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Israel Today article for 75th Independence day on the use by Malka beers of Shamir posters on their labels. 21 April 2023
Towards Hanukkah 2022, Farkash Gallery in Jaffa are auctioning military posters; Five of them by the Shamir brothers. Prices range from 790 to more than 5000 dollars
David Sela presented on Channel 13 the mail poster " Post your festival greetings early" designed by the Shamir brothers in the early 1960s. He also used the poster as the header on his popular website "Nostalgia". September 2022
A collection of articles by Dr. Einat Wilf was published in the USA "Should everyone be Zionist". On the cover is a banknote by the Shamir brothers from 1958 and a portrait of Einat Wilf inspired by a Nahal soldier on the banknote.
In the Negev Holyland's 100th auction, the FDC designed by the Shamir brothers of the Negev stamp from 1950 is being offered. September 2022
At an auction at an event of the Israel Philatelic Federation five stamps designed by the Shamir brothers are offered for sale. August 2022 Update: At the sale on September 2, high prices were achieved
An article in Israel Today: "A lesson with respect" uses two JNF stamps on "Respect your teacher" designed by the Shamir brothers in 1953. July 2022
A poster exhibition from the Roni Duak collection was presented at Beit Hanna, Florentine, Tel Aviv. Inc works by the Shamir brothers, Otte Wallish, Franz Krauss, Yochanan Simon and Rudy Deutsch Dayan. May 2022
The editor of "Fri-Sat" of "Israel Today" chose a poster by the Shamir brothers to illustrate an article by Yair Nitzani on the deterioration of the status of the Hebrew language. Dec 2021
In the book "The Collection of the Century" on the Central Zionist Archive centenary the authors wrote about the Shamir brothers: "Their graphic work was integrated into the life of the country on the way and in the first decades of the country."
The Shamir poster "The Best for Pilots" opens Ofer Aderet's column in Haaretz in memory of the pilot Shabtai Gilboa, who modeled for the poster. "The designers, enlisted for the mission and Gilboa became famous overnight," Aderet writes. 11/2021
The pilot Shabtai Gilboa (87), who modeled for the poster "The Best for Pilots" 1962 by the Shamir brothers, passed away. Gilboa finished his service in the Air Force with the rank of colonel and moved to El Al as captain. Nov 2021
A Shamir brothers poster for the International Workers' Day 1952 appears in a traveling exhibition in schools about the status of women in the Land of Israel, November 2021
The "Good Words" exhibition by the Shenkar Center for Design Research will open at the Old City Museum in Jaffa on November 19. It will include five 1950s posters designed by the Shamir brothers.
" Post your holidays greetings early" - a poster, designed by the Shamir brothers for the Israel Post, appears in "Israel Today", half a page in the "70 Years After" section, edited by David Sela. Sep 2021
A 1938 poster by Shamir brothers for the Israeli maritime authority has recently been discovered.
The figures from the 1958 Shamir designed banknotes on the dining room wall of Kibbutz Ginosar
A souvenir album presented by the Shamir brothers to the Minister of Postal services, Mordechai Nurock, with stamps designed by them. Offered for sale by Kedem, July 2021
A new book edited by Yoram Shamir: "In Shamir brothers' Footsteps" - 47 stories with illustrations by Daria Moses. has been added to our website. July 2021
A Shamir brother poster on the occasion of the appearance of a new newspaper for new immigrants "Omer" [says] appears in David Sela's section in "Israel Today July 21

Austerity

The economic struggle - the first decade In the Shamir brothers' artwork

The economic struggle - the first decade in the Shamir brothers' artwork

The picture was taken in the Shamir brothers' studio in the 1960s
Battle for economic survival

Battle for economic survival

During and after the War of Independence, the government faced enormous challenges: supplying military equipment, providing food, housing and employment to the population, which doubled within two years. There was an urgent need to increase resources. The government initiated internal loans - compulsory and voluntary - and raised funds abroad through loans and grants from the US government and banks, donations from Diaspora Jewry and reparations from West Germany

Shamir Brothers Studio has acquired extensive experience in fundraising campaigns before the establishment of the State of Israel. During the Second World War, posters and ads were designed for the mobilization campaigns – taxing for a fighting nation, for a special rescue missions and immigration project and for the Jewish National Fund
The national initiative – taxes for our defence

The national initiative – taxes for our defence

The initiative opened on March 1, 1948. Members of the Haganah visited the residents' homes and workplaces. There were rallies and gatherings. The follow-up of dodgers was meticulous - the eye is watching and the hand recording
The national fund

The national fund

Four days before the declaration of the state on May 11, 1948, the Jewish Agency announced the issuing of the certificates of the national fund. The certificates were sold at banks and other financial institutions
The war fund and the national fund

The war fund and the national fund

The Provisional Council of State was enacted on December 17, 1948 three fundraising orders: The War Fund, The National Fund were intended for the general public and a third fund aimed at institutions
The war fund and the national fund

The war fund and the national fund
The War Fund

The War Fund

Faced with the invasion of the regular armies of Arab countries, the arms used by the undergrounds were inferior. There was an urgent need to equip the IDF with heavy weapons, planes and ships
The Defence Fund

The Defence Fund

In the wake of the Czech-Egyptian arms deal, spontaneous donations were made in the country for the purchase of arms for Israel. On 23.10.1955, Prime Minister Moshe Sharett issued a call to the entire population to contribute to the Protection Fund
Security Fund

Security Fund

Immediately following the Sinai Campaign on November 25, 1956, the government announced the issuing of "security fund" bonds sold through the banks. Finance Minister Levi Eshkol said that this fund was not connected to the war but to the Czech-Egyptian arms deal
Security Fund

Security Fund
Austerity

Austerity

Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion announced on 27 April 1949 a rationing regime called 'austerity measures'. He established a ministry for supply and rationing and appointed Dr. Dov Yosef to head it, and the ministry planned the amount of food, clothing, detergents, etc. that would be allocated to every person in Israel.
Food for all

Food for all

In order to feed a population that doubled in size, the food inventory had to be distributed equally and fairly, as were other commodities. Each family received a coupon book
War on the black market

War on the black market

The speculators were the black market traders. The government went to war against them. Success was partial. In the first four months of the enforcement operation, 4,800 cases were filed against the speculators