Words Like Sapphires: 100 Years of Hebraica at the Library of Congress, 1912–2012

Thursday, October 25th, 2012, noon, AMED RR, Jefferson Building. An illustrated lecture, "The Jewish Book Since the Invention of Printing," by Dr. Emile Schrijver, Curator of the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, University of Amsterdam.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012, noon, Words Like Sapphires exhibition, South Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building. Curator Gallery Talk: Peggy Pearlstein, Exhibition Curator, Hebraic Section, African Middle East Division, will discuss the Passover Haggadah.

Monday, November 5th, 2012, noon, AMED RR, Jefferson Building. A lecture, "100 Years of Hebrew Poetry," by poet and anthologist Peter Cole, interview, and book sale and signing. Co-sponsored with the Poetry & Literature Center.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012, noon, Words Like Sapphires exhibition, South Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building. Gallery Talk: Ann Brener, Area Specialist, Hebraic Division, African Middle East Division, will explore “Windows on History.”

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012, noon, AMED RR, Jefferson Building. An illustrated lecture, "The Fabric of America through the Art of Arthur Szyk," by Irvin Ungar, Curator of the Szyk Society. A selection of Arthur Szyk drawings will be on display following the lecture. Co-sponsored with the Prints and Photographs Division.

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012, at noon in Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 3rd floor. A panel discussion and display in celebration of the publication, Perspectives on the Hebraic Book: The Myron M. Weinstein Memorial Lectures at the Library of Congress (Washington: Library of Congress, 2012).