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This is the bookplate of Hieronymus Scholtz (1723 - after 1807), a deacon and preacher at the church of St. Elizabeth at Breslau (Wrocław).

This is one of his two bookplates that appear in the Brisman Collection. It was made by an unknown…

This is the bookplate of Isaac Werne (born Wiernowsky), chief rabbi of the Loz Angeles orthodox rabbinate. Born in 1877 in Slonim, Poland, Werne was ordained by the rabbis of Slonim, Jettel, Azumitzs, and Warsaw in 1897. He received a Masters of Art…

This is the bookplate of Jakob Klatzkin, a philosopher, prolific author, and ardent Zionist. He was born in 1882 in Kartoz-Brioza (present day Byaroza, Belarus) where his father Eliyahu Klatzkin served as local rabbi. As a child he was educated by…

This is the bookplate of Rabbi Markus (also Mordecai Amram) Hirsch (1833-1909), Chief Rabbi of Hamburg. Before attaining this position, Hirsch lead the Jewish communities of his native Hungary in the arbitration of conflicts, reorganization of Jewish…

This is the bookplate of Rabbi Meier Hildesheimer (1864-1934), who led the Congregation Adas Yisrael in Berlin and directed the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin (also Bet he-midrash le-Rabanim be-Berlin, featured in the Brisman collection). Founded in…

This is the bookplate of Myer Isadore Berman, a Massachusetts physician. Born around 1886 in Lithuania/Russia, Myer Berman immigrated to the United States in 1903. He received his medical degree from Tufts University in Boston and married Rebecca…

This is the bookplate of N.H. van Biema (1836-1901), a Dutch author, bibliographer and bibliophile. He is also referred to by his pseudonym "Yenahel" (ינהל), which is an acronym of the first initials of his Hebrew name Ya'akov Naftali Hirts Levi…

This is the bookplate of Pinkus Fritz (also Friedrich) Frankl (1848-1887), a German rabbi and author.

Dr. P. F. Frankl was educated at the yeshiva in Pressburg and later at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau. While Frankl was studying at…

This is the bookplate of Dr. Philipp Bloch (1841-1923), a rabbi and prolific author on Jewish subjects.

He studied at the University of Breslau and the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau, where he was a student of Jacob Bernays (whose…

This is the bookplate of Samuel Apolant (1823-1902), a German rabbi and teacher. Born to innkeeper Lewin Apolant and Miriam Perl, Samuel grew up in Deutsch-Krone, West Prussia. He received a Talmudic education there, and moved to Berlin at seventeen…