Upcoming Events

In Person Tickets RSVP for Online The American Jewish Historical Society with the Glucksman Ireland House and the Kansas City Irish Center present, Opening Doors: The Unlikely Alliance Between the Irish and the Jews in America with author Hasia R. Diner in conversation with Terry Golway. Popular belief holds that the various ethnic groups that […]

Gift-Giving Season is upon us! Join Scott Brevda of the Museum at Eldridge Street and Andrew Fairweather of the Seward Park branch of the New York Public Library on Tuesday, December 10th at 6pm ET on Zoom for a deep dive into the rarely-explored history of shopping on the Lower East Side! This program is presented and organized by the Museum at […]

Julie Salamon (New York Times best-selling author) sits down with Tony and Obie Award-winning songwriter/performer Shina Taub.  Shaina is Artist-in-Residence at the Public Theater, where Suffs first premiered before moving to Broadway. She created and performed in musical adaptations of Twelfth Night and As You Like It at Shakespeare in the Park with the Public […]

Join the American Jewish Historical Society for a book talk on Hollywood’s Unofficial Film Corps: American Jewish Moviemakers and the War Effort with author Michael Berkowitz. It has long been known that Hollywood was actively involved in shaping US public opinion during World War II. Less well documented are the ways in which Washington sought […]

Online in person Join AJHS and the Museum at Eldridge Street for a conversation with co-author of The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai Melissa R. Klapper and moderator Zev Eleff.  The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai was edited by Dianne Ashton z”l and Melissa R. Klapper and is available from NYU Press. Emma Mordecai lived […]

First Lady of Laughs tells the story of Jean Carroll, the first Jewish woman to become a star in the field we now call stand-up comedy. Though rarely mentioned among the pantheon of early stand-up comics such as Henny Youngman and Lenny Bruce, Jean Carroll rivaled or even outshone the male counterparts of her heyday, […]