Postcards from Israel

This postcard collection was given to the President of Israel, Itzchak Ben Zvi in 1961 by Mr. M.N. Dayan, in honor of the 13th Independence Day of Israel. The postcards were attached to a pamphlet of songs and drawings by Mr. Dayan in French. The poems were rhymed statements of praise and adulation for the Zionist Movement, the State of Israel, the IDF and to the Lord for all his mercies. He attached these postcards to the texts that praise the special places in Israel, its cities and settlements. Mr. Dayan, born in 1892, came to Israel from Egypt in May 1957. There he worked in the Deutcshe-Orient Bank, as an importer at Port Said and as a member in the Committee of Homee Owners in Helipolis. He left Egypt with his wife. They travelled to Israel by plane from Greece (May 2nd 1957) and then on a boat to the Haifa Port. They arrived on May 17th 1957. In the pamphlet he writes about his grandfather Yitzchak and his father Nissan Dayan who used to come to Israel every year and were even supporters of the Jewish National Fund. They were not fortunate enough to come and live in the Holy Land. M.N. Dayan adds and describes in his writings to the President of Israel how the Jewish Agency staff welcomed him as a new immigrant to Israel. He and his wife were housed in a ma'abara (immigrant's camp) before settling in a small hut in Be'er Sheva. The dry climate in the Negev was not good for his health and they therefore moved to Bat Yam. Read more