Description: 1887 Warsaw Knesset Yisrael RABBINIC ANNUAL 1000 + PAGES LANGUAGE: HEBREW G CONDITION, LACKING COVERS STAMP ON TITLE PAGE OF CHIEF RABBI OF ST LOUIS, RABBI MENACHEM TZVI EICHENSTEIN First edition of the multi-part annual published as an organ for Jewish national revival by R. Saul Phinehas ben Samuel Mordecai Rabbinowitz (Shepher). The title page describes the work as including essays by the sages of Israel in all aspects of Torah and wisdom; inquiries into history and reviews of books; and practical matters relating to life, with illustrations and portraits pertaining to Jewish life. It states that Keneset Yisrael is in two parts, the first literary (ha-sifruti), the second practical (ha-shemushi). The second part is divided into two parts, so that there are three title pages. The contents are varied, written by different authors, on historical and contemporary subjects. The text, as noted on the title page, is accompanied by numerous illustrations and photographs. R. Saul Phinehas ben Samuel Mordecai Rabbinowitz (Shepher, 1845–1910), East European Hebrew writer and historian. Rabbinowitz, who was born in Tavrogi, Lithuania, to a family of rabbis, received semikhah from Israel Salanter (Lipkin), while also becoming interested in Haskalah and teaching himself German and Russian. Rabbinowitz first worked as a private tutor in Vilna and other Lithuanian towns before settling in Warsaw in 1875 where he wrote for the Hebrew press. During this period he inclined toward socialist cosmopolitanism, which brought him into contact with A. S. Liebermann's circle of Jewish Socialists. In 1881 Rabbinowitz was among those who reported on the Russian pogroms to Western Jewry. He accompanied S. Mohilever to Brody, where they organized help for the refugees; he also took part in the St. Petersburg Conference of Notables (1882), calling for mass emigration from Russia. At first, Rabbinowitz advocated emigration to the U.S. but he soon joined Hovevei Zion, became secretary of the important Warsaw branch, and attended the Kattowitz Conference (1884). During 1886–88 he published this annual Keneset Yisrael, and Hibbat Zion, and published documents on the history of Russian-Polish Jewry in a supplement (Orot me-Ofel). In 1890 he was among the founders of the Warsaw office of Ahad Ha-Am's order Benei Moshe and tried to defend the interests of religious tradition within its ranks. In 1891 he joined an abortive Hovevei Zion mission to the West. A member of the Zionist movement, Rabbinowitz attended the first Zionist Congresses, although he criticized aspects of the movement in Al Ziyyon ve-al Mikra'eha (1898). Rabbinowitz's great scholarly achievement was his Hebrew translation of H. Graetz's History of the Jews (1890–99), in which the author had given him a free hand. Rabbinowitz introduced many changes in the text, also omitting passages that might offend the Orthodox and the Russian censors. The translation includes his own notes and those of A. Harkavy and other scholars. Rabbinowitz's work, which was in fact a new "Graetz," had a tremendous impact on Eastern Jewry, despite its melizah style, and was reprinted in many editions. Other writings by Rabbinowitz include biographies of L. Zunz (1896), Z. Frankel (1898), and Joseph (Joselman) of Rosheim (1902), and a study on the Jews expelled from Spain, published on the 400th anniversary of the Expulsion (Moze'ei Golah, 1894). He contributed articles to the newly founded (1896) Hebrew periodical Ha-Shilo'ah, participated in the early Eshkol Hebrew encyclopedia (1888), and completed S. J. Fuenn's Hebrew dictionary Ha-Ozar (1900–03). Beset by poverty and family misfortunes, and having suffered great hardship during and after the 1905 revolution, Rabbinowitz left Russia for Frankfort where, however, he found little recognition and had to live on charity. His proposed three-volume modern Jewish history did not advance beyond the publication of a few chapters. His biography was written by his son-in-law, the historian J. Meisl. We have over 500,000 books of Jewish interest in Stock, please make sure to check out our Our eBay Store Questions, comments, Requests? WE CAN BE REACHED AT 347ll78G492!!14G6508!14 Our storefront location is at Mizrahi Book Store 3108 Quentin Rd Brooklyn NY 11234 Visitors welcome during business hours COMBINED SHIPPING DISCOUNTS: There is $4 off each additional item paid for and shipped together, which makes the shipping just .99 for almost all additional items. Please note that purchases must be paid for at once, not individually to qualify for the discount. 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