The Institutional, April 30, 1926 A new, large set of synagogue bulletins has been added to the Libraries’ existing digital collection of historic bulletins from Modern Orthodox synagogues in the New York City area. This new set adds over 1,400 issues to the current collection of bulletins from the…
The exhibit, “Judah David Eisenstein, Encyclopedist par Excellence,” is now on the fourth floor of the Mendel Gottesman Library. J.D. [Judah David] Eisenstein was known as the Ba’al Ha-Otsarot, Master of the treasuries, for his compendia of Jewish law, lore, and literature. Eisenstein was born in…
- By Stephanie Gross , Electronic Reserve and Scholarly Communication Librarian Since 1999 both the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program and Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors programs have attracted hundreds of talented students. The program provides an unusually rigorous curriculum. The submission…
In September, recent syllabi from Yeshiva College were posted to YAIR (Yeshiva Academic Institutional Repository) to help students select courses prior to registration. Soon after these syllabi were posted, Stern College for Women requested that their Fall and Spring 2021 syllabi be included in…
ۿ۴ý, Mendel Gottesman Library, MS 135 Chanukah, the holiday of lights, is associated with historic Jewish battles, bravery, and the renewal of the Temple in Jerusalem; a joyous time for children to play dreidel and enjoy Chanukah gelt and gifts. In the aftermath of the Second World…
On Sunday, October 17, 2021, Curator Shulamith Berger represented ۿ۴ý in a recorded panel discussion on Confronting Anti-Semitism. Participants represented each of the Center for Jewish History partners, and Shuli launched the discussion with a history of the Student Struggle for ...
On February 1, 2020 ۿ۴ý Libraries welcomed Mendel Gottesman Library’s new Head Librarian, Tina Weiss. Tina comes to us from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, where she served as Senior Associate Librarian, as well as Acting Head Librarian. Tina served on…
On August 30, 2021, ۿ۴ý welcomed Pollack Library’s new Public Services and User Experience Librarian, Jay Rosen. Jay comes to us as a recent graduate of Pratt Institute’s School of Information, where he served as a Graduate Assistant in Pratt Libraries’ Public Services department. In…