"We have reached a situation where traditionally Jews do not take tefillin in the Land of Israel ...". Handwritten ...

"We have reached a situation where traditionally Jews do not take tefillin in the Land of Israel ...". Handwritten diary of an active in the Jewish Agency - 1948

"We have reached a situation where traditionally Jews do not take tefillin in the Land of Israel ...". Handwritten diary of an active in the Jewish Agency describes in detail the occurrence of the immigrants' acceptance and the various decisions regarding the aliyahs and their transfer from immigrant camps to temporary permanent buildings, in extremely difficult living and living conditions. The diary is written in sequence and describes a period of two years - between the end of 1948 and 1950. The diary does not indicate the writer's name, but according to the extensive authority arising from the detailed instructions in it, it Probably one of the heads of the Jewish Agency. (See also other parts of the diary from the same author: Dynasty auction no. 10, Item 95).

Among other things, the author details how the agency brought new immigrants to Jerusalem during heavy shelling by the Arab enemy over the city, out of irresponsibility for their fate. He goes on to describe the irresponsible settlement of immigrants in Talpiot in abandoned houses, in the German Colony in Jerusalem, in the Ein Kerem area, in the Baka neighborhood, and in Kfar Etzion, and the difficulties the immigrants went through in moving from immigrant homes to their permanent housing. The author describes: "Dozens and possibly hundreds of families suffered all winter hard of the year from infiltration and leakage of rainwater in their apartments because they did not have the amount of money the inspector demanded from them at the expense of repairs ... In my opinion this department no longer has much experience in repairing houses, and perhaps she also lacks a great desire ". There is also a detailed list of the number of immigrants, percentages of all immigrants and the place where they settled. The author notes how the decision was made regarding the housing of the immigrants: "The apartments allocated by the absorption department were divided among the immigrants according to the date of immigration. Immigrant who arrived in Israel first, was first in line to receive an apartment, A family of 2-3 people received one room. From three people or more, or there were older boys, reception 2 rooms ... " And Describes apartments with a shared kitchen that the immigrants received many times provoked quarrels due to overcrowding: "Conflicts and quarrels between the tenants often break out of the shared kitchen, and things sometimes get to dangerous proportions, to hand fights and punches, and employ the medical service and the security forces." He adds about quarrels that have taken place between kosher and non-kosher observers: "The general public has no idea what is going on in this hell called a shared kitchen. This is a serious disturbance in the acclimatization of immigrants in the country, and sometimes causes and influences the departure of the country. This is especially true of a Jew who keeps the kitchen kosher, while his neighbors do not adhere to kosher. "

The author also describes how all the doors and windows were removed in favor of using firewood, the payment terms for rent that most immigrants did not meet, a chilling description of a building in Jaffa that collapsed on its occupants in April 1950, as well as a collapse of houses in Ein Kerem in the winter after Let the tenants not know that the conditions of the houses have to be adapted to the winter. In one of the houses an entire family was evicted from their house a few hours before the whole house collapsed. The author also describes how war invalids in the War of Independence live in unbearable conditions:"We know several dozen soldiers with a war disability from among the veteran residents of Jerusalem, who in their blood saved Jerusalem, still live today in a difficult housing situation, a large family in a narrow apartment, and which affects the health of the disabled". A special chapter in the diary is devoted to the shortage of religious articles for observant immigrants. Describes how there are immigrants who stopped keeping mitzvos as a result of the shortage of religious articles: "There are some religious immigrants who have not yet set mezuzahs in their apartment. And those who do not even put on tefillin, and do not wear a tassel, because they do not have tefillin and mezuzahs. There is nothing to talk about prayer books and Chumashim or other holy books that they do not have. And these are religious Jews who in the Diaspora were from Shlomi Emunim Yisrael, observant of Torah and mitzvah, and meticulously meticulous as severely ... ", and suggests that religious organizations act on the matter. And more.

30 pages. Diary 20x14 cm. Not bound. Good condition.