Saul Gedaliah Harkavy. Vehu Sha’ul - Di Gelihene Hok.

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

J.J. Schur

Boston

(1911)

FIRST EDITION. Text in Hebrew and Yiddish. With supplement “Der Zeiger” - concerning the Rabbis of America who incessantly argue with each other.

Goldman, 1148.

An anti-assimilationist polemic, written in the form of a running commentary to the Song of Song by a Mir and Volozhin-educated immigrant to Nashua, NH. The author holds up absolutely no hope for a Jewish future in America - only in the Land of Israel can Judaism be certain. “Having dwelt in this land (of America) for a number of years and having seen the disgraceful behavior of my people…I can no longer restrain myself and must make public what weighs so heavily on my heart.”