(Jt) Nordau, Max Simon.MareMagnum
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1929(FT) 8vo. Frontispiece photo. In Hebrew. Volume two (of six) only. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. Nordau (1849-1923) was a co-founder of the World Zionist Organization. He was a political Zionist, not a cultural or religious Zionist, having ceased being an observant Jew at eighteen, instead becoming a "militant naturalist and evolutionist, " and making his fame with Die Conventionellen Luegen der Kulturmenschheit, first published in 1883. Also at eighteen, he started his career in journalism, on the staff of the Pester Lloyd. While condemning modern culture and politics, the situation of the Jewish people was never far from Nordau's mind. He met Theodor Herzl in 1982, and soon after began discussing the possibility of a Jewish state with him. He was vice president of the First through Sixth Zionist Congresses, and president of the Seventh through Tenth. (EJ, 2007) Bookplate, otherwise very good condition. (HebLit-5-19)
1946(FT) 8vo. 332 pages. Frontispiece. In Hebrew. Volume two (of three) only. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. "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. 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, and by such European writers as Nietzsche and Hauptmann. " (EJ, 2007) Backstrip missing and binding is loose, covers and endpapers wrinkled from water but text is clean, good- condition. (HebLit-5-21)
1938(FT) 8vo. Xxx, 201 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. SERIES: Sifre mofet le-vate midrash. 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) Ex library. Occasional pencil underlining, water stains throughout, good- condition. (HebLit-5-22)
1897(FT) 12mo. 128, 87 pages. In Hebrew. Complete, two volumes bound in one. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -history - 1789-1945; Jew - Germany - history. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. BOUND WITH: (jt) Bernfeld, Simon. DOR HAKHAM : MONOGRAFYAH `A. D. HOKHME `AMENU HA-METSUYANIM BA-MEAH HA-19 U-TEKUFATAM. ? ? ? ? ? ? : ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Warsaw : Toshiyah, 1896. 90 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - biography; Jewish ethics. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. "Bernfeld was born in Stanislav, Galicia, and was educated in Koenigsberg and Berlin. In 1886 he was appointed chief rabbi of the Sephardi community of Belgrade, Serbia; he remained there until 1894, when he returned to Berlin and devoted himself to scholarly pursuits. He continued his literary work until his death, despite blindness in his later years. Bernfeld wrote several monographs in Hebrew on Jewish history and philosophy, the earliest published when he was only 19." (Klausner, EJ) Has postage style Max Nordau stamp on title page. Tanned, bookplate, good condition. (HebLit-5-25x)
1896(FT) 12mo. 90 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - biography; Jewish ethics. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. BOUND WITH: (jt) Bernfeld, Simon. DOR TAHAPUKHOT : MONOGRAFYOT MI-YEME RESHIT HASKALAT HA-YEHUDIM BE-GERMANYAH BI-SHENOT HA-MEAH HA-SHEMONEH-`ESREH. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Warsaw : Tushiyah, 1897-1898. 128, 87 pages. In Hebrew. Complete, two volumes bound in one. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -history - 1789-1945; Jew - Germany - history. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. "Bernfeld was born in Stanislav, Galicia, and was educated in Koenigsberg and Berlin. In 1886 he was appointed chief rabbi of the Sephardi community of Belgrade, Serbia; he remained there until 1894, when he returned to Berlin and devoted himself to scholarly pursuits. He continued his literary work until his death, despite blindness in his later years. Bernfeld wrote several monographs in Hebrew on Jewish history and philosophy, the earliest published when he was only 19." (Klausner, EJ) Tanned, good condition. (HebLit-5-25x)
1935(FT) 8vo. In Hebrew. Tissue-papered frontispiece. Volume one (of two) only. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature - history and criticism. Bialik (1873-1934) was "the greatest Hebrew poet of modern times. " His childhood and youth influenced his poetry - the fields and forests of Volhynia, the solitariness of his grandfather's house where he lived after his father died, and the yeshiva he went to in Volozhin. Other influences include Ahad Ha-Am, and Russian literature - which he began to read as he became disillusioned with the religiosity at the yeshiva, and further immersed himself in after leaving the yeshiva and going to Odessa. His first published work was the poem "El ha-Zippor, " which was published in 1892, in the first volume of Ha-Pardes. Later in life he lived also in Berlin, and settled in Palestine in 1924. (EJ, Spicehandler) Bookplate. Covers faded, wear at corners, good+ condition. (HebLit-5-28)
1952(FT) 12mo. 450 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Poetry. OCLC lists no copies for this edition worldwide. Amir-Pinkerfeld (1902-1981) "was born in Galicia, into an assimilated family. Her father worked as an architect for the Austro-Hungarian government. She completed secondary school in Lvov, and published a book of verse in Polish at the age of 18, her first poem being the prayer of a Polish child for the liberation of his country. After studying at the universities of Leipzig and Lvov, she immigrated to Palestine in 1923. In 1921 she published another volume of verse in Polish, Piesni zycia. Thereafter, under the influence of Uri Zevi Greenberg, she began writing in Hebrew. The themes of her verse are love of nature, romantic love, and the joys of motherhood. Her long poem "Ahat" describes a young Jewish girl who immigrates to Israel after surviving the Holocaust and dies fighting for Israeli independence. [She] was the first poet to write poetry in Hebrew specifically for children and distinguished herself in this field. In 1978 she received the Israel Prize for children's literature. " (EJ, 2007) Shalom Spiegel's copy with his bookplate. Has dust jacket. Tanned, gift inscription on free endpaper, good+ condition. (HebLit-5-29)
1949(FT) 8vo. 314 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Poetry, Hebrew. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Meltzer (1909-2000) was "[born] in Tluste (eastern Galicia; present-day Tolstoye) , [and he] immigrated to Palestine in 1933, after having taught in Horodenka, Galicia. For a time he taught secondary school in Tel Aviv, but from 1937 he engaged in editorial work; first in the daily Davar, and later in the Am Oved publishing house and in the children's magazine Davar li-Yladim. From 1959 he was on the editorial staff of the Zionist Library publications of the Jewish Agency. His first poems were published in Ba-Derekh, the magazine of the teachers' seminary in Lvov where he studied. After his arrival in Erez Israel his poetry appeared mainly in Davar, but also in various literary journals. Meltzer attempted to capture the folk flavor of Eastern European Jewry by using hasidic tales and motifs in his ballads. [He] translated extensively from Polish-Jewish writers, especially from Yiddish writers, dramatists, and poets. " (EJ, 2007) Has worn dust jacket. Gift inscription, top corner bumped, good+ condition. (HebLit-5-30)
1945(FT) 8vo. 263 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two (of two) only. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. "Hillels [1873-1953] was raised in Bessarabia, and he served as principal of the Jewish public school of Marcolesti. In 1918 he headed the Office of the Federated Councils which was established in Romania to aid the refugees fleeing the Ukraine in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In 1921 he moved to Kishinev where he was appointed supervisor of the Tarbut Hebrew schools in Bessarabia. In 1925 he settled in Palestine where he taught in the Mikveh Israel agricultural school and was the director of Beit Bialik (Bialik House) in Tel Aviv. During World War II he lived in the United States. His early pieces appeared in the 1890s in Ha-Zefirah and in Ha-Meliz. However, his best works were written after he went to Palestine... His writings are realistic, and tempered by a profound faith in man. " (EJ, 2007) Ex library with minimal markings. Very good condition. (HebLit-5-32)
1906(FT) Hardcover, 12mo, 32 pages, portrait, 15 cm. In Hebrew. 1st edition. Totsaah meyuhadah meha-Hashkafah shanah 3 Cover title. The author (née Paula Jonas) , was the lexicographer Eliezer Ben Yehudahs 2nd wife, marrying him shortly after the death of her sister, his first wife Devora (née Jonas) . Adopting the Hebrew name Hemdah, she learned Hebrew fluently in record time, became a reporter for his paper [Hatzvi -- The Deer -- a weekly newspaper], and in time took over as editor, in order to allow Eliezer to concentrate on his research of the lost Hebrew words that the reborn tongue required . Hatzvi was the first Hebrew paper to report what was happening throughout the land. For this paper Eliezer needed to coin new Hebrew words for objects and verbs that did not exist in the days of the last Hebrew commonwealth (Junior Judaica, Encyclopedia Judaica for Youth, 1992) . OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Harvard, Princeton, NYPL, Stanford, UC-Berkeley) . Slight browning and wear to edges of pages. Otherwise, very good condition. (Rab-40-27)
1864(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, xv, 145 pages, portrait. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Satire, Hebrew. Sacrifice -- Judaism. Purity, Ritual -- Judaism. Erter, Isaac. Other Titles: Dr. Isaak Erter's gesammelte Schriften. Erter (1791-1851) was a Hebrew satirist of the Haskalah. Born in Koniuszek near Przemysl, Erter, during the earlier part of his life, lived in various places including Lvov, where he, together with a group of young maskilim, was excommunicated in 1816 by Rabbi Jacob Ornstein; Budapest, where he studied medicine; and Brody, then an important commercial and cultural center for Galician Jewry, where he settled in 1831 and remained for the rest of his life. In addition to his literary work, Erter was also active communally among Haskalah circles, showing special interest in the plans for a reform of contemporary Jewish society. Toward the end of his life, he collaborated with his friend Y. H. Schorr in the early stages of the founding of He-Halutz, a Hebrew periodical dedicated to the study of Judaica in the spirit of religious reform, and distinguished by a boldly critical treatment of problems relating to Jewish tradition. Erter's only book, Ha-Zofeh le-Veit Yisrael, consists of five satires, all of which had been published separately with the addition of some personal correspondence relevant to his literary career. Noteworthy among the satires are the following: Hasidut ve-Hokhmah, Tashlikh, and Gilgul Nefesh. Written in the form of epistles, several of the satires seem to have been modeled on the work of Lucian, the second-century Greek satirist, whose writings were very popular in European Rationalist literature and which Erter came to know in Wieland's German translation. Lucian's satiric and ironic treatment of Greek mythology and of ignorant and boorish antiquity during its decline was adapted by Erter in his fight against the traditionalist Jewish society of his day. The recurring character a type of "persona satirae" "the watchman of the House of Israel, " has its source in the prophet-castigator of Ezekiel 3: 17; by virtue of the authority of the biblical figure, Erter's watchman reviews the reality of Jewish society in Galicia and Poland in the first half of the 19th century. In this narrative, written in an autobiographical manner, the "observer" gathers evidence and confronts the reader with confessions of figures belonging to an imaginary, fanciful world, confessions made in a dream state or after death. Having endowed them with a keen rhetoric ability, Erter enables these figures to explain their character and experience by ironic exaggeration, coupled with the idealistic pathos characteristic of the Haskalah movement (Werses in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Ex-library with bookplate. Hinge repair. Stained pages. Notes on some pages. Chipping to edges of first few pages. Bumped corners and chipped edges of cover and spine. Otherwise, good condition. (Rab-40-28)
1919(FT) 12mo. 132 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew language. In very good condition. (HEBLIT1-1)
1955(FT) 8vo. 221 pages. In Hebrew. Bavli, (18931961) , was a Hebrew poet and educator. Bavli, who was born in Pilvishki, Lithuania, attended yeshivot in Kovno and Vilna. In 1912 he immigrated to the United States and studied at Canisius College and Columbia University. From 1918 he taught modern Hebrew literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, after 1937 with the rank of professor. Bavli's first poems appeared in a children's periodical, Ha-Perahim, in 1908. His first book of poetry, Neginot Arez ("Melodies of the Land") , was published in 1929. (EJ, Silberschlag) In very good condition in a very good jacket. (Heblit1-7)
19328vo. 60 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Cain (Biblical figure) -- Poetry. OCLC lists 28 copies worldwide. Regelson, (18961981) , was a Hebrew poet. Born near Minsk, Regelson arrived in the United States as a boy of nine. Though his formal education was not extensive, he read voluminously and acquired substantial knowledge in poetry and philosophy. He began to publish poems immediately after World War I. Although mainly a poet, he also wrote philosophical essays and satirical sketches, and translated from English into Hebrew, and from Hebrew and Yiddish into English. (EJ, Silberschlag) In good condition. (Heblit1-8)
1953(FT) 8vo. 267 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Philosophy, Jewish. In very good condition (Heblit1-9)
1954(FT) 8vo. 333 pages. In Hebrew. Shimoni, (18861956) , was a Hebrew poet. He was born in Bobruisk, district of Minsk, Russia, the son of a learned maskil. Shimoni studied with private tutors and read avidly, especially in the impressive library belonging to the father of his childhood friend, Berl Katznelson. He soon began to write, publishing his first poem, a free translation from the Russian of Simon Frug, in Gan Sha'ashu'im. His first original poem, "Sihat Resisim" (1902) , appeared in the children's paper Olam Katan, but his career is considered to have begun with the poem "Bein ha-Shemashot" (1902) , published with Bialik's encouragement in Lu'ah Ahi'asaf (no. 12, 1904) . (EJ, Staff) In very good condition (Heblit1-10)
1937(FT) 8vo. 220 pages. Volume 1, part 1 (only) . In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism History. Kaufmann, (18891963) , biblical scholar, thinker, and essayist. Born in the Podolia region of the Ukraine, Kaufmann studied in the modern yeshivah of Ch. Tchernowitz (Rav Za'ir) in Odessa and at the advanced courses of Baron David Guenzburg in Petrograd (Leningrad) , and received a Ph. D. From the University of Berne in 1918. After World War I he lived in Berlin, where he began to work on his scholarly writings. In 1928 he migrated to Erez Israel and taught in the Re'ali School in Haifa. In 1949 he was appointed professor of Bible at the Hebrew University, a post he held until his death. (EJ, Gevaryauha) In good condition (heblit1-11)
1946(FT) 8vo. 346 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature, Modern -- History and criticism. In good condition. (heblit1-12)
19348vo. 243 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century. Bergman, (1883 1975) , was a philosopher. Bergman studied philosophy in Prague and Berlin. During his student days at Prague, he was a member of the Zionist student circle, Bar Kochba, and in 1903 began to publish articles on Zionist themes. During this period he came into contact with Martin Buber who had a lasting influence on him. From 1907 to 1919 Bergman was librarian at the University Library at Prague, except during World War I when he served in the Austrian army. In 1920 he emigrated to Palestine where he was the first director of the National and University Library, a position he held until 1935. He helped found the Histadrut ha-Ovedim and was elected a member of its executive council. (EJ, Rotenstriech) In good condition (heblit1-13)
1925(FT) 8vo. In Hebrew. Smolenskin, (1840 or 18421885) , was a Hebrew novelist, an editor, and a publicist. A leading exponent of the Haskalah in Eastern Europe and an early advocate of Jewish nationalism, Smolenskin is best known for the important Hebrew monthly Ha-Shahar which he founded in 1868, and edited12 volumes in alluntil his death (EJ Patternson). Spine repaired, title page detached, hinges starting. Otherwise clean and fresh, good condition. (Heblit-1-15)
1904(FT) Hardcover, 12mo, 58 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- History. Lehmann (1831-1890) was a German Orthodox rabbi, scholar, and writer. Lehmann was born in Verden, Germany, and studied with Israel Hildesheimer in Halberstadt, with S. L. Rapoport in Prague, and at Halle. In Prague he was friendly with the writer Solomon Kohn, who may have influenced Lehmanns future work as a writer. In 1853 an organ was introduced in the synagogue of Mainz and in 1854, when the Orthodox members formed a separate congregation, Lehmann was elected their rabbi and, eventually, one of the leaders and spokesmen of modern German Orthodoxy. In Mainz he founded a religious school which from 1859 was an elementary day school for boys and girls. Lehmann wrote polemically against Reform and founded the weekly Israelit to counter the influence of Ludwig Philippsons Reform periodical, Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums; the Israelit became the principal voice of German Orthodoxy. Lehmann was the main contributor to the Israelit and his many historical novels, including Rabbi Joselmann von Rosheim, and short stories were first published in it. His stories were collected in Aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, and many were translated or adapted into Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, French, Hungarian, English, and other languages. Lehmanns stories have no great literary merit, but as juvenile literature, they have religious and educational value. Of more scholarly importance, though also primarily intended for popular instruction, are his German edition of the Haggadah, anonymously revised and enlarged by H. Ehrmann and translated into English, and his Sabbath lectures on Avot, collected as Die Sprueche der Vaeter in which Lehmann made use of earlier commentators, particularly of Samuel b. Isaacs Midrash Shemuel, and thus made the commentators accessible to the German reader. Lehmann also published the tractate Berakhot of the Jerusalem Talmud with the commentary of Solomon Sirillo and his own notes, Meir Nativ. Lehmann translated the Pentateuch in the Bible translation initiated by the Orthodox Bible Institute to counter the translation of Zunz and others. As editor of the Israelit, Lehmann agreed increasingly with S. R. Hirschs intransigent line in Hirschs differences with Hildesheimer, Lehmanns friend and teacher (Rothschild in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Brandeis) . Ex-library with markings. Staining on title page. Brown edges. Hinge repair. Wear to cover corners. Otherwise very good condition. (Heb-13-10)
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 with spine sunned. Very good condition (HOLO2-57-1).
1945(FT) Softcvoer, 16mo (small) , 71 pages, 15 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew poetry, Medieval -- History and criticism. Zhernensky (1887-1948) was a Hebrew writer. Born in Kamenets, Lithuania, he served on the editorial board of the Hebrew encyclopedia Eshkol in Berlin. He went to Palestine in 1933. His articles on language, problems of translation, modes of poetic expression, and other topics appeared in various journals. He wrote penetratingly on the Hebrew poetry of the Middle Ages, the poetry of Bialik, and the writings of Agnon. Three volumes of his works appeared: Mi-Saviv, Bein ha-Shelabbim, and Arugot. His translations from Russian, French, and German include: The Brothers Karamazov, 3 vols. , stories by Balzac, and Gottesdienstliche Vortraege der Juden by L. Zun (Elkoshi in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Some stained pages. Light wear. Light chipping to first 3 page corners. Otherwise, very good condition. (Heb-18-5)
1953Paper wrappers, 8vo. 22 pages. Reprinted from Mordecai M. Kaplan Jubilee Volume. Some chipping to edges of wrappers. Internal pages in very good condition. (RAB-53-3)
1898(FT) Hardcover, 38 pages, 12mo. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Psychology. Translation of Habit, its importance in education; an essay in pedagogical psychology. OCLC lists 2 copies online (Harvard, Penn) . Library stamp on front and back page cover. Yellowing to pages. Slight bumping to cover corner. Good condition. (Rab-48-2)