“Climbing the Family Tree”: A Celebration of Jewish Family History limbing the Family Tree,” a full day of films and workshops exploring Jewish family history, was “ presented at the Center, November 4, 2001. During the course of the day several award- winning documentary films, focusing on genera- tions of diverse Jewish families, were screened. No. 7 Art Cworkshops enabled children and their parents to creatively Fall/Winter 2001–2 reconstruct the family tree, while the American Jewish Historical Society and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research offered work- shops based on the holdings in their respective collections. Reminiscence and International Scholars Conference Foundation storytelling workshops for all ages with the Roots & Branches Intergenerational Celebrates Center’s First Year Grants Theater brought the generations togeth- Conservationist Stanley Bergman er around their shared past. leads a workshop entitled “Jewish The Center Genealogy Institute Life in Eastern Europe: Creating o celebrate the inauguration of the Center for Jewish History in New Fund New a Visual Narrative.” was open all day to help with the nuts- York City as a major resource in Jewish studies, an International and-bolts of family history research. A family works together, in the Scholars Conference was convened, October 28 to 29, 2001, hosted by Programs “Climbing the Family Tree” culminated Yeshiva University Museum the Center’s Academic Council. The conference, entitled “Centers of Children’s Discovery Center, to Two generous foundation grants with a feature film, Barry Levinson’s Modern Jewish Studies,” brought together Judaic scholars from create their family tree. recently awarded will fund new Avalon, about three generations of an around the world and featured individual sessions for both academic and innovative programming and American Jewish family. ■ Photos by Marty Heitner and general audiences. T help to expand the Center’s role Major sessions included “Contemporary Jewish Scholarship: International in the community. Perspectives” with speakers from Israel, France, England, and Spain; “Creating Modern Jewish Studies”; “Jewish Museums: The Creation and Dissemination of A five-year grant from the Knowledge”; and “Modern Jewish Studies and the American Context.” Taken Samberg Family Foundation will together, the sessions provided a panoramic sweep through the academic discipline make possible a groundbreaking of Jewish studies, offering many perspectives and diverse points of view. program to strengthen the nonprofit organization A distinguished panel of academics coordinated arrangements for the conference. Jewish identity of high school U.S. POSTAGE They included Elisheva Carlebach, Queens College; Robert Chazan, New York students. “The Samberg PAID University; Henry Feingold, Baruch College; Jane Gerber, City University of New Foundation Family History New York, NY York; Michael Meyer, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; Pamela Project,” which is co-sponsored Permit #04568 Nadell, American University; Alvin Rosenfeld, University of Indiana at by the American Jewish Bloomington; Lawrence Schiffman, New York University; Chava Weissler, Lehigh Historical Society, will be devel- University; Beth Wenger, University of Pennsylvania; and Steven Zipperstein, oped as a two-week intensive 15 West 16th Street Stanford University. summer workshop offering up New York, NY 10011 The proceedings of the International Scholars Conference will be published in to 20 teens the opportunity to 2002 and made available to the public. Details will appear in the next issue of the research their own family his- Center Newsletter. tory at the Center, utilizing Continued on page 3 original source material in the collections of the five partner (left to right) Dr. Robert institutions Chazan, S. H. and Helen R. Scheuer Professor of In addition to increasing the Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, who students’ knowledge and under- chairs the Academic standing of Jewish history, the Council of the Center for program will teach historical Jewish History; the Council’s Co-Chair, Dr. research skills that will be valu- Jane Gerber, Professor of able for future studies, espe- History and Director of the cially as the students enter Institute for Sephardic Studies, Graduate Center of college. Included in the pro- the City University of New gram will be seminars taught York; and Bruce Slovin, at the Center by genealogists, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for Continued on page 2 Marty Heitner Jewish History. Continued from page 1 Center to Commission The Center for Jewish History News Published by the Center for Jewish History International Scholars Conference Great Hall Artwork 15 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 Celebrates Center’s First Year ith the support of a benefaction from The Joseph S. and 212-294-8301 Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust, a “call for entries” has Fax: 212-294-8302 gone out to more than 80 prominent artists, inviting proposals Website: www.cjh.org Sharing an informal to create a permanent artwork for the two-story-high wall in Board of Directors moment during the the Center’s Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Great Hall. A conference are (left to Bruce Slovin, Chair Selection Committee, comprised of arts professionals and right): Dr. David Kenneth J. Bialkin, Vice Chair Myers, Professor of Center representatives, will convene in early 2002 to review all submitted applica- W Erica Jesselson, Vice Chair Jewish Studies, tions. Five finalists will be selected based UCLA; Dr. Ada Joseph Greenberger, Secretary Rapaport-Albert, on the quality, creativity and appropriate- Department of ness of his/her proposal. Michael A. Bamberger Hebrew and Judaic The Steinberg Great Hall is a familiar Joseph D. Becker Studies, University College, London; and site to everyone visiting the Center, as all George Blumenthal Dr. Michael Brenner, visitors must pass through this elegant, Marlene Brill Professor of Jewish versatile space to access the Reading History and Culture, Eva Cohn University of Munich. Room, the Genealogy Institute, exhibition Henry L. Feingold halls, the Leo and Julia Forchheimer Michael Jesselson Auditorium, and staff offices. It also is fre- Leon Levy quently used for dinners and receptions. Sidney Lapidus The five artists selected as finalists will Theodore N. Mirvis each be awarded a stipend to create a Nancy T. Polevoy plan for the Great Hall artwork. The Robert Rifkind Selection Committee then will reconvene, and one artist will be chosen for the The Center for Jewish History commission. It is anticipated that the final Joseph D. Becker artwork will be installed at the Center by Executive Director (Interim) ■ the end of 2002. Ira Berkowitz above and below: Dr. Jon Butler, William Robertson Coe Associate Executive Director Professor of American History, Professor of American Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at Yale A major work of art soon will be Chief Financial Officer University, and Dr. Deborah Dash Moore, Professor of commissioned for this two-story Suzanne Maltz Jewish Studies at Vassar College, offered their perspectives wall in the Paul S. and Sylvia on “ Modern Jewish Studies and the American Context.” Steinberg Great Hall. Dennis Cowley Director of Development Barbara Goldberg Director of Public Relations Continued from page 1 The second grant, from the David Lynne Winters Berg Foundation of New York, is fund- Program Coordinator Among those representing the international scholarly community were (left) Dr. Angel Saenz-Badillos, Departmento de Hebreo, historians, and archivists from the ing “Jews and Justice,” a series of Michael Winter Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and (right) Dr. Moshe five partner institutions; possible lectures and colloquiums that will Director of Operations Rosman, Department of Jewish Studies, Bar-Ilan University, guest lectures by faculty from area explore the Jewish contribution to Israel. In his presentation, Dr. Saenz-Badillos pointed out, “Jewish history and language are taught in most Spanish universities. universities; field trips to local institu- the development and practice of law American Jewish Historical Society Judaism is one of the most important factors to contribute to tions that are critical to Jewish and legal institutions. Co-sponsored Spanish culture and life.” Michael Feldberg, Executive Director genealogical and historical research, by the Louis Stein Center for Law and such as the American Family Ethics of Fordham University Law American Sephardi Federation Vivienne Roumani-Denn, Immigration History Center at Ellis School, the series will begin with an Executive Director Island and the National Archives; and evening program, May 2, 2002, the study of primary materials focused on the life of Justice Leo Baeck Institute Carol Kahn Strauss, Executive Director housed in the collections of the Benjamin Cardozo, co-sponsored by Center, including documents, person- the American Sephardi Federation Yeshiva University Museum al papers, letters and diaries, arti- and the American Jewish Historical Sylvia Herskowitz, Director facts, ritual objects, and artwork. Society. YIVO Institute For Jewish Research Carl J. Rheins, Executive Director Prof. Pierre Birnbaum, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Each student’s research will focus on University of Paris, spoke on “Contemporary Jewish a topic of interest within his or her Jews and Justice was developed in Scholarship: International Perspectives” in a family history, such as a particular close cooperation with Michelle session chaired by Dr. Lawrence H. Schiffman (right), Cohn Tocci, the director of the David The Center Newsletter is made possible, in part, by Ethel and Irvin A. Edelman Professor of Hebrew and ancestor or branch of the family. The Liman Foundation. Judaic Studies and Chair, Skirball Department of Hebrew Students also will learn how to con- Berg Foundation. The program’s and Judaic Studies, New York University. Prof. Birnbaum duct an oral history interview and will curator is Russell G. Pearce, profes- Jessica Weber Design, Inc., NYC emphasized the difficulty of establishing Jewish studies on Design the university level in France, as “France is not a pluralistic interview older relatives. sor of law at the Fordham University All photos by society, but very centralized, very unified and extremely School of Law. ■ Marty Heitner hostile to anything related to religion in the public sphere.” 2 3 Continued from page 1 Center to Commission The Center for Jewish History News Published by the Center for Jewish History International Scholars Conference Great Hall Artwork 15 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 Celebrates Center’s First Year ith the support of a benefaction from The Joseph S. and 212-294-8301 Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust, a “call for entries” has Fax: 212-294-8302 gone out to more than 80 prominent artists, inviting proposals Website: www.cjh.org Sharing an informal to create a permanent artwork for the two-story-high wall in Board of Directors moment during the the Center’s Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Great Hall. A conference are (left to Bruce Slovin, Chair Selection Committee, comprised of arts professionals and right): Dr. David Kenneth J. Bialkin, Vice Chair Myers, Professor of Center representatives, will convene in early 2002 to review all submitted applica- W Erica Jesselson, Vice Chair Jewish Studies, tions. Five finalists will be selected based UCLA; Dr. Ada Joseph Greenberger, Secretary Rapaport-Albert, on the quality, creativity and appropriate- Department of ness of his/her proposal. Michael A. Bamberger Hebrew and Judaic The Steinberg Great Hall is a familiar Joseph D. Becker Studies, University College, London; and site to everyone visiting the Center, as all George Blumenthal Dr. Michael Brenner, visitors must pass through this elegant, Marlene Brill Professor of Jewish versatile space to access the Reading History and Culture, Eva Cohn University of Munich. Room, the Genealogy Institute, exhibition Henry L. Feingold halls, the Leo and Julia Forchheimer Michael Jesselson Auditorium, and staff offices. It also is fre- Leon Levy quently used for dinners and receptions. Sidney Lapidus The five artists selected as finalists will Theodore N. Mirvis each be awarded a stipend to create a Nancy T. Polevoy plan for the Great Hall artwork. The Robert Rifkind Selection Committee then will reconvene, and one artist will be chosen for the The Center for Jewish History commission. It is anticipated that the final Joseph D. Becker artwork will be installed at the Center by Executive Director (Interim) ■ the end of 2002. Ira Berkowitz above and below: Dr. Jon Butler, William Robertson Coe Associate Executive Director Professor of American History, Professor of American Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at Yale A major work of art soon will be Chief Financial Officer University, and Dr. Deborah Dash Moore, Professor of commissioned for this two-story Suzanne Maltz Jewish Studies at Vassar College, offered their perspectives wall in the Paul S. and Sylvia on “ Modern Jewish Studies and the American Context.” Steinberg Great Hall. Dennis Cowley Director of Development Barbara Goldberg Director of Public Relations Continued from page 1 The second grant, from the David Lynne Winters Berg Foundation of New York, is fund- Program Coordinator Among those representing the international scholarly community were (left) Dr. Angel Saenz-Badillos, Departmento de Hebreo, historians, and archivists from the ing “Jews and Justice,” a series of Michael Winter Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and (right) Dr. Moshe five partner institutions; possible lectures and colloquiums that will Director of Operations Rosman, Department of Jewish Studies, Bar-Ilan University, guest lectures by faculty from area explore the Jewish contribution to Israel. In his presentation, Dr. Saenz-Badillos pointed out, “Jewish history and language are taught in most Spanish universities. universities; field trips to local institu- the development and practice of law American Jewish Historical Society Judaism is one of the most important factors to contribute to tions that are critical to Jewish and legal institutions. Co-sponsored Spanish culture and life.” Michael Feldberg, Executive Director genealogical and historical research, by the Louis Stein Center for Law and such as the American Family Ethics of Fordham University Law American Sephardi Federation Vivienne Roumani-Denn, Immigration History Center at Ellis School, the series will begin with an Executive Director Island and the National Archives; and evening program, May 2, 2002, the study of primary materials focused on the life of Justice Leo Baeck Institute Carol Kahn Strauss, Executive Director housed in the collections of the Benjamin Cardozo, co-sponsored by Center, including documents, person- the American Sephardi Federation Yeshiva University Museum al papers, letters and diaries, arti- and the American Jewish Historical Sylvia Herskowitz, Director facts, ritual objects, and artwork. Society. YIVO Institute For Jewish Research Carl J. Rheins, Executive Director Prof. Pierre Birnbaum, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Each student’s research will focus on University of Paris, spoke on “Contemporary Jewish a topic of interest within his or her Jews and Justice was developed in Scholarship: International Perspectives” in a family history, such as a particular close cooperation with Michelle session chaired by Dr. Lawrence H. Schiffman (right), Cohn Tocci, the director of the David The Center Newsletter is made possible, in part, by Ethel and Irvin A. Edelman Professor of Hebrew and ancestor or branch of the family. The Liman Foundation. Judaic Studies and Chair, Skirball Department of Hebrew Students also will learn how to con- Berg Foundation. The program’s and Judaic Studies, New York University. Prof. Birnbaum duct an oral history interview and will curator is Russell G. Pearce, profes- Jessica Weber Design, Inc., NYC emphasized the difficulty of establishing Jewish studies on Design the university level in France, as “France is not a pluralistic interview older relatives. sor of law at the Fordham University All photos by society, but very centralized, very unified and extremely School of Law. ■ Marty Heitner hostile to anything related to religion in the public sphere.” 2 3 Spotlight On: Board of Overseers Genealogy Institute By Dr. Rachel Fisher, Director Holds First Meeting he first meeting of the Center’s new Board of Overseers, a his past July I attended the 20th Annual Conference on Jewish group of prominent individuals representative of philan- Genealogy, held in London. My participation was made possible by thropy and scholarship in the Jewish community, was con- a special grant to the Center Genealogy Institute by Connie and Shop vened in December. The Board of Overseers is charged with Harvey Krueger. advising and assisting in the development and fulfillment of The conference demonstrated how remarkably the field of genealogy the Center’s mission. has grown in the last decade. More than 600 people were gathered Specials TThe founding members of the Board of Overseers include Stanley I. togetherT and, like other genealogy conferences I have attended in the past, this one Batkin, Kenneth J. Bialkin, Leonard Blavatnik, George Blumenthal, was remarkable for its diversity. The young and old, scholarly and workaday, world avvy shoppers Arturo Constantiner, Mark Goldman, Sidney Lapidus, Leon Levy, travelers and homebodies were all represented. All were focused on the same task — already know that Theodore N. Mirvis, Burton P. Resnick, Robert Rifkind, Arthur Samberg, learning as much as they could about the world of their ancestors. the place for Bernard Selz, Bruce Slovin, Mary Smart, Edward Steinberg, Joseph S. My mission at the conference was to represent the Center for Jewish History to exceptional Steinberg, and Roy Zuckerberg. one of its largest audiences of patrons — genealogists. In preparation, Genealogy Judaica, hand- “Now that the Center is fully operational,” noted Bruce Slovin, chairman, Institute volunteers helped me gather more than 30 samples of genealogical docu- made jewelry, “its Board of Directors has recognized a critical role yet to be filled by ments from the archives and libraries of the Center partners. In my presentation at Sacademic and general books, Center supporters who can help the institution to achieve its full potential. the conference, sample documents were arranged according to theme, rather than and unique Jewish sports This role will be filled by our new Board of Overseers,” he continued, partner organization. Thus, in a section on birth, marriage, and death records, a memorabilia is the Center “composed of persons dedicated to guiding the Center for Jewish History as a birth registration from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Salonika collection Shop. New to the shop is the preeminent and recognized center of Judaic scholarship in the United States.” was presented before a list of marriages performed by Rabbi Harry Hochheimer of “Books-of-the-Month” selec- The Board of Overseers met in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room Baltimore from the American Jewish Historical Society archives, which was followed tion, a special table with a where a display of scholarly books, archival documents, and other materials by a photograph of gravestones in the Jewish cemetery in Laupheim, Germany, from wide variety of excellent from the collections of the Center’s five partner organizations had been Leo Baeck Institute’s John. H. Bergmann collection. This thematic presentation books, each priced at just $8. mounted. Center staff explained the historical context of the material on allowed the audience to appreciate how the Center for Jewish History is changing The selection changes every display and its importance to academic research. ■ both genealogical and historical research by juxtaposing documents and artifacts month and quantities are from different cultures, time periods, and social classes, which are all part of the limited. history of the Jewish people. I now am busy converting the presentation into a virtual Stanley I. Batkin (left) and Leon Levy exhibit for the Center’s website, which will enable everyone to view the sample The Center Shop is open (right) review the documents documents and begin to learn what a wealth of resources for genealogy are available Monday to Wednesday, 10 a.m. displayed in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room. at the Center. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. The Center Genealogy Institute (which can be reached at 212-294-8324) is open to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, 9 a.m. Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Institute also is open one Sunday to 5 p.m. ■ a month from 12:30 to 2 p.m., when the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York hosts its monthly meeting at the Center. The Institute welcomes mail, fax and e-mail inquiries; ■ it is preferred that e-mail inquiries be sent through the Center’s website, www.cjh.org. Looking through a volume documenting the immigration of the Slovin family to America are (left to right) Bruce Slovin, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for Jewish History, with Board of he Bronfman Center at New Overseers members Arthur Samberg, Bernard Selz, and Leonard Blavatnik. York University, the Jewish Telegraphic TAgency, the Women’s Division of the Photos by Melanie Einzig Anti-Defamation League, and Hadassah Magazine were among the many organizations to take advantage recently of the public spaces at the Center for their events. Public facilities at the Center for Jewish History, including the Your “Key” to the Center auditorium, the Great Hall, the mezzanine and classrooms, may be leased by organizations and CJH = Center for Jewish History LBI = Leo Baeck Institute individuals. A recently published brochure provides details on the Center’s rental facilities. CGI = Center Genealogy Institute YIVO = YIVO Institute for Jewish Research For further information and a copy of the AJHS = American Jewish Historical Society YUM = Yeshiva University Museum brochure, please contact Lynne Winters, program coordinator, at 212-294-8307. ASF = American Sephardi Federation Andrew French

4 5 Spotlight On: Board of Overseers Genealogy Institute By Dr. Rachel Fisher, Director Holds First Meeting he first meeting of the Center’s new Board of Overseers, a his past July I attended the 20th Annual Conference on Jewish group of prominent individuals representative of philan- Genealogy, held in London. My participation was made possible by thropy and scholarship in the Jewish community, was con- a special grant to the Center Genealogy Institute by Connie and Shop vened in December. The Board of Overseers is charged with Harvey Krueger. advising and assisting in the development and fulfillment of The conference demonstrated how remarkably the field of genealogy the Center’s mission. has grown in the last decade. More than 600 people were gathered Specials TThe founding members of the Board of Overseers include Stanley I. togetherT and, like other genealogy conferences I have attended in the past, this one Batkin, Kenneth J. Bialkin, Leonard Blavatnik, George Blumenthal, was remarkable for its diversity. The young and old, scholarly and workaday, world avvy shoppers Arturo Constantiner, Mark Goldman, Sidney Lapidus, Leon Levy, travelers and homebodies were all represented. All were focused on the same task — already know that Theodore N. Mirvis, Burton P. Resnick, Robert Rifkind, Arthur Samberg, learning as much as they could about the world of their ancestors. the place for Bernard Selz, Bruce Slovin, Mary Smart, Edward Steinberg, Joseph S. My mission at the conference was to represent the Center for Jewish History to exceptional Steinberg, and Roy Zuckerberg. one of its largest audiences of patrons — genealogists. In preparation, Genealogy Judaica, hand- “Now that the Center is fully operational,” noted Bruce Slovin, chairman, Institute volunteers helped me gather more than 30 samples of genealogical docu- made jewelry, “its Board of Directors has recognized a critical role yet to be filled by ments from the archives and libraries of the Center partners. In my presentation at Sacademic and general books, Center supporters who can help the institution to achieve its full potential. the conference, sample documents were arranged according to theme, rather than and unique Jewish sports This role will be filled by our new Board of Overseers,” he continued, partner organization. Thus, in a section on birth, marriage, and death records, a memorabilia is the Center “composed of persons dedicated to guiding the Center for Jewish History as a birth registration from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Salonika collection Shop. New to the shop is the preeminent and recognized center of Judaic scholarship in the United States.” was presented before a list of marriages performed by Rabbi Harry Hochheimer of “Books-of-the-Month” selec- The Board of Overseers met in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room Baltimore from the American Jewish Historical Society archives, which was followed tion, a special table with a where a display of scholarly books, archival documents, and other materials by a photograph of gravestones in the Jewish cemetery in Laupheim, Germany, from wide variety of excellent from the collections of the Center’s five partner organizations had been Leo Baeck Institute’s John. H. Bergmann collection. This thematic presentation books, each priced at just $8. mounted. Center staff explained the historical context of the material on allowed the audience to appreciate how the Center for Jewish History is changing The selection changes every display and its importance to academic research. ■ both genealogical and historical research by juxtaposing documents and artifacts month and quantities are from different cultures, time periods, and social classes, which are all part of the limited. history of the Jewish people. I now am busy converting the presentation into a virtual Stanley I. Batkin (left) and Leon Levy exhibit for the Center’s website, which will enable everyone to view the sample The Center Shop is open (right) review the documents documents and begin to learn what a wealth of resources for genealogy are available Monday to Wednesday, 10 a.m. displayed in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room. at the Center. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. The Center Genealogy Institute (which can be reached at 212-294-8324) is open to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, 9 a.m. Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Institute also is open one Sunday to 5 p.m. ■ a month from 12:30 to 2 p.m., when the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York hosts its monthly meeting at the Center. The Institute welcomes mail, fax and e-mail inquiries; ■ it is preferred that e-mail inquiries be sent through the Center’s website, www.cjh.org. Looking through a volume documenting the immigration of the Slovin family to America are (left to right) Bruce Slovin, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for Jewish History, with Board of he Bronfman Center at New Overseers members Arthur Samberg, Bernard Selz, and Leonard Blavatnik. York University, the Jewish Telegraphic TAgency, the Women’s Division of the Photos by Melanie Einzig Anti-Defamation League, and Hadassah Magazine were among the many organizations to take advantage recently of the public spaces at the Center for their events. Public facilities at the Center for Jewish History, including the Your “Key” to the Center auditorium, the Great Hall, the mezzanine and classrooms, may be leased by organizations and CJH = Center for Jewish History LBI = Leo Baeck Institute individuals. A recently published brochure provides details on the Center’s rental facilities. CGI = Center Genealogy Institute YIVO = YIVO Institute for Jewish Research For further information and a copy of the AJHS = American Jewish Historical Society YUM = Yeshiva University Museum brochure, please contact Lynne Winters, program coordinator, at 212-294-8307. ASF = American Sephardi Federation Andrew French

4 5 Current Exhibitions

Strashun Rare Book Collection Dedicated and additional artists have been included in the YUM presentation now at the Center. “Continuity and Change: 92 Years of Judaica at number of new exhibitions drew large crowds and delighted Bezalel,” organized by the Bezalel Academy of Arts and visitors to the Center during the past months. Highlights included Design, Israel’s original national art school, emphasizes the inaugural exhibition of the American Sephardi Federation, the development of the art of Judaica since the school’s the dedication of the Strashun collection and a related exhibit founding in 1906. The exhibition surveys the creativity in the gallery of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, and and aesthetic expression in the design of Jewish cere- cutting-edge art at the Yeshiva University Museum. monial objects by culturally diverse artists, and includes AIn December, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research dedicated the whimsical and often dazzling Kiddush cups, menorahs, Mattityahu Strashun Rare Book Collection in the presence of 150 descendants of havdalah sets, dreidels, Sabbath candlesticks, Torah Rabbi Strashun from across the United States, Israel, South Africa, and crowns, and many other objects. England. A Strashun family tree, containing more than 400 names, was pre- The Museum also is presenting “Traders to Tartary: pared for the occasion, and a special exhibition, “Mattityahu Strashun: Scholar, From Saxony to the Caspian Sea,” an exhibit with both Leader, Book Collector,” was mounted in the YIVO exhibition galleries. text and artifacts, as well as an 18-foot long map, that has Mattityahu Strashun (1817–1885) was a distinguished Talmudic scholar, philan- been particularly delighting groups of visiting school chil- thropist, collector of rare Hebrew books, and leader of the Jewish community in dren. The exhibition presents an experiential route of the Vilna. His library of 6,000 volumes became a gathering place for the intellectual travels of Jewish traders who journeyed from Saxony to the elite of his time and, upon his death, was bequeathed to the Vilna community. The Caspian Sea, selling cloth, furs, silver, copper, and amber, library grew to 35,000 volumes by the 1930s and, after being looted by the Nazis and which they traded for Oriental silks, gems, horses, and pearls. shipped to Germany during World War II, was eventually recovered by the American In its sculpture garden YUM is displaying “One Chair, army and entrusted to YIVO. Many Tables.” Artist Ahuva Malka Mantell worked with stu- A computerized database of the Strashun collection has been developed with the dents at the Ramaz Upper School in New York City to create support of a generous grant from Tanya Corbin and Irwin Jacobs, both descendants of this highly imaginative installation. Students expressed their Mattityahu Strashun, and the Waber Foundation. individuality in decorating a chair of their own and then worked The American Sephardi Federation opened its first exhi- together to design a table that expresses group identity. bition in its permanent gallery at the Center this past fall. From August to November, the Museum presented “Signs Entitled “From the Beginning: the Sephardic Voyage to of Judaism in Portugal,” a collection of books, manuscripts North America,” the exhibit details the roots of the and prints from the 12th to the 15th century. The exhibition Sephardic Jews in Spain and Portugal through the period summed up the contributions of Portuguese Jews in the of the expulsion and Inquisition, to the establishment of cultural development of the country; most of the items communities in The Netherlands and England and displayed were from archives and libraries in Portugal. A emigration to colonial America. It encompasses cultural series, featuring workshops, lectures and films, documents, portraits and artifacts, including a was offered in conjunction with this exhibit. Revolutionary War-era Torah scroll donated to New Other exhibitions continuing at the Center include York City’s Congregation Shearith Israel by the “Seeing Ourselves,” the American Jewish Historical Jewish community in Amsterdam. Society’s portrait of Jewish life in America; “The Jewish “I wish to send warmest greetings to everyone House of Learning,” an exhibition jointly curated by the attending today’s opening at the Center for Jewish Center’s five partner institutions; and “The Jewish History,” wrote Mayor Rudolph Giuliani upon the Writer,” a series of black and white photographs by occasion of the gallery’s dedication. “This showing Jill Krementz. ■ honors the courage of these earliest settlers and pays tribute to our city’s legacy as a haven for immigrants.” “The Perils of Prosperity: Jews in Weimar Germany” opened at the Leo Top to bottom: Baeck Institute Gallery in December. This exhibition explores the decisive role Jewish artists, journalists, composers and architects played in defining Ephraim Bonus, a physician and poet and close personal friend of modernity during the years of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933). Paintings, Rembrandt. Portrait painted by Jan Lievens in Amsterdam, 17th Century. Currently on display in the new galleries of the American photographs, documents and other historic materials bring to life the brief Top and middle: Scenes from “The Perils of Sephardi Federation. period when Berlin was the cultural capital of Europe and a large number Prosperity: Jews in Weimar Germany” at the Leo Baeck Institute Gallery. Albert Einstein and Marek Web (left), YIVO’s senior research scholar, studies selections of Jews rose to prominence in the arts. Charlie Chaplin in Berlin in the early 1930s; from the Strashun collection with Benefactors Tanya and Sol Neil Two exhibitions highlighting striking developments in modern art cur- and a collage of Berlin’s most popular Corbin. Ms. Corbin is a descendant of Mattityahu Strashun. rently are on display at the Yeshiva University Museum. “Jewish Artists on newspapers during the Weimar Republic. “Wedding Celebration of the Portuguese Jews,” an etching dating from the Edge” is a group exhibition that pushes the boundaries of identity, bottom: A section of a 23-foot canvas map that 1780, currently on display in “From the Beginning: the Sephardic nationality and gender, and looks at how artists extend the parameters of describes the world as a cartographer might Voyage to North America.” From the Moldovan Family Collection. what is considered Jewish art today. The exhibit, featuring works of art in have imagined it in 1492. Created by Stella Cohen, 1992. Currently on display in “From the Young visitors become “Traders to Tartary” as they trace the route of different media, originated at the College of Santa Fe where it was spon- Beginning: the Sephardic Voyage to Jewish traders from Saxony to the Caspian Sea. This exhibition can be sored by the Jewish Community Council of North New Mexico. New works North America.” found in the Yeshiva University Museum Exhibition Arcade. 6 7 Current Exhibitions

Strashun Rare Book Collection Dedicated and additional artists have been included in the YUM presentation now at the Center. “Continuity and Change: 92 Years of Judaica at number of new exhibitions drew large crowds and delighted Bezalel,” organized by the Bezalel Academy of Arts and visitors to the Center during the past months. Highlights included Design, Israel’s original national art school, emphasizes the inaugural exhibition of the American Sephardi Federation, the development of the art of Judaica since the school’s the dedication of the Strashun collection and a related exhibit founding in 1906. The exhibition surveys the creativity in the gallery of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, and and aesthetic expression in the design of Jewish cere- cutting-edge art at the Yeshiva University Museum. monial objects by culturally diverse artists, and includes AIn December, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research dedicated the whimsical and often dazzling Kiddush cups, menorahs, Mattityahu Strashun Rare Book Collection in the presence of 150 descendants of havdalah sets, dreidels, Sabbath candlesticks, Torah Rabbi Strashun from across the United States, Israel, South Africa, and crowns, and many other objects. England. A Strashun family tree, containing more than 400 names, was pre- The Museum also is presenting “Traders to Tartary: pared for the occasion, and a special exhibition, “Mattityahu Strashun: Scholar, From Saxony to the Caspian Sea,” an exhibit with both Leader, Book Collector,” was mounted in the YIVO exhibition galleries. text and artifacts, as well as an 18-foot long map, that has Mattityahu Strashun (1817–1885) was a distinguished Talmudic scholar, philan- been particularly delighting groups of visiting school chil- thropist, collector of rare Hebrew books, and leader of the Jewish community in dren. The exhibition presents an experiential route of the Vilna. His library of 6,000 volumes became a gathering place for the intellectual travels of Jewish traders who journeyed from Saxony to the elite of his time and, upon his death, was bequeathed to the Vilna community. The Caspian Sea, selling cloth, furs, silver, copper, and amber, library grew to 35,000 volumes by the 1930s and, after being looted by the Nazis and which they traded for Oriental silks, gems, horses, and pearls. shipped to Germany during World War II, was eventually recovered by the American In its sculpture garden YUM is displaying “One Chair, army and entrusted to YIVO. Many Tables.” Artist Ahuva Malka Mantell worked with stu- A computerized database of the Strashun collection has been developed with the dents at the Ramaz Upper School in New York City to create support of a generous grant from Tanya Corbin and Irwin Jacobs, both descendants of this highly imaginative installation. Students expressed their Mattityahu Strashun, and the Waber Foundation. individuality in decorating a chair of their own and then worked The American Sephardi Federation opened its first exhi- together to design a table that expresses group identity. bition in its permanent gallery at the Center this past fall. From August to November, the Museum presented “Signs Entitled “From the Beginning: the Sephardic Voyage to of Judaism in Portugal,” a collection of books, manuscripts North America,” the exhibit details the roots of the and prints from the 12th to the 15th century. The exhibition Sephardic Jews in Spain and Portugal through the period summed up the contributions of Portuguese Jews in the of the expulsion and Inquisition, to the establishment of cultural development of the country; most of the items communities in The Netherlands and England and displayed were from archives and libraries in Portugal. A emigration to colonial America. It encompasses cultural series, featuring workshops, lectures and films, documents, portraits and artifacts, including a was offered in conjunction with this exhibit. Revolutionary War-era Torah scroll donated to New Other exhibitions continuing at the Center include York City’s Congregation Shearith Israel by the “Seeing Ourselves,” the American Jewish Historical Jewish community in Amsterdam. Society’s portrait of Jewish life in America; “The Jewish “I wish to send warmest greetings to everyone House of Learning,” an exhibition jointly curated by the attending today’s opening at the Center for Jewish Center’s five partner institutions; and “The Jewish History,” wrote Mayor Rudolph Giuliani upon the Writer,” a series of black and white photographs by occasion of the gallery’s dedication. “This showing Jill Krementz. ■ honors the courage of these earliest settlers and pays tribute to our city’s legacy as a haven for immigrants.” “The Perils of Prosperity: Jews in Weimar Germany” opened at the Leo Top to bottom: Baeck Institute Gallery in December. This exhibition explores the decisive role Jewish artists, journalists, composers and architects played in defining Ephraim Bonus, a physician and poet and close personal friend of modernity during the years of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933). Paintings, Rembrandt. Portrait painted by Jan Lievens in Amsterdam, 17th Century. Currently on display in the new galleries of the American photographs, documents and other historic materials bring to life the brief Top and middle: Scenes from “The Perils of Sephardi Federation. period when Berlin was the cultural capital of Europe and a large number Prosperity: Jews in Weimar Germany” at the Leo Baeck Institute Gallery. Albert Einstein and Marek Web (left), YIVO’s senior research scholar, studies selections of Jews rose to prominence in the arts. Charlie Chaplin in Berlin in the early 1930s; from the Strashun collection with Benefactors Tanya and Sol Neil Two exhibitions highlighting striking developments in modern art cur- and a collage of Berlin’s most popular Corbin. Ms. Corbin is a descendant of Mattityahu Strashun. rently are on display at the Yeshiva University Museum. “Jewish Artists on newspapers during the Weimar Republic. “Wedding Celebration of the Portuguese Jews,” an etching dating from the Edge” is a group exhibition that pushes the boundaries of identity, bottom: A section of a 23-foot canvas map that 1780, currently on display in “From the Beginning: the Sephardic nationality and gender, and looks at how artists extend the parameters of describes the world as a cartographer might Voyage to North America.” From the Moldovan Family Collection. what is considered Jewish art today. The exhibit, featuring works of art in have imagined it in 1492. Created by Stella Cohen, 1992. Currently on display in “From the Young visitors become “Traders to Tartary” as they trace the route of different media, originated at the College of Santa Fe where it was spon- Beginning: the Sephardic Voyage to Jewish traders from Saxony to the Caspian Sea. This exhibition can be sored by the Jewish Community Council of North New Mexico. New works North America.” found in the Yeshiva University Museum Exhibition Arcade. 6 7 Traveling the Globe Sir Martin Gilbert Speaks On “Churchill and the Jews” t was standing room only on November Sir Gilbert, one of the most widely read 12th when Sir Martin Gilbert, the offi- historians of modern times, is the author of In Music and Film cial biographer of Winston Churchill numerous works of Jewish and world history, and an internationally renowned schol- including Auschwitz and the Allies (1981); ar, delivered an address entitled The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe his past fall, Jewish life in “Churchill and the Jews.” Sponsored during the Second World War (1987); The Atlas audiences the Deep byI the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Sir of Jewish History (1993); Israel: A History (1998) ■ attending the South with, Gilbert’s lecture focused on the complex rela- and A History of the Twentieth Century (2000). Center’s respectively, tionship between Great Britain’s legendary Monday From Swastika to leader and the Jewish people. Night Film Jim Crow (the Films featured at the Series and its wide variety of story of the many Center this past fall T included (below) The musical events were taken German-Jewish Garden of the Finzi- on a journey across conti- professors who, Continis (photo courtesy of Sony nents and across time. Films expelled by the Picture Classics) and Center Confronts Challenge from Italy and Czecho- Nazis, found new (at left) Delta Jews slovakia — as well as a look lives and careers at (photo courtesy of Mike DeWitt at the unique culture of all-black colleges in Productions). Jewish communities in the South), and Delta Of NHPRC Grant America’s Deep South — Jews. The American contrasted with the Jewish Historical f the Center for Jewish History ■ Public Services: how to assure that offer efficient access to, such varied Sephardic experience in Society also presented is to fulfill its mission as a the collection, with guidance by collections as are brought together at Israel and throughout the Arguing the World, the bridge connecting the past, the professional staff, is “user-friendly” the Center,” he noted. world. Concerts featured story of Irving Howe, present and the future of the for diverse publics and that the “For example, a search using the key- music from Tin Pan Alley Daniel Bell, Nathan Jewish experience, its staff can provide a general intro- word ‘Danzig’ should also produce to Nashville, from the Glazer and Irving Kristol, resources — the combined duction to all Center collections as information about ‘Gdansk’,” Mr. Sink Sephardic, Andalusian, and eminent New York thinkers. holdingsI of its five partner organiza- well as detailed insight into the explained. “Even if languages and Arabic worlds and from the Yeshiva University and tions — must be accessible to everyone. holdings of specific partners. alphabets differ, even if the holding is years of flight and exile Sephardic House sponsored That is the simple premise underly- ■ Archival Description: how to create an image or an object, some reference during World War II. the 6th International ing the unprecedented $2 million grant appropriate identification for a to it should alert the user to its existence The Center’s fall film Sephardic Film Festival made to the Center in 1998 by the daunting diversity of historical as a possibly appropriate resource.” series began with an whose theme this year was a National Historical Publications and records — unique documents, per- The challenge of standardizing ter- International Film Forum, tribute to the Sephardic Records Commission. The NHPRC is a sonal and family papers, and orga- minology to describe extraordinarily “Italian Jewish Culture: experience in Israel. federal granting agency created to pre- nizational records — constituting varied sources requires professional Adapting Literature to Featured were the world serve and make accessible the docu- each partner’s collection, so users expertise and often in-depth discussion Film,” co-sponsored by the premieres of The Sandak mentary heritage of the United States. can find and choose what they among staff familiar with the unique Yeshiva University Museum and Demonstrations from Its funds are authorized by agreement need. The grant provides sufficient and unusual elements of each partner’s and the Casa delle Israel. Soleil, starring Sophia of the House of Representatives and funds to develop this system for an holdings. Yet the advantages of an Letterature in Rome. Two Loren as the matriarch of a the Senate. initial 500 of the current 15,000- automated keyword search that such films based on major literary French family in Algeria Coordinating this complex grant for plus-and-growing “linear feet” of standardized terminology would make works — The Garden of the during World War II, was the Center is Robert Sink, who was richly varied archival holdings. possible are remarkable in terms of the Finzi-Continis, adapted from another Festival highlight. named NHPRC project director and ■ Integrated Collection Management wider vistas of knowledge and informa- Giorgio Bassani’s 1962 semi- Two concerts were pre- Artists in Exile,” the music Spring 2002 will senior archivist on October 1, 2001. Access: how to create an efficient tion thereby open to the general public. autobiographical novel, and sented with the support of of German composers who bring another wide variety Mr. Sink, who teaches archives and online information management “A t this stage of the grant I sense a The Truce, based on Primo The Joseph S. and Diane H. fled their homeland after of concerts to the Center as records management courses at system providing on-site and remote new urgency in fulfilling its visionary Levi’s The Awakening, were Steinberg Charitable Trust: 1933, and American well as films exploring the Queens College and New York Univer- access to the combined archival, terms as well as new promise for the screened. Scholars from the “The Sidewalks of New Sephardi Federation offered Jewish experience in the sity and created the institutional library and museum holdings that role of the Center,” Mr. Sink noted. Casa delle Letterature pro- York: Tin Pan Alley” with “Flamenco Sepharad”TM former Soviet Union and archives for the New York Public the partners have collected. “The synergy of partners working long vided commentary and led a the Uri Caine Ensemble, with the Gerard Edery during the McCarthy era in Library in 1985, explained that the fed- and hard together, with all the implica- discussion of each film. and the Andy Statman Trio Ensemble. A Hanukkah the United States. Also on eral funds support four main activities. Mr. Sink emphasized how complex a tions for eventual easy public access to The YIVO Institute for in “From the Ukraine to Concert sponsored by the the schedule is Unfair ■ Disaster Prevention and Recovery: job he and the Center’s various task the online catalog, is its own reward. Jewish Research sponsored Nashville.” Both concerts American Jewish Historical Competition by noted Italian how to prepare for and, if possible, forces, committees, consultants, and Research possibilities are enhanced, four Czech films, which were sponsored by the Society, and the Pearl and filmmaker Ettore Scola, prevent emergencies threatening staff face in selecting hardware and multiplied and considerably eased for examined the Holocaust American Jewish Historical Vladimir Heifetz Memorial which will be shown in con- Center archival, library, and museum software the public can easily use to all users when such varied resources from different perspectives. Society and Yeshiva Concert sponsored by the junction with the exhibition collections, as well as how to find the resource materials needed from are no longer scattered in different The Leo Baeck Institute and University Museum. Leo YIVO Institute for Jewish “Mantua and the Kabbalah.” reduce damage and take remedial so many different kinds of holdings. sites or separated exclusive categories,” the American Jewish Baeck Institute presented Research, rounded out the Watch the mail for your action as a result of any unforeseen “Rarely has one single institution he added. ■ Historical Society explored “Let their Voices Speak: season. season brochure! ■ crisis situation. ever undertaken to integrate, let alone 8 9 Traveling the Globe Sir Martin Gilbert Speaks On “Churchill and the Jews” t was standing room only on November Sir Gilbert, one of the most widely read 12th when Sir Martin Gilbert, the offi- historians of modern times, is the author of In Music and Film cial biographer of Winston Churchill numerous works of Jewish and world history, and an internationally renowned schol- including Auschwitz and the Allies (1981); ar, delivered an address entitled The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe his past fall, Jewish life in “Churchill and the Jews.” Sponsored during the Second World War (1987); The Atlas audiences the Deep byI the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Sir of Jewish History (1993); Israel: A History (1998) ■ attending the South with, Gilbert’s lecture focused on the complex rela- and A History of the Twentieth Century (2000). Center’s respectively, tionship between Great Britain’s legendary Monday From Swastika to leader and the Jewish people. Night Film Jim Crow (the Films featured at the Series and its wide variety of story of the many Center this past fall T included (below) The musical events were taken German-Jewish Garden of the Finzi- on a journey across conti- professors who, Continis (photo courtesy of Sony nents and across time. Films expelled by the Picture Classics) and Center Confronts Challenge from Italy and Czecho- Nazis, found new (at left) Delta Jews slovakia — as well as a look lives and careers at (photo courtesy of Mike DeWitt at the unique culture of all-black colleges in Productions). Jewish communities in the South), and Delta Of NHPRC Grant America’s Deep South — Jews. The American contrasted with the Jewish Historical f the Center for Jewish History ■ Public Services: how to assure that offer efficient access to, such varied Sephardic experience in Society also presented is to fulfill its mission as a the collection, with guidance by collections as are brought together at Israel and throughout the Arguing the World, the bridge connecting the past, the professional staff, is “user-friendly” the Center,” he noted. world. Concerts featured story of Irving Howe, present and the future of the for diverse publics and that the “For example, a search using the key- music from Tin Pan Alley Daniel Bell, Nathan Jewish experience, its staff can provide a general intro- word ‘Danzig’ should also produce to Nashville, from the Glazer and Irving Kristol, resources — the combined duction to all Center collections as information about ‘Gdansk’,” Mr. Sink Sephardic, Andalusian, and eminent New York thinkers. holdingsI of its five partner organiza- well as detailed insight into the explained. “Even if languages and Arabic worlds and from the Yeshiva University and tions — must be accessible to everyone. holdings of specific partners. alphabets differ, even if the holding is years of flight and exile Sephardic House sponsored That is the simple premise underly- ■ Archival Description: how to create an image or an object, some reference during World War II. the 6th International ing the unprecedented $2 million grant appropriate identification for a to it should alert the user to its existence The Center’s fall film Sephardic Film Festival made to the Center in 1998 by the daunting diversity of historical as a possibly appropriate resource.” series began with an whose theme this year was a National Historical Publications and records — unique documents, per- The challenge of standardizing ter- International Film Forum, tribute to the Sephardic Records Commission. The NHPRC is a sonal and family papers, and orga- minology to describe extraordinarily “Italian Jewish Culture: experience in Israel. federal granting agency created to pre- nizational records — constituting varied sources requires professional Adapting Literature to Featured were the world serve and make accessible the docu- each partner’s collection, so users expertise and often in-depth discussion Film,” co-sponsored by the premieres of The Sandak mentary heritage of the United States. can find and choose what they among staff familiar with the unique Yeshiva University Museum and Demonstrations from Its funds are authorized by agreement need. The grant provides sufficient and unusual elements of each partner’s and the Casa delle Israel. Soleil, starring Sophia of the House of Representatives and funds to develop this system for an holdings. Yet the advantages of an Letterature in Rome. Two Loren as the matriarch of a the Senate. initial 500 of the current 15,000- automated keyword search that such films based on major literary French family in Algeria Coordinating this complex grant for plus-and-growing “linear feet” of standardized terminology would make works — The Garden of the during World War II, was the Center is Robert Sink, who was richly varied archival holdings. possible are remarkable in terms of the Finzi-Continis, adapted from another Festival highlight. named NHPRC project director and ■ Integrated Collection Management wider vistas of knowledge and informa- Giorgio Bassani’s 1962 semi- Two concerts were pre- Artists in Exile,” the music Spring 2002 will senior archivist on October 1, 2001. Access: how to create an efficient tion thereby open to the general public. autobiographical novel, and sented with the support of of German composers who bring another wide variety Mr. Sink, who teaches archives and online information management “A t this stage of the grant I sense a The Truce, based on Primo The Joseph S. and Diane H. fled their homeland after of concerts to the Center as records management courses at system providing on-site and remote new urgency in fulfilling its visionary Levi’s The Awakening, were Steinberg Charitable Trust: 1933, and American well as films exploring the Queens College and New York Univer- access to the combined archival, terms as well as new promise for the screened. Scholars from the “The Sidewalks of New Sephardi Federation offered Jewish experience in the sity and created the institutional library and museum holdings that role of the Center,” Mr. Sink noted. Casa delle Letterature pro- York: Tin Pan Alley” with “Flamenco Sepharad”TM former Soviet Union and archives for the New York Public the partners have collected. “The synergy of partners working long vided commentary and led a the Uri Caine Ensemble, with the Gerard Edery during the McCarthy era in Library in 1985, explained that the fed- and hard together, with all the implica- discussion of each film. and the Andy Statman Trio Ensemble. A Hanukkah the United States. Also on eral funds support four main activities. Mr. Sink emphasized how complex a tions for eventual easy public access to The YIVO Institute for in “From the Ukraine to Concert sponsored by the the schedule is Unfair ■ Disaster Prevention and Recovery: job he and the Center’s various task the online catalog, is its own reward. Jewish Research sponsored Nashville.” Both concerts American Jewish Historical Competition by noted Italian how to prepare for and, if possible, forces, committees, consultants, and Research possibilities are enhanced, four Czech films, which were sponsored by the Society, and the Pearl and filmmaker Ettore Scola, prevent emergencies threatening staff face in selecting hardware and multiplied and considerably eased for examined the Holocaust American Jewish Historical Vladimir Heifetz Memorial which will be shown in con- Center archival, library, and museum software the public can easily use to all users when such varied resources from different perspectives. Society and Yeshiva Concert sponsored by the junction with the exhibition collections, as well as how to find the resource materials needed from are no longer scattered in different The Leo Baeck Institute and University Museum. Leo YIVO Institute for Jewish “Mantua and the Kabbalah.” reduce damage and take remedial so many different kinds of holdings. sites or separated exclusive categories,” the American Jewish Baeck Institute presented Research, rounded out the Watch the mail for your action as a result of any unforeseen “Rarely has one single institution he added. ■ Historical Society explored “Let their Voices Speak: season. season brochure! ■ crisis situation. ever undertaken to integrate, let alone 8 9 Remembering Hank Greenberg LIBERTY MARBLE, INC. ELLA CWIK-LIDSKY KENNETH AND EVELYN LIPPER Center Shorts Sharing Our Commitment FOUNDATION CAROL AND EARLE I. MACK The Center for Jewish History proudly recognizes the following donors for their most MACKENZIE PARTNERS, INC. Portuguese Duke phase represents only a small percent- generous support of this exciting endeavor to preserve the Jewish past and ensure the BERNARD L. 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WELINSKY into the Detroit Tiger’s lineup and EMILY AND LEN BLAVATNIK JULIAN LAVITT Continues Support was written by Jacob Raphael Cohen ERNST & YOUNG LLP ERNST AND PUTTI WIMPFHEIMER - GEORGE AND MARION BLUMENTHAL LEHMAN BROTHERS MR. AND MRS. BARRY FEIRSTEIN ERNA STIEBEL MEMORIAL FUND For several years, the Liman (1738–1811), the acting hazan of helped clinch the 1945 American ABRAHAM AND RACHEL BORNSTEIN EILEEN AND PETER M. LEHRER RICHARD AND RHODA GOLDMAN FUND HOPE AND SIMON ZIFF LILI AND JON BOSSE DENNIS LEIBOWITZ Foundation of New York has provided Shearith Israel during the absence of League pennant with a homer on the THE SIDNEY KIMMEL FOUNDATION LOTTE AND LUDWIG BRAVMANN THE ZISES FAMILY GERALD AND MONA LEVINE ABBY AND MITCH LEIGH FOUNDATION Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas. It final day of the season. THE ELI AND EDYTHE L. BROAD the Center with continuous support for THE LIMAN FOUNDATION FOUNDATION the publication of its monthly calendar asks God to give wisdom and glory to In addition, Greenberg awards were MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. THE CONSTANTINER FAMILY LOIS AND RICHARD MILLER of events and of this newsletter. In Governor Clinton and General presented to four commissioners of MR. AND MRS. J. MORTON DAVIS BRUCE C. RATNER DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE November, the Foundation presented George Washington, and affirms the major league sports: Gary Bettman of CAROL F. AND JOSEPH H. REICH MICHAEL AND KIRK DOUGLAS The Rewards of Giving THE MARC RICH FOUNDATION the Center with an additional gift that Jews’ unequivocal political allegiance the National Hockey League, Don THE DAVID GEFFEN FOUNDATION I. B. SPITZ GEORGICA ADVISORS LLC The many ways in which you may include the will be used to upgrade security, a par- to the American Republic. It was pre- Garber of Major League Soccer, Alan SHARON AND FRED STEIN WILLIAM B. GINSBERG JANE AND STUART WEITZMAN Center for Jewish History in your estate planning ticular concern since September 11th. sented to Governor Clinton by Myer H. “Bud” Selig of Major League NATHAN AND LOUISE GOLDSMITH DAPHNA AND RICHARD ZIMAN include a gift of appreciated securities, a Myers, the famous colonial silversmith, Baseball, and Paul Tagliabue of the FOUNDATION JACK B. GRUBMAN GUARDIANS bequest in your will, or the naming of the Center YIVO Catalogue Moves ‘On-Line’ in the year it was written. Similar National Football League. Distin- FANYA GOTTESFELD HELLER MR. AND MRS. SAMUEL AARONS as a beneficiary of funds in your retirement The YIVO Institute for Jewish patriotic prayers were composed for guished guests at the dinner included SUSAN AND ROGER HERTOG MR. AND MRS. PAUL KAGAN WILLIAM AND KAREN ACKMAN account. Please do not hesitate to contact the other American congregations. Lenny Krayzelburg, Olympian gold MR. AND MRS. MERV ADELSON Research has completed the first phase LEAH AND MICHAEL KARFUNKEL Development Office at 212-294-8310 to discuss medallist swimmer, and tennis star SIMA AND NATHAN KATZ AND FAMILY ARTHUR S. AINSBERG of its on-line catalogue, encompassing MARJORIE AND NORMAN E. ALEXANDER Renee Richards. ■ BARCLAY KNAPP these options. some 50,000 items, mostly books. Very MR. AND MRS. HENRY R. KRAVIS MARCIA AND EUGENE APPLEBAUM much a “work in progress,” this first 10 11 Remembering Hank Greenberg LIBERTY MARBLE, INC. ELLA CWIK-LIDSKY KENNETH AND EVELYN LIPPER Center Shorts Sharing Our Commitment FOUNDATION CAROL AND EARLE I. MACK The Center for Jewish History proudly recognizes the following donors for their most MACKENZIE PARTNERS, INC. Portuguese Duke phase represents only a small percent- generous support of this exciting endeavor to preserve the Jewish past and ensure the BERNARD L. AND RUTH MADOFF FOUNDATION and Duchess Honored age of YIVO’s vast library and archival Jewish future. In addition to many anonymous gifts, this roster includes major benefactions SALLY AND ABE MAGID holdings. The on-line catalogue can received through December 31, 2001. Many significant gift opportunities remain available JOSEPH MALEH at the Center, including the naming of various outstanding facilities. Please call our MR. AND MRS. PETER W. M AY be accessed at YIVO’s website, THE MAYROCK FOUNDATION www.yivoinstitute.org. Development Office at 212-294-8310. DRS. ERNEST AND ERIKA MICHAEL ABBY AND HOWARD MILSTEIN MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER FOUNDERS SIDNEY AND RUTH LAPIDUS BANK OF AMERICA AGAHAJAN NASSIMI AND FAMILY A Look at Colonial America ANIEL BRAHAM MR. AND MRS. THOMAS H. LEE SANFORD L. BATKIN S. D A , THE FAMILY OF EUGENE AND R DWARD TEINBERG LEON LEVY BEAR, STEARNS & CO., INC. D . E L. S - MURIEL AND MAYER D. NELSON NTERPRISES NC GEORGE L. LINDEMANN VIVIAN AND NORMAN BELMONTE SDA E , I . THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY STATE OF OPHIE OOKHALTER THE MARCUS FOUNDATION JACK AND MARILYN BELZ E S B , M.D. BERNARD AND TOBY NUSSBAUM EO AND ULIA ORCHHEIMER MARK FAMILY FOUNDATION MEYER BERMAN FOUNDATION L J F PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, OUNDATION CRAIG AND SUSAN MCCAW FOUNDATION THE BLOOMFIELD FAMILY F WHARTON & GARRISON ILLIAN OLDMAN HARITABLE RUST LEO AND BETTY MELAMED BOGATIN FAMILY FOUNDATION L G C T DORIS AND MARTIN D. PAYSON ATHERINE AND EDWARD AND SANDRA MEYER RALPH H. BOOTH II K ARTHUR AND MARILYN PENN CHARITABLE LIFFORD OLDSMITH FOUNDATION DASSA AND BRILL - MARLENE BRILL C H. G TRUST HE ESSELSON AMILY DEL AND BEATRICE P. M INTZ ETHEL BRODSKY T J F PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES INC. HE RESGE OUNDATION FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CALIFORNIA FEDERAL BANK T K F DAVID AND CINDY PINTER ONALD AUDER RUTH AND THEODORE N. MIRVIS PATRICIA AND JAMES CAYNE Steve Greenberg accepts, in his late father’s R S. L ROSA AND DAVID POLEN Leon Levy (right), honorary lifetime ARBARA AND RA IPMAN AND ONS NEW YORK STATE - CENTER SHEET METAL, INC. - behalf, the first Hank Greenberg B I A. L S NANCY AND MARTIN POLEVOY NEW YORK CITY SENATOR ROY M. GOODMAN VICTOR GANY President of the American Sephardi Sportsmanship Award. YVONNE AND LESLIE POLLACK EPARTMENT OF ULTURAL FFAIRS NUSACH VILNE, INC. CHASE MANHATTAN CORPORATION Federation, accepts a scroll honoring ASF D C A FAMILY FOUNDATION EW ORK TATE STEVEN ODZER CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON from the Duke of Bragança (left). N Y S - GERI AND LESTER POLLACK In November, the Archive of the OVERNOR EORGE ATAKI SUSAN AND ALAN PATRICOF IDE AND DAVID DANGOOR G G E. P FANNY PORTNOY NEW YORK STATE - ANNE AND MARTY PERETZ ESTHER AND ROBERT DAVIDOFF The Duke and Duchess of Bragança, American Jews in Sports, a division of R & J CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION SSEMBLY PEAKER HELDON ILVER JUDITH AND BURTON P. R ESNICK ANTHONY DEFELICE - WILLIS A S S S ANNA AND MARTIN J. RABINOWITZ the American Jewish Historical ONALD ERELMAN RIGHTEOUS PERSONS FOUNDATION - ROSALIND DEVON representing the government of R O. P JAMES AND SUSAN RATNER PHILANTHROPIC BETTY AND WALTER L. POPPER STEVEN SPIELBERG THE PHILIP DEVON FAMILY FOUNDATION Portugal, were honored at a reception Society, presented its inaugural Hank FUND ELIANCE ROUP OLDINGS NC LOUISE AND GABRIEL ROSENFELD, BERNICE AND DONALD DRAPKIN R G H , I . ARLEEN AND ROBERT S. RIFKIND Greenberg Sportsmanship Award at a NGEBORG AND RA EON ENNERT HARRIET AND STEVEN PASSERMAN E. M. WARBURG, PINCUS & CO., LLC sponsored by the American Sephardi I I L R - ANITA AND YALE ROE THE KEREN RUTH FOUNDATION DR. AND MRS. LINDSAY A. ROSENWALD HENRY, KAMRAN AND Federation this past fall. The event was gala dinner in New York City. Steve THE FAMILY OF EDWARD AND NN AND ARCUS OSENBERG S. H. AND HELEN R. SCHEUER FREDERICK ELGHANAYAN A M R DORIS ROSENTHAL Greenberg accepted the award in his HE LOVIN AMILY FAMILY FOUNDATION MARTIN I. ELIAS planned to coincide with the opening T S F JACK AND ELIZABETH ROSENTHAL JOSEPH S. AND DIANE H. STEINBERG FREDERIC M. SEEGAL GAIL AND ALFRED ENGELBERG of ASF’s inaugural exhibition at the father’s memory. SHAREN NANCY ROZEN R AMUEL AKSAL THE SELZ FOUNDATION CLAIRE AND JOSEPH H. FLOM “This Prayer for the United States,” dating D . S D. W THE HARVEY AND PHYLLIS SANDLER Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, HE INNICK AMILY OUNDATION THE SHELDON H. SOLOW FOUNDATION FOREST ELECTRIC CORPORATION Center, “From the Beginning: the from 1784. In the collections of the American T W F F FOUNDATION DAVID AND CINDY STONE - DAVID GERBER AND Hank Greenberg inspired generations CAROL AND LAWRENCE SAPER Sephardic Voyage to North America,” Jewish Historical Society. FREEDMAN & STONE LAW FIRM CAROLYN KORSMEYER SPONSORS THE MORRIS AND ALMA SCHAPIRO FUND which traces the journey of Spanish of American Jews by his accomplish- ROBYNN N. AND ROBERT M. SUSSMAN ROBERT T. AND LINDA W. G OAD STANLEY I. BATKIN IRENE AND BERNARD SCHWARTZ HELENE AND MORRIS TALANSKY GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. ments on and off the baseball diamond. JOAN AND JOSEPH F. C ULLMAN 3RD ALLYNE AND FRED SCHWARTZ and Portuguese Jews to the The American Jewish Historical WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ ARNOLD AND ARLENE GOLDSTEIN DIANE AND MARK GOLDMAN JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM & SONS, INC. Netherlands and then on to the New Society has given renewed emphasis to Greenberg symbolized Jewish pride in FRANCES AND LAURENCE A. WEINSTEIN EUGENE AND EMILY GRANT HORACE W. G OLDSMITH FOUNDATION SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT GENEVIEVE AND JUSTIN WYNER FAMILY FOUNDATION a difficult era and withstood anti- THE GOTTESMAN FUND SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, World (see related story, page 6). The the colonial material in its archives. DALE AND RAFAEL ZAKLAD CLIFF GREENBERG SAMBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION MEAGHER & FLOM LLC Duke presented a scroll to the Recent reprocessing and conservation Semitic slurs from fans and opposing BARBARA AND ROY J. ZUCKERBERG LORELEI AND BENJAMIN HAMMERMAN THE SKIRBALL FOUNDATION SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA JAMES HARMON American Sephardi Federation, honor- have brought to light a rich trove of players. In his autobiography THE SMART FAMILY FOUNDATION JERRY I. SPEYER/KATHERINE G. FARLEY BUILDERS ELLEN AND DAVID S. HIRSCH TISCH FOUNDATION MEI AND RONALD STANTON ing its cultural accomplishments and manuscript material relating to the Greenberg wrote, “I came to feel that ADA AND JIM HORWICH THEODORE AND RENEE WEILER JOSEPH ALEXANDER FOUNDATION JUDY AND MICHAEL STEINHARDT HSBC BANK historic ties to Portugal, as well as the Jewish community in New York and to if I, as a Jew, hit a home run I was FOUNDATION DWAYNE O. ANDREAS - ARCHER DANIELS ANITA AND STUART SUBOTNICK PAUL T. J ONES II MIDLAND FOUNDATION LYNN AND SY SYMS historic Abrabanel family coat of arms the early records of the Shearith Israel hitting one against Hitler.” When the GERSHON KEKST PATRONS BEATE AND JOSEPH D. BECKER LYNNE AND MICKEY TARNOPOL JANET AND JOHN KORNREICH synagogue. Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, ANTHONY S. BELINKOFF LICE AND HOMAS ISCH to Herbert Barbanel, a descendent of JUDY AND RONALD BARON KPMG LLP A M. T J. T THE DAVID BERG FOUNDATION TRIARC COMPANIES - the noted sage, Isaac Abrabanel. “This Prayer for the United States,” Greenberg interrupted his career to JAYNE AND HARVEY BEKER HILARY BALLON AND ORIN KRAMER HALINA AND SAMSON BITENSKY NELSON PELTZ AND PETER MAY ROBERT M. BEREN FOUNDATION CONSTANCE AND HARVEY KRUEGER dating from 1784, is part of the volunteer for the armed forces. In his ANA AND IVAN BOESKY WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES BIALKIN FAMILY FOUNDATION - LAQUILA CONSTRUCTION CITIBANK PETER A. WEINBERG Liman Foundation Jacques Judah Lyons Collection and return to baseball, he stepped back ANN AND KENNETH J. BIALKIN THE FAMILY OF LOLLY AND VALERIE AND CHARLES DIKER HOWARD S. WELINSKY into the Detroit Tiger’s lineup and EMILY AND LEN BLAVATNIK JULIAN LAVITT Continues Support was written by Jacob Raphael Cohen ERNST & YOUNG LLP ERNST AND PUTTI WIMPFHEIMER - GEORGE AND MARION BLUMENTHAL LEHMAN BROTHERS MR. AND MRS. BARRY FEIRSTEIN ERNA STIEBEL MEMORIAL FUND For several years, the Liman (1738–1811), the acting hazan of helped clinch the 1945 American ABRAHAM AND RACHEL BORNSTEIN EILEEN AND PETER M. LEHRER RICHARD AND RHODA GOLDMAN FUND HOPE AND SIMON ZIFF LILI AND JON BOSSE DENNIS LEIBOWITZ Foundation of New York has provided Shearith Israel during the absence of League pennant with a homer on the THE SIDNEY KIMMEL FOUNDATION LOTTE AND LUDWIG BRAVMANN THE ZISES FAMILY GERALD AND MONA LEVINE ABBY AND MITCH LEIGH FOUNDATION Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas. It final day of the season. THE ELI AND EDYTHE L. BROAD the Center with continuous support for THE LIMAN FOUNDATION FOUNDATION the publication of its monthly calendar asks God to give wisdom and glory to In addition, Greenberg awards were MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. THE CONSTANTINER FAMILY LOIS AND RICHARD MILLER of events and of this newsletter. In Governor Clinton and General presented to four commissioners of MR. AND MRS. J. MORTON DAVIS BRUCE C. RATNER DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE November, the Foundation presented George Washington, and affirms the major league sports: Gary Bettman of CAROL F. AND JOSEPH H. REICH MICHAEL AND KIRK DOUGLAS The Rewards of Giving THE MARC RICH FOUNDATION the Center with an additional gift that Jews’ unequivocal political allegiance the National Hockey League, Don THE DAVID GEFFEN FOUNDATION I. B. SPITZ GEORGICA ADVISORS LLC The many ways in which you may include the will be used to upgrade security, a par- to the American Republic. It was pre- Garber of Major League Soccer, Alan SHARON AND FRED STEIN WILLIAM B. GINSBERG JANE AND STUART WEITZMAN Center for Jewish History in your estate planning ticular concern since September 11th. sented to Governor Clinton by Myer H. “Bud” Selig of Major League NATHAN AND LOUISE GOLDSMITH DAPHNA AND RICHARD ZIMAN include a gift of appreciated securities, a Myers, the famous colonial silversmith, Baseball, and Paul Tagliabue of the FOUNDATION JACK B. GRUBMAN GUARDIANS bequest in your will, or the naming of the Center YIVO Catalogue Moves ‘On-Line’ in the year it was written. Similar National Football League. Distin- FANYA GOTTESFELD HELLER MR. AND MRS. SAMUEL AARONS as a beneficiary of funds in your retirement The YIVO Institute for Jewish patriotic prayers were composed for guished guests at the dinner included SUSAN AND ROGER HERTOG MR. AND MRS. PAUL KAGAN WILLIAM AND KAREN ACKMAN account. Please do not hesitate to contact the other American congregations. Lenny Krayzelburg, Olympian gold MR. AND MRS. MERV ADELSON Research has completed the first phase LEAH AND MICHAEL KARFUNKEL Development Office at 212-294-8310 to discuss medallist swimmer, and tennis star SIMA AND NATHAN KATZ AND FAMILY ARTHUR S. AINSBERG of its on-line catalogue, encompassing MARJORIE AND NORMAN E. ALEXANDER Renee Richards. ■ BARCLAY KNAPP these options. some 50,000 items, mostly books. Very MR. AND MRS. HENRY R. KRAVIS MARCIA AND EUGENE APPLEBAUM much a “work in progress,” this first 10 11 “Climbing the Family Tree”: A Celebration of Jewish Family History limbing the Family Tree,” a full day of films and workshops exploring Jewish family history, was “ presented at the Center, November 4, 2001. During the course of the day several award- winning documentary films, focusing on genera- tions of diverse Jewish families, were screened. No. 7 Art Cworkshops enabled children and their parents to creatively Fall/Winter 2001–2 reconstruct the family tree, while the American Jewish Historical Society and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research offered work- shops based on the holdings in their respective collections. Reminiscence and International Scholars Conference Foundation storytelling workshops for all ages with the Roots & Branches Intergenerational Celebrates Center’s First Year Grants Theater brought the generations togeth- Conservationist Stanley Bergman er around their shared past. leads a workshop entitled “Jewish The Center Genealogy Institute Life in Eastern Europe: Creating o celebrate the inauguration of the Center for Jewish History in New Fund New a Visual Narrative.” was open all day to help with the nuts- York City as a major resource in Jewish studies, an International and-bolts of family history research. A family works together, in the Scholars Conference was convened, October 28 to 29, 2001, hosted by Programs “Climbing the Family Tree” culminated Yeshiva University Museum the Center’s Academic Council. The conference, entitled “Centers of Children’s Discovery Center, to Two generous foundation grants with a feature film, Barry Levinson’s Modern Jewish Studies,” brought together Judaic scholars from create their family tree. recently awarded will fund new Avalon, about three generations of an around the world and featured individual sessions for both academic and innovative programming and American Jewish family. ■ Photos by Marty Heitner and general audiences. T help to expand the Center’s role Major sessions included “Contemporary Jewish Scholarship: International in the community. Perspectives” with speakers from Israel, France, England, and Spain; “Creating Modern Jewish Studies”; “Jewish Museums: The Creation and Dissemination of A five-year grant from the Knowledge”; and “Modern Jewish Studies and the American Context.” Taken Samberg Family Foundation will together, the sessions provided a panoramic sweep through the academic discipline make possible a groundbreaking of Jewish studies, offering many perspectives and diverse points of view. program to strengthen the nonprofit organization A distinguished panel of academics coordinated arrangements for the conference. Jewish identity of high school U.S. POSTAGE They included Elisheva Carlebach, Queens College; Robert Chazan, New York students. “The Samberg PAID University; Henry Feingold, Baruch College; Jane Gerber, City University of New Foundation Family History New York, NY York; Michael Meyer, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; Pamela Project,” which is co-sponsored Permit #04568 Nadell, American University; Alvin Rosenfeld, University of Indiana at by the American Jewish Bloomington; Lawrence Schiffman, New York University; Chava Weissler, Lehigh Historical Society, will be devel- University; Beth Wenger, University of Pennsylvania; and Steven Zipperstein, oped as a two-week intensive 15 West 16th Street Stanford University. summer workshop offering up New York, NY 10011 The proceedings of the International Scholars Conference will be published in to 20 teens the opportunity to 2002 and made available to the public. Details will appear in the next issue of the research their own family his- Center Newsletter. tory at the Center, utilizing Continued on page 3 original source material in the collections of the five partner (left to right) Dr. Robert institutions Chazan, S. H. and Helen R. Scheuer Professor of In addition to increasing the Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, who students’ knowledge and under- chairs the Academic standing of Jewish history, the Council of the Center for program will teach historical Jewish History; the Council’s Co-Chair, Dr. research skills that will be valu- Jane Gerber, Professor of able for future studies, espe- History and Director of the cially as the students enter Institute for Sephardic Studies, Graduate Center of college. Included in the pro- the City University of New gram will be seminars taught York; and Bruce Slovin, at the Center by genealogists, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for Continued on page 2 Marty Heitner Jewish History.