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…

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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
Rights statement: Click here.

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