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Genocide

The Raphael Lemkin collection

By David P Rosenberg, M.P.A., Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History

With the Armenian Genocide back in the news I looked into the Raphael Lemkin collection at the American Jewish Historical Society at the Center for Jewish History. 

Raphael Lemkin coined the term “genocide.” Some of his papers and research materials are held by the American Jewish Historical Society including many index…

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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Jews: Part One
by Ilana Rossoff, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History

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(This image is from the White House slideshow, “Our Presidents.”)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is considered one of the most popular and accomplished presidents in American history. He pulled the U.S. economy into recovery from the Great Depression, contributed…

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