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This is the bookplate of Isaac Werne (born Wiernowsky), chief rabbi of the Loz Angeles orthodox rabbinate. Born in 1877 in Slonim, Poland, Werne was ordained by the rabbis of Slonim, Jettel, Azumitzs, and Warsaw in 1897. He received a Masters of Art…

Toftè'arukh was written by Moses ben Mordechai Zacuto (1625-1697), a rabbi, Kabbalist, and poet who lived in Amsterdam. Originally published in Hebrew in 1715, Tofte 'arukh is a play depicting the circles of hell. This version was translated…

This is the bookstamp of the Israelitische Religionsgemeinde zu Dresden. Wünsche-Bibliothekm, the Library of the Jewish community of Dresden.

This is the bookplate of Aron Hirsch Heymann (1802 or 1803-1880), a salesman, banker and leader of the Jewish community in Berlin. Born in Strausberg, Germany to Joachim Moses and Bella Heymann, Aron Hirsch began his training in business when he was…

This is the bookstamp of Louis Lewin (1868-1941), born in Znin, Posen, but raised in Frankfurt am Main. He earned a Ph.D degree at the University of Heidelberg in 1893 for his dissertation on Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai, and obtained rabbinic ordination…

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 bookstamp of Dr. Samual Max (Shemu’el Mosheh) Melamed, an American writer and journalist. He received his Ph.D in Jewish philosophy and was considered to be one of the highest ranking Jewish journalists of his time.

Dr. Samuel…

This is the bookplate of Rabbi Meier Hildesheimer (1864-1934), who led the Congregation Adas Yisrael in Berlin and directed the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin (also Bet he-midrash le-Rabanim be-Berlin, featured in the Brisman collection). Founded in…

FBI documents studying John H. Johnson.