by Susan Woodland, Senior Archivist, American Jewish Historical Society Jenna Weissman Joselit recently wrote a thoughtful column in The Jewish Daily Forward entitled, “Where Have All the Nurses Gone? Jews Flocked to Every Helping Profession But One.“ The column ruminates on nurses, why there have always been so few Jewish nurses, and the importance of Jewish nurses in the professional life of Henrietta Szold…
A Perspective on the Revolutionary Warin honor of the Fourth of Julyby Anna Khomina, Research and Special Projects Intern, Center for Jewish History Although the Declaration of Independence–the symbol of America’s freedom and autonomy–was signed July 4, 1776, the real battle for independence had just begun. The American Revolutionary War, fought from 1775 to 1783, came as a shock to many colonists, most of…
Happy (Belated) Birthday, Emma Goldman!by Melanie J. Meyers, Senior Reference Services Librarian, Center for Jewish History “No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution… revolution is but thought carried into action.” –Emma Goldman Emma Goldman was an influential political thinker, anarchist and feminist. She was born on June 27, 1869 to an orthodox Jewish family in Kovno, Russia, in what is…
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History Boy in corn field, Woodbine, New Jersey (ca. 1900)American Jewish Historical Society. Click here for more information. In celebration of Earth Day, I thought it would be appropriate to reflect on the spectrum of Jewish thoughts on the environment. Simply looking at the bibliography and external links in the Wikipedia article…