You Are Cordially Invited to the Third Lecture in Temple Emanu-El's Series: The Arts and [Jewish] Identity February 22, 2006 at 6:30pm
Hebrew Printing in Poland: A Brief History Brad Sabin Hill Hebrew has been printed in Poland for almost as long as the Polish language itself. This illustrated lecture will trace the history of the art of Hebrew printing in the Polish lands from its introduction in Cracow in the sixteenth century, its expansion by Dutch printers in Galicia in the seventeenth century, the unprecedented spread of Hebrew presses in Russia after the partitions of Poland ca. 1800, to the flourishing of Hebrew and Yiddish presses in Warsaw and Vilna from the nineteenth century through the inter-war period. The survey will also touch on related issues such as censorship, Christian printers of Hebrew, the use of colored papers in Hebrew books, women printers, and the last books printed on the! eve of the Holocaust. Brad Sabin Hill is Dean of the Library and Senior Research Librarian of the YIVO Institute in New York. He previously held posts in Britain and Canada, as Librarian and Fellow in Hebrew Bibliography at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, as Head of the Hebrew Section of the British Library in London, and as Curator of Rare Hebraica in the National Library of Canada in Ottawa. A Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, Hill is the author of a number of books and articles in the field of Hebrew bibliography and booklore. Enter at Temple Emanu-El Community House 1 East 65th Street (between Fifth and Madison Avenues) New York, NY 10021 RSVP: (212) 744-1400 x362 Admission is Free Elizabeth F. Stabler Librarian Ivan M. Stettenheim Library Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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
