Monday, June 18, 2012
Kestenbaum auction this week
Auction
Thurs., June 21st 2012
at 3pm
Fine Judaica:
Printed Books, Manuscripts,
Autograph Letters, Graphic &
Ceremonial Art
Featuring:
The Cassuto Collection
of Judeo-Iberian Books
Exhibition:
Sun. 17th - Wed. 20th June
Catalogue here.
For further information
please contact Jackie Insel
Jackie@Kestenbaum.net
Kestenbaum & Company
242 West 30th Street, New York NY 10001
Tel: (212) 366.1197• Fax: (212) 366.1368
www.kestenbaum.net
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Conference of Judaica Collection Curators
*Curating and Cultivating Exchange:*
*The First International Conference of Judaica Collection Curators*
The Conference will begin on Monday, June 4th and will end on
Wednesday, June 6th 2012. The conference will be held at the National
Library of Israel which is located in the Edmond Safra Campus in Givat Ram,
Jerusalem. The full program may be found on our website:
http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/collections/jewish-collection
Monday, May 7, 2012
Braginsky Collection Update
For those who missed this on H-Judaic last week.
Subject: Braginsky Collection of Hebrew manuscripts and printed books: new German website
From: Schrijver, Emile
Subject: Braginsky Collection: new German website
The fourth exhibition of the private Braginsky Collection of Hebrew manuscripts and printed books, in the Landesmuseum in Zurich, Switzerland, closed on 11 March 2012. The exhibition is now available on the fantastic new German website by Ardon Bar-Hama in which all books, ketubbot and megillot can be seen and in which each showcase and each item is fully clickable. It also contains the splendid Israel Museum film on the making of Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, which should be part of every class on Hebrew book making: www.braginskycollection.ch. The exhibition was a cooperation of the Landesmuseum in Zurich and the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, Special Collections, University of Amsterdam. The new site contains 25 items that cannot be seen on www.braginskycollection.com.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Review of Yoel Finkelman, Strictly Kosher Reading
Yoel Finkelman. Strictly Kosher Reading: Popular Literature and the Condition of Contemporary Orthodoxy. Boston Academic Studies Press, 2011.
Reviewed by Moshe Sherman (Touro College) Published on H-Judaic (March, 2012)
see: URL: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=3D34095
Reviewed by Moshe Sherman (Touro College) Published on H-Judaic (March, 2012)
see: URL: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=3D34095
New Website Roundup
Jewish Heritage Europe web site: http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu
Sephardi Mizrahi Studies: http://sephardimizrahistudies.org/
JDC Archives: http://archives.jdc.org
"Zucker Holy Land Travel Manuscript" at Penn Libraries:
http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/zucker/index.cfm .
Sephardi Mizrahi Studies: http://sephardimizrahistudies.org/
JDC Archives: http://archives.jdc.org
"Zucker Holy Land Travel Manuscript" at Penn Libraries:
http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/zucker/index.cfm .
March 26: Workshop in NYC: Rare Books and Archival Collections in the Digital Age
from H-Judaic:
From: Jay Rovner
The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) invites you to attend a regional workshop devoted to the topic of "Rare Books and Archival Collections in the Digital Age: The Impact, the Direction and the Conversation". The workshop will be held on Monday, March 26th, 2012, 1-4:30 pm, at The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Mendelson Convocation Center (1st floor of the Library), 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 (corner of 122nd Street and Broadway).
PROGRAM:
1-1:30 pm Registration/Coffee/Light refreshments
1:30-4 pm
Special Collecting in the University Research Library: The View from Stanford - Zachary M. Baker, Assistant University Librarian for Collection Development-Humanities and Social Sciences; Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections - "What position does special collecting currently occupy in large university research libraries? How does the widespread availability of online resources affect collection development decisions in the special collections arena? What are the limitations of online access to rare books and archival content?
Meditations on Digitization: An Archival Perspective - Shulamith Z. Berger, Curator of Special Collections, Mendel Gottesman Library, Yeshiva University - "This presentation will discuss digitization of archival materials from a philosophical rather than a technical approach. How to set priorities in digitization? How does digitization affect usage of archives and the expectations of the user community? = Will digitization impact collection development as well as the processing and housing of collections?"
Seeing is Believing: Graphics Collections Online - Sharon Liberman Mintz, Curator of Jewish Art, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary - "An approach to creating access to visual materials."
Wonders of the World: The Taj Mahal and Rare Books - Dr. Peggy K. Pearlstein, Head, Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, = Library of Congress - "An overview of acquiring, preserving and making = available rare Hebrew books at the Library of Congress."
Parchment, Paper and Pixels: Collectors' Attitudes to Digitization of Rare Books and Manuscripts - David Wachtel, Senior Consultant for Judaica, Books & Manuscripts Department, Sotheby's, New York; Senior Consultant, Special Collections, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
4:15-5 pm
Optional tour of the Rare Book Collection of The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
REGISTRATION:
RSVP by March 20th ; Rita Lifton,
rilifton [at] jtsa [edu] (212) 280-6020 or Sara Spiegel, saspiegel [at] jtsa [edu]
(212) 678-8093. Registration fee, $10; payment is at the door. *A valid photo ID is required for entrance.* *The JTS dining hall serves a kosher, dairy lunch from 11 am to 2 pm.
This workshop is co-sponsored by the New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) in partnership with the Long Island Chapter (LIAJL), the New England Chapter (NEAJL) and the Washington, DC Capital Area Chapter (AJL-CAC). The workshop is underwritten by the Association of Jewish Libraries.
From: Jay Rovner
The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) invites you to attend a regional workshop devoted to the topic of "Rare Books and Archival Collections in the Digital Age: The Impact, the Direction and the Conversation". The workshop will be held on Monday, March 26th, 2012, 1-4:30 pm, at The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Mendelson Convocation Center (1st floor of the Library), 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 (corner of 122nd Street and Broadway).
PROGRAM:
1-1:30 pm Registration/Coffee/Light refreshments
1:30-4 pm
Special Collecting in the University Research Library: The View from Stanford - Zachary M. Baker, Assistant University Librarian for Collection Development-Humanities and Social Sciences; Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections - "What position does special collecting currently occupy in large university research libraries? How does the widespread availability of online resources affect collection development decisions in the special collections arena? What are the limitations of online access to rare books and archival content?
Meditations on Digitization: An Archival Perspective - Shulamith Z. Berger, Curator of Special Collections, Mendel Gottesman Library, Yeshiva University - "This presentation will discuss digitization of archival materials from a philosophical rather than a technical approach. How to set priorities in digitization? How does digitization affect usage of archives and the expectations of the user community? = Will digitization impact collection development as well as the processing and housing of collections?"
Seeing is Believing: Graphics Collections Online - Sharon Liberman Mintz, Curator of Jewish Art, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary - "An approach to creating access to visual materials."
Wonders of the World: The Taj Mahal and Rare Books - Dr. Peggy K. Pearlstein, Head, Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, = Library of Congress - "An overview of acquiring, preserving and making = available rare Hebrew books at the Library of Congress."
Parchment, Paper and Pixels: Collectors' Attitudes to Digitization of Rare Books and Manuscripts - David Wachtel, Senior Consultant for Judaica, Books & Manuscripts Department, Sotheby's, New York; Senior Consultant, Special Collections, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
4:15-5 pm
Optional tour of the Rare Book Collection of The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
REGISTRATION:
RSVP by March 20th ; Rita Lifton,
rilifton [at] jtsa [edu] (212) 280-6020 or Sara Spiegel, saspiegel [at] jtsa [edu]
(212) 678-8093. Registration fee, $10; payment is at the door. *A valid photo ID is required for entrance.* *The JTS dining hall serves a kosher, dairy lunch from 11 am to 2 pm.
This workshop is co-sponsored by the New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) in partnership with the Long Island Chapter (LIAJL), the New England Chapter (NEAJL) and the Washington, DC Capital Area Chapter (AJL-CAC). The workshop is underwritten by the Association of Jewish Libraries.
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