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Do you remember marching with your friends at the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) rallies in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s? You can now easily recapture those days of activism, the era of the fight to free Soviet Jews trapped in Russia under the Communist regime, simply by using the internet…

National Archives Building, Washington, D.C., 1935 Current efforts to retrieve U.S. government records have brought the mission and functions of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to the fore. NARA serves as a mentor to the archival community with regards to best practices for…

On Tuesday, September 13 at 8:00 PM (EDT) via Zoom, Mitchell First will discuss the prayer "Aleinu" with a focus on two passages and the role of the prayer in the larger context of the liturgy: Who authored the "Aleinu" prayer? Was its origin the Rosh Hashanah service? When and why did "Aleinu" ...

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY | August 18, 2022 I. MISSION Yeshiva University Libraries' mission is to nurture excellence in pursuit of the liberal arts and sciences, support professional education, promote faculty scholarship, and advance the university as a center for Jewish studies. The…

Rabbi Judah Leib Ha-Kohen Fishman Maimon is in the middle, flanked by Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan [originally Berlin] on the left and Rabbi Shmuel Hayim Landau [Shahal] on the right. They are standing beside the Arch, not under it; the Spoils panel is visible in the background behind them. The perspective…

Information Technology Services (ITS) will retire the old library EZproxy domain (yulib002.mc.yu.edu) on August 23, 2022. EZproxy enables remote access to subscription e-resources. We recommend that you update your bookmarks or library e-resource links in Canvas for uninterrupted access to e ...

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Opening page of Book of Tehillim, Amsterdam, 1724. Mendel Gottesman Library, on loan from Richard and Debra Parkoff, in honor of Abraham and Ruth Parkoff. King David’s life is intertwined with the holiday of Shavuot. His lineage and birth are announced in Megilat Rut, the Book of Ruth, and heralded…

"Jewish Palestine Exhibit Building - New York World's Fair. The Palestine Exhibit at the New York World's Fair is located in the Community Interests Zone. The architects are El-Hanani and Norvin R. Lindheim." Collection of Shulamith Z. Berger On May 26, 1940, the New York Times daily column, ...