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At the head of the title : ציון במר תבכה (Zion in bitterness will weep) וירושלים תתן קולה (and Jerusalem will give her voice) - An appeal (in Yiddish) for funds by R. Dov Ber Abramowitz, the Chief Orthodox Rabbi of St. Louis (formerly of Paris, and Israel, and a founding father of the Mizrachi movement).
The appeal is made on behalf of the Central Committee, Knesseth Israel of Jerusalem, Palestine. The Central Committee provides funds for the Jewish community in Jerusalem which R. Abramowitz describes as being in dire straits due to increasing immigration. The broadside includes a statement that the greatest Rabbis have appealed to the whole Jewish world that they should help the Jews of the Holy Land.
R. Dov Ber b. Abraham Menahem Abramowitz (1860-1926) is the author of Dat Israel 1 (1897) and Dat Israel 2 (1900). He served as rabbi in Philadelphia (1892), New York, and St. Louis (1905-1920). His daughter Sarah married Samuel Sachar and they were the parents of Abram Leon Sachar, the author of History of the Jews and the first president of Brandeis University.
On the verso of the broadside is a handwritten statement, apparently notes for a speeh, entitled וכל ישראל התיחשו והנם כתובים על ספר [דברי הימים א"ט"]. This deals with the importance of genealogical history. This statement is not signed, but indicates that it was written in Jerusalem. It uses quotes from the prophets, the Talmud and Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah and many terms are underlined for emphasis.
The poster refers to R. Hayyim Berlin as being alive, which places it before 1913 the year of his passing. |
