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Collection of 4 Photographs – The Groundbreaking Ceremony of Kibbutz Tirat Zvi - 1937 - Four postcard photos of the groundbreaking Ceremony of Kibbutz Tirat Zvi in 1937. The photos show Rabbi Meir Bar Ilan gives a speech during the event. Stamped with the photographer's name on the back: Ernst Mayer, Haifa. Tirat Zvi was the first Jewish religious settlement founded in Palestine by the religious Kibbutz Movement, as a “Wall and Tower” settlement. It was named after Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer, one of the fathers of the Zionist Movement and a leader of Hovevei Zion. Dimensions: approximately 9X13 cm. Good condition, wear, writing in pencil on the back.