by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History Today marks seventy years since the attack on Pearl Harbor, the event that hurled America into the Second World War. According to the Encyclopedia Judaica, Jews’ service to the United States armed forces started with militia duty during the Colonial era. “A considerable number of Jews volunteered for the colonialist armies,”…
From the partners’ collections: Yiddish theater poster for “The Reverend’s Lady” at the Lawrence Opera House in Lawrence, Massachusetts Creator: UnknownMedium: Color posterDate: 1918 April 18Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=1214218Call Number: 1967.001.044Collection:Yiddish Theater PostersRepository: American Jewish Historical SocietyRights statement: Click here. Visit our Flickr photostream for more from the partners’ collections.
From the partners’ collections: Goetz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand Click here to read the entire book. Description: Limited edition of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Goetz von Berlichingen, illustrated with woodcuts by Bruno Goldschmitt (1881-1925), a German-Jewish artist from Nuremberg.Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832Creator: Goldschmitt, Bruno, 1881-1925Object Origin: Hellerau bei Dresden, 1923Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=797483Repository: Leo Baeck InstituteCall Number: r (f) PT 1952 A1…
On view at the Center for Jewish History now through December 31st, “A Continuing Conversation: Moses Mendelssohn and the Legacy of the Enlightenment,” an exhibit that continues the conversations that Enlightenment thinker Moses Mendelssohn began, examining the relationship between Mendelssohn’s Judaism and his Enlightenment philosophy, and exploring his life and legacy to inspire new insights for contemporary thought. 15 West 16th Street in Manhattan.