Jüdischer Jugendkalender. Vierter Jahrgang. Herausgegeben von Emil Bernhard Cohn. Published by Jüdischer Verlag. Jewish youth calendar for the year 1934/35 by Emil Bernhard Cohn – Berlin. The cover illustration, showing a boy raising the flag of Israel against the backdrop of a Star of David, was designed by Kurt Arndt – only 17 years old at the time. Photographs by Edith Samuel.
A calendar for Jewish youth featuring articles, games, illustrations, and numerous photographs. Includes many articles focused on Jewish community life and the awakening of Zionism, such as The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Theodor Herzl Speaks, Jewish athletes, Jewish magicians, a Hanukkah game, and more. Among the contributors: Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik, Emil Bernhard Cohn, Felix Pinner, Rita Silberstein, and others.
Illustrators include: Judith Rosenthal, Marianne Brodski, and more.
Published by Jüdischer Verlag (“The Jewish Publishing House”), founded in Berlin in 1902. Its founders were members of the Democratic Faction: Martin Buber, Ḥayyim Weizmann, Ephraim Moses Lilien, Berthold Feiwel, and Davis Trietsch. From 1902 to 1907, it was headed by Feiwel. The publishing house was established a few months after Martin Buber announced its founding at the Fifth Zionist Congress, as part of the effort to promote the role of art in the Jewish national revival. Buber sought financial support from the Zionist Organization to realize this vision. Jüdischer Verlag published works written in German (including fiction and scholarly works) as well as German translations of literature in Yiddish and Hebrew. Over time, it also began publishing Hebrew-language books. The present volume is one of the rare publications from the press’s final years in Germany.
108 pp. Light wear and reinforcement to the spine. Original bookstore label from Zurich. Good condition.
