Language: Hebrew
Published by Kedem Press, New York, 1949
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In Hebrew. 55 pages. 213 x 140 mm. Verso of front wrapper has the stamp of a former owner: the renowned Rabbi Asher Wolk, (1913 Poland - November 16, 1991 New York City) who graduated from the Hebrew Seminary in Vilnius, Lithuania, immigrated to the United States in 1933 to join his father, Rabbi Paul Wolk of the Bronx, and attended Yeshiva University in New York. In 1960 he founded, with the support of David Ben-Gurion, the Prime Minister of Israel, the Olam Hadash, a monthly children's magazine, written in Hebrew and published in New York. Wolk was its editor in chief. Wolk was in charge of Jewish press relations for the World Zionist Organization for 35 years. In 1986, he published a book in Israel on his travels entitled "It's the Whale I'm Looking For." He also wrote political articles for the Jewish Forward and Algemeiner-Journal.