Menachem Mendel

The video of is from a lecture at the Library of Congress. Hat tip goes to Alfonso de Zamora on Twitter.

Posted on May 13th, 2013 under Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Printing. Comments: None

Ynet is reporting (Hebrew) about a conference today at the National Library of Israel on censorship of Jewish texts. In the past the NLI has posted videos of conferences online an hopefully this one will find its way to Youtube soon.

Posted on February 28th, 2013 under Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Printing, Manuscripts. Comments: 1

As a follow up to my previous post, the National Library of Israel has posted a pre-publication text of the entire Hebrew version of Malachi Beit-Arié’s book, Hebrew Codicology: Historical and Comparative Typology of Hebrew Medieval Codices based on the Documentation of the Extant Dated Manuscripts in Quantitative Approach online. A pre-publication summary of the [...]

Posted on January 21st, 2013 under Hebrew Literature, Manuscripts. Comments Off

Kol Israel just had an interview with Aviad Stollman, Judaica Collections Curator at the National Library of Israel. The interview (Hebrew, app. 12 minutes in two parts) addressed a number of questions about the Afghan Geniza, the Judaica collection of the NLI, digitization, etc.

Posted on January 10th, 2013 under Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Printing, Manuscripts. Comments Off

Am Ha-Sefer, a blog in Hebrew that focuses on Hebrew books and printing, has a new post about references to the Black Death in rabbinic literature and the effect of the Black Death on Jews and anti-Semitism.

Posted on January 10th, 2013 under Hebrew Literature, Jewish History, Rabbinic Literature. Comments Off

Below is a video featuring a current exhibit at the Columbia University Library, The People in the Books: Judaica Manuscripts at Columbia University Libraries. The exhibit runs through January 25, 2013.

Posted on December 12th, 2012 under Book Collecting, Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Printing, Manuscripts, Public Events. Comments: 2

Here is a short video from the National Library of Israel about their digitization of material.

Posted on November 26th, 2012 under Book Collecting, Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Printing. Comments Off

For those who are able to take advantage of Hebrew Book Week, שבוע הספר העברי, don’t miss this opportunity to fill up the empty space on your shelves. One related development is the battle by some well-known authors against the deep discounts that are often found during this time period. Ten leading Israeli authors announced [...]

Posted on June 8th, 2012 under Book Collecting, Buying Books, Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Printing, Israel. Comments: 1

The Hebrew poet and author Lea Goldberg was born 101 years ago today, May 29, 1911. Goldberg was born in Russia and eventually received a doctorate from the University of Bonn. Goldberg was born on May 29, 1911 in the city of Königsberg, Prussia. She spent her childhood years in Kovno, Lithuania. During World War [...]

Posted on May 29th, 2012 under Hebrew, Hebrew Literature, Israeli Culture, Israeli Music. Comments: 2