Rare books

How the Vatican Acquired One of the World’s Most Impressive Collections of Hebrew Manuscripts

The pope’s not-so-secret Jewish treasures.

Lawrence Schiffman
March 21 2023 12:01AM

The Oldest Extant Hebrew Bible Goes on the Auction Block

The Codex Sassoon.

Jennifer Schuessler
Feb. 17 2023 12:01AM

A Librarian and Holocaust Survivor Dedicated to Preserving the Jewish Past

Menachem Schmelzer, in memoriam.

Joseph Berger
Dec. 29 2022 12:01AM

The Lost Hebrew Manuscripts Hidden in Christian Books

Plundered and recycled.

Simcha Emmanuel
Dec. 28 2022 12:01AM

The Mystery of a Polish Yeshiva’s Found Jewish Books

What if thousands of texts weren’t burned during the Holocaust?

Piotr Nazaruk
Sept. 14 2022 12:01AM

An Up-Close Look at Columbia University’s Judaica Treasures

A virtual tour.

Michelle Margolis
July 21 2022 12:01AM

An Ethiopian Jewish Family Rescues a Rare Copy of the Book of Psalms

One of few extant fragments of the Orit.

Cnaan Lipshiz
July 13 2022 12:01AM

The People of the Book and the Printing Press

Messages of hope in early printed Hebrew texts.

Ann Brenner
Feb. 10 2022 12:01AM

A Letter, Hidden in a Bookbinding for Centuries, Provides a Rare Glimpse at the Life of Judaism’s Greatest Mystic

A message to Isaac Luria.

Hanan Greenwood
Jan. 24 2022 12:01AM

Ninety Lost Pages of the First Printing of a Seminal Work of Jewish Law Have Been Found

The Arba’ah Turim incunabulum.

Jerusalem Post
Jan. 20 2022 12:01AM

Turkish Police Seize Precious Jewish Books Smuggled by Syrian Guerrillas

A millennium old and embossed with gold.

Tzvi Joffre
Nov. 4 2021 12:01AM

The Woman behind the First Printed Hebrew Prayer Book

Penitential prayers from Piove di Sacco.

Yori Yalon
Aug. 12 2021 12:01AM

A Rare Volume of the Talmud Appeared at a White House Ceremony

The Avot of 1492.

Aviya Kushner
June 3 2021 12:01AM

Precious Haggadot, from 12th-Century Cairo to Spain on the Eve of Expulsion

Exploring the world’s largest collection.

Maya Margit
April 2 2021 12:01AM
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