Collection of documents, letters, essays and writings from the estate of Yitzchak Isaac Weismann Bar-Levy (1889-1970), born in Ukraine (Kamieniec-Podolski).
The items in this collection imply that Weismann worked as an accountant in Kiev and in Kamieniec-Podolski, and later on worked in the "Va'ad HaIvri LeHagira BeRomania" (Jewish Emigration Committee in Romania), Kishinev, assisting those who wished to immigrate from Romania. In the late 1920s he immigrated, with his wife, to Palestine, where he worked for some time for the literary periodical "Moznayim", and was engaged, among other things, in writing opinion-essays for newspapers.
The collection includes:
1. Certificates, letters and official documents from ca. 1917-1924, prior to his immigration to Palestine. Russian, Romanian, English and Yiddish.
Among them: * Official letters confirming his work in Kiev and in Kamieniec-Podolski. * Official letters and certificates from "Jewish Emigration Committee affiliated with "Hias" of America". Kishinev, 1923-1924. One letter confirms that Weismann worked for the committee. Some letters are signed by the committee's president Jacob Bernstein-Kogan. * Romanian identity documents (in the name of Weismann and his wife, Frieda). * Two official letters sent to Kishinev from the British Embassy in Bucharest, about Weismann's application to immigrate to Palestine with his family. * Two issues of the Yiddish paper "Byulitin funm idishn emigratsyens komitet in romaniya (Paper of the Jewish Emigration Committee in Romania. One issue is printed in golden ink).
2. Essays and drafts of essays by Weismann, printed and handwritten. Yiddish and Hebrew (most are in Yiddish). Palestine [ca. 1920s-30s].
Most of the essays concern current issues in Palestine and were sent for publication in various periodicals (one essay was sent for publication in the JNF bulletin).
3. Letters sent to and from Weismann in the 1920s-30s. Yiddish, Hebrew and Russian.
Among them: * Letters written when Weismann worked for the weekly "Moznayim" and deal with matters concerning the weekly. * Letters sent to Weismann by authors, intellectuals and editors of Jewish publishing houses and periodicals. Among them: letters from Fischel Lachower, Zalman Rosenthal (on stationery of the paper "Der Yid"), Ya'akov Fishman (editor of the paper "der morgn djurnal", New York), Yosef Sapir (Chief editor of "Tzioyistishe folks-bibliotek" publishing house), and more. * Many more letters, among them personal letters and letters regarding his work.
4. Tens of essays, drafts of essays and writings (printed and handwritten), written, all or almost all, for the book "Kamieniec-Podolski and the Vicinity: Memorial Book" (the book was published by the Organization of Jews from Kamieniec- Podolski in Israel, [1965], and included several essays by Weismann).
The essays and writings are about the history of the Kamieniec-Podolski district (Ukraine), about Jewish personalities born in the district, Zionist activities, and more. Among the essays: * "Book Title" (introduction to the book "Kamieniec-Podolski and the Vicinity: Memorial Book"), "Massa Oreinin", and "Commemorating Balin" (in the vicinity of Kamieniec-Podolski). * Essays about personalities from Kamieniec-Podolski: Israel Goldman, Matityahu Segal, Hadassah Etiya Lerner, David Shleifer, and others * Handwritten texts about towns in the Kamieniec-Podolski district (in Hebrew and Russian). * Compositions about Zionist activity, mentioning 'Kadima' and 'HaTchiya' (Zionist youth organizations in Kamieniec-Podolski). * The essay "How the youth of Kamieniec-Podolski waited for Dr. Herzl's arrival". * Many more compositions and essays.
Total of about 280 items. Size and condition vary.

Withdrawn. About 450 letters, telegrams and paper items, which belonged to lawyer Arnold Spaer. Jerusalem and other places in Palestine and Europe, late 1940s [some are from earlier or later years]. English, and some Hebrew, German and French.
Arnold Spaer (1919-2011), a lawyer, born in Danzig. Acquired his legal education in the Government School of Law in Jerusalem, and after graduation he was accepted for internship in the office of the lawyer Dov Yosef (appointed later as military governor of Jerusalem and as minister). During World War II served as interpreter in the British Army, and after returning to Palestine he was appointed military prosecutor and served as assistant to Yosef during the Independence War.
This collection documents his activity in the late 1940s. It includes: letters and copies of letters, handwritten and typewritten, sent from and to Spaer, about different topics (legal cases, several letters from his military service period, a complaint about damage caused to Spaer's car by a bullet shot by a Mandate Police officer, correspondence with coin collectors and various numismatic groups, letters from Ya'akov Tehon and Eliyahu Lestschinsky, and more); ephemeral items (parking tickets, theater tickets, receipts for donations to JNF and "Shekel" donations, and more); Hamei Tiberias & Commissioners of Stamp Duties – a notebook with a handwritten preparation of a legal petition; as well as receipts, forms, greeting cards, invitations and more items.
About 450 items. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
See items 37, 52 and 58.

Handwritten diary; written by a young Israeli woman telling the story of her love to another woman. Israel, August 1950-July 1951. Hebrew and English.
A personal diary written during a period of about one year by a young woman named Tamar, in which she reveals the story of her love to an American woman named Barbara (whom she calls "B"). Tamar describes in this diary the time she spent with with Barbara and tells about her love to her (and later about her longing for her, after she left the country). Along the description of the relationship with Barbara, Tamar expresses her loneliness, her search for love, and the effect which her falling in love with a woman had on her life (in one of the entries Tamar writes: "I understood that I might, at least in the near future, fall in love with someone resembling B…and I also understood that this someone might very well be a woman…"). Many passages were written in English.
Enclosed: * Five letters written by Barbara to Tamar (handwritten on aerogrammes, sent from the USA to Tel-Aviv). English. * Draft of a letter to Barbara from 1951. * Other diary entries and notes, handwritten by Tamar (no date).
The diary is written on a school exercise notebook (about 140 written pages), 20.5 cm. Good condition. Detached cover (stained and torn).

Passover Haggadah. [Kibbutz] Afikim, [1941].
A non -traditional Passover Haggadah, illustrated. On pages 25-26 appear a drawing and a text with reference to the holocaust: "Tonight... I am with you my brothers…" on page 30 appears a short printed text about the history of the Kibbutz.
[1] title cover, 32 pp, 17 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears at margins of last leaf. Creases and tears at margins of cover. Stained cover.

Passover Haggadah. Heftziba, [1946].
Non-traditional Haggadah, with numerous fine illustrations.
After the verse "Pour out your wrath" (appearing inside a frame decorated with thorny branches and poisonous snakes) are texts referring to the Holocaust and the struggle to aid the survivors (She'erit HaPleta): "Each and every day, it is every person's duty to regard himself as he who tips the balance in favor of the Exodus from Egypt or remaining in Exile. May all our deeds be directed towards tearing the sea asunder and receiving the returnees!", and more.
[1] title cover, 32 pp, [1] rear cover, 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases to a number of leaves and to cover. Pages 21 and 25 are partly detached.