Auction 2 Banknotes, Books, Holocaust, Autographs, Philolithy, Art, Judaica
Apr 12, 2015 (Your local time)
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 Harav Maimon 2, Jerusalem
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LOT 422:

Three letters with signatures of the authors Azar, S. Ben Zion and Yosef Yoel Rivlin

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1. A letter to Mrs. Granovsky from the deputy chairman of the committee of Beit Echad Ha'Am, Alexander Ziskind Rabinowitz (Azar) from 20.3.1928.
The letter expresses the feelings of gratitude towards Mrs. Granovsky, who donated the furniture of her late husband, Moshe Granovsky to Beit Echad Ha'Am. Beir Echad Ha'Am received this news from Chaim Nachman Bialik, Granovsky's friend. The donator is asked to order metal plates to engrave her late husband's name on. In addition, she is asked whether she has books that she could donate as well.
The letter is written on the official stationary of Beit Echad Ha'Am and hand-signed by Azar.
Beit Echad Ha'Am is the house of Ascher Zvi Greenberg, a philosopher and founder of the Spiritual Zionism Movement. Already in his life, the street where he lived was named after him. The house was given to him by the Tel-Aviv municipality to help him continue in his writing and thought. After his death, in 1927, the house opened to the public. The house had a library that contained close to 20,000 books.
Moshe Granovsky (1865-1928) was one of the most important Zionists in Odessa. His house served as a meeting place for Odessan scholars and authors and for Russian Jewish leaders. He invested a lot of money in settlements in the Land of Israel, participated in Zionist congresses and supported the strengthening of the Hebrew language. The national poet, Chaim Nachman Bialik was among his closest friends. Granovsky tried to immigrate to Israel, yet returned to Odessa due to an illness. He eventually did immigrate to Israel in 1922 and died in 1928.
Alexander Ziskind Rabinowitz (Azar) (1854-1945) the oldest author in Israel and the translator of dozens of books. He was born in Russia and immigrated to Israel during the Second Aliyah. In Israel, he worked as a librarian and was close to the authors Shai Agnon and Y.H. Brener. He was also a frequent visitor to the house of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Ha'Cohen Kook.
2. A letter to Advocate Binyamini from Tel-Aviv from S. Ben Zion, secretary of Bet Echad Ha'Am committee, and Azar, deputy chairman of the committee, 13.4.1928.
The letter expresses the feelings of gratitude towards the addressee for his desire to transfer the estate of the late M. Berlin of Riga to Beit Echad Ha'Am. The offer was made by Refael Superman, a Hebrew teacher in Poland and a member of the city council of Tel-Aviv.
The letter is written on the official stationary of Beit Echad Ha'Am and hand-signed by S. Ben Zion and by Azar.
Simcha Alter Gutman, known by the pen name S. Ben Zion (1870-1932) was an author, editor and publisher, among the founders of Tel Aviv.
3.A letter in the handwriting of Dr. Yosef Rivlin.
A letter from 29.7.1935 from Dr. Yosef Yoel Rivlin to Chaim Arya.
The letter deals with an attempt to help the Hebrew schools in Poland, financially and in other ways.
The Polish Hebrew schools were founded between the two World Wars by Dr. Mordechai Ze'ev Broyda in order to respond to the processes of secularization in the Jewish society while maintaining the basic connection to the Jewish tradition and culture. Since 1932, the attitude of the Polish authorities to these schools had deteriorated. A law was legislated that questioned the legal status of educational institutions of minorities and it was thoroughly enforced.
A Zionist movement named 'Tarbut' (Culture) acted to revive the Hebrew language in Poland and to encourage immigration to the Land of Israel. The movement preserved the Jewish, yet not the religious, culture. The economic situation of 'Tarbut' was bad and its teachers had not received their salaries for many months.
Among the teachers who taught at the 'Tarbut' school was Shmuel Rosenhek (1894-1969), a teacher and educator, the editor of the children's newspaper 'Olami Ha'Ktantan' (My Tiny World) and the founder of 'Tarbut' school in Volyn. The letter mentions Rosenhek, who had travelled to Israel to ask for help for the schools together with Dr. Aharonson.
The writer of the letter is Dr. Yosef Yoel Rivlin (1889-1971), an Israeli expert in Middle Eastern affairs and the father of the Israeli president Reuben Rivlin.
Rivlin was born in Jerusalem. He studied at Etz Chaim Talmud Torah and at 'Lamel' school and the Ezra Seminar for teachers. He also studied at an independent Moslem school. After he was imprisoned and released from the prison in Damascus, he managed there a Hebrew school for girls. In Frankfurt, he studied Arabic and Moslem studies and received his Ph.D. When he returned to Israel, he received professorship from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He translated many Islamic books to Hebrew, among them the Qur'an. Since the establishment of the State, he was a member of the 'Cherut' movement.
The letter is hand-written and signed by Rivlin.
Condition: Very good. Filing holes.

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