Witnesses say they saw suspect start blaze inside the 'Bucherboxx' at train station in German capital; antisemitic note said found at scene

Massive Encyclopedia of Jewish Book Cultures also underway by Dutch publisher Brill, who says 31 institutions already purchased access to the compilation to be complete in 3 years

The Jewish Theological Seminary's quiet sale of a 200-year-old travelogue from the Holy Land raises questions about what responsibilities private libraries have to the wider public

Hebrew manuscript exhibit includes earliest dated copy of the 'Guide for the Perplexed' and spans science, law, music, and magic. Viewable online now, and in person from December 3

Interactive display launched in tandem with London museum's reopening is inspired by author Edmund de Waal's Austrian Jewish grandparents, who lost their books to Nazis

Calling it a 'very difficult decision,' Institute for Jewish Research says archival staff will now help run the library

'The Snowy Day' by Ezra Jack Keats, one of the first kids books to portray an African-American child, has been borrowed 485,583 times since its release in 1962

Inventor of the decimal system, who died in 1931, kept Jews and blacks out of his resort and was repeatedly accused of harassing women