Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Here's the full list of 2026 National Recording Registry inductees! 05920
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026For those who missed it in person, here is the video from the Jews and 1776 talk at the Library of Congress: www.loc.gov/item/video-1... #nationaljewishheritagemonth #America250loc.gov1776: Jews and the American Revolution with Laura Arnold LeibmanJoin us for a lecture by award-winning historian and author Professor Laura Arnold Leibman on how Jews shaped the American Revolution and how the Revolution remapped American Jewish life.Although nume... 031
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 06/05/2026#OnlineTalk | America's Jewish Questions at 250 Years - Lana Dee Povitz | On the Importance of Coalitional Feminism to American Jewish History | @Penn @katz | Details: katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/impor... May 12, 2026 | 06:00 PM CET | On Zoomkatz.sas.upenn.eduOn the Importance of Coalitional Feminism to American Jewish HistoryLana Dee Povitz recalls how feminist Jews shaped history of the American Jewish left 021
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 05/05/2026#Ressource | Call for proposals for Body and Mind, the tenth volume of the Contemporary Studies on Language and Literature series | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... Deadline for submissions: June 15, 2026 021
Haim Gottschalk @hgot.bsky.social · 30/04/2026The conservation team do awesome magic in preserving and conserving library materials 221
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 30/04/2026For #PreservationWeek, we are bringing you a behind the scenes look at what some of our conservation experts do on a daily basis to preserve the materials housed at the Library of Congress! 0389
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 28/04/2026REMINDER: The deadline for submissions for the Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film is coming up on May 3! 084
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Ari Davidow @ari.mastodon.well.com.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026UK Yiddish Summer School, 17-21 Aug 2026 N. London #yiddish #klezmer #yiddishhistory #yiddishsong #yiddishliterature tinyurl.com/yiddishsummereventbrite.co.ukSummer Yiddish Festival - ZumerFest - London 2026Dive into the rich world of Yiddish culture with fun language classes, klezmer workshops, Yiddish song, films, dance, literature and more. 123
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Sabrina Inowlocki @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social · 27/04/2026📚📖📚📖This Wednesday at the National Library in Jerusalem, prof. Maren Niehoff and myself will be in conversation about the libraries of Alexandria and Caesarea. If you want to join: www.nli.org.il/he/visit/eve... @romanaerc.bsky.social 0158
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Alfonso de Zamora @perurealfonso.bsky.social · 21/04/2026#JewishBooks #BookHistory hybrid 👇 031
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Castilian, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew Teaching my students #MedievalSpain through the quadrilingual epitaph of Fernando III (1199-1252), dedicated by his son, Alfonso X. It never ceases to illuminate. Grateful to @homophonous.bsky.social for the translations and to the invaluable #PosenLibrary. 0213
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Our next speaker, this Thursday afternoon: Pavel Sladek, Charles University of Prague @charlesuni.cuni.cz @mbikoeln.bsky.social 121
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026A new lecture series at the Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies in Cologne, all welcome 👉🏼 #earlymodern #skystorians #jewishstudies @unicologne.bsky.social @mbikoeln.bsky.social 2124
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Sonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · 21/04/2026In honor of Monika Richarz, funding available to research Early Modern Jewry. Applications (in German or English) due April 30. @biajs.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social 043
Haim Gottschalk @hgot.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Two-day (all day) Judaica workshop on the history of the Hebrew printing to be held at the Library of Congress on May 4-5. You can attend the workshop both in person or virtually. For more information please see the flyer #HebrewBook @jewishlibraries.bsky.social @perurealfonso.bsky.social 050
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Tag yourself. 👹 "Yokai" are a class of supernatural beings that have long been a favorite subject for Japanese artists and storytellers. These are from “Kyōsai’s illustrated story of 100 demons," a recently digitized volume from the Library's Asian Division. See more. ⬇️ www.loc.gov/resource/asi... 03911
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Prof. Allie Alvis 🌷 @book-historia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The April 15 @calrbs.bsky.social application deadline looms... make sure to get yours in while scholarships are still available! I'll be teaching Pop Bibliography, the study of how old books are portrayed in pop culture and what it means for the field of book history www.calrbs.org/english-pale... 1137
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Interested in studying the Holocaust? Applications are now open for our MA Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage. We're pleased to offer Sayers Family Scholarships available for 2026 entry. www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/holo...southampton.ac.ukMA Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage 9116 (1 year) | University of SouthamptonDiscover our Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage master’s degree at the University of Southampton. Prepare for a career in Holocaust education, outreach, heritage curation, public history and com... 132
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 07/04/2026#Chancen | Frankel Institute Fellowship Rethinking Jewish Peoplehood: Towards a New Archive | 2027-2028 at the University of Michigan | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... #fellowship Deadline for applications: November 2, 2026 032
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 07/04/2026#HybridEvent | Annual Howard Rein Memorial Lecture - Yair Wallach on Ashkenazi Medical professionals in the Arab Middle East in the 19th and even 20th century questioning the collective memory | Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ashkenazi-... May 5, 2026 | 18:00 BST | Hybrideventbrite.co.ukAshkenazi Medical professionals in the Arab Middle EastRethinking the stories we know. Please join us for a talk with Yair Wallach for the Annual Howard Rein Memorial Lecture 062
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk NEH Union - AFGE L3403 @nehafge3403.bsky.social · 07/04/2026We note that the National Endowment for the Humanities wikipedia page is in dire need of...✨updating.✨ To reflect the mass staff firings, grant terminations, firings of Council members, & #DOGE #DEI dealings of the past year. Anyone care to take on these updates for us? 🙏 Thanks. #NEHen.wikipedia.orgNational Endowment for the Humanities - Wikipedia 087
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Eli Rubin @elirubin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026The Chinese Matzah Campaign of 1905 How Chabad rallied to provide Jewish troops with matzah and kosher meat during the Russo-Japanese War elirubin.substack.com/p/the-chines...elirubin.substack.comThe Chinese Matzah Campaign of 1905How Chabad rallied to provide Jewish troops with matzah and kosher meat during the Russo-Japanese War 064
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 07/04/2026#Webinar | Yom Hashoah 2026: A Duty to Remember with Eva Brettler, Belsen concentration camp survivor | April 14, 2026 06:00 PM CET #NieWiederIstJetzt #Holocaust #Survivor Registrate on: tourouniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 011
Haim Gottschalk @hgot.bsky.social · 06/04/2026The Case for Handwritten Letters www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/w...nytimes.comThe Case for Handwritten Letters 010
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Association of Jewish Libraries @jewishlibraries.bsky.social · 01/04/2026 031
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I’m leading this London Rare Book School course on the history of collecting. Ideal for anyone interested in studying the history of libraries and how and why books have survived. We’ll be looking at why special collections are special. 22-26 June. #bookHistory👇📚📖 ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini... 010351
Haim Gottschalk @hgot.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Spotlighting Passover: the earliest printed Haggadah, c.1480 from Guadalajara (Iberia) and now housed in the National Library of Israel, is digitized online mjsnow.hypotheses.org/3171mjsnow.hypotheses.orgSpotlighting Passover: the earliest printed Haggadah, c.1480 from Guadalajara (Iberia) and now housed in the National Library of Israel, is digitized onlineThis is the earliest printed Haggadah, the only copy in the world. Printed in square, unpunctuated letters only 12 years prior to the exile of the Jews from Spain, this Haggadah is unique evidence of ... 031
Haim Gottschalk @hgot.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Spotlighting Passover: the earliest printed Haggadah, c.1480 from Guadalajara (Iberia) and now housed in the National Library of Israel, is digitized online mjsnow.hypotheses.org/3171mjsnow.hypotheses.orgSpotlighting Passover: the earliest printed Haggadah, c.1480 from Guadalajara (Iberia) and now housed in the National Library of Israel, is digitized onlineThis is the earliest printed Haggadah, the only copy in the world. Printed in square, unpunctuated letters only 12 years prior to the exile of the Jews from Spain, this Haggadah is unique evidence of ... 051
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Berman Archive at Stanford @bermanarchive.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Today is the 115th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire: 148 workers killed, most of them young Jewish immigrant women. Survivors like Pauline Newman fought for child labor protections. The @forward.com asks what it means that those protections are eroding again. forward.com/opinion/8095...forward.comWe're forgetting the lessons of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fireStates have been gradually rolling back the protections that activists like Pauline Newman and Clara Lemlich bravely fought for 301561711
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies @katzcenterupenn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Watch now! Javier del Barco (Complutense University of Madrid) explores the unique features of two manuscripts housed at the Library at the Katz Center that point to the Sephardic Hebrew Bible as a distinct and coherent book category. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Ar... @sims-mss.bsky.socialyoutube.comThe Sephardic Bible Bookcraft: Codicology, Layout, and Contents in Two ManuscriptsYouTube video by Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies 075
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Dan Carkner @alte.klezmor.im · 24/03/2026free online event in Yiddish, on March 29, about the history of the now-defunct Montreal Workers Circle brancheventbrite.comThe History of the Workmen’s Circle in Montrealדי געשיכטע פֿון אַרבעטער־רינג אין מאָנטרעאָל 022
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Sam Spinner @samspinner.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Deadline extended to April 1! Spring break is a perfect time to finish that essay... 163
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 19/03/2026History Notes March 19, 1918: US President Woodrow Wilson signs the Standard Time Act, which establishes Daylight Saving Time in the United States and gives the federal government oversight of the country's time zones. 024
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 16/03/2026The Library is looking for its next Innovator in Residence! Through April 10, the Library invites technologists, artists and other creative visionaries to propose imaginative proof of concepts designed to help the public connect with digital Library materials. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library... 01814
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Are you interested in applying for our MA Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage? We're running a webinar in April to share information about the course, scholarships, and to answer your questions. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...us06web.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Parkes Institute MA Holocaust webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Parkes Institute MA Holocaust webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. 044
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk MLN Journal @mlnjournal.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Scholars of Jewish literature, thought, and culture: Please share and consider submitting to our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social 097
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Strongbird @songbird.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Is there any Yiddish blogs or other small frequent things to read? I read the Yiddish Forwards for daily practice but I would like to add more. 013
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Posen library fellowships! www.posenlibrary.com/fellowship?f...posenlibrary.comFellowshipThe Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, curated by leading Jewish studies scholars, is an anthology of texts and images containing thousands of sources—and growing. 002
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 02/03/2026This is a fragment from the oldest Hebrew Bible manuscript with a given date of production. It's the end of the book of Nehemiah, pointed with Babylonian vowel signs. A Jewish scribe named Joseph ben Nimorad completed it in 903/4 CE at Gunbad-i-Mallgan (modern Dogonbadan, Iran). 1327
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Amalia S. Levi, PhD @amaliasl.bsky.social · 04/03/2026For the "everything is online" crowd in the back: Important to consider that "everything" cultural heritage related that is accessible online represents only 1% (one percent) of archives, libraries, and museum collections worldwide. 16541
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 03/03/2026#OTD in 1931, Congress voted to create a national library service for the blind. This came decades after 7th Librarian of Congress John Russell Young established the very concept of a national library for the blind, overseeing the creation a reading room for the blind at the Library in 1897. 🧵 26014
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 02/03/2026🔎 Rare 18th-century punches used to create the original Baskerville typeface have been digitised and released online. Designers, historians and the wider public now have the opportunity to study the physical tools that shaped modern typography. 🔗https://loom.ly/1ulLaFI 220972
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Ever wonder what books Jews in colonial New York printed and sold? Check out this wonderful blog post by Megan Scauri about Benjamin Gomez, one of the members of Congregation Shearith Israel - The Spanish & Portuguese Synagogueajhs.orgColonial Bookseller Benjamin Gomez: The books tell the story - American Jewish Historical SocietyOne of the earliest Jewish publishers/booksellers in America was Benjamin Gomez, who had a bookshop in downtown New York City. He came from a prominent Sephardic family and was a fourth-generation Ame... 052
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies @sims-mss.bsky.social · 02/03/2026For #CoffeeWithACodex on March 5, Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman will bring out CAJS Rar Ms 720, Marcus Hartig's alphabetization of the Hebrew Psalms, in his 1876 manuscript. Register here: bit.ly/4sjWykbbit.lyCoffee with a Codex: Alphabetized Psalms in HebrewAn informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different... 054
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 27/02/2026The Jewish Israeli woman who loved and was loved by Palestine’s most famous poet died this week. Their romance couldn’t survive politics, but the poetry it inspired is loved by millions. My article for @newlinesmag.bsky.social: newlinesmag.com/running-note... 16523
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Prof. Allie Alvis 🌷 @book-historia.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I know there's a lot going on right now, but don't forget to apply to @calrbs.bsky.social -- priority applications close in April! I'm teaching Pop Bibliography there again, and would love to have you in my class: www.calrbs.org/english-pale... 2268
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 20/02/2026#Chancen | POLIN Museum invites applications for its second Summer School program for early-career scholars – doctoral students & post-docs | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... #SummerSchool #Warsaw Deadline for applications: March 31, 2026 033
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Dot Porter @leoba.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Hey #medievalsky #manuscriptsky - do you have any examples of codices made into scrolls or rolls? Any genre. 41116
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Here is a cool call for the #bookhistory communities: “Women Printing for Institutions in Early Modern Europe”, at the HAB Wolfenbüttel (and organized by Saskia Limbach) in November 2026. CFP: www.hab.de/wp-content/u...hab.de 13524
Reposted by Haim Gottschalk Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 12/02/2026The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comReading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study findsCognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers 13637295