EUROPEAN DIVISION AND THE HEBREW LANGUAGE TABLE PRESENT Dr. Abraham Rosenberg, Library Director Ets Haim Library
ETS HAIM (TREE OF LIFE) LIVRARIA MONTEZINOS (1616) Lecture and visual presentation: AN OLD LIBRARY BEARING NEW FRUITS Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at Noon Mary Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor Madison Building, Library of Congress 1st and Independence Ave, S.E. Founded in 1616, Ets Haim is the oldest functioning Jewish library in the world. Since 1675, it has been housed in the beautiful complex of the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam. The library's holdings consist of some 500 manuscripts and 30,000 printed works. In 1998 the Dutch Department of Culture placed the library's holdings on the list of protected Dutch National Cultural Heritage. In October 2003, UNESCO, recognizing the collections' universal importance, inscribed them on the Memory of the World Register. ADA accommodations 5 days in advance (202) 707 6362 TTY or [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information call Gail Shirazi 202-707-9897 Program is free and open to the public Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
