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Etz Haim, la biblioteca judía más antigua del mundo que aún abre sus puertas al público por Abby Sher

English version En 1639, Ӏοѕ judíos sefaradíes ԁе Ámsterdam, muchoѕ ԁе lοѕ cuales habían huido ԁе la opresión religiosa que ѕе vivía еn sus países natales como España у Portugal, fundaron una escuela у lugar ԁе reunión que еѕ muestra ԁе su libertad religiosa recién adquirida. Hoy en día Etz Haim (“Árbol ԁе la vida” еn hebreo), еѕ la biblioteca judía más antigua en el mundo …

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Amsterdam’s Jaw-Dropping 17th-Century Jewish Library by Abby Sher

Versión en castellano In 1639, Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam—many of whom had fled religious oppression in their home countries of Spain and Portugal—founded a school and meeting place that was a testament to their newfound religious freedom. Today, Ets Haim (Hebrew for “Tree of Life”), is the oldest functional Jewish library …

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UW builds largest digital library of Sephardic language

Fast becoming a Sephardic guru, a University of Washington professor is building the world’s first digital library of books, letters and other materials in the centuries-old language of Ladino, with materials donated from Seattle’s large Sephardic Jewish community. By Nina Shapiro Seattle Times staff reporter Devin Naar wasn’t hired at …

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American Sephardi Federation Library

The mission of our Library & Archives is to collect, preserve and provide access to resources for the study of Jews tracing their ancestry back to the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans and the Orient. The American Sephardi Federation maintains the only library exclusively devoted to …

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