Blog Post #JewsInSpace Launches at the Center for Jewish History! 16thstreet: Join the Center for Jewish History and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research on a quest to examine the #Jewish exploration of the heavens as we present our new exhibition: From as early as Genesis, Jews have pondered the expanse that surrounds our planet, as well as… cjh-blog-admin April 23, 2018 2 2328 0 Read Later Share
Blog Post Civil Disobedience of the American Clergy on Behalf of Soviet Jews By Andrey Filimonov, Archival Services Manager at the Center for Jewish History Screenshots from “Civil Disobedience—Demonstration and Clergy Arrest at Soviet Consulate, November 18, 1985.” Original archival material found in the Records of the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews and Bay Area Council for Jewish Rescue and Renewal, I-505; box 100;… cjh-blog-admin October 17, 2017 0 2956 0 Read Later Share
Blog Post From the Archives: A Message of Hope from Siberian Exile By Andrey Filimonov, Archival Services Manager at the Center for Jewish History “Zions Captives”: documentary on Ida Nudel (watch online: http://digital.cjh.org/4585693) Original archival material found Houston Action for Soviet Jewry Records I-500; box 35; VHS tape 022; American Jewish Historical Society, New York, NY; PID http://digital.cjh.org/798129 … cjh-blog-admin September 5, 2017 0 3720 0 Read Later Share
Blog Post ‘To tear down the barbarous colour barrier’: a letter on anti-Semitism and racism By Sarah Glover, Archivist and Digitization Projects Liaison Letter from Kurt H. Hohenemser to James F. Hornback, leader of the Ethical Society of St. Louis, February 2, 1952 “We immigrated 4 ½ years ago from Germany into this country for the main reason to leave behind us the sorry scene of racial… cjh-blog-admin August 31, 2017 0 2475 0 Read Later Share