Israel. Black and white photograph. Albert Salomon Collection, Leo Baeck Institute.
In celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day):two books and an archival collection, relating to Israel,from each of our five partners.compiled by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish HistoryAmerican Jewish Historical Society:
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Research on a quest to examine the #Jewish exploration of the heavens as
we present our new exhibition:From as early as Genesis, Jews have pondered the expanse that surrounds our planet, as well as…
Reflecting on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom—
50 years ago today
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish HistoryRabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council of America, recited a prayer during the March on Washington in 1963. It included:
Thou [G-d] hast endowed all men equally with…
In collaboration with #HistoryUnfolded: U.S. Newspapers and the Holocaust, a program of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), CJH will be hosting a ‘Research Sprint’– a day for Citizen Historians to conduct research in newspaper collections and investigate U.S. press coverage for specific Holocaust events in 1938 on March 18, 2018.
Data that is uncovered for this project…
