The Leo Baeck Institute and the Day of Digital Archives
by David Brown, Leo Baeck Institute
Leo Baeck Institute is home to nearly 4,000 linear feet of archival collections, 25,000 photographs, and thousands of artworks related to the history of German-speaking Jews. Today, the Institute is finished digitizing nearly all of it, plus hundreds of books from the Library collection.
Since 2007, the…
Happy Digital Archives Day!
by Christine McEvilly, Digital Archivist and Librarian, American Jewish Historical Society
But what in the world is the Day of Digital Archives? Once a year, those of us who work with digital collections in archives, museums, and libraries like to share just what our jobs are all about and help people understand what we do. We have all sorts of…
Sukkot.
You can explore other items from the partners’ collections in the Center’s Flickr photostream.
Rosh Hashanah Resources
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
In honor of the New Year I examined ten resources available at the Center (for the ten days of repentance) that reflect on the experience of the High Holidays in the military.
Memoirs
1) Reflections on World War II: Chaplain Jacob Kraft’s Letters to Leah…