Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on May 12, 2015

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. Read more

This exhibition, hosted by the National Museum of American Jewish History and funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is the first large-scale exhibition to weave together the history of American sport, leisure, and national identity with the history of Jewish integration into American life.

Online exhibition (external link)

This National Endowment for the Humanities funded interactive game introduces young people to the dynamic, modern, and sometimes dangerous world of New York City that Jewish immigrants navigated in the early twentieth century.

Explore the City of Immigrants (external link)

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.

Visit the Online Exhibition

Put the power of primary sources to work in the classroom. Browse ready-to-use lesson plans, student activities, collection guides and research aids.

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Jewish American Heritage Month 2015

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