We are excited to announce that Professor James Kugel, the Director of the Institute for the History of the Jewish Bible at Bar Ilan University in Israel and a noted scholar and lecturer, will be giving the annual Norman E. Alexander Lecture in Jewish Studies on November 19, 2014. More information to come… […]
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David Stern Lecture: The Lives of Jewish Books
As we near the close of physical version of The People in the Books (the online version will, of course remain online), we look forward to one more lecture dealing with Hebrew manuscripts. On January 22, as part of the Grolier Club's Bibliography Week, Professor David Stern (University of Pennsylvania) will be speaking at Columbia […]
Ruth Wisse at Columbia: Tuesday, November 27
Please join us on Tuesday, November 27, for the 2nd Annual Norman E. Alexander Lecture in Jewish Studies. […]
November 8: A Bundle of Comics: Graphic Narratives from The Jewish Daily Forward’d Bintl Brief
On November 8, at 6 PM, Liana Finck will be discussing and showing her graphic artistry based on the letters to the editor from the Jewish Daily Forward's Bintl Brief. A poignant collection of stories from the early 20th century, the Bintl Brief was the "letters to the editor" that highlighted the immigrant Jewish experience […]
Judaica manuscript exhibit opening: September 12
Please join us for the opening reception and lecture for the Judaica manuscript exhibition at Columbia. For more information, see here: http://library.columbia.edu/content/libraryweb/news/libraries/2012/20120814_judaica.html […]
Lecture: “Defining a Field: Jewish Books in the Age of Print”
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BOOK HISTORY COLLOQUIUM: SPRING 2012 All programs are in Room 523, Butler Library, on the Columbia campus. Start time is 6:00 PM. For more information about the Book History Colloquium, please contact Karla Nielsen (kn2300@columbia.edu) April 19, 2012 Emile Schrijver (University of Amsterdam) "Defining a Field: Jewish Books in the Age of Print" […]
General Grant and the Jews: The Election of 1868 and the Origins of Jewish Politics in the United States
Please join us for the very first Norman E. Alexander Lecture in Jewish Studies on October 3. Jonathan Sarna was named the "Official Historian" of the 350th Anniversary of Jews in America, and we are very excited to be hosting him at Columbia. We are very grateful for the generous gift of the Norman E. […]
The Jewish Book: Past, Present, Future (Symposium at CJH)
What makes a Jewish book? Who are the People of the Book? How have Jewish books changed with changes in technology? The "history of the book" is a lively field of historical scholarship that looks at authorship, publication, and dissemination of texts of all kinds as windows onto culture and society in different […]
Early American Jewish Communities and their Printed Texts – This week!
December 9, 2010 (6-7 PM) at the Museum of Biblical Art Professor Diner, Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History Director, Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History New York University, will focus on three aspects of Jewish life in early America as they reflect on the first Hebrew bible printed here. She […]