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This is the bookstamp of Naḥum (also Nachum) Dober Friedman (1843-1883), rabbi of Sadigura, Bukovina. He was the son of Rabbi Shalom Yosef Friedman of Sadigura. He served as a rabbi in the town of his birth where he was well respected. He died in…

This is the bookstamp of Adolf Rosenzweig (1850-1918), a German rabbi and author.

Rosenzweig was educated at the gymnasium at Budapest and later at the rabbinical seminary of Pressburg. Upon completing his studies, Rosenzweig went to Berlin to…

This is the bookstamp of Adolf Salvendi (1837-1914), a rabbi and member of Hovevei Zion (a Zionist organization). Salvendi served as a rabbi in Berent, Prussia and later as district rabbi in various communities in Frankenthal, Bavaria.

Salvendi…

This is the bookstamp of the Akademie für die Wissenschaft des Judentums, which was established in Berlin in 1919 to promote Jewish scholarship and the publication of scholarly work. The academy was the first German institution to advocate for the…

This is the bookstamp of Aron Kagan (Aharon HaKohen), a Lithuanian rabbi. He was born in 1865 to Rabbi Yosef HaKohen and his wife Henya. His grandfather, Rabbi Abraham HaKohen, served as head of the rabbinical court in Goniądz.

Aron Kagan was…

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 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 bookstamp of Dr. Caro Owen Minasian (1897-1973), an Armenian physician, manuscript and book collector, and amateur historian. Dr. Minasian was educated at the English College in Isfahan, Iran. He later went to Europe to study medicine at…