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Soft cover. Condición: Good. Manuel Josephson; Ilustrador. All pages clean and unmarked. All pages have a few light creases or wrinkles. Very light toning and possible a trace of soiling to front and back covers. The front and back covers have corners that are mildly bent and/or creased at the corners. A couple of additional light creases or bends in the back cover. The journal will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Crisis and Reaction: A Study in Jewish Group Attitudes (1929-1939)" (The reactions of major social groups within the American Jewish community, during periods of crisis, are influenced by the role the particular group played in the American social and economic structure. The author illustrates his thesis by a study of American Jewish social groups in the 1930's in relation to the Depression and to Hitlerian German anti-Semitism" by Henry Cohen; "Rebecca Gratz on Religious Bigotry"; "American Jewry in 1753 and in 1853"; "Letter to the Editor"; "An Eighteenth-Century American Reponsum" (Manuel Josephson, American Jewish communal leader and student of rabbinic lore, wrote a legal opinion in 1790. It touches on the use of the shofar (ram's horn) and the question of permissibility to read the lesson of the week in the synagogue from a printed book" by Solomon B. Freehof; "Review of Books: Albert M. Hyamson, The Sephardim of England" reviewed by Jacob R. Marcus; "Review of Books: Simon Rawidowicz, editor, The Chicago Pinkas" reviewed by Leonard J. Mervis; "Review of Books: Elliot E. Cohen, editor, Commentary on the American Scene" reviewed by Frances Fox Sandmel; "The Land of Israel in 1985"; "Illustrations: Manuel Josephson, The American Alcove--Salig Kaplan Memorial--Temple Israel, Minneapolis, and The American Jewish Archives Building".

Softbound. Condición: Very Good. 16mo, paper covers, 16, 16, 20, 16, 16, 16 pp., b/w drawings A compilation of the UAHC pamphlets on the High Holy Days, Shovuos, Pesach, Purim, Chanuko, and Sukos.

Softbound. Condición: Very Good. Tall octavo, stapled paper covers, 16 pp., b/w photos and drawings, lisfs of Rabbis and Officers B'nai Abraham Zion is the merger of two early congregations Zion Congregation, founded 1864 and B'nai Abraham congregation, founded 1871. The two merged in 1919.

19p, significant staining on covers and endpapers, scarce, includes a short booklet on The Chanukah Service, Fair.