This post was written by Kat Fanning,
conservation technician, Center for Jewish History
A cookie, a memento of a past special event, was brought to
the conservation lab from the American Sephardi Federation (ASF) to see if anything
could be done in order to preserve it so that it could be kept in the
collection. The cookie had originally…
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:
Rome’o i Zhuliyet (רומיאו אי ז’ולייטה)
William Shakespeare
(Salonika, 1922)
Ladino
This translation comes from the Balkans,…
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:
Tsemah David: Dittionario Novo
David ben Isaac de Pomis
Ioannem de Gara (Venice, 1587)
Hebrew, Aramaic, Italian, Latin
Dedicated…
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 Chesed L’Avraham (ספר חסד לאברהם)
Avraham ben R. Shalom Tubiana
Ṿalansi (Izmir, 1764)
Hebrew
A truly Sephardic item, the…
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:
Seder Ta’aniyot (סדר תעניות)
Girard Yohan Yanson Uve-Vet Yisra’el Mondovi (Amsterdam, 1771)
Hebrew, Spanish
Beginning in the late 17th century, Amsterdam…