December 2011
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Center reopens Tuesday, 1/3
Reminder: The Center for Jewish History will be closed on Sunday (1/1) and Monday (1/2). We will reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd. Check out www.cjh.org to start planning your first visit of 2012! 
Dec 30th
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Using the Archives to Reflect on Your Hanukkah...
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian - Collections, Center for Jewish History  Hanukkah Lamp. Galicia or Ukraine, ca. 1800. Silver: cast, filigree, engraved. The Max Stern Collection, Yeshiva University Museum. This lamp is of the Ba’al Shem Tov type, named after the founder of Hasidism, who, tradition tells us, owned a Hanukkah lamp of this type. This made it very popular in...
Dec 28th
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In search of Yiddish Theater posters →
Dec 28th
Center reopens Tuesday, 12/27
Reminder: The Center will be closed on Sunday (12/25) and Monday (12/26). We will reopen on Tuesday, December 27th. Be sure to visit us on Tuesday to see our exhibitions currently on view or to visit our reading room and genealogy institute. 15 West 16th St., btwn 5th and 6th Aves. Click here to start planning your visit.
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 19th
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Illuminating Hidden Collections at the Center for... →
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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The American Jewish chaplain experience:...
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian - Collections, Center for Jewish History Many things come to the minds of Americans when they think of Abraham Lincoln: the story of the apple tree and the nickname “honest Abe,” the address at Gettysburg, the Emancipation Proclamation. One thing that may not immediately come to mind is the fight for religious freedom that Lincoln fought amidst...
Dec 13th
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From Tablet: Confessional - An artist’s... →
From yumuseum: Zhang!  This is a fantastic way to respond to Graphic Details!  Through memoir comic art!  Terrific!  Read on through the link! Check out the whole article at Tabletmag.com More about the exhibit: Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women on view through April 15, 2012 presented by Yeshiva University Museum at the Center for Jewish History While the influential...
Dec 8th
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian - Collections, Center for Jewish History Today marks seventy years since the attack on Pearl Harbor, the event that hurled America into the Second World War.  According to the Encyclopedia Judaica, Jews’ service to the United States armed forces started with militia duty during the Colonial era. “A considerable number of Jews volunteered for the...
Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 2nd