Letter by Rabbi Yitzhak Rubinstein from Vilna in connection with the approval of immigration to Israel – 1935

A request letter to the Jewish Agency to grant an additional certificate to R. Abba Borovnik who is raising in the house his orphaned niece Sep 10 1935.
Rabbi Yitzchak Rubenstein l (1880 - 1940) was the last chief rabbi of Vilna by the Mizrahi, and one of the leaders of the movement. As part of his activity in the Mizrahi movement, he established a network of religious Hebrew schools and yeshivot in Poland and Lithuania. Was a spokesman for the Jews to the authorities and served as Minister for Jewish Affairs in Lithuania, and in this role he fought for the rights of Jews in Europe. Since 1922 to the outbreak of World War II was a member of the Polish Sejm(parliament). In 1941 emigrated to the US with the help of the American-Zionist Rescue Committee. In New York he became the Rosh Yeshiva named after Rabbi Isaac Elchanan, and worked there for the benefit of the Polish Jews.
Size: 21X29 cm.
Condition: Excellent