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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Mind the Gap: Transition from Traditional to Contemporary
Mind the Gap: Transition from Traditional to Contemporary
October 24 -25, the Center for Jewish History will host the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) annual conference. This year is titled, Now! And Then?…
Highlight from the John Herzog Collection of Jewish Bonds: An 1822 Russian Bond with Nathan Rothschild’s Signature
Highlight from the John Herzog Collection of Jewish Bonds: An 1822 Russian Bond with Nathan Rothschild’s Signature
In July 2018, the Center for Jewish History received a rare collection of Jewish bonds and financial paper in…
Highlight from the Sidney Lapidus Collections of Judaica: Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews
Highlight from the Sidney Lapidus Collections of Judaica: Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews
AJHS Board Chairman and CJH Board Treasurer Sidney Lapidus is not only a dedicated and generous philanthropist, but also a great collector of Anglo-American political treatises and essays and lawbooks on slavery, many of which he has donated to his alma mater, Princeton University, and to…