Oral
history is distinguished from other forms of interviews by its content and
extent. Oral history interviews seek an in-depth account of personal experience
and reflections, with sufficient time allowed for the narrators to give their
story the fullness they desire. The content of oral history interviews is
grounded in reflections on the past…
Image: Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute
By James Benjamin Nadel, Communications Outreach Associate
As the summer ends, and opportunities to explore the great outdoors grow fewer, I wanted to draw attention to the little discussed history of Jewish hiking organizations. Several of these youth groups existed in pre-World War II Europe, but one stands out in particular for…
Did any of your Jewish ancestors settle in New York City? Have you
wondered what life was like for those ancestors who settled on the Lower
East Side or any of the dozens of other Jewish neighborhoods that
emerged in the…
Bagged Sobel Collection books in the
American Jewish Historical Society stacks. The Sobel collection of
early American Jewish printing was donated by the late Morris Sobel, former
president of the American Jewish Historical Society, and his wife, Eleanor.
Here in the Werner
J. and Gisella Levi Cahnman Conservation Laboratory we aim to prolong…