A digitized page from Jewish Cookery Book by Mrs. Esther Levy. Image from the Library of Congress. Cookbooks of the Collections: An Introductionby Melanie J. Meyers, M.S., Senior Reference Librarian, Center for Jewish History The scholarly importance of food studies has exploded as more and more special collections and libraries recognize the value of cookbooks and other such items. Scholars in a multitude of disciplines—history, women’s…
From the partners’ collections: Brooklyn Bridge by Hermann Struck Description: Amerika, Zwanzig Radierungen, von Hermann StruckRead the entire bookCreator: Struck, Hermann, 1876-1944Creator: Holitscher, Arthur, 1869-1941Object Origin: BerlinMedium: Artists’ booksDate: 1922Call Number: r (f) NE 654 S8 A4Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=148073Repository: Leo Baeck InstituteRights statement: Click here. Visit our Flickr photostream for more from the partners’ collections.
Telegram. Nahum Goldmann to Leo Baeck (misspelled in address line). AR 5890, Council of Jews from Germany Collection, Box 5, Folder 11, October 1953. Leo Baeck Institute. Out of the Archives: Council of Jews from Germany Recordsby Kevin Schlottmann, Levy Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History Here in the Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Processing Laboratory at the Center, we occasionally work with…
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History Remembering Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. on the occasion of his 83rd birthday At a fundraising event in a northern synagogue, a rabbi asked Dr. King what his sources of strength were. Dr. King responded: “You and I draw living waters from the same spring…from the belief in a God of…