LC Program celebrates new facsimile edition of the Washington Haggadah on March 23rd, noon, Library of Congress
Please join the Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, and the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress on March 23rd, 2011 at noon in the Mumford Room, James Madison Building, 6th floor, (Metro: Capitol South) for a program about the new facsimile edition of the Washington Haggadah published by Harvard University Press in association with the Library. Dr. David Stern, University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Katrin Kogman-Appel, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, each of whom wrote essays for the new facsimile, will speak about the scribe/illustrator, Joel ben Simeon, and about the illuminations in the haggadah. The Washington Haggadah will be on display. Copies of the facsimile will be available for purchase. The event is free and open to the public. Peggy K. Pearlstein, Ph.D. Head, Hebraic Section (4822) African and Middle Eastern Division Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540 Tel: 202-707-3779 Fax: 202-252-3180 p...@loc.gov "The views expressed by this author are not necessarily the views of the Library of Congress" --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
