109 236 SCHOR, ILYA Prayers in the Synagogue. Gouache on board. Signed by the artist lower right. 4 x 5 inches. (New York, c. 1960). $800 - $1200 Lot 236 234 (AMERICANA) “You Saved Them in 1917, Will You Let Them Starve Now? American Jewry! The wolves of hunger are still attacking. Will we protect our own from starvation?” Designed by Cozzy Gottsdanker for the American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War. 19 x 12 inches. Laid down. New York, 1918. $1500 - $2000 Issued by the American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War. ❧ “Shall We Save Them? - What Will You Do?” Seeking to aid the impoverished Jews of Palestine and Eastern Europe following World War I, American Jewish relief groups united to create the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (commonly known as the Joint). 235 (BIBLICAL FOLK ART) Multicolored needlepoint depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac (Akedath Yitzchak). Two registers featuring: The Angel holding back Abraham’s knife, with the ram embedded in a bush alongside; and the four travelers journeying to Mount Moriah (two in distinct Ottoman dress). Captioned with relevant Hebrew Biblical verses. 19 x 22.5 inches (to frame). Unexamined out of frame. 20th-century. $600 - $900 Lot 234 Lot 235