The Written World is a wall-sized paper mosaic created by Diane Samuels in which each tile is inscribed with a handwritten letter or character from one of dozens of languages collected from users of the Center. Stop into the Center’s Ackman and Ziff Genealogy Institute to admire it for yourself!
Photo of the day: A family portrait at the double wedding ceremony of the Heimann and Rosenfelder families in August 1909. From The Leo Baeck Institute.
It’s the season of summer camp! Looks like fun at Hecht House Camp in Maine, where newsboys take a dip in West Poland, Maine. From The American Jewish Historical Society.
Have you heard StoryCorps’s riveting recordings of people with fascinating tales to tell? On June 11th and 12th at the Center for Jewish History, we’ll give you a chance to preserve your family history on professionally produced audio. Don’t miss the rare opportunity to work with this revolutionary oral-history project! There are just a few recordings each day….