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Schocken Library, Jerusalem
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In 1934, the German-Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist Salman Schocken (1877–1959) commissioned Mendelsohn to design a villa for him and his family in Jerusalem, where they had fled from Nazi…

Contributor:

Eric Mendelsohn

Places:

Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1936

Subjects:

Photography, Cities, Libraries, Education, Aesthetics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Photography, Architecture
Photograph of building with stone wall and cylindrical window; photograph of stone wall building exterior with triangular balconies.
Book Acquisitions of the ‘Ets Haim Yeshiva for the Years 1718/9 and 1732/33
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Established in 1616 as part of a yeshiva in Amsterdam, the Ets Ḥayim library continues to function to this day, making it the oldest operational Jewish library in the world. It moved to its current…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1718/19 and 1732/33

Subjects:

Libraries, Scholarship, Education, Jewish quarters, Language and linguistics

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Lists & Catalogues, Print & Book Culture
Manuscript page with Portuguese text.