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View fullsize Two Rothschilds and the land of Israel By Simon Schama. Published by Collins, London 1978. #books #jewish #history #jewishhistory #israel #rothschild #rothschildfamily #simonschama #collins #jewishbook
View fullsize Happy Purim!
View fullsize Lubavitcher Rabbi’s memoirs. 1961 Otzar Hachassidim. This is vol 1 of memoirs written by the second to last Lubavitcher rebbi - R Yosef Yitzchok Schneershon. He wrote these memoirs in 1940 when he came to the United States in 1940. It was trans
View fullsize The way it was, stories of growing up Jewish in Philadelphia by Hindy Krohn, 1989. Published by ArtScroll. The book was written by Hindy Krohn - Pesach Krohn’s mother. The introduction itself is interesting, she goes through the different peop
View fullsize Satmar an island in the City. Israel Rubin, 1972. Quadrangle books. Rubin was a sociologist and not part of the Satmar community but over time became close to many people in the community and wrote this book. The book is meant as an explanation for o
View fullsize Monumental inscriptions in the Jewish synagogue at Bridgetown Barbados with historical notes from 1630. By E. M. Shilstone. 1988. Shilstone was not Jewish but was very much into the islands history. He documented the gravestones of the Jewish cemeter
View fullsize The concealed map of the land of Israel. 1964. By Bezalel Ben-Har (Blumberg). Ben-Har wrote the book in Hebrew and then traveled to America and commissioned Gerald Blidstein to translate it to English. Prof. Blidstein got his BA from YU, his MA from
View fullsize American Airlines tourist’s guide to Jewish history in the Caribbean. Unsure of the date, thinking late 70s. Tried finding out what possessed American Airlines to take this marketing route, didn’t have much luck though. #jewishbooks #jewi
View fullsize A Jewish tourist’s guide to the US by Bernard Postal and Lionel Koppman. The Jewish publication society of America, 1954. Pretty cool - they had people from all over the country submit information for their city/state. Postal and Koppman co-aut
View fullsize Beth Hillel Kenosha, WI 1977. Built in 1925. A national historic landmark. #history #jewish #synagogues #jewishhistory #judiasim #shul #prayer #landmarks #historiclandmark #architecture #library #books #oldbooks #jewishbooks #hebrew #temple #wisconsi
View fullsize Comrades and chicken ranchers. The story of a California Jewish community (Petaluma). 1993 by Kenneth Kann. Cornell University Press. #jewish #history #community #jewishhistory #farmers #jewishfarmers #jewishagroculturalheritage #california #jewishca
View fullsize Kinnos for Tisha B’av - prayer book for the upcoming Ninth of Av fast day. Rodelheim Germany - 1863. #jewish #hebrew #books #library #judaica #collectable #israel #prayer #holiday #homelibrary #bookshelf #holy #bible #oldbook #antique #oldjudai
View fullsize United Palestine Appeal. Pamphlet advertising their section at the 1939 worlds fair in NY. #israel #hebrew #jewish #history #israelhistory #jewishhistory #newyork #queens #worldsfair #1939worldsfair #worldsfairqueens #judaica #jewishbooks #books #hom
View fullsize Memorial Day 2020 #memorialday #veteran #jewishveterans #history #jewishhistory #wwii #memorial #cemetery #hebrew #jewishcemetery #perrinevillenj #perrinevillecemetery #yizkohr #matzeivah #patriotic #wwiiveteran #1944 #travels #cemeteryphotos #kaddis
View fullsize Isaac Bashevis Singer. In my Fathers court. An autobiography published in English in 1966. This copy is from 1967. Singer was born in 1902 and grew up in Warsaw. He came to America in 1935. He wrote many yiddish books and articles. His middle name Ba
View fullsize The nineteen letters by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, translates by Rabbi Dr. Bernard Drachman. Originally translated in 1898, this copy is from Bloch publishers, 1942. In addition to the actual nineteen letters, there’s a biographical sketch of
View fullsize Men and Ideas - Selected writings by Rabbi Alexander Carlebach. Koren Publishers, 1982. See second photo for a picture of the author, third photo for an autograph and last photo for a brief biography. #books #history #thought #menandideas #carlebach
View fullsize Pesach almanac in Yiddish published by Dos Yiddishe Vort a division of Agudath Israel of America. 1961. Includes the story of Rabbi Menachem Ziemba’s last pesach Seder in the Warsaw Ghetto, written by his nephew Avraham Ziemba. #jewishistory #h
View fullsize When it’s Passover. Ktav 1954. Passover kids book. #passover #pesach #kidsbooks #books #history #bookhistory #jewishhistory #ktavpublishinghouse #ktav #childrensbooks #jewishchildrensbooks #oldbooks #bibliophile #library #homelibrary #oldbooks
View fullsize NCSY Passover guide from 1962. Cleaning advice, games, plays and more. Cool! #history #jewishhistory #jewish #passover #pesach #book #jewishbook #hagaddah #halacha #torah #hebrew #homelibrary #oldbook #antiques #judaica #bibliophile #ncsy #synogauge