Subject: Periodicals, American

This is the June 1758 issue of the Philadelphia periodical, *American Magazine and Monthly Chronicle for the British Colonies*. This issue is particularly significant for containing the first published English translation of a sermon delivered by Rabbi David Fraenckel of Berlin following the Prussian victory at Leuthen. Published by William Bradford, this marks the first Jewish publication in the Americas. The sermon, celebrating Prussian victory and the role of Jews in the Prussian state, was subsequently reprinted several times in pamphlet form in the American colonies.

A full-page color antisemitic cartoon from the periodical Leslie's Judge, published in the United States in January 1901. The cartoon, titled "Levi Wins," depicts Jews in fur shops with the caption "Furs, Furrier, Furriest."

This archival item consists of a single page from the July 1, 1915, issue of *Life* magazine. The page features a cartoon depicting a baseball game, allegorically representing Joshua subduing the Hittites. Published in the United States.

Complete May 1851 issue of *The American Phrenological Journal and Repository of Science, Literature and General Intelligence*, published by Fowler and Wells in New York, New York. This issue includes a two-page article with a portrait of Mordecai Manuel Noah, titled "Mordecai Manuel Noah, his Phrenological Character and Biography." Noah died on March 22, 1851.

A full-page color cartoon from the January 1, 1897 issue of *Puck* magazine, depicting an anti-Semitic caricature. The cartoon is part of a series of nine on a single page and is titled "A Useful Accomplishment; Or, The Beauty of Swelling a Customer's Head."

A double-page, color cartoon from the July 29, 1891 issue of *Puck*, a satirical weekly newspaper published in New York City. The cartoon depicts a caricature of a Jewish person surrounded by figures representing historical persecutors, accompanied by a poem emphasizing the theme of enduring persecution.

This pamphlet is Volume I, Number III of *The Israelite Indeed*, a periodical devoted to illustrating and defending Hebrew Christianity. Published in New York in 1857, it features a fictional letter from an Orthodox rabbi in the USA to a Reformed rabbi, highlighting the religious debates and divisions within Jewish communities at the time. The periodical's purpose was to promote a specific interpretation of Christianity within the context of Jewish heritage and tradition.

This is the first volume of *The Massachusetts Missionary Magazine*, published in Salem in 1803. The magazine contains religious communications and articles intended to edify Christians and inform the rising generation. Profits from the publication supported missionaries in new settlements and among Native Americans. Notably, one of the articles details the conversion of two Jewish people to Christianity. The editors were Samuel Austin, Nathanael Emmons, Abiel Holmes, David Sanford, Jonathan Strong, Daniel Hopkins, Caleb Alexander, Samuel Springs, Jacob Norton, Joseph Barker, Paul Litchfield, Samuel Niles, Elijah Parish and Samuel Austin (Ed. Appointed by the Missionary Society). This is a rare first edition, May 1803-April 1804, bound in contemporary leather.

This volume contains ten issues of *The Occident and American Jewish Advocate*, a monthly periodical edited by Isaac Leeser. The issues included are Volume VIII, numbers 6 (Elul 5610, September 1850) and 9 (Kislev 5611, December 1850), and Volume IX, numbers 5 (Ab 5611, August 1851) and 8 (Marcheshvan 5612, November 1851), and others. The periodical focused on Jewish literature and religion.