Seventy years ago, on July 22, 1946, the bombing of the King David Hotel occurred in Mandatory Palestine. The Irgun Zvai Leumi (Irgun), a group that played a key role in the Jewish underground, orchestrated the attack in response to a day known as “Black Sabbath,” June 29, 1946, when British officials arrested nearly 3,000…
Wednesday, April 8th is International Romani Day,celebrating and raising awareness of the Romani people, an ethnic minority with roots in Northern India who, like the Jewish…
The extensive interview is about Jewish conversion and citizenship in contemporary Spain and can be found here.
The Center for Jewish History creates opportunities for scholars to immerse themselves in explorations of the primary source materials preserved within its walls.
For the past 13 years, the Center’s Fellowship Program has offered financial support to a diverse group of more than 60 humanities…
The Center for Jewish History in New York City illuminates history, culture, and heritage.The Center provides a collaborative home for five partner organizations: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
The partners’ archives comprise the world’s largest and most comprehensive archive of the modern Jewish experience outside of Israel. The Center’s experts…
