Between Jew and Arab: The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz

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ILLUSTRATIONS 21 Fig. 1. Simon Rawidowicz (1897–1957). 22 Fig. 2. Thank-you note from Esther Rawidowicz (wife) and Benjamin Ravid (son) to condolence callers. 25 Fig. 3. Envelope from Rawidowicz to Jacob Fink in Paris indicating that the manuscript of “Jew and Arab” should be returned. 26 Fig. 4. First page of the handwritten text of “Between Jew and Arab.” 27 Fig. 5. First page of the typed text of “Between Jew and Arab” with editorial instructions in multiple languages. 34 Fig. 6. Letter of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion from 5 November 1958 to William (Zev) Margolies expressing sadness over the death of Rawidowicz. 35 Fig. 7. Title page of one of Rawidowicz’s early Hebrew publications from Berlin, Kitve RaNaK (1924). 37 Fig. 8. Map of Poland with Rawidowicz’s birthplace, Grayewo, highlighted. 38 Fig. 9. Chaim Yitzhak Rawidowicz (1863?–1936), father of Simon. 42 Fig. 10. Rawidowicz with a group of students in a Hebrew course, Białystok (20 May 1919). 43 Fig. 11. A young Rawidowicz (with moustache) in the company of friends. 45 Fig. 12. “Lebenslauf”—brief autobiographical statement required for acceptance of dissertation with incorrect year and place of birth. 46 Fig. 13. Announcement from 8 August 1926 of Rawidowicz’s dissertation examination. 48 Fig. 14. Announcement of Rawidowicz’s Promotion on 27 May 1927 for his dissertation on Feuerbach. 55 Fig. 15. Esther Klee Rawidowicz (1900–1980), wife of Simon Rawidowicz. 56 Fig. 16. Marriage of Esther Klee and Simon Rawidowicz (1926). 58 Fig. 17. Opening page of published version of Rawidowicz’s address at the first conference of the Brit aIvrit aOlamit (World Hebrew Union) in Berlin on 21 June 1931. 65 Fig. 18. Minutes of a meeting at Jews’ College on 31 July 1933 in which Rawidowicz is discussed as a possible lecturer. Myers: Between Jew and Arab page ix ix| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 66 Fig. 19. Annual report of the activities of affiliated lecturers (including Rawidowicz) of the School of Oriental Studies (later SOAS) in London. 67 Fig. 20. Letter of Rawidowicz from 8 February 1938 to Avraham Schwadron (Sharon) on stationery of the Tarbuth Association in London, successor to the Brit aIvrit aOlamit. Rawidowicz Archives. 68 Fig. 21. Announcement of a series of lectures that Rawidowicz was giving in England on Zionism (and his views of Jewish nationalism). 74 Fig. 22. Ode to martyrs of Nazism in Metsudah 2 (1943). 80 Fig. 23. Announcement of Rawidowicz’s appointment in 1948 to the College of Jewish Studies in Chicago in the college newsletter, “Alon.” 83 Fig. 24. Rawidowicz (left) at Brandeis with Philip W. Lown (center), philanthropist and Brandeis donor, and Abram L. Sachar (right), founding president of Brandeis University. Myers: Between Jew and Arab page x x between jew and arab| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Myers: Between Jew and Arab page xi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Between Jew & Arab Myers: Between Jew and Arab [blank] page xii 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 ...