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The Library of Lost Books: Bringing the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums Back on the Map
Public imagination about the history of lost places thrives on images of spatial rediscovery and exciting rescue missions.
Kinga S. Bloch,Bettina Farack
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
