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This is the bookstamp of Shelomoh Ram, a dayyan (member of the local rabbinical court) and moreh tsedek (rabbi who makes decisions pertaining to Jewish law) in Jerusalem.

He was the son of Rabbi Yonah Ram of Birz, Lithuania (also known as Birzai…

This is the bookstamp of Shimeon Brisman (1920-2004), a librarian, bibliographer, and rabbi who provided the Washington University Libraries with the collection that bears his name.

Shimeon Brisman was born in Poland. At the outbreak of World War…

This is the bookstamp of Shmuel (also Samoil, Samuel) Meir Schon, a Romanian merchant. Schon was born in Nagyvarad, Romania on October 20th, 1881 to Yosef (Herman) and Miriam (Maria) nee Hoffman.

He married Nekha (Nina) nee Porges and they had…

The is the bookstamp of Solomon I. Mizrahi (1898-1979). Mizrahi was born in Palestine, where he married Regina Barazani in 1921. In 1926 they settled in the Los Angeles area with their children.

Solomon Mizrahi served as rabbi in the Rhodesli…

This is the bookstamp of Bibliothek der Synagogen Gemeinde zu Breslau (est. early 19th century), the Library of the Jewish community of Breslau.

The library was originally established as a reading room by M. Breslauer on Św. Antoniego Street.…

This is the bookstamp of the Associates of the Late Rev. Dr. Bray (est. 1723). Dr. Thomas Bray (1656-1730) was an English reverend who created a system of parochial libraries in many of the thirteen American colonies.

He was educated at All Souls'…

This is the bookstamp of the Bibliothek der Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums (est. 1870), the Library of the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies. This rabbinical seminary was established in Berlin under the direction of Abraham Geiger,…

This is the bookstamp of the Jüdisch-Theologisches Seminar zu Breslau (est. 1854), the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau. It was the first modern rabbinical seminary in Central Europe and ideologically aligned itself in the middle between…

This is the bookstamp of the Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin Bibliothek (est. 1898), the Jewish community library of Berlin.

From the time of its founding until it was closed by the Nazis, the library was an important scientific resource for both…

This is the bookstamp of the library of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews (est. 1809).

This Anglican missionary society, which still operates today, was established in order to promote the growth of the Hebrew…