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Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the November 14, 1950 (5th Kislev, 5711) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. III No. 5) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-7/8" by 8-3/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on 'Chibbat Ha-aretz' ["Love of the Land"] and Israel's Need, Diaspora's Opportunity); Cultural Relations - Part I by M.Z. Frank ("This is the first of a series of three articles appraising the achievements and possibilities of Jewish culture in America in relation to the future of Israel and of Jewish culture as a whole"); Pioneers From the West - Part IV: The First South Africans by Ya'acov Morris [Ya'akov Ben Yissakhar]; Record of Absorption by E. Laserson (which begins, "Since the establishment of the State of Israel till the beginning of last month, 467,606 Jews entered the country"); Children's Newspapers - Part I by L. Newman (To be concluded). Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used; a few tiny edge and corner chips (not affecting text).

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the October 31, 1950 (22nd Heshvan, 5711) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. III No. 4) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-5/8" by 8-5/8" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on the Israel Defense Forces entitled "The Army Shows Its Mettle" - "The Defence Army of Israel has just held its first large-scale manoeuvres, which lasted eight days and involved over 75,000 participants"); Pioneers From the West - Part III: Tower and Stockade by Ya'akov Morris [Ya'akov Ben Yissakhar]; Israel's Future Depends on Quality by Michael Assaf (abridged from 'Davar'); Housing the Immigrants by Shemuel Epstein ("Since the establishment of the State on the 15th of May, 1948, till the end of September, 1950, Israel's Jewish population has grown from about 650,000 to some 1,150,000, an increase no country has experienced in so short a space of time"); Conquering the Desert by M. Y. [Moscheh Ya'akov] Ben-Gavriêl. Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the October 17, 1950 (6th Heshvan, 5711) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. III No. 3) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-3/4" by 8-3/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on the Maccabiah Games); Pioneers From the West by Ya'akov Morris [Ya'akov Ben Yissakhar] - Part II: Beginnings of Settlement; Problems of the Israel Theatre - Part VI by Gershon Hanoch ("Latest Developments"). Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the June 13, 1950 (28th Sivan, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 19) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-3/4" by 8-3/4" and containing 32 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (the history of Babylonian Jewry); Zionist General Council, Summary of Proceedings (Continued from last issue, Conclusion; "The General Debate in the Zionist General Council meeting, held in Jerusalem, ended with the summing-up addresses of Mr. Berl Locker and Dr. Nahum Goldmann on the 25th April. These are given below, in condensed form"): Mr. Berl Locker, Israel: Chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive; Dr. Nahum Goldmann, Chairman, Chairman, American Section of Jewish Agency Executive (topics include: Changed Approach needed towards Funds; Relations between Zionist Movement and Government; Z.O.'s [Zionist Organization] Functions in Israel; Kibbutz must be preserved); Summary of Resolutions Adopted by the Zionist General Council in Jerusalem on the 28th April, 1950 (Tasks of Zionist Movement at present Juncture; Immigration; Child and Youth Immigration; Absorption; Middle Eastern Immigrants; Housing, Agricultural Settlement; Budget and Finance; National Funds; Comptroller's Office; National Loan; Youth and Hechalutz; Organisation; Shelichim; Information; Appointments); The Law at Work: Notes of an Israel Magistrate by H. [Helmuth] Lowenberg (topics include: Housing Shortage and Eviction Cases; Shared Kitchens breed criminal Complaints; Tragic Toll of Roads; Sentences lenient; Juvenile Delinquency); Israel Needs More Oranges! by Yehuda Chorin (adapted from 'Davar': on the problem of rehabilitating the citrus industry); City of the South by Malkah Raymist (on Beersheba); Progress in Printing by Karl Schwarz. Pages lightly age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the January 24, 1950 (6th Shevat, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 9) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-7/8" by 8-7/8" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on the Jewish Agency Executive); The Kibbutz at the Crossroads: Part IV - Kibbutz and Family by Ya'akov ben Yissakhar (with topics: A New Complex of Relations; The Sociological Standpoint; Emotional Considerations; Kibbutz and the Oedipus Complex; Illustrations of a Free Relationship; Kibbutz Family a New Phenomenon); Pharmacy in Israel by Dr. [Joshua] Kohlberg (Chairman of the Israel Pharmaceutical Association); Mass Immigration From the West; Wild Life is Changing by Paula Arnold ("The Holy Land is of particular interest to the naturalist, especially in connection with the flora and fauna mentioned in the Bible and Talmud. In modern Israel, wild life - like every other phase of existence - is undergoing change. But, as this article shows, human progress is by no means detrimental to the wild bird and animal population"); Price Controls by Z. Luboshitz, Price Controller; Exponents of Dancing by Miriam Tal. Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used; a few tiny, narrow chips along lower edge of front cover (not affecting text).

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the December 13, 1949 (22nd Kislev, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 6) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 6" by 8-7/8" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review ("The people of Jewish Jerusalem have demonstrated their unalterable determination to preserve the city's dearly won Jewish character. Mr. [David] Ben-Gurion has announced the Government's repudiation of the internationalisation of Jerusalem as laid down in the U.N. Palestine Resolution just over two years ago"); Further extracts from addresses delivered at the Keren Hayesod Annual Conference held in Tel Aviv on the 6th November, 1949 (from Eliahu Dobkin, head of the Jewish Agency's Organisation, Information and Youth and Hechalutz Departments; Levi Eshkol, Treasurer of the Jewish Agency; Yitzchak Raphael, head of the Jewish Agency's Immigration Department); The Kibbutz at the Crossroads by Ya'akov ben Yissakhar (First part of a series: "The Kibbutz Movement is living in a period of dynamic transition. Faced from without with the challenge of statehood and the greatest stream of immigration our country has ever witnessed, and confronted with demands for change from within, the Kibbutz Movement is being forced to re-examine some of the values it has hitherto regarded as fundamental and unassailable"); Hagana's Legacy by Col. Shaul Avigur ("Throughout the time we served in it, the Hagana was to us a kind of brotherhood, forming the men and women who were its members into a family bound by ties of work, life, blood and a vision of the future"). Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used; small edge chip to rear cover (not affecting text).

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the February 21, 1950 (4th Adar, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 11) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-7/8" by 8-7/8" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on the Zionist Movement); Out of Zion by Yosef Miller (Public Relations Officer, Shidurim Lagola); The Kibbutz at the Crossroads: Part VI - Kibbutz and Culture by Ya'akov ben Yissakhar; The Technion Achieves Its Quarter Century by S. [Solomon] Ettingen (from 'Davar,' on the Hebrew Technical Institute); Auxiliaries of Science by M. H. Dikendere (on the importance of laboratory assistants); Chassidim on the Land by Ya'akov Uri (Adapted from 'Hapo'el Hatza'ir': "There seems, at first sight, to be something incongruous in the idea of the Chassidic sect of Chabad living on the land of a former Arab village; but so much that would have sounded highly improbable a year or two ago has now become commonplace that there will soon be nothing worthy of special remark about the new inhabitants of Safiriya" [Al-Safiriyya]). Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used; covers and first two inside sheets detached but present.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the August 22, 1950 (9th Ellul, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 24) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-3/4" by 8-7/8" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review ("When all is said and done, why is it that the number of Jews coming to Israel from the English-speaking countries is so deplorably small?"); Kibbutz and Hired Labour by A. Yannai (adapted from 'Hapo'el Hatza'ir': "Mr. [David] Ben-Gurion's proposal, made some time ago, that the collective villages should employ hired labour in order to make a more effective contribution to the absorption of immigration, has given rise to a spirited controversy" ["To be concluded']); Development Plan by L. Gruenbaum [Aryeh Ludwig Gaaton] (from 'Haboker' - "As head of the Economic Research Bureau, which comes under the Prime Minister's Office, Dr. Gruenbaum was charged to produce a Development Plan for the country for the next four years on the basis of several principles laid down by the Knesset. The Plan has since been published and has been presented to the Knesset"); The Looms of Migdal Gad by Malkah Raymist ("Until after the War of Independence, Migdal Gad was simply the Arab town of Majdal, near the coast of southern Palestine - it lies a few miles away from the Egyptian-occupied Gaza strip. It is a sleepy, dusty town, very hot, but beautifully situated among dark green orange groves and date palms. Today it is a predominately Jewish town with thousands of new immigrants, many new enterprises, and new agricultural settlements all around"); Pioneers of Jewish Shipping by M. Y. [Moscheh Ya'akov] Ben-Gavriêl; Problems of the Israel Theatre - Part III by Gershon Hanoch (on "'Habima' [Theatre] and Its Problems"). Pages lightly age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the December 27, 1949 (7th Tevet, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 7) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-7/8" by 8-3/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review ("The possibility of a 'second round' in the Arab States' war of aggression upon Israel has recently become the subject of discussion and comment. Indeed, it is apparently more than a possibility, as the new Chief of Staff, Brigadier [Yigael] Yadin, stated only a short time ago. Mr. Ben-Cur'on [David Ben-Gurion], too, has warned against complacency and indicated that Israel may still have to face another military test"); The Kibbutz at the Crossroads: Part II - The Impact of Realism Upon Idealism by Ya'akov ben Yissakhar (with topics: Society of Idealists; Youth Grows Up; The Problem of Property; Mechanical Eqalitarianism Abandoned; Desire for Minimum Comforts; Tempering Idealism with Realism); Yemenites are Adaptable by Y. 'Ayit (Adapted from 'Haaretz' - "The opinions expressed in some quarters concerning the suitability of Oriental immigrants for a modern State-in-the-building are often exaggerated, especially in the case of the Yemenite Jews. Little is generally known about the latest arrivals from Yemen, beyond the fact that they reach their destination in a state of exhaustion and that they do not know what beds are. This article shows that they are endowed with a degree of adaptability which should enable them to be integrated into the economic and social fabric of Israel within a relatively short time"); Jerusalem Development by Malkah Raymist ("The decision to transfer the Knesset and additional Government Departments to Jerusalem will do much to stimulate Jerusalem's development. But much has already been done, as this brief survey will show. Indeed, it was this patient work of preparation, begun just over a year ago, which, in Mr. Ben-Gurion's words, paved the way for the Government's decision"); Israel's Southern Wonderland by M. Y. [Mosque Ya'akov] Ben-Gavriêl (on the 'Arava [also known as the Arabah or Araba); New Horizons for Farming by Chayim Halperin (Adapted from 'Hador' - "Despite the vast new prospects that have opened up with the establishment of the State of Israel - especially in agriculture - there is still a tendency to think in the restricted terms of the past. In this article Chayim Halperin, Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture, shows that a revolutionary change is called for in our approach to agricultural development"). Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the August 8, 1950 (25th Av, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 23) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-7/8" by 8-3/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on "Zionism and the World Around It"); Social Security: A Vital Need by Yitzchak Kanev [Kanievsky] (adapted from 'Davar': "A comprehensive social security plan, to be implemented in three stages, is under discussion by the Government and is due to be placed before the Knesset shortly. The writer of this article, Mr. Kanev, in his capacity as Chairman of the Inter-ministerial Planning Committee for Social Insurance, has been closely connected with the plan in all its phases"); Gateway to Hebrew by Fay Merskey and Rita Samuels; Kiryat 'Anavim's 30th Birthday by Naphtali Ushpiz (adapted and abridged from 'Davar': "Kiryat 'Anavim, the first collective village in the hill region, was founded in 1920 on Keren Kayemeth Land that had been acquired by the Palestine Land Development Co. just before the first World War. It lies among the Hills of Judea, to the west of Jerusalem. For a long time it looked as if the experts were right, and that the place was unsuited to agriculture"); Current Art Activities by Karl Schwarz; Problems of the Israel Theatre - Part II by Gershon Hanoch (on "'Habima' [Theatre] and Its Problems"). Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the July 11, 1950 (26th Tammuz, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 21) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-7/8" by 8-3/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on the "'Little Man' and Israel"); Thirty Years of Construction by Aharon Barth ("The Keren Hayesod [Palestine Foundation Fund] has just celebrated its thirtieth birthday. The following is taken from an address by Dr. Aharon Barth, Member of the Board of Directors of the Keren Hayesod, at a public meeting held in Jerusalem on the 20th June, 1950, to mark the event"); A Physicist Looks at Israel: Part II by David Tabor (Concluded from the previous issue); Sociological Aspects of Immigrants' Absorption by Malia Gitlin-Betensky ("The immigrant transit camps, as their name implies, are intended as a temporary home for newcomers between the time of their arrival in the country and of their finding permanent homes, and every effort is now being made to empty them with all possible speed. But they could play a larger part in preparing the immigrants to become citizens of Israel"); Training Youth Leaders by Ya'akov Ben Yissakhar; 'Afula is Twenty-Five by K. Dagani. Pages lightly age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the July 25, 1950 (11th Av, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 22) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 6" by 8-7/8" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on Israel's Law of Return); A Major Cultural Event (on the new Biblical Encyclopedia, published by Mossad Bialik [the Bialik Foundation of the Jewish Agency]); The Citizen's Role in Defence by Nachum Ziv-av (adapted from 'Hador'); Experiments in Fishing by M. Y. [Moscheh Ya'akov] Ben-Gavriêl; Children's Mountain Realm (on the Israel Goldstein Youth Village: "On the hilltop of St. Simon, in the Katamon suburb of Jerusalem, new life has sprung up where two years ago a hard battle was fought and won" - "The children, whose ages range from twelve upwards, live in twenty renovated Arab stone houses a little further down the hill, and in several new buildings"); Problems of the Israel Theatre - Part I by Gershon Hanoch (on "'Habima' [Theatre] and Its Problems"). Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used; small chip to upper right corner of front cover; outer covers detached but present and show periodic tiny chips along fold (none of this affecting the text).

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the January 10, 1950 (21st Tevet, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 8) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-7/8" by 8-3/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (which discusses the "Bill for the Encouragement of Investments in Israel" and the Zionist Movement - "Western Jewry has failed to rise to the great heights demanded by the present juncture in Jewish history"); The First Assignment by Eliahu [also: Eliyahu] Dobkin ("The Feast of Chanukka, last month, was the occasion of a reunion of 'shelichim,' who had worked in Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Aden between 1945 and 1949. The winding up of the Jewish Agency's activities in the D. P. [Displaced Persons] camps at the end of the year provided a suitable background, as well as a reason, for the reunion, since it marked a well-defined stage in the activities of the Jewish Agency among Diaspora Jewry. As Mr. Dobkin, member of the Jewish Agency Executive, shows in the address he delivered at the reunion - of which this is a shortened version - the liquidation of the D.P. camps does not mean that the need for 'shelichim' [defined as "someone sent to perform an assignment, usually of a broadly educational or organisational nature"] has ceased to exist"); The Kibbutz at the Crossroads: Part III - The Chavera and the Kibbutz by Ya'akov ben Yissakhar; Helping Hand by Y. Uri ("The need for instructors and teachers to help newcomers settle down on the land is urgent. Meanwhile, a number of farmers have answered the call, among them veterans who, having undergone the rigours of a pioneer life many years ago, are now harnessing themselves to a pioneering task once again"); The Present State of the Law by H. [Judge Helmuth] Lowenberg (with topics: Confusion of Systems, Continuity under State of Israel, Criminal Law, Murder, Juvenile Offenders, Mejelle, Evidence, Procedure, Land Law, Breach of Contract, Trusts, Commercial Law, Personal Status, and Succession); Is Autarchy Possible? by S. Mashke ("The recent statement by the Finance Minister, Mr. E. [Eliezer] Kaplan, concerning Israel's need of capital imports, lends added significance to this article"). Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used; tiny edge chip.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the May 2, 1950 (15th Iyar, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 16) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 6" by 8-7/8" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review ("University Semi-Jubilee" - on the Hebrew University); Zionist General Council: "A Summary of the Proceedings of the meeting of the Zionist General Council, held in Jerusalem beginning on the 19th April, 1950" containing "salient points of the addresses and the general debate bearing upon the central issue of the Council's meeting, viz., the fundamental problems of the Zionist Movement" (containing lengthy excerpts from the First Session, 19th April, from Berl Locker, Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency and Dr. Nahum Goldmann, U.S.A., Chairman, American Section of the Jewish Agency Executive); Binyamina by Paula Arnold; Ambulance to the Bedouin by M. Y. [Moscheh Ya'akov] Ben-Gavriêl ("Among the demands which the Bedouin tribes in the Negev kept addressing to the Mandatory Government for over thirty years were two on which they placed particular emphasis: the establishment of schools for the tribesmen's children where they would be taught by their own, and not foreign teachers; and the appointment of a doctor to visit the tribes at regular intervals. These demands, which the British never fulfilled, were met already in the first year of Israel rule in the Negev, at least as far as the northern tribes were concerned"); The Impact of War Upon Our Art by Karl Schwarz. Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used; corner chip to front cover and first inside page (to blank margins only).

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the May 16, 1950 (29th Iyar, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 17) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-7/8" by 8-3/4" and containing 32 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on the Zionist Movement, and the Zionist General Council, which ended its session in Jerusalem on the 28th April, 1950); lengthy The State and the Future of Zionism: An Address Delivered by Mr. David Ben-Gurion in the Zionist General Council in Jerusalem on the 25th April, 1950 ("This is a slightly abbreviated version of the full text"); Zionist General Council, Summary of Proceedings (Continued from last issue with "considerably abbreviated" speeches from: [SECOND SESSION, 19th April, 1950]: Judge Morris Rothenberg, U.S.A., General Zionist; Mr. Yona Kossoy, Israel: Ichud [Ihud] Party; Rabbi A. L. [Aryeh Leib] Gellman, Israel: Mizrachi-[Hapoel Hamizrachi Movement], Deputy-Member of the Jewish Agency Executive; Mr. I. Ben-Aharon [Yitzhak Ben-Aharon], Israel: Mapam [Party]; Mr. B. Weinstein, Israel: Revisionist [Party]; [THIRD SESSION, 20th April, 1950]: Mrs. Judith Epstein, U.S.A.: General Zionist; Mr. Louis Segal, U.S.A.: Ichud; Dr. Y. [Yeshayahu Aviad]-Wolfsberg, Israel: Hapo'el Hamizrachi [Party]; Mr. Y. [Ya'akov] Chazan [also: Hazan], Israel: Mapam [Party]; Mr. Y. [Yizhar] Harari, Israel: Progressive [Party]; Mr. Y. Merom, Israel: Ichud Party; Mr. Y. [Yitzhak] Ben-Zvi, Israel: Ichud; Mr. Y. Uri, Israel: Ichud; [FOURTH SESSION, 20th April, 1950]: Rabbi Dr. S. Federbush [Simon Federbusch], U.S.A.: Mizrachi [Party]; Dr. I. [Israel] Goldstein, U.S.A.: Member of Executive, General Zionist; Mr. M. [Mark Mortkhe] Yarblum, France: Ichud; Mrs. R. [Rebecca] Sieff, Great Britain: W.I.Z.O. [Women's International Zionist Organization]; Dr. Kurt Blumenfeld, Israel: General Zionist; Mr. F. Bernstein, Israel: General Zionist; Mrs. G. Myerson [Golda Meir], Israel: Minister of Labour; [FIFTH SESSION, 20th April, 1950]: Rabbi Zeev Gold, Israel: Member of Jewish Agency Executive, Mizrachi [Party]; Mr. Mordechai Katz, U.S.A.: Revisionist [Party]; Mr. Z. [Zalman] Aharonowitz, Israel: Ichud; Rev. J. K. [Jacob Koppel] Goldbloom, Great Britain: General Zionist. Pages lightly age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the February 7, 1950 (20th Shevat, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 10) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-7/8" by 8-3/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review ("Regional broadcasts to the Diaspora are due to be inaugurated by the Jewish Agency, together with the Jewish National Fund and Keren Hayesod, within the next few weeks, following several months of preparation and anticipation"); Settlers From America with preface: "Increasing attention is being paid in the Hebrew press to the question of attracting settlers from the Western world, particularly from America. Here are two articles on the subject" - the first, How Many American Jews Can We Expect? by Dan Pines, and the second, Two Examples by Yosef Baratz ("[a] veteran member of Dagania [also: Degania], at present engaged in the resettlement of ex-soldiers"); The Kibbutz at the Crossroads: Part V - The Republic of Children by Ya'akov ben Yissakhar; Progress Report: Yagur [Kibbutz] by Chayim Tehorley; Is There Room for Yiddish? by Meir Amitai (Wahrhaft) (Abridged from 'Hapo'el Hatza'ir': "[W]hile a sentimental affection for what is, after all, a dying language, may be indulged without harm to the Hebrew character of Israel, there can be no question of reviving it and elevating it to a statue equal, or even secondary, to that of Hebrew. In this article, Mr. Amitai takes issue with David Pinsky, the well-known American Yiddish writer, on this issue"). Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the April 4, 1950 (17th Nissan, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 14) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-7/8" by 8-3/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on 'Absorption' - "As the State of Israel is about to enter upon its third year, it faces a very difficult period. It has been no easy task to bring in more than 365,000 newcomers into the country in less than two years, and during the coming twelve months the number is likely to be larger than was anticipated only a short time ago"); Women Settlers by Malia Gittlin-Bitansky (adapted from 'Hapo'el Hatza'ir': topics include Contrast with older Pioneers; Differing Types of Women; Problem of Yemenite Women); Jerusalem Convoy by S. [Shlomo] Gazit (adapted from 'Haaretz': "While talk of internationalising Jerusalem continues, it is interesting to recall that only two years ago small, ill-equipped forces of Israel's embryo Army [Haganah] were locked in a desperate struggle with far more numerous Arab forces to free the vital highway linking Jerusalem to the coast. Operations 'Nachshon' and 'Maccabi' both cleared the road for a time, enabling provisions to be brought which kept actual starvation away from the city's inhabitants during their difficult siege. Late, in June 1948, the 'Burma Road' was bulldozed out of rough terrain, while bitter fighting went on for Latrun, behind a single intervening range of hills. Since then the connection between Jerusalem and the rest of Israel has been maintained unbroken"); Zionist Problems (on the Zionist Organization - topics include: Z.O.'s future Existence; Z.O. and State; World Jewry and State; Changed Functions of Z.O.; The Place of Chalutziut [pioneering]; Jewish Agency); Some Recent Exhibitions by Miriam Tal. Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the April 18, 1950 (1st Iyar, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 15) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-3/4" by 8-7/8" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review on Israel's Second Anniversary - "The official celebration of Israel's Independence Day has been fixed for the 23rd April (according to the Jewish calendar. The State of Israel was proclaimed on the 14th May, 1948). The year has been so eventful that for those who live in this country it has passed very swiftly"; Kibbutz and Moshav Shitufi by Ya'akov ben Yissakhar; The Real Issues of Education by Shulamith Levari (adapted from 'Haaretz' - "The recent controversy over education in immigrant camps, for which a compromise solution has been reached, aroused a great deal of public interest. But it tended to obscure the real issues of education in Israel today. As this article shows, one of the main difficulties is the acute shortage of teachers"); A Nation Builds a House by Daniel Sher (on the Jerusalem Convention Centre: "Now that Jerusalem has again become the capital of Israel, it lacks, even more acutely than before, suitable accommodation for the World Zionist Congress and other world Jewish assemblies, which in the past have been forced to wander from one foreign land to another"); Pioneers Too by Nachman Meir Shenker ("Middle-class immigrants can, in their way, earn the title of pioneers, as well as any youngster who goes on the land. But they would do well to inform themselves first of the needs of Israel and of the conditions prevailing here. Such information can be obtained from Israel Consular representatives and Jewish Agency offices. As this article shows, the best intentions are sometimes liable to be dashed against the rock of ignorance"). Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the March 7, 1950 (18th Adar, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 12) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-3/4" by 8-3/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on the immigration of Oriental Jews: "The Tel Aviv shopkeeper from Europe is beginning to have more in common with the Oriental Jewish barber across the road than he has with a European newcomer settled in an abandoned town"); The Kibbutz at the Crossroads: Part VII - Kibbutz, Large or Small? by Ya'akov ben Yissakhar; Our Standard of Living by Aharon Barth (Adapted from 'Haaretz' - "Dr. Barth is Managing Director of the Anglo-Palestine Bank, Israel's leading financial institution. The views he expresses here are his own; but coming from him they merit close attention." Dr. Barth begins, "Any attempt to plan our economy should take into account the sad fact that we are rapidly eating up the reserves of State and population"); two-page Shidurim Lagola ("The 'Zionist Newsletter' takes pleasure in publishing the first two weeks' programmes of 'Shidurim Lagola' - Broadcasts to the Diaspora, presented by the World Zionist Organisation in conjunction with the Keren Kayemeth Leisrael and Keren Hayesod"); The University Grows by Henriette Boas (on the Hebrew University); The Practical Side of Art by Karl Schwarz. Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the May 30, 1950 (14th Sivan, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 18) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-3/4" by 8-7/8" and containing 32 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review; Zionist General Council, Summary of Proceedings (Continued from last issue with considerably abbreviated speeches from: [FIFTH SESSION, Continued from previous issue]: Mr. Y. [Ya'akov] Zerubavel, Israel: Member of Jewish Agency Executive, Mapam [Party]; [SIXTH SESSION, 21st April, 1950]: Mr. S. [Shlomo] Kaplansky, Israel: Mapam; Rabbi M. [Mordechai] Nurok, Israel: Mizrachi; Mr. B. [Baruch] Zuckerman, U.S.A.: Member of Jewish Agency Executive, Ichud; Mr. Y. [Yizhak] Gruenbaum, Israel: Member of Jewish Agency Executive, General Zionist; Dr. S. [Samuel] Margoshes, U.S.A.: General Zionist; Dr. I. [Ignacy] Schwarzbart, U.S.A.: General Zionist; Dr. S. [Shneur] Levenberg, Great Britain: Ichud; [SEVENTH SESSION, 23rd April, 1950]: Dr. A. [Aron] Barth, Israel: Mizrachi; Mr. E. [Eliezer] Kaplan, Israel: Minister of Finance and Member of Jewish Agency Executive, Ichud; Dr. A. [Avraham] Granott, Israel: Chairman, Board of Directors of the Keren Kayemeth; [EIGHTH SESSION, 24th April, 1950]: Mr. S. Z. [Shlomo Zalman] Shragai, Israel: Member of Jewish Agency Executive, Hapo'el Hamizrachi; Rabbi Y. L. [Yehuda Leib] Maimon, Israel: Minister for Religious Affairs; Mrs. Rose Halprin, U.S.A.: Member of Jewish Agency Executive, General Zionist; Mr. M. [Melech] Neustadt, Israel: Ichud; Dr. B. Altmann, Israel: Revisionist; Mr. Y. [Ya'akov] Riftin, Israel: Mapam; Rabbi M. [Mordecai] Kirshblum, U.S.A.: Mizrachi; Mrs. Tamar de Sola Pool, U.S.A.: General Zionist; Mr. A. [Avraham] Harzfeld, Israel: Ichud, Member of Board of Directors of Keren Kayemeth; [NINTH SESSION, 24th April, 1950]: Mr. M. [Marc] Regalsky, Argentina: Ichud; Mr. I. [Israel] Dunsky, South Africa: General Zionist; Mr. H. [Herman] Hollander, Israel: Mizrachi; Dr. A. [Arthur Menachem] Hantke, Israel: Chairman, Board of Directors of the Keren Hayesod; Mr. Levi Eshkol, Israel: Member of Jewish Agency Executive, Ichud; Mr. M. [Meir] Grossman, Israel: Member of Jewish Agency Executive, Revisionist; Mr. Y. Braginsky, Israel: Deputy-Member of Jewish Agency Executive, Mapam; Mr. Mortimer May, U.S.A.: General Zionist; [TENTH SESSION, 24th April, 1950]: Dr. E. [Elimelekh-Shimon] Rimalt, Israel: General Zionist; Mr. A. Reiss, Israel: Ichud; Dr. J. [Joseph] Shechtmann, U.S.A.: Deputy-Member of Jewish Agency Executive, Revisionist; Rabbi E. [Elimelech] Neufeld, Israel: Hapo'el Hamizrachi; Mr. Samuel Segal, Israel: General Zionist; Mr. Ya'akov Grynberg, Israel: Hapo'el Hamizrachi; [ELEVENTH SESSION, 25th April, 1950]: Mr. Eliahu Dobkin, Israel: Member of Jewish Agency Executive, Ichud; Mr. Yisrael Bar-Yehuda, Israel: Mapam; Dr. S. Younitchman, Israel: Revisionist; [TWELFTH SESSION, 25th April, 1950]: Dr. E. Stupp, Israel: General Zionist; Mr. Mendel Fisher, U.S.A.: General Zionist; Mr. Charles Ress, U.S.A.: General Zionist; Mr. David Intrilligator, Israel: Hapo'el Hamizrachi; Mr. P. Lubianiker [Pinhas Lavon], Israel: Ichud. Pages lightly age-browned as per paper stock used; corner chip to page 15 affecting one letter of text.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the June 27, 1950 (12th Tammuz, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 20) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-3/4" by 8-5/8" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on Theodor Herzl and Hayim Nahman Bialik); Capital Punishment by P. [Paltiel] Daykan (adapted from 'Hapo'el Hatza'ir with topics: Dispassionate Views of Mishna Sages; Aversion to Death Sentence; Deterrent Effect appreciated; The Talmudical View; Criteria of Capital Punishment; Combination of old and new Principles); A Physicist Looks at Israel [Part I] by David Tabor ("This survey is adapted from a report prepared by Dr. David Tabor, an Anglo-Jewish physicist, for the Office of Professional Workers [PATWA] of the Youth and Hechalutz Department of the Zionist Organisation in Jerusalem. It is intended primarily for the guidance of prospective scientist immigrants, but the observations it contains should be of general interest as well"); Three Cities by Paula Arnold (on Jerusalem, Haifa, and Tel Aviv); Women in the Army by Amos Eilon [Elon] ("The call-up of young women for two years' service with the Forces is almost complete. The following article, based on an interview with Col. Shoshana Werner, Chief Inspector of the Chen [Women's Corps], describes the purpose of the call-up." - "There is certainly no intention to destroy the women's femininity and to turn them into colourless barrack-room creatures"). Pages lightly age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the October 3, 1950 (22nd Tishri, 5711) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. III No. 2) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-5/8" by 9" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on the Diaspora); The Significance of Dagania [Kibbutz] by Yisrael Cohen (adapted from 'Hapo'el Hatza'ir); A Page from Dagania's Past ("The following description of the life and thinking of the settlers of Dagania during its first year is taken from an abridged version in English of 'Zikhronot Eretz Yisrael' ['Memoirs of the Land of Israel'] by Avraham Ya'ari. The account is by Shemuel Dayan, one of the founders of the collective"); Pioneers From the West by Ya'akov Morris [Ya'akov Ben Yissakhar] - Part I: Youth Movement Background ("The following article is the introduction to a new series on the contribution of Western 'chalutziut' to the settlement of modern Israel, written especially for the 'Zionist Newsletter'"); Nationalising the Land by M. Y. [Moscheh Ya'akov] Ben-Gavriêl; Village of the Blind (on Operation Kibbutz Galuyot: "The establishment of such a community is a daring, perhaps unique, but well-conceived attempt to solve the multiplicity of problems naturally associated with the rehabilitation and absorption of blind people"). Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the September 5, 1950 (23rd Ellul, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 25) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-3/4" by 8-7/8" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review ("It is indeed a strange commentary upon the condition of world Zionism in this the third year of the State of Israel that discussion in the Diaspora should still be revolving largely round the question whether the World Zionist Organisation has any further reason to exist"); Students Meet the Kibbutz by Ya'akov Ben Yissakhar; Kibbutz and Hired Labour - Part II by A. Yannai (adapted from 'Hapo'el Hatza'ir' - with nearly two-page table: "Most of the kibbutzim today are a long way off from being in a position where they can carry out a properly planned farm economy based on a permanent working population, as a not inconsiderable proportion of their workers are temporary. In other words, the shortage in the kibbutzim is not one of working hands so much as of workers adapted to their tasks, i.e., of members. This is illustrated by the following Table, which shows the position in 23 of the old established collective villages"); Jerusalem: A Centre of Industry; Cultural Attaches by Karl Schwarz; Problems of the Israel Theatre - Part IV by Gershon Hanoch (on Ohel Theatre ["To be continued"]). Pages lightly age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the September 19, 1950 (8th Tishri, 5711) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. III No. 1) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-3/4" by 8-3/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on The Future of Immigration and The Role of Hebrew); one-page New Year's Message From the Zionist Executive (Zionist Organisation); Language and People by N. H. [Naftali Herz] Tur-Sinai (adapted from 'Hed Hachinukh'); Israel's Security by Aluf Mordekhai Maklev [Mordechai Maklef] ("Although the economic situation is uppermost in the minds of the majority of Israelis today, the question of the country's security is a vital one and calls for constant watchfulness. This is shown by the following excerpt from an address delivered recently by Brigadier Mordekhai Maklev, Deputy Chief of Staff, to a gathering of manufacturers and businessmen in connection with the opening of the second stage in the call-up of civilians for service with the Reserves"); Feudalism Dies in Israel's 'Triangle' by R. Mosseri (adapted from 'Haaretz': "Just over a year ago some forty Arab villages on the fringe of the Arab-held 'Triangle' of Samaria came under Israel rule, in accordance with the terms of the Armistice Agreement, together with their 30,000 inhabitants. Life there today is peaceful and employment plentiful according to Mr. Mosseri, who is a well-known expert on Middle East affairs"); Problems of the Israel Theatre - Part V by Gershon Hanoch (on "The 'Cameri' [Theatre] and Other Young Companies" (to be concluded in the next issue). Pages lightly age-browned as per paper stock used.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the November 28, 1950 (19th Kislev, 5711) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. III No. 6) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-3/4" by 8-5/8" and containing 28 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on Zionism and the Community); Cultural Relations - Part II by M.Z. Frank (To be concluded); Pioneers From the West - Part V: A Successful Merger by Ya'acov Morris [Ya'akov Ben Yissakhar]; Nazareth Today (Composition of the Population; Health and Social Services; Education; Neighbouring Jewish Villages); Children's Newspapers - Part II by L. Newman. Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used; a few tiny edge and corner chips (not affecting text).

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text is in English. Offered is the March 21, 1950 (3rd Nissan, 5710) of the "Zionist Newsletter" (Vol. II No. 13) published by the Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organisation [Organization] out of Jerusalem, Israel. A left-stapled magazine measuring 5-7/8" by 8-3/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: commentary Topical Review (on the Cultural Aspect - "Israeli literature is in its infancy: it is still learning to walk without support in the shape of Diaspora subject-matter, and it has already taken several steps unaided"); The Kibbutz at the Crossroads: Part VIII - Towards Federation by Ya'akov ben Yissakhar; Work Villages by Malkah Raymist ("The work village is a constructive answer to the vexed problem of crowded camps, where many immigrants have to spend months before they can be given housing and employment"); Investment and Pioneering by Nathan Ben-Nathan (Abridged from 'Davar': "How to attract sufficient investment capital from private investors abroad is a question that is occupying the minds of the best economists in the country"); Verbatim Report by M. Y. [Mosheh Ya'akov] Ben-Gavriel ("The bringing of the Hebrew language up to date to meet the contemporary needs of a modern civilisation called for more than the coining of new words"); Israel in the Orient ("Few phenomena reflect more strikingly the emergence of Jewish statehood than the position Israel has won for itself in the Middle East. True, the Arab States are still reluctant to establish friendly relations with Israel, and some time may yet have to elapse before they do so"); Bezalel [Museum] Today. Pages light to moderately age-browned as per paper stock used.