Philadelphia’s Jewish Museum Furloughs Staff
Museum workers across the country have been hit with massive waves of layoffs and pay cuts in the wake of […]
Jewish history
Museum of Jewish Heritage and NYC DOE Team Up to Combat Anti-Semitism
Following an uptick in anti-Semitic incidents in 2019, the New York City Department of Education is rolling out new efforts […]
Campaign Launched to Create Permanent Home for Jewish Historical Society of Delaware
Although the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware has been around for over fifty years, it may be difficult to find. […]
CEO of National Museum of American Jewish History to Step Down
Ivy Barsky the CEO of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia will be resigning from her post […]
New App Enhances Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial Experiences
IWalk, an app designed as a guide for Holocaust history, is helping visitors contextualize memorials found throughout Philadelphia. The Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza at 16th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway is included on the app’s walking trail of the city.
New Jewish History Museum Planned for Washington
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington will use the grant to design and construct a new museum, as well as to relocate and renovate a historic synagogue.
American Jewish History Institutions in Philadelphia, New York Co-organize '1917,' First Exhibition of Its Kind
‘1917: How One Year Changed the World’ is a collaboration between the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia and the American Jewish Historical Society in New York.
'Beyond Chicken Soup' Reveals History of Jewish Americans in Medicine
“Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews & Medicine in America,” the current exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Maryland in Baltimore, examines how medicine has shaped the way Jews are seen, and see themselves.
The Old East End: Civil War to Modern Revival in DC
The event will be held on September 2, 2015.
Online exhibit, Voices of the Vigil focuses on DC's Soviet Jewry Movement
From H-DC: The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington (JHSGW), Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum has launched an online […]