The American Jewish Historical Society series “American Jewish Portraits” has over 100 digitized daguerreotypes, photographs and paintings of Jewish individuals from the 18th to 20th centuries. Most are of the well-to-do, and they are clad in the latest fashions of the time period. Interestingly enough, it is impossible to discern them as Jewish, as the portraits give no clues to their religion.
Out of the Archives: Franz Werfel Family Correspondence
by Kevin Schlottmann, Levy Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History
Above: Telegram from Marianne Rieser to mother Albine Werfel regarding meeting with Varian Fry. January 14, 1941.
The Leo Baeck Institute, as part of its DigiBaeck project, has digitized the Franz Werfel Family Correspondence (AR 6225). This small collection documents the 1940…
Family Program News: Jacob Stein and The Bakery Band Puppets Present “The Wise Puppets of Chelm”
This Sunday, August 12, marks the season finale of Summer Sundays at the Center, a new family program launched in June. Making their second Summer Sunday appearance, Jacob Stein and The Bakery Band Puppets will present “The Wise Puppets of Chelm,” a musical performance that…
Marriage Contract Form (Ketubah)
Creator: Chaim Gross
Type: Lithograph on paper
Year: 1979
Repository: Yeshiva University Museum
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Join the 16th Street Book Club for a discussion of The Marriage Artist by Andrew Winer!
Tuesday, August 14th at 7pm
When the wife of renowned art critic Daniel Lichtmann plunges to her death, she is not alone. Lying next to her is Benjamin Wind, the…