tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post5662055933935674379..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: A book burning in Galicia, Purim 1859Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-70074078728214533722012-12-27T11:11:44.984-05:002012-12-27T11:11:44.984-05:00The most notorious book burning in history was no ...The most notorious book burning in history was no doubt the destruction of the Great Library at Alexandria.I think it is more apropos to mention that than say, the various public burnings o the Talmud, since many of these books were necessarily sacred. Nu, we always had some sort of version of Neturei Karta among us...Joels W. https://www.blogger.com/profile/07902859333047138964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-39877738680550089162012-11-09T13:55:56.915-05:002012-11-09T13:55:56.915-05:00Interesting that of all the book-burning images he...Interesting that of all the book-burning images he could conjure, the one that came to mind was the "Arab Caliph of Alexandria."Abul Bannatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-32093143914409302202012-11-08T14:01:23.251-05:002012-11-08T14:01:23.251-05:00The font looks like Divrei Kehilles (S. Geiger).The font looks like Divrei Kehilles (S. Geiger).Mar Gavrielnoreply@blogger.com