Princeton University received a collection of American Judaica. The 35 books donated to the New Jersey school’s library are from the 18th and 19th centuries. They include two written by Isaac Mayer Wise, one of the founders of American Reform Judaism, and one written by Emma Lazarus, author of the poem enshrined on a plaque at the Statue of Liberty.
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