[ha-Safran] Fw: [EXT] - Verter fun der Vokh - The Library

I thought you might enjoy this post from the League for Yiddish - forwarded with permission from the League. Note the link to the library manual from Warsaw! Shuli Shulamith Z. Berger Curator of Special Collections and Hebraica-Judaica Yeshiva University Library 500 W. 185th St. New York, NY

[ha-Safran] new book on Churchill and the shaping of the Middle East

I'd like to call your attention to a new book : Winston S. Churchill and the Shaping of the Middle East,

[ha-Safran] Pres. Yitzhak Ben-Zvi and Soviet Ambassador Abramov

A query on behalf a researcher: is there a reliable source for this story? Receiving the credentials of Soviet Ambassador Alexander Abramov five years after Israel’s rebirth of independence, President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi explained that he left Russia in 1901 because there was “no room” there for

[ha-Safran] Fw: [EXT] - [Arcan-l] Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada announces online access to oral histories and newspaper archive

I thought this was of interest and received permission to cross-post. Shuli Shulamith Z. Berger Curator of Special Collections and Hebraica-Judaica Yeshiva University Library 500 W. 185th St. New York, NY 10033 Phone (direct): 646-592-4053 Phone (office): 646-592-4058 Fax: 212-960-0066 E-mail:

[ha-Safran] Call for material - Yeshiva University Archives Jewish coronavirus collection

Yeshiva University Archives would like your help! We are collecting material relating to the coronavirus pandemic and the Jewish community, focusing on Jewish communities in North America. Examples include community notices, announcements by rabbinic organizations, synagogues, schools and other

[ha-Safran] Job announcment: Executive Director - Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Job Announcement: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford OVERVIEW: The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford (JHSGH), located in West Hartford, CT, a vibrant community in central Connecticut, seeks a dynamic leader with proven development experience to serve

[ha-Safran] new reference book on DP camps in Cyprus

I'd like to bring a new reference book to your attention - please note the description is from Amazon. The Cyprus Detention Camps: The Essential Research Guide by Yitzhak Teutsch Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019 "Beginning in August 1946, stateless and visaless Jews--most of them

[ha-Safran] Yeshiva University - Soviet Jewry Oral History Project

Yeshiva University Archives has just mounted video footage of the Soviet Jewry Oral History Project on youtube. “Big Brother is Watching Them. Our Brothers are Waiting for Us,” was the message of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry in 1984. Today you are welcome to watch and listen to Soviet