Join us on at the Center on Thursday, Sept. 6, for Gefilte Talk, a panel discussion about the evolution of Jewish food. Mitchell Davis, vice president of the James Beard Foundation, will moderate a panel discussion with Elizabeth Alpern & Jeffrey Yoskowitz of the Gefilteria in Brooklyn; Zach Kutsher of Kutsher’s Tribeca; Jack Lebewohl of 2nd…
Moroccan Wedding Dress
This elaborate eight-piece costume is an example of the traditional festive dress of Moroccan Jewish women, worn by brides and at other celebrations. It is probably based on medieval Spanish Jewish costume, with its origins usually traced to the 15th century Spanish vertugada (hoop skirt, known as a “farthingale” in England).
Date: 19/20th century
Repository: Yeshiva University Museum, 15…
The American Jewish Historical Society series “American Jewish Portraits” has over 100 digitized daguerreotypes, photographs and paintings of Jewish individuals from the 18th to 20th centuries. Most are of the well-to-do, and they are clad in the latest fashions of the time period. Interestingly enough, it is impossible to discern them as Jewish, as the portraits give no clues to their religion.
Out of the Archives: Franz Werfel Family Correspondence
by Kevin Schlottmann, Levy Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History
Above: Telegram from Marianne Rieser to mother Albine Werfel regarding meeting with Varian Fry. January 14, 1941.
The Leo Baeck Institute, as part of its DigiBaeck project, has digitized the Franz Werfel Family Correspondence (AR 6225). This small collection documents the 1940…