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19438vo. 280 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews encyclopedias; Jews dictionaries; Jews bibliography. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Inscribed by author. Covers slightly worn, owner's name inside front cover, very good condition. (AMR-20-17)
19788vo. 128 pages. Illustrated. Second edition. Warns of the rise of a Christian Theocracy in America. CONTENTS: A Word to Jewish Readers; CH. 1 Stop, Look, and Listen! ; Ch. 2 It Happened Here; Ch. 3 Danger Ahead: Religious Legislation; Ch, 4 Prelude to Persecution: Sunday Blue Laws; Ch. 5 A New ThreatEnergy Crisis Sunday Laws; CH. 6 Which Day Did God Appoint as the Sabbath? ; Ch. 7 Is Saturday the True Historic Seventh Day? ; Ch. 8 Who Changed the Sabbath Day? ; Ch. 9 The Blank-Day CalendarThreat to Eternal Jewish Verities; Ch. 10 EcumenismA Coming Dictatorship of the Majority? ; Ch. 11 The Soon-Coming Contest; Ch. 12 Is a State Church Emerging in the U. S. A. ? ; CH. 13 Will There Be Persecution in America? ; Ch, 14 What You Can Do. SUBJECT (S) : Freedom of religion; Church and state in the United States; Persecution United States. OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Light water marks and wrinkles throughout, ex library with sticker on spine only mark, good condition. (AMR-20-21)
19788vo. 128 pages. Illustrated. Second edition. Warns of the rise of a Christian Theocracy in America. SUBJECT (S) : Freedom of religion; Church and state in the United States; Persecution United States. CONTENTS: A Word to Jewish Readers; CH. 1 Stop, Look, and Listen! ; Ch. 2 It Happened Here; Ch. 3 Danger Ahead: Religious Legislation; Ch, 4 Prelude to Persecution: Sunday Blue Laws; Ch. 5 A New ThreatEnergy Crisis Sunday Laws; CH. 6 Which Day Did God Appoint as the Sabbath? ; Ch. 7 Is Saturday the True Historic Seventh Day? ; Ch. 8 Who Changed the Sabbath Day? ; Ch. 9 The Blank-Day CalendarThreat to Eternal Jewish Verities; Ch. 10 EcumenismA Coming Dictatorship of the Majority? ; Ch. 11 The Soon-Coming Contest; Ch. 12 Is a State Church Emerging in the U. S. A. ? ; CH. 13 Will There Be Persecution in America? ; Ch, 14 What You Can Do. OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Ex library usual markings, very good condition. (AMR-20-22)
19238vo. 118 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : American poetry history and criticism; Jews in literature; Bible in literature. Ex-library with minimal marks, Very Good Condition. (k-amr-20-31-dw)
18918vo. 172, 32, 16 pages. In Hebrew. Volume 2 only. SUBJECT (S) : Palestine. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Ex library with usual markings, covers are very worn, pages darkened, some pages are chipped or loose, hinges are splitting, fair condition. (MX-7-9)
Lviv : M.F. Poremba, 1878-1856.Cloth, 8vo, 140 + 15 pages.Important 19th Century bilingual Hebrew & German journal which survived 9 volumes, 1856-1878. SUBJECT(S): Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals. Jews -- History -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 8 holdings worldwide. Bound in period cloth. Light wear, Good solid condition. (GER-16-59dw)
Dampstains to corners of a few pages, almost Very Good Condition Lacks Jacket? ; 8vo; 403 pages; Bet ha-midrash le-rabanim be-Amerikah. In Hebrew with English title page and index. "The Shaping of American Judaism. " Jacob Guttmans copy, inscribed to him by the author. Very Good Condition. (Comhist6-6)
193812mo. 153, 26 pages. In German. This final volume, Nr. 6, includes a "Gesamtverzeichnis der Verlagswerke im Herbst 1938." SUBJECT (S) : Jewish literature - Germany - periodicals; Jewish almanacs - Germany. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Light wear, Very good condition. (GER-20-14A)
1913(FT) 8vo. Xv, 234 pages. In Hebrew. Complete in two volumes. First edition. SUBJECT(S) : Legends, Jewish. SERIES: Kol kitve Mikhah Yosef Berditsevski ; ; kerekh 1-2. Berdichevsky (1865-1921) , also know as Ben-Gorion, was born in Podalia, to a long line of rabbis. In his teens, he read the Haskalah writers, and this conflict between modernism and tradition informed his entire literary career. It also caused deep disagreements with teachers and family members. He began to be published in 1888, writing both fiction and non-fiction. In 1890, he moved to Russia, and was acquainted with David Frischmann, and in 1892 he moved to Germany. In Berlin, he solidified a philosophy of personal and intellectual freedom in the face of stultifying tradition. His writing attacked any already-established position, including the Haskalah and Zionism, and demanded an expansion of the Jewish literary canon. Though a later trip back to Russia, and witnessing the realities of Jewish life there, slightly moderated his polemics, Berdichevsky wrote much of the same, though he also branched out to collections of legends and Jewish history. It is of no surprise that his readers were divided along generational lines; the younger readers flocked to his work, while older critics rejected his ideas. (Almagor, EJ) Gilt titles. Inch-long section of backstrip missing at bottom on vol 2, corners worn, spines faded, tear along spine on vol 1, good condition. (GER-27-26)
1913(FT) 8vo. Xv, 234 pages. In Hebrew. Volume one (of two) only. First edition. SUBJECT(S) : Legends, Jewish. SERIES: Kol kitve Mikhah Yosef Berditsevski ; ; kerekh 1-2. Berdichevsky (1865-1921) , also know as Ben-Gorion, was born in Podalia, to a long line of rabbis. In his teens, he read the Haskalah writers, and this conflict between modernism and tradition informed his entire literary career. It also caused deep disagreements with teachers and family members. He began to be published in 1888, writing both fiction and non-fiction. In 1890, he moved to Russia, and was acquainted with David Frischmann, and in 1892 he moved to Germany. In Berlin, he solidified a philosophy of personal and intellectual freedom in the face of stultifying tradition. His writing attacked any already-established position, including the Haskalah and Zionism, and demanded an expansion of the Jewish literary canon. Though a later trip back to Russia, and witnessing the realities of Jewish life there, slightly moderated his polemics, Berdichevsky wrote much of the same, though he also branched out to collections of legends and Jewish history. It is of no surprise that his readers were divided along generational lines; the younger readers flocked to his work, while older critics rejected his ideas. (Almagor, EJ) Gilt title. Backstrip missing, edgeworn, title page missing, hinges starting, good- condition. (GER-27-27)
19288vo. 211 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Halkin (1898-1987) was born in Russia; he and moved to the United States in 1914, where he taught at Hebrew Union College, and then to Israel in 1932. Only seven years later, he returned to the U. S. , and in 1949 became a professor at the Hebrew University. Aside from teaching, he wrote both poetry and prose, featuring motifs of dichotomies between the secular and the religious, and between the will to live and the desire to die. He also wrote literary criticism, and translated the work of others, such as Walt Whitman and Shakespeare, into Hebrew. (EJ, Silberschlag) Covers tanned, tear on back, good condition. (GER-28-4)
1874(FT) 12mo. Xxix, 272 pages. Hebrew translation of Nathan der Weise. SUBJECT(S) : Drama. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. One of the outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment in Germany, Lessing was devoted to the principle of toleration. Through a physician, Aaron Solomon Gumpertz, he became a friend and admirer of Moses Mendelssohn, whom he encouraged to publish his first philosophical work. Mendelssohn was the inspiration for Lessing's Nathan der Weise, his last play, and once more a plea for toleration. Based on the parable of the three rings, adapted from Boccaccio's Decameron, the play presents Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as three sons of a benevolent father who has given each an identical ring, although each one claims that his ring alone is authentic. Nathan is made the spokesman for the aspirations of the Enlightenment: tolerance, brotherhood, and love of humanity. (Graetz, EJ) Ex library. Boards worn, front joint cracked, pages a little tanned, moisture stain on top edge, good condition. (GER-26-12)
19138vo. Xvi, 264, xv, 234 pages. In Hebrew. Complete in two volumes. SUBJECT (S) : Legends, Jewish. SERISES: Kovets 1. Mi-ne kedem -- kovets 2. Agadot `am. Berdichevsky (1865-1921) , also know as Ben-Gorion, was born in Podalia, to a long line of rabbis. In his teens, he read the Haskalah writers, and this conflict between modernism and tradition informed his entire literary career. It also caused deep disagreements with teachers and family members. He began to be published in 1888, writing both fiction and non-fiction. In 1890, he moved to Russia, and was acquainted with David Frischmann; in 1892 he moved to Germany. In Berlin, he solidified a philosophy of personal and intellectual freedom in the face of "stultifying" tradition. His writing attacked any already-established position, including the Haskalah and Zionism, and demanded an expansion of the Jewish literary canon. Though a later trip back to Russia, and witnessing the realities of Jewish life there, slightly moderated his polemics, Berdichevsky wrote much of the same, though he also branched out to collections of legends and Jewish history. It is of no surprise that his readers were divided along generational lines; the younger readers flocked to his work, while older critics rejected his ideas. (Almagor, EJ) Gilt titles. Spines faded, good+ condition. (GER-29-13)
1; Baltimore, no publisher, 1916. Paper Wrappers, 16mo, 27 [1] pages. OCLC lists only 1 copy worldwide (Harvard). Deinard #7. Goldman #347, locating only 1 copy. "Among the innovations in Jewish education he [Abrams] is credited with are the introduction of a kindergarten program and the use of buses to transport children to and from school. Most importantly, after realizing that the strict immigration quotas of the 1920s would dry up the main source of Hebrew teachers, Abrams helped establish the Hebrew Teachers Training School of Pittsburgh and succeeded in having colleges grant credit for courses taken there .[He] wrote more than thirty monographs and pamphlets in Hebrew and in English .Halevi refers to him as 'professor' This small booklet, intended for children, retells various aggadot pertaining to the destruction of the two Temples." Light wear, stains at staples, Good+ Condition. (heb-6-20)
1895(ft) Cloth, 19 pages; 21 cm. In Hebrew. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (JTSA, Yale, Florida) . Subject: Jewish sects -- History. Harkavy (18351919) was a scholar of Jewish history and literature. Harkavy was born in Novogrudok, Belorussia. He studied at Lithuanian yeshivot and at the universities of St. Petersburg, Berlin, and Paris. On his return to Russia in 1870 he began teaching ancient Oriental history. The opposition in certain circles to the appointment of a Jew to a university lectureship prompted the Russian government to cancel his post, and he was transferred to the department of Jewish literature and Oriental manuscripts at the Imperial Library in St. Petersburg. In 1877 he was made head of that department, remaining in that position for the rest of his life. (Poliak in EJ, 2007) . From the library of Mayer Sulzberger, with his bookplate. Sulzberger was an American jurist and communal leader; first president of the American Jewish Committee, a founder of the J. P. S. , and officer of many Jewish institutions of higher learning. His book collection formed the nucleus of the JTS collection, the largest collection of Jewish books in the world outside of Israel. Fair Condition, stains on pages, but complete. (K-Rab 1-1)
193312mo. 177 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish literature Germany periodicals; Jewish almanacs Germany. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Spine faded and creased, very good condition. (GER-20-14B)
193312mo. 185 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish literature Germany periodicals; Jewish almanacs Germany. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Spine faded and creased, very good condition. (GER-20-13B)
1926Hardcover, 21-39 pages, Folio, 33 x 25 cm. In German. Contents: Zur einfuhrung. --In memoriam Rafael Frank. --Uber hebraische typen und schriftarten, von Rafael Frank. --Die renaissance des hebraischen, von dr. Jacques Adler. SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew type. Hebrew language. "Sechzehnter Bertholddruck. " "Hergestellt in einer beschrankten auflage fur einem kreis von freunden. "--Leaf at end. Reprinted from Archiv fur buchgewerbe, 48. Jg. , hft. 11. Ex-library. Water stain to front and back cover. Slight browning on edges of pages. Hinge repair. Otherwise, good condition. (BIB-11-7)xx
1953(FT) 12mo. 310 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Ex library. Pages tanned, Water stains in corners, good condition. (HebLit-4-1)
1946(FT) 16mo. 94 pages. Frontispiece. In Hebrew. Sixth edition. SUBJECT(S) : Poetry. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Lamdan (1899-1954) was a Ukrainian-born poet. He moved to Israel in 1920, after hard years during WWI, and joining, and then breaking with, the Russian Communist revolution. In Israel he spent a few years as a halutz, and then devoted himself to writing. "Lamdan's magnum opus, Massadah (1927) , an epic poem in blank verse of six cantos, comprising 35 poems, established his reputation. The poem reflects the spirit of the young pioneers of the 1920s who had left behind them not only the memory of the brutal senseless murders of defenseless Jews, but also their shattered illusions about the possibility of establishing a free, revolutionary society in Eastern Europe. Massadah, the last fortress which continued to hold out against the Romans even after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 C. E. , in Lamdan's poem symbolizes Erez Israel, the last stronghold of the destroyed Eastern European Jewish communities. " (EJ, 2007) Covers edgeworn, a little shaken, good condition. (HebLit-4-3)
1928(FT) 8vo. 59 pages. In Hebrew. Second edition. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - Jerusalem - history -- 17th century; Jerusalem - history; Governors - Jerusalem - biography; Muhammed ibn Farrukh, fl. 1635; Jerusalem - ethnic relations. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Rivlin (1889-1942) was an "historian and journalist in Erez Israel. Rivlin was born in Jerusalem into one of its old established families. He went into business and then became the secretary of the United Old Age Home in Jerusalem. As a young man, he became a correspondent for the New York Yiddish paper, Morning Journal, and also published studies on the history of Jewish settlement in Erez Israel, Jerusalem in particular, and in neighboring countries. In this field, Rivlin's major achievement was his revised and enlarged edition of Aryeh Leib Frumkin's Toledot Hakhmei Yerushalayim 1490-1870, which he expanded into a history of all Jewish settlement in Erez Israel. Rivlin also published selections from the Pentateuch commentary by the 16th-century Jerusalem rabbi and physician Raphael Mordecai Malkhi, Likkutim mi-Perush ha-Torah shel R. M. Malkhi; a biography of Joseph Sundel Salant; a new edition of the 17th-century work on Jerusalem, Horvot Yerushalayim; and Sefer ha-Yahas le-Mishpahat Rivlin u-Mishpahat ha-Gra mi-Vilna. His collection of material on Erez Israel in the responsa literature remained unpublished. " (2007, EJ) Ex library. Pages tanned, good condition. (HebLit-4-4)
1946(FT) 16mo. 195 pages. In Hebrew. English title: The achievements of modern Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew language. OCLC lists 26 copies worldwide. SERIES: Le-khol. Ex library with minimal markings and library binding. Light moisture marks on first and last couple pages, good+ condition. (HebLit-4-5)
19018vo. 76 pages. Frontispiece. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Philosophy of nature. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Univ of Michigan, Temple Univ) . Pages tanned, good condition. (HebLit-4-7)
1921(FT) 8vo. Xvii, 430 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Materialism. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Ex library. Good condition. (HebLit-4-8)
1924(FT) 8vo. 305 pages. In Hebrew. Volume one only. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 29 copies worldwide. Top edge gilt. "A disciple of the "psychology" approach to literature and a writer of the "uprooted" generation, Brenner [1881-1921] became a key figure of the school in modern Hebrew literature; he focused and ruthlessly exposed the anxieties, self-probing, and despair of intellectual anti-heroes overwhelmed by life in a society that had lost meaning and direction. His fiction, bleak and fiercely honest, nourishes, however, a belief in artistic truth where faith in all else has failed. A contemporary and friend of G. Schoffmann and U. N. Gnessin, Brenner, like them, was also influenced by M. J. Berdyczewski. In style, he considered himself a follower of Berdyczewski, and in social outlook, a disciple of Mendele Mokher Seforim. Like many Hebrew writers of the early decades of the 20th century, he was mainly influenced by Russian literature, specifically by writers such as Tolstoy and Dostoevski (he frequently mentions the latter in his letters) , and by such European writers as Nietzsche and Hauptmann. Brenner, a novelist, critic, philosopher, translator, editor, and publisher, wrote in Hebrew and in Yiddish. He exercised a powerful personal influence, often exceeding his impact as a writer and a critic, on his generation, and on the following one. His colleagues and friends saw in him "a secular saint caught in a world that was not worthy of him" (H. Zeitlin) , and he became their moral, social, and artistic yardstick. Brenner's approach to literature demanded a close link between the creative process, the artistic work, and real life. " (EJ, 2007) Covers missing, leather backstrip present, text in very good condition. (HebLit-4-9)
