Chaim Gross (1901-1991), Watercolor, New York, 1958
Collection of Yeshiva University Museum, Gift of Charles Frost
Happy Hanukkah from the Center for Jewish History!
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Hanukkah Lamp. Germany or Netherlands. 19th century. Brass. YU Museum.
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Happy Tu B’Shevat!
It is the 15th of Shevat, the “New Year for Trees”—a holiday during which Jews reflect on the importance of respecting and preserving the environment.
Pictured above: Tree Planting circa 1934
Subjects: Israel; agriculture; children
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Rosh Hashanah Resources
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
In honor of the New Year I examined ten resources available at the Center (for the ten days of repentance) that reflect on the experience of the High Holidays in the military.
Memoirs
1) Reflections on World War II: Chaplain Jacob Kraft’s Letters to Leah…