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In the present catalogue, a distinct chapter is dedicated to the Dayan family, featuring personal letters, photographs, books and documents from the estate of Ruth Dayan; together, this miniature collection recounts the story of the Dayan-Schwartz family over three generation, from Moshe's father Shmuel Dayan to Ruth's and Moshe's children. Included in this collection are a number of letters written by the famous of all Dayans – Moshe Dayan, and a variety of letters and other items sent or presented to family members, such as pictures dedicated to Moshe Dayan by Nobel peace prize laureate Albert Schweitzer, a micrography by Abraham Haba and a letter of appreciation to Moshe Dayan by Yigael Yadin, who served as IDF chief of staff during the 1948 War.
The art chapter features a number of Old Master works – including a forest view by Allaert van Everdingen and "Ruins of the Brederode Castle" attributed to Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael – as well as works of Israeli and Judaic art from the collection of art historian Uzi Agassi.
the catalogue also includes an extensive chapter dedicated to numismatics, with an abundance of scrips and coupons, some used by Jewish Palestinian communities in times of distress and need (World War I, the 1948 siege on Jerusalem), some issued by small businesses throughout Palestine – bakeries, groceries and various stores, many of which had gone out of business soon afterwards. The chapter also includes various coins and banknotes: Ottoman, mandatory, and Israeli banknotes and coins, and two silver amuletic medals struck in honor of the formation of the Mandatory government and the appointment of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism – rare books (such as Sh.Y. Agnon's first book published in Palestine and "Tsveyuntsvantsik" by Ka-Tsetnik), letters and manuscripts (by Leah Goldberg, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Uri Tzvi Grinberg and Agnon), publications and ephemera from central events in the history of Zionism (the Katowice conference protocol, autograph postcards by Leo Motzkin), travelogues and scholarly works, Bezalel art, rugs, photographs and more.
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LOT 122:
"HaNevi'im Veha'Am" by Nathan Mileikowsky-Netanyahu – Inscribed by Mileikowsky
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"HaNevi'im Veha'Am" by Nathan Mileikowsky-Netanyahu – Inscribed by Mileikowsky
"HaNevi'im Veha'Am [The Prophets and the People…], Lectures by N. Mileikowsky, First Booklet" (no additional booklets were printed). Lodz: Mishkan Yisrael, 1915. Hebrew.
Two lectures delivered by Rabbi Nathan Mileikowsky-Netanyahu in Lodz, Poland, on the subject of the biblical prophets Amos and Hosea. Inscribed on title page (Hebrew; partly cropped) by Mileikowsky, 1924: "To Alexand[er] Ziskind Yehudah Fuchs, dear friend and faithful public worker, as a memento of our pleasurable meeting in Marie[nbad], the auth[or], Nathan Netanyahu Mileikowsk[y], Beit HaKerem, Jerusal[em], 2nd of Elul 5684 [1924], Marienbad [today Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic]."
Nathan Mileikowsky (1879-1935; "Netanyahu" was his frequent pen name), rabbi and Zionist activist, among the greatest of Zionist orators of the early 20th century. Conducted a number of campaigns promoting the Zionist cause throughout Europe and America – reaching Siberia, Poland, England, the United States, and additional destinations – and was acclaimed for his oratorical skills and inspiring speeches. In the wake of the assassination of Haim Arlozorov (1933), he was among the most impassioned defenders on behalf of the defendants, Zvi Rosenblatt and Avraham Stavsky. Passed away in Jerusalem, 1935. In his (Hebrew) eulogy, Abraham Isaac Kook, Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine, described him as "orator, speaker, magic in his mouth and lips."
Among Rabbi Mileikowsky's many grandchildren is the ninth prime minister of the State of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.
47 pp., 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Inked stamps. Bookplate. Hardcover binding, slightly worn; original front cover laid down onto later front board.
