Frances-Henry Library, HUC-JIR
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Los Angeles, CA, 90007
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8:30 am - 7:00 pm
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8:30 am - 4:30 pm
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Order of Prayer, 1864 Libraries at Hebrew Union College
Revised by Dr. L. Merzbacher, 1855 ; 3rd ed. revised and corrected by Dr. S. Adler, 1864.
David Einhorn's Olat Tamid at the Libraries at Hebrew Union College
Book of prayers for Jewish Congregations. A new translation after the German original, 1896.
Union Prayer Book, 1892, Libraries at Hebrew Union College
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Frances-Henry Library, HUC-JIR Anatomy of a Talmud page
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudPage.html
Scroll over a portion of the page and get an English description of that part of the page.

Source: www.ucalgary.ca
Amazing! There still seems to be some blank space left on this page. Maybe one day you will fill it with your own original commentary.
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Source: www.huc.edu
On September 7, 2009, the Jewish world commemorates the 400th anniversary of the death of Judah Loew ben Bezalel, commonly known as Maharal. MaHaRaL is the Hebrew acronym of Moreinu ha-Rav Loew, "Our Teacher ...
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Great resource for American Jewish History
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?city=&terms=&language=&materialType=&lccn=&year1=1690&year2=2009&labor=&county=&state=&frequency=&ethnicity=Jewish&page=1&sort=relevance
The Library of Congress has digitized newspapers from several states including sever...al Jewish newspapers. There is also a directory of newspapers along with which libraries own it.Read More

Source: chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities is dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
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Frances-Henry Library, HUC-JIR Here's a website with mp3 (audio) files of someone reading the Tanach in a beautiful Sephardic accent. (Thanks SAK!)
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt00.htm

Source: www.mechon-mamre.org
The whole Hebrew Bible in parallel verse by verse with the English translation of Jewish Publication Society edition of 1917.
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Frances-Henry Library, HUC-JIR Check out our new guide to our art collection and then browse the shelves!
http://www.huc.edu/libraries/exhibits/art/index.php

Source: www.huc.edu
Art books are arranged according to the Library of Congress (LC) rules. LC divides the books by medium. Within each medium, the books are typically shelved in this order: general, history (includes works on individual artists), study and teaching, and then special topics. ...
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Frances-Henry Library, HUC-JIR This is a great tool - type in your favorite Jewish author, title, or topic. This program will search a select group of Jewish literary sites for reviews, articles, blog entries, etc.
http://jpsblog.org/about/jewish-book-search/

Source: jpsblog.org
What is Jewish Book Search? JPS has put together a list of the highest quality websites with Jewish Book content. This search engine queries
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Frances-Henry Library, HUC-JIR While Reform Judaism doesn't focus on the Temple (or it's destruction), we still have materials on Tish b'Av.

Source: www.huc.edu
is a day of mourning commemorating several tragedies that happened to occur on this date. Traditionally, one would fast from sundown to sundown, recite lamentations (kinot), and read the Biblical book of Lamentations.
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Rosh Chodesh at MyJewishLearning.com Includes articles on the history of the holiday and its prayers; the relationship between women and the New Moon, and steps on starting a Rosh Hodesh group. http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Rosh_Chodesh.shtml
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Frances-Henry Library, HUC-JIR Summer Hours May 21, 2009 - June 19, 2009 the library will be open: * Monday - Thursday: 8:30am -5:00 pm * Friday: 8:30am -4:30pm. June 22, 2009 - July 31, 2009 the library will be open: * Monday - Friday: 8:30 am -1:30 pm Closed on Saturdays,

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Frances-Henry Library, HUC-JIR Here are some YouTube links for Passover http://www.jr.co.il/videos/passover-videos.htm compiled by fellow librarian Jacob Richman

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Frances-Henry Library, HUC-JIR wonders what the librarian's do in their spare time http://www.huc.edu/libraries/LA/sheryl/FBGenesis/

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Frances-Henry Library, HUC-JIR Check out our exhibit of Graphic novels in honor of Will Eisner week!

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