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This is the bookplate of Myer Isadore Berman, a Massachusetts physician. Born around 1886 in Lithuania/Russia, Myer Berman immigrated to the United States in 1903. He received his medical degree from Tufts University in Boston and married Rebecca…

This is the signature of Jacob (also Jakob) Bernays (1824-1881), a German philologist and Hebrew scholar.

Bernays was one of the first organizers of the Jewish Theological Seminary at Breslau. He was charged with formulating a method of study for…

This is the bookstamp of the Bet ha-Midrash de Ashkenazim be-Amsterdam ʻEts Ḥayim (also simply ʻEts Ḥayim), a Beit Midrash (house of learning) created to educate rabbis in Amsterdam and all of Holland. It was established in 1740 after Rabbi…

This is the bookstamp of the Bet ha-midrash le-Rabanim be-Berlin Bibliothek (also Bibliothek des Rabbiner-Seminars zu Berlin) (est. 1873), the Library of the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin. It is also known as the Hildesheimerian Rabbinical Seminary.…

This is the bookstamp of Biblioteca Magnani (est. 1801), Magnani Library of Bologna, Italy. This library was established with funds given by Antonio Magnani (1743-1811), professor and librarian of the Institute of Sciences (Istituto delle Scienze).…

This is the bookplate of William Wollaston, esq. of Finborough, Suffolk. Wollaston was born around 1731 and served as colonel of the Eastern Battalion in the Suffolk Militia. He followed in his father William’s footsteps and served as a Member of…

This is the bookplate of Dr. Philipp Bloch (1841-1923), a rabbi and prolific author on Jewish subjects.

He studied at the University of Breslau and the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau, where he was a student of Jacob Bernays (whose…

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 signature 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 signature of Heinrich Brody, a Hungarian rabbi and scholar specializing in Hebrew poetry.

He was born in Ungvar, Hungary to Rabbi Solomon Zalman Brody of the famous Brody rabbinical family. His grandfather was Rabbi Solomon Ganzfried,…