A personal diary of a girl immigrating from Bialstock to Eretz Israel. 1932

A personal diary of a girl immigrating from Bialstock to Eretz Israel. 1932

An exciting diary written on a personal and candid way containing a vivid description of a girl's journey called "Mina", from Bialstock through Warsaw to Eretz Israel, and the pioneering life in Eretz Israel. Bialstock - Eretz Israel, 1932.

The diary opens on the last festive evening made by Mina's friends on her departure from Bilastok to palestine: "Bialstock 3/22/32 We were gathered this evening with you, one of us, who we were so close. after years leaving us and going far and fulfilling the idea and dream we had dreamed, and you, who in your part was destined to be one of the first and fulfill the dream ... ". The first page writer in the journal - Mina's friend asks her to fulfill all the values they believed in the Land of Israel: "Your social obligations to the movement you incomplete in exile, but in exile this is the beginning, In the Land is the End ... Do not assimilate in the land among the simple girls, who will never find your place ... We have a future ... You have the moral debt ... Go on ... "

Going forward is a description of Mina's journey through Warsaw and other cities to Palestine. These pages are written by Mina in Yiddish. After Mina arrived in Israel she moved to write the diary in Hebrew. Among other things, she describes a first visit to Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem "I asked our Holy Mother to have mercy on my parents and send them a blessing medicine for livelihood and mercy ...". She also describes her first visit to Jerusalem in Yad Avshelom, in Hizekiah's Cave, in the tomb of Shimon Ha-Tzaddik, and in other places, as well as on her meeting with her friends She knew in Bilostok and Warsaw, and in other places: 'There were ... interesting guys ... everyone From Russia ... people who have done meaningful things in their lives  ... I met the Polish - the "boxers" from Poland ... ". She describes her attempts to find work as a "pioneer", until she finally reached the "working economy" in Petah Tikva, and worked in the garden. She also talks about her visit to the Government Museum, about playing football between "Hapoel" and the British police she watched, about the competition between "Hapoel" and Egyptian representation, about her first visit to the "Habima" theater, the Cinema "Zion", and more. On one of the pages, Mina describes the 'Bikurim' holiday in Eretz Yisrael. And there are personal descriptions documenting her friendly relationship with her friends.

67 Written pages. 16 cm. original Fabric covered cardboard binding. Stains. Good condition.