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Congratulations to our 2025 YU Student Library Research Award Winner Aden Lyons ! Aden, YC ’26, is a double major in history and political science. His paper, “ The Jewish Community of Lida During the Second World War,” was written for Professor Joshua Zimmerman’s course “History of the Holocaust…
In the United States, in 1960, there were few family-friendly alternatives to the ubiquitous Maxwell House Hagadah . From Twilight To Dawn: The Traditional Pessach Hagadah , created in Washington Heights, filled that gap. The Hagadah was the brainchild of two distinguished residents of Washington…
Images of the Megillah are courtesy of the Yeshiva University Museum Did you know that Yeshiva University owns a Yemenite Megillat Esther? The Esther Scroll’s circuitous route to Yeshiva started in Jerusalem in 1868 when Reverend Joshua Weaver, then Rector of the St. James American Episcopal Church…
Before we begin with OER myth-busting, we must first define OER. OER stands for Open Education Resources. These materials are in the public domain or have a specific license enabling users to retain, revise, remix, reuse, and redistribute said materials (Wiley). Image Source: Open Education: A ...
Yehudit (Judith) -- title page Are you able to imagine the story of Judith, with its bloody and gory aspects, as a Jewish children’s book in glorious color!? Although the figure of Judith holding Holofernes’ head was popular in classical art, a children’s version had to wait until 1945 in Memphis…
One reflection I have, now that processing of the YU Archives’ COVID collection is complete, is that the next time we take on the challenge of archiving a historical event while that event is still underway, perhaps I won’t also be racing against time to learn new skills in order to do it. At the…
Yeshiva University Library is fortunate to own a remnant of the Cairo Genizah, a small paper fragment with a portion of ”LeYoshev Tehilot, ” a piyyut recited on Yom Kippur. The fragment is legible, and remarkably well preserved, especially considering its age and its travels. The author of the ...
Kol Shofar, the call of the shofar , is the primary commandment of Rosh Hashanah referred to in the Bible as Yom Tru’ah, a day of sounding the shofar. In the synagogue, the congregation waits with bated breath for the wordless wail of the shofar to pierce the heavens. Minhagim books, concise ...
Some among the YU community may recall firsthand the issuance of a United States Postal Service stamp in honor of the University’s first president, Bernard Revel. It was the opening event in a yearlong celebration beginning September 1986 marking the University’s Centennial. Others in our community…
