tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post7103084892971880758..comments2024-02-07T13:35:48.603-05:00Comments on Musings of a Jewish Bookseller: The Drastic Changes now in effect at The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary and its effect on future scholarshipUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-56680315561283763452015-09-21T20:06:19.080-04:002015-09-21T20:06:19.080-04:00A new article on the topic was published by JTS cl...A new article on the topic was published by JTS clarifying some significigant points. <br /><br />http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-jts-library-for-the-21st-century/#.VgCWU0fioLg.facebookDavid Selishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06411715946379108896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-38887882309014603792015-08-26T13:23:14.893-04:002015-08-26T13:23:14.893-04:00Perhaps the Jewish Billionaires think that prevent...Perhaps the Jewish Billionaires think that preventing another Holocaust is worth putting some effort in to. Are you too blinded to hear what Iran's leaders keep on saying at every opportunity, that they intend to wipe Israel of the map?<br />That aside, I don't think JTS put any effort in to finding donors to prevent this catastrophe, there was barely any notice given as to the details, until it was too late. Maxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-75430745773869814882015-08-24T15:29:50.160-04:002015-08-24T15:29:50.160-04:00I couldn't agree more.I couldn't agree more.Maggie Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203471063752810743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-14436780340431528372015-08-24T15:29:22.566-04:002015-08-24T15:29:22.566-04:00The ability to delve through the stacks, finding a...The ability to delve through the stacks, finding all the other books shelved together with your subject of interest, is what makes a research library work. All the online catalogs in the world can't replace it. Maybe they should ship the books to AJU here in LA; they just built a new library that would be happy to house this collection.Maggie Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203471063752810743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-52304496184363176532015-08-23T13:45:10.716-04:002015-08-23T13:45:10.716-04:00Meanwhile, AIPAC is wasting $40 million on a losin...Meanwhile, AIPAC is wasting $40 million on a losing campaign that is wrongheaded, divisive, and destructive to American Jewry. The billionaires in the Jewish community have their heads screwed on backwards. JTS and its Library are a treasure, and the necessity for their having to take these steps is a shonda.Alan Jay Weisbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992336604207867511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-34024207679721176602015-08-23T10:06:39.456-04:002015-08-23T10:06:39.456-04:00Loaning a significigant portion of the rare collec...Loaning a significigant portion of the rare collection to columbia would be the most logical move. Unfortunately columbia does not have the space. YU absolutely does not have the space to house a multi-thousand volume temporary loan of rare materials. In addition, there is no good set up for a reading room for the collection David Selishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06411715946379108896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-28159881146331061262015-08-19T12:31:34.689-04:002015-08-19T12:31:34.689-04:00:) :):) :)ישבב הסופרhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706533545005545310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-33218399746933827492015-08-19T12:17:36.140-04:002015-08-19T12:17:36.140-04:00I don't know if it is a coincidence, but the C...I don't know if it is a coincidence, but the Conservative Movement has the same formula with Judaism. They kept 25% and put 75% away in storage for occasional use.Maxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-10934364877783566832015-08-19T10:19:25.068-04:002015-08-19T10:19:25.068-04:00JTS itself should ( or allow HebrewBooks.org ) to ...JTS itself should ( or allow HebrewBooks.org ) to scan and archive everything in their collection<br />cousinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283725064787829725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-15018155856401577542015-08-18T13:46:07.606-04:002015-08-18T13:46:07.606-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.David Selishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06411715946379108896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-53111052009478967812015-08-18T08:51:57.531-04:002015-08-18T08:51:57.531-04:00Pretty crazy that the Conservative movement is bei...Pretty crazy that the Conservative movement is being forced to let go of the last good thing that belonged to them.<br /><br />And by the way humble of you to only quote part of Prof. Leiman's comment. The full version which I heard was -<br /><br />"Very sad news about JTS! Let people know that there is nothing safer than having the books in their own house, via Mizrahi book Store!"Jacob D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13269840368928077448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-67193251485885175672015-08-17T20:56:50.884-04:002015-08-17T20:56:50.884-04:00Very sad news indeed. Decades ago when I studied a...Very sad news indeed. Decades ago when I studied at YU, I would spend endless hours in the library, discovering new books and reading long forgotten works. I had a habit for a while of requesting ten books at a time on categories of interest and work through them and compare the different author's opinions and take on a subject. I have many friends who ended up as academics who started off as Yeshiva bochurim exploring in the library and being sucked in with fascination at discovering new and wonderful books they would have never encountered in the beis medrash. Nothing beats endless rows of bookshelves to encourage scholarship, this way you can come across books by mistake that you would never have known exist and never would have known to even request. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-74461462602094155292015-08-17T19:09:05.634-04:002015-08-17T19:09:05.634-04:00Is there any other library in the world that charg...Is there any other library in the world that charges to request books? I think that they should loan all the books to the Mendel gottesman library at YU that way people can have easy accessJTS graduatenoreply@blogger.com