Five handwritten essays and a letter concerning donations and taxes to "Keren HaYesod", the central financial entity of the Zionist Organization, from rabbis and Zionist personalities. [Palestine, ca. early 1920s].
1. A letter handwritten and signed by Alexander Ziskind Rabinovitz (Azar), to the "Central committee of Keren HaYesod in Palestine", dated 14.7.1924, expressing his support of Keren HaYesod. [1] leaf.
2. "Keren Ora – Keren HaYesod", draft handwritten by Alexander Ziskind Rabinovitz, for a notice or a short essay encouraging donations to "Keren HaYesod", [2] leaves.
3. "To the people in Zion", draft handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov Meir ("Rishon LeZion") for a notice calling to participate in the first fund raising campaign for "Keren HaYesod", dated 6.12.1924. [1] leaf.
4. Draft handwritten and signed by Ben Zion Dinur (Dinaburg) for an essay supporting "Keren HaYesod". 4 leaves.
5. Copying in handwriting of two passages from Ben Zion Dinur's notebook:
"sermon by rabbi ML in the great synagogue in Vilnius in 1899" (Hebrew); " a conversation of an old Hovev Zion after the riots in Jaffa in 1921" (Hebrew). Both assert the importance of the public treasury and taxes (the passages may have been copied for promotional purposes). 3 leaves.
6. "The participation of Jews in Keren HaYesod fundraising" (Hebrew), a draft written by hand by Rabbi Ya'akov Berman, for an essay criticizing "Keren HaYesod". 4 leaves.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Stains. Slight creases and folding marks. Tears and open tears at margins of some items (mostly small, no damage to text). Stains and small pinholes to five items.