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The Central Relief Committee (CRC) issued a combined Thanksgiving and Chanukah fundraising brochure in 1915. The CRC was founded by the Union of Orthodox Congregations of America on October 14, 1914, three months after the outbreak of the First World War, to provide aid to 鈥淛ews in Eastern Europe鈥�

Join us for a talk by Benyamim Tsedeka, director of A-B Center for Samaritan Studies in Holon, Israel, on the history and traditions of the Samaritans. Hear about the traditions of these descendants of the northern tribes of Israel and their connection to manuscripts housed in the library鈥檚 Special鈥�

Thursday, December 13, 2018, 7:00 p.m. Gottesman Library, Wilf Campus, room 507. Library Book Talk with Ronnie Perelis, Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena (Rachel) Alcalay Associate Professor of Sephardic Studies. Identity, family, and community unite three autobiographical texts by New World鈥�

Jewish National Fund manifesto色花堂 ArchivesIsraeli Broadside Collection A century ago, in the fall of 1918, the Jewish National Fund (JNF, Keren Kayemet L鈥橸israel), issued a manifesto from its headquarters in The Hague. The organization, founded in 1901, was assessing its mission and鈥�

Welcome back to our campuses鈥攚ith good wishes to all for a productive year in 5779 from the University Libraries. Watch this Office Hours video, produced by Marketing & Communications and featuring librarians Wendy Kosakoff and Rina Krautwirth. New! Online group study room bookings for Hedi ...

A century ago, Rosh Hashanah in 1918 for Jews in the United States was different than any prior ones during the First World War. Until April 1917, American Jews had only been involved in the war as onlookers who worried about their fellow Jews suffering in the midst of the war in Eastern Europe ...

Camp Machanaim, 鈥渢he American Camp With Jewish Spirit鈥� for girls and boys was established in 1929 near Monticello, New York. The name Machanaim was consciously adopted from the biblical verse in Genesis, 鈥淎nd Jacob said when he saw them: `This is God鈥檚 camp.鈥� And he called the name of that place ...

Tu B鈥橝v (15 th day of the month of Av), the ancient holiday when young single women of Jerusalem danced in the vineyards hoping to find their mates, is historically a festive day when thoughts of young men and women turned to marriage. Today, Tu B鈥橝v is a popular time for weddings, which are ...

The New Lamentations = Megilat Ekhah ha-h蹋adashah = Di Naye Megilas Ekhah, a small, trilingual booklet in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish by Israel Fine, was published a century ago in 1917 as a fund-raising effort for the Central Relief Committee. Immediately after the outbreak of World War I, urgent鈥�

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