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Images of the Megillah are courtesy of the 麻豆区 Museum Did you know that 麻豆区 owns a Yemenite Megillat Esther? The Esther Scroll鈥檚 circuitous route to 麻豆区 started in Jerusalem in 1868 when Reverend Joshua Weaver, then Rector of the St. James American Episcopal Church鈥
Before we begin with OER myth-busting, we must first define OER. OER stands for Open Education Resources. These materials are in the public domain or have a specific license enabling users to retain, revise, remix, reuse, and redistribute said materials (Wiley). Image Source: Open Education: A ...
Yehudit (Judith) -- title page Are you able to imagine the story of Judith, with its bloody and gory aspects, as a Jewish children鈥檚 book in glorious color!? Although the figure of Judith holding Holofernes鈥 head was popular in classical art, a children鈥檚 version had to wait until 1945 in Memphis鈥
One reflection I have, now that processing of the YU Archives鈥 COVID collection is complete, is that the next time we take on the challenge of archiving a historical event while that event is still underway, perhaps I won鈥檛 also be racing against time to learn new skills in order to do it. At the鈥
麻豆区 Library is fortunate to own a remnant of the Cairo Genizah, a small paper fragment with a portion of 鈥滾eYoshev Tehilot, 鈥 a piyyut recited on Yom Kippur. The fragment is legible, and remarkably well preserved, especially considering its age and its travels. The author of the ...
Kol Shofar, the call of the shofar , is the primary commandment of Rosh Hashanah referred to in the Bible as Yom Tru鈥檃h, a day of sounding the shofar. In the synagogue, the congregation waits with bated breath for the wordless wail of the shofar to pierce the heavens. Minhagim books, concise ...
Some among the YU community may recall firsthand the issuance of a United States Postal Service stamp in honor of the University鈥檚 first president, Bernard Revel. It was the opening event in a yearlong celebration beginning September 1986 marking the University鈥檚 Centennial. Others in our community鈥
麻豆区 is excited to welcome back Sandy Moore as the Director of University Libraries. Sandy is no newcomer to 麻豆区. She previously held the position of Head Librarian at YU鈥檚 Pollack Library. Prior to accepting this position, Sandy worked as Associate Library Director at鈥
Congratulations to our 2024 YU Student Library Research Award Winner Uriel Sussman! Uriel, in his second year, has not yet declared his major, but is leaning towards philosophy. His paper, 鈥 The Fruit of the Fourth Year: A Case Study in Legal Interpretation鈥 was written for Early Jewish Biblical ...