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Bidding Information
Lot #    17930
Auction End Date    4/24/2007 12:36:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Judaism on the social question
Author    [First Ed.] Henry Berkowitz
City    New York
Publisher    John B. Alden
Publication Date    1888
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   First edition. 12mo. 130 pp., usual age staining, old hand on title. Cloth; decorated boards. A bit edgeworn. Binding tight; interior very clean. Very good condition.
          
Detailed
Description
   A thoughtful, conservative Rabbi's interpretation of Judaism on the conditions of Labor, poverty, and Socialism. Berkowitz was an American rabbi and author, head of Rodeph Shalom congregation in Philadelphia. He was the founder and chancellor of the Jewish Chautauqua Society since 1893, one of the board of governors of the Hebrew Union College, and a member of the publication committee of the Jewish Publication Society.
          
Reference
Description
   Singerman 3622; JE
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
History:    Checked
Other:    Religion
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica