Hermann Gollancz death.... British Rabbi...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 16, 1930



* Hermann Gollancz death (1st report)

* British Rabbi & Hebrew scholar



Page 25 has a one column heading: "HERMANN GOLLANCZ, JEWISH LEADER, DIES" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Comple... See More  

Ze'ev Jabotinsky death... Jewish Revisionist Zionist...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1940



* Ze-ev Jabotinsky death (1st report)

* Jewish Revisionist Zionist - Zionism

* Odessa, Ukraine author poet orator



The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "JABOTINSKY DEAD; LED NEW ZIONISTS" with subheads and photo. I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.

Other ... See More  

Camp David Accords signed in 1979...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 18, 1978



* Camp David Accords signed

* Anwar Sadat & Menachem Begin

* Egypt & Israel - Jimmy Carter



The front page has a nice banner headline: "'MIDEAST PEACE FRAMEWORK' SIGNED; Sadat and Begin Pledge Treaty Within Three Months" with subheads and related photo. (see)

Complete 1st section only with 30 pages, nice condition.... See More  

1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising... WWII....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 22, 1943



* Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends in failure

* German occupied Poland - Nazi atrocities

* Jewish resistance - Jews



Page 4 has one column headlines: "JEWS' LAST STAND FELLED 1,000 NAZIS" "Battle in Warsaw Ghetto Was Aided by Armed Squads of Polish Guerrillas" "More Slaughter Starts" and more. (see) See photos for text on the end... See More  

Creating a Jewish homeland in 1946...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 27, 1946



* Creating the Jewish homeland

* Israel - Palestine - Jews - Judaica



Page 8 has a report on the work towards creating a Jewish homeland in Israel/Palestine, with a one column heading: "Entry Of 100,000 Jews Held Key Zionist Demand" with subhead. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.

Comp... See More  

Rochard Strauss and the Nazis re. Jews....

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, July 13, 1935



* Richard Strauss and Nazi Germany

* German composer, conductor & pianist

* Resigns because a Jew wrote his opera



The front page has a one column heading: "Richard Strauss Out In Row With The Nazis" with subhead: "In Hot Water Because Jew Wrote Opera Libretto, Composer Resigns" (See)

Complete with 18 pages, light toning at the... See More  

The very day Israel become a state....

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C., May 14, 1948



* Israeli Declaration of Independence

* State of Israel proclaimed (day of)



A very notable issue in Judaica issue as this was the day that Israel statehood was proclaimed, establishing the first Jewish state in 2,000 years. The top of the front page has a three column: "UN Makes Urgent Efforts To Protect The Holy City" with subhea... See More  

1935 Gangster Dutch Shultz NYC Funeral...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 29, 1935



* Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer funeral

* Jewish gangster - beer baron - racketeer



The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "SCHULTZ FUNERAL IS HELD SECRETLY" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication, especially on this topic.

Other news, sports and advertisements of th... See More  

Shavuot begins... 1872 Jewish holiday...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 13, 1872



* Shavuot - Feast of Weeks - Pentacost

* Jews - Jewish holiday - Hebrew festival



Page 4 has an article headed: "The Jewish Feast Of Pentacost" with subhead. (see)

Complete with 10 pages, nice condition.

Jewish synagogue on Clinton Street...

ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, May 7, 1853  Formatted very much like Harper's Weekly although predating it by four years, with the masthead featuring a nice engraving of the New York skyline at the time. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication.

Various illustrations within including a small one of the: "Exterior View of the Jewish Synagogue, Clinton St." ... See More  

First rabbi to lead prayer in Congress...

NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 2, 1860  The front page has proceedings of the first session of the "Thirty Sixth Congress" and included is a brief but very historic account about the first time the proceedings were opened with a prayer by a rabbi.

The account headed "Impressive Address To The Throne of Grace" reads in part: "The proceedings were opened with a prayer by Rabbi ... See More  

Soviets take the lead in the space race...

THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, April 12, 1961 



* Yuri Gagarin - Vostok 1 - Soviet cosmonaut

* 1st human into outer space (1st report)



The front page accounts the Soviets taking the lead in the space race with the headline: "RUSS ORBIT, LAND FIRST SPACEMAN" with subhead on Yuri Gagarin's historic flight.

Also ftpg. content concerning the trial of Adolf Eichmann for crimes against ... See More  

Jewish artist Marc Chagall death...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 29, 1985



* Marc Chagall death (1st report)

* Belarusian Jewish artist - paintings



Near the bottom of the front page has a three column heading: "Chagall, Artist of Joy and Suffering, Dies" with photo of Chagall and one of his works. First report coverage continues on page 3 with another one of his works.

Complete 1st section with all 36 pages, nice condit... See More  

Creating a Jewish city in the Niagara River...

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 24, 1825 



* Jewish city creation

* Grand Island, New York

* Niagara River



One of the articles on an inside page reads in its entirety: "The ceremony of laying the corner stone, of what is to be a city of the Jews, on Grand Island, N.Y. took place on the 14th instant, and Mr. Noah, editor of the New York National Advocate, governor and ... See More  

First Hebrew Free School in New York City... Reconstruction...

 NEW YORK HERALD, June 16, 1865 



* 1st Hebrew free school in NYC

* Post Civil War reconstruction



The front page has a great amount of content on the Reconstruction process in the South including: "Reconstruction Gossip at the National Capital" "The People of the South Converted by the Sword to the Northern Version of the Constitution" "They Accept the Over... See More  

Arab-Israeli War begins...

NEW YORK POST & THE HOME NEWS, May 16, 1948 



* Arab-Israeli War begins

* State of Israel created (day of)



The front page is mostly taken up with the headline "BOMB TEL AVIV TWICE" with the report on pages 2 & 3.

This is the day after the historic announcement of the formal creation of  the new state of Israel.

The complete 68 page issue including 16 pages of (m... See More  

The Maryland "Jew Bill" is finally passed...

THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 19, 1825  The prime content in this issue is the page 2 report from "Maryland" noting three acts which have passed the legislature, the first & most significant being the Jew Bill, which for many years had been attempted before finally being approved in 1825. The text of the bill includes: "Be it enacted by the general assembly of Maryl... See More  

Nazi atrocities told in 1946...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 28, 1946 



* Jewish holocaust survivors 

* Nazi atrocities revealed 

* Post World War II 



Page 11 has one column headings: "IMMIGRANTS TELL OF NAZI TORTURES" "Group Brought to Safety Here Reveals Plans for New Life After Years of Horror" Coverage on some of the survivors of the Jewish holocaust making there way into America wi... See More  

Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 27, 1942



* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time

* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations



Page 5 has one column headings that include: "BIG REWARDS PAID IN HEYDRICH CASE", "Two Czechs Get 5,000,000 Crowns Each for Leading Police to Slayers", "More Executed in Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Poland--Jews' Toll 700,000" and more. ... See More  

Napoleon abandons his efforts in Egypt...

THE NORFOLK CHRONICLE OR NORWICH GAZETTE, England, July 27, 1799 



* Rare 18th Century title



The masthead features a nice engraving. Various news from throughout England plus the back page has: "Total Defeat Of Buonaparte" which notes in part: "...from Chezar Ghazi Achmed Pacha...General Buonaparte had entirely ceased since the beginning of May to fire upon the fortress...... See More  

1945 Irma Grese captured photo...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 23, 1945



* Female SS guard Irma Grese photo

* Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

* Jewish Holocaust  - exterminations - atrocities



While the front page has a nice banner headline concerning the last days before Germany would surrender, the back page has a somewhat famous photo showing Irma Grese during here capture by British troops. (see)

Other news, spor... See More  

1873 Congregation Emanu-EL of New York...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 14, 1873



* Congregation Emanu-El of New York - temple

* First reform Jewish congregation of NYC

* Rabbi Gustav Gottheil - Jews - Judaica



The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "Temple Emanuel" with subhead. (see)

Other news of the day. Complete with 16 pages, minor spine wear, nice condition.... See More  

First Jew appointed to a federal post...

THE UNIVERSAL GAZETTE, Washington, D.C., June 11, 1801  It is reported in a brief, inconspicuous report on page 2, but its significance is considerable.

It was in 1801 when a significant stride in the recognition of Jewish Americans when President Thomas Jefferson appointed the very first Jew to a federal position by naming Reuben Etting of Baltimore as United States Marshall for Maryland. T... See More  

Synagogues hold memorial services... Much on the assassination & funeral of Lincoln...

NEW YORK HERALD, April 21, 1865 



* Rare 1st-page mentions of Synagogue services

* Re: Abraham Lincoln's assassination & funeral

* Black mourning borders



Perhaps the most noteworthy coverage is the front-page details regarding various services being held at local synagogues - which includes the congregations at "B'nai Israel," "Bikur Cholim U-Kadisha Synagogu... See More  

Lincoln recinds Grant's controversial Jewish eviction order...

NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 5, 1863 



* Abraham Lincoln rescinds

* General Order No. 11 (1862)

* Expelling all Jews - Jewish

* Issued by Ulysses S. Grant



Certainly the most notable content is the rather inconspicuous item on page 5 wherein President Lincoln rescinded Grant's General Order 11 to expel all Jews from his military district of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi. This Grant... See More