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African American adaptation of "The Wonderful Wizard of OZ" ; Main Cast includes Monica L. Moore, Ayesha Jordan, Drummond K. Crenshaw, Leslie M. Johnson

This is the signature of Shmuel Meier (also Samoil or Samuel) Schon, a Romanian merchant.

Schon was born in Nagyvarad, Romania on October 20th, 1881 to Yosef (Herman) and Miriam (Maria) nee Hoffman. He married Nekha (Nina) nee Porges and they had…

This is the bookplate 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)…

This is the bookstamp of Shmuel (also Samoil, Samuel) Meir Schon, a Romanian merchant. Schon was born in Nagyvarad, Romania on October 20th, 1881 to Yosef (Herman) and Miriam (Maria) nee Hoffman.

He married Nekha (Nina) nee Porges and they had…

This is the bookplate of Rabbi Aharon Mosheh Schwartzchild (or Schwarzschild), (1841-1912), a dayyan (member of the local rabbinical court) and moreh tsedek (rabbi who makes decisions pertaining to Jewish Law) in the Jewish community of Frankfurt am…

This is the signature of Judah ben Joshua Ezekiel Bachrach (also Bacharach), a rabbi, Talmudist and author.

He was born in Lithuania in approximately 1775 and died in Seiny (Sejny) in the district of Suwalki on April 25, 1846. Rabbi Judah…

This is the bookstamp of Yehuda (also Yehudah or Judah) Soniker, a rabbi who lived in Brooklyn, NY. Soniker was born in Erets Yisrael (Palestine) in 1885 and later immigrated to the United States with his wife and two children.

He was a supporter…

This is the bookstamp of Jacob Bachrach, a rabbi, grammarian, and noted proponent of rabbinical Judaism. Jacob Bachrach (also Bacharach or HaBachri) was born in Seiny (Sejny) in the district of Suwalki (then Russia, now Poland) in 1824. He was…

This is the bookstamp of Mosheh Mordekhai Yiśraʼel (also Moses Mordecai Yisroel or Israel) Rivkind (1861–1940), a rabbi and maggid (preacher) in the United States.

Rabbi Rivkind grew up in Dvinsk and other Russian towns, where he received his…

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…