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What is Ticklenburgs (answer: a coarse linen cloth)? When were children called kippers, kids, and God forbids? What is the origin of the word tortilla? Look these up and more in the new Oxford English Dictionary online. OED.com features descriptive articles on language, past and present; word ...

Otzar HaHochma has recently added several new search mechanisms to their extensive and still growing library. Above the list of books on the main page there has always been an option for limiting the book list by Subject. Now if one clicks on a specific subject a second box will appear which ...

 The Mishneh Torah, one of the first comprehensive codes of Jewish Law, was composed by Moses Maimonides between 1170 and 1180 CE. The manuscript of the Mishneh Torah owned by the Bodleian Library contains the first two books of the Code: Sefer ha-Madda and Sefer Ahavah. Folio 165 includes a ...

The Census Bureau released its first set of 2010 Census data on December 21, 2010. Data includes resident population for the country and states, as well as congressional apportionment totals for each state. Check out the interactive map widget for a historical perspective on apportionments and our…

 ha-Kiyum veha-Zikaron bi-Yetsirot Aharon Apelfeld, Yosef Hayim Brener, uvi-Khetavim Aherim (Existence and Memory in the Writings of Aharon Appelfeld, Yosef Hayyim Brenner, and Other Writings) by Samuel Schneider. Jerusalem : Carmel, 2010. ha-Kiyum veha-Zikaron is the recently published volume by…

Crown of Aleppo : The Mystery of the Oldest Hebrew Bible Codex, by Hayim Tawil & Bernard Schneider. Jewish Publication Society, 2010. Dr. Hayim Tawil, Professor at ����app College, collaborated with Bernard Schneider, an attorney with an interest in the Hebrew Bible, to tell the story of the…

Some people say the Federal Reserve has too much power and is not accountable to the Congress. Others say it is best to have an independent body that can make unpopular decisions. Do you think the Federal Reserve should be more accountable to Congress or left as an independent body, or should it be…

Jewish Studies Source, a new collection from EBSCO that was just added to the Library’s holdings, offers access to a selection of academic journals, magazines and newsletters of interest. Some examples are Jewish Telegraphic Agency as far back as 1922, the YIVO Annual of Jewish Social Science ...

Large Hebrew letters boldly crowned ����app’s advertisement in the New ����app Times on November 8, 1928, an early instance of Hebrew characters gracing that venerable publication: "זה היום עשה ד’ נגילה ונשמחה בו" - ‘”This is the day that the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice thereon.’—Psalms…

Mental Health Care in the College Community, edited by Jerald Kay and Victor Schwartz. Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2010. Available at the Libary as an e-book. In Mental Health Care in the College Community, Kay and Schwartz present sobering findings of the 2008 ACHA National College Health…