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Divided Empires, United Families: The Union of Russian Jews and Post-War Family Reunification across the United States and Soviet Union

By Alexandra (Sasha) Zborovsky, Arcadia Graduate Fellow

Divided Empires, United Families: The Union of Russian Jews and Post-War Family Reunification across the United States and Soviet Union

Between 1942 and 1949, the Union of Russian Jews and President Samuel Chobrutsky of the Moscow Jewish Community helped over 15,000 Jewish families across the United States, Mandate Palestine, and South America locate and exchange letters with…

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The Day HIAS’ Ellis Island Agent Disappeared

By Jacob Morrow-Spitzer, Sid and Ruth Lapidus Graduate Fellow

The Day HIAS’ Ellis Island Agent Disappeared

After twelve frantic days of searching for his missing colleague, a weary I. Irving Lipsitch sat down to write a detailed letter to his boss. “I give you herewith the following facts in connection with the matter of Mr. Samuel Littman,” he began, addressing Leon Sanders, president of…

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Young Victims: Child Survivors of the Holocaust

By Ari Winer, Reading Room CLIP Intern

Young Victims: Child Survivors of the Holocaust

By the end of the Holocaust, over 1.5 million children were slaughtered at the hands of the Nazi Party and its collaborators. In ghettos, children were often killed by starvation or disease. In concentration camps, the majority were immediately sent to gas chambers or shot along with their families. However,…

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The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America

By Ella Jordan-Smith, Reference Services Librarian

The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America

In response to widespread antisemitic accusations that Jews had not fought in the Civil War, a group of Jewish Civil War veterans met in New York in 1896 to establish the Hebrew Union Veterans. The group eventually changed their name to the Jewish War Veterans (JWV) of the…

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Seize Der Tog!: The Yiddish Press in America

By Cassia Kisshauer, Senior Reference Services Librarian

Seize Der Tog!: The Yiddish Press in America

The Yiddish press in America got its start in the late 19th century. By the 1910s, publications were flourishing and represented a wide variety of Jewish religious and political perspectives. Newspapers served as critical sites of information, entertainment, and learning. They provided access to local and national news in…

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