Hi there Some of you will remember that I spoke about the closure of the Jewish Studies Library at the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research at the University of Cape Town at the AJL convention in 2017. A Special Collection of approximately 2000 books - pre-1923 Judaica and Hebraica as well as South African Yiddish and Hebrew books was to remain at the Kaplan Centre.
Due to the renovation of the Centre these books were only unpacked in January this year. It was a mammoth task and we had to dispose of a large number books due to lack of space. I must thank Arthur Kiron at U Penn for helping us out by taking over our collection of books from the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction. The Centre was officially reopened on 22 May last week. A blog was posted to highlight the rare books held by the Kaplan Centre. Here is the link. https://blogs.uct.ac.za/memory/2019/05/early-hebraica-and-judaica-at-the-kaplan-centre-for-jewish-studies-and-research-at-the-university-of-cape-town/ Best regards, Veronica -- Veronica Belling +27 (0)21 434 3216 +27 (0)72 199 2048
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