Women Represented in the Collections: Lucy S. Dawidowicz
by Ilana Rossoff, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History
Lucy S. Dawidowicz (1915-1990) was a Jewish-American historian well-known for her polemical writings on the devastation of the Nazi genocide and the historical rise of Christian and German anti-Semitism.
Dawidowicz, born Lucy Schildkret to immigrants of Eastern Europe in New York City, was immersed…
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Jews: Part Two
by Ilana Rossoff, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History
Official Presidential portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1947. by Frank O. Salisbury.
Continued from part one:
Refugees and Rescue: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1935-1945 (available here at the Center for…
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Jews: Part One
by Ilana Rossoff, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History
(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…