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Science of Judaism (Wissenschaft des Judentums)

Science of Judaism (Wissenschaft des Judentums)

In 2011 the Center for Jewish History and the Leo Baeck Institute, one of its five partners, embarked on a project with Goethe University Frankfurt am Main to digitize nearly 1,000 books that went missing from the university library’s Judaica collection during the devastation of World War II. The goal of the project was to digitally recreate the Freimann Judaica Collection as…

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New energy in the archives: Reflections on the Archival Fellowship Program

by Leanora Lange, Processing and Institutional Archivist and Digitization Projects Liaison, Center for Jewish History

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The summer 2014 Archival Fellows and the Center archivists who ran the program. From top left to bottom right: Katalin Rac, Martha Stellmacher, Martina Ravagnan, Rachel Miller, Jessica Parker, Aleksandra Kubica, Leanora Lange, Isaac Moore, Sarah Ponichtera, and Rachel Harrison. 

The summer of 2014 was…

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NY Archives Week: FREE events

The Center for Jewish History and its Partners are participating in New York Archives Week with the following FREE events. Please join us!

Sunday, October 5

1pm-2pm: Open house advice session (Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Great Hall, first floor)
Learn how to store, preserve, and archive your family memorabilia and collections! Experts will be on hand to answer your questions about special topics…

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It’s the season of summer camp! Looks like fun at Hecht House Camp in Maine, where newsboys take a dip in West Poland, Maine. From The American Jewish Historical Society.

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