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Finding information for your next paper or presentation is now a whole lot easier. “How so?” you ask. Because of YUFind, a Google-like interface that provides full-text content from many of our collections including journal articles, reference sources, newspapers, and even Hebrew publications. No…
Declaration of State of Israel, May 15, 1948 The Library is now subscribed to the full online run of The Jerusalem Post (1932-present). The Jerusalem Post has been, and still is, a leading Israeli daily newspaper. Keyword-searchable access to its complete run provides important research on the ...
Dr. Ronald Rubin, a generous donor of rare volumes to the Library’s Special Collections, recently presented the Mendel Gottesman Library a new gift. Foremost among the books is a rare edition of kabbalistic piyutim. Sefer Et ha-Zamir was authored by Benjamin ben Eliezer ha-Kohen Vitale of Reggio ...
Do you think you understand the basic Fiscal Cliff concept but need more information to discuss it intelligently? Search blogs, twitter, and other social media on the Fiscal Cliff in Factiva. In November alone there were over 13,000 web news entries, 15,000 blogs, and 1,600 board posts on the ...
The past comes to life in sound and sight at the Library’s new digital website. Experience musar (moral instruction) as it was delivered by a traditional Eastern European maggid (preacher) by tuning in to the Bialystoker Maggid’s impassioned wedding speech. Even if you don’t understand Yiddish you…
Jews in Gotham: New app Jews in a Changing City, 1920-2010, by Jeffrey S. Gurock (Vol. 3 of: City of Promises : a History of the Jews of New app). NYU Press, 2012. In the last 30 years we have been witness to a plethora of Jewish community histories in the US. Many fine studies have been…
The ubiquitous canvas Sukkot which appear in Jewish neighborhoods the world over were probably first introduced and produced by the Orthodox Union in 1925, in an effort to encourage families to erect their own personal Sukkot and not rely merely on making Kiddush in the synagogue Sukkah. This ...
Sefer ‘Am Mordekhai ‘al Masekhet Berakhot, by Mordechai Willig. Ḳeren Mikha’el Sharf le-hotsaʼat sefarim she-ʻal yad appt Rabenu Yitsḥaḳ Elḥanan, 2012. Sefer 'Am Mordechai 'al Masekhet Berakhot, originally published in 1992, has now been reissued with much additional material. The author ...
Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics website is a Hebrew and English language database that, according to its own description, provides statistical information about "the State and its population in the fields of health, wellbeing, education, economy etc., as well as on the subjects of physical ...
Need to find a book or article and you don’t know how to start looking? Has your professor assigned readings from books that are on reserve at the library, or from articles on E-Res (electronic reserves)? Do you need to access online library resources from your dorm room? Looking for a quiet place…

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