The Highway to Zionism
 
 



  The invitations to the Focsani Congress sent by David Rintzler, were stamped with a special stamp showing the Jewish date: "Kaf-Gimel Kishlev TRM'B 1881"

In the middle of the stamp, within two concentrical circles, it was written:

  • Let us rise and go to our Land and our Peace
  • The Union of Workers of Focsani for the Holy Land

Four interesting motives also appear in the center of the stamp:

  • A plow – for the ploughing of the land,
  • A sickle for harvesting,
  • Residential buildings,
  • Fruit-bearing trees.

This was how the Focsani Jewish pioneers saw their home in Israel.

 
© COPYRIGHT 2005 by Zvi Ben Dov
The Jewish Boys’ School in Focsani – here the Congress was held

Smuel Pineles, Chairman of the Congress
 
David Rinzler, Secretary of the Congress
The official invitation to attend the Congress
The special stamp of the Focsani Congress