Chamishah Asar Bi’Shevat, the Tree’s New Year, by Rabbi Dr. I. Weinstock, London, 1943.

This little booklet, partly reproduced below, was published in London in 1943 by the Bachad Fellowship, then operating out of Woburn House in central London. Bachad (B'nei Akiva) was a religious Zionist youth movement in pre-war Germany called Brit Chalutzim Datiim which shortened its name "to its initial letters Bachad. Its members prepared themselves for … Continue reading Chamishah Asar Bi’Shevat, the Tree’s New Year, by Rabbi Dr. I. Weinstock, London, 1943.

Moledet No. 9 – published by the Jewish National Fund Education Department, London 1954.

I just bought this childrens' magazine for my collection, and was so pleased with it that I decided to write about it.  It is beautifully produced and illustrated with 96 pages plus a fold-out map of Israel. Perhaps a little expensive for 1954 - priced at two shillings. The first name in the list of … Continue reading Moledet No. 9 – published by the Jewish National Fund Education Department, London 1954.