National Poetry Month
On a Poem by Yehudah Amichai
by J.D. Arden, M.L.I.S. candidate, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History
The poem “First Resurrection” (תחייה ראשונה) is from the poem cycle “Four Resurrections in the Valley of the Ghosts” by Yehudah Amichai (יהודה עמיחי 1924-2000), read in Hebrew above by writer Leon Wieseltier as part of the “CultureBuzz” Amichai poetry series on…
Women in History
Nobel Prize Winners
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History
I recently researched women with Jewish roots who have won the Nobel Prize. Seven people hold the distinction in a range of topics from medicine to chemistry to literature:
Gerty Cori was the third woman, and the first American woman, to win the prize…
Nearly 25 percent of research inquiries performed at the Center for Jewish History have been related to the study of the Holocaust. The Center’s librarians produce monthly reports on patrons’ research activities, and requests for Holocaust-related items are often at the top of the list.
In 2007, the Center completed Holocaust Resources: An Annotated Bibliography of Archival Holdings at the Center for Jewish History,…
Theodore Bikel Sings “Mu Asapru”
by J.D. Arden, M.L.I.S. candidate, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History
Click here for audio.
Here is a classic Passover song which can be a fun challenge in counting backwards in Yiddish after drinking wine.
מה אספּרה, מה אדברה אותך
װער קען זאָגן, װער קען רעדן װאָס די 1 באַטײַט
איינער איז…