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1912Best.-Nr. 224381912. Schwartz Isidor publisher. The Citizen: A Guide to Naturalization published after 1912 provided Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants with practical instruction for obtaining American citizenship during a period of substantial Jewish immigration to New York. Published in Brooklyn the manual translated the language and civic knowledge required for naturalization into forms accessible to applicants with limited English proficiency. Its questions and model answers address American government electoral procedures and New York State institutions while phonetic renderings of English enabled readers to rehearse responses for oral examination. The publication documents the role of Yiddish-language commercial publishers in helping Jewish immigrants navigate federal citizenship requirements and acquire the vocabulary of American civic life. Schwartz Isidor publisher. Vi Azoy Tsu Veren a Sitizen. / The Citizen: A Guide to Naturalization. All Important Questions and Answers Printed in Hebrew and Yiddish Also Translations in Plain English Which You are to Know When Applying for Your Final Citizen Papers. Brooklyn: Aroysgegeben fun Isidor Schwartz / Published by Isidor Schwartz n.d. after 1912. Only edition. 31 pages. Text in English and Yiddish including Hebrew script and phonetic transliterations. 6" x 4.5". Stapled pamphlet in printed wrappers. Organized around questions and prescribed answers the manual combines general civics instruction with information specific to New York naturalization applicants. Questions include "How does a bill become a law" "What is the capital of New York State" and "How many stars has the American flag" The supplied answer "Forty-eight stars" establishes a date after the admission of New Mexico and Arizona in 1912 and is consistent with the period before Alaska's statehood in 1959. The response to a question concerning electoral choice states "We vote for the candidate who is in our opinion best fitted to occupy the office he wishes to be elected to." Such prescribed formulations show how applicants were instructed to memorize both civic facts and the language of political participation. The pamphlet belongs to the Yiddish-language instructional literature produced for Jewish immigrants confronting English-language administrative and legal requirements in the United States. Its combination of Yiddish explanations phonetic English and standardized examination responses demonstrates how Brooklyn publishers adapted citizenship instruction to immigrants whose spoken and written English remained limited. The inclusion of New York State questions further identifies its intended regional readership. OCLC records eight institutional copies worldwide according to a published bibliographic census. Moderate chipping and edge wear to front and rear wrappers with several closed tears and losses at corners; interior pages clean and legible. Overall good condition. An uncommon example of Yiddish-language naturalization instruction documenting the practical preparation of Jewish immigrants for American citizenship. unknown
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Best.-Nr. 64208974McGill-Queen's University Press . Hardback. New. pp. xxv 362 McGill-Queen's University Press hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 1116373New York: Jewish Encyclopedic Handbooks Central Yiddish Culture Organization CYCO. Fine maroon leatherbound 2 volume set gilt all edges Volume 1 has 430 pp with B/W illustrations; Volume 2 has 430 pp with B/W illustrations. . Fine. Leather Bound. 1946. Jewish Encyclopedic Handbooks Central Yiddish Culture Organization (CYCO hardcover
1974Best.-Nr. 500528New York: Hebrew Union College Press and Ktav Publishing House 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. An excellent ex-synagogue-library copy with lean to spine and suggestion of foxing to top edge only. Text clean and bright. Binding tight. Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair . Hebrew Union College Press and Ktav Publishing House Hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 28615New York: Harper & Row 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket edges taped. Harper & Row hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 43433Lodzsh: Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn 1946. 1st edition. Original dramatic photgraphic covers 8vo 70 1 page 1 leaf. Includes facsimiles. 21 cm. In Yiddish. Poems. "Oysgabes fun Der Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn. Serye yidishe literatur 1." "Published by a commission The Central Jewish Historical Commission dedicated to recording the fate of Polish Jews published this book length poem by Simkhah Szajewics. Written in the Lodz Ghetto it appeared immediately after the war in 1946; Szajewicz perished in a concentration camp in 1944" from an exhibit at the National Yiddish Book Center which houses their copy in their Rare Book Collection. The book includes two long poems: "Lekh-lekha" and "Friling 702 " as well as letters and other related material. See David Roskies' interesting reflection on this work and it's stunning photographic cover at jtsa.edu/torah/go-forth-the-grammar-of-remembrance. For more about the author-poet see Chava rosenfarb's essay on Shayevitch in Tablet Magazine at tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/the-last-poet-of-lodz. SUBJECTS: Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland -- Lódz. Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945 -- Poetry. Jews -- Correspondence. Crease and wear to wrapper and foot and crown of spine see photo better condition than usually found attractive. Good Condition. B HOLO2-110-36A-CCALX-'emm H-40-10. Lodzsh: Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn unknown
1946Best.-Nr. 13981Lodzsh: Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn 1946. 1st edition. Later cloth with original dramatic photgraphic cover mounted on front 8vo 70 1 pages 1 l. includes facsimiles. 21 cm. Poems. "Oysgabes fun Der Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn. Serye yidishe literatur 1." A committee dedicated to recording the fate of Polish Jews published this book length poem by Simkhah Szajewics. Written in the Lodz Ghetto it appeared immediately after the war in 1946; Szajewicz perished in a concentration camp in 1944" from the permanent exhibit at the National Yiddish Book Center which houses their copy in their Rare Book Collection. The book actually includes two long poems: "Lekh-lekha" and "Friling 702 " as well as letters and other related material. See David Roskies interesting reflection on this work and it's stunning photographic cover at jtsa.edu/torah/go-forth-the-grammar-of-remembrance. For more about the author-poet see Chava rosenfarb's essay on Shayevitch in Tablet Magazine at tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/the-last-poet-of-lodz. SUBJECTS: Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland -- Lódz. Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945 -- Poetry. Jews -- Correspondence. Expertly rebound in attractive black cloth with the original photographic front cover mounted on the front. Very Good Condition. B HOLO2-110-36-CCALXBB-'emm H-40-10. Lodzsh: Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn unknown