Between the Lines: Children of the Book
By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video | Video Lecture
In Children of the Book: A Memoir of Reading Together (St. Martin’s Press / On Sale: August 26, 2025), Ilana Kurshan reveals how literature weaves an invisible thread through the tapestry of family life. Kurshan, a mother of five living in Jerusalem, struggles to balance her passion for books with her responsibilities as a parent. Gradually she learns how to relate to reading not as a solitary pursuit and an escape from the messiness of life, but rather as a way of forging connection and teaching independence. Introducing her children to sacred and secular literature—including the beloved classics of her childhood—she becomes both a better mother and a more compassionate reader.
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Jewish Worlds Illuminated: A Treasury of Hebrew Manuscripts from The JTS Library
By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
Jewish Worlds Illuminated: A Treasury of Hebrew Manuscripts from The JTS Library September 17–December 27, 2025Grolier Club 47 E 60th St. New York, NY 10022 Jewish Worlds Illuminated features over 100 manuscripts and books offering a world tour of Jewish literary creativity across many centuries and thousands of miles. The exhibition explores the diversity of cultures […]
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Sacred Words: Revealing the Earliest Hebrew Book
By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
Sacred Words: Revealing the Earliest Hebrew Book March 19–July 24 After 1,300 years of untold travels along the Silk Road, the oldest Hebrew book reveals its remarkable story. In Sacred Words, guests will behold the oldest-known Hebrew book, containing Sabbath-morning prayers, liturgical poems, and the world’s oldest Haggadah, which was mysteriously written upside down. Learn about […]
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Illuminating Sacred Text: Contemporary Jewish Book Artists and Their Work
By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
September 9–February 23 Sacred Jewish texts have long been crafted with exquisite beauty, reflecting their spiritual significance. Throughout history, artisans have adorned these books with masterful calligraphy, intricate decorations, and brilliant illuminations. Figurative illustrations have also found their way into these sacred volumes, adding yet a further layer of commentary onto the text. While the mass production of the […]
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Between the Lines: Torah and Technology
Sep 10, 2024 By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video | Video Lecture
In this volume, Torah and Technology: Circuits, Cells, and the Sacred Path, Rabbi Daniel Nevins draws on 3,000 years of biblical and rabbinic texts to respond to pressing questions of contemporary life. These essays are presented in the form of responsa, or rabbinic guidance for Jews committed to practicing halakhah, but they are also of interest to any person who confronts ethical quandaries in our technocentric times.
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Seeing the Unseeable: Kabbalistic Imagery from The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
March 26 – August 15, 2024 The spread of classical philosophy among Jews in the medieval period posed a significant challenge to traditional conceptions of divinity. While the God of the bible and rabbinic literature was a personal, anthropomorphic, and specifically Jewish God, the God of the philosophers was abstract, impersonal, and universal. To bridge […]
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Between the Lines: Between Two Worlds
Mar 20, 2024 By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video | Video Lecture
Facing the harrowing task of rebuilding a life in the wake of the Holocaust, many Jewish survivors, community and religious leaders, and Allied soldiers viewed marriage between Jewish women and military personnel as a way to move forward after unspeakable loss. Proponents believed that these unions were more than just a ticket out of war-torn Europe: they would help the Jewish people repopulate after the attempted annihilation of European Jewry. Historian Robin Judd, whose grandmother survived the Holocaust and married an American soldier after liberation, introduces us to the Jewish women who lived through genocide and went on to wed American, Canadian, and British military personnel after the war.
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To Build a New Home: Celebrating the Jewish Wedding
By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
To Build a New Home: Celebrating the Jewish Wedding featured a collection of rare materials illustrating the creative, often surprising, evolution of Jewish marriage practices over centuries.
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