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Sacred Texts and Respectful Burial
Editor's note: In Judaism, there are certain rules governing how to deal with sacred texts that can no longer be used. In 2022, Dan Stuhlman wrote about how, under his guidance, a large number of prayer books and other religious writings were buried in a community in Chicago in his blog Kol Safran. We are publishing his article here with his kind permission (with minor editorial changes for the benefit of our readers). Hebrew texts, such as Torah scrolls, prayer books and oth
Daniel D. Stuhlman
The Dorot Jewish Division: The Oldest Public Collection of Jewish Research Materials in America
The Dorot Jewish Divisions centrality to Jewish studies in the United States is second to none, and the history of the Division and its role in the Jewish community in New York City and far beyond is truly amazing.
Lyudmila Sholokhova
The library of the Taube Department of Jewish Studies in Wrocław
Marcin Wodzinski, the long-time head of the Taube Department of Jewish Studies in Wroclaw, often quips that our department...
Monika Jaremków/Wojciech Tworek
