In celebration of The Library’s Acquisition of the 1584 Manuscript of the Diwan of Shmuel Ha-Nagid and in honor of volunteer
Dr. Al Moldovan and his many contributions to The Library

Presentations by
Professor Menahem Schmelzer, Albert B. And Bernice Cohen Professor Emeritus of Medieval Hebrew Literature and Jewish Bibliography, JTS
and
Professor Raymond P. Scheindlin, Professor of Medieval Hebrew Literature and director of the Shalom Spiegel Institute of Medieval Hebrew Poetry, JTS

Manuscript viewing at 3:30 p.m. Registration information.

February 27, 2012, at 7:30 p.m.

David Fishman will speak about his new book

Nazi-Looted Jewish Archives in Moscow

Registration information.

 

March 20, 2012, at the 92nd St. Y, cosponsored with The Library

Jonathan Sarna will speak about his new book

When General Grant Expelled the Jews

All Library events are free and open to the public. Please reserve your space by emailing Hector Guzman or calling (212) 678-8075.

Recent Events

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Dr. Burton Visotzky presents a Library Book Talk on Sage Tales: Wisdom and Wonder from the Rabbis of the Talmud. View a video by "Call on Faith" with Dr. Visotzky about his new work. Listen to the audio podcast of this event.
Sunday, April 10, 2011 The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), with the cooperation of Nextbook and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, presents a Library Book Talk on Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza, featuring the book's authors, acclaimed essayist Adina Hoffman and MacArthur Foundation Award-winning poet and translator Peter Cole. View the video podcast of this event.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Dr. Eitan Fishbane presents a book talk on Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Classical Texts, Contemporary Reflections. Listen to the audio podcast.
Monday, January 31, 2011 Dr. Carol K. Ingall discussed her most recent book The Women Who Reconstructed American Jewish Education, 1910–1965. Listen to the audio podcast.
Thursday, December 16, 2010 Dr. Tal Ilan delivered a lecture on "A Feminist Commentary on Massekhet Taanit: How to Read Gender into a Commentary of the Mishnah and the Babylonian Talmud." Listen to the audio podcast of this event.
Monday, December 6, 2010 Shira Kohn and Rachel Kranson discussed their new book A Jewish Feminine Mystique?: Jewish Women in Postwar America. Watch the video podcast of this event.
Thursday, November 18, 2010 Rabbi Naomi Levy delivered a talk on her new book Hope Will Find You: My Search for the Wisdom to Stop Waiting and Start Living. View the video podcast of this event. Read the press release.

Current Exhibitions

The exhibitions program enables the general public to view the extensive and irreplacable collections of manuscripts, incunabula, rare printed Hebrew books, genizah fragments, broadsides, ketubbot, megillot, and prints of The Library.

Exhibitions are on view on the first and fifth floors of The Library building. All exhibits are free and open to the public.

In Alperin Lobby

Jewish Musical Response to German Kultur

Through the use of musical scores, historical photos, engravings, and correspondence, The Library's music archivist, Dr. Eliott Kahn, explores changes in Jewish music from the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) through the Nazi years.

The exhibit was inspired by the successful concert of German-Jewish music sponsored by The Library in May 2010 at New York's Ethical Culture Society.

Online Exhibitions

JTS Library Treasures: An online visit to The Library's Rare Book Room

Traveling Exhibitions

People of Faith, Land of Promise: In Celebration of 350 Years of Jewish Life in America (in facsimile)

Radical Visions: Graphic Satire in the Yiddish Press, 1894–1939

Sanctuary and Synagogue: The Experience of the Portuguese and Ashkenazic Jews in Amsterdam

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View a list of past exhibitions.

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The Jewish Theological Seminary is located at 3080 Broadway (at 122nd Street), and is accessible via the #1 train and the M4 and M104 buses.