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Bookstamp of Joseph Chasanowich
This is the bookstamp of Joseph Chasanowich (also Chazanowicz) (1844-1919), a Russian physician and founder of the Jewish National Library in Jerusalem. As a physician, Chasanowich was dedicated to helping the poor, and would accept books as payments…
Bookstamp of Max Dienemann
This is the bookstamp of Max Dienemann (1875-1939), German rabbi and author. Dienemann studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau where he was ordained as a rabbi in 1898. He simultaneously studied Semitic Philology at the University of…
Bookstamp of Prager Israelitische Cultus-Gemeinde Bibliothek
This is the bookstamp of Prager Israelitische Cultus-Gemeinde Bibliothek (est. 1857), the library of the Jewish community of Prague.
The library's collection was built from gifts of prominent Jewish donors, such as Koppelmann Lieben, whose…
The library's collection was built from gifts of prominent Jewish donors, such as Koppelmann Lieben, whose…
Bookstamp of To'elet
This is the bookstamp of To'elet (Tongeleth in the Dutch Jewish pronunciation), a Hebrew literary society founded in Amsterdam in 1815 by Samuel Mulder and Mozes Loonstein. The society was created as part of the Dutch Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment)…
Signature of C. W. H. (Christian William Henry) Pauli
This is the signature of C. W. H. Pauli (1800-1877), a missionary for the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews.
Born Zebi Nasi Hirsch Prinz, Pauli later converted to Christianity and became a minister and a missionary in…
Born Zebi Nasi Hirsch Prinz, Pauli later converted to Christianity and became a minister and a missionary in…
Bookstamp of J. M. (Jacob Moses) Content
This is the bookstamp of Rabbi Jacob Moses Content (1818-1898), a rabbi and teacher in Amsterdam. Content studied at the Dutch Israelite Seminary and received his rabbinical ordination in 1838. He also trained to be a teacher.
Content was a…
Content was a…