Lingua: Ebraico
Editore: Hava'ad Hatziburi lehotza'at kitvey R. Binyamin, Israel, 1960
Da: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. In Hebrew. (17) 403 pages. 22 x 16 cm. Top left corner of title page has a very small rubber stamp impression in Hebrew of the former owner, Professor Michael (Milton) Arfa, (1920 New York City - 2003 New York City) the distinguished Rabbi, author and professor of Hebrew literature and philosophy. Dr. Arfa taught generations of students at Yeshiva University, Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute, Hunter College, HUC-JIR and NYU. As chairman of the Israel Matz Foundation, Dr. Arfa devoted himself to aiding indigent Hebrew writers, and published scholarly works of Hebrew literature and philosophy. He was a gifted teacher, humanitarian, scholar, lover of Zion and above all a modest and quiet doer of good deeds. Rabbi Binyamin published his first essay in 1903, and in 1906 moved to London, where he joined J.?. Brenner in the publication of Ha-Me'orer. Arriving in Eretz Israel in 1907, he first worked as a laborer in Petah Tikvah, then as secretary of Herzlia, the first Hebrew high school in Tel Aviv. He left this position to join in the founding of kevutzat Kinneret. In 1910 he moved to Jerusalem, taught at the Rehavyah Hebrew high school, and later at the Takhkemoni religious school. After World War I he was active in the Mizrachi Party and edited the religious national monthly Ha-Hed (1926-53). In 1925 he was among the founders of the Berit Shalom association, which advocated a binational state for Arabs and Jews. Rabbi Binyamin published thousands of articles and essays, often expressing individualistic viewpoints. He did much to introduce Brenner and Agnon to the Hebrew reading audiences. His critical essays include surveys and analyses of the great figures of ancient and modern European civilization, Asian cultures, and modern Hebrew literature. His works include Al ha-Gevulin (1923) and Parzufim (2 vols., 1934, 1936), a volume of memoirs, Mi-Zborov ve-ad Kinneret (1950), and essays on writers and scholars, Mishpehot Soferim (1960) and Keneset Khakhamim (1961).
hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Clean, sturdy copy without markings or marginalia; some shelfwear and creasing on the cover.