Jacob Levinson. Shivyon HaNashim MeNekudath HaHalacha [concerning the enfranchisement, voting rights and election of women in Eretz Israel].

Estimate: $500–$700
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author

(WOMEN).

printer

Amanuth

Place

New York

Publication

1920

Description

FIRST EDITION. With marginal corrections apparently in the hand of the author.

summary

Debate arose in Eretz Israel concerning women seeking to vote for, and serve as, communal representatives. The author of the present work cites the favorable opinion of the Zionist Movement, as well as the dissenting opinions of both the Mizrachi faction and the Chareidim. The author (1876-1955) was a prominent rabbi and president of Mizrachi in the United States and member of the executive board of the Agudath Harabanim. He wrote published numerous rabbinic works.

pp. 32. Unbound. 8vo.

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