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ARBETER RING SHUL ALMANAKH 1931

ARBETER RING SHUL ALMANAKH 1931

by Nyu Yorker Tsentraler Shul-Farvaltung

New York; Central Committee Of New York And Vicinity W. C. Schools, 1931. Original Wraps. 8vo. 48 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Workmen's Circle School Almanac, celebrating the middle school graduating class of 1931. Issued by the Central Committee of New York Workmen's Circle schools. Pages 28-48 contains advertisements and fraternal greetings to the graduating class from over a dozen locals of the I. L. G. W. U. And branches of the workmen's circle. With articles on Literature in the... Read more about this item
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DER PREUSSISCHE STAAT UND DIE JUDEN [TWO VOLUMES]

DER PREUSSISCHE STAAT UND DIE JUDEN [TWO VOLUMES]

by Stern, Selma

Berlin, Schwetschke, 1925. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 8vo. XIII, 159; 546 pages. 24 cm. First edition; first appearance. In German. First volume (in two books) of the monumental The Prussian State and the Jews by Selma Stern. Teil I. Die Zeit des Grossen Kurfürsten und Friedrichs I. 1. Abt. Darstellung. 2. Abt. Akten. Akademie für die Wissenschaft des Judentums. Historische Sektion. Veröffentlichungen. Bd. 3. "The voluminous publication is both an analysis and a source edition of the policy of the... Read more about this item
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POLISH JEWS: A PICTORIAL RECORD

POLISH JEWS: A PICTORIAL RECORD

by Vishniac, Roman

New York, Schocken, 1947. Hardcover. Small folio, 17, 33pages. First Edition. With an introductory essay by Abraham Joshua Heschel. A most moving depiction of vibrant Jewish life before the Holocaust. 31 black and white photographs, many now iconic images of Eastern European Jewish life. Original boards, with most of jacket present (as often found). No marks except for a faint damp stain in the upper right blank margin corner of the text page introduction (it also has a former owner's attractive... Read more about this item
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£121.40
FRAYHAYT. FREIHEIT. 1924. AUG-NOV. [4 MONTHS]

FRAYHAYT. FREIHEIT. 1924. AUG-NOV. [4 MONTHS]

by 04

New York, Morgan Frayhayt, 1924. Hardcover. 8vo; 1st edition. Publisher's boards. Folio (Newspaper). In Yiddish. Title translates as, "Freedom." The Frayhayt became the Morgn Frayhayt in 1929. "Morgen Freiheit was a New York City-based daily Yiddish language newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party, USA, founded by Moissaye Olgin in 1922. After the end of World War II the paper's pro-Israel views brought it into disfavor with the Communist Party and its editor Paul Novick was expelled from the... Read more about this item
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£808.49
[RIGER IDISHER MEUTIM TEATER. RIGAS ZIDU. MINORITATES TEATRIS] PROGRAM. A VINKL IN BRAZILIEN. PROGRAMMA. STURTIS BRAZILIJA

[RIGER IDISHER MEUTIM TEATER. RIGAS ZIDU. MINORITATES TEATRIS] PROGRAM. A VINKL IN BRAZILIEN. PROGRAMMA. STURTIS BRAZILIJA

by [Theater]

Riga: Sp. "Extra, 1928. broadsheet. 1st edition. Original program (18 x 27.5 cm) folded once along vertical axis. In Yiddish and Latvian. Translates as, "A Corner in Brazil." A program for a production by the Riga Yiddish Minority Theater of a play by D. Spivak. Likely performed on October 5th - 7th, 1928. Very Good Condition. (Latyid-2-14).
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£161.86
DIE ALTHEBRÄISCHE LITERATUR UND IHR HELLENISTISCH-JÜDISCHES NACHLEBEN

DIE ALTHEBRÄISCHE LITERATUR UND IHR HELLENISTISCH-JÜDISCHES NACHLEBEN

by Hempel, Johannes, 1891-1964

Wildpark-Potsdam; Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion M. B. H., 1930. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 4to. 203 pages. 30 cm. First edition. In German. 'Ancient Hebrew Literature and its afterlife in Jewish Hellenism. ' with 68 illustrations throughout. Opens with a discussion of Spinoza, Herder, and Uriel da Costa; touches on the literature through archaelogical sites, etc. In the series: Handbuch der Literaturwissenschaft, Bd. 21. The author Johannes Hempel (1891-1964) was a prominent protestant... Read more about this item
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V POISKAKH SUD'BY: EVREISKII NAROD V KRUGOVOROTE ISTORII: KNIGA VTORAYA

V POISKAKH SUD'BY: EVREISKII NAROD V KRUGOVOROTE ISTORII: KNIGA VTORAYA

by Rabinovich, I. A

Moskva; Mezhdunarodnye Otnosheniia, 2002. Hardcover. Publishers boards. 8vo. 574 pages. 22 cm. Illustrated. First edition. 8 leaves of black and white photographs. Title translates as, "In Search of Destiny: the Jewish People in the Cycle of History: Book 2" "This book, which is the second part of the trilogy, describes the fate of the Jews of tsarist Russia after the fall of the autocracy. Subjects include: the Jewish question in the Ukrainian People's Republic of 1917-1920, the spiritual life of the... Read more about this item
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BOUSSET'S RELIGION DES JUDENTUMS: IM NEUTESTAMENTLICHEN ZEITALTER KRITISCH UNTERSUCHT

BOUSSET'S RELIGION DES JUDENTUMS: IM NEUTESTAMENTLICHEN ZEITALTER KRITISCH UNTERSUCHT

by Perles, Felix

Berlin; W. Peiser, 1903. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 8vo. VI, 133 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German. 'Bousset's Religion of Judaism: critically examined from the New Testament Period. ' A critique of the Protestant theologian Wilhelm Bousset's 'Religion des Judentums', also published in 1903. Felix Perles (1874-1933) , "rabbi and scholar. Felix was drawn into the Zionist movement in Vienna and in 1899 he became rabbi at Koenigsberg. Felix Perles had wide scholarly interests: Bible criticism, Hebrew... Read more about this item
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PHÖNIZISCHE STUDIEN [FOUR VOLUMES IN ONE]

PHÖNIZISCHE STUDIEN [FOUR VOLUMES IN ONE]

by Levy, M. A

Breslau; F. E. C. Leuckart, 1870. Original quarter leather. 8vo. 68; 115; 79; IV, 85 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Principally in German. 'Phoenician Studies'. Contains six fold out charts (housed at the rear of each volume) . Volume one published 1856, volume two, 1857, volume three, 1864, volume four, 1870. Moritz Abraham Levy (1817-1872) , "German Orientalist ... Having received a rabbinical education, he became teacher in the Synagogen-Gemeinde of Breslau, where he was active for nearly thirty years.... Read more about this item
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VI AZOY TSU VEREN A SITIZEN.... THE CITIZEN; A GUIDE TO NATURALIZATION; ALL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PRINTED IN JEWISH AND JEWISH-ENGLISH, ALSO TRANSLATION IN PLAIN ENGLISH, WHICH YOU ARE TO KNOW WHEN APPLYING FOR YOUR FINAL CITIZEN PAPERS

VI AZOY TSU VEREN A SITIZEN.... THE CITIZEN; A GUIDE TO NATURALIZATION; ALL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PRINTED IN JEWISH AND JEWISH-ENGLISH, ALSO TRANSLATION IN PLAIN ENGLISH, WHICH YOU ARE TO KNOW WHEN APPLYING FOR YOUR FINAL CITIZEN PAPERS

by Schwartz, Isidor

Brooklyn, [The Author], N.D.. Paper Wrappers. No Date [ ca1920s?]. 1st edition. Original Printed paper wrappers, 12mo, 31, [1] pages 151:115 mm. In Yiddish and English. A study guide for Jews wanting to become naturalized U.S. citizens. Includes questions and answers that might appear in the test taken in order to get an American citizenship, such as: "How many stars are there on a quarter or nickel," "How does a bill become a law?" "What is a bigamist?," "Who was the first president?," "What are the... Read more about this item
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£222.56
DAS GESCHICHTLICHE DER BIBEL MIT MORALISCHEN ANMERKUNGEN UND AUFSÄTZEN: EIN LESEBUCH FÜR DIE JÜDISCHE REIFERE JUGEND

DAS GESCHICHTLICHE DER BIBEL MIT MORALISCHEN ANMERKUNGEN UND AUFSÄTZEN: EIN LESEBUCH FÜR DIE JÜDISCHE REIFERE JUGEND

by Schwabacher, Heimann

Fürth: Volfharts Wittwe, 1826. Hardcover. Contemporary marbled paper over boards. 12mo. 154; 140 pages. 17 cm. Only edition. Two Volumes in one. In German. A volume of Biblical history (including a retelling of many Bible stories) , with moral notes by Heimann Schwabacher. It is designated on the title page as a work for more mature youth. The author is also known as Hayyim Hirsch Schwabacher, and is listed as the translator of Behinot Olam by Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi and also of Olelot Ha-Bohen (by... Read more about this item
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£141.63
ZURÜCK ZUR THORA? : EINE ANFRAGE AN JUNG-ISRAEL

ZURÜCK ZUR THORA? : EINE ANFRAGE AN JUNG-ISRAEL

by Freyhan, Wilhelm

Halberstadt; Verl. Der Agudas Jisroel, 1922. Hardcover. Original printed boards. 8vo. 60 pages. 23 cm. Second edition. In German, with some Hebrew. 'Return to the Torah? ; A Request to Young-Israel'. First published 1911, Frankfurt. Published by the Agudas Yisroel. Addressed to the youth zionist movement. Written by Dr Wilhelm (Zev) Freyhan, a leading member of the Jewish community of Breslau, and one of the original founders of Agudat Israel at the Kattowitz Conference of 1912. Subjects: OCLC lists 4... Read more about this item
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FRAYHAYT. FREIHEIT. 1927. NOV- DEC. [2 MONTHS]

FRAYHAYT. FREIHEIT. 1927. NOV- DEC. [2 MONTHS]

by 18. (Individual Volume)

New York, Morgan Frayhayt, 1927. Hardcover. 8vo; 1st edition. Publisher's boards. Folio (Newspaper). In Yiddish. Title translates as, "Freedom." The Frayhayt became the Morgn Frayhayt in 1929. "Morgen Freiheit was a New York City-based daily Yiddish language newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party, USA, founded by Moissaye Olgin in 1922. After the end of World War II the paper's pro-Israel views brought it into disfavor with the Communist Party and its editor Paul Novick was expelled from the... Read more about this item
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£283.26
RUSSKO-EVREISKAIA KUL'TURA

RUSSKO-EVREISKAIA KUL'TURA

by Budnitskii, Oleg; Olga Belova; Victoria Mochalova

Moscow; Rosspen, 2006. Hardcover. Publishers boards. 8vo. 495 pages. 23 cm. Illustrated. First edition. 12 leaves of plates with reproductions of documents, black and white photographs, and early 20th century artwork in color and black and white. English title page, with title translated as "Russian-Jewish Culture. " Table of content and essay abstracts in Russian and English. Collection of materials presented at a conference in Moscow in 2005. Deals with various aspects of Russian-Jewish culture:... Read more about this item
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SPINOZA UN ZAYN SVIVEH

SPINOZA UN ZAYN SVIVEH

by Shatsky, Jacob

New York: A Grupe Fraynd, 1927. Hardcover. 8vo; 1st edition. Cloth, Small octavo, 334 pages. In Yiddish. Section headings include "The Jews in Amsterdam", The Theological Storm", and "Leibnitz". Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-334).SUBJECT(S): Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. "Jacob Shatzky (also: Yaakov, or Yankev Shatski; in Polish: Szacki) (1893-1956) was a distinguished Jewish historian.Shatzky was born in Warsaw. He received a traditional Jewish education and went on to study at... Read more about this item
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£121.40
ERNST TOLER: DI TRAGEDYE FUN A ZUKHENDEN GAYST [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]

ERNST TOLER: DI TRAGEDYE FUN A ZUKHENDEN GAYST [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]

by [Ernst Toller] Lieberman, Hayim

Nyu York [New York]: Farlag "Feder, 1924. Hardback. 1st edition. Original Publisher's cloth, 12mo, 100 pages; 19 cm. Warmly inscribed in Yiddish by author on title page. In Yiddish. Title translates as, "Ernst Toller: The Tragedy of a Searching Spirit." Lieberman was a Yiddish essayist and literary critic who wrote for the daily Yiddishes Tageblatt. As a Labor Zionist, he was active in the founding of the Jewish National Worker's Alliance (Farband) and Yiddish secular schools. In the 1930s Lieberman... Read more about this item
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£161.86
A PROVIDENTIAL ANTI-SEMITISM: NATIONALISM AND POLITY IN NINETEENTH CENTURY ROMANIA

A PROVIDENTIAL ANTI-SEMITISM: NATIONALISM AND POLITY IN NINETEENTH CENTURY ROMANIA

by Oldson, William O

Philadelphia; American Philosophical Society, 1991. Softbound. 8vo. IX, 177 pages. 23 cm. First edition. With frontispiece map and 8 illustrations. Scholarly examination of Romania's treatment of its Jewish population with an emphasis on nineteenth-century politics (Congress of Berlin) and intellectual decisions that affected twentieth-century policies - especially Romania's attitude towards Germany. Subjects: Antisemitism - Romania - History. Nationalism - Romania - History - 19th century.... Read more about this item
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SEFER HA-MILIM ZSHARGONI-IVRI = YUDISHER LOSHN-KOYDSHER VERTER-BUKH

SEFER HA-MILIM ZSHARGONI-IVRI = YUDISHER LOSHN-KOYDSHER VERTER-BUKH

by Hurvits, David Ben Shalom Shakhna, Ha-Levi

Varsha; Bi-Defus Ha-Ahim Shuldberg, 1893. Paperback. Later Wraps. 8vo. 112 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Yiddish and Hebrew. 'Jargon-Hebrew dictionary. Yiddish Holy-Tongue Dictionary. ' Yiddish-Hebrew Dictionary. Subjects: Yiddish language - Dictionaries - Hebrew. Yiddish language. Dictionaries. OCLC lists 8 copies. Scarce. Rebound in later wraps. Pages aged, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (YID-22-47).
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£202.33
YUGNT-VEKER. ORGAN FUN YUGNT-BUND "TSUKUNFT" IN POYLN. NEW SERIES 1946-1948 (WARSAW): NRS. 1-10 & 15-16[THE WARSAW POST-LIBERATION NEW SERIES] [JUGNT-WEKER]

YUGNT-VEKER. ORGAN FUN YUGNT-BUND "TSUKUNFT" IN POYLN. NEW SERIES 1946-1948 (WARSAW): NRS. 1-10 & 15-16[THE WARSAW POST-LIBERATION NEW SERIES] [JUGNT-WEKER]

Varsha [i.e. Warsaw]: Tsukunft, 1948. Magazine. 1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 4to (tabloid format) , 24 pages each issue. Many issues include photos or illustrations on cover. Important survivor's monthly from post-war Poland.Yugnt-Veker, the Bundist Yiddish Socialist bi-monthly newspaper for young people, spanned a total of 27 years in various formats at different times. Here a very interesting vision of a postwar world of Jewish Socialism by the surviving rememnant in Poland emerges, clearly... Read more about this item
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PROLETARISHE DERTSIUNG. PROLETARISCHE DERZIUNG VOL. IV, NR. 2, FERBUAR, 1938

PROLETARISHE DERTSIUNG. PROLETARISCHE DERZIUNG VOL. IV, NR. 2, FERBUAR, 1938

by International Workers Order. National School Committee

New York: Natsyonaler Shul Komisye Fun Internatsyonaln Arbeter Ordn, 1938. paper wrappers. 1st edition. Original photographic paper wrappers. 4to. 24 pages, 31 cm. In Yiddish with some advertisements in English. Includes many photos and illustrations, some by William Gropper. Title translates to "Proletarian Education: Official Organ of the National School Commission of International Labor." A Yiddish-language publication of the National School Committee of the International Workers Order, edited by IWO... Read more about this item
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YIDISHE KINDER

YIDISHE KINDER

by Mlotek, Joseph; Ayala Gordon

New York; Bildung-Komitet Fun Arbeter-Ring, 1959. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 104 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Added title page in English: Jewish children. Illustrated by Ayelah Gordon. A primer in Yiddish for children, published by the Education Committee of the Workmens Circle; this is letter Alef, the first appearance, of this post-war Yiddish primer. Subjects: Yiddish language - Readers - English speakers. Yiddish language - Study and teaching (Elementary) . Yiddish language -... Read more about this item
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£40.46
UEBER DAS KADISH-GEBET [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]

UEBER DAS KADISH-GEBET [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]

by Jacobson, Wolf S

Frankfurt A. M. : Verlag Des Israelit Und Hermon, 1931. Original Wraps. 8vo. 60 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German. Insribed on title page. An explanation of the Kaddish prayer. The author, Wolf S. Jacobson was a leader of Agudas Yisroel in Berlin between the world wars; he emigrated to Denmark and served as Orthodox Rabbi at Machsike Hadas in Copenhagen; then to Sweden in 1943, and finally to Israel. Subjects: Kaddish. OCLC lists 21 copies. Light soiling to outer edges, overall very fresh and... Read more about this item
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VEY UN VANDER: LIDER

VEY UN VANDER: LIDER

by Aszendorf, Israel; Ben (Benn), illustrator

Pariz: Bikher fun Yidishn Pen-Klub, 1950. Original Wraps. 8vo. 123 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Title page verso: Wei oun wander; Douleur sans foyer, poe´sies. Sorrow Without a Home, post-holocaust poetry, with some pre-war poems, by Israel Aszendorf; published in Paris by the Yiddish Writers Club, illustrated by the famous Jewish artist, "Benn. " With frontispiece portrait of the author. Israel Ashendorf (1909-1956) , "Yiddish poet, short story writer, and dramatist. Ashendorf... Read more about this item
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DI FAMILYE TSEVI: TRAGEDYE IN FIER AKTEN [FAMILIE TSVI, TZVI]

DI FAMILYE TSEVI: TRAGEDYE IN FIER AKTEN [FAMILIE TSVI, TZVI]

by Pinski, David

Zshenev [Geneva]: Aroysgegeben fun Bund, 1905. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original printed wrappers (Rear wrapper only, Front Wrapper is missing), 8vo, [79] pages. The exceedingly rare 1905 1st edition of this seminal Yiddish play, published by the Bund in exile in Geneva. In Yiddish. Title translates as "The Family Tsvi [Hirsch]: A Tragedy in Four Acts." This Bund-published first edition is especially significant because it is the Jewish Labor Bund (the Allgemeyner Idisher Arbeyterbund in Lita,... Read more about this item
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£971.16
FOLKS-LIDER : FUN M. KIPNIS UN Z. ZELIGFELD'S KONTSERT? -REPERT? UAR

FOLKS-LIDER : FUN M. KIPNIS UN Z. ZELIGFELD'S KONTSERT? -REPERT? UAR

by Zeligfeld, Zimrah; Kipnis, Menahem, compiler

Varshe [Warsaw] : A. Gitlin, 1930. Hardback. 1st edition. Period boards with original illustrated cover mounted on front, 12mo, 138 + [5] pages ; 22 cm. In Yiddish. Complete Yiddish texts printed after each song. Contents: [1]. Folk? S-lider -- [2.] 80 Folk? S-lider. Yiddish folk songs for (medium) solo voice. Menahem Kipnis was "born in Ushomir, Ukraine in 1878. He was a singer, folklore collector, writer and photographer. From 1912 to 1932 he toured Poland, Germany and France, appearing in concerts... Read more about this item
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