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“All Betar Members Are Required to Assemble Today at 3:30 P.M. at the Maccabiah Stadium” – Memorial Gathering Following Jabotinsky’s Death – Issue of the Newspaper HaMashkif - “Lift Up Thy Voice with Strength, O Jerusalem” – Issue of the newspaper HaMashkif marking the conclusion of the shiva for Ze’ev Jabotinsky,   August 13, 1940 – mourning assembly of Betar members at the Maccabiah Stadium. Also featuring historic headlines concerning the beginning of the Holocaust of European Jewry. The front page of the issue features a large photograph of Jabotinsky and an announcement of the memorial event for the leader at the “Maccabiah” Stadium, including the program of the gathering: “All Betar members are required to assemble today at 3:30 P.M. at the ‘Maccabiah’ Stadium, in full Betar uniform, for a mourning assembly of the National Youth in memory of the Head of Betar.” To the right are reports on mourning assemblies held that same day in various cities throughout the country. The inner pages contain mourning headlines such as “The Ways of Zion Do Mourn, ” announcements of memorial services being held throughout the country in Jabotinsky’s memory, letters of condolence received from various organizations around the world, and mourning notices commemorating him. The back page features historic headlines concerning the beginning of the Holocaust of European Jewry: “18 Million People under Nazi Rule Face the Danger of Starvation, ” as well as “The Expulsion of the Jews from Kraków, ” a brief report stating: “Almost all the Jews of Kraków and its surroundings will be forced to leave in the coming days; the Nazi Governor-General has decreed a general expulsion.” Also included is a report on the expulsion of Romanian Jews, as well as a headline stating that the German High Command was making preparations for a war lasting many years. The newspaper ״HaMashkif״ was established in 1938 as the official daily newspaper of the Revisionist movement in Eretz Israel and served as the principal mouthpiece of the Hatzohar movement and the Irgun. The newspaper provided a platform for disseminating Jabotinsky’s political and security doctrine and regularly published his articles, speeches, and directives during the final year of his life, until his death in 1940. Through the pages of the newspaper, Jabotinsky conducted his ideological struggle against the Labor movement and the organized Yishuv, and used it to convey direct messages to members of his movement in Eretz Israel. After his death, his writings and seminal articles continued to be published in the newspaper, becoming a major source of inspiration for the military and political struggle of the Revisionist movement during the 1940s. [4] pages. Some of the inner pages are missing. Fold marks. Reinforcements with pasted paper. Good condition.