The American Jewish Historical Society’s podcast series use archival material and first-hand storytelling to explore Jewish history, culture, and lived experience. From The Wreckage, a narrative series examining the role of Jewish Americans in the years following World War II and through the Cold War, to The World in Front of Me, an intimate audio retrospective of photographer Bill Aron’s decades documenting Jewish communities around the world, each podcast offers a distinct lens shaped by the AJHS archives. Available to stream on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts.
The World in Front of Me: A Bill Aron Retrospective
The Wreckage
The Wreckage is a narrative podcast from the American Jewish Historical Society, hosted by acclaimed singer and actress Rebecca Naomi Jones. Through archival audio, commentary from historians and other experts, and first-hand testimony from those who lived through this time, listeners will learn the extraordinary stories of the Jewish Americans who rallied in the aftermath of World War II to help survivors start new lives, stood up against Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee during the second American Red Scare, and worked to free Soviet Jews trapped in peril behind the Iron Curtain.