Sephardic Journeys: Sefer Shulchan HaPanim The rare books and artifacts in this exhibit, Sephardic Journeys, reflect a rich tradition of scholarship and culture shaped by migrations, and they invite, in turn, reflection upon the physical, emotional and spiritual journeys of Jewish history. Item above: Sefer Shulchan HaPanim (ספר שלחן הפנים)Joseph ben Ephraim KaroMosheh ben Shelomoh Ashkenazi (Venice, 1712)Hebrew, Ladino While intending to write a…
By Zachary Loeb, M.S.I.S. Reference Services Librarian – Patron Services “Comrades, the First of May is the bridge between ourselves and the future. It is the mighty cable which connects us with the international proletariat. Let us meet the great holiday of the proletariat; not with the dangerous indifference of the defeated, but with the joy of the victory of to-morrow.” – The Central…
Sephardic Journeys: Bar Mitzvah Speech The rare books and artifacts in this exhibit, Sephardic Journeys, reflect a rich tradition of scholarship and culture shaped by migrations, and they invite, in turn, reflection upon the physical, emotional and spiritual journeys of Jewish history. Item above:Bar Mitzvah SpeechMorris Tarragano(New York, 1933)Ladino, English Morris Tarragano’s family, as many Sephardim after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, immigrated…
Sephardic Journeys now open in The David Berg Rare Book Room The rare books and artifacts in this exhibit, Sephardic Journeys, reflect a rich tradition of scholarship and culture shaped by migrations, and they invite, in turn, reflection upon the physical, emotional and spiritual journeys of Jewish history. Item above: Sefer Tikkun Sofrim u-Mikra Sofrim (ספר תקון סופרים ומקרא סופרים)Isaac ben Abba Mari, Ya’aḳov…