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…
Compiled by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
Works illustrated by Maurice Sendak:
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“But the wild things cried, ‘Oh please don’t go—We’ll eat you up—we love you so!’” —Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)
Remembering Maurice Sendak
by Melanie J. Meyers, M.S., Senior Reference Librarian, Center for Jewish History
Maurice Sendak passed away yesterday, May 8, in Danbury, CT. The legendary children’s author was a born and bred New Yorker, with his Polish-Jewish family hailing from Brooklyn. He was the…