Happy Birthday, Dokter Seuss!
by Melanie J. Meyers, M.S., Senior Reference Librarian, Center for Jewish History
March 2, 2012 would have been the 108th birthday of the venerable cartoonist and children’s book author, Doctor Seuss. While Dr. Seuss was not Jewish, his books have a universal appeal that resonates with children (and adults) of all religions and cultures. His political cartoons were among…
From the partners’ collections: Confirmation (Bar Mitzvah) invitation
Creator: James Spencer & Co.
Object Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A.
Date: January 14, 1922
Medium: paper: printed, embossed
Persistent URL: http://museums.cjh.org/Display.php?irn=6509
Repository: Yeshiva University Museum
Call Number: 2002.061
Rights statement: Click here.
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The American Jewish Historical Society meets the U.S. War Department’s Military Intelligence Branch
by Michael D. Montalbano, Institutional / Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History
Although propaganda existed in a variety of forms prior to the 20th century, its scale and use of the technology during World War I was unprecedented. To counteract the intended effects of propaganda, governments established various defenses, the main…