A digitized page from Jewish Cookery Book by Mrs. Esther Levy. Image from the Library of Congress.
Cookbooks of the Collections: An Introduction
by Melanie J. Meyers, M.S., Senior Reference Librarian, Center for Jewish History
The scholarly importance of food studies has exploded as more and more special collections and libraries recognize the value of cookbooks and other such items. Scholars in a…
From the partners’ collections: Brooklyn Bridge by Hermann Struck
Description: Amerika, Zwanzig Radierungen, von Hermann Struck
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Creator: Struck, Hermann, 1876-1944
Creator: Holitscher, Arthur, 1869-1941
Object Origin: Berlin
Medium: Artists’ books
Date: 1922
Call Number: r (f) NE 654 S8 A4
Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=148073
Repository: Leo Baeck Institute
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Using the Archives to Reflect on Your Hanukkah Experience
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
Hanukkah Lamp. Galicia or Ukraine, ca. 1800. Silver: cast, filigree, engraved. The Max Stern Collection, Yeshiva University Museum. This lamp is of the Ba’al Shem Tov type, named after the founder of Hasidism, who, tradition tells us, owned a Hanukkah lamp of this type. This…
The American Jewish chaplain experience: historical perspectives
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
Many things come to the minds of Americans when they think of Abraham Lincoln: the story of the apple tree and the nickname “honest Abe,” the address at Gettysburg, the Emancipation Proclamation. One thing that may not immediately come to mind is the fight for religious freedom that Lincoln fought amidst…