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In the present catalogue, a distinct chapter is dedicated to the Dayan family, featuring personal letters, photographs, books and documents from the estate of Ruth Dayan; together, this miniature collection recounts the story of the Dayan-Schwartz family over three generation, from Moshe's father Shmuel Dayan to Ruth's and Moshe's children. Included in this collection are a number of letters written by the famous of all Dayans – Moshe Dayan, and a variety of letters and other items sent or presented to family members, such as pictures dedicated to Moshe Dayan by Nobel peace prize laureate Albert Schweitzer, a micrography by Abraham Haba and a letter of appreciation to Moshe Dayan by Yigael Yadin, who served as IDF chief of staff during the 1948 War.
The art chapter features a number of Old Master works – including a forest view by Allaert van Everdingen and "Ruins of the Brederode Castle" attributed to Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael – as well as works of Israeli and Judaic art from the collection of art historian Uzi Agassi.
the catalogue also includes an extensive chapter dedicated to numismatics, with an abundance of scrips and coupons, some used by Jewish Palestinian communities in times of distress and need (World War I, the 1948 siege on Jerusalem), some issued by small businesses throughout Palestine – bakeries, groceries and various stores, many of which had gone out of business soon afterwards. The chapter also includes various coins and banknotes: Ottoman, mandatory, and Israeli banknotes and coins, and two silver amuletic medals struck in honor of the formation of the Mandatory government and the appointment of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism – rare books (such as Sh.Y. Agnon's first book published in Palestine and "Tsveyuntsvantsik" by Ka-Tsetnik), letters and manuscripts (by Leah Goldberg, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Uri Tzvi Grinberg and Agnon), publications and ephemera from central events in the history of Zionism (the Katowice conference protocol, autograph postcards by Leo Motzkin), travelogues and scholarly works, Bezalel art, rugs, photographs and more.
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Instruction in the Mosaic Religion Translated by Isaac Leeser – Fundaments of Judaism – Philadelphia, 1830 – First ...
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Instruction in the Mosaic Religion Translated by Isaac Leeser – Fundaments of Judaism – Philadelphia, 1830 – First Edition
Instruction in the Mosaic Religion, by Joseph Johlson, translated by Isaac Leeser. Philadelphia: Adam Waldie, 1830. English and some Hebrew. First edition.
The work, by the German-Jewish theologian and educator Joseph Johlson (1777-1851), was written with the aim of instructing the wider Jewish public on the principles of the Jewish religion, its practices and customs. The book was translated to English by Isaac Leeser, who wished to thereby increase the supply of English books for basic instruction of Judaism in the United States. This is Isaac Leeser's first printed work.
Isaac Leeser (1806-1868), German-born American rabbi and intellectual. An opponent of the American Reform movement (although he supported it at the beginning), he led the Mikveh Israel congregation in Philadelphia, and later Congregation Beth El Emeth. He was one of the first leaders of American Jewry, and devoted himself to establishing Jewish institutions and transmitting the Jewish religion and history to the wider Jewish public. He published many books, including the first Jewish English translation of the Bible ("The Leeser Bible"; 1853), and many sermons and essays. He was also the publisher and editor of "The Occident", and helped establish Maimonides College – a rabbinical seminary in Philadelphia.
VIII, 139 pp, 22.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains. Several browned pages. Marginal tears and minute holes to some leaves. Long tear to one page. Repairs to several leaves. Margins trimmed unevenly. New binding.
Singerman 489.
