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Preserving New England Jewish history, exploring Jewish heritage, and advancing understanding of the American Jewish experience. 🕎 https://jewishheritagecenter.org/
Discover how American Jews embraced, adapted, and sometimes refashioned Chinese food in NY and and Boston, from the early 1900s to today!
Join us for a virtual talk with Curhan Scholar Shiyong Lu on Dec 17. Register to get the link: jewishheritagecenter.org/events/chop-...
As the JHC continues to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “The Jews of Boston," and looks ahead to the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, we are hosting the book's co-editor, historian Ellen Smith, for a webinar about Boston's earliest Jewish history.
Join us: hubs.ly/Q03rL_kV0
Governor Healey at Jewish American Heritage Month event.
Grateful to be surrounded by leaders like Treasurer Goldberg, Consul General Sharoni, CJP Boston, Boston JCRC and community members this afternoon at @jewishheritage.bsky.social.
Avenue Market in West Roxbury, 1969.
🔍: Gilbert Friedberg, Boston Globe, Avenue Market, West Roxbury, Boston, MA, 1969. The Jews of Boston, Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center Archives.
The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors, a research and educational center located in Boston, Mass. is seeking candidates for a part-time Historian in Residence position in the 2025-2026 year.
Learn more and apply: hubs.ly/Q03lrc_s0
🔍: “Bris of Samuel Freedman on Gray’s Ave 8/22/1908, Born 8/15/1908”, Springfield, MA, 1908. Freedman Family Papers (P-1044)
🔍: Soviet Jewry demonstration in front of Music Hall in Boston, Boston, MA, 1979. The Jews of Boston, Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center Archives.
🔍: Photo of Torah Procession at Tifereth Israel Building Dedication, Everett, MA, 1967. Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center (Everett, Mass.) Records (I-592)
🔍: “Demonstration Against the American Nazi Party in Boston,” Boston, MA, 1960s. The Jews of Boston, Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center Archives.
We believe that research is valuable and your scholarship matters. Do you want $2,500 to do research in the Jewish Heritage Center archives? It's not too late to apply.
🔍: "Friedman Jarnes Shoe Factory Beverly 1918" Photograph, Beverly, MA, 1918. North Shore Jewish Historical Society - Lynn Shoes (Acc2022-17).
Join the JHC, historian Jonathan Sarna, and shoe designer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Stuart Weitzman to learn about the vital role of the Massachusetts shoe industry in the Jewish immigrant experience of the 19th and 20th century.
Register now: hubs.ly/Q038BbnV0
Are you a researcher looking for materials related to Jewish-owned businesses in New England? You're in luck! The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center has a subject guide to help you get started.
Explore: www.jewishheritagecenter.org/archives/col...
🔍: Photograph, “The Golden Door” by Mary Wolfman Epstein, Kehillath Israel Sisterhood, Brookline, MA, November, 1954. Evelyn B. and Janot S. Roskin Papers (P-685).
This sweet note from Leopold to Georgiana is from 1860, 4 years before they married. ❤️
🔍: Note from Leopold to Georgiana Morse, Scrapbook, Boston, MA, 1860. Leopold Morse Papers.
Facts about The Genevieve Geller Wyner Fellowship:
✅ The Fellow presents their research at our annual lecture
✅ Research does not have to be focused on Boston/New England, or exclusively use the JHC archives
✅ There is a $2,500 award
Apply now! jewishheritagecenter.org/education/fe...
Exciting database update! You can now search 1953 records in The Harris Poorvu Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Digital Archives at the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center. Hundreds of documents have been uploaded.
Start exploring: digital.americanancestors.org/digital/coll...
Are you a scholar interested in conducting research about New England, Greater Boston, or American Jewish life using the JHC archives? Applications are open for The Genevieve Geller Wyner Research Fellowship. #Skytorians #JewishStudies Please share!
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🔍: "Holding suitcase Dr. Samuel Goodman with petitions for Leo Frank case," n.d. 1913-1915. Dr. Samuel Goodman Papers.
On this International #Holocaust Remembrance Day, we at Brandeis Library are honored to have our project to identify Nazi-looted books in our collections featured in local news. In #Boston, we're supposed to be on CVB (Channel 5) at 4 pm local. And last Fri in the Boston Globe. PM for help w access
Did you miss out on the webinar last night? Watch all past recordings here: jewishheritagecenter.org/video-library
🔍: Two scrapbook photos of nailing mezuzot (plural, “mezuzah”) to doorposts at Kehillath Israel Synagogue, Brookline, MA, n.d. 1950s-1960s. Kehillath Israel Synagogue (Brookline, MA) Records.
We have a webinar about rising facism and antisemitism in Boston during the 1940s tomorrow btw ….
Amazing! We can’t wait!
🔍: K.I. Brotherhood Breakfast, Brookline, MA, undated 1977-1980. Kehillath Israel Synagogue (Brookline, Mass.) Records.
There’s still time to register!
We’re open by appointment only to researchers beginning Jan 22! (Yay!)
Here are our hours:
Wednesday 10am-6pm
Thursday 10am-6pm
Friday 10am-6pm
January 4th is National Rachel Day
Where my fellow Rachel’s at? Let’s celebrate!
#Rachel
Yes, you heard that right!! Soon you will be able to visit the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center in person, in our newly ~renovated~ space. Come say hi!