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The Israeli Tourism Director Dishes on James Michener
YOHANAN BEHAM,
Typed Letter Signed YBeham to Sylvia Lyons. Jerusalem, October 23, 1963. On stationery of the Prime Ministers Office. 1 p., 6½ x 8Ό in.
Item #20338.01, $80
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Jewish Physician Jacob da Silva Solis-Cohen Signs a Death Certificate
[JUDAICA]. JACOB DA SILVA SOLIS-COHEN,
Partially Printed Document Signed, Death Certificate for H. M. Richards, ca. October 10, 1873, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 p., 8Ό x 10½ in.
Jacob da Silva Solis-Cohen served in the Civil War and went on to become a pioneer in the field of head and neck diseases and surgery.
Item #22402, $275
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Haim Laskov Writes to His Future Wife during WWII
HAIM LASKOV,
Autograph Letter Signed, to Shulamith Chen. Italy, Nov. 19, 1943. 2 pp. Heading in English, body in Hebrew.
“Night after night I watch (the stars) and read your regards.”
Item #20756, $400
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Former Israeli Prime Minister thanks author for her book, The Image of this Generation through Poetry and Songs
DAVID BEN-GURION,
Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew, to Nora Hauben, March 21, 1971. 1 p., 5 x 8Ό in.
Item #24956, $650
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Jewish Recruitment Circular No. 7 for the British Army
DOV YOSEF. [BERNARD JOSEPH],
Circular Letter Signed (Mimeographed). December 13, 1942. Jerusalem. 1 p., 8 x 12 in. In Hebrew.
“Turn your fury into deeds Volunteer!”
Item #20759, $800
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Henrietta Szold asks a doctor to become a life member of Zionist Organization of America
HENRIETTA SZOLD,
Autograph Letter Signed Henrietta Szold, one page, 5½ x 9 in., on stationary of the Hotel Alexandria, July 28, 1927, New York, NY, addressed to Elisha Friedman.
Item #25625, $950
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Supporting Hebrew Soldiers Refusal
to Wear British Army Palestinian Insignia during WWII
[JEWISH BRIGADE],
Broadside. Palestine, 1943. By National People. 1 p. 9 Ό x 13⅝ in., in Hebrew.
The “struggle for the flag and symbol” in the British army.
Item #20760, $1,000
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French President Poincare Counters Conspiracy Theory by Anti-Semitic Editor Urbain Gohier (Who Later Fabricated the Protocols of the Elders of Zion)
ANTI-SEMITISM,
RAYMOND POINCARE, Autograph Letter Signed, to Unknown, May 22, 1916. 3 pp., 5⅛ x 8 in.
The President of the Third French Republic tells an unknown friend about a disturbing letter that he just received from right wing journalist and newspaper editor Urbain Gohier, in which Gohier had accused him, the sitting president, of colluding with Jewish and foreign elements.
Item #24843, $1,250
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American Christian Palestine Committee Scrapbook from 1951 Trip to Israel & Arab Lands
AMERCAN CHRISTIAN PALESTINE COMMITEE,
Scrapbook compiled by Harrison Fry, Religion Editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, one of the twenty-two tour participants. April 1951. Items glued or stapled to several pages, with additional papers laid in. In green leatherette boards, rules and decorations in yellow. 120 pp., 9½ x 11Ύ x 1 in.
Item #25321, $1,500
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Ben Gurion Re-examines Biblical Quote on the Slave and the Handmaiden: After you... challenged the point about the equality of the slave and the handmaiden, I reread the chapter...
DAVID BEN GURION,
Autograph Letter Signed, to Haim Gvaryahu, April 8, 1965. 1 p. 4Ύ x 8½ in. In Hebrew. Gvaryahu was chairman of the World Jewish Bible Society.
Item #22355, $1,800
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Menachem Begin Manifesto attacking UN Resolution
to Partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab States
[IRGUN MANIFESTO],
Broadside. December, 1947. 1p. 14 x 19 Ύ. In Hebrew.
Item #20758, $1,800
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Ben-Gurion Writes to Save His Nascent University
in the Negev
DAVID BEN-GURION,
Autograph Letter Signed, to Avraham Zvion, December 26, 1969. 2 pp. in Hebrew, on off-white faintly-lined sheets 4⅞ x 8⅜ in.
Item #21223, $2,400
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Theodor Herzl
THEODOR HERZL (1860-1904),
Typed Letter Signed. Vienna, Austria, April 19, 1904.
Item #20029, $2,500
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Mikhail Gorbachev in Israel: Bar Ilan University Speech on Religion, Perestroika, Creative Genius & Forces of Annihilation
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV,
Typed Document Signed, Speech Delivered at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 16, 1992, signed M Gorbachev in blue ink at top of first page and dated 16 vi 92. 6 pp., 8⅝ x 11⅛ in.
“Scientific successes in the 20th century made for an unprecedented upsurge of the creative force of human genius… Yet, at the same time, they unleashed unheard-of forces of annihilation, of subjugation of many by man, of destruction of the environment. …”
“The idea of perestroika was to free society from totalitarianism, arbitrariness, coercion and violence, to give people freedom, while at the same time bringing about a change in international relations.”
Item #24764, $2,800
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Golda Meir Invites an American Semiconductor Pioneer to an Israeli Economic Conference
GOLDA MEIR,
Typed Letter Signed as Prime Minister, to Albert Soffa. Jerusalem, May 29, 1969. 2 pp. 8½ x 11 in. On Israeli Prime Minister letterhead.
Item #23283, $2,800
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Ben-Gurion Calls for a Jerusalem Home for the Bible Society: every spiritual idea, for it to exist and exert influence, needs a physical structure, too, a central home
DAVID BEN-GURION,
Letter Signed to Menasche Elissar. 17 Kislev 5731, December 15, 1970. 1 p., 8½ x 11 in. Form letter on The World Jewish Bible Society letterhead. In Hebrew.
Item #20230, $2,950
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Theodor Herzl Urgently Appeals
for Funding for the 6th Zionist Congress
THEODOR HERZL,
Typed Letter Signed. Vienna, June 6, 1903. 1 p., in German.
Item #20063, $3,000
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Golda Meir Stresses the Need to Settle New Immigrants
GOLDA MEIR,
Typed Letter Signed Golda Meyerson as Minister of Labour, to Yaakov Hazan. Jerusalem, October 23, 1954. 1 p., 6 x 8 in. In Hebrew on Ministry of Labour letterhead.
Golda Meyerson (she would change her name to Meir in 1956), promotes the idea of Mapam (the Marxist United Workers’ Party) joining Sharett’s Mapai (Workers’ Party) government. Hazan, the recipient, was one of Mapam’s co-founders.
Item #22933, $3,600
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David Ben-Gurion on Moshe Sharetts Resignation as Foreign Minister
DAVID BEN-GURION,
Autograph Letter Signed, to Moshe Sharett, July 28, 1956, Mount Carmel, Israel. 3 pp., 4½ x 8Ό in.
“I came to recognize that your service as Foreign Minister was not for the good of the country, although I did not cease to value your talents and dedication....”
Item #24516, $4,000
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Israels Declaration of Independence - Scarce Official Gazette
[ISRAEL],
Newspaper. Iton Rishmi [Official Gazette], May 14, 1948. Bulletin. Tel Aviv, Israel: Provisional Government of Israel. In Hebrew. 3 pp., 8 x 13 in.
The first issue of the Official Gazette of the Israeli provisional government, contains the first printing of “The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel,” the new nation’s Declaration of Independence. The names of the 37 members of the Provisional Government who signed the document, headed by David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), are listed on the second page.
Item #25671.10, $5,500
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