The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia with Unorthodox Podcast Hosts
The entry for “chutzpah” says it all: “What it takes to think you can write an encyclopedia of Jewish life.” Luckily, the hosts
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КатегорияCenter for Jewish History
The Center for Jewish History in New York City illuminates history, culture and heritage. The Center provides a collaborative home for five partner organizations: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
The partners’ archives comprise the world’s largest and most comprehensive archive of the modern Jewish experience outside of Israel. The collections span a thousand years, with more than five miles of archival documents (in dozens of languages and alphabet systems), more than 500,000 volumes, as well as thousands of artworks, textiles, ritual objects, recordings, films and photographs.
CJHTalks: Phil Rosenthal in Conversation with Marjorie Ingall
Everyone knows Phil Rosenthal loves to eat. The star of the hit series, Somebody Feed Phil — Netflix Originall and co-creator of Everybody
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History Behind the Headlines: Socialism
Embraced by some, deplored by others, socialism is back and it’s a hot topic in presidential politics. With younger voters increasingly supporting socialism,
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Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Join AJHS for a film screening followed by a conversation with Director Oren Rudavsky about the fascinating life, accomplishments, and legacy of Joseph
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DNA and the Golden Rule: The Law and Ethics of Genetic Genealogy
Whose permission is needed to test a child or an adult unable to consent? Who owns our DNA? What can we disclose about
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Out of the Box: Paint, Pray, Love
Known for her paintings of erotic female nudes, Lene Schneider-Kainer divorced her husband in 1926 and set off on an artistic odyssey across
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Kugel and Frijoles: Latino Jews in the United States
In her new book, Laura Limonic introduces the stories of Latino Jewish immigrants to raise important questions of ethnic identity: How do Latino
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Desire, Envy and the Jewish-Christian Borderzone
Are the borders and boundaries between religions any more secure than those between nations? Working with major Jewish modernist writers such as Sholem
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Stories of New York | Pete Hamill and Clyde Haberman
Growing up the son of Irish immigrants in Brooklyn, Pete Hamill was an altar boy in church and helped out a rabbi in
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Researching Your Ancestral Town
Are you interested in learning more about the day-to-day lives of your ancestors? Find out how you can investigate the history and culture
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