When searching for women in early manuscript collections, it may seem as if they are only found without agency; adjacent to the men in their lives. However, when I began looking for traces of women in Columbia’s rare Judaica collection, I was delighted to discover that they have a presence throughout the collections. I began […]
Category: Jewish Studies
On the Trail of Jewish Books Around the World
When looking at books produced in the early modern period, it seems that every book has a different story to tell. Each book produced during the hand-press era contains unique information about the people who created, bound, bought, sold, and censored them. In many cases, that data is the only remainder of the existence of […]