SCROLL OF ESTHER IN SILVER CASE Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1925
AUCTION 32 |
Thursday, March 23rd,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Lot 369
SCROLL OF ESTHER IN SILVER CASE
Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1925
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,500
Perre van Paassen (1895-1968), a Dutch-born Calvinist writer and journalist, formed a strong “attachment to the Jewish people and the Land of Israel after his first visit to Palestine in 1925.” (EJ, Vol XVI, col. 68). He wrote at length in his support of Zionism and headed the US Committee for a Jewish Army. (See aslo Lot 191)