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Stories from the Collections: Former AJHS Executive Director on the Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement and finding his Bar Mitzvah twin

In celebration of Archives Week 2016, Center and partner
staff collected and recorded stories about the collections and services at the
Center and its partners. If you have ever wondered why archives matter and how
archives can change lives, just have a listen.

In this recording, archivists Andrey Filimonov and Leanora
Lange of the Center for Jewish…

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Chutzpah in Style: Hats and Deeds of Rose Halprin

#Out of the Archives

By Andrey Filimonov

"Rose Halprin’s joie de vivre was reflected in
her love of the arts and of people. The resplendence and distinctiveness of her
hats was proverbial, but beneath that varied headgear was a Yiddisher kop—a
brilliant, analytical Jewish mind—together with a warm and sensitive Jewish
heart.“ – Rabbi Israel Goldstein

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Nibbles, Noshes, and More: Baking Historical Hadassah Recipes

By Nicole Greenhouse

Hadassah chapters have a long history of fundraising
for Israeli public welfare projects and the Hadassah hospitals in at Mount
Scopus and Ein Kerem. As part of their fundraising efforts, chapters produced
cookbooks, made up of beloved recipes of chapter members. Many of these chapter
cookbooks can be found in the Hadassah Archives. The team working on…

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United in History, United in Destiny

By
Rachel Harrison

The
Annual and Mid-Winter National Conventions Records in the Hadassah Archives, RG
3, currently on long-term deposit at the American Jewish Historical
Society, contain numerous documents related to Hadassah’s annual
conventions, the first of which was held in June 1914 in Rochester, NY, and
which are still being held as of this writing…

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In celebration of Archives Week 2016, Center and partner staff collected and recorded stories about the collections and services at the Center and its partners. If you have ever wondered why archives matter and how archives can change lives, just have a listen.

#Out of the Archives By Andrey Filimonov

By Rachel Harrison

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In celebration of Archives Week 2016, Center and partner
staff collected and recorded stories about the collections and services at the
Center and its partners. If you have ever wondered why archives matter and how
archives can change lives, just have a listen.

#Out of the Archives

By Andrey Filimonov

By
Rachel Harrison