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Jewish Relief Day delegation on the steps of the White House after visiting President Wilson, February 17, 1916 Jewish Relief Day certificate Dime pocket bank What if? If there had been no World War II, World War I would have gone down in history as the war which devastated the Jews of Eastern ...

The Elchanite, 1967 Not just yet, but the end may be near for the building that served as Yeshiva University’s Brooklyn High School for Boys (BTA) from 1954-1967. This 1878 building, owned by the City of New York and unoccupied for the past 20 years, is in such dismal condition at present that ...

Just in time for reading week and final exam preparation, December 2015 brought the conclusion of the dramatic revitalization of the Mendel Gottesman Library building. Levels 2, 2A, 3, nd 3A now feature bright, new, efficient, and ecological LED lighting, nine group study rooms (to be opened at the…

Did you know you could have fried your latkes in kosher, pareve, Crisco, for Hanukah in 1911? In the days leading up to Hanukah in 1911, New York’s leading Yiddish newspapers, including the Forward and the Morgen Journal, ran a series of ads for a revolutionary new kosher product – Crisco. Crisco,…

Paul Glassman has been named the new Director of University Libraries and began in that role in early September. Provost Botman announced his appointment in her letter to the faculty on October 7, 2015. Glassman has a twenty-year association with the university, having taught architectural history…

Samuel Belkin and Yitzhak Rabin at the Yeshiva University Commencement, June 13, 1968 Yeshiva University and Yitzhak Rabin enjoyed a long-standing relationship, beginning in June 1968 when Rabin, then Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the ...

A new online research tool for studying Modern Orthodoxy is now available with the Libraries’ launch of the New York Synagogue Bulletins collection, a digital collection of historic bulletins published by several prominent Modern Orthodox synagogues in the New York City area. More than 2,000 ...

Isaiah Wall All-Night Vigil in Ralph Bunche Park, April 2, 1966 On Sunday, October 18th, 2015, at 10:00 AM, at the corner of 187th St. and Cabrini Blvd., a street will be named in memory of Jacob (Yaakov) Birnbaum, founder of the movement to free Soviet Jews. The Kiddush recited on the Sabbath and…

Leah Adler and Shulamith Berger of the Gottesman Library have been recognized for their expertise in Hebraica and Judaica with new titles. Leah Adler is now Head Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica, and Shulamith Berger is Curator of Special Collections and Hebraica/Judaica. Having served as indexer…

Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung, rabbi of the Jewish Center on West 86th Street in Manhattan, and professor at Yeshiva College, participated in an international Rosh Hashanah radio program in September 1935. The program, entitled the “Synagogue Council Greeting to the World,” was broadcast on radio station WJZ…