355 Personal business cards, greeting cards and Shana Tova cards, by leaders, political figures, authors, cultural and intellectual figures, leaders of the old and new settlements in Eretz Israel, architects, doctors, association directors and heads of Zionistic organizations, journalists and rabbis in Israel and the Diaspora; cards by numerous famous figures, who were among the founders of the renewed Jewish settlement, prominent Jewish figures and Jewish professionals from the Diaspora. The collection includes cards from a hundred year time span, starting from the second half of the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century, and contains items from different countries such as: Israel, Germany, USA, Italy, Egypt, Syria (Aram Tzova), Tunis and more.
~ Among the names mentioned in the card collection: Levin Kipnis, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Vladimir (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky, Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky, Pr. Dr. Yosef Klausner, Yosef Trumpledor, Menachem Ussishkin, Dr. Max Brod, Heinrich Loewe, Pr. Boris Shatz (four different cards), Shlomo Zalman Shoken, Anna Ticho, Dr. Albert Ticho, Betzalel Yaffe, Dr. Yosef Mohaliver, Ze’ev Gluskin, Meir Dizengoff, Yosef Friedman (of the founders of Rosh Pina), Shimon Rokeach (several different cards), Meir Ya’ari, Dr. Ya’akov Luntz, Mrs.Avraham Rottenberg, Mrs. Shalom Aleichem, Dr. Dov Yosef, David Yellin (several cards), Yosef Sprinzak, Abba Eban, Yitzchak Rabin, Mané Katz, Aharon Ze’ev Eshkoli, Yitzchak Ben-Zvi, Moshe Sharett, Avraham Even-Shoshan, Golda Meir, Avraham Moshe Luntz, Ya’akov Valero, Dr. Theodore Schneller, Ernest Schneller, Yosef Meyuhas, Dr. Hirsch Hildesheimer (editor of the Jüdischen Presse), Musa Khatam Al-Husseini (Jerusalem mayor at the end of the 19th century and leader of the National Movement of Palestine), Y.L Magnes, business and greeting cards from ministers, Knesset members of the Israeli government, Shana Tova cards from soldiers of the Jewish Brigade and more.
~ Rabbis’ names mentioned in the card collection: Rabbi Nissim Danon, Rabbi Yitzchak Ha-Levi Herzog, Rabbi Yeshaya Benet, Rabbi Moshe Franco, Rabbi Ya’akov Meir, Rabbi Shaul Chaim Dwech Ha-Cohen, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Ha-Cohen Kook, Rabbi Shalom Yosef Alchikh, Rabbi Nissim Elyashar, Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Salant, Rabbi Eliezer Meir Lifshitz, Rabbi Moshe Bloy, Rabbi Chaim Moshe Elyashar, Rabbi Bechor Shmuel Sidis and more.
Many of the cards bear handwritten dedications or greetings.
Those cards were gathered into a unique and impressive collection by a private collector through many years.
Varying sizes, most are in good condition. Arranged in a high quality album.

Letters sent to the “Keren Ha-Tolada”, to support and promote increased birth rates among the Jewish populations living in Israel, directed by Dr. Avraham A. Shpruch-Pevzner, 1950’s-60’s.
The collection includes:
~ 8 letters in David Ben Gurion’s handwriting (one is two pages long) + envelope.
~ A letter handwritten by Shai Agnon, including an envelope bearing a handwritten inscription by Shai Agnon, and a printed “copy” leaf bearing the word “copy” in his handwriting.
~ Two letters from Moshe Sharet (one is printed, the other is handwritten) + One (printed) letter from Menachem Begin.
~ One letter from Rabbi Yitzchak Nissim + one support letter from the secretary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe - Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneorson, which carries words of encouragement on behalf of the Rabbi.
~ Form letter on behalf of Dr. Spruch Pevzner, Keren Ha-Tolada Be-Israel + 20 newspaper clips on the matter.
Varying sizes, good condition.