Dear colleagues: On November 13, 2023, at 12 pm EST, the Jewish Public Library in Montreal, and the Library of the Leo Baeck Institute New York present a virtual, collaborative rare book workshop illuminating examples of Christian-Jewish Discourses in the Medieval & Early Modern Period.
Registration Link<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/before-the-law-sits-the-gatekeeper-german-jewish-book-culture-tickets-722863122057?aff=oddtdtcreator&bbeml=tp-33-1nCCfl0eM4xEdePg6gg.jNtP3Rv55L0mm1iufMRbr_g.r3u1nGY-sa02NLOQ809Q5dg.lLG9eJJR13EukZy-brnpnjg__;!!KGKeukY!3COH1ymw3AffY7pOowco49RKsoSHPAVYeLkQwKJXOZILXgzl_4HckQbeofjXEzyuFfp-udJUjQRE93esEf3yJIcwuTP2Cw$ > The early modern period (15th-18th centuries) in the Holy Roman Empire was a time of anxiety, transition, and alternating friction and rapprochement between Jews and Christians. The speakers will present examples of early printed books from their rare book collections that not only provide insights into important Christian-Jewish discourses of their time, but also shaped them. We will cover the Nuremberg Jewish Oath of 1484, probably the first Jewish oath ever printed, which became the dominant model for oath formulas until the eighteenth century; the raging pre-Reformation debate in the early 16th century over whether or not to burn Jewish books-also known as the Reuchlin-Pfefferkorn debate or the Battle of the Books-which was inconceivable without the new medium of printing; and lastly, Moses Mendelssohn's Bi'ur (1794), the first German translation of the Pentateuch, in context with the author's published memoirs. This one-hour virtual workshop is open to the public and will be followed by a question-and-answer period with the audience. Presenter biographies: Eddie Paul, Senior Director of Library and Learning Services, Jewish Public Library Eddie oversees collections development, cataloguing, and reference services at the JPL. For the last few years, he has also developed education outreach programming that includes the Michael D. Paul Rare Books Initiative, the Where Do You Think You Come From genealogy workshops for youth, and a series of other projects designed to create convergences between the JPL's Archives and Special Collections and the public through storytelling. He has worked in various capacities at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library at McGill University, Scott Library at York University, the Toronto Public Library, as well as Library & Archives Canada. In 2014, he curated the JPL's first rare book exhibit and catalogue entitled A Roomful of Dwellings, in addition to having co-curated an exhibit in 2017 with the Jacob Lowy Collection (Library & Archives Canada) entitled Decanting Memory: 500 Years of Jewish Printing. The rare book workshop program has included collaborations with LAC, University of Toronto, McGill University, Carleton University, the Montreal Holocaust Museum, the National Library of Israel, as well as important Judaica rare book collections in universities across the US. Renate Evers, Bruno and Suzanne Scheidt Director of Collections, Leo Baeck Institute Renate Evers has been serving as the Bruno and Suzanne Scheidt Director of Collections at the Leo Baeck Institute New York | Berlin (LBI) since 2016, coordinating the work of LBI's three collections departments - Archives, Art, and Library. She holds an MLS and MIS from German universities, an MCIS from Rutgers University, and an MA in Jewish Studies from Columbia University. She has worked in various capacities in special collections, archives, and university libraries, building and preserving physical and digital collections. Her research focuses on German-Jewish topics in the early modern period. Please join if you find time. Very best Renate Renate Evers The Bruno and Suzanne Scheidt Director of Collections Leo Baeck Institute New York | Berlin rev...@lbi.cjh.org<mailto:rev...@lbi.cjh.org> | https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lbi.org__;!!KGKeukY!3COH1ymw3AffY7pOowco49RKsoSHPAVYeLkQwKJXOZILXgzl_4HckQbeofjXEzyuFfp-udJUjQRE93esEf3yJIeV-oXjdg$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lbi.org/__;!!KGKeukY!3COH1ymw3AffY7pOowco49RKsoSHPAVYeLkQwKJXOZILXgzl_4HckQbeofjXEzyuFfp-udJUjQRE93esEf3yJIdTATVF-A$ > Listen and subscribe to Exile, featuring stories from the LBI Collections narrated by Mandy Patinkin https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.lbi.org/podcast__;!!KGKeukY!3COH1ymw3AffY7pOowco49RKsoSHPAVYeLkQwKJXOZILXgzl_4HckQbeofjXEzyuFfp-udJUjQRE93esEf3yJIfFz38s-w$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.lbi.org/podcast__;!!KGKeukY!3COH1ymw3AffY7pOowco49RKsoSHPAVYeLkQwKJXOZILXgzl_4HckQbeofjXEzyuFfp-udJUjQRE93esEf3yJIfFz38s-w$ >
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