This blog interview is with Librarian-in-Residence at the Law Library of Congress, Joanna Colclough.

On June 25, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a limited liability company (LLC) with members who are both domestic and foreign citizens could not bring a lawsuit against a group of defendants with citizenship in the United Kingdom and North Carolina. The court explained that when a plaintiff LLC includes both domestic and foreign members, the claim cannot withstand diversity jurisdiction requirements under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(3).In the case, FS Med. Supplies, LLC v. Tanner Pharma UK Ltd. (Case), FS Medical Supplies, an LLC with members from California, Texas, and China, sued several defendants for breach of contract claims in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. FS Medical Supplies asserted diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C....

This post in the Homegrown Plus series features Lily Henley, a talented singer, songwriter, and fiddler who performs traditional and original songs in the Ladino language. Just like other blogs in the series, this one includes a concert video, a video interview with Lily Henley, and connections to Library of Congress collections. Henley’s music is influenced by Sephardic Jewish traditions from across Europe and western Asia, as well as by Celtic music, American old-time, and other folk music genres. Ladino, also called Judeo-Spanish, is an endangered language that evolved from 15th century Castilian Spanish, with influences from Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish, Greek, and other languages of the Jewish diaspora. Ladino is spoken by Sephardic Jewish communities across the globe. In addition to performing ancient Ladino ballads and love songs, Henley is one of the few songwriters composing new songs in Ladino. The blog post features videos of her 2026 concert, which AFC hosted in collaboration with the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History and in partnership with the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress, and a conversation between Henley and Stephen Winick of the American Folklife Center staff, discussing her career, the tradition of Sephardic music, and the Ladino language.

The Library of Congress has over 19,000 Yiddish-language materials and about 2,500 uncatalogued Yiddish books and pamphlets. This makes it one of the largest Yiddish collections in the world. These books, published across the Jewish diaspora, cover all imaginable subjects. Many are not available in other American libraries or anywhere else. This blog post will present a broad overview of the Library’s Yiddish collection as well as some highlights that emphasize their value to researchers and those interested in Jewish culture and history.