#1 Jewish Studies Research Collection in the Southeastern United States
#2 Recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grants
Top 10 Collection of rare Judaica and Hebraica housed in the unique Judaica Suite
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Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica
Collection History
The Judaica Library was built on a superb collection of books privately owned by Rabbi Leonard C. Mishkin of Chicago. When UF set out to acquire Mishkin's collection in 1977, it was the largest and best personal library of Judaica and Hebraica in the United States.
Event in the Judaica Suite October 16, 2024
In the Eye of the Storm: a Rabbi’s visit to the 52 hostages in Iran
In November 1979, 52 Americans were captured and held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Teheran by Iranian militants. Three months later, the Iranian revolutionaries invited a humanitarian delegation to visit Iran. Rabbi Hirshel Jaffe was one of the 50 American delegates chosen to undertake this momentous eleven-day mission. Join us to hear about his experiences and for an engaging discussion on resilience and faith.
passover 2024
From sumptuous engravings to stick-figure sketches, Passover Haggadahs − and their art − have been evolving for centuries
Read about three of the Price Library’s rare Haggadahs and their historical significance in “The Conversation”
newly available online!
La Luz: Revisita Quincenal Literaria Hebrea
Thanks to the Judaica Library’s ongoing partnership with Ariel Abramovich, an Argentinian journalist and editor, and various Jewish institutions and publishers in Argentina, we can now offer online open access to the previously inaccessible Jewish journal, La Luz: Revisita Quincenal Literary Hebrea (The Light: Biweekly Hebrew Literary Magazine). Originally founded in 1931 by Don David Elnecavé, this magazine has been edited by three generations of the Sephardi Elnecavé family through to 2015.