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Helman, Moshe Yehuda

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Moshe Yehuda Helman (1873, Dunaevtsy - 1957, Tel-Aviv) was a Jewish merchant, philanthropist, member of the Polish Sejm, leader of "Mizrachi" movement in Łódz and active member of the “Mizrachi” in Tel Aviv. His father was a textile manufacturer in Lodz and Moshe followed in his footsteps. Moshe was a collector of valuable Hebrew books, supported Hebrew publishing, and founded a daily Yiddish newspaper in Lodz "Nae Lodgher Morgenblat" in 1913. He also published a Hebrew weekly "Menora" and the Yiddish weekly "Dos Nae Vort". He was also elected member of the Lodz City Council and participated in several Zionist congresses on behalf of the Mizrahi movement. In 1936 he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Tel Aviv. Moshe Yehuda Helman’s private archive includes his personal documents and memoirs. The memoirs contain letters on family issues, referring to public matters and to the "Mizrachi" movement. The collection contains Helman’s notebooks with copies of letters by Theodor Herzl and Max Nordau, and with various statistical data. There are also numerous photographs of Moshe Helman's family, of Zionist activists and members of the “Mizrachi” movement --

Reference Code
P266
Dates
1835-1957
Consists of
26 files.
Languages
Hebrew; Yiddish; Polish; German;
Description
The private collection of Moshe Yehuda Helman contains his personal documents, memoirs, correspondence, notebooks and photographs of him, his family, Zionist activists, and members of the “Mizrachi” movement. The personal documents include invitations to weddings, bar mitzvahs, a Polish passport, certificates for entrance to Palestine, a certificate of membership in the Polish "Sejm" from 1922-1923, etc. Helman’s memoirs describe in detail the life of the Jews in Dunaevtsy, Berdichev and Lodz at the end of the 19th century - the beginning of the 20th century. The memoirs include photographs and letters to Moshe Helman by Yitzhak Nissenbaum, Asher Ginsberg ("Ahad Ha'am”), Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and more. Some of the letters in the collection discuss private and family matters; others discuss issues related to the “Mizrachi” movement. The collection also contains Moshe Helman’s notebooks with copies of letters by Theodor Herzl and Max Nordau, and with various statistical data.
Title Helman, Moshe Yehuda.
Contributors SerilHelman
Theodor,Herzl 1860-1904
Max Simon,Nordau 1849-1923
Vaad Hatzala (New York, N.Y.)
Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi
Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada
Poland. Sejm
Host Item Helman, Moshe Yehuda - Private Collection
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Moshe Yehuda Helman was born in Dunaevtsy in 1873. At the age of seven, his family moved to Lodz in Poland where his father became a prominent textile manufacturer. In 1889 Moshe Yehuda Helman married Seril Landa from Berdichev. After World War I he ran the family business he inherited from his father. He was a collector of valuable Hebrew books and a philanthropist who supported the Warsaw publishing house "Ahiasaf" and the "Shiloah" publishing house. Moshe Yehuda Helman was a head of Talmud Torah in Lodz and chairman of a school operated by the “Mizrachi.” He was chairman of the “Mizrachi” movement in Lodz and participated in several Zionist congresses on its behalf. In 1913 he founded a daily Yiddish newspaper in Lodz "Nae Lodgher Morgenblat". He also supported in publishing of a Hebrew weekly "Menora" and the Yiddish weekly "Dos Nae Vort". Moshe Helman was elected member of the Lodz City Council. In 1936 he immigrated to Eretz Israel. He settled in Tel-Aviv and became active in “Mizrachi” in Israel. He was also a member of the “Vaad Hatzalah” (The Rescue Committee), that was established by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada to rescue Jews from Europe in 1939. Moshe Yehuda Helman died in 1957.
Ownership history The documents were transferred to The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People by Meir Eshkol, who married Moshe Helman's granddaughter, Alina.
Language Note Hebrew
Yiddish
Polish
German
National Library system number 990043425510205171
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