From the partners’ collections: Interior view of the destroyed Fasanenstrasse Synagogue, Berlin, burned on Kristallnacht during the November Pogroms
Creator/Photographer: Unknown
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Date: 1938
Repository: Leo Baeck Institute
Parent Collection: Berlin; Jewish Community Collection
Call Number: AR 88
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AJHS and CJH Archivists are happy to announce that the finding aid for the records of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) I-363 is online and ready to use! After three years of surveying, organizing, rehousing, and encoding, the American Jewish Historical Society and the Center for Jewish History are proud to present a processed collection of documents, photographs, and audio/visual materials representing nearly 100…
From the partners’ collections: Eliahu Elias, Casablanca (Morocco) Creator/Photographer: Isaiah WynerMedium: black-and-whiteDimensions: 8 x 10 inchesDate: 1989, 1994Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=336458Repository: American Sephardi FederationCall Number: 007/15Rights statement: Click here. Visit our Flickr photostream for more from the partners’ collections.
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History Many things come to the minds of Americans when they think of Abraham Lincoln: the story of the apple tree and the nickname “honest Abe,” the address at Gettysburg, the Emancipation Proclamation. One thing that may not immediately come to mind is the fight for religious freedom that Lincoln fought amidst…
