Photos from The People and the Book – The World We Make with Words with Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. http://cjh.org/event/2818 Photos taken by Jen Rodewald, Digital Services Manager, Gruss Lipper Digital Lab, Center for Jewish History
Adah Isaacs Menken. Photo: American Jewish Historical Society. She flew on fake horses above the stage, wore nude bodysuits so audiences would think she was naked, married four men (and divorced three)—and was surrounded by rumors of affairs with dozens of famous writers. Actress Adah Menken (1835-1868) was one of the first international celebrities, due more to her daring exploits and shrewd publicity than her…
Poster from the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews Records: “Mr. Gorbachev, before you talk arms, let’s talk bodies.” For the march and rally for Soviet Jews Pre-Summit, December 6, 1987. American Jewish Historical Society. Thanks to generous support from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC), the Center for Jewish History began digitizing more than 75,000 objects from the American Jewish Historical Society’s Soviet…
Photo of the day: Louise Waterman Wise and Justine Wise (1920). From American Jewish Historical Society.