Dear Daniel
You called in the grammar police??
Almost any noun in English may be turned into an adjective without
any change of form; as in an OAK fence, a MANCHESTER man, a KITCHEN
garden, DICTIONARY definitions.
So also with Judaica and so also (if I may) with grammar!!
Yoel (candidate for
While I have great respect for the dangerous work our
grammar police have performed thus far on this topic,
I feel I must highlight a more important point.
The fact that the library's signage, publicity,
and barcodes would all have to be changed, I would
vote for retaining the existing name on
Judaica is correct, as defined by Webster's Third New International
Dictionary:...things Jewish, esp. literary or historical materials
relating to Jews or Judaism.
Beila Organic, Isaac Franck Library, Partnership for Jewish Life and
Learning, Rockville, MD
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Our library, The Harry Rosenbaum JHS Judaica Library [JHS is short for
Jewish Historical Society of Lower Fairfield County], has been in
existence for several years with that name. Our signage, publicity,
and barcodes state that name.
Some in our organization want to change the library name to
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