View Auction Listing - Memorandum, Sefer Hazikaron leTakanot Hevra Kedem

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Lot #		14241
Auction End Date		4/25/2006 12:30:30 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)

Title Information

Title (English)

Memorandum, Sefer Hazikaron leTakanot Hevra Kedem

Title (Hebrew)

ספר-הזכרון לתקנות החברה 'קדם'

Author

Keren HaTarbut haIvrit

City

[Berlin]

Publisher

[H. Itzkowski]

Publication Date

1913

Collection Information

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Description Information

Physical
Description

Only edition. 11, [1] pp., 245:188 mm., wide margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in the original title wrappers.

Detailed
Description

Rules (similar to a constitution) of the organization called Kedem (which stands for the Foundation for Hebrew Culture) and also referred to as "Juedischer Kulturfonds" which was established in 1913. The directors of the organization were Menahem.M. Ussishkin (of Odessa), Dr. Hantke (of Berlin), Prof. Dr. Chaim Weitzman (of Manchester) , Dr. Shemaryahu Levin (of Haifa) , Nahum Sokolow (of Warsaw) , Avraham Podeleshevshi (of Warsaw) , Moshe Feldstein (of Warsaw) , and Dr. Yechiel Chilinov (of Moscow).

There are 7 sections. Section 2 lists 19 goals for the organization, including the first one - a renewal of the Hebrew language. Other goals include publishing books such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, and newspapers in the Hebrew language.

Paragraph 2

לתקנות החברה "קדם" >קרן התרבות העברית< נתאשר ע"י ממשלת אנגליא ביום 25 יולי 1913.

עם תקנות החברה.

Reference
Description

CD-EPI 0162447

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