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Lot #    20013
Auction End Date    2/19/2008 11:25:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    American Judaica - Houmoh
Title (Hebrew)    האמה
Author    [Periodical] Aaron Frankel, Editor
City    New York
Publisher    Shem-Veeber Pub. Ass'n
Publication Date    1915
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. folio 278:210 mm., wide margins, usual age staining. A very good set bound in modern cloth boards.
          
Detailed
Description		    First edition of the Hebrew weekly Houmoh, published by the Shem-Veeber Pub. Ass'n and edited by Aaron Frankel. Established as a weekly, it appeared more often as a bi-weekly. Volume 1 no. 1 was published on July 30, 1915. Each issue is enclosed in a yellow wrapper. The viewpoint of Houmoh was Zionist and literary. The president was A. H. Rosenberg, A. Frankel was the vice-pres. And treasurer, and S. Seligson was the secretary. Its address was 130 Henry street. The first issues were generally twelve pages long, but the later issues are sixteen pages. The first issue had articles on contemporary issues the war, verse and the condition of the Jewish people. In addition to the officers of the journal a number of other contributors wrote for the paper, among them Joshua Barzilai, Aaron Tabak, Rav Zakain, and a Goldberg. Later issues followed the same format, and included stories, articles on the Prophets, and responsa. An additional feature is the advertisements, giving a taste of life on the lower east side of New York at the time. This is an almost complete run for 1915. the last issue is dated December 17, 1915. It may well be the last issue of Houmoh to appear.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
Other:    Periodical
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica