JEWISH NATIONAL FUND/KEREN KAYEMET LE’ISRAEL
(JNF/KKL)
For this VIDEO
FIRST Regular Stamp Issued by the JNF (Rochlin 1)*
“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”
(Rochlin AH 3)*
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.”
(Rochlin 33 -44)*
ORGANIZATIONS and EVENTS
“TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF JNF”
“Design shows three stalks of wheat. Inscribed ‘1901-1926, Twenty fifth Anniversary’ and the Hebrew date.”
(Rochlin 100)*
ORGANIZATYIONS and EVENTS
Purim
“Inscribed ‘Purim gift Stamp’ on scroll with
‘For Land Reclamation’ above.”
(Rochlin AP42)*
PAINTINGS and SCULPTURE
“In the Storm”
“In the Storm–
Painting by E. M. Lilian”
(Rochlin Br 1)*
PAINTINGS and SCULPTURE
“Clever and Erudite”
“Clever and Erudite–Sculpture
by Mark Antokolski”
(Rochlin 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.”
(Rochlin 10)*
PERSONALITIES
“PRESIDENTS OF THE JNF”
Jonah Kremenetsky*
(Johann Kremenetzky)*
(Johann Kremenezky)*
(Yona Krementzky)*
*(NOTE: Different names used in English)
” . . . began publishing JNF stamps, the proceeds of which went into the fund.”
(Rochlin Ge 102)*
PLACES of INTEREST in ISRAEL
“CANADA FOREST ‘SECOND ISSUE'”
” Stamps depict the entrance to Canada Forest near the town of Ein Kerem which is southwest of Jerusalem.”
(Rochlin Ca 49)*
SCENES from the DIASPORA
Warsaw Ghetto
“The Warsaw Ghetto stamp has the text ‘Revolt of the Warsaw Ghetto 19 April 1943 – 14 Nissan 5713’.”
(Rochlin as Ar 36-40)*
SYMBOLS and CONCEPTS
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.
(Rochlin as Sa 4)*
SYMBOLS and 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.’ “
(Rochlin as Ro 4)*
*The Rochlin catalog numbering system (e. g., Rochlin 1, Rochlin AH 3, etc.) is used throughout this part of the SIP website for JNF/KKL items, unless otherwise indicated. “HANDBOOK OF THE ISSUES OF THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND.” Compiled and annotated by Sidney Rochlin. Published and Distributed By Howard S. Chapman, 2003.
NOTE: copies are still available from Howard S. Chapman, he can be contacted at the following e-mail address: stampareme@aol.com