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(FOOD). Der Verein zur Förderung ritueller Speisehäuser [“Association for the Promotion of Ritual Dining Houses.”] Circa 47 issues of the monthly directory (not consecutive). Each issue between c. 21-32 pages. Bound into two volumes. Punch-holes. Contemporary boards with original pictorial printed wrappers bound in. Few cover loose / missing. 8vo. Sold not subject to return. Hamburg, 1902-1907. A DETAILED AND SURPRISING SOURCE OF EARLY 20TH-CENTURY SOCIAL HISTORY RELATING TO JEWS AND FOOD.     Directory of Kosher restaurants and Kosher purveyors in Germany and across Europe. Restaurants listed in the Directory were ritually approved Kosher establishments, this included hotels and boarding houses.     Includes an abundance of ads, not just food related but also travel, as Hamburg was the point of departure for ships traveling to America and indeed across the globe.     Founded in Hamburg in 1900, the Verein zur Förderung ritueller Speisehäuser e.V. was a registered association for the promotion of ritual eateries.     See Jürgen Sielemann „Weit über Deutschlands Grenzen hinaus“ Der Verein zur Förderung ritueller Speisehäuser, in: Liskor – Erinnern: Magazin der Hamburger Gesellschaft für jüdische Genealogie, No. 2 (2016) pp. 6-21.