» » » Friday, April 29, 2016   Current Stories | | Princeton to temporarily house Geniza Collection of ancient Hebrew and Arabic documents Posted April 11, 2016; 02:40 p.m. by Don Skemer, Princeton University Library   | The Geniza fragment above is from the oldest extant Passover Haggadah (ca. 1000 CE), inexpertly written with a spelling error that reflects the influence of oral tradition. Someone also practiced writing the alphabet on the right side. (Photo courtesy of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America) The Jewish Theological Seminary of America's renowned Geniza Collection will be housed temporarily in the Princeton University Library while JTS, located in New York City, rebuilds its library. The Geniza Collection represents a substantial portion of some 300,000 items "discov
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