| Volume A |
| First pages |
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| Acknowledgements |
13 |
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| Foreword |
14 |
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| In the Beginning |
17–57 |
| During the First World War – 1914–1917 |
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| The Expulsion of the Jewish farmers from Khotin County (Russian Bucovina) |
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| The Dazzling days of the February 1917 Revolution |
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| The Seventh Congress of the Russian Zionists (Petersburg, 1917) |
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| The Elections to the All – Russian Constituent Assembly |
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| The Preparations for the All–Russian Jewish Congress |
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| “Between the hammer and the anvil” – The Separation from Russia and the Annexation to Romania |
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| The Independence of the Zionist Federation |
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| The First Zionist Congress in Bessarabia, 1920 |
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| Step by step – forward |
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| Aid and support – The Central American Distribution Committee, “the Joint” |
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| The Relief Committee for the Ukrainian refugees |
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| The Consolidation of the Jewish Cooperatives |
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| National Press |
53–70 |
| First Efforts |
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| The Building of Eretz Israel |
71–136 |
| The Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayement Le–Israel) |
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| Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) |
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| The Keren Hayesod Fund |
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| Bank Hapoalim |
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| The National Library in Jerusalem campaign |
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| The Zionist Centre in Kishinev |
137–174 |
| The Zionist Centre House |
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| The Hapoel Motorcyclists visit in Kishinev |
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| Dr. Jacob Bernstein–Cohen |
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| Engineer Mordechai (Mark) Yilich Gottlieb |
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| Shlomo Meir Berliand |
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| Nachum M. Roitman |
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| The Chief Rabbi Yehudah Leib Tzirelson and Zionism |
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| A United Countrywide Zionist Organization |
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| Participation at the Zionist Congresses |
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| Personalities and leaders visits |
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| The Hechalutz organization |
175–189 |
| First Steps |
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| The Beginnings |
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| Delays and Breakthroughs in Immigration |
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| The Deterioration of the Legal Situation of the Ukraine Halutzim |
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| The Romanian (Regat) Zionists Come to Help |
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| First Congresses and Councils |
190–202 |
| The First Congress |
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| The First Congress“He–Halutz Week” and “Friends of He–Halutz” |
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| The Second Congress |
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| IV He–Halutz Ideology |
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| V Physical training |
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| VII Immigration |
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| VIII Organization of He–Halutz |
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| The Second Council |
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| The Third Congress |
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| Reorganizing the System |
203–211 |
| The Biliceni Farm |
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| Brit Ha–Noar–The Youth Alliance |
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| Bnei Israel Organization |
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| The Development of the Bilicheni Farm |
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| The Jassy Farm |
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| The Fourth Congress and the following Councils |
212–219 |
| The Third Council |
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| The Fourth Council |
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| The Fifth Council |
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| Kibbutz Joseph Bussel |
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| The Sixth Council |
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| Visits by Eliezer Kaplan and Dr. Chaim Weitzmann at the Jassy Farm |
220 |
| The Fifth Congress |
222 |
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| A Difference in Opinion between the World He–Halutz and the Local Branches |
225 |
| The fight for survival |
227–231 |
| Massada – an alternative to Billicheni |
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| The Seventh Council |
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| Group 33 breaks the immigration blockade |
232 |
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| Councils and Congresses |
233–244 |
| The Eighth Council |
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| A Pioneer Seminar |
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| The establishment of the Sochnut (The Jewish Agency) and the August 1929 riots |
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| Tarbut comes to the aid of He–Halutz |
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| The Ninth Council |
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| The Labor Congress in Berlin |
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| The Sixth Congress |
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| The Tenth Council |
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| The Establishment of “Beitar He–Halutz” |
245 |
| The He–Halutz Week fundraiser proceeds on Pessah 5690 (1930) by localities |
246–260 |
| Financial difficulties of the training farms |
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| The Eleventh Council |
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| Absorption of the Immigrants |
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| Intensification of the Aliyah |
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| The Immigration certificates (permits) and Beitar |
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| The Seventh Congress |
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| Ha–Oved (The Labourer) |
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| Absorption of the Aliyah and the decline in training |
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| New Training Farms |
262–267 |
| The Floreasca Farm |
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| The Hertza Farm |
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| The Beitar Zeev Jabotinsky Farm at Zastawna |
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| The Galatz Farm |
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| The Orphanage farm in Kishinev |
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| The Twelfth Council |
268–275 |
| The Twelfth Council |
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| The Eighth Congress |
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| The 1938 Discrimination Laws |
276–281 |
| The Order to dismantle He–Halutz |
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| Training underground |
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| “Immigrant Training” replaces He–Halutz |
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| The Annexation of Bessarabia and Bucovina to the USSR; was this the end? |
282 |
| The income of He–Halutz Week and special fundraisers of Friends of He–Halutz during 5682–5696 (1922–1936) |
284 |
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| The Legal and Illegal immigration (Aliyah and Ha–Apalah) |
287–318 |
| Farmers' hope |
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| The Barshad Cooperative |
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| The Vinograd Cooperative |
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| First Ha–Apalah (Illegal immigration) attempt |
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| Feelings of unfairness in the allotment of Certificates (Permits) |
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| Students Aliyah |
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| Youth Aliyah |
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| The Illegal Aliyah |
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| Beginning of WWII |
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| Veteran Zionists'Aliyah |
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| Summary of the Aliyah |
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| The Eretz Israel Bureau (Palestine Bureau) |
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| Appendices |
319–364 |
| Certificates and documents |
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| Memorandum A of the Hechalutz management, I Adar 5681 [1921] |
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| The Hechalutz by – laws |
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| Hechalutz activity dates |
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| Hechalutz Activists in the years 1920-40 |
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| On the Dniester Crossings – Nachman Tardyon |
365 |
| With Chaim Schorer on the Dniester Crossing – Akiva Govrin |
370 |
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| Table of Documents |
373–374 |
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| Volume B |
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| List of Photographs |
381–386 |
| Jewish Population Figures |
387–410 |
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| The Struggle for the Rights of National Minorities |
411 |
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| Organization of the Communities |
411–441 |
| Beginning of the Organization |
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| Struggle with the Orthodox |
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| Minister of Religion collides with the unity of the community |
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| Struggle by the Jewish communities against Anti-Semitism |
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| Elections in 1934 |
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| Union of the communities |
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| In the municipal councils |
442–450 |
| The elections to the City “Duma” in 1917 in Kishinev and provincial towns |
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| Cancellation of the councils by Romanian authorities |
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| The Jewish bloc and the United democrats |
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| The democratic arrangement conquers the city |
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| Dispersion of the council and calling of new elections |
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| Removing the base for a national representation |
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| Representation in Parliament |
451–494 |
| Difference in understanding of the Jews of Romania in various districts |
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| Towards the first elections |
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| 1922 elections |
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| The Jewish party- an instrument for nation representation |
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| Murder of the student David Palik and the questions in the Senate and parliament |
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| Rabbi Tsirelson resigns from the senate |
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| The birth of the Jewish party |
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| The Jewish parliamentary bloc at work |
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| In the congress of ethnic minorities |
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| Deprivation of Aliyah and the way the mandate was achieved-in the Romanian parliament |
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| The student riot |
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| The Jewish Party in Independent Lists |
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| Elections of 1931 |
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| Elections of 1932 |
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| A Chain of Agony |
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| The torture of Shimshon Bronshteyn |
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| Landau is beaten in parliament |
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| M. Veisman in polemics with Koza members |
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| Pushing away the National Zionists |
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| The beginning of the Holocaust |
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| A last, brave effort |
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| National Education |
495–500 |
| Before the revolution of 1917 and right after it |
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| The establishment of an educational Jewish committee in the Education Directorate |
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| The first joint Yiddishists – Hebraists Teachers Congress |
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| Nationalization of the Jewish schools and the take – over by the Yiddishists |
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| The annexation of Bessarabia to Romania and the recognition of the right of the Jewish minority to education in his national language |
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| The second Teachers Congress in 1918 and the “Language Dispute” |
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| The Establishment of the Hebrew School |
501–551 |
| The decline of the Yiddish school and the rise of the Hebrew schools |
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| Teacher training |
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| The Institute for Female Teachers and Educators Training in Kishinev |
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| The growth and development of the Hebrew School |
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| The legal basis to the existence of the National School |
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| The first Tarbut congress |
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| Cultural events |
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| The forceful Romanization and urgent meetings |
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| The second Tarbut congress |
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| The “Private Education Bill” in Parliament |
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| Differences of viewpoint among the Jews concerning the teaching – language |
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| The daring struggle in the Parliament and the speeches of the Jewish representatives against the Anghelescu scheming |
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| Victory in theory; in fact – the persecution continues |
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| Hopes and Disappointments |
552–574 |
| The hope for changes in the law by the “National Farmers Party” and the disappointment |
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| Lights and shadows |
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| The Third Tarbut Congress |
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| The query of M. Landau to the new minister Constachescu |
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| Bill – proposals by parliamentary initiative |
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| A Proposal to the Zionist Congress to Create a “World Cultural Fund” |
575–580 |
| The “Joint” and its Attitude toward the Hebrew School |
581–582 |
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| The Activities of the Tarbut Center |
583–590 |
| Publication of school books |
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| Inspection and training |
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| The “Food Project” for school children |
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| Summer camps for teachers |
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| The Literature Project for pupils and adults |
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| Cultural Projects by Individuals |
591–593 |
| Aid from Abroad: Brit Ivrit Olamit (World Hebrew Alliance), Yitzhak Grinboim |
593–594 |
| N. Sokolov Visit at the “Magen David” High – School |
594–596 |
| The History of the Hebrew High School in Beltz (Bălţi) |
596–597 |
| The Tarbut – School libel in Soroca |
597–599 |
| Teachers Congresses in 1932 and 1935 |
599–603 |
| A Festive Commemoration of the First Decade of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem |
603 |
| A Threefold Council and the Creation of New School – Curricula |
604–608 |
| Fluctuations in the Jewish Educational System in the 22 Years of its Existence |
609–612 |
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| Appendices |
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| On the organization of the communities – speeches in the Senate and Parliament by Dr. Meir Ebner and Michael Landau |
613–624 |
| Representation in Parliament – the speeches of Rabbi Tzirelsohn, Dr. Meir Ebner, Dr. Theodore Fischer and Dr. Sami Singer |
625–635 |
| On the National Education – a Memorandum from the Tarbut – Center to the Government, the speeches of Rabbi Tzirelsohn, Nathan Lerner, Dr. Adolf Stern, Dr. Yakov Pistiner and Att. Meir Landau |
636–659 |
| The Proclamation of the Zionist Organizations Calling to Rescue the Hebrew School fron its financial distress |
660–661 |
| Certificates and other Documents |
662–674 |
| Milestones in the History of the Tarbut Movement |
675–682 |
| Table of Certificates and Documents |
683 |
| List of Names and Topics |
685–713 |
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| Bibliography |
715–719 |
| Errata |
720 |
| Table of Contents (English) |
722–728 |
| Separate page – numbering of photographs on chromo paper – 80 pages |
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