Declaration of Common Aims of the Mid-European Nations. Bilingual poster. [Philadelphia, 1918]. Hebrew and English. The Mid-European Union was established on September 16, 1918, as a joint organization of persecuted and oppressed European nations – "fifty million people between the Adriatic Sea, the Black Sea and the Baltic sea". The goal of the union was to promote the independence of persecuted nations and strive to cooperation among them, in the spirit of the "Self-Determination" principle devised by USA President, Woodrow Wilson, after World War I. In October 1918, Wilson invited a delegation of twelve of the union's representatives – including representatives of the Polish, Ukrainian, Armenian and Romanian nations as well as that of the Zionist "nation", Itamar Ben Avi – headed by Tomáš Masaryk – the Czech "President Liberator". The representatives gathered in the Independence Hall in Philadelphia (where the independence of the USA was declared a hundred and fifty years earlier) and during a festive ceremony signed the Declaration of Common Aims of the Mid-European Nations. For the event, the representatives brought with them the "European Liberty Bell" – a duplicate of the American Liberty Bell, ringing it in front of the original bell. The poster features the text of the declaration, in English and in Hebrew. Printed on bottom – the English signatures of the representatives (Ben Avi's signature: Ittamar Benavi of Jerusalem). On top – an illustration of the Independence Hall between the two Liberty Bells. Approx. 45.5X61 cm. mounted on a card (with two strips of tape on upper edge) and placed in a frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Fold lines. Small tears along edges and fold lines. An open tear to bottom (not affecting the text). Unexamined out of frame.

Special issue of "Yungvarg" ["Youth"], published by the Arbeter ring (Workmen's Circle), Toronto. 1926. Yiddish. The issue covers the Camp Yungvelt summer colony run by the Toronto Workmen's circle, with features including a short story, poems, illustrations and photos taken at the camp. Back cover featuring several advertisements, including one inviting readers to join the Workmen's Circle. The Workmen's Circle, now known as the Workers Circle (Yiddish: Arbeter Ring) was founded in the United States of America in 1900 as a mutual help and workers' association of socialist tendencies, targeted at Jewish secular immigrants from Eastern Europe. Members were offered various insurance policies, unemployment benefits, and help in adjusting to life in America; the organization also took part in the political struggle for workers' rights. In addition, the Workers Circle promoted Yiddish culture in the United States, was involved with the Yiddish newspaper The Forward and ran summer schools and camps across the continent. At its heyday, the organization had over 70,000 members in hundreds of branches across North America. Nowadays, with 10,000 members, the Workers Circle continues to be active culturally and politically, teaching Yiddish, operating summer camps and summer schools, and more. 24 pp., approx. 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Some pages unopened at top edge. Stains, including minor dampstains.Creases. Minor tears to top edge of several pages. Blemishes and pinholes to title page, somewhat affecting text. Rare.

"BaShomayim Uvo'Oretz, Oder Himlishe Gest" [In Heaven and on Earth] / Niebo i Ziemia. Lviv: J. Renzer; Rohatyn Press, 1893. Yiddish. Miniature booklet. A Tish'a B'Av story in Yiddish, published in as part of the series "2 Kreitzer Bilbliotek" ["The 2-Kreuzer Library"] of the J. Renzer Publishing House in Lviv. On August 3, 1893, the Hebrew-language newspaper HaMelitz reported that "the Zion Company of Lemberg [Lviv] has begun publishing small booklets in the spoken Jewish language [i.e. Yiddish] with the intention of distributing them among the Jewish populace. The price for such a booklet is two Kreuzer, less than two Russian kopeks. The first booklet, ‘BaShomayim Uvo'Oretz, Oder Himlishe Gest' by Jacob Sh. Renzer is written with profound emotion, and stirs up love of Zion and Jerusalem in one's heart, and contributes to the uplifting of the national spirit." 48 pp., 9 cm. Good condition. Minor damage to page numbering (at tops of several leaves) resulting from trimming of edges. Few stains. Creases and several minor tears. Rare. Not in OCLC.

Collection of books authored by members of the "Haskalah" ("Jewish Enlightenment") Movement. Europe, 1765-1868. Mostly Hebrew. 1. "Levanon – Gan Na'ul, " by Naftali Herz Weisel. Two parts bound in one (no additional parts published). Amsterdam: Brothers Joseph, Jacob, and Abraham Proops, [1765] / Amsterdam: Gerhard Johan Janson & Israel Mondovy, [1766]. 2. Single volume comprising three (of four) booklets from the series "Divrei Shalom Ve-Emet, " [Words of Peace and Truth] by Naftali Herz Weisel: Three letters (nos. 2-4) by Weisel, addressed to his critics. Berlin: Hinuch Ne'arim, [1782-85?]. 3. "Sefer Klil Ha-Heshbon" (a mathematics textbook), by David Friesenhausen. Berlin: Hinuch Ne'arim, (1796). 4. "Sefer Zekher Tzadik… the late Naftali Herz Weisel, " by David ben Zvi Hirsch Friedrichsfeld. Amsterdam: Solomon Proops Katz, [1809]. 5. "Mikhtav Li-Hakhmei Yisrael al Yisodei Ha-Emunah" ["Letter to the Jewish Sages Regarding the Foundations of Faith"], by Mordechai Dov Friedenthal. Wrocław: Leib Sulzbach, 5575 (1815). 6. "Bikurei Ha-Itim – Minhat Bikurim…, " edited by Moses Landau. Begins with excerpts from the Hebrew translation to Maimonides's "Guide of the Perplexed, " with commentaries. Ends with a section in German. Vienna: Anton Schmid, 1824. 7. "Nir David…, " by Shalom HaKohen. Vienna: Anton Edlen v. Schmid, 1834. 8. "Kinat Sofrim, " by Ada"m HaKohen. Vilna (Vilnius): Joseph Reuben bar Menahem min Romm, 1847. 9. "Keter Kehunah O Divrei Ha-Yamim LiKohanei Ha-Emunah HaYisraelit Ubenoteha, " by Alexander HaLevi Zederbaum. Odessa: L. Nietzsche and A. Zederbaum, 1866. 10. "Birkhot Horim – Shirim Yesodetam BiDivrei Kadmoneinu, " by Ludwig August Frankl. Vienna: Jacob Schlossberg, 1866. 11. "Tokhahti LaBikarin, " by Shalom Solomon Friedmann [Ada"m HaKohen]. Vilna (Vilnius): Joseph Reuben bar Menahem min Romm, 1868. Size and condition vary. Enclosed: An additional copy of the fourth part of the work "Nir David" by Shalom HaKohen (see above).