Kadimah [Hebrew monthly]. Edited by Gerson Rosenweig

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 24

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Kadimah [Hebrew monthly]. Edited by Gerson Rosenweig

Numbers 1 - 6 (All published). The N. S. Libowitz copy, with his stamp and signature. A fine copy pp.(2), 288. (No. 4 [April] misbound between nos. 5 [May] - 6 [June], thus pp. 145-192 misbound between pp. 240-241; also pp. 161-168 misbound between pp. 176-177). Contemporary boards, soiled. 4to Singerman S458; Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature (1907), no.241

New York: I. Lipschitz 1899

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

A wealth of descriptive detail of Jewish life in America, scholarly articles, literary reviews, poetry, travelogues, as well as the editor’s Massechet Chanukah (a parody on playing cards). Of bibliographical interest are the lists of books for sale at the conclusion of each issue. The journal contains contributions by the most eminent scholars of the day: Alexander Harkavy, Meir Ish-Shalom (Friedmann), Bernard Drachman, J.D. Eisenstein, Ch.B. Friedberg, Solomon Mandelkern, P. Wiernick, L. Lewysohn, to name a few. The appearance of such a journal augured well for the future of Jewish scholarship in America