Horovicz, J[onathan]. Der Erste Allgemeine Rabbiner-Kongress zu Krakau.

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Horovicz, J[onathan]. Der Erste Allgemeine Rabbiner-Kongress zu Krakau.

FIRST EDITION. German with smattering of Hebrew. pp. 47, (1). Worn. Original printed wrappers, detached. 4to

Also-Kubin (Hungary): (1903)

Est: $300 - $500

Represents the first World-wide Conference of Orthodox Rabbis, organized a full nine years before the Agudath Yisrael came into being in Katowitz. Concerning this convocation and its relative strengths and weaknesses, see Gershon Bacon, "The Rabbinical Conference in Krakow (1903) and the Beginnings of Organized Orthodox Jewry" in: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Eastern European Jewry, Presented to Immanuel Etkes (2009), pp.199-225.