Ilka Gordon, librarian at the Aaron Garber Library has kindly volunteered to write a series of articles on the holdings and special features of this library, especially aspects that may be useful to the Orthodox community.
Aaron Garber Library ( located in the former Siegal College building), is open to the Jewish community. We are an academic library housing over 46,000 books, CDs and periodicals in Hebrew, Aramaic, Yiddish and English. We have a large collection of seforim such as several editions of the Talmud Bavli, the Yerushalmi, Mishnayot and many other seforim which will be featured in our bi-weekly library list. Every two weeks, we will highlight five books from our collection, usually new books. We welcome you to the library, one of the Jewish community’s great resources. We hope you enjoy this new addition to the Newsletter. Please stop by and explore Cleveland’s Jewish treasure for yourself.
Beginning February our hours are:
Mon.-Thurs. 9-4
Closed Fridays
This week’s list of new books:
Pius XII and the Second world War According to the Archives of the Vatican by Pierre Blet 1999
Many books have been written about the silence of Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust. This book follows the day –by day and hour–by-hour work of the pope and his associates. Recommended for students of Holocaust history.
Two Pioneers: How Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson Transformed Baseball and America by Robert Cottrell 2012
Hank Greenberg, baseball’s first great Jewish player faced anti-Semitism and discrimination during his career. Jackie Robinson also successfully broke racial barriers. In spite of abuse and slurs Greenberg persevered and became one of the most famous sluggers of the 1930’ and 1940’s. Recommended for those who love baseball and its history.
The Aleppo Codex: a True Story of Obsession, Faith and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible by Matti Friedman 2012
The Aleppo Codex claims to be the most perfect copy of the Bible. It was kept safe for a thousand years until it was finally housed in a dark grotto in Aleppo, Syria. Matti Friedman tells the story of how the codex was smuggled from Syria to Israel. Recommended for those interested in mystery and intrigue.
Jewish Images in the Comics: a Visual History by Fredrik Stromberg 2012
Stromberg shows examples of comic strips on topics such as history, anti-Semitism, superjews, and golem. Recommended for those interested in the history of how the world depicted Jews in comics.
CD
Bar Ilan’s Judaic Library2012
Searchable CD-ROM in Hebrew of thousands of seforim, for example: Tanach, Mishnah, Zohar, Talmud, Rishonim, Midrash, Aggadah, Halacha, Mussar, Minhagim, Tefillah etc.
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