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Not Just a Bundle of Letters

Not Just a Bundle of Letters

Dear Mr. Editor,

I have been in the country only two months, and I find myself in such terrible circumstances that I need your advice.

So begin many of the letters submitted to the Bintel Brief. In 1897, Abraham Cahan founded the Jewish Daily Forward, a Yiddish newspaper based on the Lower East Side of New York…

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A Brief History of Jewish Philanthropy

A Brief History of Jewish Philanthropy

The other day while procrastinating and scrolling through my Facebook feed, I came across two friends raising money for charities for their birthdays and three fellow students promoting the non-profits they’re interning at. In the day and age of social media campaigns, hashtags, and endless GoFundMe’s, giving has become a lot more personal.

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#1Lib1Ref

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This week, CJH Archivists
participated in #1Lib1Ref, a collaborative
Wikipedia

project encouraging all information professionals around the country
to edit one page, add at least one new link or citation, or start a brand new
page to further the reach of their archival holdings.

Here’s a breakdown of the
amazing CJH…

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