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Judaism and Jewish Libraries:
An Exploration
Presentation for Jackson Library
Staff and Other Guests
December 3, 2009
Topics
• Judaism as
– Religion
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– Jews are also part of a nation. (We won’t
get into this.)
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Religion
Judaism in Less than Five Minutes
Rabbi Andy Koren, Reform
Temple Emanuel, Greensboro, NC
Chumash, Tanakh, Mikraot Gedelot
• Chumash (from Chamseh, five) – printed form of the five books of the Torah – Divided into 54 parshiyot (one read each week)
– has cantillation, vowel points, also Rashi’s commentary.
– The Torah scroll does not.
• The Tanakh - acronym for Torah, Neviim (prophets)
and Ketuvim, (writings)
– to refer to the Hebrew Bible as the Old Testament is
considered pejorative
– same books as Protestant Bible, different order
• Mikraot Gedelot-Rabbinic Bible – Tanakh plus commentary
The
Bomberg
Babylonian
Talmud
1519-1523
Venice, part of the
40 million dollar
Valdonna Trust,
currently at
Sotheby’s waiting
for auction. It will
not be divided. The
collection numbers
around 11,000 rare
books and
manuscripts:
Talmud comprises
Mishnah and
Gemara (which
comments on the
Mishnah)
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MISHNAH
Part of what was received at Sinai
in addition to Torah (written law).
Oral tradition dealing with (there is
one exception) halacha or law.
Mishnah is the oral law.
Compare to midrash which deals
with Scripture commentary or
exegesis (interpretation)
Organized by subject.
Basis of rulings, law for the
Jewish people.
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Religion
• Denominations
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Orthodox (See handout for variations)
Modern Orthodox
Conservative
Reform
Reconstruction
Renewal
Humanist
Singer as a Representative of the the
Jewish Community
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Complex relationship to Judaism
Orthodox background, Polish
Developed a”private mysticism”
G-d does not respond: how could He inflict
such suffering (Holocaust, illness)
• Still only comfortable living in European
Jewish communities in the US
• Wrote only in Yiddish, but fluent in English,
Polish and Hebrew
Culture: The Jewish Calendar
The Year: Add 3760
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The Months
Judaica in General (Religious)
• A very broad category. Includes Jewish:
– Literature: Torah, Talmud, writings of Luria,
Maimonides, the great rabbis, Modern writers
• Artifacts (a sample):
• Cairo Geniza fragments
• Various sacred and semi-sacred objects
• Scrolls,
• menorah or chanukiah, tallitot,
• siddurim (prayer books),
• temple artwork,
• illuminated manuscripts
• Haggadot
• Ketubim
• Mahzorim
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Religious and Household Artifacts,
Spertus Museum, Chicago
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Secular Jewish Culture
Multi-faceted Judaism is a way of life, not just a
religion. Among others, there is/are Jewish
Foods
Music
Visual Arts
Dance
Literature
Humor
Theatre
It’s all Judaica…..
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Jewish Libraries: A Wide Variety
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University Special Collections
Public Libraries
Synagogue Libraries
Digital Libraries
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• The University Specialty Library
– Yale,
– Harvard,
– University of Pennsylvania
– Worldwide
Judaica
at Yale
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Judaica at the
Israel Museum
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Judaica
at the
British
Library
One of the
World’s
Largest
Collections
Outside of
Israel
Jewish Libraries
• The Public/Specialty Library
– Library of Congress
– New York Public Library
Jewish Libraries
• The Synagogue Library
• Promotion of lifelong Jewish learning throughout the
congregation membership.
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2. Reinforcement of all synagogue educational
programs, especially the Religious School.
The
Synagogue
Library:
Selected
holdings
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Jewish Libraries
• Digital Libraries
– Jewish Virtual Library
– Judaic Scholar Visual Reference Library
(This one is not free).
The
Jewish
Virtual
Library
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Judaica
at the
New
York
Public
Library
The
Dorot
Collection
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QUESTIONS???
TODAH RABAH (Thank you!)
and Shalom!