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David Ben-Gurion on Religious Freedom (SOLD)
DAVID BEN-GURION,
Autograph Letter Signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”). To David Snir, November 10, 1963.
“religious people must respect the freedom of choice of a fellow man and no coercion is to be exercised for or against religious conduct…”
Item #20382, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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Paying for French and Indian War Provisions for Moses Franks and Other British Forces in North America (SOLD)
KING GEORGE III,
Manuscript Signed, “George R.,” Court at St. James’s. Countersigned by the Duke of Newcastle, Lord North, and James Oswald, and signed on verso by Moses Franks, Arnold Nesbitt, and Sir George Colebrooke, December 14, 1761.
King George III signs off on a royal warrant for payment of over £14,522 to the late Sir James Colebrooke, Sir George Colebrooke, Arnold Nesbitt, and Moses Franks for “provisions issued by them to our forces in North America for and from the 18th day of June 1761 to the 29th day of July following inclusive….” The document was signed during the French and Indian War, a year after the fall of Montreal when the war had turned in Britain’s favor.
Item #22285, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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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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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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Re-Paying Jewish Patriot Nathan Levy’s
Revolutionary War Loan (SOLD)
NATHAN LEVY,
Printed Document Signed, to David Rittenhouse, countersigned by Charles Biddle and Jonathan Nicholson. Philadelphia, [Pa.], November 5, 1785. Signed on verso, “Nathan Levy.” 1 p., 7¾ x 6¼ in.
Item #21097, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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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 Minister’s Office. 1 p., 6½ x 8¼ in.
Item #20338.01, $80
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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 ¼ x 13⅝ in., in Hebrew.
The “struggle for the flag and symbol” in the British army.
Item #20760, $1,000
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Albert Einstein Threatens to Resign
from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (SOLD)
ALBERT EINSTEIN,
Typed Letter Signed, to [Leo] Kohn of [Frankfurt]. Berlin, September 20, 1927.
“If Magnes cannot be eliminated in the very near future, I shall also follow through with my resignation. I am doing this because I am convinced that at this point, no real harm would result by compromising the University in the eyes of the Jewish public.”
Item #22048, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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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 ¾”. In Hebrew.
Item #20758, ON HOLD
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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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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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Theodor Herzl
THEODOR HERZL (1860-1904),
Typed Letter Signed. Vienna, Austria, April 19, 1904.
Item #20029, $2,500
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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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