Present this ad and receive complimentary admission for 2 to the new exhibit! Now on view at the Center for Jewish History. 15 West 16th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues. Over their centuries-long relationship with New York City, Jews have carved out a multitude of public and private spaces as their own, including neighborhood streets, businesses, synagogues and tenement apartments, as well as…
The 16th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival (presented by the American Sephardi Federation here at the Center for Jewish History) kicks off this Thursday with the film Free Men (Les Hommes Libres). Perhaps you read about the film in The Forward article “Muslims Who Helped Save French Jews” (January 10th). Here is more information about it: Paris 1942: Inspired by true events, Free…
Cast of Purim play (New York). 1936. [Subjects: Purim; actors and acting; Sephardim]. Yeshiva University Museum. Chag Purim!–Exploring the Collections for the Holidayby David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History Purim is the joyous holiday that “marks the period Jews were barely snatched from the hangman’s noose,” as it is explained in Jayne Cohen’s holiday cookbook. The word…
“Archives on a 20th-Century Diaspora Are Being Put Online”