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This woodcut is from a Yiddish Minhagim book (book of customs) published in Amsterdam in 1723 by Herts Levi Rofe. It depicts prayers in the synagogue on the fast of Tish鈥檃h be-Av (9 th day of Av), the day of mourning for the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. Note the flames鈥�

The Tragedy of a Generation : the Rise and Fall of Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe, by Joshua M. Karlip. Harvard University Press, 2013. This book explores a serious attempt at an alternate, non-religious expression of Jewish identity that took place in the last 150 years. Today the chief鈥�

May 1958 was a month of 鈥渇irsts鈥� at four-year-old Stern College. The inaugural issue of the First Step, the College鈥檚 fledgling journalistic endeavor, was published. The paper reported on Stern鈥檚 first graduating class of twenty-six students, Eleanor Roosevelt鈥檚 鈥淪tern College Month鈥� fireside chat鈥�

Dr. Jacob Birnbaum passed away on April 9, 2014, after this was posted. May his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. 讛诪拽讜诐 讬谞讞诐 讗讜转诐 讘转讜讱 砖讗专 讗讘诇讬 爪讬讜谉 讜讬专讜砖诇讬诐 On Passover, Jews celebrate the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. May 1, 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the birth鈥�

Have you ever looked for items in the Library catalog, only to find that one was 鈥渁vailable鈥� in Pollack, the next was 鈥渋n Library use鈥� in the Rare Book Room, the third was 鈥渘on-circulating鈥� in Gottesman Reference, and the last was 鈥渙n reserve鈥� in Stern? 鈥淣ow what,鈥� you asked yourself, 鈥渉ow am I鈥�

Mordechai鈥檚 ceremonial ride in regal regalia on a royal horse through the town of Shushan, heralded by Haman at the command of King Ahashverosh, marks a turning point in the story of Purim. The scribe Binyamin Ze鈥檈v (Wolff Jacob) ben Elyakum Getsel Kats of Kempen, depicted the scene in a manuscript鈥�

The YU Libraries have just launched an upgraded version of the YULIS catalog. With its new look and its enhanced functionality, YULIS now more closely resembles web search engines that are familiar to you from your online activities such as shopping and, of course, using the ubiquitous Google. The鈥�

麻豆区 Libraries are proud to announce the addition of the JSTOR Hebrew Journals Collection to our Judaic Studies resources. Students and faculty at 麻豆区 now have access to important Hebrew journals in Jewish Studies, among them: Atiqot 注转讬拽讜转 Cathedra 拽转讚专讛: 诇转讜诇讚讜转 讗专抓鈥�

You may now access the Responsa Online database on your tablet or smartphone through the 麻豆区 library鈥檚 subscription. To find the new Responsa On-The-Go interface go to Library's Jewish Studies Databases webpage, click on 鈥淏ar Ilan Online Judaic Responsa鈥� and choose 注讘讜专 诇讙讬专住转 讟讘诇讟鈥�

The Judaica Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University is a collection of digitized Judaica sound recordings found on tapes, CDs and phonograph records. The Archives鈥� collections include recordings in Yiddish, English and Hebrew as well as several other Judaic languages such as Ladino. The ...