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Hebraic Section

Exhibit Open
October 25, 2012 through March 16, 2013

Exhibition Marks Centennial of Hebraic Collection
View the Press Release here

“Words Like Sapphires: 100 Years of Hebraica at the Library of Congress” Opens Oct. 25

The Library is celebrating the centennial of its Hebraic Collection with an exhibition titled “Words Like Sapphires: 100 Years of Hebraica at the Library of Congress, 1912-2012.” The exhibition will be on view 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, from Oct. 25, 2012, through March 16, 2013, in the South Gallery of the Thomas Jefferson Building at 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C.

For additional inforrmation contact:
Peggy Pearlstein (202) 707 - 3779

Monday, November 5, 2012

Library of Congress Office of Scholarly Programs
Poetry and Literature Center
and the Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division
The Library of Congress
present

100 Years of Hebrew Poetry

Peter Cole

Poet and anthologist PETER COLE will read from his poems and discuss
the history of Hebrew poetry. Book sales and signing will follow;
sales will feature Cole’s poetry collection Things on Which I’ve
Stumbled as well as his edited anthology The Poetry of Kabbalah:
Mystical Verse from the Jewish Tradition.

Free and Open to the Public
Tickets or reservations are not required
Book Sales and Book-Signing will Follow

Monday, November 5, 2012
12 Noon - 1:00PM
African and Middle Eastern Division Reading Room
LJ-220 Thomas Jefferson Building
10 First St. SE
Washington, DC 20540
For Information: (202) 707-5394

Please allow time to clear security
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362
 (Voice/TTY) or email Ada @ loc.gov   

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

THE HEBRAIC SECTION,
OF THE
AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN DIVISION
AND THE
PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DIVISION
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

present an Illustrated Lecture

The Fabric of America through the Art of Arthur Szyk
by Irvin Ungar,
Curator of The Arthur Szyk Society

Free and Open to the Public
A selection of Arthur Szyk drawings will be on display following the lecture

Tuesday, November 6, 2012
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
African & Middle Eastern Division Reading Room
LJ 220, Thomas Jefferson Building
10 First St. SE
Washington D.C.  20540

For additional information contact:
Dr. Peggy Pearlstein (202) 707 - 3779

Please allow time to clear security
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362
 (Voice/TTY) or email Ada @ loc.gov 

Monday, November 19, 2012

The Hebraic Section,
African and Middle Eastern Division, the Library of Congress,
in cooperation with the
District of Columbia Jewish Community Center
present
an illustrated lecture by artist and calligrapher
Debra Band
on the publication of her new book:

Original Artist Drawings will be on view

Book Signing follows the lecture

Free and Open to the Public

Monday, November 19, 2012
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
African and Middle Eastern Division Reading Room
Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ 220
10 First St. S.E.
Washington D.C.  20540

For additional information contact:
Dr. Peggy Pearlstein (202) 707 - 3779

Please allow time to clear security
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362
 (Voice/TTY) or email Ada @ loc.gov 

This Program to be Rescheduled
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The Hebraic Section
of the
African and Middle Eastern Division
and the
Center for the Book
The Library of Congress
present

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: The Library of Congress 2012)
Edited by Peggy K. Pearlstein

Free and Open to the Public
Book Sale and Signing following the Program

12 Noon - 1:00PM
Room 119
Thomas Jefferson Building
10 First St. SE
Washington, DC 20540

For additional information contact:
Staceya Sistare-Anderson (202) 707 - 1552

Please allow time to clear security
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362
 (Voice/TTY) or email Ada @ loc.gov 

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