> From: <[email protected]> > Date: June 17, 2013 11:53:11 AM CDT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Judaica Europeana Newsletter 5, 2013 > > I have pleasure in sending you the latest Judaica Europeana Newsletter. In > this issue, you will find news from the Judaica Europeana network of heritage > institutions and highlights of some partners� collections: the National > Library of Israel, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana and the JDC Archives. We also > introduce AthenaPlus, a recently launched project, in which we participate. > > Please feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone who may be interested. > > In case this email does not display properly, please follow the link to > http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/Newsletter.html > > Lena Stanley-Clamp > Director, European Association for Jewish Culture > Coordinator, Judaica Europeana > www.judaica-europeana.eu > > > > > Judaica Europeana Jewish collections online > Number 5, 2013 > > Emigration of Russian Jews, wood engraving [detail], 1891, Wellcome Library, > London. > The Judaica Europeana network > The Judaica Europeana project, now in its fourth year, has led to the > creation of an extensive network of heritage institutions in Europe, Israel > and the US, which are working together to provide integrated access to > digital collections of Jewish heritage. > > To-date the project has made available on the Europeana portal the > collections of partner libraries, archives and museums totalling 3.7 million > items: book pages including incunabula, manuscripts, archival material, > newspapers and periodicals, photographs, postcards, music recordings. > > More > > > Minute book of the Talmud Torah Society [detail], Riga, Latvia, 1867 – 1959, > CAFHJP. > News from the National Library of Israel > The National Library of Israel (NLI) and the Central Archives for the History > of the Jewish People (CAHJP) have recently announced a merger between the two > institutions. For over 120 years, the NLI has been collecting, preserving and > making accessible one of the world's most significant collections of Hebraica > and Judaica. The merger will strengthen both institutions and eventually > provide improved access to the overwhelming collections of the CAHJP. The > CAHJP was founded over 70 years ago in Jerusalem by a group of historians and > public figures, who sought to preserve the historical heritage of the Jewish > people. Over the years the CAHJP has collected the archives of thousands of > communities, organizations, families and Jewish personalities from 64 > countries. > > More > > Night looking upon Sleep her beloved child II by S. Solomon, 1895 [detail], > Ben Uri, The London Jewish Museum of Art. > > AthenaPlus: access to cultural heritage networks > AthenaPlus is a new project, which provides access to cultural heritage > networks for Europeana. It is a best practice network co-funded by the > European Union's Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, which encourages a > better use of information and communication technologies and helps to develop > the information society. Forty institutions from 21 EU member countries, > including the European Association for Jewish Culture, are partners in this > project. > > More > > > Seder Haggadah shel Pesach by Joseph ben David of Leipnik, 1738 [detail], > Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana. > > Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana > Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana is part of the University of Amsterdam Library. One > of the largest European collections of its kind, it has developed from a > German Enlightenment library into a general library on Jewish history and > culture. Today, the library contains approximately 120,000 works in every > language Jews have used over the centuries, including 1,000 manuscripts and > some 80 archival collections. > > More > > > Jewish refugees, Lisbon, 1941 [detail], JDC Archives. > > The JDC Archives > The JDC Archives houses the records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution > Committee (also known as ‘the Joint’), an American organization that has > operated in over 90 countries, bringing aid to individuals and communities in > need. These records, dating back to 1914, are an invaluable resource for the > study of modern Jewish history that is open to scholars, journalists, > authors, curators, genealogists and the general public. > > More > Read the previous Judaica Europeana Newsletter, number 4 > > Editor: Lena Stanley-Clamp, European Association for Jewish Culture, London > with contributions from National Library of Israel, Bibliotheca > Rosenthaliana, AthenaPlus project, JDC Archives | > Contact us | Subscribe to Judaica Europeana Newsletter > > > > > with the support of > > The Rothschild Foundation > (Hanadiv) Europe > > > europeana.eu > > athenaplus.eu > > co-funded by the European Commission eContentPlus programme > > > > -- > If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, this link > To update your preferences, this link > Forward the message, this link > powered by phplist v 2.10.19, © phpList ltd
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