Happy New Year card from Chanes Family to Howard Lenhoff. American Jewish Historical Society.
Paper on board, 1900. Many Rosh Hashanah greeting cards are decorated with or take the form of ships conveying the holiday greeting (as here). Yeshiva University Museum.
Williamsburg Art Co., NY. Origin: Saxony c. 1910/1915. “A Happy New Year. We’re here to let you know That good times are coming Times of light, of fortune and joy The world is being renewed!” YUM.
Williamsburg Post Card Co., NY. Printed in Germany. “A Happy New Year! Dear angel, write us down In the book of luck and life And our good, forgiving God Will give it his OK!”
Postcard, c.19th-20th century. This card combines Jewish identity (lions supporting a Star of David) with Austrian patriotism (the photograph of Franz Josef). Mailed fr. Austria to Newark, NJ. YUM.
Paper, ca. 1900. Inscribed in Hebrew, “Happy New Year.” Boy and girl walk hand-in-hand behind dog. Yeshiva University Museum.
All images: Collection of Yeshiva University Museum
Shana Tova!
The start of this year marks a new beginning for us here at the Center for a Jewish History. We’re opening the new David Berg Rare Book Room to showcase treasures from the collections of our five partners, launching a program season packed with everything from concerts to symposia, and embarking on an exploration of the Jewish community of 18th-century Metz, France with a conference and exhibition (co-sponsorsed by YIVO) that we would love for you to attend.
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Synagogue on Frankfurt am Main. 1938. Leo Baeck Institute. Link.
Sundown this Saturday marks the beginning of Tisha B’Av (the ninth of Av). Traditionally commemorating the destruction of the first and second temples of Jerusalem; in recent decades the day has been used to remember other Jewish tragedies, such as the 1492 expulsion of the Jews from Spain (which fell around Tisha…
A short walk from some of the most well-known Berlin attractions is the Neue Synagoge (“New Synagogue”), a 19th century Moorish-style building on Oranienburger Straße. In 1859, the Neue Synagoge was built…
Boy in boxing gloves at Hebrew Orphan Asylum. Inscription reads: “Red ‘Champ’ Lipschitz.” 1935. Records of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of the City of New York (I-42). American Jewish Historical Society.
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