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Poster calling for enlistment in the Notrim [Jewish Auxiliaries] Corps. The illustration presents three notrim, each wearing a different style of hat: a broad-rimmed hat, an army beret, and a "kolpak" hat. Slogans in red and black.
The Notrim Corps was a Jewish police force that operated under the auspices of the British Mandatory authorities in Palestine and served to protect the country's Jewish settlements. In order to distinguish its members from regular British police officers, the various Notrim units were given special, distinctive uniforms and hats. The majority of Notrim members actually functioned covertly as Haganah operatives, and collaborated with the Jewish underground by smuggling arms, providing training in self-defense, and helping establish new settlements.
Approx. 48X35.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines, creases, and some stains. Minor browning to paper. Tears (mostly minor) to edges. Closed tear to center and pinholes in corners. Small, round pieces of paper glued to both upper corners.
Color illustration of the (biblical) Seven Species over the backdrop of endless desert, partly desolate and partly cultivated. At the bottom of the poster is a quote from Menachem Ussishkin, "Do not say 'we shall redeem tomorrow, ' lest by then it'll be too late, " alongside a well-known quote from the Bible, "A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; " (Deuteronomy 8:8).
Approx. 33X45.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal fold line. Creases. Minor tears to edges. Minute open tear at center.
Three iconic photographs by Israeli photographer David Rubinger (1924-2017). Large prints; hand signed by the photographer, along with handwritten dedications.
1. Paratroopers at the Western Wall. David Rubinger's signature and handwritten dedication at bottom.
39X29.5 cm.
2. Rabbi Shlomo Goren at the Western Wall. Rubinger's signature in lower left corner; handwritten dedication in upper section.
45.5X29.5 cm.
3. Menachem and Aliza Begin on board a plane, with Menachem Begin seen assisting his wife as she puts on a shoe. Rubinger's signature in upper left corner; handwritten dedication on verso.
43.5X29.5 cm.
Good condition. David Rubinger's copyright stickers (in English) on verso of all three photographs.
David Rubinger (1924-2017), among Israel's foremost journalistic photographers, laureate of the Israel Prize in Communications. In the course of his lengthy journalistic career, spanning over seven decades, he worked for both Israeli and international media organizations, including HaOlam Hazeh, Yedioth Ahronoth, and the American magazines Time and Life. Produced approximately half a million photographs, documenting historical developments in the history of the State of Israel in its formative years.
Alongside his regular photojournalistic work, documenting current events, Rubinger was known for his photo portraits; by building close personal relationships with his photographic subjects and cultivating their trust, he succeeded in capturing the types of intimate and revealing moments that few journalists are lucky enough to be exposed to. He made his name with the iconic set of photographs shot on the day Jerusalem's Western Wall was captured by Israeli paratroopers, during the Six-Day War.
Years later, Rubinger would relate the following recollection regarding the photo of the paratroopers at the Western Wall:
"On more than one occasion, I've been asked whether I consider the picture of the three paratroopers at the Wall to be my greatest photographic accomplishment. My response is unequivocal: No. What made the picture so important were the circumstances in which it was taken, and that's what turned it into a symbolic image that so many people can so readily identify with. As is often the case with art, human beings tend to find in symbols whatever it is they're searching for. Time and again, I overhear people discussing the picture of 'the paratroopers weeping at the Wall.' To be honest, none of the subjects in the photo is crying, but if that's the way people choose to relate to it, who am I to deny them the privilege?" (excerpted from Rafi Mann, "'Where is that guy with the red beard?': In memory of the Photographer David Rubinger, chronicler of Israeli History, " the "Ha-Ayin HaShvi'it" website, Hebrew).