Overview
- Summary
- Al ha-Saf, or "On the Doorstep [of the Land of Israel]" was one of a number of periodicals published by holocaust survivors who tried to immigrate to Israel after WWII, but were detained in Cyprus. Al ha-Saf was published by students and alumni of a "Seminary for the Training of Counselors" based in one of the Cyprus camps. Publication of this periodical ended with the closing of the camps in February 1949.-- the vendor.
- Format
- Serial
- Alternative Title
- על הסף.
- Published
- [Ḳafrisin] : [ha-Seminaryon le-madrikhim], 1948-1949
[קפריסין] : [הסמינריון למדריכים], 1948-1949 - Locale
- Cyprus
Palestine - Description
- Weekly
Began in 1948.
Ceased in 1949. - Notes
-
880-03 "Shevuʻon shel talmide u-vogre ha-seminaryon le-madrikhim shel ha-G'oinṭ ʻal shem Pinḥas Roṭenberg be-gerush Ḳafrisin."
Mimeographic print, ca. 11 1-sided leaves per issue.
Israel National Library record indicates that it may have been published in Jerusalem.
Description based on: gil. 3 (9/3/48); title from masthead.
Latest issue consulted: gil. 23/24 (1/31/49).
Issues no. 22/23 (1949) c. 3 and no. 24/25 (1949) c. 2 acquired as part of the collection of publications by and for Holocaust survivors, the She-erit Hapletah.
"שבועון של תלמידי ובוגרי הסמינריון למדריכים של הג'וינט על שם פנחס רוטנברג בגירוש קפריסין."
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Physical Description
- volumes : illustrations ; 33 cm
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Provenance
- Issues no. 1-24/25 (1948-1949) c. 1, no. 1, 14, 16, 19/20, 22/23 (1949) c. 2, and 19/20 (1948) c. 3 purchased with the Kornblit Family Fund for Library Acquisitions, in loving memory of survivors Meyer and Maria Kornblit.
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