Ohio’s attorney general seeks to block seminary college from selling its rare books

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
Associated Press

Ohio’s attorney general is asking a judge to bar an international institution of Jewish higher education from selling its rare book collection. Dave Yost sought the temporary restraining order against Hebrew Union College in a filing made Tuesday. A hearing on the request is scheduled for July 12. The college is the nation’s oldest Jewish seminary. The possibility of a sale involving the library’s collection emerged earlier this year. The order would block the school from selling items that are part of a rare book and ancient manuscripts collection housed at its Klau Library. A school spokesperson says there are no current plans to sell any part of the collection.