PEOPLE OF THE BOOK:
EXPLORATIONS IN JEWISH PUBLISHING AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Drew University: 4 March 2001
The Program in Jewish Studies and the Graduate Program in Book History
at Drew University are delighted to invite you to an afternoon of study
and exploration in the remarkable history of the Jewish book. This
conference, which is free and open to the general public, will meet
Sunday, 4 March 2001, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm in Learning Center 28 on the
Drew University campus in Madison, NJ. This event will mark the
publication of "The Holocaust and the Book: Destruction and
Preservation" (ed. Jonathan Rose) by the University of Massachusetts
Press.
THE PROGRAM
Opening Remarks
Prof. Allan Nadler, Jewish Studies Program Director, Drew University
"The Hebrew Book as Object and Icon"
Brad Sabin Hill, Director of the Library at the Center for Hebrew and
Jewish Studies, Oxford University
"The Iconography of Tradition: On the Page Format of the Babylonian
Talmud"
David Stern, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies at the
University of Pennsylvania
"Hasidic Books for Our Generation: The Case of Rabbi Eliezer Shlomo
Shick"
David Assaf, Professor of Jewish History at Tel Aviv University
"Does Yiddish Publishing Have a Future?: Current Trends in Yiddish
Bibliography"
Zachary M. Baker, Head Judaica Librarian, Stanford University Library
For further information telephone 973-408-3270 or e-mail
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