Tag: Zalman Alpert
The Evolution Of American Orthodoxy: An Interview with Yeshiva University Librarian Zalman Alpert
Books. Some people love them; others claim they can do without them. For Zalman Alpert, they are essentially his life.
For the past 35 years, Alpert has served as a reference librarian at Yeshiva University (YU). Educated at Columbia University’s School of Library Services and New York University’s School of Education, where he attained a master’s degree in Modern Jewish History, Alpert is one of those individuals who knows a little (sometimes a lot) about everything. Over the years, he has contributed articles to such works as Encyclopedia of Hasidim; Jewish American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia; Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture; Midstream; and The Jewish Press.
Title: Crown of Aleppo: The Mystery of the Oldest Hebrew Bible Codex
The Jewish people are known as the "people of the book," and over the centuries it has sacrificed much not only to live by that book, the Torah, but to maintain the integrity of its text as well.