BENJAMIN, ISRAEL JOSEPH. Drei Jahre in Amerika 1859-62

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

W. Riemschneider

Hannover

1862

FIRST EDITION. Three parts bound in one. German with some Hebrew. Frontispiece portrait depicting the author wearing a large skull-cap and with beard and peyoth. A Fine Copy

See JE Vol. III, pp. 25-6

Self-styled “Benjamin of Tudela II,” this irrepressible traveler here documents a wealth of information concerning the Jewish presence in California and the Northwest. He describes various congregations, Jewish fraternal societies, charitable organizations and their respective office-holders. He cites responsa from Shlomo Yehudah Rappoport of Prague (Shir) in Hebrew, and Samson Raphael Hirsch, Zechariah Frankel, and Dr. N. Adler in German. (Part I, pp. 370-381). Also contains information concerning the history of the Jews in India and China (see pp. 21-32).