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 B’Av) and…
American Jewish Congress member holds sign at Montgomery March, 1965. Photograph, American Jewish Historical Society, 1965. Source.by Anna Khomina, Research and Special Projects Intern, Center for Jewish History In 1918, the American Jewish Congress was established by several prominent Jewish leaders, including rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Hadassah founder Henrietta Szold, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, in order to ease and prevent Jewish suffering…
Rose Schneiderman (center) with Eleanor Roosevelt and David Dubinsky, 1938. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Link. Rose Schneiderman: The Red Rose of Anarchyby Anna Khomina, Research and Special Projects Intern, Center for Jewish HistoryA public speaker, union leader, and political adviser, Rose Schneiderman devoted her life to fighting for working class rights. Active from 1904 through the 1950s, Schneiderman was forced to drop out of…
Trial of Jews of TrentYear: 1478Type: Manuscript, handwritten on paperCountry: Trent, GermanyRepository: Yeshiva University Museum In 1475, a two-year-old Christian boy named Simon disappeared in Trent, a small town in Germany. He was eventually found dead in the cellar of a local Jewish man, which began a blood libel and a fraudulent, violent investigation. Already brimming with antisemitism from a recent fiery sermon given…