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Andreas Lehnardt
An Archive of Jewish Life: Mainz Jewish Library
There are many reasons to consider Mainz Jewish Library a rare jewel. Uniquely reflecting centuries of Jewish community life
David Fishman
The Jewish Archival Survey – Jewish Documents and Cultural Treasures in Ukraine
The aggressive Russian war in Ukraine that began on February 24, 2022 continues not only to kill people and annihilate infrastructure...
Ursula Reuter
David Oppenheim(er) – a man and his library
Some time around 1688 David Oppenheim, scarcely yet 25 years old, made a list of all the books he had gathered in his library...
Heide Warncke
Ets Haim – Livraria Montezinos – Where “Paper Children” Line the Walls
To visit Ets Haim – Livraria Montezinos in Amsterdam is to be taken back to the 17th century city.
Nathanja Hüttenmeister
From the bookshelves of a Franconian rabbi c. 1600
That the rabbis and scholars in the major religious centers of the Early Modern period were learned men is well known. We know many of their