Collection of Photographs by Kalman Weiss – Jerusalem Religious Community – Mid-Late 20th Century

Collection of Photographs by Kalman Weiss – Jerusalem Religious Community – Mid-Late 20th Century
Approximately 110 black and white photographs taken by the photographer Kalman (Karl) Weiss, documenting events, institutes and persons related to the Jerusalem religious community. Jerusalem and other Palestine locales, mid-late 20th century.
Some of the subjects which appear in the photographs: The Rishon L'Zion Ben Zion Meir Chai Uziel, Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna, Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon, IDF Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren, Yitzchak Ben-Zvi and his wife Rachel Yanait, Zalman Shazar, Efraim Katzir, Yigal Alon, Henrietta Szold, businessman and philanthropist Yitzchak Wolfson, etc.
The photographer's stamp appears on verso – a handwritten inscription framed by an ornate border: "History of the nation, the Jewish settlement in Palestine".
Kalman Weiss (1908-2000), Jewish photographer, born in Graz (Austria). In 1939, soon before the outbreak of WWII, he fled to Palestine and settled in Jerusalem, where he began his career as a photographer. His works primarily document the religious and Charedi society in Jerusalem, which were rarely recorded in those days.
Some photographs in the collection appear in multiple copies. A few bear handwritten descriptions on their verso.
Approximately 110 photos, 11X18 cm. Condition varies. Overall good-fair condition. Several photos are in poor condition, with closed and open tears, loss and chipping and defects. An additional photographer's ink-stamp, crossed out with pen, appears on the verso of most of the photos.