Save the date! The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries will hold its Spring Conference Wednesday afternoon, June 11th, 2014, at The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary, located at Broadway and 122nd Street.
Dina Herbert, Archivist, National Archives, will speak about her work as Project Librarian for the Iraqi Jewish Archive, the collection of historic materials relating to the Iraqi Jewish community found in a flooded basement in Saddam Hussein's intelligence headquarters in Baghdad. In addition, the team of archivists working on the Johanna Spector Archive housed at The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary, will discuss this rich archive which includes material in the fields of ethnography, history, anthropology and music from the nearly extinct Jewish communities of India, Yemen, Azerbaijan, Egypt and Armenia, and the Samaritan people. Please join us for this exciting program. Details to follow.
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