Suggested by Tammy:
What items have you ever used as a bookmark? What is the most unusual item you’ve ever used or seen used?
I found this in an old copy of Sholem Aleichem's Tevye the Dairyman I bought at a library booksale:
So if you can read this and tell me what it is, I'd love to know! But whatever it is, it's definitely the most unusual thing I've found in a book!
UPDATE: After consulting with a colleague of mine in the Jewish library world (my boss, actually!) I've confirmed that the document is a ticket to a High Holy Days service held in Tel Aviv, in pre-state Israel. HaZafon is a neighborhood there and all of the other geographic markers check out. Thanks for everyone who wrote in with their ideas and translations!
As for what I use, mostly I just dog-ear. I know- I know. Bad!
It's a theater ticket - and from 1936 - wow!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting find inside the book.
ReplyDeleteI don't dog-ear...I used to years ago, but stopped once I began collecting.
What a find! It always feels like a bit of treasure to find a bookmark in an old book.
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool! Here's my mark!
ReplyDeleteThat is so neat! And with a name and address and everything! What a find. And I try to avoid the dog-ear, but sometimes it's the only way.
ReplyDeleteIt is a ticket, but I think it might be a High Holiday ticket for a synagogue. It has the word "Minyan" as part of the description, so I'm betting that is what it was for. Many (probably most) synagogues sell tickets for the High Holidays as a way to fundraise for the rest of the year.
ReplyDeleteJill- thank you!
ReplyDeleteLydia- I think you're right. Festgottesdienst means (I think) festival service, so I think you're on the right track. Thank you!
What a great find.
ReplyDeleteI like finding bookmarks in used books.
I too dog-ear at times. Whats wrong with that?
Wow that is so cool!
ReplyDeleteNice find, and isn't it wonderful that we can find these things out in the little book community...
ReplyDeleteI use an assortment of things. Right now I'm using a public library Sandman (from Neil Gaiman) bookmark. I use scraps of mail from time to time. I used to use photos quite a bit. Really I use whatever is nearby. I have a friend that doesn't use bookmarks, though. He just remembers the page or chapter number he's on when he quits.
ReplyDeleteI'm a librarian. We find all sorts of interesting and sometimes unusual things used as bookmarks. I opened a Reference book here a couple of summers ago to find a banana peel (which by that time had molded).
ReplyDeleteI'm with Lydia - it seems to be an entry ticket to a religous festival, possibly at a Hebrew school "Tel-Nordau Schule". You only gain entry with that ticket (Eintritt nur gegen diese Karte gestattet) and sit in row 8 seat 106. I wish the handwriting was a little neater.
ReplyDeleteWhat it literally says it that it is an admission ticket (einlass karte) to a divine religious festival (Festgottesdienst). It would be interesting to know what city the synagogue was in and whether it still exists!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat thing to find in a book
ReplyDeleteA librarian that dog ears, I am appalled Marie :-0 (joking of course) i'm shocked and amazed though.
ReplyDeleteDog earing...oh, that is simply shocking! :-O
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome thing to find in a book!
ReplyDeleteI don't dog ear. I always feel like I'm damaging the book...
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool, Marie! I'm glad you finally found out what it is.
ReplyDeleteThe most unusual thing I've used to mark a book recently was a penny.
I'm late to the game, so without much ado, my BTT is HERE
ReplyDeleteI use so many random papers as bookmarks, while my official bookmarks sit idley in a basket.String, reciepts, and envelopes are my most common markers.
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