Circa 1942. Text on back of photograph: President Franklin Roosevelt expressing appreciation for the effectiveness of JWB’s [Jewish Welfare Board’s] religious activities program in rallying support of the Jewish community behind war efforts. Photo from American Jewish Historical Society Archives. U.S. Presidents and Jewish Officialsby David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History With Presidents’ Day approaching, I remembered having encountered a…
From the partners’ collections: Meditacion Cosmica Artist: Leonardo Nierman Medium:painting: acrylic on masonite Date:1978-1979 Persistent URL: museums.cjh.org/Display.php?irn=7825 Repository: Yeshiva University Museum Accession number: 1987.034 Rights statement: Click here. Visit our Flickr photostream for more from the partners’ collections.
From the partners’ collections: Interior view of the destroyed Fasanenstrasse Synagogue, Berlin, burned on Kristallnacht during the November Pogroms Creator/Photographer: UnknownMedium: Black and white photographic print Date: 1938Repository: Leo Baeck InstituteParent Collection: Berlin; Jewish Community CollectionCall Number: AR 88Rights statement: Click here. Visit our Flickr photostream for more from the partners’ collections.