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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.

Yizkor (Memorial) Book Collection in the Price Library of Judaica

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Mapping Jewish Journeys Across America

This Yiddish map of American states and cities, originally published in 1917 by the Industrial Removal Office (IRO), reflects a pivotal chapter in the Jewish immigrant experience in early 20th-century America. Established to resettle Jewish refugees fleeing Eastern European pogroms, the IRO worked to disperse newcomers from overcrowded urban centers into smaller American towns with available jobs and growing Jewish communities. The map itself, labeled using Yiddish script to approximate phonetic English sounds, served both as a practical tool and a cultural artifact.

Yiddish Map of America

newly available online!

Mundo Israelita

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 previously inaccessible historical issues of the Jewish journal, Mundo Israelita. Originally founded in 1923 by Salvador Kibrick and Samuel Resnick, this important newspaper was the first Spanish weekly for the Argentine Jewish community.

Cover of the Mexican Jewish newspaper Mundo Israelita

available online!

Jacksonville Jewish Center Yearbooks

Thanks to generous support from the Shorstein Family Foundation, we have been able to digitize sections of the Jacksonville Jewish Center Archives. The digital collection includes photographs, yearbooks, A/V material, and other records belonging to the Center charting its history and growth from the 1920s to present day.

Front cover of Jacksonville Jewish Center Yearbook