In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History
Jews have had a long history of supporting the civil rights movement. From heavily Jewish leadership during the establishment of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909, to Jews participating in the March on Washington in 1963, to efforts…
Reflecting on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom—
50 years ago today
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History
Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council of America, recited a prayer during the March on Washington in 1963. It included:
Thou [G-d] hast endowed all men equally with the rights to live, to liberty…
American Culture in Haggadahs from the Collections
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History
Last year I reflected on the vast variety and volume of Haggadahs in my blog post “Dayenu: A few Passover Haggadot would have been enough…really?”
This year I took a closer look at a handful of Haggadahs in the library of the…
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by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
Remembering Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. on the occasion of his 83rd birthday
At a fundraising event in a northern synagogue, a rabbi asked Dr. King what his sources of strength were. Dr. King responded: “You and I draw living waters from the same spring…from the belief in a God of…