President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Jews: Part Two
by 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…
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Jews: Part One
by Ilana Rossoff, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History
(This image is from the White House slideshow, “Our Presidents.”)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is considered one of the most popular and accomplished presidents in American history. He pulled the U.S. economy into recovery from the Great Depression, contributed…
American Presidents Between the Two World Wars
by 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….
It Came From the Stacks!
by Zachary Loeb, MSIS, Patron Services Librarian, Center for Jewish History
A hoofed, horned and tailed devil uses a lengthy feather to tickle the nose of a grinning bearded man wearing a pointed skullcap. The little devil sits atop a Samekh and the feather winds its way through the Yiddish word “Groyser” en route to the nose being…