The Jewish New Year high holidays are here...Rosh Hashanah has just passed, and Yom Kippur begins at sundown next Friday night. May it be a year of happiness, growth, tolerance and peace.
The greeting cards above were published somewhere around 1900-1920 by the Williamsburg Art Company. Each has the Hebrew inscription "L'Shana Tova Tikatavu" which roughly translates into "May you be inscribed in the Book of Life for a good year." The other wording on the postcards is in the Yiddish language, however I have translations for only a few of the over 100 different cards in my collection. Any Yiddish speakers out there want to translate?
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11 comments:
Beautiful vintage postcards. I have not seen any like them before. Thanks for sharing.
I don't know what any of them say. Try posting them on the Vintage Postcard Forum. There is a topic for Jewish New Year cards and also bicycles. (My favorite is the bicycle card)
What a wonderful collection! I am not Jewish myself, but many friends and students are celebrating this week.
The first card is exquisite and hilarious. I like the one with the bikers too. L'Shana PFF!
I adore these postcards. I love the Jewish people...they are wonderful, ruthless, wise and most of the time, kind and thoughtful. The traditions they keep are are very special, as are they as a people.
What a lovely lovely post. I enjoyed every postcard and your description, too.
Happy PFF!
What wonderful postcards... I too have not seen any like them... what a great collection you must have.Thanks for Sharing... Happy PFF
Wonderful collection. New to me! Happy New Year!
Uh, Beth: Stereotypes about any ethnic group make me uneasy. Ruthless? Wise? Kind and thoughtful "most of the time?" I don't think any ethnic group has a corner on negative or positive qualities. I deleted my earlier comment about the cards being "truly wonderful"--don't get me wrong, they are. I just realized it wasn't sufficient for me to say nothing about comments I find disturbing. Thanks for listening.
Linda, Thank you for your comment. I have the authority to remove any comments I don't like, but I hesitate to in this instance, as I believe the insights on stereotyping you share with us are more valuable than just erasing Beth's comment,
Dear Mr. Gordon,
I am working on an article focusing on old shana tova cards. If the article is accepted for publication, I would like your permission to use your hot air balloon shana tova card.
If you are agreeable to letting a magazine post this card, please let me know.
Best.
Deborah Rubin Fields
Deborah, please contact me at
mgwh686@gmail.com with your email address. Thanks!
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