Jewish Studies

I'm delighted to announce the appointment of Anna M. Levia as Assistant Curator for Judaica and Hebraica Collections, effective as of Tuesday, November 16th. Since 2003 she has worked as my Curatorial Assistant on a range of projects in both Green and Meyer Libraries, in the course of which she not only acquired an impressive array of technical skills and enhanced subject expertise, but was also motivated to pursue an M.L.I.S. degree at San Jose State University (which she received in 2008). Among her many accomplishments, Anna has processed numerous small to medium-sized manuscript collections; she has participated in rare-book cataloging projects (in close collaboration with Heidi Lerner and with staff in Special Collections); and she was an active member of the project team that carried out the digitization of the Eliasaf Robinson Collection on Tel Aviv.

Before coming to Stanford, Anna studied Hebrew, Linguistics, and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, received a B.A. in Linguistics from the University of Minnesota, and worked for over a decade as a freelance writer and editor. The range of languages that she speaks and reads is both impressive and necessary for research-level collecting in Jewish Studies: she is fluent in English and Hebrew, has bibliographic knowledge of French, German, and Yiddish, and is currently studying Russian.

In her role as Assistant Curator, Anna will focus on current publications in the Judaica/Hebraica field. (I will continue to select antiquarian, rare, and Special Collections materials, and will remain active in the Taube Center for Jewish Studies.) In addition, she will have an opportunity to become involved in aspects related to her bibliographical responsibilities, including reference, instruction, and website development. Please join me in welcoming Anna Levia to her new role as Assistant Curator.

Physical Description: 59 linear ft.

Gift of many donors, 1994-1998, and of the Friends of the Secular Yiddish Schools in North America collection.

Materials include curricula, newsletters, instruction books, song books, school board minutes, photographs, newsclippings, memoirs, ephemera and correspondence.

A collection formed by the efforts of Gella Schweid Fishman with support from The Friends of the Secular Yiddish Schools in North America (SYSNA).

Eisenstadt, Joseph D.
Physical Description: 1 linear foot (1 manuscript box and 1 flat box)
Box 1. Business documents and correspondence, 1930s-1960s; clippings; Institute for Labor Productivity and Production, seminar materials; Joseph D. Eisenstaedt/Ardon personal documents and correspondence; Ran Battery Company scrapbook contents.
Box 2. Promotional materials; technical drawings; technical reports and product information.

Acquired through the Theodore & Frances Koshland Geballe Book Fund in Jewish Culture and History.

PDFs of digitized texts on a variety of topics in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish). This site is produced by the Taube Center for Jewish Studies (Stanford), through The Sephardi Studies Project

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Papers and online discussions from an open, continuing research program

The "Index to Yiddish periodicals" is a bibliographical data base using Yiddish, which aims to record the materials published in the Yiddish press in Eastern Europe, from its beginnings (1862) until 1939 (in the Soviet Union: until 1948). This ongoing bibliographical project is carried out under the auspices of the Yiddish Dept. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in cooperation with the Jewish National and University Library

An Internet library of scholarly and cultural publications from Central and Eastern Europe. Search articles, books, publishers, periodicals, and authors

The Felix Posen Bibliographic Project on Antisemitism comprises an online database accessible through Israel's university library network (ALEPH), and printed bibliographies. The bibliography includes works published throughout the world about antisemitism--books, dissertations, master's theses, and articles from periodicals and collections. It does not include newspaper articles, reviews, and works of fiction, nor does it cover antisemitic publications.