FAITLOVITCH, JACQUES. Notes d'un Voyage chez les Falachas (Juifs d'Abyssinie) [“Notes of a Voyage to the Falashas”]. Report presented to Baron Rothschild.
AUCTION 48 |
Thursday, May 27th,
2010 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Featuring an Exceptional Collection of American Judaica
Lot 80
(ethiopia)
FAITLOVITCH, JACQUES. Notes d'un Voyage chez les Falachas (Juifs d'Abyssinie) [“Notes of a Voyage to the Falashas”]. Report presented to Baron Rothschild.
Paris: 1905
Est: $150 - $200
PRICE REALIZED $550
Jacques Faitlovitch (1881-1955), an observant Jew born in Lodz, Poland, is credited with bringing the existence of the “Beta Israel” of Ethiopia to the awareness of world Jewry. Though many times stymied in his efforts on their behalf, Faitlovitch was nevertheless able to establish a school in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to educate young Jews.