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Published by Davir Co. Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel, 1948
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket, 4th Edition. In Hebrew. (6), 316 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. First half of book has water stains in margins. Damage to foot of spine. Ex library. Blank front pastedown has the rubber stamp impression of the renowned Rabbi Asher Wolk, (1913 Poland - November 16, 1991 New York City) was born in Poland, 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.