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19431st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 13 pages ; 20 cm. In English. Contents include: An Invocation from Samuel Schulman, Introductory Remarks from Samuel H. Goldenson, an a sermon from Julian Morgenstern entitled, Could Kaufmann Speak? The service, was held at Congregation Emanu-El in New York City. The full text of Goldenson, Morgenstern, and Schulmans remarks is included. OCLC lists just 7 copies worldwide. Slight Browning but overall in very good condition. (AMR-49-19)
1904Spine rebacked. 8vo. 168 pages. First edition. Volume 1 only. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Literature Jewish. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Rosenthal (1843-1917) was born in Latvia. As a result of the pogroms of 1881 Rosenthal reached the conclusion that the solution to the Jewish problem in Eastern Europe lay in emigration from Russia and in agricultural settlement. In 1882, he and his followers established a Jewish settlement in the United States, in Louisiana. This settlement was destroyed by a flood, and he resettled in the Dakotas, and there was also unsuccessful. Rosenthal also edited a section of the Jewish Encyclopedia, and was the head of the New York public library's Slavonic department (Slutsky, EJ) . Edgeworn, flaking, good condition. (AMR-16-10C)
1919First edition. Original boards. 12mo. 132 pages. 16cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to "When will they Speak Hebrew?" Ben-Yehuda (18581922), Hebrew writer and lexicographer, generally considered the father of modern Hebrew, and one of the first active Zionist leaders. Born Eliezer Yizhak Perelman in Luzhky, Lithuania, he officially adopted the pseudonym Ben-Yehuda, which he had previously used in his literary activities, when he went to Palestine. The Ben-Yehuda household thus was the first Hebrew-speaking home established in Palestine, and his first son, Ben-Zion (later called Ithamar Ben-Avi), the first modern Hebrew-speaking child. - EJ 2008. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew language. Lightly faded boards. Otherwise Very Good Condition. (HEBLIT1-1)
1966Original blue boards and blue dust jacket. 8vo. 324 pages. Title page in Hebrew on verso. Inscription in Hebrew. In Hebrew. This book, written in Hebrew, consists of studies and documents relating to the writings and scholarship of various American pioneers in the creation of Hebrew literature, including Zeev Wolf Schorr and Gerson Rosenzweig, among others. Authors, Hebrew -- United States. Named Person: Sobel, Jacob Zevi. Gersoni, Henry, 1844-1897. Schur, William, 1839-1910. Rosenzweig, Gershon, 1861-1914. Rabinowitz, Isaac, 1846-1900. Title on added title page. : Pioneers of American Hebrew literature. Includes bibliographical references and index. Minimal edgewear to dust jacket. Slight toning. Very minimal markings. Very good condition. (AM-4-1)
New York: Yiddish Scientific Institute [YIVO], American Branch [Yidisher visnshaftlekher institut.; Amerikaner sektsie], 1927-28. Original Wraps, Large 8vo. In Yiddish. Two loose issues. This periodical survived only 2 volumes, ending with vol. 2, Nr. 1 in 1929. A quarterly devoted to the study of Yiddish literature, language, folklore and bibliography. SUBJECT(S): Yiddish philology -- Periodicals. Yiddish language -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 20 holdings worldwide. Not in Shunami. Wear to cloth, hinges repaired, but good solid copy of this important Yiddish literary and linguistic journal. (CT-15-1)
19801st edition, original cloth, 8vo, xiii, 410 pages. Ex-library with usual marks, internally very good, Very Good Condition (AC-4-6)
19061st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 21 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to The Awakener. Includes April (33 pages) , May (33 pages) , June (33 pages) July-August (73 pages) , September (36 pages) , October (37 pages) , November (36 pages) , Issue from 1907 (39 pages) . Not to be confused with the Tel Aviv reprint of the first year. Early Hebrew periodical which features many of the periods most well-known Hebrew writers. This periodical featured commentary on current affairs and literature, and greatly influenced the young Jews of the highly-influential Second Aliyah. (EJ, 2008) . The editor, Y. H. Brenner is considered a pioneer in modern Hebrew literature. Brenner (1881-1921) was initially from Russia, but escaped to London after deserting the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese war. It was in London that Brenner became instrumental in the Hebrew literature movement and Zionism. This culminated in his emigration to Palestine where he rose to prominence before his murder in the 1921 Jaffa riots. (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Hebrew literature, Modern -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide (OCLC: 45947005) . Ex-library with no markings. Most issues are unbound with significant edge wear. Some loss of text in November issue, but others are Good. Overall Good- Condition. (YID-30-27)
1881All 1st editions. 8vo. Pages 193-288 of a Hurwitz piece featured in Bet Talmud, 108 pages, and 64 pages, respectively. 23 cm. All in Hebrew. Titles translate to Beit Talmud: Released Monthly, Beit Eked: Collection of Articles and Poems, and The Hebrew Woman: Laws of Women related to family and society in the Times of the Holy Writings and the Talmud. A variety of Saul Hurtwitz works. Hurtwitz (18611922), Hebrew writer and critic, was born in Russia. He was a successful merchant and banker who, after losing his fortune in the Communist Revolution, moved to Berlin. It was there that he rose to prominence in the circle of émigré Hebrew writers and thinkers and was active in Zionist work. Together with H.N. Bialik he directed the Kelal publishing house. From his youth, Hurwitz contributed stories and articles to Hebrew journals, and in 1892 he published the literary magazine Beit Eked. (Jewish Virtual Library, 2018). SUBJECTS: Hebrew literature -- Periodicals; Jewish Women. OCLC lists 16 holdings worldwide of Bet Talmud (OCLC: 34351478). 8 copies for Ha Ivriyah veha-yehudia (OCLC: 122813769), and 8 for Bet Eked (OCLC: 174120954). Ex-library with no markings. Lacking back board. Front board is loose. Front wrapper of Beth Talmud is loose, heavily worn and chipped. Both other publications are in very good condition and well preserved. (RAB-64-41).
19221st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 313 Pages, 24 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to Complete Works of Reuven ben Mordekhai Brainin. Brainin (1862-1939) was a Russian Jewish publicist, biographer and literary critic. He authored almost 100 biographical sketches of modern Jewish scholars and writers (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Hebrew literature. Hebrew essays. Inscription in year of publication (1922) to leading Jewish bibliographer and librarian Dr. [Joshua] Bloch. Light wear to cloth, with small one inch piece of cloth missing on front. Overall Very Good Condition. (YID-41-27)
18561st edition. Later boards. 8vo. 40, 34 pages. 18 cm. In Hebrew and German. Title translates to Melodies of Israel after the Destruction. Frankl ( 1810-1894) was a famous Austrian-Jewish poet. He took part in the revolution of 1848, and his poems on liberty had considerable vogue. His lyrics are among his best work. He was secretary of the Jewish community in Vienna, and did a lasting service to education by his visit to the Orient in 1856. He founded the first modern Jewish school (the Von Lämmel Schule) in Jerusalem. His brilliant volumes Nach Jerusalem describing his eastern tour have been translated into English, as is the case with many of his poems. His collected poems appeared in three volumes in 1880 (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911) . SUBJECTS: Hebrew poetry. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide (OCLC: 19149881) . Ex-library with usual markings. Damp stains in margins. Overall good condition. Scarce. (RAB-65-15)
18651st Hebrew edition. Original boards. 8vo. 232 pages, 19 cm. In Hebrew with additional German dedication page and occational word in German. 1st Hebrew edition of Goethes Faust. Title translates to Ben Avuyah: A Poem about the Merits of Life. Meir Letteris (1800-1871) was an Austrian Jewish scholar and the foremost poet of the Galician Haskala. He published a working translation of Goethes Faust using the character of Elisha ben Abuyah instead. Ben Abuyah was a controversial rabbi and religious authority from the period immediately following the destruction of the Second Temple. His views were considered heretical by the other Tannaim, leading to Talmud references to him falling under the name "The Other One. (Wikipedia, 2018) . Second title page notes (in German) : Goethe's Faust: eine tragoedie in eniner hebraeischen Umdichtung von Max Letteris. SUBJECTS: Hebrew drama -- Translations from German. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide (OCLC: 41217024) . Ex-library with usual markings. Wear to boards. Very light soiling to tile page. Overall good+ condition. (RAB-65-17-LRX)
18481st 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)
19661st edition. Issue with Singers Photo on cover and lead article being the transcript of an interview with Singer on pages 2-12, which includes 6 additional photos interspersed throughout the text. The Editors note, Isaac Beshevis Singer visited the Cincinnati campus for a week of lectures and dialogue with the teachers and future rabbis of a movement which does not actually forsake Jewishness but has taken out of Jewishness its very essence. Interestingly, Lawrence Kushner, then a rabbinic student, is listed on the masthead of this issue for Photography and New York representative. The Variant ran a total of 8 volumes, 1961-1969, generally appearing 3 times per year. Issued by the student body of the Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish college students -- Periodicals. Reform Judaism -- United States. OCLC lists 11 institutions with holdings for at least some of the issues, but it is unclear which are complete. Only one Ivy League Institution (Harvard) lists any holdings at all. Somewhat rare. Very Good Condition (KH-8-64)
1917First English edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 19 pages, 22 cm. In English. Translated into English by Leon Simon. One of Ahad Ha'am's most famous essays. In it, Ahad Ha'Am focuses on the historical figure and the biblical significance of Moses. Famous quotes from this essay are: "This Moses, I say, this man of old time, whose existence and character you are trying to elucidate, matters to nobody but scholars like you. Historical truth is that, and that alone, which reveals the forces that go to mould the social life of mankind. " SUBJECTS: Moses (Biblical leader) . OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide (OCLC: 19479557) . First published as part of the in the "Selected Essays by Ahad Ha-am. " Light Wear, Very Good Condition (BIBLE-19-10)
Varshe: Kultur-Lige, 1929. Paper Wrappers, 12mo. Semimonthly. In Yiddish. This periodical ran a total of 5 volumes: I (1922), II (1923) III (1924-1 issue only), 1928, & 1929. SUBJECT(S): Yiddish literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals. OCLC Number: 54241785. OCLC lists 12 holdings worldwide. Paper browning as generally found, covers are detached and chipped, spine largely absent, but usable. (YID-22-54)xx
New York: Yiddish Scientific Institute [YIVO], American Branch [Yidisher visnshaftlekher institut.; Amerikaner sektsie], 1927-29. Original Wraps, Large 8vo. In Yiddish. Four loose issues. This periodical survived only 2 volumes, ending with vol. 2, Nr. 1 in 1929. A quarterly devoted to the study of Yiddish literature, language, folklore and bibliography. SUBJECT(S): Yiddish philology -- Periodicals. Yiddish language -- Periodicals. OCLC: 122810294. OCLC lists 20 holdings worldwide. Not in Shunami. Binding repaired, good solid copy of this important Yiddish literary and linguistic journal. (CT-15-2A)
1927New York: Yiddish Scientific Institute [YIVO], American Branch [Yidisher visnshaftlekher institut.; Amerikaner sektsie], 1927. Modern Cloth, Large 8vo, 176 pages. In Yiddish. This periodical survived only 2 volumes, ending with vol. 2, Nr. 1 in 1929. Thus this set lacks only the final issue. A quarterly devoted to the study of Yiddish literature, language, folklore and bibliography. SUBJECT(S): Yiddish philology -- Periodicals. Yiddish language -- Periodicals. Ex-library with usual marks, some wear, Good Solid condition. (CT-15-2B)xx
1924Later boards. 8vo. 114 pages, 25 cm. In English with all poem titles in Hebrew and English. Introduction written by Vladimir Jabotinsky. Bialik (1873-1934) is one of the most well-known and influential Hebrew poets. He pioneered modern Hebrew poetry and while he died before the founding of the State of Israel, he is recognized as the nation's national poet. SUBJECTS: Bialik, Hayyim Nahman, 1873-1934 -- Translations into English. OCLC Number: 1172117077. Ex-library with usual markings. Very good condition. (ZION2-2-43-q)
18535614 [185354]. 1st edition. Original period deluxe tooled leather, 4to, [iv], 1011, [v] pages [1020 pages total]. COPY BELONGING TO JEWISH COMMUNAL LEADER AND DIPLOMAT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PEIXOTTO (18341890), WITH HIS OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER ("B.F. Peixotto, Cleveland, O. 1865"). Beautiful original period leather binding with tooled leather boards and board edges and raised bands. All Edges Gilt. The first edition of the first translation of the full Hebrew bible (Old Testament) into English by a Jew. Deinard 847; Singerman 1271; Goldman 12. Vinograd, Philadelphia 21. Very important work, Isaac Leesers magnum opus. In the preface, Leeser here writes of a life-long ambition to do for his fellow Hebrews who use the English as their vernacular, what had been done for the Germans by some of the most eminent minds That is, to present an Old Testament Bible in the peoples tongue which was unprejudiced against Jews. This task took Rabbi Leeser more than 15 years to complete. The Twenty-Four Books..., has remained Leeser's literary magnum opus and his most lasting contribution to Judaism in America. Printed in 1854, complete with "short explanatory notes, " his efforts at biblical translation had actually developed in stages, beginning almost two decades earlier. Leeser's first biblical translation was The Law of God, a Pentateuch (Five Books of Moses) in five volumes, published in 1845. According to Leesers biographer Lance Sussman, one factor convincing Leeser of the need for a Jewish-translated bible into English was the opening of Rebecca Gratz's Sunday School in March 1838, in Philadelphia. The school was desperately in need of appropriate study material, with students using the King James Bible for want of a Jewish alternative: religiously objectionable passages in other texts provided by Protestant organizations were either pasted over or torn out by Gratz's staff. Leeser, who supported the Sunday School and was its chief academic resource person, felt compelled to find more suitable texts for the students. Leeser's Bible, as it has come to be known, quickly became the standard Bible for English-speaking Jews, especially in America. The impetus for Leeser throughout was always his desire to provide the Jews of America with an English text of the Bible that was produced by one of their own and was not tainted by conversionist motivations. In his preface to the present volume, Leeser characterizes this culmination of his long years of endeavor as having finally provided for his fellow Jews "a version of the Bible which has not been made by the authority of churches in which they have no confidence." Benjamin Franklin Peixotto (18341890), the owner of this bible, was a lawyer, diplomat, and important Jewish communal leader. His mother, Rachel Seixas, and his paternal grandfather, Moses Levi Maduro Peixotto (Hazzan of New York's Congregation Shearith Israel from 1820-1828) were both members of important early New York Jewish families. Young Benjamin settled in Cleveland during 184766, writing frequent editorials for the daily Cleveland Plain Dealer. In 1855, Peixotto and [George A.] Davis founded the Hebrew Benevolent Society; Peixotto was its secretary. In 1863 Peixotto helped found the first Cleveland lodge of B'nai B'rith. In 1860, he founded the Young Men's Hebrew Literary Society, four years later convincing it to affiliate with B'nai B'rith as Montefiore Lodge (Ency Cleveland History, 2020). In addition, Peixotto was a follower of Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois [Abraham Lincolns famous sparring partner in the Great Debates of 1858], under whose guidance Peixotto studied law. A trustee and founder of the Sunday School at Congregation Tifereth Israel (now The Temple), he served as Grand Sar (president) of B'nai B'rith during 186364 and was the prime mover for its Jewish Orphan Asylum (now Bellefaire) established in Cleveland in 1869 .Early in 1870, moved by the Romanian persecution of Jews, Peixotto succeeded in becoming the first U.S. consul in Bucharest, appointed by President Grant through the intervention of the Seligmans. His financial needs in the unpaid position, as well as political support, were provided, not always reliably, by a group of wealthy U.S. Jews, along with the B'nai B'rith, the Board of Delegates of American Israelites, and prominent French and English Jews led by Sir Francis Goldsmid. In Bucharest Peixotto pressed vigorously for Jewish emancipation, to which Romanian Jews were legally entitled by the Treaty of Paris of 1856, and also took the initiative in founding Jewish schools, cultural societies, and Romanian B'nai B'rith, as part of his plan to modernize Jewish life in that country .his well-publicized presence inhibited new antisemitic legislation and avoided or mitigated several pogroms .he continued to endorse emigration privately while serving in Bucharest until 1876. From 1877 to 1885 Peixotto was U.S. consul in Lyons .His son was George Da Maduro Peixotto (18591937), a painter .He became a notable portrait painter, executing portraits from life of Cardinal Manning, President McKinley, Chief Justice Waite, and John Hay, among others .Peixotto's portrait of Sir Moses Montefiore at the latter's centenary in 1884 hung in the Corcoran Gallery, and his painting of [Rabbi] Julius Bien hangs in the National Museum, Washington, D.C. (JewishVirtualLibrary). For more on this work, see: Israel Abrahams, Isaac Leesers Bible," By-Paths in Hebraic Bookland (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1920), 254-259. Ephraim Deinard, Kohelet america: yakhil reshimat kol ha-sefarim asher nidpesu ba-america mi-shenat [5]495 (1735) ad shenat [5]686 (1926) u-bikkoret ketsarah kimat al kol sefer, vol. 2 (St. Louis: Moinester Printing Company, 1926), 133 (no. 847). Yosef Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America 1735-1926: A History and Annotated Bibliography, vol. 1 (Brooklyn: Yosef Goldman, 2006), 12-13 (no. 12). Jonathan D. Sarna and Nahum M. Sarna, Jewish Bible Scholarship and Translations in the United States," in Ernest S. Frerichs (ed.), The Bible and Bibles in America (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988), 83-116, at pp. 84-92. Lance J. Sussman, Another Look at Isaac Leeser and the First Jewish Translation of the Bible in the United States," Modern Judaism 5,2 (1985): 159-190. Lance J. Sussman, Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995), 150-151, 185-193. The most recent sale of any copy of this work at auction (2018) was for over $16,000 (with premium). Original tooled black leather binding expertly repaired, with some light wear and loss of gilt to boards and edges. Rubbing to lemon endpapers and small repairs to outer margins of some leaves. A beautiful copy of this landmark of American Jewish scholarship with important provenance. Very Good Condition (AMR-39-53-BD)
1941Original Wraps. 8vo. 31 pages. 21 cm. First separate edition. Founder's Day address, Hebrew Union College, March 29, 1941. Reprinted from the Synagogue, Sept. And Oct. 1941. Essay on Wise's life and thought to serve as a comparison between the ideals and times of the nineteenth century (equalitarianism, freedom, the fight against anti-semitism) and the horrors in Germany today. With long reflections on the relationship of Wise to Zionism, Judaism, and America. The author, George Zepin, was born in Russia in 1878. In 1900 he was ordained as a rabbi at Hebrew Union College. From 1917-1941 Zepin was secretary of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Subjects: Reform Judaism - United States. Reform Judaism. Wise, Isaac Mayer, 1819-1900. OCLC Number: 5664579. OCLC lists 9 copies. Light soiling and wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (AMR-46-6)
19131st edition. Poster, 9x12 inches on 13 x 16 inch linen backing. Text in Hebrew, English, and Yiddish. Prof Dr. Gottlard Deutsch, Prof. Dr. David Neumark, and Mr. Joshua Bloch will speak. Miss Jennie Mannheimer will recite some of H.N Bialiks poems. HERR NAHUM SOKOLOV will deliver an address on The Development and Future of Hebrew Literature.....Rev. Dr. Louis Grossman will preside. Deutsch, Neumark, and Grossman were leaders of the Reform movement at the time; Bloch went on to edid the Journal of Jewish Bibliography and to head the Jewish devision at NYPL. Jennie Mannheimer (1872-1943), aka Jane Manner, was an American elocutionist, acting coach, and teacher of speech and drama. Her father, Sigmund Mannheimer, was a professor and librarian at Hebrew Union College .Jennie Mannheimer was one of the first two women to earn a bachelor's degree in Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College, in 1888 .[She] was director of the drama department at the Cincinnati College of Music from 1900 until 1907. She also ran her own school, the Cincinnati School of Expression (1894-1912). In New York, She was founder of the Drama Recital Club, and a member of the New York Drama League, the New York League of American Pen Women, the Council of Jewish Women, and the Temple Emmanu-El Women's Auxiliary (Wikipedia). Ibriah, a Cincinnati organization committed to Hebrew conversation and literature, was, not surprisingly, also a center of Zionist support, despite the Reforms dominance in local Jewish thought and culture. Here the host a gathering to meet leading modern Hebrew writer Nahum Sokolov. Joan Friedman notes in a 2006 article on Solomon Freedhof at HUC during the period that, The hot issue of the day during Freehofs student and early faculty years at the College was Zionism. It was discussed in the Literary Society and everywhere else on campus. During the 19111912 academic year, Silver and Professor Neumark had founded a Hebrew-speaking club, Ibriah, of which Marcus was a member, though he does not mention whether Freehof was also. The CCAR had taken a firm stance against Zionism as early as 1897, although individual rabbis were outspoken Zionists.104 Kohler was a committed anti-Zionist. Nevertheless, despite his best efforts, between 1910 and 1920 the student body gradually shifted to an overwhelmingly pro-Zionist perspective as its demographics changed, world events furthered the Zionist cause, and Louis Brandeis popularized a nonideological Zionism acceptable to American Jews, including many Reform Jews (AJAJ, LVIII, Nr ½, p. 21). Toning, light crease, Very Good Condition. Presume quite rare. (ZION-10-12B)
1964A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. Light edge wear, scuffing, and small tears to dust jacket. 370 pages. Black and white illustrations.
1972A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name label inside. Full tan cloth boards. 848 pages. Black and white illustrations. 1972 Reprint of the 1834 edition.
Third edition of this classic work on calendars and time-keeping among the ancients. [8], 384 pp. Greek, Hebrew, Indic, Samaritan, Syriac, and Ethiopic types used throughout. 8vo. Attractively bound in contemporary paneled calf, spine with gilt fleurons in six compartments, covers decorated in blind. Moderate wear to binding, front joint split but holding. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT. A scarce and important book.
1846A PRISTINE LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. XII, 168 pp. + addenda leaf (often missing, but present here). An introduction to the Chronicon Samaritanum or Liber Josuae. A LARGE-PAPER COPY, beautifully printed (in Latin, with some Hebrew types) with huge margins on extremely fine, thick laid paper (this copy about twice as thick as normal copies). Large 4to. Original unprinted wraps. Uncut and unopened. Some wear and tear to wraps, INTERNALLY FINE AND BRIGHT, COMPLETELY FRESH, LIKE NEW.
