Sukkot. Arthur Szyk (1894-1951). 1948. New Canaan, Connecticut. Painting, tempera and ink on paper. c/o Yeshiva University Museum.
Illustration from Juedisches Ceremoniel, a German book published in 1724. c/o Leo Baeck Institute.
Etrog container decorated with depictions of lulav and etrog. Artist unknown. 19th century. c/o Yeshiva University Museum.
Lulav (palm twig) and Etrog (citrus fruit) used during Sukkot. Illustration from Juedisches Ceremoniel, a German book published in 1724. c/o Leo Baeck Institute.
Children’s book: Dos ḳetsele. by Leib Kvitko (1890-1952). Illustrated by Y. Dats. Odessa, 1935. 10 pages long. YIVO Institue for Jewish Research.
A little boy and his kitten are best friends and play together day and night. But instead of catching mice at home, the kitten plays and dances with them. When the boy’s mother finds this out, she throws the kitten out of…
A couple of doors down from the Forward Building (and notably two stories taller) stands Jarmulowsky’s Bank. Sender Jarmulowsky immigrated to America from Russia, and by 1873 he had set up his bank on the Lower East Side. In addition to the Jarmulowsky Bank Building, he was also instrumental in the construction of the Eldridge Street…
Letter from Willy Hellpach to Martha Kubatzki on Reichstag stationery, 1930
Out of the Archives An Epistolary Romance by Catherine Greer, Archival Processing Fellow, Center for Jewish History
I spent two weeks at the Center for Jewish History as a Graduate Archival Processing Fellow. The twelve-day program provided me with a wealth of theoretical knowledge, hands-on experience in archival processing–and an…