In studying historical events, one of the most interesting primary sources (aside from manuscripts from those involved) is newspapers from the time detailing this event. Often fatalistic or extreme (as newspapers can tend to be), these articles can give the researcher a good idea of how the general public reacted to an event, and can […]
Category: Primary Sources
Sefer ‘Evronot
This manuscript is one of many Hebrew calendar books that we hold in Columbia’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library. This particular copy (call number: MS X893 Se36), was most likely produced in the 17th century, probably somewhere in Germany. From the CLIO Record: "The Ms. is done in magnificent fashion and contains a large number […]
New “Series”: Hebrew Manuscripts at CUL
In recognition of the amazing work being done by Yoram Bitton, our Hebrew manuscript cataloger, and to let our users know about the wonderful treasures that we have hidden in our collection, Jewish Studies at CUL will be periodically posting an image and/or some information about a manuscript or rare book that we have in […]
Mordecai Kaplan Diaries Digitized and Online
The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary is pleased to make available the digitized diaries of Mordecai Kaplan. These diaries, written between 1913 and 1972, are a window into the thoughts of this towering figure over the course of most of the twentieth century. Kaplan’s diary reflects, often in intimate detail, on his work, the […]
Princeton Geniza Project
Are you interested the wonderful world of the Cairo Geniza, but are overwhelmed by the amount of fragments out there? Wouldn’t you love a tool that just let you search the full-text of over 4000 documents from the Geniza (which you can then view on The Friedberg Genizah Project – but more about that at […]