Pilgrimage & Service by Krimsky, Jos., M.D. (Joseph Hayyim) - [1920]

No Place: No Publisher, [1920]. 7-3. HB. Brown cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo, 164 pp. Inscribed "With Compliments Of The Author" on ffep. Krimsky (1883-1971) was a Jewish American doctor born in Kiev. This book is an account of "the journey of the 44 health professionals in the American Zionist ("Hadassah") Medical Unit to Palestine in 1918. On the way to Palestine, the Unit spent a few weeks in London. He was part of the group who went to see Lord Balfour, accompanied by Nahum Sokolov. The Unit spent a week in Paris, visiting Rothschild and others, and to Rome, to foot of Italian peninsula where they lodged at the British Army camp at Cimino for about a week. Then, the Unit arrived in Jaffa. He was sent to Tel Aviv, where members of the Unit established a clinic and a hospital. Chaim Weizmann was head of the Jewish Agency and Dr. Krimsky met Mayor Dizengoff of Tel Aviv. Health conditions were "deplorable" throughout Palestine. There was very little food, no employment, malaria, dysentery, and eye diseases were "rampant". Dr. Krimsky stayed from 1918 to 1919, about 15 months." (Center for Jewish History) No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show several small white spots, spine lettering rubbed. Book condition VG. Uncommon First Edition of this account of conditions in Palestine during World War I.