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Ma'aseh Tuviyyah,
(Venice, 1707) is a
popular book on
science by the much
traveled physician
Tobias Cohen. It
contains sections on
astronomy,
geography,
physiology,
pharmacology and
medicine. This full
page engraving
compares the human
body to a house in the
functions of its parts
and organs. "The eyes
are the windows, the
nose the aperture to
the attic, etc."

George Gershwin and Irving Berlin: One of Gershwin's early jobs was to transcribe Irving Berlin's songs
to the musical page. Berlin composed some 1,500 songs but never acquired the skill of setting down the
musical notes on paper.

• The original first books ever print-
ed in any language in Africa are in He-
brew, and one is on display. It was printed
utilizing hand-cut, moveable type right
after moveable type was invented by a
man forced by the Inquisition to flee Spain
or lose his life. The first thing he did upon
arrival in North Africa was, from his
head, re-create a book.

• When Washington, D.C., was threat-
ened by bombing during World War II,
the Library of Congress took strong mea-
sures to protect its collections. Staff mem-
bers tagged the Judaica, buried the pieces
in sawdust-filled barrels and took it to
coal mines and underground storage ar-
eas in Kentucky and West Virginia. The
largest percentage of any collection pro-
tected was the Judaica be-
cause it was so valuable
and unique.

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Dickdook Leshon Gnebreet A
Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue

(1735) served a generation of
Harvard students as their textbook
for the study of Hebrew. One
thousand copies were printed, a
large edition for an early 18th-
century American publication. It
was published by the college's
instructor in Hebrew, Judah
Monis, with the approval and aid
of the school.

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by the United States
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In Cleveland, an interactive chil-
Army, depicts the barbed
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ing into the palm trees of along with the exhibit. It features hands- limited annual appropriations.
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the new State of Israel on activities related to the significance of
Available at the exhibit are "posters, cuf-
the written word, history of book print- flinks and pendants from some of the most
just several months old.
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things that people would
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are in this collection," said sic is presented through video and audio
"From the Ends of the Earth: Ju-
Talisman, who readily tapes.
daic Treasures of the Library of Con-
Talisman has arranged with the Li-
describes treasure after
gress" runs through Oct. 26 at the
Featured on the title page of the sheet music of "Leben Zol Amerika"
brary
of Congress to set up a trust fund
treasure,
including
the
Cleveland College of Jewish Studies.
(Long Live America) are the three favored icons of the American Jewish
original rendition of "God within the library for those who wish to
immigrant sensibility: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and the
For information, call (216) 464-4050.
Bless America" handwrit- contribute to maintain the Judaic section.
Statue of Liberty.

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