Words Like Sapphires: 100 Years of Hebraica at the Library of Congress
http://myloc.gov/exhibitions/words-like-sapphires/Pages/default.aspx
In 1912, Jacob H. Schiff gave almost 10,000 books and pamphlets to the Library of Congress. It was a prodigious collection of Hebrew and Yiddish materials, and since then the Library has added over 190,000 works to this existing collection. This digital celebration complements an ongoing in situ exhibit at the Library, and it has a nice sampling of items from the Library's holdings. After checking out the About area, visitors can click on over to the Themes section to get started. Here visitors can make their way through The People of the Book, Gates of Prayer, Holy Land, and Beauty in Holiness. This last area is particularly noteworthy, as it features a beautiful version of the book of Esther executed by Israeli artist Avener Moriah and a gorgeous modern Passover Haggadah by Asher Kalderon.
From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2013. https://www.scout.wisc.edu/
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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