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This is the signature of Moses Gaster (1856-1939), who served as the hakham (rabbi) of the Spanish and Portuguese community in London. Gaster was ordained as a rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau and received his doctorate from the…

This is the bookplate of Rabbi Markus (also Mordecai Amram) Hirsch (1833-1909), Chief Rabbi of Hamburg. Before attaining this position, Hirsch lead the Jewish communities of his native Hungary in the arbitration of conflicts, reorganization of Jewish…

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…

This is the bookplate 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…

This is the bookstamp of Bernhard Beer (1801-1861), a German author and theologian. Beer wrote frequently about Jewish history, philosophy and Bible exegesis. He also campaigned for the emancipation of Jews.

Beer advocated in particular for…

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 Joseph Chasanowich (also Chazanowicz) (1844-1919), a Russian physician and founder of the Jewish National Library in Jerusalem. As a physician, Chasanowich was dedicated to helping the poor, and would accept books as payments…

This is the bookstamp of Max Dienemann (1875-1939), German rabbi and author. Dienemann studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau where he was ordained as a rabbi in 1898. He simultaneously studied Semitic Philology at the University of…

This is the bookstamp of Prager Israelitische Cultus-Gemeinde Bibliothek (est. 1857), the library of the Jewish community of Prague.

The library's collection was built from gifts of prominent Jewish donors, such as Koppelmann Lieben, whose…

This is the bookstamp of To'elet (Tongeleth in the Dutch Jewish pronunciation), a Hebrew literary society founded in Amsterdam in 1815 by Samuel Mulder and Mozes Loonstein. The society was created as part of the Dutch Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment)…