Dan Wyman Books Judaica

01/21/2020

Ugh, what a disaster for Yiddish scholarship. My heart goes out to head Librarian Lyudmila Sholokhova, Leo Greenbaum and the rest of the library staff.

YIVO is the world’s preeminent center for studying Yiddish language, culture and history. How will it function without librarians?

11/30/2018

Available: 2 Rare 16th Century Books - https://mailchi.mp/danwymanbooks/available-2-rare-16th-century-books

04/26/2018

Yiddish book design is a favorite topic of mine (don't get me started...) Wish I could make this talk by my colleague David Mazower this Sunday...highly recommended!

Community Open House Previous Event Next Event Date: Sunday, April 29, 2018 Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Location: Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St. Amherst, MA 01002 Join us for a day of events.Featuring the Melinda Rosenblatt Lecture presented by David FishmanAll events are free and open...

04/23/2018

11/10/2017

One of the most treasured collections of ancient Hebrew manuscripts and books will be digitised and available for public view online under an agreement by the state libraries of Russia and Israel announced on Tuesday.

10/05/2017

Just took a look at this...looks like a great start:
260,000 entries!

The database's 260,000 catalogue entries, the fruits of 30 years of research, range from modernist synagogues to ancient Hebrew illuminated manuscripts.

07/07/2017

Congratulations and thanks to Michelle Chesner on the publication online of Codex Conquest: The Jewish Edition!

How do you play the game?

You are a collector from a particular region of the world of Jewish printing. Your goal is to acquire the most valuable collection of books, while navigating historical events and chance occurances that can impact your library.
Every century brings new books to market. Historical strengths allow zones to start the century with more or less credits with which they can purchase books.

Game On...

by Amy Chen at the University of Iowa, Codex Conquest: Jewish Edition is a version geared to Jewish Book History, created by the Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies, Michelle Chesner

07/06/2017

The other famous Freud...

Tom Seidmann-Freud was a pioneer in the field of Hebrew book illustration during a short period in Berlin. But few today are familiar with the tragic story of the niece of Sigmund Freud.

06/10/2017

Librarian Humor...the best kind there is

05/24/2017

Available: Rare German Judaica Books: History, Rabbinics, Bible, Philosophy, and Art

Many items in this catalog come from the personal libraries of Vienna Chief Rabbi Hirsch (Zvi) Perez Chajes (1876-1927; see item Nr. 34) and scholar Rabbi Hirsch J. Zimmels (see item Nr. 64). Those with Rabbi Chajes' ownership stamp, or inscribed to him, are noted. 

04/22/2017

A mysterious collection of nearly 100 manuscripts have been discovered in an Afghan Cave. An analysis of the texts revealed that they were owned by a Jewish family that lived along the ancient Silk Road about 1,000 years ago. The manuscripts had been written in a plethora of languages, including Ara