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“And to the Jews in their script and language” (Esther 8:9)
The topics of writing and language are woven throughout the Book of Esther. King Ahashverosh sent his announcements and decrees in the “script and language” of each province and people to his subjects in the 127 states of his Persian kingdom.
The first instance […]
The Yeshiva University Library is now the proud home of a treasured collection of Judaica Americana, a gift of early American newspapers meticulously gathered by Professor Ronald Rubin. The papers date from 1734 to 1869, thus covering the Colonial era, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and its immediate aftermath. The collection is unique […]
Professor Ronald Rubin donated an illuminating and extensive collective of American newspapers to the Mendel Gottesman Library. The papers date from 1734 to 1869, thus covering the Colonial era, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War and its immediate aftermath. The collection is unique in its area of focus: each of the 350 newspapers […]
What constitutes being a “member of a tribe”? Most individuals identify as being part some larger group; the group forms part of a person’s sense of self and frequently provides a feeling of belonging and pride.
In Lech Lecha, this past week’s Torah portion, God commands Abraham to circumcise all the males of his household, […]
The diverse Hebraica-Judaica holdings of Yeshiva University Libraries including a broad representation of languages, places, and dates. Complementing this breadth are the depth of the genealogical works that provide resources for both the casual family historian and the most senior genealogist to discover family connections, lore, and data through access to both standard and more […]
It is traditional for Jews to pray for the welfare of the country they reside in and for its leaders to be blessed with health and wisdom to rule justly. Regime change is often a cause for potential instability in any form of government, thus it is an auspicious time for the Jewish community […]
Do you remember marching with your friends at the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) rallies in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s? You can now easily recapture those days of activism, the era of the fight to free Soviet Jews trapped in Russia under the Communist regime, simply by using […]
Current efforts to retrieve U.S. government records have brought the mission and functions of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to the fore. NARA serves as a mentor to the archival community with regards to best practices for conducting our work. Yet mentorship is ancillary to NARA’s primary function, which is to preserve the […]
The Arch of Titus in Rome looms large in Jewish history. Titus, Emperor of Rome from 79 – 81 C.E., is infamously known in Jewish lore as Titus Ha-Rasha, Titus the Evil, since he destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 C.E. To celebrate his victory over the Jews, a triumphal parade was […]
King David’s life is intertwined with the holiday of Shavuot. His lineage and birth are announced in Megilat Rut, the Book of Ruth, and heralded David’s reign. Megilat Rut is customarily read in the synagogue on the holiday of Shavuot. David died on the holiday of Shavuot, according to the Talmud Yerushalmi [Hagigah 2:3; […]
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