ONLY 2 (of 8) Categories (Personalities) and (Cities and Towns) will be LINKED to Separate Category Pages.

The other Categories will be Linked, AS NEEDED.

BIBLICAL QUOTATIONS

“Sound the great Shofar for our liberation’–Prayer book II”

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“Jew with a talith blowing the shofar”

(Rochlin AH 3)

“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”

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“Design shows three stalks of wheat. Inscribed ‘1901-1926, Twenty fifth Anniversary’ and the Hebrew date.”

(Rochlin 100)

ORGANIZATIONS and EVENTS

Purim

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“Inscribed ‘Purim gift Stamp’ on scroll with

‘For Land Reclamation’ above.”

(Rochlin AP42)

PAINTINGS and SCULPTURE

“In the Storm”

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“In the Storm–

Painting by E. M. Lilian”

(Rochlin Br 1)

SYMBOLS and CONCEPTS

Afforestation

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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)

PAINTINGS and SCULPTIRE

“Clever and Erudite”

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“Clever and Erudite–Sculpture

by Mark Antokolski”

(Rochlin 842)

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'”

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“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”

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“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

Biblical Scenes

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“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)

*This is based upon the “Topical Listing” used in the Stamp Catalogue of the Jewish National Fund (1973) by Jay L. Kaplove.