Hello, We also have a large bookplate collection. They have all been digitized and are available as part of our digital collections<http://garfield.jtsa.edu:8881/> . The navigation is not the most intuitive, as it was one of our first digital projects, but there is an amazing collection of 2,500 bookplates from the Leah Mishkin Collection. Click through them, or search by name (ie. Albert Einstein, Freud, etc.) and you will see some incredibly creative bookplates. We hope one day to redesign access to the collection.
Best, Naomi Steinberger Naomi M. Steinberger Director of Library Services The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary 3080 Broadway New York, NY 10027 phone: 212-678-8982 fax: 212-678-8891 From: hasafran-bounces+nsteinberger=jtsa....@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:hasafran-bounces+nsteinberger=jtsa....@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of David Birnbaum Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:49 PM To: 'Stahl, Sheryl'; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Jewish bookplates Just came across this old email. We have a collection of Jewish bookplates by the artist and poet (in German) Uriel Birnbaum (1894-1956). Most of them were also published in: 1. Horodisch: Die Exlibris des Uriel Birnbaum (1957) - in German, but with English summaries. There are 70 of them. There is a autobiographical section at the end of the book. David Birnbaum, Nathan & Solomon Birnbaum Archives, Toronto ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stahl, Sheryl Sent: January-14-13 1:23 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Jewish bookplates I don't know if anyone else from HUC has replied to you, but we have a large Jewish bookplate collection. You can see a glimpse of it here http://huc.edu/libraries/exhibits/rbr/bookplates.php Sheryl Stahl ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [[email protected]] on behalf of [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 12:49 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [ha-Safran] Jewish bookplates Jewish bookplates have been in evidence since 1946. In that year, Joseph Levi designed a bookplate for another Jew named Isaac Mendes. Since then, Jewish bookplates have proliferated throughout the western world. Open a prayer book in any temple or synagogue and you will find a bookplate on the inside front cover that reads "in honor of" or "in memory of". Before the advent of the computer, every temple bookplate was unique in design and character. The Temple, the Ark, a Jewish saying or symbol (like a menorah) was a signature sign of the importance of Jewish life and thinking. Today, many bookplates are totally homogenous, indistinguishable, one from the other, without even a hint of the city or state where the synagogue is located or a Jewish symbol. I'd appreciate any thoughts on how to revive interest in Jewish bookplates among Jewish librarians. Robert J. Weinberg Curator, Rowe Bookplate Museum Greenwich, CT
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