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Tel Aviv, Palestine: Hotsa'at Sefarim Tel Aviv, 1930. First Edition. Very good. In the summer of 1929 a dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated and erupted into a series of violent demonstrations and riots in late August. The violence spread throughout British-controlled Palestine (now Israel), ending in massacres in Hebron. This is a report on the trials following the Western Wall Riots. According to the Jewish Virtual Encyclopedia, "On August 23, 1929, Arabs murdered 67 Jews in a massacre in Hebron. Three days later, the British evacuated the 484 survivors, including 153 children, to Jerusalem. After six days of rioting, the British finally brought in troops to quell the disturbance. Even though Jews had been living in Gaza and Hebron for centuries, following these riots, the British forced Jews to leave their homes and prohibited Jews from living in the Gaza strip and Hebron to appease Arabs and quell violence. By the end of the rioting, the death…
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[On the 1929 Western Wall Riots] Sefer ha-mishpatim: din ve-heshbon mi-kol mishpete ha-meʼoraʻot be-Erets Yisraʼel be-Avgust 1929 (Av 689) [The Book of Justice: An Account of All the Laws of the Events in the Land of Israel in August 1929 (Av 689)]
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[On the Temple of Solomon] Libellus effigiei templi Salomonis, in qvo fabricae templi & omnium ejus vasorum instrumentorumque, quibus olim administrabatur structura, ac forma, breviter describitur... [Second title page in Hebrew: Sefer tavnit hekhal: Hibro bi-leshon la'az ve-gam ha'atiḳo li-leshon ha-kodesh]
by Jacob Judah Leon; Jacobi Leonitii Hebraei
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Amsterdam: Apud Levi Marcus, 1650. First Edition. Leather bound. Good. The first Hebrew edition of Leon's monograph on the temple of Solomon (it was first published in Middelburg, the Netherlands, in 1642). Leon (1603-1675) was a Spanish-Portuguese rabbi who built a model of the Temple of Solomon that was exhibited in many cities in Europe. This book is the companion publication to go with the exhibition. As a result, it was published in several European languages, including Dutch, Spanish, French, English, and this Hebrew version. At the front of the book are a Latin title page, a Hebrew title page, three pages communicating printing privileges, and two pages of laudatory poems by several Jewish writers, including the author himself. This version was printed by Marcus Levy (Samuel ben Moses Halevi). Levy had previously worked as the foreman at Immanuel Benveniste's printing house, and his own imprint, "the first to act as independent Ashkenazic printers in Amsterdam, lasted from 1648 to 1651…
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When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw & Other Stories
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A collection of short stories suitable for children, illustrated by Margot Zemach. With an introduction by Singer, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978. This book was a Newbery Honor title. Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shuh. 116 pages. First edition (stated first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some chipping at the spine ends. This copy is dated 2/20/70 and inscribed by the author: "To the Schulkin children and to their charming parents with love, I. B. Singer.
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