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The Written World is a wall-sized paper mosaic created by Diane Samuels in which each tile is inscribed with a handwritten letter or character from one of dozens of languages collected from users of the Center. Stop into the Center’s Ackman and Ziff Genealogy Institute to admire it for yourself!

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In NYC? Want StoryCorps to Record Your Family History on June 11th/12th?

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Have you heard StoryCorps’s riveting recordings of people with fascinating tales to tell? On June 11th and 12th at the Center for Jewish History, we’ll give you a chance to preserve your family history on professionally produced audio. Don’t miss the rare opportunity to work with this revolutionary oral-history project! There are just a few recordings each day….

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Above: Delegates to National Jewish Youth Institute, held at Emma Kaufmann Camp, circa 1950. ImageNational Jewish Welfare Board Records, courtesy of American Jewish Historical Society.

Apply now to be a Junior Scholar at the Center for Jewish History this July! Space is limited.

The Junior Scholars Program at the Center for Jewish History is a free, two-week program open…

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