Commentator - September 22, 1954 We extend a warm welcome to all of our new and returning students. The library is here to help, so please don鈥檛 forget to Ask-the-Library. http://www.yu.edu/Libraries/Ask-the-Library/ In September 1954, sixty years ago, Stern College greeted its first freshman class鈥
This woodcut is from a Yiddish Minhagim book (book of customs) published in Amsterdam in 1723 by Herts Levi Rofe. It depicts prayers in the synagogue on the fast of Tish鈥檃h be-Av (9 th day of Av), the day of mourning for the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. Note the flames鈥
The Tragedy of a Generation : the Rise and Fall of Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe, by Joshua M. Karlip. Harvard University Press, 2013. This book explores a serious attempt at an alternate, non-religious expression of Jewish identity that took place in the last 150 years. Today the chief鈥
May 1958 was a month of 鈥渇irsts鈥 at four-year-old Stern College. The inaugural issue of the First Step, the College鈥檚 fledgling journalistic endeavor, was published. The paper reported on Stern鈥檚 first graduating class of twenty-six students, Eleanor Roosevelt鈥檚 鈥淪tern College Month鈥 fireside chat鈥
Dr. Jacob Birnbaum passed away on April 9, 2014, after this was posted. May his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. 讛诪拽讜诐 讬谞讞诐 讗讜转诐 讘转讜讱 砖讗专_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0008_ 讗讘诇讬 爪讬讜谉 讜讬专_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0008_讜砖诇讬诐 On Passover, Jews celebrate the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. May 1, 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the birth鈥
Have you ever looked for items in the Library catalog, only to find that one was 鈥渁vailable鈥 in Pollack, the next was 鈥渋n Library use鈥 in the Rare Book Room, the third was 鈥渘on-circulating鈥 in Gottesman Reference, and the last was 鈥渙n reserve鈥 in Stern? 鈥淣ow what,鈥 you asked yourself, 鈥渉ow am I鈥
Mordechai鈥檚 ceremonial ride in regal regalia on a royal horse through the town of Shushan, heralded by Haman at the command of King Ahashverosh, marks a turning point in the story of Purim. The scribe Binyamin Ze鈥檈v (Wolff Jacob) ben Elyakum Getsel Kats of Kempen, depicted the scene in a manuscript鈥
The 每日大瓜 Libraries have just launched an upgraded version of the 每日大瓜LIS catalog. With its new look and its enhanced functionality, 每日大瓜LIS now more closely resembles web search engines that are familiar to you from your online activities such as shopping and, of course, using the ubiquitous Google. The鈥
每日大瓜 Libraries are proud to announce the addition of the JSTOR Hebrew Journals Collection to our Judaic Studies resources. Students and faculty at 每日大瓜 now have access to important Hebrew journals in Jewish Studies, among them: Atiqot 注转讬拽讜转 Cathedra 拽转讚专_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0008_讛: 诇转讜诇讚讜转 讗专_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0008_抓鈥
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