Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!
Detective fiction from the Partner Collections
by Melanie J. Meyers, M.S., Senior Reference Librarian, Center for Jewish History
“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don’t know.” –from “The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes” (1892)
May 22, 1859 was the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes: the most…
In Honor of Yom Yerushalayim: five selections concerning Jerusalem from each of the five partners.
Compiled by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
Yom Yerushalayim commemorates the reunification of Jerusalem and Israeli control over the Old City. The victory in the Six-Day War resulted in the first time Jews took control of the city since the destruction…
Using Family History Databases to Trace Your Roots
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
In honor of Jewish Heritage Month, I am embarking on a small series of posts that expand on different ways of exploring and digging deeper into the collections here at the Center. This post discusses the Family History Databases currently…
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
In cities across Russia, Victory in Europe (V-E) parades are commemorating the 67th anniversary of the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany. The event was also recently observed in the United Kingdom, France and Washington D.C., among other places.
Three months after the last German troops formally…