In Honor of Presidents’ Week – Archival Resources at the Center President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only President to serve more than two terms, appointed Felix Frankfurter to the Supreme Court in 1939. The American Jewish Historical Society has an archival collection that contains the above interesting note (from the Felix Frankfurter papers, 1916-1958, P-430, Box 1, Folder 1, American Jewish Historical Society). John…
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Jews: Part Twoby 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 Jewish History) brings to light the writings of James McDonald (the…
American Presidents Between the Two World Warsby J.D. Arden, M.L.I.S. candidate, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History On this Presidents’ Day, in the wake of one of the most heated political campaigns of recent memory, it is interesting to look back at how the interests of American Jews figured into the presidential scene of three presidents—Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert…
Circa 1942. Text on back of photograph: President Franklin Roosevelt expressing appreciation for the effectiveness of JWB’s [Jewish Welfare Board’s] religious activities program in rallying support of the Jewish community behind war efforts. Photo from American Jewish Historical Society Archives. U.S. Presidents and Jewish Officialsby David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History With Presidents’ Day approaching, I remembered having encountered a…