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May is Jewish American Heritage Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Jewish Americans who have helped form the fabric of American history, culture and society.
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Images on Flickr
A new set containing photos and documents from the National Archives that relate to Jewish American Heritage Month on the Flickr photo sharing site.
Chosen Food
Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Jewish Museum of Maryland hosts Chosen Food: Cuisine, Culture and American Jewish Identity, examining the diversity of Jewish eating and uncovers the messages in our meals. It shows how the foods we choose to eat speak volumes about who we are.
Jewish American Historical Places – National Park Service
Committed to preserving local heritage, the National Park Service spotlights historic locations integral to the recognition and celebration of Jewish American History – these include The Albert Einstein House in Princeton, N.J., historic synagogues of Connecticut, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City and the Touro Synagogue National Historic Site in Newport, Rhode Island.
Jewish Veterans of World War II
Fighting Nazi Germany took on special significance for one group of U.S. servicemen in the European Theater. Even those Jewish soldiers and sailors who were serving elsewhere in World War II understood that defeating the Axis would be a defeat for blind hatred of any ethnic group or nationality.
Event Highlights
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May 2
Lecture
Professor Edna Nahshon, editor of the new book, Jews and Theater in an Intercultural Context, will give an illustrated lecture focusing on the role of Jews and Jewishness in the theatrical field.
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May 3
Panel Discussion
Discussion of the new book When General Grant Expelled the Jews by Dr. Jonathan Sarna.
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May 7 & 9
Witness to History: Americans in Hitler's Europe
A discussion with Erik Larson, author of In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, and to view rarely seen archival footage from the Museum’s collections.
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