Jewish American Heritage Month

May, 2008

Mill House Photograph by Hoggardb via Flickr, creative commons license

The National Register of Historic Places is pleased to promote awareness of and appreciation for the historical accomplishments of Jewish Americans during Jewish American Heritage Month. As part of the celebration, this site showcases historic properties listed in the National Register, and National Park units commemorating the events and people, the designs and achievements that help illustrate Jewish Americans' contributions to American history. Join the National Register in paying powerful tribute to the spirit of Jewish Americans.

Beth Sholom Synagogue Photograph courtesy of Beth Sholom Congregation

Featured Historic Properties:

Mill House (Orange County, NY)
In 1710, Luis Moses Gomez, the son of a well-to-do Jewish immigrant merchant, and a member of one of the foremost Jewish families in colonial ...more

Beth Sholom Synagogue (Elkins Park, PA)
was one of a handful of Wright buildings singled out in 1959 by the American institute of Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation ...more

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National Park Service Units:

• Touro Synagogue National Historic Site in Rhode Island
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site in New York,
  The heart of the museum is the historic tenement, home to an estimated 7,000 people from over 20 nations between 1863 and 1935 many of them Jewish.
• David Berger National Memorial, Beachwood, Ohio. This site honors the memory of David Berger, an American citizen who was one of 11 Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
• National Historic Landmark Jewish Heritage Month Feature
• HABS/HAER/HALS Jewish Heritage Month Feature
• National Register of Historic Places previous features: 2007

Jewish Heritage Sites in Travel Itineraries

• Charleston became one of the largest Jewish communities in North America, as seen in the Coming Street Cemetery
• The Temple in the Atlanta Online Travel Itinerary
• B'er Chayim Temple in the Cumberland Online Travel Itinerary

Jewish American Related Sites:

• Library of Congress' Jewish American Heritage Month Portal
• United State Holocaust Memorial Museum
• National Museum of Jewish American History
• National Museum of American Jewish History
• Museum of Jewish Heritage
• Jewish American Heritage Month

President's Proclamation

 

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