Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Part I

German Poem in Honor of Isidor Fränkel, Cantor of the Rodef Shalom Congregation – Philadelphia, 1874

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Lied zum fünfundzwanzigjährigen Dienst-Jubiläum des Herrn Isidor Fränkel, Cantor der Gemeinde Rodef Schalom [Poem in honor of twenty-five years of service of Mr. Isidor Frankel, cantor of the Rodef Shalom congregation]. Single leaf. Printer not indicated. [Philadelphia], 1874. German.
A poem in honor of twenty-five years of service of Isidor Fränkel as cantor of the Rodef Shalom congregation in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA). The text is set in a stylized border.
The synagogue of the "Rodef Shalom" congregation was established in Philadelphia in 1795 and it is the oldest Ashkenazic-reform synagogue in the USA.
[1] f., 14.5X23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines and creases. Stains. Small tears and holes (most of them along edges and fold lines). Tape for reinforcement on verso.
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USA and Britain