Trumpeldor's Last Battle: Who Owns the Letter That Sold for $100,000? • Watch

Haredim 10
April 5, 2026   
Joseph Trumpeldor
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Screen here, courtesy of the Jerusalem Cinematheque

The following story begins with a letter of condolence written by Yosef Trumpeldor, a hero of Tel Hai, in his own handwriting and in Hebrew to a bereaved father, a Chabad follower • In 2019, about 100 years later, the rare letter was put up for auction, with an opening price of $100,000, by a private collector • The Jabotinsky Institute was immediately alerted, claiming that the document belonged to it and filed a lawsuit to have it returned - and thus began a passionate legal battle centered around one fundamental question: Who, in fact, does the national memory belong to? • Ita Glicksberg's article

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