(By our Cologne Correspondent)
The Jewish section of the International Press Exhibition is situated in a special building erected in the “Street of the Nations,” adjoining the Pavilion of the Protestant Church.
The Jewish Exhibition building designed by the Cologne architect, Robert Stern, stands out among the other buildings by reason of its distinctive style. There is a Shield of David on the top of the tower of the building, visible over a great part of the Exhibition. The in scription “Jewish Pavilion” over the gates of the building is in German, He brew, and Yiddish. At the entrance is the inscription in Hebrew from the Prophet Zechariah: “Not by might nor by power but by the spirit.” In the centre of the court there is a Seroll of the Law and contained in glass cases round the walls are exhibits showing the development of Hebrew writing from the time of manuscripts to the days of incunabula and carly printing. On the walls there are portraits of Manasseh ben Israel, Moses Mendelssohn, Gabriel Riesser, Adolf Cremieux, Hermann Cohen and Theodor Herzl. The niches contain colored replicas of ancient Hebrew coins. There is also a painting of Lesser Ury’s “Moses seeing the Promised Land from Mount Nebo.”
In the Exhibition halls the displays show the development of the Jewish Press from its earliest beginnings to the present day. A number of Jewish organizations and newspapers, as well as the Jewish Telegraphic Agency have special stands.
The scheme of arrangement is as follows: 1. The method and forms of Jewish publicist work: I. Hebrew writing and its development; II. manuscript; III. print; (a) incunabula; (b) rare parchment print; (c) illustrations; (d) single plate prints and leaflets; (e) the earliest Jewish newspapers. 2. Jewish publicist work: I. publicist work in the service of religion-Biblical and religious writings till the Jewish religious and learned publications of the present day; II. publicist work in the service of profane learning among the Jews; III. publicist work in the service of sociology, polities, history, economies and social organization, education, welfare work, Jewish communities and federations; IV. publicist work in the fight for citizenship and human rights. 3. Non-Jewish publicist work relating to Jews and Judaism: I. selection of notable edicts and laws concerning the Jews; II. the press in the fight against the Jews; III. the Press in the fight for the Jews.
Among the many people who have taken a prominent part in the organization of the Jewish Pavilion are Dr. Boden heimer, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Pavilion, Professor Dr. M. Sobernheim, Chairman of the Berlin Committee, and Dr. Simchowitz and Dr. Moses Waldmann, the General Secretaries. The Historical section has been arranged by Rabbi Dr. Kober of Cologne. Dr. Carl Schwarz the Custodian of the Museum of the Berlin Jewish Community has been prominent in the arrangement of the Art Section and he also arranged the exhibition of modern graphic in the gallery. Mr. Ben-Adir arranged the Yiddish Press past and present, and Dr. E. Tcherikower was of great assistance in the arrangement of the historic materials.
The special exhibition arranged by the Zionist Organization in conjunction with the Keren Hayesod and the Jewish National Fund was organized by Dr. Georg Herlitz, Director of the archives of the Zionist Organization.
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