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Exhibits
Arthur Szyk: Artist for Freedom (Library of Congress)
One of America's leading political artists during World War II, Arthur Szyk produced hundreds of anti-Axis propaganda in aid of the Allied war effort. The exhibition features three of his most important original works, along with several others representative of his caricature and illumination.
Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
This exhibition covers the 1933 book burnings organized by the German Students Association that targeted such authors as Helen Keller, Ernest Hemingway and Sigmund Freud.
The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
For two weeks in August 1936, Adolf Hitler's Nazi dictatorship camouflaged its racist, militaristic character while hosting the Summer Olympics. This site examines some of the controversy surrounding the 1936 Games.
Collections
The Abraham A. Schwadron "Chad Gadya" Collection
Felix Mendelssohn at the Library of Congress
Legislative and Executive Branch Documents (Law Library of Congress)
Yiddish American popular songs, 1895-1950
National Archives
100 Milestone Documents - Press Release Announcing U.S. Recognition of Israel (1948)
Archival Research Catalog (ARC) Gallery: Recovery of Holocaust-Era Assets
Creation of the State of Israel, records from the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
National Endowment for the Humanities
George Washington’s Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, RI (1790)
Historic Newspaper Archive
"Condition of the Jews Today" – New-York Daily Tribune, August 25, 1901
"Future of Judaism of America" – The San Francisco Call, December 10, 1905
"Part Played by the Hebrew in the History of the Nation and State" – The Salt Lake Herald, November 19, 1905
"Some New Books - The Jewish Encyclopedia" – The (New York) Sun, September 28, 1902
Audio/Video
Library of Congress
A Bibliographer Encounters the Muses: Reflections on the Yiddish Theater and Its Legacy
Breaking the Holocaust Silence: A Hidden Hasidic Text of 1947 and Elie Wiesel
Hear O Israel: Yiddish-American Radio 1925-1955
Holy Moses! A Cultural History of the Ten Commandments in Modern America
Irish and Jewish Influences on Vaudeville
I Will Wake Dawn: Illuminated Psalms
Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community
Jewish Life in Mr. Lincoln's City
Jewish Veterans of World War II
Lawrence and Aaronsohn: T.E. Lawrence, Aaronsohn and the Seeds of the Arab-Israel Conflict
My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
Quick to the Party: Southern Jews and the Americanization of Hanukkah
Traditional Sephardic Music and Song
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Audio Podcast: Voices on Antisemitism: Judy Gold, Comedian
Audio Podcast: Voices on Antisemitism: Shawn Green, New York Mets
Interviews with Jewish and African American Athletes from the 1936 Olympics
For Teachers
Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan: The U.S. Recognition of the State of Israel (National Archives)
The Saranoff Family Embraces America
A People at Risk (East European Jewish Immigration to the US)