Hebrew Voices #172 – Chinese Jews of Cincinnati
In this episode of Hebrew Voices #172, Chinese Jews of Cincinnati, Nehemia tours the library at Hebrew Union College with its librarian, David Gilner. They go into the vault to look at documents from the Jews of Kaifeng, China, fragments … Continue reading →
In this episode of Hebrew Voices #172, Chinese Jews of Cincinnati, Nehemia tours the library at Hebrew Union College with its librarian, David Gilner. They go into the vault to look at documents from the Jews of Kaifeng, China, fragments from the Cairo Genizah, and several other items.
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Hebrew Voices #172 – Chinese Jews of Cincinnati
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David: This is the only Chinese Hebrew manuscript from Imperial China.
Nehemia: Wow, okay. Is this a genealogy?
David: Close. It's a Yizkor book, and it goes back as many as 13 generations, in the case of the “I” clan. When they knew the name in Hebrew, they put it in Hebrew. If they only knew the Chinese, they went in in Chinese.
Nehemia: So, this is very interesting. So, explain what a Yizkor book is.
Nehemia: Tell us who you are.
David: I'm David Gilner, and I'm librarian of the Klau Library here in Cincinnati. And I'm director of the four-campus library system of Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion; libraries in New York, Los Angeles, Jerusalem, and the main scholarly library here in Cincinnati.
So, having been at the Hebrew University, you know how the collections can be divided on what's on Har HaTzofim and what's down at Givat Ram and so forth. So, here, rather than having to get on a bus, you only have to get on an elevator.
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