Out of the Archives: From Labor to Justice
by Rachel C. Miller, Senior Project Archivist, Center for Jewish History
The quotidian cross-out on this letterhead represents a pivotal moment in U.S. immigration history, when, following the outbreak of war in Europe, the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration deemed immigration a security concern over an economic one and transferred the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from…
Partner organizations of the Center
The Center’s website offers more information about each of the wonderful partner organizations that make up the Center for Jewish History. Please visit this page to learn about the partners’ vital work, invaluable collections and impressive commitments to preserving the Jewish past.
From the partners’ collections: The Golden City/Upper Galilee
Description: Landscape. Camels lower left, yellow buildings top center, surrounded by green; inscribed reverse: “Ruth Bamberger with Love for Kathrin”
Artist: Bamberger, Ruth, 1906-1976
Medium: Painting, oil on canvas
Date: 1969
Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=413013
Repository: The Kathryn Yochelson Collection Yeshiva University Museum
Accession number: 2001.396
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From the partners’ collections: Blau-Weiss hikers with instruments
Description:Blau-Weiss was a Zionist youth movement founded in Germany and Austria in 1912. It organized youth group outings and gatherings which stressed the appreciation of nature, scouting, and self-dependence.
Creator/Photographer: unknown
Medium: black-and-white reproduction
Date: undated
Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=837384
Repository: Leo Baeck Institute
Parent Collection: Rudolf and Rudolphina Menzel Collection
Call Number: AR 25014