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Jewish Immigrant Booksellers from Germany and Central Europe in Palestine, 1933–1939
Full text linkThis essay is an abridged, translated version of Zvi Barsky's 2019 Hebrew book, Making a Mark: Booksellers in Palestine, 1870–1948. The study is based on the author's collection of rare booksellers’ labels, his thorough scan of period newspapers, and interviews with dozens of people
Publishing the Holocaust: An Inside View from the Editorial Trenches
Full text linkOver the course of an 18-year tenure as the Editor-in-Chief of The Jewish Publication Society, the author encountered numerous ethical dilemmas relating to publishing Holocaust manuscripts. These dilemmas concerned a book's provenance, authorship, distribution of royalties, authenticity, and appropriateness. In the article, the author presents several case studies of various Holocaust manuscripts and their disposition, describing the processes of vetting and debate pertaining to each problematic acquisition
Scatter of the Literature, January 2023–December 2024
Full text linkA list of citations of published studies related to Juaica librarianship and Jewish book history. Also availalbe on a free Zotero group, https://www.zotero.org/groups/5155481/judaica_librarianship_bibliography
The Recovery of Nazi Looted Books in the UCLA Library: From Prague to Los Angeles and Back
Full text linkThis article details the search for books from the Jewish Religious Community Library in Prague that were looted by the Nazis, and how the institution’s curators are working today to rebuild their original collection. It traces the history of the Prague Library, the Nazis’ policies of confiscating Jewish books for their proposed institutes on the ‘Jewish Question,’ and how some of these confiscated books ended up in the UCLA Library. Librarians at UCLA did not find any professional guidelines for the repatriating looted material from academic libraries, even though the museum and art worlds have dealt with these issues for decades. We share processes we developed and our quest to publicize this issue as broadly as possible. We also discuss methods that European librarians are currently using research provenance. Ours is a singular case, and institutions must understand that each question of repatriation must be considered within its own particular context. We offer some models for addressing repatriation questions and call for an organized English language forum where Judaica librarians in academic libraries and archives everywhere can discuss these issues in order to promote broader understanding, collaboration, and actions. 
Book Review: Jason Lustig, A Time to Gather: Archives and the Control of Jewish Culture. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. ix, 265 p. ISBN: 9780197563526
Full text linkJewish German Immigrant Booksellers in Twentieth-Century Ecuador
Full text linkWhen German Jews looked for a country to receive them in the late 1930s Ecuador had its doors open for immigration. This paper traces the story of four German Jewish refugees who landed in Ecuador and established bookstores and libraries in a country that knew little of either. Rescuing their lives from oblivion is a way to highlight their cultural contribution to their host country