Partner organizations of the Center
The Center’s website offers more information about each of the wonderful partner organizations that make up the Center for Jewish History. Please visit this page to learn about the partners’ vital work, invaluable collections and impressive commitments to preserving the Jewish past.
By Patricia Glowinski, Archivist at the Center for Jewish History
Processed in the Shelby White & Leon
Levy Archival Processing Laboratory at the Center for Jewish History (CJH) are
the Grand Street Boy’s Association Records, just one of the many archival collections
of the American Jewish Historical Society, one of the five partner institutions
comprising CJH. The…
Fascinating find. We’ve got a juicy series going about Picon’s incredible career; read more about her here!
Evening Dress worn by
Molly Picon
Silk
1930s
Collection of Yeshiva University Museum
Gift of Sarah Safford
In the mid-1970s, Sarah Safford, a dancer from New York was driving in Mahopac in Upstate New York…
Hartford is home to the first and largest Jewish community in the state of Connecticut. The earliest mention of a Jew in the state was David the Jew, of Hartford, who was fined 20 shillings for illegal trading in 1659.
Afterwards, there were scattered references to the…
