Browsing the Shelves

The Jerusalem Abramov Library consists of three floors with thousands books and periodicals. The chart below will help you find the subject areas and formats that can be found on each floor and the library services available.

Library books on a shelf

Getting Around the Library

First Floor


  • Reference and Reserves Materials
  • Periodicals
  • Offprints
  • Theme-based and Music Boxes

  • Circulation Desk
  • Library Administrative Offices
  • Public Computers
  • Copying, Scanning, and Printing

Second Floor


  • Philosophy
  • Jewish Philosophy
  • Rabbinic Literature
  • Bible
  • Holocaust
  • Near East Archeology
  • Jewish History (Pt. I)

  • Rechler Computer Lab (Students Only)
  • Classrooms
  • Israeli Reform Movement Archive
  • Special Collections Room
  • Restrooms

Third Floor


  • Jewish History (Pt. II)
  • Israel (History, Culture, Society, etc.)
  • Music
  • Art
  • Hebrew Literature
  • Yiddish Literature

  • Fritz Bamberger’s Spinoza Collection Room
  • Classroom