Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture

Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more

Leaflet Published by the English Zionist Federation – With Text of the Balfour Declaration, in Yiddish and Hebrew – London, 1917

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"The Land of Israel for the People of Israel" / "Tsum Iddishen Folk!", leaflet published by the English Zionist Federation for a Zionist convention in London, held on December 2, 1917. [London]: Goroditzky Press, 1917. Yiddish and Hebrew.

Four-page leaflet printed by the English Zionist Federation for a Zionist convention held in London in December 1917, one month after the Balfour Declaration was issued. Printed on the first page is the text of the Balfour Declaration, in Yiddish and Hebrew. Printed further on is a public appeal by the English Zionist Federation titled "Tsum Iddishen Folk!" [To the Jewish People!], signed in print by Chaim Weizmann and Nahum Sokolow.

[2] ff. (four printed pages), loose. 26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines, creases and minor blemishes. Stains, some dark. Tears (some open), repaired with acid-free tape.

Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

Zionism
Zionism