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Michelle Margolis

Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies

  • Global Studies

mc3395@columbia.edu

(212) 854-8046
Global Studies - 309 International Affairs

Areas of Expertise

  • Hebrew Literature & Language
  • Jewish & Israeli Studies
  • Yiddish Literature & Language

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About

Michelle Margolis is the Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies. She works closely with faculty at the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, hosting library information sessions and special collections visits for many classes. Michelle also co-directs Footprints: Jewish Books Through Time and Place (footprints.ctl.columbia.edu).

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Selected Publications

Michelle Margolis, Marjorie Lehman, Adam Shear, Joshua Teplitsky. “Footprints: A Digital Approach to Jewish Book History,” in European Journal of Jewish Studies, 17 (2023): 1–30. 

Blog (ongoing): Jewish Studies @ CUL

Guest co-editor (with Amalia Levi): Reviews in Digital Humanities, 2:11 (January 2021), "Special Issue: Jewish Digital Humanities." General Editors: Jennifer Guiliano and Roopika Risam

Presentation: “Footprints Redux: Looking back, looking forward” (Association of Jewish Libraries Conference, Boston, MA, June 2018)

“Jewish Studies/Digital Humanities Resources: An Introduction,” Judaica Librarianship 20