Search Results: Titles starting with L from Dan Wyman Books

Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1982. Hardcover. Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo, 220 pages, illus. Angel, (1945-) , is a "U.S. Sephardi rabbinical leader and scholar. Angel was born in Seattle, Wasington, the son of Sephardi immigrants from Rhodes and Tekirdag, Turkey, and nephew of veteran Sephardi rabbi Solomon Maimon. Angel wrote about 20 books on Sephardi history, tradition, and customs; mourning; rabbinic thought; and ethics, and many scholarly and popular articles. He won the 1988 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Jewish thought. His doctorate on the history of the Jews of Rhodes was a pioneering study in the field. Angel received the National Rabbinic Leadership Award of the Orthodox Union, the Bernard Revel Award of Yeshiva University for Religion and Religious Education, and the Finkle Prize of the New York Board of Rabbis" (Kerem in EJ 2007). Very good condition in like jacket. (SEF-15-6).

Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1982. Hardcover. Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo, 220 pages, illus. Angel, (1945-) , is a "U.S. Sephardi rabbinical leader and scholar. Angel was born in Seattle, Wasington, the son of Sephardi immigrants from Rhodes and Tekirdag, Turkey, and nephew of veteran Sephardi rabbi Solomon Maimon. Angel wrote about 20 books on Sephardi history, tradition, and customs; mourning; rabbinic thought; and ethics, and many scholarly and popular articles. He won the 1988 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Jewish thought. His doctorate on the history of the Jews of Rhodes was a pioneering study in the field. Angel received the National Rabbinic Leadership Award of the Orthodox Union, the Bernard Revel Award of Yeshiva University for Religion and Religious Education, and the Finkle Prize of the New York Board of Rabbis" (Kerem in EJ 2007). Ex-library, with usual markings; tape repair to dust jacket. Interior is clean. (SEF-15-6A).

Paris : Durlacher, 1899. 8vo. 404 pages. Volume one (of two) only. SUBJECT(S) : Bible. O. T. French. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Kahn (1839-1905) was the last official chief rabbi of France, from 1889. He was educated att he yeshiva in Strasbourg and at the Ecole Rabbinique in Metz, where he also taught. Kahn never exerted great power, due to conflict with other leaders, the annexing of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany, and the influence of the Alliance Israelite Universelle over the migration of Eastern European Jews. Kahn was, however, head of Hibbat Zion in France and immersed himself in the practical issues surrounding settlement in Palestine. Against his Zionist tendencies, though, he felt that French Jews must be, first and foremost, French citizens. During the Dreyfus Affair, he wished to build a strong coalition in Dreyfus's defense, but was unable to persuade the Jewish leaders in France to do so. As a writer, Kahn edited a French translation of the Bible, helped Singer with the Jewish… Read More

Memel; Jm. Selbstverlage Des Verfassers, 1882. Hardback. 1st Edition. Original Boards. 12mo. [xix], 85 pages. 18cm. In Hebrew with French Title Page. Title translates in English as, "The Biography of Adolphe Crémieux, French Senator and President of the Alliance Israelite Universelle. " "Adolphe Crémieux (1796 - 1880) was a French-Jewish lawyer and statesman and staunch defender of the human rights of the Jews of France...From 1834 until his death, Crémieux served as vice-president of the ‘Consistoire Central des Israélites de France' (Central Consistory of the Jews of France) , the administrative agency for all French Jews. On 24 February 1848 he was chosen by the Republicans as a member of the provisional government, and as minister of justice he secured the decrees abolishing the death penalty for political offenses, and making the office of judge immovable. That same year he was instrumental in declaring an end to slavery in all French Colonies, for which some have called him the French… Read More

Memel; Jm. Selbstverlage Des Verfassers, 1882. Hardback. 1st Edition. Original Boards. 12mo. [xix], 85 pages. 18cm. In Hebrew with French Title Page. Title translates in English as, "The Biography of Adolphe Crémieux, French Senator and President of the Alliance Israelite Universelle. " "Adolphe Crémieux (1796 - 1880) was a French-Jewish lawyer and statesman and staunch defender of the human rights of the Jews of France...From 1834 until his death, Crémieux served as vice-president of the ‘Consistoire Central des Israélites de France' (Central Consistory of the Jews of France) , the administrative agency for all French Jews. On 24 February 1848 he was chosen by the Republicans as a member of the provisional government, and as minister of justice he secured the decrees abolishing the death penalty for political offenses, and making the office of judge immovable. That same year he was instrumental in declaring an end to slavery in all French Colonies, for which some have called him the French… Read More

[Paris]: [Consistoire Central Israélite De Paris], 1946. Paperback. 1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 87 pages ; 21 cm. In French. Title translates into English as, "The Parisian Community After Liberation. " A Directory of Jewish life in Paris published two years after the Liberation of Paris. Contains listings for The Rabbinate, Temple Administrators, Religious Schools, Cultural Associations, Other Associations of General Interest, Social Workers, Fraternal Organizations, Pro-Palestine Organizations, and Youth Movments. Also contains introductory remarks by Chief Rabbi of Paris Julien Weill, and the president of the Consistoire de Paris, Georges Wormser. Wormser served as head of the cabinet for French prime minister and Dreyfusard Georges Clemenceau. OCLC lists just 6 copies worldwide. Water damage throughout. About good condition. (holo2-131-12).

Buenos Aires : D. A. I. A., 1960. Paperback. 12mo. 62 Pages. In Spanish. SUBJECT (S) : Antisemitism - Germany (West) . OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. "Delegacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas [is the] umbrella organization and officially recognized representative body of Argentinian Jewry. Established in 1933 as a committee against the persecution of Jews in Germany, the organization became the Comite contra el Racismo y el Anti-semitismo in December 1934, and assumed its present name in 1935. The organization expanded from a weak confederation of 28 groups, all of them in Buenos Aires, to an institution comprising 130 organizations—congregational, political, economic, cultural, and welfare—throughout Argentina. DAIA's principal objectives, to fight anti-Semitism and to represent the Jewish community vis-B-vis the world, have remained the same since its founding, and the organization's role in these two areas has been recognized by the government as well as by most Jews. "(Perez, EJ)… Read More

Buenos Aires; La Congregacion, 1965. Soft Bound Periodical. 120 [24] pages. 26 cm. Serial Publication In Spanish, with some Hebrew. Title translates as "Organ of the Jewish Congregation of Buenos Aires" with a picture of the synagogue of Buenos Aires on the cover. Contains studies on the Talmud written by various professors; analyses of the Jewish community in Buenos Aires, and a Hebrew calendar for the year 1965. Contains a laid in typewritten note inserted in the cover, n. D. , on the history of the congregation. Subjects: Judaism - Periodicals - Argentina. OCLC lists 7 holdings of various issues worldwide. Paper covers, slight tears at edges, minor pen marks in the margins on a few pages, yellowed edges, text crisp. In good condition. (LATAM1-11).

PARIS: J. Baer, 1874. Hardcover. 1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 126 pages, 21 cm. In French. Title translates to "The Jewish Woman: Her Legal Condition According to the Bible and the Talmud. " An interesting survey covering the Jewish woman's legal status as regards marriage and divorce, Leverite marriage as well as the Jewish womans' rights to inherit. The author was Rabbi of the Parisian suburb of Versailles. A copy sold at auction in 2002 for over USD 200 (with commission) . SUBJECTS: Women (Jewish law) Jewish women. Women in the Bible. Wear to boards, but internally Very good. Overall good+ condition. (RAB-65-4).

Paris; Seuil, 1993. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 536, 517 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In French. Two clothbound volumes housed in illustrated clamshell box. Title of the set: "France During the Dark Years; " individual volumes titled: "From the defeat in Vichy" and "From Occupation to the Liberation". This two volume set, consisting of period documents and numerous essays from various specialists, constitutes one of the most important contemporary scholarly works on Vichy France. Jean-Pierre Azema is the author of several prominent historical works; a specialist of World War II, and more specifically of the Vichy Regime and the French Resistance; lecturer of history at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris. He was also one of the historians called as witness for the trial of Maurice Papon, (alongside Marc-Olivier Baruch, Robert O. Paxton and Philippe Burrin) ; as well as one of the authors of the film L'Œil de Vichy (The eye of Vichy) by Claude Chabrol. François Bédarida (1926-2001)… Read More

Neuchatel, Editions De La Baconnière, 1964. Paperback. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 207 pages ; 22 cm. In French. Title translates into English as, "War Crimes and War Criminals, Reflections On International Criminal Justice, What It Is And What It Should Be. Vespasian V. Pella (b. Bucharest 4/17 January 1897 - d. New York 24 August 1960) "was a Romanian legal expert. During the interwar period, he promoted the notion of international criminal proceedings against heads of state found guilty of crimes against humanity, through the establishment of a special international tribunal for that purpose. In 1938 he served as President of the Committee on Legal Questions of the League of Nations. In 1944 he was appointed Romanian Ambassador to Switzerland, and in that capacity saved some Romanian Jews from deportation to Nazi occupied Poland. In 1948, he took part in formulating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. He kept advocating the idea of establishing an… Read More

Paris; L. Blum, 1865. Period boards.16mo. 148, [4] pages. 16 cm. 1st edition . In Hebrew and French. Rebound in later brown cloth with fine decorative gilt lettering on cover and on backstrip. Last 4 pages contain sheet music. Title translates as: "Haggadah, or Ceremonies for the First Two Nights of Passover, according to the Rites of the German and Portuguese Israelites. " Written by L. Blum, revised and corrected by Lazare Wogue (1817-1897) : a "French rabbi, scholar, and journalist, born in Fontainebleau, was ordained in 1843 at the École Centrale Rabbinique in Metz. In 1851 he began to teach German and theology there (in 1859 it became the Séminaire Israélite de France and was transferred to Paris) , retaining his two chairs until his retirement in 1894. From 1868 Wogue was also director of the talmud torah of the Séminaire Israélite. The most important of his many scholarly works is a translation of the Pentateuch with commentaries (1860-69) , which is the one used in the Bible du Rabbinat… Read More

Valencia [Spain]: Patrimonio, 2007. 1st edition. Original publisher's cloth with dust jacket, 8vo, 115 pages. Includes color illustrations. 23 cm. In Spanish. Title translates as, "The Prato Hagadah: An Introductory Study." ISBN: 9788495061252. "Publicado con la edicio´n facsi´mil del manuscrito Haggadah Prato conservado en la Biblioteca del Jewish Theological Seminary con la signatura Ms. 9478."Spanish edition of the "Prato Haggadah Companion Volume to the Facsimile Edition." Volume to accompany the facsimile edition of the famous Prato Hagadah, a Sephardic Haggadah produced in Spain, ca. 1300, with incomplete illuminations. The manuscript lacks a colophon, but contains an Italian censor's signature dated 1617. Contains an introduction and essays by David Kraemer ... [et al. ]; edited by Naomi M. Steinberger. Includes bibliographical references. "Nothing at all is known of either the patron or scribe of the Prato Haggadah, and little is known of its whereabouts from the time it was produced in… Read More

Paris; Lipschutz, 1934. Hardcover. Original Publisher's Boards. 8vo. 48 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Early photographic expose of Nazism in Germany, in French, with parallel German and English translations. Mostly illustrated (pgs 6-47) , containing photographs and the printed speeches of Nazi leaders. Photographs of childhood, training of youth, propaganda, S. A. , S. S. , police in the Third Reich, which demonstrate that the "everyday tutelage of the people, no matter of what age, constitute the terror of the third Reich" (p. 5) . "The world is threatened by the brown hate! ! " (p. 5) . Dt. Exilarchiv 4106; Sternfeld/Tiedemann 350. Subjects: National socialism. Political science. 1933 - 1945 Germany - Politics and government - 1933-1945. OCLC lists 29 copies. Light wear to spine, otherwise Very good condition. (HOLO2-125-23) xx.

Puebla, Pue. , Mexico; Editorial J. M. Cajica Jr., 1967. Hardcover. Original Cloth in dust jacket. 16mo. 259, [4] pages. 15 cm. First edition. In Spanish. One of 5500 numbered copies. "5, 500 Ejemplares; no 1437". Biblioteca Cajica de cultura universal 27. 'The Inquisition in Mexico; Stories of the 16th Century'. Consists of biographies of Jews, Marranos, and Crypto-Jews in Mexico persecuted by the Inquisition in the early colonial period: Juan de Leonn (Salomon Machorro) , Dona Maria de Zarate, members of the De Medina family, and others. Boleslao Lewin (1908-1988) was a Polish born historian, taught at the University of La Plata, and at universities in Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay; author of an outstanding work on Tupac Amaru, and many works on the history of Jews in the colonial period, the inquisition, and Jewish immigration to Argentina. Subjects: Inquisition - Mexico. Inquisition. Inquisition. Church history. 1500 - 1599 Mexico - Church history - 16th century. Boards lightly warped from shelf… Read More

Buenos Aires, Paidos, 1967. Paperback. 285 pages. 19 cm. Third edition. In Spanish. "The Inquision in Hispanic America. Jews, Protestants, Patriots. " Previously published in 1950 under title, "El Santo Oficio en América". Illustrated with facsimiles of documents on glossy paper. Table of contents: Historia y bibliografia de la inquisicion -- Los conversos, el racismo hispano y la inquisicion -- Origenes del Santo Oficio en España -- Hipocresia y "teologia" inquisitoriales -- Los marranos en las indias -- Los protestantes en las colonias españolas -- El Santo Oficio en el nuevo mundo -- Funcionamiento de la inquisicion en las ciudades sin tribunal -- La inquisicion y los adalides de la independencia. Subjects: Inquisition -- Latin America. Inquisition -- Spain. OCLC lists 93 copies worldwide. Covers and edges soiled, pages slightly browned; text crisp. Good+ condition. (LATAM1-30).

Paris, Oscar De Ferenzy, 1939. Paper Wraps. 8vo. 32 pages. Roman Catholic Philosemitic biweekly from France. In French. Published twice per month. Contents Includes: "Comment combattre l'Antisemitisme, " "Charite et solidarite Chretiennes en faveur des juifs persecutes, " " L'antisemitisme contre la France, " "La revolution Francaise et les juifs, " "Les juifs se defendant, " "L'experience Hongroise, " "Le probleme des refugies en URSS, " "Pie XI et les juifs, " "Lettre aux enfants d'Israel. " SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- France -- Periodicals. Christianity and antisemitism -- France -- Periodicals. Judaism -- Relations -- Catholic Church -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 8 copies, but cannot confirm which issues. Some minor water staining to cover and edges of pages, but all text is clear. Very good condition. (HOLO2-43-18) . Xx.

Paris, Oscar De Ferenzy, 1938. Paper Wraps. 8vo. 24 pages. Roman Catholic Philosemitic biweekly from France. In French. Published twice per month. Subscription cards laid in, as well. Contents Includes: "Un pressant appel a nos abonnes, " "L'agitation antisemite en France, " "Les juifs sont-ils des bolcheviks? " SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- France -- Periodicals. Christianity and antisemitism -- France -- Periodicals. Judaism -- Relations -- Catholic Church -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 8 copies, but cannot confirm which issues. Cover has some small stains on edge. Pages darkened at edges, but all text is clear. Very good condition. (HOLO2-43-4) . Xx.

Paris : Oscar De Férenzy, 1938. Stapled. 8vo. 32 pages. 24 cm. In French. Nazi-era Philosesmitic publication from Paris. CONTENTS: "La Question Palestinienne, " "L'Eglise Contre L'Anti-semitisme et le Racisme, " "L'Anti-semitisme en Italie, " "Ce Que L'on Enseigne Aux Jeunesses Hitlerienne, " "Autour du Probleme de L'Assimilation, " "L'Anti-semitisme Juge Par Un Grand Savant Francais. " SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- France -- Periodicals. Christianity and antisemitism -- France -- Periodicals. Judaism -- Relations -- Catholic Church -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 8 copies, but cannot confirm which issues. Includes bibliography. Pages darkened with some edgewear, but all text is clear. Tight binding. Very good condition. (HOLO2-33-18).

[Laval] : [Impr. Administrative De La Préfecture De La Mayenne], 1966. Paperback. 1st edition, original wrappers , 4to. 32 pages. In French. Tables and charts throughout. Inscription on title page by Francis Robin. Title translates to "The Mayenne Under German Occupation, 1940-1944. Deportations, Internments, Shootings. " "M. Francis Robin was able to mitigate the dryness of this account by using brief comments that illuminate all the sacrifices of the Mayenne under occupation... I pay tribute to him for the pure feelings that inspired his contribution to the history of the Second World War" (Translted from the preface) . Robin was part of Comité d'histoire de la 2ème guerre mondiale, or the History Committee of the 2nd World War. OCLC: 491859518, OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Bibliotheque Nat, University Strasbourg and Paris-Ihtp) , none outside France. Cover has a line drawing depicting people in striped clothes huddled together surrounded by barbed wire while others look on. Cover is bent on… Read More