The New Lamentations = Megilat Ekhah ha-ḥadashah = Di Naye Megilas Ekhah, a small, trilingual booklet in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish by Israel Fine, was published a century ago in 1917 as a fund-raising effort for the Central Relief Committee.

Immediately after the outbreak of World War I, urgent pleas for help from […]

On May 9, 1958, Mayor Robert F. Wagner proclaimed “Stern College Month,” a month of celebration in honor of the first commencement of Stern College for Women.

The announcement inaugurated a month-long series of events leading up to commencement day on June 19, 1958. A flyer for the events portrayed the graduates […]

Eleanor Roosevelt visited Stern College on May 22, 1958, and conducted a fireside chat with a group of Stern students. The visit was part of “Stern College Month,” a month long series of events held starting on May 19, heralding commencement day on June 19, 1958. Mayor Robert F. Wagner proclaimed “Stern College Month” […]

The holiday of Shavuot has other names: Yom ha-Bikurim, in honor of bringing the first ripe fruits to the Temple in Jerusalem, and Zman Matan Toratenu, the time of the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people.

The Machzike Talmud Torah of Borough Park embodied both names of the holiday in […]

Please visit the Library and see the new exhibit on the First World War, inspired by the conference, “WWI, Nationalism, and Jewish Culture,” sponsored by the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies, on April 25, 2018. Even if you miss the conference, the exhibit will be available on the fourth floor of […]

Meyer London’s matzo bakery’s Jewish almanac for 1930-1931 proudly portrays four generations of men lavishing praise on the sixty year old company’s matzo. At first glance, the ad with the cartoon style sketches of four faces evokes traditional Haggadah illustrations of the four sons of the Seder; a closer look reveals that the […]