Decorative embroidery by Rose Biegeleisen Axelrod, depicting German ruler and allies during World War I. Translation from the German: “We are united and no power can separate us. Our armies have forced their way, through storm and darkness, to victory." Collection of Yeshiva University Museum Gift of Sylvia A. Herskowitz To mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I and to consider the war’s…
Siegmund Katzenstein and unidentified soldier on telephones. 1914-1918. Leo Baeck Institute. For more, visit the Center for Jewish History’s Flickr photostream.Click here to connect with the Center for Jewish History on Facebook.
First Day Hanukkah 1916Jewish soldiers at military Hanukkah celebrationWorld War I; Russiac/o the Leo Baeck Instituteat the Center for Jewish History
Parable of the Old Man and the Youngby Wilfred Owen So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,And took the fire with him, and a knife.And as they sojourned both of them together,Isaac the first-born spake and said, My Father,Behold the preparations, fire and iron,But where the lamb for this burnt-offering?Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps,and builded parapets and trenches…
The American Jewish Historical Society meets the U.S. War Department’s Military Intelligence Branchby Michael D. Montalbano, Institutional / Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History Although propaganda existed in a variety of forms prior to the 20th century, its scale and use of the technology during World War I was unprecedented. To counteract the intended effects of propaganda, governments established various defenses, the main one…