JEWISH NATIONAL FUND/KEREN KAYEMET LE’ISRAEL
“Our History
1901: It All Started With a Dream…
It was the fourth day of the Fifth Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland in 1901.
…
Herzl stood before the delegates and delivered a passionate plea for the immediate establishment of the fund. His speech turned the delegates around, the motion passed and the congress resolved that a fund to be called Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael) (JNF-KKL) should be established, and that “the fund shall be the property of the Jewish people as a whole.”. . . the dream of a national fund–to be used to build the foundations of a Jewish state–became a reality.
Turning the Dream into a Reality
. . .
Krementzky also began publishing JNF stamps, the proceeds of which went into the fund. These stamps were affixed to official Zionist documents as well as personal letters, and many people collected them. The first stamp was issued in 1902 and showed the Star of David and the name ‘Zion.’ “
BIBLICAL QUOTATIONS
“Sound the great Shofar for our liberation’–Prayer book II”
“Jew with a talith blowing the shofar”
(Roch AH 3)
ORGANIZATIONS
“TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF JNF”
“Design shows three stalks of wheat. Inscribed ‘1901-1926, Twenty fifth Anniversary’ and the Hebrew date.”
(Roch 100)
CITIES AND TOWNS OF ISRAEL
“1913 LAND OF ISRAEL SETTLEMENTS”
“Illustrations are by Max Westfeld and depict a number of the Jewish Settlements in Palestine at that time.”
(Roch 33 -44)
PAINTINGS
“In the Storm”
“In the Storm–
Painting by E. M. Lilian”
(Roch Br 1)
EVENTS
Purim
“Inscribed ‘Purim gift Stamp’ on scroll with
‘For Land Reclamation’ above.”
(Roch AP42)
SCULPTURE
“Clever and Erudite”
“Clever and Erudite–Sculpture
by Mark Antokolski”
(Roch 842)
PERSONALITIES
“HERZL ISSUE”
“Depicts Theodore Herzl (1860-1904) leaning on the rail of the balcony of the Three Kings Hotel in Baael, Switzerland at the time of the First Zionist Congress.”
(Roch 10)
PERSONALITIES
“PRESIDENTS OF THE JNF”
Jonah Kremensky
” . . . began publishing JNF stamps, the proceeds of which went into the fund.”
(Roch Ge 102)
PLACES OF INTEREST IN ISRAEL
“CANADA FOREST ‘SECOND ISSUE'”
Canada Forest
” Stamps depict the entrance to Canada Forest near the town of Ein Kerem which is southwest of Jerusalem.”
(Roch Ca 49)
SCENES FROM THE DIASPORA
Warsaw Ghetto
Warsaw Ghetto
” The Warsaw Ghetto stamp has the text ‘Revolt of the Warsaw Ghetto 19 April 1943 – 14 Nissan 5713’.”
(Roch as Ar 36-40)
SYMBOLS
Afforestation
Cypress tree
Noah used cypress wood to build the ark. The Jewish National Fund plants these trees in forests, parks and at memorial sites.
(Roch as Sa 4)
CONCEPTS
Biblical Scenes
BY THE RIVER OF BABYLON ISSUE
“Issue depicts the scene from Psalm 137 and is inscribed ‘By the rivers of Babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.’ “
(Roch as Ro 4)