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In the present catalogue, a distinct chapter is dedicated to the Dayan family, featuring personal letters, photographs, books and documents from the estate of Ruth Dayan; together, this miniature collection recounts the story of the Dayan-Schwartz family over three generation, from Moshe's father Shmuel Dayan to Ruth's and Moshe's children. Included in this collection are a number of letters written by the famous of all Dayans – Moshe Dayan, and a variety of letters and other items sent or presented to family members, such as pictures dedicated to Moshe Dayan by Nobel peace prize laureate Albert Schweitzer, a micrography by Abraham Haba and a letter of appreciation to Moshe Dayan by Yigael Yadin, who served as IDF chief of staff during the 1948 War.
The art chapter features a number of Old Master works – including a forest view by Allaert van Everdingen and "Ruins of the Brederode Castle" attributed to Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael – as well as works of Israeli and Judaic art from the collection of art historian Uzi Agassi.
the catalogue also includes an extensive chapter dedicated to numismatics, with an abundance of scrips and coupons, some used by Jewish Palestinian communities in times of distress and need (World War I, the 1948 siege on Jerusalem), some issued by small businesses throughout Palestine – bakeries, groceries and various stores, many of which had gone out of business soon afterwards. The chapter also includes various coins and banknotes: Ottoman, mandatory, and Israeli banknotes and coins, and two silver amuletic medals struck in honor of the formation of the Mandatory government and the appointment of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism – rare books (such as Sh.Y. Agnon's first book published in Palestine and "Tsveyuntsvantsik" by Ka-Tsetnik), letters and manuscripts (by Leah Goldberg, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Uri Tzvi Grinberg and Agnon), publications and ephemera from central events in the history of Zionism (the Katowice conference protocol, autograph postcards by Leo Motzkin), travelogues and scholarly works, Bezalel art, rugs, photographs and more.
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LOT 9:
Handwritten Certificate of Honor – Slonim JNF Committee, 1920s – Presented to Zionist Activist Yosef Dror ...
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Handwritten Certificate of Honor – Slonim JNF Committee, 1920s – Presented to Zionist Activist Yosef Dror (Dereczynski) – "Upon your Aliyah to the Land of Wonders… we are planting a hundred trees in the Herzl Forest in your name"
Certificate of honor presented by members of the "Committee of the Jewish National Fund and its Activists" in the city of Slonim (today in Belarus), bearing the signatures of 20 activists, to Yosef Dror upon his immigration to Palestine. Handwritten and hand-decorated ("painted by Yosef Weinstein"). Dated January 28, 1926 (date later corrected to 1925). Hebrew.
This certificate is a declaration of Yosef Dror's induction into the Jewish National Fund's "Golden Book": "Your accomplishments shall be forever remembered, your memory will be etched in pale-blue-and-white flames on the tablets of our hearts, and the star in your name will shine brightly among the stars of our people in the Golden Book for evermore. And now, upon your departure from the Valley of Tears, from the Land of the Diaspora, upon your Aliyah to the Land of Wonders… we are planting a hundred trees in the Herzl Forest in your name; may your days be numerous as those of the tree."
Yosef Dror (Dereczynski; 1897-1982) was a Zionist activist, a native of Slonim (today in Belarus) and son of the merchant Menachem Mendel Dereczynski. As a young man he helped establish a number of Zionist institutions in his native city, including a Tarbut Hebrew day school, a Hebrew library, a Magen David Adom Jewish first-aid service, and branches of Keren HaYesod and the Jewish National Fund. Following his immigration to Palestine, he was appointed director of Jerusalem's local branch office of the JNF.
Approx. 40X29 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, fold lines, and creases. Tears (some reinforced with tape) to edges, with minor damage to inscription. Small handwritten notation on back.
