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Herbert Zafren     (Display directory entry)

Professor Zafren is Director of Libraries, Emeritus, and Director, American Jewish Periodical Center for all of HUC-JIR; and he is Professor Emeritus of Jewish Bibliography at the College-Institute in Cincinnati. He was educated at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Hebrew College, and the University of Michigan. His specialties are Jewish Bibliography and the history of Hebrew printing.

Education

  • AMLS, University of Michigan (1950)

Lecture Titles

  • Was Gutenberg Jewish? And Other Byways in the History of Jewish Books
  • Jewish Books in Vilnius (Vilna) - A Personal Report of an Official Trip and Survey
  • Immanuel Velikovsky: A Half-Century of Battle over his World-Shaking Theories
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