Barry Dov Walfish, the Cataloger-Bibliographer-Scholar Librarian

摘要

Judaica Librarianship editorial board member, Dr. Barry Walfish retired this year from Universityof Toronto Libraries and stepped down from our editorial board. Barry served on JL’seditorial board since 2006 and contributed several review essays to the journal, including in thisvery issue.A renowned scholar of Medieval Jewish intellectual history, Jewish biblical interpretation andreception, and Karaism, Barry earned his degree in Library Science from the Hebrew Universityof Jerusalem. His MLS thesis, Ishe ha-miḳra ba-sifrut ha-batar-miḳraʼit: bibliyografyahnivḥeret (People of the Bible in post-biblical literature: selected bibliography) was published in1975 in the HU library school’s periodical for selected student works (ʻAl sefarim ṿe-ḳorʼim: mivḥarʻavodot talmidim) and as a stand-alone, 63-page book.1 Barry went on to pursue a Ph.D. inthe University of Toronto and graduated in 1983 (his 2-volume dissertation was titled MedievalJewish Exegesis of the Book of Esther).