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Dec 1, 2025

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The 2025 Norman E. Alexander Celebration of Collections has an early modern focus, where three scholars discuss their research on what we find in books when we look beyond the actual texts - at annotations, illustrations, and other paratexts.

Nov 20, 2025

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In a talk for the Columbia Jewish Alumni Association, Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Margolis discusses the long and winding history of Jews at Columbia, from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th centuries.

Dec 10, 2024

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Watch the 2024 Norman E. Alexander Celebration of Collections, which featured presentations on Jewish criminal cases in Bologna in the 15th century, sickness in 18th-century Prague, and Jewish women at Barnard College in the 19th century.

Nov 10, 2023

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The 2023 Norman E. Alexander Celebration of Collections highlights the physical aspects of books and manuscripts and features a presentation on a 14th-century Hebrew Bible from Spain held by the Libraries.

Sep 15, 2022

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Dr. Shalom Sabar joins Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Chesner to discuss the design and text of ketubbot (or marriage contracts) produced in the Jewish communities on the Greek island of Corfu.

Jul 22, 2021

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Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Chesner co-directs "Footprints: Jewish Books through Time and Space," an inter-institutional project that tracks the movement of Jewish texts and ideas from place to place and across time.

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Beyond the Text: Reading Jewish History Between the Words

[WATCH] In the City of New York: The Unique Story of the Jews at Columbia

Norman E. Alexander Celebration of Collections 2024

Norman E. Alexander Library for Jewish Studies Celebration of Collections 2023

Virgins and Unicorns: Decorated Ketubbot from Corfu

Footprints | Jewish Books Through Time and Place

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Beyond the Text: Reading Jewish History Between the Words

[WATCH] In the City of New York: The Unique Story of the Jews at Columbia

Norman E. Alexander Celebration of Collections 2024

Norman E. Alexander Library for Jewish Studies Celebration of Collections 2023

Virgins and Unicorns: Decorated Ketubbot from Corfu

Footprints | Jewish Books Through Time and Place

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