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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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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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Jerusalem of Gold, Penned by Naomi Shemer in June 1967 with Verse Added to Celebrate the Recapture of Jerusalem
NAOMI SHEMER,
Autograph Manuscript Signed of the lyrics to Yerushalayim Shel Zahav / Jerusalem of Gold, handwritten music manuscript, and a printed booklet with her signature, all in Hebrew.
Item #25672, $125,000
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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 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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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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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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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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