Religious Material in the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University

Rabbi Marshall Meyer become one of the most important human rights activists during Argentina’s Dirty War, also known as El Proceso (1976-1983). This exhibit, drawn from the Marshall Meyer papers at Duke University Libraries, is not only a commemoration of the social activism and human rights work of Rabbi Marshall Meyer, but also explores the making of an activist.

This 2010 exhibit highlights pieces from the Duke University Libraries, including the Rubenstein.

Printed material, correspondence, writings, and photographs primarily reflecting Dr. Kanof's research and writing in the field of Jewish ceremonial art; his role in the development of the Tobe Pascher Workshop of the Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y.; his curatorship at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, N.C.; and to a lesser extent, his patronage of the arts.

Materials in a variety of formats document the history of this Durham synagogue.

Professors in Duke University's Department of Religion. Their papers are comprised of materials related to several major excavations the pair conducted in Israel in the 1970s.

Document the personal lives and careers of the Evans family, particularly Emanuel J. and Sara Evans, their sons, Eli and Robert, and Emanuel's brother, Monroe. The family owned and operated United Department Stores, and for twelve years, 1951 to 1963, Emanuel Evans was mayor of Durham, NC.

Jacob Mordecai was an Educator, of Warrenton, N.C., and Richmond, Va. Collection includes correspondence, ledgers, personal and school accounts (1811-1818), personal journals (1858-1861), and other papers of Mordecai and of his family.

Activist rabbi who worked in Argentina during the period of the Dirty War (mid 1970s to mid 1980s). The collection documents his personal and professional life.

These books of readings for the Passover Seder service are often highly personal expressions of the creator's artistic, social, and political concerns. Our extensive collection displays chronological, aesthetic, geographic, and linguistic diversity.

Written in northern Italy in 1479, this Haggadah is one of the most exquisite sections of the Israel Museum's Rothschild Miscellany, a manuscript unrivaled in richness and scope. Our volume is a facsimile of this unique text.

Facsimile of the most exquisite of all Hebrew bibles, written and illuminated in medieval Spain in 1476, just 16 years before the Expulsion.

The Rubenstein has received many of its haggadot and other Judaica through the generosity of Abram and Frances Pascher Kanof. The North Carolina Museum of Art has them to thank for many of the pieces in its Judaica collection.