The Emma Lazarus Curriculum
The Emma Lazarus Project curriculum provides students with the opportunity to analyze and engage with primary source materials in order to gain a deeper understanding of the United State’s long struggle with nativism, prejudice, and antisemitism.
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AJHS Awarded NEH Grant
AJHS received a $300K Implementation Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create an immersive and interactive exhibit on Emma Lazarus and Union Square.
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Mayses From the Stacks
AJHS's brand-new blog will feature collection highlights, exclusive interviews, hidden histories, and more!
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Interactive Timeline
Follow 360 years of the Jewish experience in America, from our nation’s founding to the present day, as told through our archival collections.
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Support Your Heritage
Our mission of acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of American Jewish history is made possible by the generosity of people like you.
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From Left to Right: Lucy S. Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals, and the Politics of Jewish History
March 8, 2020
2:00 pm
A panel discussion co-hosted by AJHS and YIVO in honor of International Women's Day
On View: December 4, 2019 to December 31, 2022
Emma Lazarus, Union Square & American Identity
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For #AskAnArchivist Day, an AJHS archivist breaks down the steps in which an item goes from sitting in someone's desk drawer for decades to digitized at the American Jewish Historical Society.Learn More
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UJA-Federation of NY Collection
Archival material connected with the projects and philanthropic mission of UJA-Federation of NY.
Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement
Details the sacrifices made by countless activists to liberate the Jews of the Soviet Union.
