by Kevin Schlottmann, Levy Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History ’Excerpt from Genealogy of the Benda family (AR 10226), Leo Baeck Institute Genealogists doing research at the Center for Jewish History can access plenty of resources, from the wealth of information available at the Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute to the electronic research guides and the Ask-A-Genealogist chat function. But one research avenue…
by Rachel C. Miller, Senior Project Archivist, Center for Jewish History On November 11, 2011, the Archive and Library Services Department hosted the inaugural event of our new series, Archival Leaders Advocate: Annual Seminar at the Center for Jewish History. Our annual series will feature presentations by leading figures in the archives profession on timely issues relevant to both emerging and seasoned archives professionals. With…
On November 21, 1861, Judah P. Benjamin became the Confederate Secretary of War. As the History Channel’s website explains, “A Jew who was born in the West Indies in 1811, Judah Benjamin was an exception to the rule in the Protestant South.” The JTA Archive blog points out Benjamin’s nickname as “the Confederate Kissinger.” The American Jewish Historical Society here at the Center is…
Out of the Archives: 1913 letterwritten on White Sulphur Springs stationeryby Kevin Schlottmann, Levy Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History Before email and before the telephone, people wrote letters. And, as any archivist will tell you, some people wrote lots and lots of them, as they fulfilled a desire for economical daily communication when apart from friends and loved ones. Hotels were happy to…