecutions; Antisemitism Russia history; Beilis, Mendel, 1874-1934 trials, litigation, etc. ; lUshchinskii, Andrei, d. 1911. Mendel Beilis was tried in the Kiev Circuit court (Okruzhnoi sud) September-October, 1913, for the murder of Andrei Iushchinskii. "This book has appeared in the Russian language [TSarskaia Rossiia I delo Beilisa. Moskva, 1933] The Russian edition differs from this one in two respects: first, it contains more details about the czaristic regime and the Beiliss case, and second, it has a complete list of the sources upon which this work is based. " - p. 235. Good+ condition. (ComHist-10-3)
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Silberstein, Solomon Joseph.
THE JEWISH PROBLEM AND THEOLOGY IN GENERAL : IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ECONOMICAL AFFAIRS OF THE PRESENT TIME WITH THE WHOLE MODERN SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY : (ADDRESS TO THE RUSSIAN CZAR) .
12mo. 194 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism; Jews Russia history. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Silberstein (1845? ) [was a] Russian poet and philosopher. [He] was born in Kovno. At the age of 19 he received rabbinical authorization from a number of rabbis in the provinces of Kovno and Vilna. He practiced as a rabbi in Dershunisok, Kovno, in 186768, and later emigrated to the U. S. He developed a system of natural theology based on the Mosaic, and the rabbinic and talmudic law as natural theology. (EJ) Top edge gilt. Ex library, hinges cracked, otherwise good condition. (ComHist-10-13)
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Gordon, Hirsch L.
RABBI ELIJAH GORDON, HIS LIFE AND WORKS. A CHAPTER IN THE CULTURAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.
New York, Bloch publishing co. , 1926. Paperback, 8vo, 33 pages, 24 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Gordon, Elijah; Jews--Soviet Union; Judaism. OCLC lists 22 copies worldwide. Covers chipped, ex library with bookplate and stamp, good condition. (ComHist-10-14)
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Braham, Randolph L.
JEWS IN THE COMMUNIST WORLD: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1945-1960.
8vo. 64 pages. In English. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Communist countries -- Bibliography. Braham, (1922 ) , historian of the Holocaust, distinguished professor emeritus of political science at the City College of New York and the doctoral program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Braham was born in Bucharest (Romania) and lived until 1943 in Dej (Transylvania) , from where he was sent by the Hungarian authorities to serve in a military forced labor battalion as a Jew who was not allowed to serve in his country's armed forces. Shortly after World War II he left for the United States, where he began his academic studies in comparative politics. After obtaining his Ph. D. , he began to study the history of the Holocaust of Central European Jewry. His best-known work is The Politics of Genocide: The Holocaust in Hungary (19942) . Studies on the Holocaust, two volumes of his selected writings, appeared in 2000 and 2001 and he edited numerous volumes on the subject. (EJ, Schveiger) Ex library in very good condition. (BIB-8-1)
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Wischnitzer, Rachel
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE EUROPEAN SYNAGOGUE
Oblong 8vo; xxxii, 312 pages; Serious, well illustrated study with extensive index, end notes, bibliography, and glossary. In dust jacket, very good condition. (k-rab-3-29)
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Wertheimer, Jack.
TRADITION RENEWED: A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA, COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES.
4to, 854, 872 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Conservative Judaism-United States-History- -Jewish Theological Seminary of America. First volume in very good condition. Second volume is wrapped in original shrinkwrap. In new condition (k-mx2-5) .
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Katz, Dovid
DIALECTS OF THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE: PAPERS FROM THE SECOND ANNUAL OXFORD WINTER SYMPOSIUM IN YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, 14-16 DECEMBER 1986
Hardcover, 123 pages, illustrated, 26 cm. Series: Winter studies in Yiddish ; ; v. 2. Edition: 1st edition. SUBJECT (S) : Yiddish language -- Dialectology -- Congresses. Yiddish (langue) -- Dialectes -- Congres. Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902. Yiddish language; Dialects. "Published in cooperation with the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies. " "Published as a supplement to Language and communication"-Title pages verso. Includes bibliographies. Other Titles: Language and communication; Supplement. Light wear to cover binding. Very good condition. (Sef-16-8)
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Adler, Cyrus.
THE VOICE OF AMERICA ON KISHINEFF.
8vo, xxvi, 491 pages; 20 cm. Includes indexes. Subject: Jews - Persecutions. Massacres -- History 20th century. Antisemitism -- History 20th century. Moldova -- Ethnic relations. Front hinge cracked, but binding is tight. Otherwise very good condition. (HOLO2-59-7).
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Wischnitzer, Rachel
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE EUROPEAN SYNAGOGUE
Oblong 8vo; xxxii, 312 pages; Serious, well illustrated study with extensive index, end notes, bibliography, and glossary. In dust jacket, very good condition. (ART-17-1)
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Rabinowicz, Harry M..
THE LEGACY OF POLISH JEWRY : A HISTORY OF POLISH JEWS IN THE INTER-WAR YEARS 1919-1939.
New York : Y. Yoseloff, 1965. Cloth, 8vo, 256 pages. Bibliography on pages 243-249. Includes Index, 15 pages of plates. Subjects: Jews -- Poland -- History. Dustcover torn on the back. Very good condition. (EE-3-1)
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Arones, Feivish
VAYEHI UN GEVEN IZ
(ft) Paper-wrappers, 8vo, 112 pages, in Yiddish , illustrated, music. Inscribed by author. Content is divided in 2 parts: A. Lider and B. Fun Birbaydzan biz Bney Bra? . Arones was born 1897 in Dvinsk, Latvia, very passionate for theatre, was a founding member of Yiddish Artists Union 1917 in Kharkov, and helped to organize several theatres, was an actor at Yiddish State Theatre of U. S. S. R in Moscow and wrote several articles about the Yiddish theatre. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Outer-cover is worn, overall very good condition (HOLO2-89-73)
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Gurland, Hayyim Jonah.
LE-KOROT HA-GEZEROT `AL YISRAEL.
8vo. 28 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Gezerot tah ve-tat, 1648-1649; Jews persecutions Poland; Jews persecutions Ukraine. Gurland (1843-1890) was born in Belorussia, and studied at the Vilna seminary and the University of St. Petersburg. At the University, he studies oriental languages, and wrote his dissertation on Islamic influences on Maimonides. After working in St. Petersburg and then traveling in Western Europe, he founded a high school and was appointed rabbi in Odessa. (EJ) Moisture mark on upper corner, corners bumped, pages yellowed, text clean, good condition especially considering the age. (HEB-6-7)
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St. Petersburg) Be-Zer, M. (Mikhail) .
THE JEWS OF ST. PETERSBURG: EXCURSIONS THROUGH A NOBLE PAST.
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1989. 1st Edition. Cloth, 8vo, xxxv, 328 pages. Includes illustrations, maps, 26 cm. "An Edward E. Elson book. " Translation from Russian. Includes gazetteer. Bibliography on pages 317-323. Includes colored end papers, black and white photos and a illustrated cover. Subjects: Jews. Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Description and travel. Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Intellectual life. ISSN 0827603215. LCCN 88-8285 //r934. Very good condition in very good jacket. (EE-3-32)
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Cahan, Y. L.
YIDISHER FOLKLOR
Original Wraps. 8vo. XIII, 357 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Yiddish with added title page and table of contents in Polish and English and some text in Polish. Shriftn fun Yidishn visnshaftlekhn institut; band 9; Filologishe shriftn; 5. Folklor Zydowski; Jewish folklore. Dedicated to the memory of Y. L. Cahan. Cahan edited the fifth volume of YIVOs Filologishe shriftn (Philological Studies) devoted to Yiddish folklore, which appeared posthumously in 1938, dedicated to his memory. - YIVO Encyclopedia. The most enthusiastic and prolific zamlers were those who had been recruited by the Ethnographic Commission, known after 1930 as the Folklore Commission. In its first year, this part of the institute operated under the joint sponsorship of the An-ski Vilna Jewish Historic-Ethnographic Society. By 1929, the members of 163 zamlerkrayzn (collectors circles) had sent more than 50, 000 copies of proverbs, folktales, and folk songs to YIVO. The analysis and publication of this material proceeded more slowly, in part because the leading folklorist, Y. L. Cahan, was living in New York. Cahans visit to Vilna in 1930 spurred work, but the fruits of the zamlers labor appeared in print only in 1938 as Yidisher folklor (Yiddish Folklore) . - YIVO Encyclopedia. Subjects: Jews - Folklore. Folk literature, Yiddish. Folk songs, Yiddish. Folk literature, Yiddish. Folk songs, Yiddish. Jews. Backstrip absent, binding split. Light soiling to wraps. Good - condition. (YID-21-9)
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Lestschinsky, Jacob; Ekonomish-Statistishe Sektsye, Yivo
SHRIFTN FAR EKONOMIK UN STATISTIK [ERSHTER BAND]
Original Cloth. 4to. 262, 34 pages. 32 cm. First edition. In Yiddish, with added German title page and abstracts. Black cloth and purple endpages as issued by publisher. Schriften fur Wirtschaft und Statistik, Band 1. Published by the Ekonomish-statistishe sektsye [Economic-Statistical Section] of the Yidishn visnshaftlekhn institut. Contains articles by J. Lestschinsky, E. Ringelblum, J Shatzky, J. Joffe, S. Dubnow and others. Articles on demographics in Riga, Poland, etc. Articles on mortality rates, criminality rates, pogroms in Ukraine 1918-1921, artisans, industrialists, factory workers, credit and finance, etc. Hundreds of charts and graphs. Edited by Jacob Lestschinsky (1876-1966) historian and sociologist; specialist in Jewish demography and economic history
one of the founding members of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and participated in the inaugural meeting of its Historical Section in Berlin on 31 October 1925. Lestschinsky edited Bleter far yidisher demografye, statistik, un ekonomik, which appeared in Berlin from 1923 until 1925. He laid the groundwork for the Economic-Statistical Section of YIVO, which he headed from its inception in 1926, and edited its publications Ekonomishe shriftn and Yidishe ekonomik. - YIVO Encyclopedia. Bound in black cloth over boards; gilt title on cloth, gilt title on red leather pastedown on backstrip, purple endpapers. Subjects: Jews - Economic conditions - Periodicals. Jews - Statistics Periodicals. YIVO Berlin Branch. YIVO - Ekonomish-statistishe sektsye - Economic-Statistical Section Periodicals. Jews. Jews - Economic conditions. Periodicals. Statistics. Binding repaired; institutional stamps on endpages; otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (YID-21-17)
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Cherikover, I. M. ; Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut, Historishe Sektsye
HISTORISHE SHRIFTN [ERSHTER BAND]
Original Cloth. 4to. L, 826 pages. 30 cm. First edition. In Yiddish, with abstracts in Polish, added title page in Polish. Pisma Historyczne, Tom 1. First volume of the Historishe Shriftn (Historical Writings) of the Historical Section of the YIVO. Articles by S. Dubnow, I. Shiper, N. M. Gelber, E. Ringelblum, Z. Rubashov, H. Borodianski, A. Menes, S. Barkin, I. Shatzky, A. Tcherikower, M. Balaban, A. Landoy, P. Kon, N. Prilutski, and others. Articles on Moses Mendelssohn, the family letters of Ferdinand Lasalle (with facsimiles) , the life and writings of Nathan ben Moses Hannover, the Jews in Poland in the 10th and 11th centuries, Jews in Medieval Warsaw, the struggle for Jewish emancipation in England, Jews in the Polish uprising of 1863, the Jewish Socialist Movement, the 1876 Articles of the Jewish Socialist Union in London with facsimile, history of the first Russian-Yiddish journal; reports of Materials and Documents held at archives and research institutes. Edited by Elias Tcherikower (18811943) , historian of Russian Jewish life and anti-Jewish violence
a founder of the Yidisher Visnshaftlekher InstitutYIVOand thereafter headed its Historical Section and edited the three volumes of its Historishe shriftn. - YIVO Encyclopedia. Bound in publishers black cloth, gilt title on cover, red leather gilt pastedown on backstrip. Subjects: Jews Europe. Eastern - History. Jewish socialists - Europe, Eastern - History. Jews - History. Ethnic relations. Jewish socialists. Jews. History. Europe, Eastern - Ethnic relations. Boards worn and rubbed, lightly soiled. Institutional stamps on endpages. Pages lightly aged, some smudges to margins. Overall good. Good + condition. (YID-21-18) xx
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Gonen, Rivka
BA-HAZARAH LA-'AYARAH: AN-SKI VEHA-MISHLAHAT HA-ETNOGRAFIT HA-YEHUDIT, 1912-1914: ME-OSFE HA-MUZE'ON HA-MAMLAKHTI LE-ETNOGRAFYAH BE- SANKT PETERSBURG
Original Illustrated Wraps. 4to. 156, XX pages. 31 cm. First edition. Articles in Hebrew with abstracts in English. Added English title page: Back to the shtetl: An-Sky and the Jewish ethnographic expedition, 1912-1914: from the collections of the State Ethnographic Museum in St. Petersburg: exhibition catalogue. Profusely illustrated, some in color, with articles on the history of the An-Sky expedition. From 1912 to 1914, S. An-ski (Shloyme Zaynvl Rapoport) headed ethnographic expeditions to the Pale of Jewish Settlement. After a limited display of the expeditionary collection in 1914, it was exhibited at the Jewish Museum in Saint Petersburg, which opened briefly in 1917, and then again in 1923, only to be closed in 1929. In 2000, most of the remaining artifacts were located at the Russian Museum of Ethnography in Saint Petersburg, while most of the manuscripts and audio recordings were held in Kiev, at the Vernadskii National Library of Ukraine.
In 19921995, an exhibition of some items from the An-ski collection (approximately 150 artifacts) traveled to museums in Amsterdam, Cologne, Frankfurt, Jerusalem, and New York. The same collection was displayed in the exhibition Images of One People: The Jewish Collections of the Russian Museum of Ethnography in Saint Petersburg in April 2004. - YIVO Encyclopedia. Subjects: Jews - Russia - Folklore - Exhibitions. Judaism - Liturgical objects - Exhibitions. Jews - Russia - Civilization. An-Ski, S. , 1863-1920. State Ethnographic Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) - Exhibitions. Light shelf wear to wraps, very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (YID-21-19)
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Der Tunkeler; Szeintuch, Yechiel.
DER SEYFER FUN HUMORESKES UN LITERARISHE PARODIES: AN OPKLAYB FUN HUMORISTISHE SHRIFTN VEGN DI MIZREH-EYROPEISHE YIDN UN ZAYER KULTUR IN POYLN TSVISHN BAYDE VELT-MILHOMES
Original Hardback. 8vo. 310 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish, with an introduction in Hebrew. Added title pages: Sefer ha-humoreskot veha-parodyot ha-sifrutiyot be-Yidish. The book of Yiddish humoresques and literary parodies. An edition of Yiddish parodies by Yoysef Tunkeler (18811949) . Der Tunkelers literary enterprise is today a historical and cultural source for the language and culture of East European Jewry up to World War II. - Yivo Encyclopedia. Subjects: Jews - Poland - Humor. Yiddish wit and humor - Poland. Jews. Yiddish wit and humor. Humor. Poland. Light edge wear; overall clean and fresh. Very good condition. (YID-21-23)
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Dolgopolski, Tsodek
BILDER FUN'M SHTEDTEL: A ZAMLUNG DRAMES
Original Cloth. 8vo. 111 pages. 22 cm. First edition of authors first book. In Yiddish. Bilder fun shtetl (Portraits of the Shtetl) . First published book of Tsadok Dolgopolski (18791959) , Yiddish writer. Born into a poor family in Horodok, near Vitebsk, Tsadok Dolgopolski began working at a factory in Nevel while still young. In the late 1890s, he became an active member of the Bund and was imprisoned in Bialystok. Self-taught, he passed the qualifying examinations for teachers and organized a school for Jewish children in his hometown. By 1898, he was writing short articles on labor issues for illegal and legal Yiddish periodicals. In 1914, Boris Kletskins Vilna publishing house issued a collection of Dolgopolskis works, mainly plays, called Bilder fun shtetl (Portraits of the Shtetl) . - Yivo Encyclopedia. Subjects: Jews -- Europe, Eastern - Social life and customs - Drama; Yiddish drama. OCLC lists 8 copies. Pages lightly aged, light wear to edges of cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (YID-21-25)
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Andreyev, Leonid
ERTSEHLUNG VEGEN ZIEBEN GEHANGENE
Later Cloth. 8vo. 96 pages. 21 cm. First Yiddish edition. In Yiddish. 'The Seven That Were Hanged'. Razskaz o semi poveshennykh, translated from the Russian by N. Prilutsky. Novel about five revolutionaries and two peasant-bandits sentenced to death; the novel centers around reflections on fate, death, humanity, the meaning of the revolution, etc. , during the post-1905 counterrevolution and repression. Leonid Andreyev, (1871-1919) , Russian novelist and dramatist, was one of the most successful Russian writers from 1902-1914; his stories were translated into Yiddish and his plays were popular in the Yiddish theater. Subjects: Russian fiction - Translations into Yiddish. OCLC lists 15 copies. Bound in later green cloth. Pages lightly aged, previous owners bookstamps in margins on endpages and a few leaves, binding repaired, otherwise clean. Good condition. (YID-21-29)
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Dineson, Jacob
EVEN NEGEF, ODER, A SHTEYN IN VEG: ROMAN IN 4 THEYLN
Period Cloth. 8vo. 358 pages. 23 cm. Second printing. Stumbling Block or, a Stone in the Road: novel in four parts. ' Four volumes in one, bound in two books, with separate title pages. First published 1890. Sentimental novel, later reprinted several times, written by Yankev Dinezon (1856? 1919) , Yiddish author, editor, and literary activist. Subjects: Yiddish Fiction. OCLC lists 11 copies of this edition. First few leaves bumped, torn edges, previously repaired; pages age toned and lightly soiled throughout, hinges starting; otherwise clean. Good - condition. (YID-21-31)
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(Jt) Minkoff, N. B.
VEGN M. BASINS ANTOLOGYE "AMERIKANER YIDISHER POEZYE"
Original Wraps. 8vo. [164-176] [i. E. 12] pages. 23 cm. First separate edition. In Yiddish. Offprint from Inzikh Numer 56 (Dec. 1940) , p. 164-176. A review and critique of Moyshe (Morris) Bassin's anthology of American Yiddish poetry - Amerikaner Yidishe Poezye (1940) . Contains the bookstamp of the author, Minkoff. Nahum Baruch Minkoff (1893-1958) was a Yiddish writer, poet, literary historian and critic, editor of the Yiddish literary monthly Zukunft and one of the founders of the In Zikh group of Yiddish poets. Subjects: Yiddish poetry. Bassin, Morris, 1889-1963. Amerikaner yidishe poezye. OCLC lists 5 copies (Nypl, Illinois, HUC, CJH, JTSA) . Light soiling and edge wear to wraps, internally clean and fresh. Condition. (YID-21-39) xx
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Grade, Chaim, 1910-1982.
OYF MAYN VEG TSU DIR: LIDER UN POEMES = BE-DARKI ELAYIKH: SHIRIM U-FO'EMOT
Original Cloth. 8vo. 179, [9] pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Yiddish with vocalized Hebrew translation on opposite pages. 'On My Way to You', poems by Chaim Grade. "The volume Af mayn veg tsu dir (On My Way to You; 1969) offers redemptive impressions of the Israeli landscape. " - YIVO Encyclopedia. Hebrew translation by Yosef Ahai; nine pages of ink drawing illustrations by the acclaimed artist Alexander Bogen, a fellow traveler with Chaim Grade in Yung Vilne and a partisan during the holocaust period. Subjects: Yiddish poetry. Hebrew poetry - Translations from Yiddish. Light wear to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (YID-21-46)
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(Jt) Grade, Chaim
DER MENTSH FUN FAYER: LIDER UN POEMES [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]
Original Cloth. 4to. 159 pages. 27 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Inscribed by Grade in year of publication. Poems by Chaim Grade. "Der mentsh fun fayer (The Man of Fire; 1962) includes a moving elegy for the murdered Soviet Yiddish writers, lyrics about the American landscape, and the haunting voice of the dead who impress upon him the obligation to keep their memory alive. " - YIVO Encyclopedia. Published by Cyco-Tsiko, printed by Shulsinger Bros. With four illustrations and cover design by Benn. Attractively printed and bound. Subjects: Yiddish poetry. Chaim Grade. Light soiling to edges of binding, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good condition. (YID-21-47)
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
ORIME MENSHEN = BEDNYE LIUDI
[192? ]Original Cloth. 8vo. 165 pages. 21 cm. First Yiddish edition. Yiddish translation of Bednye liudi (Poor Folk) , the first novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, written over the span of nine months between 1844 and 1845. Contemporary critics lauded Poor Folk for its humanitarian themes, Belinsky named it Russia's first 'social novel'. Alexander Herzen praised the book in his essay 'About the Progress of Revolutionary Ideas in Russia', noting the book's 'socialistic tendencies and animations. ' Translated by Ts. Sorin for the Max Jankowitz publishing house. Subjects: Russian fiction - Translations into Yiddish. OCLC lists 9 copies. Cloth scratched, some pages bent at edges; otherwise clean and fresh. Good - condition. (YID-21-59)
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Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut
FILOLOGISHE SHRIFTN [VOLUMES 1-3; COMPLETE]
Original Cloth. 4to. XXVII, 519; XXVII, 519; 623 pages. 32 cm. First edition. Text in Yiddish; summaries in English. Volumes 1, 2, 3 of Filologishe Shriftn. Shriftn fun Yidishn visnshaftlekhn institut 1-3. Other titles: Landoy-bukh; 1926; Filologishe serye; 1926; Serya filologiczna; 1926-1928; Studies in philology; 1928-1929; Prace filologiczne; 1929. Complete run of the Filologishe Shriftn, a "three-volume series published in Vilna by the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO) in 1926, 1928, and 1929. Filologishe shriftn (Studies in Philology) was co-edited by Zalmen Reyzen and Max Weinreich.
The inaugural volume of Filologishe shriftn, titled the Landoy-bukh (Landau Book) , was a Festschrift in honor of the German Jewish philologist Alfred Landau (18501935) .
In the 1920s, Soviet authorities tolerated cooperation with YIVO; hence, works by authors from the USSR were included in the three volumes.
The periodical YIVO-bleter (YIVO Pages) , launched in 1931, continued the tradition of Filologishe shriftn. " - YIVO Encyclopedia. All volumes in original cloth binding with gilt title. Subjects: Yiddish philology - Periodicals. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Yiddish philology. Periodicals. Light soiling to cloth. Very slight ageing to outer margins of pages, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good + condition. An outstanding set. (YID-22-1)
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Zylbercweig, Zalmen; Jacob Mestel
TEATER HEFTN : FAR BIYOGRAFYES UN LEBNS-GESHIKHTES FUN YIDISHE SHOYSHPILER, REZSHISORN, DRAMATURGN
[NO. 5]
Original Wraps. 4to. [24] pages. 30 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. No. 5, Theatre leaves; Theatre heften. Published under the Auspices of the Hebrew Actors Union of America. Teater Heften, No. 1 (1943) -; Ceased in 1947. Fascicles of the 3rd vol. Of Leksikon fun Yidishn teater, edited by Zalmen Zylbercweig and Jacob Mestel. Number 5 contains columns 1729-1760, Pey-Vov. Contains 3 pages of announcements and financial reports from the Committee for the Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre. Edited by Zalmen Zylbercweig (Zilbertsvayg) (18941972) , Yiddish theater historian and lexicographer. "Zylbercweig 's magnum opus is a six-volume encyclopedia titled Leksikon fun yidishn teater (Lexicon of Yiddish Theater) . The publishing history of these volumes is no less exotic than the wanderings of its author and its subject. Zylbercweig succeeded in publishing one volume in New York and one in Warsaw before World War II; the others were published in New York and Mexico City from 1959 to 1969. Volumes 13 were co-edited by Jacob Mestel. An unpublished seventh volume was in page proofs at the time of Zylbercweig 's death. " - YIVO Encyclopedia. Subjects: Jewish theater - Periodicals. Jewish actors - Periodicals. Jewish entertainers - Periodicals. Jewish actors. Jewish entertainers. Jewish theater. OCLC lists 12 copies. Bound in pink wraps, heavily illustrated. Scarce. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (YID-22-10)
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Zylbercweig, Zalmen
ZALMEN ZILBERTSVAYG: YOYVL-BUKH ... TSU ZAYN DRAYSIK-YORIKN LITERARISHN YUBILEY
Original Wraps. 8vo. 123 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Title on back cover: 'Jubilee book dedicated to Zalmen Zylbercweig, on the thirtieth year of his literary activities '. Includes bibliography of Zylbercweig 's writings (p. 28-40) , including his Yiddish translations of plays. Zalmen Zylbercweig (18941972) , Yiddish theater historian and lexicographer. Zylbercweig 's magnum opus is a six-volume encyclopedia titled Leksikon fun yidishn teater (Lexicon of Yiddish Theater) . Subjects: Zylbercweig, Zalmen, 1894-1972. Jubilee Book. OCLC lists 12 copies. Wraps soiled, internally clean and fresh. Good + condition. (YID-22-11) xx
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Levitt, Morris
14 PROLETARISHE EYNAKTERS [INSCRIBED]
Original Wraps. 8vo. 176 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. '14 Proletarian One-Act plays', by Morris Levitt. Author inscribed on third page. Contents: 1. Kolvirtnikes. 2. Kandidatn. 3. Barg aroyf. 4. Mir straykn. 5. Af der Boyeri. 6. Nit gelungen. 7. Maykromania. 8. Landslayt. 9. A Gefalener. 10. A Trempisher nest. 11. An Iberfal. 12. In a kafe. 13. Neli. 14. Nay lebn. The author was born in Homel, was arrested in Vilna for revolutionary activities prior to 1905, obtained a degree in dentistry from NYU in 1913, was a member of Poale Tsion, a founder of an Arbeter-Ring Branch in Harlem, and became an adherent to the Communist Party; he was also the author of a number of one act plays. Subjects: Yiddish drama. OCLC lists 12 copies. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (YID-22-12)
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Opatoshu, Joseph
IN POYLISHE VELDER : ROMAN [INSCRIBED]
Original Cloth. 8vo. 357 pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. 'In Polish Woods: A Novel '. First appearance and inscribed by Opatoshu to S. Yanovsky [Saul Yanovsky, Yiddish Anarchist]. "In his novel In Poylishe Velder (1921; In Polish Woods, 1938, the first volume of a trilogy) , Opatoshu described the decay of the Hasidic court of Kotzk during the post-Napoleonic generation and presented a rich panorama of Polish-Jewish interrelations up to the Revolt of 1863. Often reprinted, and translated into eight languages, it established Opatoshu 's fame internationally, though its sequel, 1863, made less of an impact; the last volume of the trilogy, Aleyn ( 'Alone ') was the first to be published (1919) . " - EJ 2008. Subjects: Hasidism - Fiction. OCLC lists 27 copies of the first edition. Pages 73-88 numbered inconsistently. Light soiling to cloth, institutional stamps on endpages, well-read; otherwise fresh. Good condition. (YID-22-14)
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REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ALIEN IMMIGRATION. WITH MINUTES OF EVIDENCE AND APPENDIX. VOL. I: THE REPORT.
1st edition. Original printed wrappers, Folio (large) , viii, 52. Following extensive Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe into the United Kingdom this Report was commissioned "To inquire into and report upon: (1) The character and extent of the evils which are attributed to the unrestricted immigration of Aliens, especially in the Metropolis; (2) The measures which have been adopted for the restriction and control of Alien Immigration in Foreign Countries, and in British Colonies; and to advise what remedial or precautionary measures it is desirable to adopt in this country. " Light edgewear to bright blue wrappers, otherwise Very Good Condition. (kh-3-27)
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Baron, Salo Wittmayer.
THE RUSSIAN JEW UNDER TSARS AND SOVIETS.
Hardcover with dustjacket. 8vo. Xv, 427 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Soviet union; Joden. SERIES: Russian civilization series; Ex-library with usual maks. Very Good Condition. (EE-2-13)
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Wasilewska, Wanda [Vanda Lvovna Vasilevskaya]
KORYCHNEVYI KHIZHAK
Original paper wrappers stiff protector. 8vo, 14 pages. 25 cm. In Ukrainian. Title translates to "The Brown Bandit. " A critique of German Fascism. Wanda Wasilewska was a well-known Polish communist and propagandist who worked closely with the Soviet Union during and after WWII. She was appointed as head of the Society of Polish Patriots by Joseph Stalin and was very active in the Soviet-sponsored Polish Committee of National Liberation, which supported Polish inclusion in the Soviet Union. SUBJECT (S) : Fascism -- Germany. World War, 1939-1945 -- Ukraine. OCLC lists only 2 copies worldwide (UC Berkeley, NYPL) . Ex-library with usual markings. Pages are brown. Very Good Condition. (UKR-2-1)
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Sheftel, Hayyim Jacob
EREKH MILIN: LE-SHI`URE TORAH SHEBI-KHETAV USHEBE-`AL PE LE-MATBE`OT, MIDOT, MISHKALOT, MESHIHOT U-ZEMANIM MESUDARIMAL SEDER A.B MAHAD. BATRA `IM HASHMATOT VE-TIKUNIM.
Period boards, 8vo, 154 pages, 18cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to Weights and Measures: For Torah Lessons that are Written and Oral. Coins, Measurements, and Weights from Conversations and Times - Arranged Alphabetically. Rav Sheftel (1844-1905) was Galician rabbi who, rubbed shoulders with the likes of Chaim Berlin and Abraham Kahana. As Kahana writes in the introduction, Sheftel possessed great knowledge of the Torah and Talmud and was respected by those who studied with him. OCLC lists two copies worldwide (JTS and Ohio State) . Pages are browning and becoming brittle, but still in good shape. Repair to binding. Overall Good Condition. (HEB-48-25)
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Stainsby, William.
THE JEWISH COLONIES OF SOUTH JERSEY: HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH
L1st edition. Ater paper wrappers. 4to. 28 pages; 23 cm. Includes several black-and-white photographs. The first Jewish colony in South Jersey was located in Pittsgrove township, Salem county, in 1882. When the persecuted Jews were driven from Russia a number of wealthy and influential Hebrews in the city of New York formed the Hebrew Aid Society, whose object was to give assistance to their fellow religionists who were thus cast out from the places of their birth and compelled to seek shelter and subsistence among strangers in a strange land. SUBJECT (S) : Alliance (N. J. ) History, Rosenhayn (N. J. ) History, Woodbine (N. J. ) History, Carmel (N. J. ) History. OCLC lists 8 holdings worldwide. The University of Pennsylvania keeps their copy in their Rare Book Americana collection. Some edgewear and rubbing. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Slight toning. Very good condition. (AMR-53-16)
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Labkovski, Dov, Artist
SHALOM-`ALEKHEM UN ZAYNE ELDEN [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]
Original illustrated paper portfolio. 4to. 5 unnumbered leaves, 15 plates (in portfolio) , 36 cm. In Yiddish with alternate English title page. Title translates to English as "Shalom Aleichem and his Heroes. " David Labkovski, the illustrator, grew up in Vilna, the Jerusalem of Lithuania. Indeed much of his work focused on its destroyed Jewish community and life under Soviet curtain. While he is post known for his portrayal of Jewish life in Vilna, his later work explores a greater range of topics, including the present work on Shalom Aleichem. Labkovskis full body of work was created in Israel and many commentators have noted the dramatic difference between his early work, depicting scenes from his past, to the landscapes, florals and portraits of his new surroundings. This emerging renewal can be seen in the expressions of his subjects and the vibrant palate. Labkovski was a prolific artist, amassing an extensive portfolio. SUBJECTS: Jews -- Periodicals. Jewish arts -- Periodicals. Art -- Periodicals. Light wear to folio. All prints in Very Good Condition.. (ART-27-11)
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(XT) Grade, Chaim
TSEMAH ATLAS: DI YESHIVE. BAND 2 [VOL 2 ONLY OF TWO] [WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR]
Original Cloth. 8vo. 414 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. The Yeshiva. "The monumental, two-volume novel Tsemakh Atlas (19671968; translated as The Yeshiva) is Grade's richest work about the Musar world and its attempt to shape the ethical personality. Through the memorable character of Tsemakh Atlas, a tortured teacher of Musar who is trapped between its self-abnegating demands, the enticements of the secular world, and his own elemental desires, readers enter a universe of high religious ideals, intellectual and moral debate, and intense spiritual struggle. " - YIVO Encyclopedia. "Grade was one of the rare interpreters of yeshivah life in modern Yiddish literature, recreating the daily life of the yeshivah student with photographic accuracy, objectivity, and affection, and illustrating it with such scenes as rabbis discussing talmudic law, as in the novel Tsemakh Atlas" - EJ 2008. Printed by Shulsinger Bros, New York. Subjects: Yeshiva Yiddish Fiction. Chaim Grade. Light stain and touch of wear to cloth, about Very good condition. (YID-21-50A) xx
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Sachs, Senior
KAFNE YONAH : NEHPA BE-KESEF HA-SHIR VEHA-MELITSAH VE-EVROTEYAH BE-YARKRAK HARITSUT VE-HITULIM.
1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. 48 pages, 20 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to Wings of a Dove: Swept in Silver and The Melodious Song
Senior Sachs (1816-1892) was a Russo-French Hebrew scholar. He wrote on a variety of topics related to Hebrew literature, one of which was published in 1851 as Ha-Yona. He later wrote Kanfe Yonah as a supplement (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Judaism OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide (OCLC: 33293352) . Ex-library with usual markings. Boards are lightly worn. Internally very good. (YID-32-21-DBB)
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Grade, Chaim
DER MENTSH FUN FAYER: LIDER UN POEMES
Original Cloth. 4to. 159 pages. 27 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Poems by Chaim Grade. "Der mentsh fun fayer (The Man of Fire; 1962) includes a moving elegy for the murdered Soviet Yiddish writers, lyrics about the American landscape, and the haunting voice of the dead who impress upon him the obligation to keep their memory alive. " - YIVO Encyclopedia. Published by Cyco-Tsiko, printed by Shulsinger Bros. With four illustrations and cover design by Benn. Attractively printed and bound. Subjects: Yiddish poetry. Chaim Grade. Light soiling to edges of binding, otherwise very fresh and clean. Previous owner's name on endpapers, Very good condition. (YID-21-47A-E)
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Icor
NAILEBN. NEW LIFE. VOL. X. NO 6; JUNE 1936
1st edition. Lacking outer color Wraps (thus starting on page 3). 4to. 38 + 14 page (total 52 pages) 28 cm. First edition. In Yiddish, with English section at rear. Single issue of Nailebn, whole nr 78 (probably actually a typo, should be 79), June 1936. Includes poems and songs dedicated to the First of May and Birobidzhan. Contains a Marxist discussion of art and aesthetics in the contexts of the development of an Art Collection for Birobidzhan; news from Birobizhan, reports from ICOR sections; etc. Includes news from Birobizhan, reports from ICOR sections; etc. Nazi-era Communist monthly in support of Soviet Birobidjan, the Soviet Autonomos Jewish Republic. Much on rising Antisemitism in Germany, as well as, of course, the history of antisemitism in pre-Soviet Russia, reports Icor and settlement of Jews into Birobidzhan, why Icor opposes Zionism, photos, literary works, including poetry, fiction, humor, satire and other materials covering virtually all aspects of life in the Jewish Autonomous region. In the first issue of Nailebn, the editors proudly proclaimed that the magazine will bring out more to the fore the work and objects of ICOS [Idishe Kolonizatsie Organizatsie, also known as IKOR]. This organisation is one of a body of similar organisations carrying on the same work in 22 countries. This work is to propagate in this country the complete reconstruction of the Jewish life in the U.S.S.R. What is actually the position of the Jewish masses in the U.S.S.R.? While in Germany, Poland and Romania new waves of pogroms and persecution indicate the terrible plight of millions of Jews in Europe, we have in contrast to this in one part of the world which covers one-sixth of the world's surface, a completely different picture. There, in the Soviet Union, where a new social order is being built the Jews have achieved an economic and political freedom which the Jews in the most democratic capitalist country have never known. Within 10 years the whole mode of Jewish life in the U.S.S.R. has been completely reconstructed. From an isolated and persecuted caste of economic parasites they have been transformed into healthy productive workers on an equal footing with all other citizens in the Soviet Union. The five flourishing Jewish National Regions and the Jewish Autonomous Territory of Biro Bidjan show what the erstwhile Luft Mensch has accomplished under a government which stands for the complete freedom and self-determination of all its nationalities. The new Jewish life in the U.S.S.R. stands out as a beacon for those struggling and persecuted Jews in Fascist and semi-Fascist countries. This is the task which ICOS has set itself and which New Life will help considerably in carrying out - of showing more and more people the way the Jewish problem has been solved in the U.S.S.R. In a period like the present, when some of the bloodiest pages in Jewish history are being written, an organisation like ICOS, carrying on such important work, should have the support of every progressive Jew in this country." Includes news from Birobizhan, reports from ICOR sections; etc. Like IKOR before it, Naylebn (New Life) was the monthly official organ of the pro-Soviet Jewish organization ICOR (Idishe kolonizatsya organizatsye, Association for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union). This monthly publication was issued on high quality paper in Yiddish and English from 1928 to 1935 under the title Icor, and from 1935 to 1950 as Nailebn. The magazine features articles, photos, literary works, including poetry, fiction, humor, satire and other materials covering virtually all aspects of life in the Jewish Autonomous region. Subjects: Idishe Kolonizatsie Organizatsie (IKOR).Subjects: Idishe Kolonizatsie Organizatsie (IKOR). Jews - United States - Periodicals. Jews - Colonization - Soviet Union - Periodicals. Jews - Russia (Federation) - Birobidzhan. Jewish periodicals - United States. Jewish periodicals. OCLC Number:19068832. Lacks outer wrappers, otherwise some rubbing and light wear Good condition. (YID-22-26A)
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Icor
NAILEBN. NEW LIFE. VOL. X. NO 5; MAY 1936
1st edition. Lacking outer color Wraps (thus starting on page 3). 4to. 40+12 page (total 52 pages) 28 cm. First edition. In Yiddish, with English section at rear. Nazi-era single issue of Nailebn, whole nr 78, May1936. Contains news from Birobizhan, reports from ICOR sections; etc. Nazi-era Communist monthly in support of Soviet Birobidjan, the Soviet Autonomos Jewish Republic. Much on rising Antisemitism in Germany, as well as, of course, the history of antisemitism in pre-Soviet Russia, reports Icor and settlement of Jews into Birobidzhan, why Icor opposes Zionism, photos, literary works, including poetry, fiction, humor, satire and other materials covering virtually all aspects of life in the Jewish Autonomous region. In the first issue of Nailebn, the editors proudly proclaimed that the magazine will bring out more to the fore the work and objects of ICOS [Idishe Kolonizatsie Organizatsie, also known as IKOR]. This organisation is one of a body of similar organisations carrying on the same work in 22 countries. This work is to propagate in this country the complete reconstruction of the Jewish life in the U.S.S.R. What is actually the position of the Jewish masses in the U.S.S.R.? While in Germany, Poland and Romania new waves of pogroms and persecution indicate the terrible plight of millions of Jews in Europe, we have in contrast to this in one part of the world which covers one-sixth of the world's surface, a completely different picture. There, in the Soviet Union, where a new social order is being built the Jews have achieved an economic and political freedom which the Jews in the most democratic capitalist country have never known. Within 10 years the whole mode of Jewish life in the U.S.S.R. has been completely reconstructed. From an isolated and persecuted caste of economic parasites they have been transformed into healthy productive workers on an equal footing with all other citizens in the Soviet Union. The five flourishing Jewish National Regions and the Jewish Autonomous Territory of Biro Bidjan show what the erstwhile Luft Mensch has accomplished under a government which stands for the complete freedom and self-determination of all its nationalities. The new Jewish life in the U.S.S.R. stands out as a beacon for those struggling and persecuted Jews in Fascist and semi-Fascist countries. This is the task which ICOS has set itself and which New Life will help considerably in carrying out - of showing more and more people the way the Jewish problem has been solved in the U.S.S.R. In a period like the present, when some of the bloodiest pages in Jewish history are being written, an organisation like ICOS, carrying on such important work, should have the support of every progressive Jew in this country." Includes news from Birobizhan, reports from ICOR sections; etc. Like IKOR before it, Naylebn (New Life) was the monthly official organ of the pro-Soviet Jewish organization ICOR (Idishe kolonizatsya organizatsye, Association for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union). This monthly publication was issued on high quality paper in Yiddish and English from 1928 to 1935 under the title Icor, and from 1935 to 1950 as Nailebn. The magazine features articles, photos, literary works, including poetry, fiction, humor, satire and other materials covering virtually all aspects of life in the Jewish Autonomous region. Subjects: Idishe Kolonizatsie Organizatsie (IKOR).Subjects: Idishe Kolonizatsie Organizatsie (IKOR). Jews - United States - Periodicals. Jews - Colonization - Soviet Union - Periodicals. Jews - Russia (Federation) - Birobidzhan. Jewish periodicals - United States. Jewish periodicals. OCLC Number:19068832. Lacks outer wrappers, otherwise some rubbing and light wear Good condition. (YID-22-26B)
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Icor.
IKOR: BULETIN FUN DER GEZELSHAFT TSU HELFN DER IDISHER KOLONIZATSYE IN SOVET RUSLAND. VOL XIII, NRS 1-4, JAN-APRIL 1935 [FINAL ISSUE BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO NAILEBN] [COMPLETE FOR 1935]
1st edition. Original Color Wrappers, many photographic or illustrated, bound into publishers cloth, 4to, generally 24-36 pages per issue. In Yiddish, with English section at rear. Loaded with photos and illustrations, some on the Yiddish or English covers, and many of them by William Gropper. Nazi-era Communist monthly in support of Soviet Birobidjan, the Soviet Autonomos Jewish Republic. Much on rising Antisemitism in Germany, as wel asl, of course, the history of antisemitism in pre-Soviet Russia, reports Icor and settlement of Jews into Birobidzhan, why Icor opposes Zionism, photos, literary works, including poetry, fiction, humor, satire and other materials covering virtually all aspects of life in the Jewish Autonomous region. Monthly Periodical of the Association for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union. "IKOR: Buletin Fun Der Gezelshaft
" was issued on an excellent quality paper in Yiddish and English from 1928 to 1935 under the title Icor, and from 1935 to 1950 as Naylebn. The magazine features articles, photos, literary works, including poetry, fiction, humor, satire and other materials covering virtually all aspects of life in the Jewish Autonomous region of Birobidzhan. "IKOR: Buletin Fun Der Gezelshaft
" ran 65 issues (eight volumes) between March 1925 and April 1935. It was Monthly (except usually for Aug.) from Jan. 1930-Apr. 1935; and was irregular from 1925-1929. It was succeeded by Naylebn (New York) in 1935 (see volume below). Subjects: Idishe Kolonizatsie Organizatsie (IKOR). Jews - United States - Periodicals. Jews - Colonization - Soviet Union - Periodicals. Jews - Russia (Federation) - Birobidzhan. Jewish periodicals - United States. Jewish periodicals. OCLC Number: 174120726. OCLC lists 8 holdings. Slight mustiness. Boards, paper, and color paper covers remain bright and strong. Very Good Condition, a beautiful set (Yid-22-25C-elx)
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Icor
IKOR: BULETIN FUN DER GEZELSHAFT TSU HELFN DER IDISHER KOLONIZATSYE IN SOVET RUSLAND [VOL. V. NO. 6 (34) JUNE 1932 ]
Original Wraps. 4to. 32 pages. 28 cm. First edition. In Yiddish, with English section at rear. Single issue, 34, from June 1932; contains portraits of families from Boston, New York, and Los Angeles who have just moved to Birobidzhan. Monthly Periodical of the Association for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union. "IKOR: Buletin Fun Der Gezelshaft
" was issued on an excellent quality paper in Yiddish and English from 1928 to 1935 under the title Icor, and from 1935 to 1950 as Naylebn. The magazine features articles, photos, literary works, including poetry, fiction, humor, satire and other materials covering virtually all aspects of life in the Jewish Autonomous region of Birobidzhan. "IKOR: Buletin Fun Der Gezelshaft
" ran 65 issues (eight volumes) between March 1925 and April 1935. It was Monthly (except usually for Aug.) from Jan. 1930-Apr. 1935; and was irregular from 1925-1929. It was succeeded by Naylebn (New York) in 1935 (see volume below). Subjects: Idishe Kolonizatsie Organizatsie (IKOR). Jews - United States - Periodicals. Jews - Colonization - Soviet Union - Periodicals. Jews - Russia (Federation) - Birobidzhan. Jewish periodicals - United States. Jewish periodicals. OCLC Number: 174120726. OCLC lists 8 holdings. Ink stains to wraps, previous owners name at top; otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (YID-22-21)
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Khashtshevatski, M. [Moyshe]
HARTE VOR
1st edition of authors second book. Period boards with original modernist wrappers mounted front and back. 12mo, 62 pages; 22 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as Hard Reality. Beautiful modernist typographical title and author on front cover, signed by artist in the print (illegible). Moyshe Khashtshevatski (1897 - 1943) was born in Buky, near Uman, Ukraine. He father was a teacher in the local Talmud-Torah. He studied in religious elementary school and in a Talmud-Torah, and in 1916 he graduated from the commercial school in Uman. In the last years of WWI and the first years of the Russian Revolution, he was studying at the Universities of Petrograd and Ekaterinburg. In 1918 (April 6) he debuted in print with a poem, entitled Friling kumt (Spring comes), in Di naye tsayt (The new times) in Kievusing the pen name M. Mishal. In 1921 he moved to Kiev, where he forged a strong bond with the local Yiddish writers (Dobrushin, Hofshteyn, Dis Nister, and others), and from that point he enhanced ever more his reputation as a creator and builder of Soviet Yiddish literature. In the Soviet Yiddish periodicals of Kiev, Kharkov, Minsk, and Moscow, he published poetry and ballads. He also translated from the Russian and Ukrainian classics, as well as from other languages. From 1923 over the course of three years, he contributed intensively to Emes (Truth) in Moscow, and he actively took part in the Soviet community and political life. His first works were in the symbolist vein, although he would later switch to a more realistic depiction of life and address the major issues of the time. He brought new motifs and imagery into Soviet Yiddish poetry. His range of interest was extremely broad. His books include: Dorsht (Thirst), poems (Kiev, 1922), 31 pp.; Harte vor (Hard reality) (Moscow, 1924), 62 pp.; and 38 other titles. Shortly after the outbreak of the Nazi-Soviet war in 1941, he was evacuated to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and there he learned of the death at the front of his only son. He proceeded to volunteer for mobilization into the Red Army, despite the fact that he was forty-six years of age. He contributed in the harshest of battles in that period of the fighting and died in battle. Moyshe Khashtshevatski is, it seems to me, wrote Shmuel Niger, [was] the most candid among all Yiddish poets in Ukraine. His lyric poetry was born with an old, broken, wrinkled, quietly suffering soul; unabashed, he says that it is old, broken, wrinkled, and suffering in silence. He makes no pretense and no heroic or demagogic poses. It does not shake the earth and demonstrates no valor against the empty, blue skies. (Borekh Tshubinski in Yiddish Leksikon, 2017). For more on Khashtshevatski, see M. Litvakov, In umru (Disquiet), vol. 2 (Moscow, 1926), M. Litvakov, In umru (Disquiet), vol. 2 (Moscow, 1926), pp. 189-219; D. Tsharni (Daniel Charney), in Literarishe bleter (Warsaw) (January 21, 1927); A. R. Tsvayg, in Shtern (Minsk) (December 1930); Y. Daytsh, in Literarishe tribune (Lodz) 10 (1931); Y. Bronshteyn, in Tsaytshrift (Minsk) 5 (1931); Y. Dobrushin, In iberboy, literarish-kritishe artiklen (Under reconstruction, literary-critical articles) (Moscow, 1932), pp. 88-101; N. Oyslender and Y. Dobrushin, in Eynikeyt (Moscow) (October 5, 1944); A. Kushnirov, in Naye prese (Paris) (July 27, 1945); F. Sito, in Eynikeyt (New York) (March 1945); Y. Serebryani, in Eynikeyt (Moscow) (October 11, 1945); N. Mayzil, in Yidishe kultur (New York) (May 1957); Mayzil, Dos yidishe shafn un der yidisher shrayber in sovetnfarband (Jewish creation and the Yiddish writer in the Soviet Union) (New York, 1959), see index; A. Finkel, in Folks-shtime (Warsaw) (June 8, 1957); M. Shklyar, in Folks-shtime (November 7, 1957); Shmuel Niger, Yidishe shrayber in sovet-rusland (Yiddish writers in Soviet Russia) (New York, 1958), pp. 56, 61, 411-20; Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 316; Leksikon fun yidishe shrayber in ratn-farband (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers in the Soviet Union), ed. Boris Sandler and Gennady Estraikh (New York: Congress for Jewish Culture, Inc., 2011), pp. 189-90.] Interestingly, the book, obviously published in the Soviet Union, is overstamped faintly (in English), Printed in Poland on the cover, probably an attempt to get past postal inspectors and to make import into North America easier. 1 of 1100 copies printed. SUBJECT(S): Yiddish poetry. OCLC: 51754692. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Spine label removed, unobtrusive number on spine. Jewish library stamps on blank endpapers, title page and margins of 2 text pages. Number penned in upper margin of blank endpapers as well. Toning to covers and pages. Otherwise Good Condition. Dramatic modernist 1st edition of important Soviet Yiddish writers second book. YID-36-6 -LOE-xcc).
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