Happy Birthday, Dokter Seuss!by Melanie J. Meyers, M.S., Senior Reference Librarian, Center for Jewish History March 2, 2012 would have been the 108th birthday of the venerable cartoonist and children’s book author, Doctor Seuss. While Dr. Seuss was not Jewish, his books have a universal appeal that resonates with children (and adults) of all religions and cultures. His political cartoons were among the first…
From the partners’ collections: Confirmation (Bar Mitzvah) invitation Creator: James Spencer & Co.Object Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A. Date: January 14, 1922Medium: paper: printed, embossedPersistent URL: http://museums.cjh.org/Display.php?irn=6509Repository: Yeshiva University MuseumCall Number: 2002.061Rights statement: Click here. Visit our Flickr photostream for more from the partners’ collections.
The American Jewish Historical Society meets the U.S. War Department’s Military Intelligence Branchby Michael D. Montalbano, Institutional / Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History Although propaganda existed in a variety of forms prior to the 20th century, its scale and use of the technology during World War I was unprecedented. To counteract the intended effects of propaganda, governments established various defenses, the main one…
From the partners’ collections: Food will win the War Medium: PosterDate: 1918Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=367343Repository: Yeshiva University MuseumCall Number: 1998.613Rights statement: Click here. Visit our Flickr photostream for more from the partners’ collections.