Center reopens Tuesday, 1/3
Reminder: The Center for Jewish History will be closed on Sunday (1/1) and Monday (½). We will reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd. Check out www.cjh.org to start planning your first visit of 2012!
Using the Archives to Reflect on Your Hanukkah Experience
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
Hanukkah Lamp. Galicia or Ukraine, ca. 1800. Silver: cast, filigree, engraved. The Max Stern Collection, Yeshiva University Museum. This lamp is of the Ba’al Shem Tov type, named after the founder of Hasidism, who, tradition tells us, owned a Hanukkah lamp of this type. This…
Center reopens Tuesday, 12/27
Reminder: The Center will be closed on Sunday (12/25) and Monday (12/26). We will reopen on Tuesday, December 27th. Be sure to visit us on Tuesday to see our exhibitions currently on view or to visit our reading room and genealogy institute. 15 West 16th St., btwn 5th and 6th Aves. Click here to start planning…