The JTS Library holds 425,000+ volumes & 400 archival collections-the largest, most extensive collection of Hebraic/Judaic materials in the Western Hemisphere
Watch this wonderful book talk by Mel Scult, who discusses ways in which Mordecai Kaplan’s spirituality was much closer to Heschel’s than you might expect! https://t.co/in1rN1oiYN
Quoting your favorite JTS library director, along with a Talmud department colleague. We’re always a good resource, whether in person or remotely! https://t.co/LUvRWOg2Nq
Just found in JTS Library: invitation to ground-breaking of first Haifa to Jerusalem railroad—linking the Holy City to the coast. My, how things have changed!
In the category of “you never know what a cataloger might find,” Rabbi Cliff Miller recently cataloged a modern Persian translation of the Babylonian= Persian Talmud. Look at these gorgeous end-papers, a (sideways) image of ancient Jerusalem!
JTS reference librarian Ina Cohen recently responded to an inquiry from a member of the Cherokee Nation about rituals similar to Jewish ones. Are they one of the Ten Lost Tribes? Century-old writings in our Rare Book Room say yes, Ina explained, but scholarship says no.
Hear Laura Arnold Leibman speak about her fantastic new book, an immensely instructive chapter on Judaism and Race in the colonial Americas: https://t.co/LwasK6rQcl. JTS Library book talks!
Cliff Miller just cataloged a rare book documenting the work of Soncino publishers. An example from 1485 (in our collection) states, “Torah will emerge from Zion and the Lord’s word from Soncino,” not Jerusalem. Where Jewish books are printed is Jerusalem! (See last line below.)
For those who have difficulty imagining what the revelation at Sinai looked like, a little help from the JTS Library: a Haggadah manuscript from Leipnik, 1732. Have an inspiring Shavuot!
I'm rather chuffed to have won @Cambridge_Uni's @OPDACam '#Cambridge's Empty Spaces' photography competition with this snap taken on a post-rain run!
📸🌈#RainbowsForNHS
Illustration in book for counting the Omer, in our collection. Israel moving forward, toward the mountain and ultimate redemption. Where are we in our current count from confinement to renewed freedom?
An unusual work in our collection—manuscript of a failed play by Theodor Herzl. Sometimes you have great ideas (a Jewish State), sometimes not so much. Happy Yom Ha’atzmaut!
The wedding of Hayya Gletzer to Hayyim Schwarcbard took place on September 17, 1946 in the DP camp of Bergen Belsen. Both lived in Cracow before the War and were married to different spouses who perished. Their ketubbah testifies to the desire of survivors to start new lives.