By James Benjamin Nadel, Communications Outreach Associate
The Chicago Cubs took center stage in the world
of baseball, winning their first World Series Championship in 108 years. But
the Cubs are not the only baseball team that has recently achieved a first.
Late last month, on a Sunday night at MCU Park in Brooklyn, where the
luminescent rides of…
As the
nation prepares to head to the polls this November 8th, the American Jewish Historical Society and the Yeshiva
University Museum have developed a display of their materials that demonstrate
Jewish involvement in political elections of the past. The items included,
which span across nearly a century of American history,…
Image: Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute
By James Benjamin Nadel, Communications Outreach Associate
As the summer ends, and opportunities to explore the great outdoors grow fewer, I wanted to draw attention to the little discussed history of Jewish hiking organizations. Several of these youth groups existed in pre-World War II Europe, but one stands out in particular for…