The Jews of Ohio
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, n/d. Softcover. Sm. 8vo. 15pp. Illustrated wraps. Minor staining to wraps. Rare booklet published in celebration of the Ohio Sesquicentennial 1803-1953. Very good condition. More
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Jewish History, American
The Jewish Landsmanschaften of New York
New York: I. L. Peretz Yiddish Writers' Union, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 397, [3]pp. Rebacked with blue library tape over original cloth with Yiddish lettering on front cover. Title pages in Yiddish and English. Scarce work being a survey of immigrant societies in New York. Includes essays on landsmanshaft..... More
Jewish Demography. A project for the Study of the Jewish Community. (Publication No. 26)
Cincinnati, Ohio: Comission on Jewish Education of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1935. First edition. Softcover. 4to. v + xiv, 61 pp. Original paper wrappers with mounted title sticker on front cover as issued. Blue spine. Manuscript was issued as an experimental project conducted by the Jewish Religious Education..... More
History of the Jews in America, from the Period of the Discovery of the New World to the Present Time
New York: The Jewish Press Publishing Company, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XXIV, 449pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering and borders on spine. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Fascinating work on the first Jewish settlements in the New World, profusely illustrated with 25 b/w photographic..... More
Through the Years: A Study of the Richmond Jewish Community
Richmond: Richmond Jewish Community Council, (1955). Softcover. Ex library book. 8vo. 59pp. Original paper wrappers. History of the Jewish community in Richmond. Wrappers chipped. Overall in good- condition. More
The Jews in the Making of America [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]
Boston: The Stratford Co., 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 274pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on cover. Inscribed by author in pencil on free front endpaper: "To Channing, from the charmed author. George Cohen." Ex-libris of Edward M. Tenebaum on inside of front board. Contents: The Jews and the Discovery..... More
World of Our Fathers: The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life they found and made. [SIGNED]
New York: Harcourt, 1976. Hardcover. This work is signed by Irving Howe at half title in blue pen. 8vo. xx. 714pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Seated in original publisher's slipcase. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Slipcase in very good, inside in fine condition. More
Michigan Jewish History. July, 1975. Tammuz, 5375. Vol. 15, No. 2
Detroit: J. H. S. M., 1975. First edition. Softcover. Small quarto. 45, [1]pp. Original golden wrappers with embossed lettering and decorations. Fascinating publication by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan whose aim is to collect, preserve, and publish material dealing with Jewish life in Michigan. This particular issue is dedicated..... More
Ezra Stiles and the Jews: Selected Passages from his Literary Diary Conercering Jews and Judaism
New York: Philip Cowen, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. 155pp. Original black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Reprinted from the American Hebrew, issues November 1901, to June, 1902. Deals with American Christian Hebraist Ezra Stiles. Important historical source on eighteenth century American Jews as Stiles was friends..... More
The Enlightened: The Writings of Luis de Carvajal, el Mozo
Miami: University of Miami Press, 1967. First edition. 8vo. 157 pp, [2]. Original tan illustrated dust jacket with red lettering on front cover and spine, red motif on back cover. Beige cloth with ornamental illustration label of A Sanbenito (after Picart) mounted on front cover and decorative bright red lettering..... More
Friedlaender Memorial Number (Vol. III No. 1 from the series Hed Ha-Galil)
New York: City Council of the League of the Jewish Youth, 1920. First edition. Softcover. Octavo pamphlet of the Jewish Youth publication. Wrappers have a b/w facsimile photograph of Israel Friedlaender. Publication contains news about world affairs and Jewish news. Age wear and browning to wrappers due to age, otherwise..... More
The Chicago Pinkas. Edited by Simon Rawidowicz on the 25th Anniversary of the College of Jewish Studies
Chicago: The College of Jewish Studies, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 197, [1]pp (in English), 122pp (in Hebrew). Original cloth with gold lettering on covers and spine. Fascinating work being a series of studies on the history and development of Jewish Chicago. This book contains numerous in-text and full-page charts..... More
A Century with Iowa Jewry. As Complete a History As Could Be Obtained of Iowa Jewry from 1833 Through 1940
Des Moines: Iowa Printing and Supply Co., 1941. Limited first edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (vii) 280pp. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. This is a stated limited first printing of the work serving as a history of Iowa's Jewish community. The book covers the period..... More
Theories of Americanization. A Critical Study. With Special Reference to the Jewish Group.
New York: Teachers College, Columbia University. 1920. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 226, [2]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers. Sweeping study of the assimilation of Jewish immigrants and their families, inspired by the emphasis on Americanization which followed World War I and the Russian Revolution. Considers various theories of..... More
From Ideology to Liturgy: Reconstructionist Worship and American Liberal Judaism (Monographs of the Hebrew Union College Number 26)
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, (2002). Hardcover. 8vo. ix, 413pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original printed dust jacket. First major study of the Reconstructionist Siddur. The author focuses on the life and thought of the movement's founder R. Mordecai Kaplan, how he influenced its..... More
Memories of Our Parents Isaac and Rachel Gootman, Their Children and Their Families
NP: Published by the author, ND (ca 1975). First edition. Softcover. Oblong octavo. 36pp (English text), 52pp (Hebrew text). Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions, this work gives genealogical information on the family of Isaac and Rachel Gootman who immigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio from Ukraine. Moderate..... More
A Voyage to America Ninety Years Ago: The Diary of a Bohemian Jew on his Voyage from Hamburg to New York in 1847 (Reprinted from Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, No. 35, 1939)
New York: Historia Judaica, 1939. Limited ed. Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 65 - 113. Orange cloth with original paper wrappers bound in. 1/100 numbered copies. Laid in is a card from the editor stating "With the Compliments of Professor Guido Kisch 415 West 115th Street New York." This is the diary..... More
The Jewish Community of Utica, New York, 1847-1948. (American Jewish Communal Histories, No. 2)
New York: American Jewish Historical Society, 1959. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xvi, 221 pp. Illustrated w/39 tables. Blue cloth binding w/gold American Jewish Historical Society crest on front and dj. Dj worn along corners. Overall very good. More
Felix Moses the Beloved Jew of Stringtown on the Pike: Pages from the Life Experiences of a Unique Chracter - A Man Whose Romantic Record Challenges the Imagination.
Cincinnati: Caxton Press, (1930). Author's Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 1/500. 4to. xxix, 354pp. Original brown cloth with gold lettering, beveled edges and drawing of Felix Moses on the cover. White book mark ribbon. Frontispiece tin type likeness of Felix Moses. Inscribed by author. Map of Boone County, KY on front endpaper..... More
Proceedings of the first convention of the National Council of Jewish Women: Held at New York, Nov. 25, 26, 27, 28 and 19, 1896
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 436pp. Gilt stamped dark green cloth with gilt lettered spine. Corners bumped. Head and taoil of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Bookplate to inside of front cover. Hinges starting. An important historical document on the works of the..... More
Vision and Action: A Five Year Program (for the Jewish Theological Seminary of America)
New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, [1945?]. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 16 pp. Original paper wraps with b/w facsimile photograph of the archway to the building of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Illustrated throughout with historical b/w facsimile photographs as well as charts and diagrams visually depicting the..... More
The Unending Task: Efforts to Unite American Jewry From the American Jewish Congress to the American Jewish Conference
Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1977. Facsimile. Softcover. [22], 511 leaves. Original blue paper wrappers with title-label laid on front cover. Tendencies to unite the Jewish community go back to the early days of the American republic. This fascinating study deals with the many failures and false starts of..... More
My Life as an American Jew: An Autobiography
Cincinnati: John G. Kidd & Sons, Inc., 1941. Hardcover. 8vo. 526pp. Blue cloth with embossed gilt lettering. Photographic frontispiece, a portrayal of Philipson, with facsimile-signature of him. Autobiography of renowned Jewish-American intellectual, David Philipson. With some b/w photographs. Minor age wear and staining to boards. Presentation note to inside of..... More
The Chicago Pinkas; On the 25th anniversary of the College of Jewish Studies
Chicago: The College of Jewish studies, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 197pp. kuf-chav-bet/122pp (Hebrew). Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering of title on cover (English) , back cover (Hebrew) and spine (both). Minor staining and rubbing to boards. Page 47-50 loose. Plate reading "New York Bloch Publishing Co. The Jewish..... More
Adventures in Idealism. A Personal Record of the Life of Professor Sabsovich.
New York: Stratford Press (Privately printed for the author), 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. VIII, 208pp. Original cloth with blind-tooling and gold lettering on front cover. Gilt lettering and borders on spine. Frontispiece portrait. Scarce and fascinating work on Jewish farmers and agriculture in the colony of Woodbine, New Jersey..... More