Anniversary Periodicals Collection: The Price Library of Judaica Anniversary Periodicals Collection contains over 1,400 items from more than 300 titles representing nearly 30 countries, offering a broad view of the Jewish press worldwide throughout the twentieth century. The collection includes major Jewish newspapers, community papers, women’s bulletins, literary and scholarly journals, and children’s publications, many issued to commemorate milestones, notable figures, or Jewish holidays, while others reflect key moments of Jewish involvement in local, national, and global politics. Together, these materials showcase the cultural, political, religious, and literary diversity of Jewish life and introduce readers to major trends in Jewish journalism.
Calendar Collection: The Price Library of Judaica Calendar Collection includes more than forty Hebrew calendars from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, highlighting their central role in Jewish religious, cultural, and family life. Pocket calendars, almanacs, and yearbooks from Europe, Israel, and the Americas record holidays and yahrzeits alongside educational texts, literary writings, advertisements, and poetry, offering insight into the daily rhythms and shared experiences of Jewish communities.
Haggadah Collection: The Price Library of Judaica’s Passover Haggadah collection comprises Haggadahs from across the Jewish world, tracing both ritual continuity and innovation. Highlights include the landmark Amsterdam Haggadah of 1712, early American editions such as the iconic Maxwell House Haggadah from 1933, and a rich group of commercial Haggadahs from the early twentieth century. The collection features an original Offenbach Haggadah alongside facsimiles of the Szyk and Barcelona Haggadahs, as well as rare examples from Tunisia, India, South America, Europe, and Israel, including kibbutz editions. Particularly moving are the library’s Haggadahs created for Holocaust survivors, rare Third Night Seders on social issues, and an Afikoman Haggadah preserving a matzah within its pages. Researchers may consult the Libraries’ catalogue to locate individual items within the collection.
José Moskovits Antisemitism Collection: An extensive and distinctive collection of correspondence gathered by Argentine lawyer and Holocaust survivor José Moskovits as part of his worldwide survey on antisemitism. The collection includes typed and handwritten letters from leading politicians, scholars, authors, scientists, journalists, religious leaders, and others responding to Moskovits’ questions about anti-Jewish hatred and discrimination. Between 1976 and 1978, hundreds of respondents provided answers ranging from brief replies to detailed letters with attachments, creating an unparalleled record of global perspectives on antisemitism during this period.
Ruth Gruber Pamphlet Collection: The Ruth Gruber Pamphlet Collection in the Price Library of Judaica comprises more than 100 pamphlets documenting Dr. Gruber’s extraordinary career as a journalist and advocate. Reflecting her firsthand engagement with major 20th-century events, the collection addresses the Oswego refugees in 1944, the Nuremberg Trials, the voyage of the SS Exodus in 1947, and the resettlement of Yemenite, Ethiopian, and Iraqi Jewish refugees in Israel. Spanning multiple languages, these pamphlets explore Nazism and antisemitism, Zionism, the Holocaust, Jewish life in Arab countries, and the global experience of Jewish refugees.
Yizkor (memorial) Book Collection: The Judaica Suite houses a significant collection of over 900 scarce Yizkor (memorial) books from destroyed East European Jewish communities. Created by Holocaust survivors living in Argentina and Israel, these large-format books were often produced in limited print runs. They document lost towns and their residents through biographies, stories, histories, maps, photographs, and necrologies and eulogies. Some titles are held by only a few other libraries, and at least one is unique to the Price Library.