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Lot 584
Meir, Golda (1898-1978) Russian-born, American-raised Prime Minister of Israel (1969-74). She moved to Palestine in 1921 and became active in the labor movement, serving as Israel's minister of labor and then foreign affairs. She was resigned as Prime Minister in 1974 after being heavily criticized for Israel's lack of preparedness in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Exceedingly rare Autograph Letter Signed ("Golda") as Israeli Foreign Minister, on her 2 x 3¾ in. business card imprinted in Hebrew "Golda Meir/Foreign Minister," (Jerusalem, c. 1957-65). Written in Hebrew, to Baruch (Zuckerman). In full "Dear Baruch, I am very sorry that I will not be able to attend your birthday, along with your whole family. A thrombosis in my leg has put me in the hospital. Had I come I would have asked for permission to say what is in my heart. I will wait for another opportunity and for now I will only send you my best wishes and many returns. I send my love to you, Nina and the girls." Fine condition with an indiscernible mid-vertical fold. Autograph Letters Signed of Golda Meir are virtually unobtainable. In the last 27 years, while Meir typed letters signed have appeared at major auction houses from time to time, not one ALS has ever been offered for sale. This one, written to an early Zionist leader, is one of exceptional Israeli historical association.
Baruch Zuckerman (1887-1970) emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1904 and, inspired by Herzl, founded the Poale Zion Publishing Association in New York, which published the works of leading Zionists who sought to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Poale Zion (Hebrew for Workers of Zion) was a movement of Marxist Zionist workers circles founded in various Russian cities around 1900 and in New York City in 1903. Zuckerman was executive director of the People's Relief Committee from 1915 to 1924 when it disbanded, and accompanied Herbert Hoover and investment banker Herbert Lehman to Poland to bring food and clothing to those in need. After World War I, Poale Zion in Palestine was merged by David Ben-Gurion into the Achdut Ha'avoda party which eventually became Mapai, of which Golda Meir was a member and later secretary-general. Zuckerman, leader of the American Poale Zion, was one of the founders and officers of the American Jewish Congress and president of the Labor Zionist Organization of America which Meir joined in 1915.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500.
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