Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Collection of Printed Items – Jewish Community of St. Petersburg – ID Card of a Delegate to the Zionist Congress in Russia, Notice Regarding the Founding of the "Hebrew Language Lovers' Society," and More

Opening: $150
Sold for: $300
Including buyer's premium
Seven items, printed on behalf of the Jewish community of St. Petersburg, 1879-1917. Hebrew, Russian, and Yiddish.
● Greeting card for the holiday of Shushan Purim, 1879 (Hebrew). ● Printed invitation, stating that the "Heads of the Council and the Members of the Committee Supervising the Premises of the Synagogue and the Committee that has Maintained Law and Order on the Day of its Consecration will Gather on the Specified Day to the Celebratory Feast… at the Rabbi's Home" (December 1893; Hebrew and Russian). ● Notice announcing the publication of the first issue of "Der Fraynd" (the first Yiddish daily newspaper in Russia). [1902?]. ● Printed notice requesting donations to cover the costs of publishing of a "Scientific Anthology" in honor of Dr. Avraham Eliyahu Harkavy, 1906 (Russian). ● Leaflet announcing the establishment of "Agudat Hovevei Sfat Ever" [the Hebrew Language Lovers' Society] in St. Petersburg, 1907 (Hebrew and Russian). ● Program for the memorial service on the anniversary of the passing of Horacy (Naftali Hertz) Ginzburg, held at the choral Synagogue, 1910 (Russian). ● Identity card issued to the elected delegate representing the town of Zgurița (northern Moldova) to the Zionist Congress in Russia (the second congress of the "Tze'irei Tziyon" [Young Men of Zion] in St. Petersburg?), 1917 (Hebrew and Russian).
Seven items. Size and condition vary.
Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts
Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts