Jewish Studies Blog

Over the course of the last year, many books in the Norman E. Alexander Library have been repaired through the excellent conservation work of Abigail Slawik and other experts whose expertise was ...

https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2024/04/18/new-exhibit-conservation-what-why-who-how/

Noa Tsaushu is a doctoral student of Yiddish Studies at Columbia University, currently working to complete her dissertation titled “Yiddish Art: The Desire for Cohesion among the Soviet-Yiddish...

https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2024/02/28/guest-post-noa-tsaushu-on-issachar-rybacks-shtetl-mayn-khorever-heym-a-gedekhenish/

One of the most important primary source resources for modern Jewish history is the Jewish Historical Press (JHP) project, hosted by the National Library of Israel.  The goal of the project is t...

https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2024/02/21/american-jewish-historical-newspapers-available-and-online/

It is a busy time for the Norman E. Alexander Library for Jewish Studies. In addition to our many classes last fall, and new ones coming up in the Spring, we have also been focusing on important ...

https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2024/02/05/new-and-newly-processed-collections/

This essay was initially printed in the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies’ 2022 Magazine. The full magazine is available here. The Sephardic Jews and their descendants were very proud of ...

https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2024/01/23/from-the-stacksexploring-the-sephardic-world-in-amsterdam/

We are thrilled to announce the annual Alexander Library Celebration of Collections for 2023, which will take place virtually on November 9, 2023 at 12 PM EST. This year’s event will feature th...

https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2023/09/12/alexander-library-celebration-of-collections-2023/

At Columbia University Libraries, and at the Norman E. Alexander Library in particular, one of our major goals is to provide access to materials to as broad a user base as possible. With one of t...

https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2023/07/05/just-digitize-it-a-peek-into-the-labor-and-workflows-of-the-judaica-digitization-project/

In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month (May), we’re highlighting unique materials relating to the history of the Jews in the Americas.  In the past, of course, we’ve discussed the 18th c...

https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2023/05/11/highlighting-jewish-american-collections/

University calendars tend to operate on a different year than the standard January-December. The academic calendar begins in the fall, and the budget calendar restarts in the summer, and so Janua...

https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2023/01/13/new-acquisitions-roundup/

Columbia’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library holds a diverse collection of Judaica, and its holdings relating to the holiday of Hanukkah span various collections, including rare books and manusc...

https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2022/12/22/hanukkah-in-the-rbml/