Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
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10 Postcards and an autograph letter sent by Rabbi Zvi Peretz Chajes to the researcher Avraham Kahana. Sent from Florence, Trieste and Lvov, to Zhitomir and Kiev, 1901-1913.
Friendly letters, containing mainly corrections and comments on essays, on the commentary on Psalms by Chajes, research matters, literature and Judaism. Chajes writes in one of the letters: "I could not undertake the commentary on the Song of Songs since so far I have not been thoroughly involved with it, and it is one of the most difficult ones".
Zvi Peretz Chajes (1876-1927), rabbi, historian and researcher of the bible, was born in Galicia where he studied in a Yeshiva and was ordained as rabbi. From 1901 he served as the community rabbi in Florence, taught in the Rabbinic Seminary in Florence and served as teacher of biblical studies in the local university. In 1912 he was appointed rabbi of the Trieste community. As of 1918 he served as Chief Rabbi of Vienna and established a seminary for teachers. He was one of the first rabbis who supported Zionism, and the first chairman of the Zionist Executive Committee. Died in Vienna in 1927 and was buried in Tel Aviv.
Postcards: 9X14 cm, letter: 11.5X9 cm (in the original envelope). Good overall condition. Stains.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Friendly letters, containing mainly corrections and comments on essays, on the commentary on Psalms by Chajes, research matters, literature and Judaism. Chajes writes in one of the letters: "I could not undertake the commentary on the Song of Songs since so far I have not been thoroughly involved with it, and it is one of the most difficult ones".
Zvi Peretz Chajes (1876-1927), rabbi, historian and researcher of the bible, was born in Galicia where he studied in a Yeshiva and was ordained as rabbi. From 1901 he served as the community rabbi in Florence, taught in the Rabbinic Seminary in Florence and served as teacher of biblical studies in the local university. In 1912 he was appointed rabbi of the Trieste community. As of 1918 he served as Chief Rabbi of Vienna and established a seminary for teachers. He was one of the first rabbis who supported Zionism, and the first chairman of the Zionist Executive Committee. Died in Vienna in 1927 and was buried in Tel Aviv.
Postcards: 9X14 cm, letter: 11.5X9 cm (in the original envelope). Good overall condition. Stains.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Category
Avraham Kahana Collection
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $300
Sold for: $525
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Seven postcards, a letter and two stubs of postal payment vouchers, with autograph letters from Alexander Siskind Rabinovitz. The letters were sent to the researcher and author Avraham Kahana, from Poltava and from Jaffa, to Zhitomir and Kiev, 1903-1906.
Letters concerning literary issues and sale and distribution of books, royalties and payments, printing of essays and books, biblical commentary, novellae, and other matters. In one of the postcards Azar asks about the condition of Kahana after he heard that "there were murders in your area… am not asking about you since I know that you find no peace in this bloody land".
Alexander Siskind Rabinovitz (Azar, 1854-1945) - author, editor, biographer and prolific translator who published about 100 books during his lifetime. He translated scholarly Talmudic books by Binyamin Ze'ev Bachar and published a translation of the Song of Songs, commentary on the Book of Job, biblical commentaries, Tanaim and Amoraim Aggadas, and more.
Size varies. Fair condition. Two postcards on very dark paper. Filing holes to some items. Worming to one postcard. Stains.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Letters concerning literary issues and sale and distribution of books, royalties and payments, printing of essays and books, biblical commentary, novellae, and other matters. In one of the postcards Azar asks about the condition of Kahana after he heard that "there were murders in your area… am not asking about you since I know that you find no peace in this bloody land".
Alexander Siskind Rabinovitz (Azar, 1854-1945) - author, editor, biographer and prolific translator who published about 100 books during his lifetime. He translated scholarly Talmudic books by Binyamin Ze'ev Bachar and published a translation of the Song of Songs, commentary on the Book of Job, biblical commentaries, Tanaim and Amoraim Aggadas, and more.
Size varies. Fair condition. Two postcards on very dark paper. Filing holes to some items. Worming to one postcard. Stains.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Category
Avraham Kahana Collection
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
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Four handwritten letters from the Hebrew Language Committee in Jerusalem, addressed to Hillel Zlatopolsky. Three of the letters are signed by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, David Yellin and Aryeh Zuta. Shevat-Nissan 1912.
The letters concern the ongoing activities of the committee, among other things, the efforts by Ben-Yehuda to obtain financial support for its activity, plans for printing a booklet with essays and linguistic terms, and more. Three of the letters are stamped with the stamp of the "Jerusalem Hebrew Language Committee" and signed by the committee's presidents, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and David Yellin, and its secretary, Chaim Aryeh Zuta.
The "Hebrew Language Committee" was founded in 1904 in response to the difficulties faced by teachers in Palestine regarding the use of the Hebrew language for teaching purposes. Its activity focused mostly on creating norms in Hebrew grammar, pronunciation and terminology. The committee's first members were Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, David Yellin, Dr. Aharon Meir Mazia, Yosef Meyuhas, Eliyahu Sapir, Yehiel Michal Pines and Chaim Aryeh Zuta. For most of its existence the committee suffered from a lack of funding, and its activities were performed on a volunteer basis. Among the philanthropists supporting the committee was the businessman and Zionist activist Hillel Zlatopolsky, to whom the present letters are addressed.
Shortly before the establishment of the State of Israel, the Hebrew Language Committee began to promote the establishment of an Academy of the Hebrew Language - an idea that was finally realized in 1953, when the Knesset legislated the "Law of the Supreme Institution of the Hebrew Language", which led to the establishment of the "Academy of the Hebrew Language".
Four letters (six written pages), 28 cm. Good overall condition. Folding marks and light creases. Stains. Holes and small tears to several leaves.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
The letters concern the ongoing activities of the committee, among other things, the efforts by Ben-Yehuda to obtain financial support for its activity, plans for printing a booklet with essays and linguistic terms, and more. Three of the letters are stamped with the stamp of the "Jerusalem Hebrew Language Committee" and signed by the committee's presidents, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and David Yellin, and its secretary, Chaim Aryeh Zuta.
The "Hebrew Language Committee" was founded in 1904 in response to the difficulties faced by teachers in Palestine regarding the use of the Hebrew language for teaching purposes. Its activity focused mostly on creating norms in Hebrew grammar, pronunciation and terminology. The committee's first members were Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, David Yellin, Dr. Aharon Meir Mazia, Yosef Meyuhas, Eliyahu Sapir, Yehiel Michal Pines and Chaim Aryeh Zuta. For most of its existence the committee suffered from a lack of funding, and its activities were performed on a volunteer basis. Among the philanthropists supporting the committee was the businessman and Zionist activist Hillel Zlatopolsky, to whom the present letters are addressed.
Shortly before the establishment of the State of Israel, the Hebrew Language Committee began to promote the establishment of an Academy of the Hebrew Language - an idea that was finally realized in 1953, when the Knesset legislated the "Law of the Supreme Institution of the Hebrew Language", which led to the establishment of the "Academy of the Hebrew Language".
Four letters (six written pages), 28 cm. Good overall condition. Folding marks and light creases. Stains. Holes and small tears to several leaves.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Category
Avraham Kahana Collection
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $1,000
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Collection of items about the expansion of "Sha'ar Zion" library in Tel-Aviv, issued on behalf of the committee for the expansion of "Sha'ar Zion" library. [Tel-Aviv, ca. 1925].
"Sha'ar Zion" library was founded in Jaffa in 1886 and was named "Beit Eked Lesfarim". As of 1891 its name was changed to "Sha'ar Zion". In 1922 the Library gained the status of the Municipal Library of Tel-Aviv and between the years 1921-1936 it was located in "Beit Polack" on the corner of Herzl and Ahad Ha'am streets. At the same time when the documents presented here were written, Avraham Kahana served as the director of the library and A. Z. Rabinovich (Azar) was the chairman of the committee.
1. Three leaves written in Avraham Kahana's hand, including a draft for a printed public appeal regarding the expansion of "Sha'ar Zion" library in Tel-Aviv by donations of books. On the third leaf appear signatures of the committee members: Asher Ginzberg (Ahad Ha'Am), Chaim Nachman Bialik, Meir Dizengoff, Alexander Zueskind Rabinovich (Azar) and Yehushua Hana Ravnitzky.
[3] leaves, 27.5 cm. Fair condition. Filing holes, dark stains and dampstains. The first two leaves are written in ink while the third one is written in pencil. Signatures are in good condition, with some stains.
2. Al "Sha'ar Zion". Printed broadside (final version of the above manuscript) on behalf of the committee for the expansion of "Sha'ar Zion" library.
[1] leaf, 28 cm. Good condition.
3. Leaf handwritten by Alexander Zueskind Rabinovich (Azar) about the city of Tel-Aviv and its culture, Sha'ar Zion library and its development (not signed).
[1] leaf, 20 cm. Good condition. Filing holes and folding marks.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
"Sha'ar Zion" library was founded in Jaffa in 1886 and was named "Beit Eked Lesfarim". As of 1891 its name was changed to "Sha'ar Zion". In 1922 the Library gained the status of the Municipal Library of Tel-Aviv and between the years 1921-1936 it was located in "Beit Polack" on the corner of Herzl and Ahad Ha'am streets. At the same time when the documents presented here were written, Avraham Kahana served as the director of the library and A. Z. Rabinovich (Azar) was the chairman of the committee.
1. Three leaves written in Avraham Kahana's hand, including a draft for a printed public appeal regarding the expansion of "Sha'ar Zion" library in Tel-Aviv by donations of books. On the third leaf appear signatures of the committee members: Asher Ginzberg (Ahad Ha'Am), Chaim Nachman Bialik, Meir Dizengoff, Alexander Zueskind Rabinovich (Azar) and Yehushua Hana Ravnitzky.
[3] leaves, 27.5 cm. Fair condition. Filing holes, dark stains and dampstains. The first two leaves are written in ink while the third one is written in pencil. Signatures are in good condition, with some stains.
2. Al "Sha'ar Zion". Printed broadside (final version of the above manuscript) on behalf of the committee for the expansion of "Sha'ar Zion" library.
[1] leaf, 28 cm. Good condition.
3. Leaf handwritten by Alexander Zueskind Rabinovich (Azar) about the city of Tel-Aviv and its culture, Sha'ar Zion library and its development (not signed).
[1] leaf, 20 cm. Good condition. Filing holes and folding marks.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Category
Avraham Kahana Collection
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
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Archive containing about 200 documents from the period during which Avraham Kahana directed the "Sha'ar Zion" library in Tel-Aviv. Tel-Aviv, ca. 1924-1927.
An archive documenting the "Sha'ar Zion" library under the direction of Avraham Kahana. For more information about "Sha'ar Zion" library, see previous item.
Among the documents in this collection: * Autograph letter by Avraham Kahana, to the culture committee of Tel-Aviv municipality in which he proposes his services as chief librarian of "Sha'ar Zion" library (1924). * Detailed reports about the situation in the library, including lists with detailed comments handwritten by Avraham Kahana and by Azar. * Lists with historic data, general or professional, about the library. * Notebook and pamphlets with detailed protocols of library board meetings (among the participants: Ravnitzky, Rabinovich, Churgin, Kahana). * Leaf of "Statistics of readers who took books home during 1926" arranged according to months (details about books taken out by students, workers, clerks, free professions, non-professionals etc.). * A duty roster, written by hand. * List of books for acquisition. * Letter from Meir Dizengoff (on stationery of Ahad HaAm house) with notes handwritten by Shoshana Persitz, regarding 3000 books moved from "Sha'ar Zion" library to the library in Ahad HaAm house. * Letters of recommendation for potential workers for the library, among them an autograph letter by Meir Dizengoff and printed letters signed by him. * Letters about administrative matters - naming the library in the name of Levanda, budgets, allocating funds for JNF, appointment of workers, and more. * A stenciled letter, from the head of the publicity department of "Gdud Meginay HaSafah" in Tal-Aviv. * Letter from Avraham Kahana to his son, Uriel, in which he mentions library matters. * Letters concerning firing two workers in the library, including letters from Jaffa Workers' Council, invitation to a "Members Trial", copy of a verdict, letters from Meir Dizengoff and lists of claims handwritten by Kahana. * Additional items.
Total of about 200 documents. Size and condition vary. Some leaves in very good condition, and some in fair-poor condition (dark stains, rough tears).
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
An archive documenting the "Sha'ar Zion" library under the direction of Avraham Kahana. For more information about "Sha'ar Zion" library, see previous item.
Among the documents in this collection: * Autograph letter by Avraham Kahana, to the culture committee of Tel-Aviv municipality in which he proposes his services as chief librarian of "Sha'ar Zion" library (1924). * Detailed reports about the situation in the library, including lists with detailed comments handwritten by Avraham Kahana and by Azar. * Lists with historic data, general or professional, about the library. * Notebook and pamphlets with detailed protocols of library board meetings (among the participants: Ravnitzky, Rabinovich, Churgin, Kahana). * Leaf of "Statistics of readers who took books home during 1926" arranged according to months (details about books taken out by students, workers, clerks, free professions, non-professionals etc.). * A duty roster, written by hand. * List of books for acquisition. * Letter from Meir Dizengoff (on stationery of Ahad HaAm house) with notes handwritten by Shoshana Persitz, regarding 3000 books moved from "Sha'ar Zion" library to the library in Ahad HaAm house. * Letters of recommendation for potential workers for the library, among them an autograph letter by Meir Dizengoff and printed letters signed by him. * Letters about administrative matters - naming the library in the name of Levanda, budgets, allocating funds for JNF, appointment of workers, and more. * A stenciled letter, from the head of the publicity department of "Gdud Meginay HaSafah" in Tal-Aviv. * Letter from Avraham Kahana to his son, Uriel, in which he mentions library matters. * Letters concerning firing two workers in the library, including letters from Jaffa Workers' Council, invitation to a "Members Trial", copy of a verdict, letters from Meir Dizengoff and lists of claims handwritten by Kahana. * Additional items.
Total of about 200 documents. Size and condition vary. Some leaves in very good condition, and some in fair-poor condition (dark stains, rough tears).
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Category
Avraham Kahana Collection
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Lot 252 Letter Handwritten and Signed by Chaim Nachman Bialik, to Yaakov Meir Zalkind - London, 1931
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $300
Sold for: $525
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Letter handwritten and signed by Chaim Nachman Bialik, to Yaakov Meir Zalkind. Written on stationery of Hotel Russell in London. [London], January 1931.
In his letter Bialik refers to one of the volumes of the Talmud published by Zalkind in Yiddish translation, with commentary. Bialik praises Zalkind for his work and at the same time entreats him to write his Talmud commentary in Hebrew: "I gratefully received the issue of the Kil'ayim Tractate… and again I say to you: Cease using the Jewish language in this work. In this way it won't succeed. The natural habitat of your commentary is the Hebrew language. The Hebrew-reading public in need of your commentary is twenty times greater than the Yiddish one… you know that it is not due to envy or disfavor towards the Jewish language that I say so. In my heart I hold no resentment towards it… except that the value of the Hebrew commentary is seven times, or even seventy-seven times that of the Yiddish".
Yaakov Meir Zalkind (1875-1937), rabbi, author, translator and publicist, born in Kobryn. Received a traditional education in a heder and later at the Volozhin yeshiva, while also completing general studies. At the age of 20 he set out to study philology and philosophy at universities in Germany, France and Switzerland, and upon completing his studies he settled in England where he served as the rabbi of the Cardiff community. From a young age he was active in Zionist organizations, and in 1913 he even established the First London Achuzah Company which purchased about half of the lands of Karkur. In 1933 he immigrated to Palestine and settled in Haifa, where he died in 1937.
Over the years Zalkind published articles and essays in Yiddish, Hebrew and English. Among other things he was involved in the translation of the Talmud to Yiddish - an enterprise that was never completed (his translation and commentary on the Talmud were published in London in the years 1922-1931).
[1] leaf (two written pages), 17.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal fold line and light creases. Numerous stains.
See: The Letters of Chaim Nachman Bialik, edited by Fishel Lahover, Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1938-1939. Volume 5, pp. 134-135.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
In his letter Bialik refers to one of the volumes of the Talmud published by Zalkind in Yiddish translation, with commentary. Bialik praises Zalkind for his work and at the same time entreats him to write his Talmud commentary in Hebrew: "I gratefully received the issue of the Kil'ayim Tractate… and again I say to you: Cease using the Jewish language in this work. In this way it won't succeed. The natural habitat of your commentary is the Hebrew language. The Hebrew-reading public in need of your commentary is twenty times greater than the Yiddish one… you know that it is not due to envy or disfavor towards the Jewish language that I say so. In my heart I hold no resentment towards it… except that the value of the Hebrew commentary is seven times, or even seventy-seven times that of the Yiddish".
Yaakov Meir Zalkind (1875-1937), rabbi, author, translator and publicist, born in Kobryn. Received a traditional education in a heder and later at the Volozhin yeshiva, while also completing general studies. At the age of 20 he set out to study philology and philosophy at universities in Germany, France and Switzerland, and upon completing his studies he settled in England where he served as the rabbi of the Cardiff community. From a young age he was active in Zionist organizations, and in 1913 he even established the First London Achuzah Company which purchased about half of the lands of Karkur. In 1933 he immigrated to Palestine and settled in Haifa, where he died in 1937.
Over the years Zalkind published articles and essays in Yiddish, Hebrew and English. Among other things he was involved in the translation of the Talmud to Yiddish - an enterprise that was never completed (his translation and commentary on the Talmud were published in London in the years 1922-1931).
[1] leaf (two written pages), 17.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal fold line and light creases. Numerous stains.
See: The Letters of Chaim Nachman Bialik, edited by Fishel Lahover, Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1938-1939. Volume 5, pp. 134-135.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Category
Avraham Kahana Collection
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $400
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Three letters sent to the scholar and author Avraham Kahana, hand-signed by Chaim Nachman Bialik.
1. A short autograph letter signed by Bialik. Written on official letterhead of Avraham Kahana in Zhitomir.
"I am sorry I did not find you. I have much to discuss with you about your biblical work…" (Hebrew). [1] folded leaf, 18 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding line. Stains.
2. Typewritten letter (with details added by hand) - invitation to register as a member in "Association of Hebrew Authors and Literature", Tel-Aviv branch. Tel-Aviv, 1925.
Hand-signed by the chairman of the branch Chaim Nachman Bialik and the secretary Haim Harari. 22.5X14 cm. Good condition. Creases and stains.
3. Autograph letter (most probably in Haim Harari's handwriting), on official letterhead of "Association of Hebrew Authors and Literature", Tel-Aviv branch. Tel-Aviv, 1925.
A request to participate in a lottery of books and art to be held as part of an authors' event. The letter is ink-stamped with the branch's stamp, as well as hand-signed by the chairman Chaim Nachman Bialik and the secretary Haim Harari. Approx. 21X13.5 cm. Vertical folding line. Stains. Open tears at upper part of leaf.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
1. A short autograph letter signed by Bialik. Written on official letterhead of Avraham Kahana in Zhitomir.
"I am sorry I did not find you. I have much to discuss with you about your biblical work…" (Hebrew). [1] folded leaf, 18 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding line. Stains.
2. Typewritten letter (with details added by hand) - invitation to register as a member in "Association of Hebrew Authors and Literature", Tel-Aviv branch. Tel-Aviv, 1925.
Hand-signed by the chairman of the branch Chaim Nachman Bialik and the secretary Haim Harari. 22.5X14 cm. Good condition. Creases and stains.
3. Autograph letter (most probably in Haim Harari's handwriting), on official letterhead of "Association of Hebrew Authors and Literature", Tel-Aviv branch. Tel-Aviv, 1925.
A request to participate in a lottery of books and art to be held as part of an authors' event. The letter is ink-stamped with the branch's stamp, as well as hand-signed by the chairman Chaim Nachman Bialik and the secretary Haim Harari. Approx. 21X13.5 cm. Vertical folding line. Stains. Open tears at upper part of leaf.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Category
Avraham Kahana Collection
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
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Memoirs handwritten by Avraham Kahana. [Tel-Aviv, early 1940s].
Handwritten memoirs of Kahana's childhood and adolescence in Zhitomir and the vicinity. A significant parts of the memoirs is about Chaim Nachman Bialik who was only one year older than Kahana and was also born near Zhitomir and dwelled there. Kahana also mentions authors and intellectuals, who are related to Zhitomir or to Bialik. He writes about Bialik and Ahad HaAm: "I remember that once we took a long walk and he was talking all the time about Odessa and its intellectual… while talking he stopped and said: there is one man there - Asher Ginzburg - yellow, small and thin and he is a great man and on Friday nights people gather in his home and argue and talk…" (Hebrew).
8 leaves: 28 cm + [5] leaves: 24.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and tears at margins of leaves. Filing holes to small leaves.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Handwritten memoirs of Kahana's childhood and adolescence in Zhitomir and the vicinity. A significant parts of the memoirs is about Chaim Nachman Bialik who was only one year older than Kahana and was also born near Zhitomir and dwelled there. Kahana also mentions authors and intellectuals, who are related to Zhitomir or to Bialik. He writes about Bialik and Ahad HaAm: "I remember that once we took a long walk and he was talking all the time about Odessa and its intellectual… while talking he stopped and said: there is one man there - Asher Ginzburg - yellow, small and thin and he is a great man and on Friday nights people gather in his home and argue and talk…" (Hebrew).
8 leaves: 28 cm + [5] leaves: 24.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and tears at margins of leaves. Filing holes to small leaves.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Category
Avraham Kahana Collection
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Nine photographs from Zhitomir, Ukraine. Unknown photographer, [1905].
1-4. Four photographs documenting the outcome of the Pogrom executed against the Jews of Zhitomir following the 1905 revolution. Three portray the interior of a demolished house and the fourth portrays the "Student Weinstein who was the first who fell in the war on the Podil in the Zhitomir Pogrom" (Leibush Ephraim ben Shlomo Weinstein).
5-8. Four photographs portraying groups of children and boys and Jewish families in Zhitomir.
9. Photograph portraying a bridge over one of the rivers of Zhitomir.
Average size: 12.5X17 cm. Good overall condition. All photographs are mounted on cardboard sheets, some of the sheets are cut on the photograph's edge. Creases and stains to cardboard sheets. Photograph of the pogrom's victim is titled by hand on the cardboard sheet.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
1-4. Four photographs documenting the outcome of the Pogrom executed against the Jews of Zhitomir following the 1905 revolution. Three portray the interior of a demolished house and the fourth portrays the "Student Weinstein who was the first who fell in the war on the Podil in the Zhitomir Pogrom" (Leibush Ephraim ben Shlomo Weinstein).
5-8. Four photographs portraying groups of children and boys and Jewish families in Zhitomir.
9. Photograph portraying a bridge over one of the rivers of Zhitomir.
Average size: 12.5X17 cm. Good overall condition. All photographs are mounted on cardboard sheets, some of the sheets are cut on the photograph's edge. Creases and stains to cardboard sheets. Photograph of the pogrom's victim is titled by hand on the cardboard sheet.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Category
Avraham Kahana Collection
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $600
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Memoirs handwritten by the scholar and author Avrham Kahana, describing pogroms again Ukrainian Jews during the month of October 1919. [Kiev? October 1919].
Six leaves written by hand, on which Avraham Kahana describes the pogroms against Jews which occurred during the Russian civil war. The events occurred during four days in the month of October 1919, apparently in Kiev (when the civil war broke out Kahana was appointed Professor in the Popular University in Kiev, and probably stayed in the city during the war).
Kahana recounts the White Army forces and the Bolsheviks, riots and murder of Jews in the city's streets and his attempts to hide from the rioters. Among other things, Kahana wrote: "Officer of the Dinikins [forces of the White Army commanded by Anton Dinikin] approached the house… and asked the person who stood at the door if he was Jewish or Christian. When he answered that he was a Jew he shot him…" (Hebrew). And further: "I decided that I have to leave my apartment and hide. I went out to the yard… All my neighbors are worried about me but all of them are afraid to hide me…".
[6] leaves (9 written pages), 21 cm. Fair condition. Tears and open tears (ink erosion), some affecting text.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Six leaves written by hand, on which Avraham Kahana describes the pogroms against Jews which occurred during the Russian civil war. The events occurred during four days in the month of October 1919, apparently in Kiev (when the civil war broke out Kahana was appointed Professor in the Popular University in Kiev, and probably stayed in the city during the war).
Kahana recounts the White Army forces and the Bolsheviks, riots and murder of Jews in the city's streets and his attempts to hide from the rioters. Among other things, Kahana wrote: "Officer of the Dinikins [forces of the White Army commanded by Anton Dinikin] approached the house… and asked the person who stood at the door if he was Jewish or Christian. When he answered that he was a Jew he shot him…" (Hebrew). And further: "I decided that I have to leave my apartment and hide. I went out to the yard… All my neighbors are worried about me but all of them are afraid to hide me…".
[6] leaves (9 written pages), 21 cm. Fair condition. Tears and open tears (ink erosion), some affecting text.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Category
Avraham Kahana Collection
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