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NLI USA Travels Through History and Throughout the World
Two of the National Library of Israel’s leading authorities on its treasures, Dr. Raquel Ukeles, Head of Collections, and Dr. Yoel Finkelman, Judaica Curator, will explore highlights of the Library’s collection and offer a behind the scenes window into the challenges and opportunities in securing the Library’s treasures.
Dr. Raquel Ukeles, Head of Collections at the National Library of Israel, is responsible for the overall development of all the Library’s collections and for digital, cultural, and educational initiatives based on the collections. She has published and taught on a wide array of subjects related to comparative Jewish and Islamic traditions, and on historical currents that shape Israeli society.
Dr. Yoel Finkelman is curator of the Haim and Hanna Salomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel. His work focuses on collection development and digitization. Formerly a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University and a teacher of Torah in Jerusalem, his book, Strictly Kosher Reading: Popular Literature and the Condition of Contemporary Orthodoxy appeared in 2011.
Thursday, December 9, 2021
12:30pm-1:30pm EST, 19:30-20:30 Israel time
NLI USA Travels Through History and Throughout the World
Two of the National Library of Israel’s leading authorities on its treasures, Dr. Raquel Ukeles, Head of Collections, and Dr. Yoel Finkelman, Judaica Curator, will explore highlights of the Library’s collection and offer a behind the scenes window into the challenges and opportunities in securing the Library’s treasures.
Dr. Raquel Ukeles, Head of Collections at the National Library of Israel, is responsible for the overall development of all the Library’s collections and for digital, cultural, and educational initiatives based on the collections. She has published and taught on a wide array of subjects related to comparative Jewish and Islamic traditions, and on historical currents that shape Israeli society.
Dr. Yoel Finkelman is curator of the Haim and Hanna Salomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel. His work focuses on collection development and digitization. Formerly a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University and a teacher of Torah in Jerusalem, his book, Strictly Kosher Reading: Popular Literature and the Condition of Contemporary Orthodoxy appeared in 2011.
Thursday, December 9, 2021
12:30pm-1:30pm EST, 19:30-20:30 Israel time
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