The Scribes of the Cairo Geniza project unveiled on Wednesday a Haggada from the 10th-11th centuries that offers a rare glimpse into the Jewish customs of the Middle Ages. The unique Haggada provides the Seder instructions in Judeo-Arabic, the Arabic spoken by Jews, written with Hebrew letters.
Michelle Payma began filming of a documentary about the Cairo Geniza, "Cairo to the Cloud" five years ago. She has filmed over forty interviews with Geniza scholars, computer scientists, archivists, librarians, conservators, scribes, rabbis and writers in Canada, the US, UK, France, and Israel. The film is currently being edited.
Please check out the new trailer here:
Cairo to the Cloud has been largely self-financed, supplemented by several private donations, and aided in no small part by the priceless support of friends and family who helped in innumerable ways. The project has kicked off our campaign to raise the funds necessary to complete the film.
Donations are made through our fiscal sponsor, the International Documentary Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization. Your donation is tax-deductible in the United States to the extent permitted by law.
TheTorah.Com website will host a series of six articles based on the work of the Midrash group at the Haifa Genizah Center.
TheTorah.com was founded in order to share academic study of the Bible with a wider audience, providing historical and contextual approaches to the weekly reading of the Torah.
An introduction about the Genizah, The Haifa Center and the Midrash project is presented here.
Follw the series: The Egyptian Midwives, The Symbolic Value of Orlah, Contesting the Identification of Elijah, A Mongamous Issac prays for his Barren Wife.
We are grateful for the TABS team Zev Farber and David Steinberg for their support and their involvement in the publication of the series,
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A Televised interview with Dr Roni Shweke, in honour of the 100th Annniversary of Solomon Schecter's death
To see the interveiw click here
(starts on minute 35.00)
Dr. Moshe Lavee and The Landy Family visit the Rare Books Dept.
The Younis and Soraya Nazarian Library Blog (Hebrew)
