Needle in the Bookstacks - Library Blog

If you are looking for program idea for an all-night study session, prayer-books, commentaries on the Book of Ruth, or a great blintz recipe, the library has the resource you need.

What if your superpower is the ability to combine images and words into a seemless whole?  And then what if you chose to use your powers to shine a light on different aspects of Jewish History?

May 5 is Holocaust Remembrance day. We have many (many many) books in the library on the Holocaust as well as liturgy and prayers to be used in services.

There are many beautiful and colorful haggadot in the Library's collection, but every year Los Angeles professor, Rabbi Richard Levy, brings his class in to examine the Polychrome Historical Haggadah for Passover.

Spring is in the air, so naturally our thoughts turn to ... Talmud! Just kidding. Our thoughts turn to sex. In the Talmud. It is my pleasure to interview author and Talmudist, Maggie Anton.

It's no joke! The library has a great variety of Purim resources.

Tu bi-Shevat (15th of Shevat) is the New Year of the Trees. Check the library catalog and resource page for many examples of Tu bi-Shevat seders, prayers, and activities.

The nights are getting long which means that Hanukkah must be coming to bring some light into the dark nights. Check out the library for some great Hanukkah resources.

Check out this new virtual resource from the Western States Jewish History Association. Their goal, "Western States Jewish History is dedicated to the discovery, collection and dissemination of items and information pertaining to the Pioneer Jews of the American West, and how and why they were so successful."