Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 263

Price Realized: $ 210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(JUDAICA.) The Light of Israel: A Weekly Periodical to Perpetuate and Strengthen Traditional Judaism. 65 issues in 2 volumes. 4to, modern buckram; some wear to a few issues; complete run of the first 66 issues except for #29. New York and Brooklyn: Ner Tomid Publishing, 29 January 1923 to 27 June 1924

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An Orthodox Jewish journal in English and Yiddish. Its founder, president, and financial backer was the renowned cantor Yossele Rosenblatt, who went bankrupt when the Light of Israel lost money. Only 4 libraries hold original copies per WorldCat.