From our friends at the
Museum of the City of New York
Event
Description:
From the
Bowery to Broadway: Yiddish Theater in Song and Conversation
Wednesday,
May 18 at 6:30 pm at the Museum of the City of New York
The Bowery was the birthplace of Yiddish theater and the
music…
In one of the first debates of the
print era, Johannes Reuchlin, a humanist Christian jurist, clashed with
Christian convert from Judaism Johannes Pfefferkorn, who was a willing tool of
the Dominican Order in their quest…
Burning Words is an exploration of the 16th-century debate carried out through the relatively new medium of printed books over whether Jewish books should be confiscated and burned. Extremely rare original volumes from the Leo Baeck Institute library including works by Martin Luther, Johannes Pfefferkorn and Johannes Reuchlin are the center of the exhibit….
After the War: Recovery, Relief, and Return, 1945-1949
on view through January 31, 2016
The
far-reaching impact of World War II resulted in massive destruction,
decimation, deprivation, and the unparalleled displacement of people
across and far beyond the European continent. In commemoration of the
70th anniversary of the end of the war, After the War uses photographs,
artifacts, and…
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History
Recently when putting finishing touches on the After the War exhibit I was approached by someone who noticed this artifact in the exhibit:
The pamphlet is very interesting and important because not only was it was published by the division commander but it is…