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October 28, 2008
Song of Songs: The Honeybee in the Garden
The Song of Songs is the Hebrew Bible's love song. But who sings this song? While the literal words tell of the passionate love of a man and a woman, the early rabbis understood the verses as an allegory of the love between God and Israel. In her illuminated manuscript, "The Song of Songs: the Honeybee in the Garden," author and artist Debra Band interprets and illustrates the biblical text.
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.”
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