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From This World to the Next: Jewish Approaches to Illness, Death, and the Afterlife
From This World to the Next Jewish Approaches to Illness Death and the Afterlife Author:The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary was founded with a mission to be the National Museum of the Jewish book, and is the premier research library of Judaica and Hebraica in the Western Hemisphere. This exhibition, From This World to the Next: Jewish Approaches to Illness, Death, & the Afterlife brings to together various items from ou... more »r collection, including manuscripts, rare books, broadsides, and prints. Especially well represented are materials and texts of bikkur holim and hevra kaddisha societies. These societies played a vital role in the lives of Jews wherever they lived. This exhibition, which has been significantly enhanced by objects from the Pollack Family Collection, offers us the opportunity to showcase some of the ritual objects that were used by these societies.« less