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 Officials
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
With Presidents’ Day approaching, I remembered…
Title page from an 1894 version of David Copperfield published in Vilna. Dickens was frequently published in serial form; this is part four of the novel.
“Tsarles Dikens” in the Collections
by Melanie J. Meyers, M.S., Senior Reference Librarian, Center for Jewish History
Today marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s birthday, and in the spirit of the day, the reference desk at…
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…
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
Remembering Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. on the occasion of his 83rd birthday
At a fundraising event in a northern synagogue, a rabbi asked Dr. King what his sources of strength were. Dr. King responded: “You and I draw living waters from the same spring…from the belief in a God of…