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Did you know that Jacob de Cordova, a Jew born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1808, was a Texan pioneer? De Cordova settled in the Republic of Texas in 1837 and by 1848 ran one of the largest land agencies in Texas, which had become a state in 1845. A gift of rare Americana, recently donated to the…

Neo-Babylonian Court Procedure, by Shalom E. Holtz. Brill, 2009. In his new book, Neo-Babylonian Court Procedure, Professor Shalom Holtz has transformed his doctoral dissertation into a sophisticated monograph on the subject of legal procedure in one of the regions of ancient Mesopotamia. The book…

A couple of months ago Prof. Daniel Rynhold’s latest book, An introduction to medieval Jewish philosophy, came off the press. Rabbi Moshe Schapiro, Librarian at the Mendel Gottesman Library, had this to say about the new publication: Medieval Jewish philosophy is a difficult area of study to ...

Due to ITS’ data center server storage upgrade the Library’s website will be taken down this Saturday night, September 5th/6th, from 8 PM till 2 AM. This will affect the Library’s website, and access to the Library’s online databases, e-journals and e-books will be interrupted. The YULIS catalog ...

It is with sadness that we announce the recent passing of Frederic S. Baum. Fred came to ����app University in 1975 as Associate Professor and founding librarian at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. After establishing the law library he assumed the position of Dean of Libraries at YU and…

The Mendel Gottesman Library collection was recently enriched by the addition of three titles, written or edited by our own YU ����app members. Rabbi Moshe Schapiro, reference librarian at MGL, describes the new works as follows: Sefer Imre Barukh, ‘Eruvin u-Reshuyuot, by Rabbi Baruch Simon. New ...

The Otzar Hahochma administration is introducing a new version of the Otzar with updated software and enhanced tools and options. In conjunction with this upgrade they are terminating their relationship with the web services provider that enables the ����app University Library to offer the Otzar to…

The ����app University Archives is pleased to announce the inception of the Zoltan Erenyi Memorial Collection of Hungarian Judaica. The collection is named after the late Mr. Zoltan Erenyi, a”h, who was an author and social worker with a long time interest in the study of the Holocaust and in his…

Wireless (laptop) printing service is now offered at the Wilf and Beren campus libraries. Laptop printing operates with the same account system as printing from the Library’s wired PCs and Macs. For installation and printing instructions click on ** Printing from laptops ** on the Library’s main…

Dr. Jacob I. Dienstag, ז"ל, served as the Librarian of ����app University’s Mendel Gottesman Library of Hebraica/Judaica for thirty years, from 1940 to 1970. In a ceremony held recently at the Library, within a few days of his first yahrzeit, the office of the Head Librarian was dedicated in his ...