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THBThe Zionist Ball, Souvenir Programs from New York
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Lot of 2. Second Annual Full Dress and Civic Ball of the Young Austro-Hungarian Zionists. April 6, 1907, New York. Affiliated with the Federation of American Zionists and Zionist Council of Greater New York. 8vo, printed wraps, 16pp (8 leaves), 6.25 x 9.5 in. Mostly ads, and many of them in the back printed in Hebrew.
Souvenir Program of The Zionist Ball. New York, Madison Square Garden, February 14, 1920. 8vo, printed wraps, gilt lettering on front, 44pp (22 leaves), approx. 6 x 9.5 in. This booklet has many addresses by notable Zionists, and a 3pp address by (non-Jew) Secretary of War, Newton Baker. On the third page is the Committee's "Greetings." "The Zionist Central Committee of Greater New York extends a hearty welcome to all devoted friends of Zion who have gathered at the Zionist Ball...We, the Jews of New York, constitute the greatest aggregation of Jews in any one city in the world; indeed, we are the largest Jews community in the history of our people. We are happy, wealthy, we have been borne along on a way to prosperity which we little expected, is it not time for us to pause and ask ourselves the question, what am I doing for my martyred people?..."
Theodor Herzl is considered the Father of (modern) Zionism. He described a future independent Jewish state in the region of Palestine in his 1896 book Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State). The idea particularly caught on in Eastern Europe, where strong anti-Semitic movements happened by the end of the 19th century. From there, it spread to many isolated Jewish communities, and immigrants brought the ideas to America.
For nearly half a century, Jews were encouraged to migrate to Palestine, although other territories were suggested by some variants of Zionism. Many were fleeing pogroms in Russia and other European nations. The center of European Zionism became Berlin, and many Jews supported Germany against Russia during the first World War. It was during that war that the Balfour Declaration (1917) advocated the creation of a Jewish homeland, which was then adopted after the war by the newly-formed League of Nations. Much of this political maneuvering was accomplished by Chaim Weizmann, a Russian Jew trying to keep America from supporting Germany in the war. Of course, the major migration occurred after the second World War. Holocaust survivors flooded to Palestine, and by 1948, felt comfortable enough with their numbers to declare the independence of the State of Israel.
Condition
Neither one with binding.
First. Both inner corners torn from booklet. Edges a bit frayed with short margin tears.
Second. Toning of wraps. Pages were either printed off-center, with no edge for binding, of the spine was cut off.
Good condition.
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