Webcasts related to the Hebraic Section

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May 5, 2008
Traditional Judaism or Reform
As part of the Library's celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month, Marsha Rozenblit delivered the ninth annual Myron M. Weinstein Memorial Lecture on the Hebraic Book. The lecture focused on Viennese Jews in the 19th Century. Rozenblit is the Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Maryland. The lecture series honors Myron M. Weinstein (1927-1998), whose 29-year tenure at the Library was spent in the Hebraic Section.

January 17, 2008
I Will Wake the Dawn: Illuminated Psalms
The Book of Psalms is probably the best-known book of the Hebrew Bible. In her new book, "I Will Wake the Dawn: Illuminated Psalms," author and artist Debra Band has selected 36 of the most well-known of the 150 psalms to interpret and illustrate.

November 2, 2007
Quick to the Party: Southern Jews and the Americanization of Hanukkah
Registrants attending the 32nd annual conference of the Southern Jewish Historical Society came to the Library as guests of the Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, to learn about Judaic treasures in the Library's collections.

October 18, 2007
Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community
Laura Cohen Apelbaum and Wendy Turman of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington spoke about the history of the Jewish community in Washington, D.C. The talk also included images from the new book, "Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community." The program was sponsored by the Library's African and Middle Eastern Division.

May 8, 2007
A Bibliographer Encounters the Muses: Reflections on the Yiddish Theater and Its Legacy
Zachary M. Baker delivered the eighth Annual Myron M. Weinstein Memorial Lecture on the Hebraic Book as part of the Library's celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month. The lecture was titled "A Bibliographer Encounters the Muses: Reflections on the Yiddish Theater and Its Legacy." The lecture series honors Myron M. Weinstein (1927-1998), whose 29-year tenure at the Library was spent in the Hebraic Section.

December 6, 2004
The live performance, “Haven to Home: An American Journey,” tells the stories of Emma Lazarus, an immigrant’s daughter who became known as Lady Liberty’s poet, and Irving Berlin, an immigrant who became one of America’s best loved composers. The original play, commissioned by the Hebraic Section and written and directed by Roberta Gasbarre, Director, The Discovery Theater, Smithsonian Associates, explores how the values of liberty, opportunity, and religious freedom shaped American history. The 45 minute presentation was one of the public programs related to the Library of Congress exhibition, “From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America.”

June 7, 2004
The Hebraic Section of the Library of Congress hosted the Fifth Annual Myron M. Weinstein Memorial Lecture on the Hebraic Book in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Jonathan D. Sarna presented a lecture, "The Jewish Book in America". Jonathan D. Sarna is the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University and chairs the Academic and Editorial Board of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives. He also serves as chief historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History and of Celebrate 350 and is the author most recently of "American Judaism: A History". (View Cybercast)

March 30, 2004
Author Susan Weidman Schneider, editor-in-chief of Lilith discusses her experiences of more than two decades at the helm of the award winning Jewish women's magazine. (View cybercast)