Ketubbah (marriage contract) from Persia, 1840s. Yeshiva University Museum.
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Postcard, Atlantic City. Circa 1940. Yeshiva University Museum.
Reverse: The Breakers on the Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey: The Largest Kosher Hotel in the United States. Postmarked from Atlantic City, N.J. August 13, 1940 and addressed to Mr. and Mrs. David Turner, Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
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Join the 16th Street book club!
All book club sessions are free and open to the public. Please try to bring your books or e-reading devices with you. RSVPs recommended: mhaier@cjh.org.
Center for Jewish History | 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY
Upcoming meeting:
— Wednesday, May 29 at 7pm
to discuss Lola, California by Edie Meidav
The year is 2008; the place, California. Vic Mahler, famous for having inspired…
Out of the Archives
Yiddish Artists Relax in the Catskills, circa 1938
by Rachel Harrison, Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History
The Adler Family Papers (P-890) at the American Jewish Historical Society contain a wealth of photos of figures from the heyday of the American Yiddish theater, from the 1880s and running to the 1970s. These include Jacob P. Adler, the patriarch of the…