ALS in Hebrew, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, State of Israel letterhead, March 27, 1955. Letter to Meir Grossman, an editor of Zionist newspapers who went on to become a founder of the Jewish State Party. In full (translated): “In order to understand what changes our people initiated in Israel during the last generations, we have to remember that 59 years ago it was possible [to] Herzl the creator-founder of the Zionist Organization, [when] no one in the world knew enough Hebrew in order to buy a train-ticket in this language. However today there are in Israel nearly seven hundred rural and urban settlements with one million and a half Jews who work their land, shepherd their herds, work in industry and construction, pave roads, maintain an army, education system and science, and create art and literature in the Hebrew language.” In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds and two punch holes to right side. Ben-Gurion refers to Herzl’s 1896 work Der Judenstaat, published 59 years before this letter, which proposed the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. Zionist immigrants who came to Palestine joined a growing movement for the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language—a successful endeavor, as Ben-Gurion here notes. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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