Auction 32 · Lot 312
Collection of 39 broadsides
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
Place
Jerusalem, Early 20th-century
summary
These broadsides are a wonderful cross-section of contemporary life in the very dynamic society of Eretz Israel under Ottoman and later British rule. There are bulletins of various cultural events and political rallies, a rabbinical pronouncement concerning kashruth arrangements in Jerusalem’s abattoirs, and the announcement of a guest sermon by visiting Rabbi Dov Ber Abramowitz of St. Louis, MO (1920).
Of especial interest is the call to electors to participate in the “Chareidi Ballot.” Signed by Chief Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook, this was a special arrangement that satisfied Orthodox sensibilities of the day, that women not participate in elections