Hillel Zeitlin’s “On Select Redeemers” (1939)

For close to two decades, the Polish-Jewish journalist and religious intellectual Hillel Zeitlin (1871-1942) sought in vain to establish fraternal societies for the spiritual and ethical revival of the Jewish people. “On Select Redeemers,” his final manifesto before his death in Treblinka, is a stirring testimony to his resolute faith in the power of individual prayer to affect history. The document, presented in “From the Pages of TRADITION.” is open access an annotated translation by Jonatan Meir and Samuel Glauber-Zimra.