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In addition to our many on-site materials—including hundreds of thousands of books, manuscripts, archival documents, recordings, and pieces of Jewish art—you will find an ever-greater quantity of our materials available to you online. From links to other sites to documents and images in our own digital library. On site or online we aim to make your experience with our resources as simple and seamless as possible.
12/08/2020
Watch this wonderful book talk by Mel Scult, who discusses ways in which Mordecai Kaplan’s spirituality was much closer to Heschel’s than you would expect. Part of our “Between the Lines” series:
Communings of the Spirit, Vol. III by The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
12/08/2020
Join us on a “Virtual Voyage” to a Jewish community in medieval France. Enjoy!
What a Manuscript Can Teach Us about the Jews of Medieval France by David C. Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics
09/22/2020
Quoting your favorite JTS library director, along with colleague Eliezer Diamond from department of Talmud And Rabbinics. We’re always good resources!
Talk of the Table | Fasting for Body and Soul Eitan Okun only eats between the hours of 8 and 10 p.m., or, on days when he rides his bike, from 6 to 8 p.m.
07/08/2020
In the category of “you never know what a cataloger might find,” Rabbi Cliff Miller recently cataloged a modern Persian translation of the Babylonian= Persian Talmud. Look at these gorgeous end-papers, a (sideways) image of ancient Jerusalem.
06/24/2020
Watch this fantastic book talk sponsored by the JTS Library. Instructive story of Judaism and Race in the colonial Americas:
The Art of the Jewish Family: A History Of Women In Early New York In Five Objects by The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
06/17/2020
Rabbi Cliff Miller just cataloged a rare book documenting the typography of the Soncino publishing house. One example, from 1485 (in our collection), declares, “for Torah will emerge from Zion and the word of the Lord from Soncino,” not Jerusalem. Where sacred Jewish books are printed, there is Jerusalem! (See the last line below.)
06/10/2020
A view of our new Rare Book Room. Imagine the pleasure of exploring and discovering rare legacies of Jewish culture in this amazing new space! We can’t wait for you to visit us (look for announcements about our opening)!
05/27/2020
For those who have difficulty imagining what the revelation at Sinai looked like, a little help from the JTS Library: a Haggadah manuscript from Leipnik, 1732.
05/14/2020
Book shelves ready for return of books. We’re now planning for delivery and shelving under new conditions. We will be ready to serve our users as soon as we can open up.
05/14/2020
Wall coverings in new JTS Library, based on decorations in our manuscripts. Beautiful!
05/05/2020
A book for counting the Omer, in our collection. Here depicting the March of Israel from slavery to redemption. Where are we in counting our days of confinement? Perhaps we don’t yet know. But we can still “march” toward freedom together!