Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By simmons on June 16, 2016

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.

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 Collection

Image Credit: Milton Stern (first row third from the left) and the original crew. (Library of Congress)

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

Image Credit: Jewish refugee children, enroute to Philadelphia aboard liner President Harding, waving at the Statue of Liberty (Library of Congress)

The Monuments Men were members of a special unit of Allied soldiers during World War II. Their mission was to protect cultural property from destruction and damage by Allied forces and to find and save works of art and other cultural artifacts that the Nazis had seized. Presented by the National Archives in partnership with the Google Cultural Institute. Explore the interactive exhibition

Image Credit: German loot stored in church at Ellingen, Germany found by troops of the U.S. Third Army. [National Archives ID# 5757187]

The Blumenthals of the upper-Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division, The Library of Congress The Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington, and The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington in celebration of Jewish-American Heritage Month present a lecture by Dr. Janette Silverman.

Library of Congress

First Person 2016 Series This hour-long program features a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and Holocaust survivor Irene Weiss, followed by a question-and-answer session.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

500th Anniversary of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice The Law Library of Congress, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the University of Maryland, will mark the 500th anniversary of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice with a program on the history of the segregation of the Jewish community in Venice from the surrounding society.

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