CONSTITUTIA UNIUNEI COMUNITATILOR EVREESTI DE RIT OCCIDENTAL DIN ARDEAL SI BANAT. APROBAT DE ONOR. MINISTERUL INSTRUCTIUNII, CULTELOR SI ARTELOR CU ORDINUL NO. 2.905/204. 12. 1. 933. AZ ERD?LY-B?N?TI IZRAELITA HITK?ZS?GEK (ORSZ?GOS IZR. IRODA) SZ?VETS?G?NEK ALKOTM?NY-A, MELY A K?ZOKTAT?S ?S VALL?S?GYI MINISZTER UR 2905/204. SZ. A. KELT RENDELET?VEL J?V?HAGY?ST NYERT

44. [.The Second from 1933 Transylvania]

Published by Oradea (Romania): No Publisher [The Community; printed by Tipografia Franklin], 1933

About this Item

1st edition. Original printed green paper wrappers, 8vo, 29 pages. Bilingual in Romanian and Hungarian. Title translates as: Constitution of the Union of the Western Jewish Communities in Transylvania and Banat. Approved by the Hon. Minister of Education, Culture and Arts with Order No. 2.905/204. (Jan 12, 1933.). Nr. 973 in Istv?n Monoki?s ?Magyar k?nyvtermel?s Rom?ni?ban 1919-1940? [Hungarian Book Production in Romania (1919-1940), see https://monoki.adatbank.ro/index.php?kezd=8941]. A rare constitution for the Hungarian Reform (therefore ?Western? or Neologue) Jewish community of Transylvania and Banat from the year of Hitler?s ascendency in nearby Germany. Neology (Neologism) was the ?unofficial name of the communities in Hungary belonging to the Reform movement. On the basis of the decisions of the General Jewish Congress (1868?69), they constituted the majority and therefore called themselves the Congressionals. Reform tendencies had already appeared in the community organizations of Hungary from the beginning of the 19th century. Some were expressed in programs like that of Rabbi A.L. Rappoch (from the town of Veszprem, 1826) which called for centralization and supervision in the choice of rabbis, teachers, and communal officials. At about the same time Aaron Chorin urged the convention of a synod of rabbis and laymen? (from a full article on Neologism in the EJ, online at https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/neology). For a brief history of the Jews of Transylvania, see https://encyclopedia.yivo.org/article/62. We located a similar Neologue constitution, also dated 1933, for the Transylvanian community of S?nnicolaul-Mare at the Arhivele NaTionale ale Rom?niei (see https://jbat.lbi.org/items/show/2240); We also located a similar title, ?Jelent?s:az Erd?ly-B?n?ti orsz?gos Izraelita Iroda M?k?d?s?r?l, az 1922-1932. Evtizedben,? with one holding worldwide, at YU (OCLC 928960446). Despite the listing in Monoki, we could not locate a copy of this particular constitution anywhere, not in OCLC, not in KVK, not in the Hungarian National Library, and not with a google search. Perhaps a unique surviving copy. Wear to spine, light sunning and edgewear to wrappers, but paper bright and strong, Good+ Condition overall. Exceedingly Rare. (B) (Holo2-163-10-'LG).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CONSTITUTIA UNIUNEI COMUNITATILOR EVREESTI DE RIT OCCIDENTAL DIN ARDEAL SI BANAT. APROBAT DE ONOR. MINISTERUL INSTRUCTIUNII, CULTELOR SI ARTELOR CU ORDINUL NO. 2.905/204. 12. 1. 933. AZ ERD?LY-B?N?TI IZRAELITA HITK?ZS?GEK (ORSZ?GOS IZR. IRODA) SZ?VETS?G?NEK ALKOTM?NY-A, MELY A K?ZOKTAT?S ?S VALL?S?GYI MINISZTER UR 2905/204. SZ. A. KELT RENDELET?VEL J?V?HAGY?ST NYERT
• Publisher: Oradea (Romania): No Publisher [The Community; printed by Tipografia Franklin]
• Publication Date: 1933
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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