Photo of the day: Louise Waterman Wise and Justine Wise (1920). From American Jewish Historical Society.
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Celebrating Archives
by Susan Woodland, Senior Archivist, American Jewish Historical Society
October is Archives Month, and the archives community in metropolitan New York celebrated the week of October 7th with an extensive list of repository tours, programs, exhibits, a symposium on Disaster Recovery inspired by last fall’s superstorm Sandy, and an award ceremony. See the website of the Archivists Roundtable…
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) begins this evening (Sunday, April 7) and ends the evening of Monday, April 8.
Nearly 25 percent of research inquiries performed at the Center for Jewish History have been related to the study of the Holocaust. The Center’s librarians produce monthly reports on patrons’ research activities, and requests for Holocaust-related items are often at the top of the list.
In 2007, the Center completed Holocaust Resources: An Annotated Bibliography of Archival Holdings at the Center for Jewish History,…
Hanukkah Lamp. Germany or Netherlands. 19th century. Brass. YU Museum.
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