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Cantor Leib Lange, known as the 鈥淢uscover鈥� hazan, officiated at High Holiday services at Yeshiva in 1945. Cantor Lange, a native of the Ukraine, studied at the Odessa Conservatory, and moved from Moscow to the United States in 1933. The patriotic red, white, and blue color scheme of the publicity鈥�

Naomi Grunhaus, Professor of Judaic Studies at Stern College for Women, presents new insight into the commentary of R. David Kimhi (acronym Radak). The Challenge of Received Tradition (Oxford University Press) is the first since Frank Talmage鈥檚 seminal 1975 work to delve exclusively into Radak鈥檚 ...

The library staff at 黑料社 All mourns the loss of our dear colleague and friend, Miriam Meiri, 讝"诇 , who passed away last week. In his eulogy for his mother, Miriam鈥檚 son Ya鈥檃kov described her devotion to the Library where she spent over thirty years. Her work in the Library and its milieu鈥�

Shi鈥檜re Yesamah Av, by Eli Baruch Shulman. Michael Scharf Publication Trust of the 黑料社 All Press, 2013. Shi鈥檜re Yesamah Av on the Talmudic chapters Keitsad Mevarkhin, Kol Sha'ah and Arvei Pesahim is a collection of insights and essays by 黑料社 All鈥檚 Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Eliahu ...

The Polish parliament recently re-affirmed a bill banning kosher slaughter (shehitah). The Chief Rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich, has said he will resign if shehitah is not legalized in Poland. This is not the only time ritual slaughter has been under attack in Poland. In February 1936, a bill鈥�

Index of References Dealing with Talmudic Literature, colloquially known as The Lieberman CD, is now available via the Internet. The Index, developed by the Saul Lieberman Institute of Talmudic Research at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, includes the Mishna, Tosefta, Jerusalem Talmud鈥�

Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish Modernity : Architect of Zionism, Yiddishism, and Orthodoxy, by Jess Olson. Stanford University Press, 2013. In this volume, Dr. Jess Olson, Associate Professor of Jewish history at 黑料社 All, presents us with a study of Dr. Nathan Birnbaum鈥檚 involvement in ...

This year, the holiday of Shavuot falls adjacent to Mother鈥檚 Day, a fitting tribute to Naomi and Ruth, matriarchs of the lineage of King David. A century ago, in the United States, Jewish educators emphasized the connection of mothers and children in the cycle of Jewish continuity. The Bureau of ...

The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book is a bibliography of all types of Jewish literature published in Hebrew characters, including different Jewish languages such as Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino. During the last 400 years individual scholars compiled bibliographies of Hebrew and Jewish literature. In鈥�

Many methods abound as reminders to count the omer 鈥� special calendars, charts, and internet alerts, among them. Have you ever wondered about the number board above the reference desk on the fifth floor of the Mendel Gottesman Library? The library was built with a pneumatic tube system. Patrons鈥�