WEINBERGER, MOSES. Hayehudim Vehayahaduth B’New York
AUCTION 23 |
Tuesday, March 30th,
2004 at 1:00
Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion
Lot 22
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
WEINBERGER, MOSES. Hayehudim Vehayahaduth B’New York
New York: 1887
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $600
A sorry accont of the collapse of traditional Jewish life among New York’s immigrants. The author is particularly distressed by the lack of a strong educational system. However, he notes the opening of Yeshivath Eitz Chaim, an institution he feels to be well equipped to instill a sense of faith and learning into its charges.
Eitz Chaim was the seed which, upon amalgamation with the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Seminary, became New York’s Yeshiva University. See S. Klaperman, The Story of Yeshiva University (1967)