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1950 · 007522 — <p>New York: A.A. Wyn Inc. 1950. Signed and inscribed on half title page by author Ruth Gruber and Jack D Weiler leader of the United Jewish Appeal UJA. First Edition 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with black titles on the spine; 240 pages plus sections of black and white photographs on glossy stock. Illustrated endpapers by Saul Steinberg. The book is part history and part travelogue of Israel in the early days of the modern state. The author takes the reader on a tour through Haifa Tel Aviv and Jerusalem explores the growing language and many different experiences. Some excerpts from the book: "For years people have talked of the Jews as a nation of sorrow. Jews have fallen victim to persecution and mass murder. Israel is a country built not only on the graves of the dead but on the humor of the living. The Jewish genius for laughter has become part of the very business of national life." Page 13 "The farms of Israel are like farms nowhere in the world shaped by a people hungering for roots and the immortality of the land. To most of its pioneers the thing of greatest beauty in Israel lies in the kibbutz." Page 85 "Every kibbutz has little toddlers with black hair blond hair red hair running around like chickens. Nurses and teachers assigned to the children's quarters take care of them. Parents play with their children after work and at night each mother tucks her own children into bed." Page 94 "On a Friday afternoon on the 14th of May 1948 in a museum room in Tel Aviv a short stocky labor leader with a strong face and cowl of white hair read Israel's Proclamation of Independence. Modern Israel was born." Page 157 Ruth Gruber 1911-2016 was an author journalist photographer and humanitarian engaged in advocating for and helping refugees. Israel without Tears was her second of seven books about Israel. Among her accolades she was the winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship a National Jewish Book Award for her writing and the Na'amat Golda Meir Human Rights Award and awards from the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance for her humanitarian work. The 2001 film Haven is based on Gruber's life and she is the subject of the 2010 documentary Ahead of Time. Jack D. Weiler 1904-1995 was a philanthropist involved with the United Jewish Appeal UJA the Jewish Agency for Israel the Joint Distribution Committee and other charitable and humanitarian organizations. He made is living as a real estate developer but was often quoted as saying his philanthropy was most important. One of his projects as a real estate developer included housing for over 50000 post-war immigrants in Israel. In acknowledgement of his philanthropy the Jack D. Weiler Hospital in the Bronx and the Jack D. Weiler College of Architecture in Jerusalem were renamed for him and a town in Israel was renamed Kiriyat Jack Weiler. The book's spine is darkened as are the outer areas of the covers. The center of the covers are blue with the surrounding areas mottled and darkened. There are tanned areas to the inside of both front and back covers/endpapers. The head and heel of spine and top corners are bumped and worn. The bottom corners are bumped. Additional shipping and handling charges apply. Dealer Direct Payment Only. Please ask for an invoice so we can provide accurate shipping charges. Signed by Author. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gruber Ruth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.</p> A.A. Wyn, Inc. hardcover