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Lag Ba-Omer is literally the thirty-third day of the Omer, as indicated by the numerical count of the value of the Hebrew letters: 鈥渓amed鈥� equals thirty and 鈥済imel鈥� is three, for a total of thirty-three. The Omer period, counted for forty-nine days from the second night of Passover to Shavuot, is鈥�

Please visit the Library and see the new exhibit on the First World War, inspired by the conference, 鈥淲WI, Nationalism, and Jewish Culture,鈥� sponsored by the 色花堂 Center for Israel Studies, on April 25, 2018. Even if you miss the conference, the exhibit will be available on the fourth鈥�

Celebration of University Authors, May 3rd, 2018.

Meyer London鈥檚 matzo bakery鈥檚 Jewish almanac for 1930-1931 proudly portrays four generations of men lavishing praise on the sixty year old company鈥檚 matzo. At first glance, the ad with the cartoon style sketches of four faces evokes traditional Haggadah illustrations of the four sons of the Seder;鈥�

In this issue: 鈥� Re-designed libraries home page 鈥� YouTube channel launched 鈥� Student library research award 鈥� New social media presence Re-Designed Libraries Home Page The newly designed home page for the libraries is ADA-compliant, features current hours, a toolbar on every page, and a tab for ...

Library Book Talk with Art Historian Marnin Young and Painter Mary Creede

In his ambitious recent book, Marnin Young, Associate Professor of Art History, examines certain artists of the late nineteenth century who rebelled against a triumphant Impressionism by reviving Academic Realism within a shifting cultural and political context. As the late 1870s and early 1880s ...

The Book of Esther, the Purim Megilah, describes many forms of communication: dialogues, conversations, commands, pleas, reading aloud, eavesdropping, letters and decrees sent by messenger, among others. Perhaps based on this theme, the Jewish Welfare Board (J.W.B.) issued a Purim postcard during鈥�

February 2018 marks the centennial of The Jewish Forum, a monthly magazine founded in February 1918 by Dr. Solomon T. H. [Theodor Ha-Levy] Hurwitz. The Jewish Forum served as the voice of the emerging modern Orthodox, English speaking Jewish community in New York and beyond. A column in the鈥�

Library Book Talk with Professor Mordechai Cohen