Annual Report

CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY

Table of Contents

A Message from Bruce Slovin, Chairman of the Board 2

Our Mission 3

The Center Facility

Education, Exhibition and Enlightenment 5

American Jewish Historical Society 10

American Sephardi Federation 12

Leo Baeck Institute 14

Yeshiva University Museum 16

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 18

Center Affiliates 20

Exhibitions 21

Program Highlights 22

Philanthropic Giving at the Center for Jewish History 24

Benefactors 25

Center Volunteers and Docents 28

Financial Report Insert

Governance Insert Michael Luppino

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From the Chairman August, 2005

he nurturing that every child experiences during the first five Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky. years of its life is vital in determining that child’s character and The Leo Baeck Institute’s commemorations of its 50th year Tfuture. These vital years, marked by amazingly rapid change was a particularly poignant reminder of the miracle of Jewish survival, and inspiring growth, chart the transition from infancy to responsibili- since none of its founders whose visionary goal was to ensure the sur- ty, and culminate in the child’s entry into formal schooling and social vival of the material documentation of the remnants of German Jewry interaction with his or her peers. in the period immediately following the years of Nazi terror, could have As I look back on the past five, formative years of the Center for imagined that this Institute would be thriving into the 21st century. Jewish History–the American Jewish community’s youngest and Yeshiva University Museum, in collaboration with Yeshiva’s already richest and most important institution for the study of our Cardozo Law School and Bernard Revel Graduate school, simultane- people’s history–I find myself experiencing emotions analogous to ously commemorated two other major milestones in Jewish spiritual the naches of a parent seeing his child off for the first day of school. As and intellectual history–the 800th anniversary of the birth of Moses you read this Annual Report, I know you will share my pride in the Maimonides–the greatest philosopher of medieval Judaism–and remarkable way in which the Center’s partners have matured and so the 900th yortsayt of Rashi–the most influential Biblical and Talmu- quickly and gracefully coalesced to form the Diaspora’s central address dic commentator–with an international scholarly conference: “Rashi for all those interested in the Jewish historical experience. The many and Maimonides: Themes in Medieval Jewish Law, Thought and Cul- rich and varied educational programs, exhibitions, conferences, ture” that featured leading scholars of medieval Jewish thought from research projects, films, musical and stage productions and lecture Israel, Europe, Canada and the United States. series that have taken place at the Center during these brief but forma- The youngest and fastest-growing major partner of the Center tive years since we opened our doors to the public in the year 2000, have for Jewish History is the American Sephardi Federation with far exceeded my most fertile expectations when the idea for the Center Sephardic House, whose activities during the past years have mirrored was originally conceived. the rapidly growing importance and visibility of the Sephardic commu- The past year has been particularly rich with anniversaries as nity within American Jewry. Along with its ongoing mandate to expand the Center for Jewish History commemorated numerous auspicious its collections, encourage research in the experience of the Jews from milestones in Jewish History. Mediterranean lands and make its collections accessible with evermore The 350th anniversary of the establishment of a communal sophisticated technology, the ASF has been an activist leader in the Jewish presence in this great country was commemorated by the campaign to dignify the tragic modern experience and further the multimedia exhibition, Greetings From Home: 350 Years of the American rights and claims of the approximately 900,000 Jewish refugees from Jewish Experience. Spearheaded by the American Jewish Historical Soci- Arab Countries who were exiled from their homes in the aftermath of ety, with contributions from all the Center’s other partners, this most the birth of the State of Israel. ambitious exhibition of the American Jewish experience ever undertaken Even as the Center’s partners looked back with pride by both drew record crowds of thousands of visitors from across the world. exhibiting and examining these many historical milestones, they all The year 2005 also marked the 80th anniversary since the continued to build their resources for the future. founding of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, featuring an And so, as you read for yourselves about the amazing achieve- array of celebratory programs which culminated in a truly stellar ments of the still-new Center for Jewish History that are so copiously evening concert in Carnegie Hall: The Thomashefskys: Music and laid out in the Report, I ask for your continued support so that we can Memories of a Life in Yiddish Theatre, conducted by the renowned continue to do justice to our vital, double-edged mission of the sancti- Michael Tilson Thomas, the grandson of the great Yiddish actors, fication of the Jewish historical experience and its ongoing renewal.

Bruce Slovin

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American Jewish Leo Baeck Our Historical Society Institute Founded in 1892, Since its founding in Mission the American Jewish 1955, the Leo Baeck Historical Society Institute has become Preserve, Research, Educate maintains collections the premier research comprising 40 million library and archive he Center for Jewish History is home to the American documents, 50,000 devoted exclusively Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Fed- books, and thousands of to documenting the Teration, the Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University paintings and ephemera history and culture of Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. The that bear witness German-speaking Jewry. Center is a venue for research, academic conferences, exhibi- to the outstanding The Institute is a tions and other cultural and educational events as well as a contributions of the membership nexus for scholarly activity and public dialogue. American Jewish organization and The collections at the Center constitute one of the community to life in welcomes inquiries most important resources for the documentation and explo- the Americas. and applications. ration of the Jewish experience and include old and rare books, periodical collections, photos, memoirs, official decrees, per- American Sephardi Yeshiva University sonal letters, and contemporary publications about all aspects Federation Museum of Jewish identity. The art collections include posters, paint- Founded in 1973, the Founded in 1973, the ings, sculptures, archeological artifacts, historical textiles and American Sephardi Yeshiva University ceremonial objects. These rich and varied collections define Federation with Museum, a teaching one people and many cultures. Sephardic House museum, is the cultural The Center’s reading room is staffed by librarians from promotes and preserves arm of the University each Partner organization, thus enabling researchers to the spiritual, historical, and a public window into access all the collections. cultural and social Jewish culture around The Center’s Genealogical Institute serves as a clearing- traditions of all the world. Its multi- house for researchers seeking information on people and Sephardic communities disciplinary exhibitions property throughout the Diaspora. Computer terminals and to assure their place as and programs on Jewish in-house expertise facilitate the searches for all levels of users. an integral part of history and contempo- The Center’s on-site digital and preservation labs greatly Jewish heritage with its rary art attract audiences facilitate the work of staff conservators in making it possi- Sephardic Library & of all ages to a wide ble to avoid the transfer of often-fragile documents. Archives, an exhibition range of cultural and The web sites of the partners and of the Center, linked to gallery, educational and educational offerings. one another, offer digitized images of a growing number cultural public programs, of collections to a worldwide audience. The Sephardi Report, YIVO Institute The Center’s auditorium, with state-of-the-art audiovisual the International for Jewish equipment and exceptional acoustics, makes it possible to Sephardic Film Festival, Research show films, offer concerts and lectures, and transmit and a scholarship fund Founded in 1925 these programs live to remote audiences. for Sephardic scholars. in Vilna, Poland, The Center’s extensive art galleries offer frequently YIVO is the preeminent changing exhibits mounted by the partner organizations. research institute and Most of all, the proximity of the partner organizations to academic center for each other is unique in American Jewish history and the Eastern European most exciting aspect of the Center. Eastern European Jewish Jewry, Sephardic, German-speaking Jewry, and the Ameri- Studies and the can Jewish experience coexist to provide a synergy that was American Jewish almost unimaginable until now. immigrant experience.

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Fred Charles Fred

The Center Facility Education, Exhibition and Enlightenment

ince its founding five years ago, the Center for Jewish History has become a major presence in New York’s educational and cultural landscape, and a prime destination for Sscholars from around the globe. A product of the institutions and resources housed within its walls, the facility itself is an architectural triumph. Exhibition galleries and classrooms, the Leo and Julia Forchheimer Auditorium and the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Great Hall, the Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Book Store, the Jonas M. Rennert Chapel, and the Constantiner Date Palm Café – all combine to make the Center a magnet for the public.

THE CENTER ITSELF The public areas of the building are designed to The Center occupies a unique building that extends from combine aesthetics and function. They include the beau- 16th to 17th Streets between the historically important tiful 248-seat Leo and Julia Forchheimer Auditorium Fifth and Sixth Avenues in the Chelsea/Union Square with superb lighting and acoustics, and with state-of-the- area. The area is a microcosm of New York City, with art technology for film projecting, sound recording and beautiful residences, elegant shops, famous restaurants videoconferencing. The adjacent Paul S. and Sylvia and venerable religious institutions intermingled with Steinberg Great Hall is an elegant, versatile space fre- small historic buildings, unique boutiques and a cross- quently used for receptions and dinners. section of the diverse population of New York. The facility exists as a space that should attract Michael Luppino

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those seeking to access its vast holdings and gain a better understanding Baum Family Tree; Baum Family Collection; Bavaria. Donated by Mr. Stanley of 1,000 years of Jewish history. The design and operations of the Cen- Batkin, courtesy of the Leo Baeck Institute. ter have only one objective: to enable all users, on-site or online, to access the history and culture of the Jewish people. Hebrew Book Online as well as full-text scholarly journals. Each of the THE LILLIAN GOLDMAN READING ROOM numerous resources is available through the public computer termi- In the heart of the building is the Lillian Goldman Reading Room, the nals. Electronic bibliographies compiled by the Center for its patrons gateway to the research collections of the five partners. Designed to are also available on the terminals. Professional staff is on hand to combine the ambience of traditional libraries with state-of-the-art access the library collections (rare books and volumes covering diverse convenience, each workstation has Internet connectivity with wireless periods and languages) and the archives (millions of documents, access also available. papers, posters, photographs, media and ritual objects), now under the It is virtually impossible for any student, scholar or interested same roof. Diaries, letters, memoirs, personal papers, oral histories individual to pursue the in-depth study of modern Jewish history in the through taped interviews–formerly dispersed at different sites or in Diaspora without delving into the resources available through the private hands–provide a treasure of information. Reading Room. Scholars journey from as far away as Japan and Aus- The Reading Room staff, representing each of the partners, tralia to examine documents and conduct research. Fellowship comprises multilingual, experienced professional librarians, archivists Programs and Graduate Seminars developed by the Center with the and historians, available to provide guidance and direct researchers to guidance of its distinguished 15-member Academic Advisory Council the relevant resources. attract promising Doctoral Students in Jewish Studies. For younger students parents bring their children to study together the fragments THE CENTER GENEALOGY INSTITUTE and memories of prior generations. High school students come in The Center Genealogy Institute (CGI) helps both new and experienced groups to learn the rudiments of serious research. family history researchers learn about the world of their ancestors by The Reading Room’s open-stack collection has basic texts and providing reference and educational services and creating program- general information as well as major publications of the Center partners. ming on family history. The Institute leads researchers to the many In addition, the Reading Room has developed and maintains an elec- primary sources at CJH such as Yizkor books and landsmanshaft records tronic resource library ranging from general reference resources such at YIVO; family and community histories at the Leo Baeck Institute; as the Encyclopedia Britannica Online and the Historical Back Files of synagogue records at the American Sephardi Federation; and immigra- the New York Times to specific resources in the field of Jewish Studies tion and orphanage records at the American Jewish Historical Society. such as the Encyclopedia Judaica Online, the Bibliography of the The CGI’s open-stack genealogy reference collection includes

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how-to books, gazetteers to help locate towns, guides to translating ty, designed by the New York architect Bonnie Roche, is suited for both vital records and directories of family history resources around the intimate lectures and special presentations. It is equipped with state-of- world. Additionally, the Genealogy Institute administers a microfilm the-art technology, such as a 65" high-definition plasma screen that will loan agreement with the Salt Lake City Family History Library, which allow for DVD and PowerPoint presentations, cable access and a custom enables family researchers to order microfilm of international lectern to control lighting permutations in the room to enhance the records through the Institute for study at the Center. experience of viewing the archival material. In addition, the public computers at the Institute offer complete Internet access, including free access to Ancestry.com and to other elec- THE GRUSS LIPPER DIGITAL LABORATORY tronic resources not available on home computers. The family history In 2005 the Center for Jewish History established the Gruss Lipper section of the Center’s web site, created by the Institute, boasts a virtual Digital Laboratory, thanks to a generous gift from the Gruss Lipper exhibit on genealogical resources at the Center, FAQs, PDF files of all Family Foundation. The mission of the Digital Lab is to serve the fact sheets and complete information on CGI programs. Center community by providing a safe, secure, and reliable digitization CGI oversees the Samberg Family History Program, a summer service that will result in useful, accessible, high-quality digital multi- experience in history and genealogy for high-school students, media facsimiles of items from the Partners’ collections. The Digital co-sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society and funded by Lab has recruited experienced staff and invested in state-of-the-art the Samberg Family Foundation. Students learn how to use primary hardware and software to create digital facsimiles, such as images and sources to reconstruct their family history and its connections to audio files, of items from the Partners’ collections. The production of Jewish history through hands-on workshops with archivists and cura- digital resources commenced in August. tors and field trips to Jewish heritage sites in the New York City area. In order to develop sustainable digital collections that will be CGI also offers in-house workshops and public lectures at libraries, syn- useful over the long-term, the Digital Lab is also building a “Trusted agogues, genealogical societies, and community centers. Digital Repository” in which to store and manage the Center community’s digital assets. The repository is based on a powerful, VALENTIN M. BLAVATNIK ORIENTATION THEATER secure and expandable data storage system with 3TB of initial disk Perhaps one of the first institutional media theaters for viewing archival storage and an integrated tape library backup system. The Center has images, the recently opened Valentin M. Blavatnik Orientation Theater also selected the DigiTool Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) was created to provide an informative, engaging introduction to the to catalog, manage, preserve and provide integrated access to the assets Center for Jewish History for both first-time visitors and those already in the repository. familiar with the Center’s mission and facilities. Thanks to the generous By providing a full range of high-quality and standards-based gift from Emily and Leonard Blavatnik, this modern orientation facili- digital collection building services, the Digital Lab will make an impor- John M Hall, courtesy Bonnie Roche John M Hall, courtesy

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tant contribution to the preservation, access and educational missions of course, found throughout these collections and they show its impact of the Partners and the Center itself. on communities worldwide.

THE WERNER J. AND GISELLA LEVI CAHNMAN LUMINOUS MANUSCRIPT AND BIBLICAL SPECIES PRESERVATION LABORATORY These two works in the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Great Hall contain The Werner J. and Gisella Levi Cahnman Preservation Laboratory is rich, transformative images that shine, sparkle and demand closer dedicated to stabilizing, maintaining, conserving and prolonging the reading, inviting visitors to enter into a personal dialogue with both the shelf life of the Center’s extensive and, in part, deteriorating paper- artworks themselves and the Center. These works resonate with the based collections. The Laboratory deals with dozens of individual items role of the Center for Jewish History as a place of learning filled with on a daily basis, reformatting brittle materials and collections, micro- the multifaceted, complex history of the Jewish people. filming materials for seamless access and retrieval, treating items Diane Samuels, a Pittsburgh-based artist, believes that her damaged by use, preparing items for exhibitions, and preserving and mosaic Luminous Manuscript serves as a metaphoric table of contents storing collections in proper containers and wrappings. and preface to the Center as a whole. Her artwork contains 80,500 During the past year, the preservation lab conserved several pieces of glass and 440 underlying stone tiles. The tiles include 112,640 very interesting items: flattening and matting of 63 watercolor illustra- individual alphabet characters from 57 writing systems, collected from tions of the Talmud for a YUM exhibit, 1873 citizenship papers on the handwriting samples of over 500 members of the Center for Jewish vellum of German Jews from LBI, and rebinding a dozen of YIVO’s History’s community. Samuels chose the distinctive graphic layout of a early printed books such as a 1698 pocket-sized prayerbook, and restora- page from the Talmud on which alphabetic characters signify the infi- tion of a Yiddish theater poster of the Dybbuk.

ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG A major task at the Center has been the creation of an Online Public Access Cata- log (OPAC) that will serve researchers here in our building or those using the Internet from their homes around the world. The OPAC, funded by a $2 million grant from the National Historical Pub- lications and Records Commission (NHPRC), will allow users to search not only the holdings of all five Partners but will also allow users to search across the three major research formats–books, archives, and museum objects. Very few research institutions have tried to achieve this level of integration. Our four-year project should come to fruition in early 2006. With the NHPRC grant we have created more than 100 archival finding aids using the latest XML technology for presentation on the World Wide Web. These finding aids provide detailed access to more than 1,300 linear feet of archival materials. Put another way, they describe unique historical documentation that occupy nearly one- quarter mile of shelving. On a riverbank women bend over prayerbooks during tashlekh, a rite per- These archival finding aids provide in-depth access to important formed on Rosh Hashanah, in which people gather at a stream and shake out their pockets as a symbol of washing away sin. Lithuania, 1920s-30s. YIVO collections comprising manuscripts, letters, diaries, photographs, and Institute for Jewish Research, online archive. posters from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collections Images from the traveling exhibit “Jewish Refugees from the Arab Coun- document a broad swath of Jewish community life in North and South tries.” American Sephardi Federation with Sephardic House, online archive. America, Europe and Israel. The research topics of these collections Images from “Women in Daily Life: An Online Bibliography,” Center for include visual and performing arts, agriculture, professional life, the Jewish History, online archive. Photos are courtesy of the YIVO Institute for religious experience, and immigration. The impact of the Holocaust is, Jewish Research.

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Treasures housed at the Center for Jewish History include:

The original, handwritten version of Emma Lazarus’ The New Colossus, the iconic poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten letter denouncing anti-Semitism The Torah scroll of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism Letters from Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein and hundreds of other luminaries Records of American Jewish soldiers who fought in WWI Inquisition trial records from Mexico City in the 1590s Sheet music and recordings of favorite Yiddish songs The archives of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization More than 1,000 family trees—some dating back centuries—including those of the House of Rothschild, the Vilna Gaon and the Corcos Family of Tortosa, Spain Rare books, such as Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue, published in North America in 1735 The largest existing collection of German- language Jewish periodicals, dating from 1817 until Kristallnacht in 1938 One of the world’s leading collections of Yiddish theater posters Memorabilia of Jewish athletes Yizkor books of hundreds of destroyed Jewish communities

Michele Oka Doner installing Biblical Species at the Center for Jewish History; Oka Doner, a Michigan-based artist. The 4,000-square-foot floor Diane Samuels in the process of creating Luminous Manuscript. stretches across the Center for Jewish History’s 16th to the 17th Streets entrances. As in ancient synagogues–the community centers of their time–patterned mosaic floors were common, bearing images of the nite possibilities of language available through the combination and Temple as well as ritual plants and vessels. Doner’s work illustrates the recombination of signs and symbols. The artist’s work of enormous shevat haminin, or seven species, that Moses’ scouts brought complexity and astonishing beauty puts Jewish history into a true artis- back–such as grapes, pomegranates, figs, wheat, barley, olives, and tic form, a sort of metaphor for the myriad possibilities of interpreting dates–to illustrate that the land of Israel “flows with milk and honey” the signs and symbols of human communication to honor history and (Numbers 12:27). The project required conducting extensive research memory, and create many new meanings. on the artist’s part as she studied ancient species and cultivation tech- Biblical Species, a lyrical terrazzo floor embedded with alu- niques. The mixture of bronze and aluminum melds the ancient and minum, bronze, and mother-of-pearl that depicts botanical species was the contemporary–a perfectly suitable combination to reflect the inspired by a story from the Old Testament and designed by Michele Center’s philosophy.

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the willingness of so many insti- tutions to participate, Greetings from Home would not have been possible and the 350th anniver- American sary would not have been celebrated nearly so fittingly in New York City, the very birth- Jewish place of American Jewish life. Now one hundred and thirteen years old, the American Historical Jewish Historical Society contin- ues to collect, preserve, publish, exhibit and make available to Society researchers the materials that tell the remarkable story of Jew- ish life in the United States. The Society’s web sites and periodi- n moving to the Center for Jewish History, the cals help young researchers and American Jewish Historical Society moved to students develop an appreciation of Jewish contributions to Amer- Ia central place for shaping American Jewish ican civilization, and American identity. Nothing illustrates this point more dramat- contributions to Jewish identity. ically than the Society’s exhibition, The Society’s activities Greetings from range from the highly serious to Home: 350 Years of American Jewish Life, which occu- the lighter in spirit. In 2003, the pied the Center’s entire ground floor from May 17 Society created A Particular Responsibility: The United States through September 14, 2005. Army and the Making of the Survivors Talmud, a powerful Stimulated by the three hundred and fiftieth anniver- exhibition commemorating the sary of Jewish settlement in North America, Greetings little-known story of how, in from Home is one of the most ambitious exhibitions 1948, the United States govern- on the American Jewish experience ever undertaken. ment published an edition of the Talmud for Holocaust survivors still It traces two threads in American Jewish history: the living in displaced persons camps in postwar Germany. A year later, the ways in which Jewish immigrants came to be “at Society published the first-ever set of trading cards of the 142 Jews who home” in America and, simultaneously, the ties that played major league baseball between 1871 and 2003. Each project drew have bound American Jewry to Jewish communities a similar response from so many who saw them: “I didn’t know that!” in the “old homes” they left behind and, since 1948, While too few individuals recognize the fact, American Jewry to Israel. Edward Rothstein of the New York Times has created an original, vibrant, pluralist civilization with a variety of commented about Greetings from Home, “A tale of suc- religious, literary, artistic and other manifestations that rival any in cessful immigration...unusual and subtle.” Jewish history. The Society proudly collects and preserves a vast trove The exhibition includes more than 300 items of materials, some of it dating back to the 1500s, documenting the drawn from the Society’s collections, plus those of astounding experience of the Jewish people in this hemisphere. the Society’s CJH partners: the American Sephardi Today, with the help of the Center for Jewish History and its Federation, YIVO, and the Yeshiva University Muse- partners, the Society is embarking on a new phase of its existence: digi- um. Other important lenders to the exhibition tal electronic access to its holdings. Would you like to read the include the Library of Congress, the National inaugural 1893 issue of the Society’s scholarly journal? Go to Archives and Records Administration, and the Jacob www.ajhs.org and click on the portal to ADAJE, the American Digital Rader Marcus Center. Without the magnificent Archive of the Jewish Experience. On the screen will be an exact image venue provided by the Center for Jewish History and of the original. You can search a full century’s worth of issues by key-

10 Feustmann & Kaufmann advertising poster, Philadelphia, c. 1860 . American Jewish Historical Society. words such as “Louis D. Brandeis” or “Lower East Side.” Perhaps you are now recording your personal story. We will guard it with care and are interested in viewing more than 100 portraits of American Jews provide access to it for generations to come. who lived before 1860. You can find them on our web site, under the The Center for Jewish History has infused the American Loeb Portrait Database. And for Sandy Koufax fans, we offer Jewish Historical Society with new ideas, new opportunities and new www.jewsinsports.org, the world’s largest reference source on energy. We look forward with anticipation to tomorrow. thousands of American Jews who participated in sports from boxing to bullfighting. The American Jewish Historical Society is not just about the past. It documents our shared experiences and the Jewish community Sidney Lapidus David Solomon we are creating. The Society currently collects massive amounts of PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR material that researchers will use a century from now to tell the story of what American Jewry accomplished in the period from 1950 to 2050. If you supported the Soviet Jewry or Ethiopian Jewry movements, we are collecting materials that reflect your participation. If you marched in the civil rights or anti-war movements, joined a havurah or Jewish Renewal congregation, or linked arms in the Jewish feminist cause, we

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American Sephardi Federation

ince its arrival at the Center for Jewish History five years ago, the American SSephardi Federation with Sephardic House has grown, enjoyed many new achieve- ments and benefited significantly from the services that the Center offers as well as from its partnership with the four other major Jewish organizations.

The American Sephardi Federa- David Altchek and Rachel Salem of tion (ASF) was founded in 1973 to Salonika, Greece. Circa mid-1890’s. support, revitalize and strengthen From the archives of the American American Sephardic communi- Sephardi Federation with ties. It joined forces in 2002 with Sephardic House. Sephardic House (SH) to create one united Sephardic organiza- documents. A number of gener- tion with increased capabilities to ous contributions in the past year better promote and preserve the enabled the ASF to keep pace with historical heritage, as well as the its goal of building a strong and the papers of Professor Walter the ASF Library, which includes a spiritual, cultural and social tradi- Sephardic library containing P. Zenner detailing his research database of 2,450 books, and tions of all Sephardic communities materials from all over the world. on the Syrian Jewish communi- 33 periodicals. An additional 80 and assure their place as an inte- The collection has grown to ties. These books and documents periodicals and newsletters in the gral part of Jewish heritage and include materials from Spain, are now available to the public collections are not yet available American history. Portugal and the lands to which through the Center Reading online. We have digitized the the Sephardic Jews migrated fol- Room along with the holdings of Rangoon (Burma) database of LIBRARY/ARCHIVES lowing the expulsion in 1492. the Center’s partner organiza- birth records from 1896 to 1972; In the past five years, ASF has It also contains books and tions. We are also working to the Archives of the Central established both the only public archival material from countries collect the writings of some of the Sephardic Jewish Community of North American Library/Archives in the Middle East and North foremost Sephardic rabbis of the America have become available dedicated solely to the Sephardic Africa including items from Iran, last hundred years. online; and we acquired and have experience and the only perma- Iraq, Libya, Morocco, Syria begun to catalog both the Louis nent Sephardic exhibition gallery. and Yemen. Other significant WEB SITE N. Levy Ladino and Rare Book The Library and Archives have acquisitions include the Haham American Sephardi Federation’s web site, Collection and the Besso Collec- received significant gifts, and Solomon Gaon Memorial Library; www.americansephardifederation.org, tion. The web site also features books, documents, and photo- the Miguel Castel Rosner Memo- or www.asfonline.org has been topical and historical books, graphs are being added on a rial Library; the Library of completely redesigned to include videos and DVDs that celebrate weekly basis. The ASF collection Congregation Shearith Israel; an new information, promote pro- Sephardic history and culture, boasts more than 4,000 cata- endowment of more than 200 grams and exhibitions and which can be purchased online. logued books and 10,000 archival books from Mr. William Fern; provide online global access to The web site permits

12 members and interested non- bit, completed in partnership content from scholarly events, document their personal and members around the world to with Yeshiva University, was of lectures and exhibitions, as well as communal losses by collecting follow ASF programs and proj- particular importance because it contributions from authors dealing claims and recording them in a ects and have access to a wealth of celebrated the arrival in New York with contemporary and historic database. Sephardic sources. 350 years ago of the Jews from Sephardic Jewish subjects. An extraordinary devel- Recife, Brazil. ASF has been opment of our time is the desire PROGRAMS fortunate to receive partial fund- ADVOCATING FOR to bring back forcibly converted In an effort to ensure the continu- ing from the New York Council SEPHARDIC JEWS Jewish families or anusim from ation of the Sephardic legacy and for the Humanities for some of Sephardic Jews lived for centuries Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and parts traditions, ASF with Sephardic these exhibitions and to be in a number of Mediterranean of the Americas to the religion of House seeks to reach out to a featured in their cultural calen- countries, in the Balkans, Middle their ancestors. The American wide audience in presenting dar. The exhibition gallery also East and North Africa. The Sephardi Federation is involved educational and cultural public provides ASF with a unique ASF collaborates with and pro- in efforts to assist these growing programs of both contemporary opportunity to exhibit choice motes ties to leading Jewish and groups and present programs that and historical significance that selections from its archives. non-Jewish organizations and tell their story, an important part celebrate the diversity and rich- representatives of governments, of the Sephardic story. ness of the Sephardic heritage. PUBLICATIONS such as Spain, Portugal, Turkey, These events include lectures, Working toward its mission Brazil, Morocco and others, to SCHOLARSHIPS book signings and panel discus- of strengthening and revitalizing promote closer ties as well as cele- The ASF supports Sephardic educa- sions with experts and scholars, Sephardic communities, the brations of the Sephardic Jewish tion with scholarships for Sephardic concerts and plays, and the Inter- ASF with Sephardic House experience and contributions. Studies through its Broome and national Sephardic Jewish Film supports the publication of To further the rights and Allen Scholarship Fund. Festival, now in its 10th year. informative books on Sephardic claims of Jewish refugees from Recent speakers include noted history and culture. These include Muslim countries, many of SUMMARY historian Anita Novinsky from the Sephardic/Greek Holocaust whom were forced to leave their The increase in numbers and Sao Paolo, Brazil and filmmaker Library, a series of books that fills native country and abandon prop- diversification of Sephardic Jews Miguel Angel Nieto from Spain. a serious lacuna in the tragic tale erty after the birth of the State of in North America, and the inten- The Jack Calderon Memorial of the Holocaust, and The Israel, the ASF has taken the lead sified focus of the world on many Fund for the Sephardic Arts lends Hebrew Portuguese Nations at the in the Jewish Refugees from Arab of the countries that Sephardic partial support to these programs. Time of Charles V & Henry VIII Lands Project. The project is Jews called home for many by Aron Di Leone Leoni, a schol- intended to create awareness of centuries, makes the mission EXHIBITIONS arly work documenting the story the sacrifices of the approximately of the American Sephardi Federa- ASF collaborates with some of its of the merchant Jews of Europe 900,000 Jews who were forced to tion, to enlighten the public partners, such as Yeshiva Univer- in the 16th century. The ASF has leave their homelands in Muslim and preserve Sephardic history sity Museum and the American switched from the publication of countries (where many had and culture, all the more Jewish Historical Society, on a quarterly newsletter to The Seph- resided well before most of the important and rewarding. The exhibitions and programs. The ardi Report, a journal that features current local populations), and to American Sephardi Federation Leon Levy exhibition gallery at with Sephardic House looks the Center is the only permanent forward to continued growth exhibit space in North America and expansion of its library and dedicated to Sephardim. Recent archives and educational programs exhibitions include a retelling at the Center for Jewish History. of the story of the Jews of Greece; the Ottoman Empire; Pernam- buco, Brazil; and Mogador, Morocco. The Pernambuco exhi- David E.R. Dangoor PRESIDENT Artifacts from the exhibition “Integrated and Distinct– Images of the Jews of Greece 1180-1930.” Fall 2003. Esme E. Berg Photo courtesy of Lyn Slome. DIRECTOR

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Leo Baeck Institute

eo Baeck Institute is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2005, a milestone that was never intended by the founders. Their idea was to collect as much authen- Ltic, original documentation as possible on the remarkable, diverse, and long history of German-speaking Jewry before its destruction by the Nazis. The materials could be used to write a definitive volume on the legacy that remained. When con- cluded, the Institute would have served its purpose.

Named after the last leader of the Jewish community in Germany (even at that time) sought to show that Jews were shirk- under the Nazis, Rabbi Leo Baeck represented the cultured, assimilat- ing their duty by not enlisting and not serving at the ed citizen, whose serious religious scholarship did not preclude secular front, so a census was ordered to prove this allegation. interests and communal involvement. Thus, the heritage of German- When the census showed that Jews were, on the contrary, speaking Jewry, reflected in the library and archives of the Leo Baeck disproportionately serving their country and dying for it, the census Institute, is as comprehensive as it is compelling. The entire spectrum results were suppressed. The record, therefore, shows there was anti- of modernity in the 20th Century–from psychoanalysis to film mak- Semitism well before the Third Reich, but also great periods of ing, photojournalism to Bauhaus architecture, Kafka to Einstein and productive activity. much more–are all aspects of the culture that is catalogued here. The history catalogued at Leo Baeck Institute in New York as In 2001, just after relocating from uptown Manhattan to the well as in Berlin is not focused on the Holocaust. The recent LBI exhib- Center for Jewish History downtown, the Leo Baeck Institute made an it in our gallery at the Center for Jewish History ties in with the special even bigger move by opening a branch of its archives in the new Jewish Center-wide focus on “350 years of Jews in America.” German Jews Museum Berlin. This archive has become even more important than served in the American Civil War; they received land grants in the Mid- we imagined. The interest of young Germans (and Austrians and Cen- west for commercial development; they went to Broadway and tral Europeans across the continent) in the Jewish part of their past is Hollywood and Washington. Most of them came to America to start enormous. It is our shared history; until 1935 when the Nuremberg over, to be free of the restrictions that prohibited Jews in Germany racial laws turned Jews into a separate class, they were active members, from accessing many opportunities open to others. But for many who participants and contributors to their societies. stayed in the old country, the restrictions were the motivation for find- A few years ago the Leo Baeck Institute mounted an exhibit ing interstices and niches where they could earn a living in new ways, “Fighting for the Fatherland”, which depicted the proud and brave developing imaginative careers out of necessity. service of Jewish soldiers in World War I. The German government Fifty years after the Leo Baeck Institute was established, there

14 A letter written by Flora Goldschmidt to her children from Sudan. Born in Breslau in 1853 and married to industrialist Siegfried Goldschmidt, Flora, unlike most German-Jewish women of her era, traveled extensively to India, the United States, China, Japan, and Egypt. Leo Baeck Institute.

LBI resources are available to students, genealogists, film- makers, historians and all others whose research interests span the last 200 years. For more serious scholars of “Wissenschaft des Judentums” or “Rabbinic Aggadah” or talmudic tracts, our rare books and unique documents go back much farther than that. At the Center for Jewish History, the collections are maintained in optimal conditions both physically in terms of climate control and shelving, and professionally in terms of superb service and staffing. To complement the materials in the LBI collections, our wide-ranging public lecture program is attracting impressive num- bers of informed visitors. Authors, professors, and practitioners are invited to discourse on any subject related to our specialized universe, which is specialized but remarkably broad. (A look at LBI’s 2004 Overview will suggest the scope of these activities.) The state-of-the-art auditorium at the Center is no doubt part of is more new material coming into our library and archives than ever the appeal for speakers and audience alike, and the Institute is always before. The last members of the survivor generation are just now pass- proud to do an event in such fine quarters. ing on, and the treasured possessions of a lifetime are coming to the The 50th anniversary of the Leo Baeck Institute is not a mile- Institute, to become part of the permanent record. In Germany, the stone the founders anticipated, nor is the founding of LBI anything historical connection between Germany and its Jews, which was upheld that any German-speaking Jew would have wished for. With normalcy for half a century almost exclusively by the LBI, is increasingly becom- prevailing, our history would have continued to experience ups and ing a point of interest and pride to Germans themselves. Next to downs; persecution and tolerance edicts; prohibitions and special dis- architect Peter Eisenman’s breathtaking new “Memorial to the Mur- pensations, in Germany. But normalcy did not prevail. dered Jews of Europe” in the heart of Berlin, it becomes even more Today, the Leo Baeck Institute is the primary resource for the important to also recall the better aspects of our past, so many of which German-Jewish history that was, and that continues to develop. There are documented in the LBI collections. could not be a better place from which to carry out our mission than the In the United States, the contributions of Germans and Austri- Center for Jewish History, and for that we are enormously grateful. ans who fled from Nazi persecution are evident in every field: science, medicine, art, culture, commerce, and industry. In academia, the field of Jewish studies has developed a separate subsection of German-Jewish studies, thanks in no small part to the scholarly and intellectual initia- Ismar Schorsch Carol Kahn Strauss tives of the LBI. PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Yeshiva University Museum

“The Magician,” a bronze sculpture by Benjamin Levy, purchased for the museum collection by Board member Mary Smart

n the five years since Yeshiva University Museum moved to the Center for Jewish IHistory some striking changes have become apparent. The Museum is now posi- tioned as a significant Jewish cultural resource in one of the city’s trendiest sections, continu- ing its mission to present, collect, research and interpret Jewish art, history and culture from the four corners of the world. Our visitorship has dramatically increased, we have an exciting new web site, and we have expanded our staff and budget accordingly. Increased visibility has brought us new press coverage, augmented our membership and docent/volunteers, and we have become a leading tourist destination.

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The Museum joined the national effort to celebrate 350 years from all University undergraduate and graduate schools, is working of American Jewry with a variety of projects. 2004-5 exhibitions on this with the Museum to expand cooperative programming, course offer- theme included: Pernambuco, Brazil: Gateway to New York (organized ings, fellowships and research projects. Recent academic by the Arquivo Historico Judaica de Pernambuco of Recife, Brazil and collaborations included the conference, Between Rashi and Maimonides: co-sponsored by ASF); Greetings from Home: 350 Years of American Jew- Themes in Medieval Jewish Law, Thought and Culture, presented with ish Life (organized by AJHS and co-sponsored by ASF) and Becoming Cardozo Law School and the Bernard Revel Graduate School. The An American Writer: The Life and Work of Isaac Bashevis Singer (cele- Museum is currently working with the Academic Advisory Committee brating Singer’s Centennial, organized by the Library of America and to create an exhibition project on archaeology and ancient Israel. the Ransom Archives, University of Texas). The Museum’s collection of art and artifacts representing The Museum continues to promote cross-cultural and multi- 3,000 years of Jewish life continues to provide a focus for many activi- ethnic understanding. The Fall 2004 exhibition: David Moss–A ties. With support from the Lower Hudson Conference, the Museum Pueblo Portfolio wove together Native American aesthetic with Jewish restored and exhibited a damaged Hungarian Torah crown, recovered themes. The Spring 2005 schedule included exhibitions of Jaime Per- after the Holocaust, working with master silversmith Ubaldo Vitale. muth (Guatemala) and Moico Yaker (Peru) and the panel discussion Other collection exhibitions included Mining the Collection: Recent Artistos Latino Americanos exploring Latin American Jewish identity Acquisitions and Four Centuries of Jewish Weddings. Working with the through art, culture and community. YUM continues to co-sponsor Center partners and with a federal grant from the National Historical the Sephardic Film Festival with ASF. Publications and Record Commission, the Museum installed a new The Museum’s audience for musical programming has grown collection database to organize and track the collection, with a Hebrew substantially. The exhibition Vienna: Jews and the City of Music, 1870-1938 module and full capacity to manage digital photographic records, to be (organized by the Jewish Museum Vienna) utilized audioguides available soon as an on-line resource. and provided an opportunity to present unparalleled classical music In Spring 2005, the Museum organized Printing the Talmud: performances. Our exhibition opening featured the Vienna Philhar- From Bomberg to Schottenstein, providing visitors with a once-in-a-life- monic’s concertmaster performing on a Stradivarius. Our family day of time opportunity to view outstanding early Talmud manuscripts and programming, Strum the String, Hear and Sing included gallery tours printed volumes (including one of the few extant complete sets of the and instrument-making workshops. Over the past two seasons, the 16th-century Bomberg Talmud, the publication that established the Museum presented a range of performances from a Yiddish Extrava- standard Talmud page layout). This unparalleled exhibition featured ganza to a rock concert with Blue Fringe. Other recent performances the full range of Talmudic history: a sixth-century synagogue mosaic included the staged reading of the new play “Noble Laureate: Mr. floor (the earliest Talmud text extant); the just-completed Schotten- Singer and His Demons.” stein Edition; the ShasPod first issued in March 2005; and the Infinite YUM remains committed to engaging youth audiences and to Sea, a video installation showing international Talmud study today. A promoting creative potential and professional development with pro- 338-page catalogue accompanies the exhibition with 16 essays by lead- grams like Design In Reach, offering free design-field training and career ing international scholars. development to high school students. In response to Day With (Out) YUM looks forward to opening the exhibition A Perfect Fit: Art–World AIDS Day 2004, students in this program designed The Garment Industry and American Jewry in December 2005. This postage stamps to raise awareness of the AIDS crisis. Our Washington groundbreaking exhibition, accompanied by a host of programs and a Heights arts and literacy program, Seeing in Living Color, continues to catalogue, will explore 100 years of American history, tracing the form- make an important contribution to the elementary school curriculum ative role Jews played in this industry. This exhibition received major at PS 173. High school, college and graduate student interns contribute support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which energetically to the curatorial and education departments. Graduate identified this project as a “We The People” initiative for its contribu- internships demonstrate the Museum’s expertise as a center of higher- tions to the study and presentation of American History. level learning, with recent interns from the Cooper Hewitt / Parsons Decorative Arts program, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University and Bank Street Museum Education program. Tours, work- shops and specialized holiday programming attract school groups from Erica Jesselson the greater Metropolitan area. The interactive Traders on the Sea Routes CHAIR exhibition has been especially popular with young audiences. The Museum is emerging as a major participant in Yeshiva University’s new initiative “Bring Wisdom to Life.” We are partnering with Yeshiva University’s outstanding academic and rabbinic faculties. Sylvia A. Herskowitz A University Academic Advisory Committee, with representatives DIRECTOR

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YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

he year 2005 marks the 80th year since The YIVO Library and the founding of the YIVO Institute Archives together are a priceless repository of Jewish history past Tfor Jewish Research–a critical time and contemporary. The Library in our history, a time to renew our many ideals; now holds some 360,000 books in twelve major languages; the a time to review YIVO’s many accomplish- Archives holds more than 22 mil- ments, and a time to plan for an ever more lion items, including 250,000 photographs, handwritten Holocaust testimonies, and many other vibrant future. As YIVO works tirelessly to irreplaceable pieces of our history and culture. YIVO staff daily adapt to a rapidly changing American Jewish responds to research queries that come by fax, e-mail, telephone, letter landscape, the Institute remains true to the and via personal visits, numbering over 8,000 each year. The many parts of the “YIVO at 80” celebration demonstrate mission and tradition of the Vilna YIVO by once again the strength of this organization and its ability to adapt. The adopting the most challenging and sophisti- celebration of this milestone was marked with a major grant in 2004 to create The Gruss-Lipper Digital Archive on Jewish Life in Poland, which cated intellectual projects in Jewish Studies. will make YIVO’s many archival resources accessible to the world, in

YIVO Publications YIVO has been moving forward with several major and long-awaited Yiddish- and English-language publications, (2003–2005) beginning with YIVO-Bleter Volume 4 - New Series (YIVO, August 2003), containing articles on the broad theme of Jewish folklore (riddles, folksongs, purim spiln, Holocaust-era folklore, etc.) by Chana Mlotek, Bina Silverman Weinreich, Itzik Gottesman, and Mark Slobin. Among the notable publications released by YIVO this year are the beautiful 80th anniversary catalog edited by Krysia Fisher, A Brief Encounter with Archives (YIVO, March 2005), which offers a glimpse at the extraordinary wealth of rare possessions at YIVO. Old Demons New Debates: Anti- Semitism in the West (YIVO/Holmes and Meier Publishers, May 2005), edited by David Kertzer, contains 14 essays from YIVO’s May 11–14, 2003 International Conference on Anti-Semitism. The much-anticipated Plant Names in Yiddish: A Handbook of Botanical Terminology by Mordkhe Schaechter (YIVO, May 2005) features a Latin-English- Yiddish taxonomic dictionary. Coming soon are other important publications including the Alexander Harkavy Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary (YIVO/Yale University Press, August 2005), a reprint of the 1928 expanded second edition, with a new introduction by Dovid Katz; A New Anthology of Yiddish Folk Song, by the late ethnomusicologist Ruth Rubin, edited by Mark Slobin and Chana Mlotek (Wayne State University Press/YIVO, December 2005); and My Future is in America: Autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish Immigrants (New York University Press/YIVO, December 2005), edited by Jocelyn Cohen and Daniel Soyer; a new English-language edition of Max Weinreich’s HIstory of the Yiddish Language in two volumes (Yale University Press/YIVO, postponed to 2006); and the inaugural DVD version of the 1980 documentary, Image Before My Eyes (New Video Group/YIVO, March 2006). And finally, on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of Jewish settlement in the United States, YIVO is reprinting K. Hurwitz’s Tsofnes Paneyekh (Berdichev, Ukraine, 1817), with a new introduction by Brad Sabin Hill. It is the first Yiddish book devoted to the subject of America, and also the first book published using the Eastern European Yiddish literary standard. (YIVO, December 2005).

18 The Yiddish literary crowd (L - R): Esther Shamiatcher, Mendl Elkin, Peretz Hirschbein, Uri Zvi Greenberg, Chana Kacyzne, Alter Kacyzne, and Esther Elkin (Warsaw, 1922). YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

assuming roles in the revitalization of Yiddish language and culture across the United States and around the world. We are proud that the Hebrew-language version of our Educational Program on Yiddish Culture (EPYC), a comprehensive new curriculum, just translated into Hebrew is now available to classroom students. Looking to the future, YIVO recently established a 25-member Board of Overseers, made up of some of the most distinguished and talented young Jewish leaders in the United States. It includes scholars, physicians, film- makers, journalists, public intellectuals and others. The YIVO Overseers will be hosting, at the CJH, a ground- breaking national conference, “Jews in Medicine–In the Footsteps of Maimonides: the Jewish Doctor as Healer, Sci- entist and Intellectual” (November 6, 2005), which will examine the role of Jews in medicine from a multidisciplinary perspective. Among the many other activities and programs convenient digital format. While this bold project–funded by the YIVO sponsored in the past two years was the “Triumph of the Human largest private grant YIVO has ever received–may revolutionize Spirit” Spring 2005 film series, featuring “Passport to Life”; “Partisans scholarship on Polish Jewish history, it also illustrates the enormous of Vilna”, with Jewish partisans Chaya Palevsky and Eta Wrobel, speak- responsibility that our vast holdings convey upon us. We are striving to ing on their wartime experiences; “Watermarks”; and “Hill 24 Doesn’t make them ever more accessible to the world at large through an Answer.” There was also a series of four Yiddish Lunchtime Seminars aggressive computerization program, including the development of on topics such as “Kafka and Yiddish, Kafka in Yiddish” with YIVO fel- specialized digital finding aids and the posting of catalogs on the Inter- low Amy Blau of the University of Illinois, and “Yiddish in Late net, and through the adoption of other new technologies as they emerge. Medieval German Responsa Literature”, by Shlomo Eidelberg of Another “legacy” project that reaches across time and place is Yeshiva University. Exhibitions have included “YIVO at 80: A Brief the multi-volume, multi-million-word YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Encounter with Archives”, “The Family Singer”, and “Covers and Eastern Europe (Yale University Press), now more than halfway to com- Sheets”, among others. pletion, which will have a companion Internet edition. At this time, Our major Carnegie Hall concert (2005), “The Thomashefskys: 430 scholars and 30 editors in 16 countries are participating in what will Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theatre,” with Michael become the greatest work of Jewish scholarship since the Encyclopedia Tilson Thomas, provided a perfect venue for the anniversary celebra- Judaica was completed in 1972. With an expected publication date in tion because it symbolizes the vast scope of YIVO’s collections and 2008, this effort to recapture and represent the rich civilization of East operations and the challenges the Institute faces in the new century. European Jewry is particularly significant because more than 95 per- At 80 years old, YIVO remains the prime custodian of 1,000 cent of American Jews and half of all Israelis trace their roots to years of Ashkenazi Jewish history and culture, a strong foundation on Eastern Europe. Many of the YIVO Encyclopedia articles have already which to build. Yet YIVO is rising to meet multiple challenges by been submitted and some samples have been posted on the new YIVO redefining itself as technology advances and competition intensifies web site at www.yivo.org. for scarce talent and financial resources. With new energy and ideas we YIVO is also helping to develop a new generation of specialists in look forward to the future with all its challenges. Eastern European Jewish Studies. Each year, we award 14 endowed fellow- ships to doctoral and postdoctoral scholars from around the world, who come to our Institute for an average of three months of intensive, original research. Dozens of other young scholars are trained annually at YIVO’s Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture Bruce Slovin Carl J. Rheins, Ph.D. (begun in 1968), now based at New York University. Those scholars are CHAIRMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Center Affiliates

In addition to its five partner institutions, the Center has opened its doors to a group of affiliates, with plans to welcome more in the future. The affiliates share a commitment to promoting educational programming related to Jewish communities and areas of study little known in this country, and to creating access to scholarly archives and resources of historical material for both academics and other interested individuals.

AMERICAN SOCIETY GOMEZ FOUNDATION FOR MILL HOUSE FOR JEWISH MUSIC The Gomez Mill House, built in Marlboro, New Maintaining links to similar institutions in Jewish York, in 1714, is the oldest surviving Jewish dwelling communities throughout the world, the American Society for Jewish in North America and a cornerstone of the Jewish Music can trace its roots as far back as 1908, to several earlier Jewish pioneer experience in the United States. Also home musical societies and associations, first in Europe and then in America. to American Revolutionary War patriot Wolfert Acker, 19th-century The Society serves as a broad canopy for all who are interested in Jew- gentleman farmer William Henry Armstrong, Roycrofter artisan Dard ish music, and its concerts cover a wide range of sacred, secular, folk, Hunter, and social activist Martha Gruening, the museum and its concert and theater music, much of it unfamiliar to the general public. historical structures are listed in the National Register of Historic Places Its members include cantors, composers, educators, musicologists, and are open to the public, April through October. Located at the Cen- ethnologists, historians, performers and interested individuals, as well ter since December 2000, the Gomez Foundation for Mill House as libraries, universities, synagogues and other institutions. Each sea- oversees conservation and preservation of the site and numerous pro- son, the Society presents a series of varied musical programs for the grams, including an educational outreach program that brings more general public, often working with its host at the Center, the American than 1,000 children from local elementary schools for tours and Jewish Historical Society. Through the Jewish Music Forum the Soci- demonstrations, as well as lectures, presentations and performances ety also arranges and presents lectures on Jewish music by notable for individuals, families and tourist groups, all illuminating a little- experts, and encourages seminars, workshops and master classes at known aspect of the Jewish experience in America. which students may benefit from the musical expertise of the Society’s Robert Jacob, P RESIDENT members. To encourage a high standard of new composition and per- Ruth Abrahams, E XECUTIVE D IRECTOR formance, the American Society for Jewish Music has established the Ellen Healy, S ITE M ANAGER Cantor Aaron J. Caplow Composition Competition, which awards prizes for new Jewish works and ensures their performance at the Soci- YEMENITE JEWISH FEDERATION ety’s Annual Contemporary Composers’ Concert. OF AMERICA Michael Leavitt, P RESIDENT The Yemenite Jewish Federation of America was Henry Michelman, C HAIRMAN founded in 1995 by the sons and daughters of Yemenite Jews who resettled in the United States. CENTRO CULTURALE PRIMO LEVI Many of the leading members today are Yemenite Jews who arrived in IN NORTH AMERICA the United States from Israel. The Federation, through educational The Centro Primo Levi joined the Center for Jewish History in June and cultural activities, research and social services, promotes the 2003. An offspring of the Genoa-based organization of the same appreciation of the immense contributions of Yemenite Jews to the name, the Centro is dedicated to creating a growing, dynamic and preservation of lost Jewish literature and practices. The Federation contemporary forum for Italian-Jewish studies in North America. also strives to address the needs of Yemenite Jews living in the United The organization operates in close collaboration with the Central States, especially the youth of this community, who are in need not only Library of the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities and the of basic modern education but who also are in danger of losing contact Italian Association for Jewish Studies, offering seminars and with their rich culture and linguistic traditions. To this end, the Feder- lectures, and providing a U.S.-based interface and access point for the ation has initiated activities to offer support to families in need in Jewish archives and libraries in Italy. The Centro offers the seminars North America, especially in the New York area, scholarships for young under the auspices of New York University and seeks to expand its reach people and other family support programs. It also has sponsored two to a growing number of colleges. scholarly conferences held, respectively, at Princeton University and Dr. Ariel Dello Strologo, P RESIDENT Queens College. Alessandro Di Rocco, M.D., P RESIDENT OF THE U.S. BRANCH Ephraim Isaac, P RESIDENT/EXECUTIVE D IRECTOR Natalia Indrimi, E XECUTIVE D IRECTOR

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Exhibitions 2003- 2005

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OTHER PARTNER EXHIBITIONS Rebecca Singer and Fred Spinowitz: “Blessings and Bridges.” Irving Berlin and the Making of the American Songbook. May–Aug. 2004 Jan.–Apr. 2003 Memorial to Lost Souls: Threads of Light: Luise Kloos. Jan.–Jul. 2003 Scattered Among the Nations: Jews from Arab Countries: The Children of the Lost Tribe of Dan: Portraits of Ethiopian Jewry by Loss of Ancestral Inheritance. Feb.–Sep. 2003 Win Robins. Jan.–Aug. 2003 Not For Myself Alone (American Jewish authors). Mar.–Sep. 2003 A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Light One Candle: A Child’s Diary of the Holocaust. Life. Feb.–Jul. 2003 May–Sep. 2003 Stage & Page: Jewish Theater and Book Designs of Emanuele Legacies of the Kishinev Pogrom. May–Dec. 2003 Luzzati. Feb.–Jul. 2003 Integrated and Distinct—Images of the Jews from Greece Gan Eden Hadash: A New Paradise—An Installation by Ilana 1880-1930. Sep.–Dec. 2003 Lilienthal. Mar.–Aug. 2003 Abraham Sutzkever. September–Dec. 2003 Jerusalem Above All My Joys: A Reproduction of a 15th-Century On Thin Ice: Jews in Salzburg. Sep.–Dec. 2003 Torah from Arles. Aug. 2003–Jan. 2004 As Seen By…Great American Jewish Photographers. Homelands: Baghdad-Jerusalem-New York, Sculpture of Oded Sep. 2003–Apr. 2004 Halahmy, A Retrospective. Aug. 2003–Jan. 2004 Here & Now: The Vision of the Jewish Labor Bund in Interwar Silver Linings: Cloisonne Enamel Judaica. By Marian Slepian. Poland. Oct. 2002–Mar. 2003 Sep. 2003–Jan. 2004 1933: The End of Enlightenment. Jan.–May 2003 Remembrance: Russian Post-Modern Nostalgia. ALIYA: Photographs of New Immigrants in Israel. Sep. 2003–Feb. 2004 Dec. 2003–Feb. 2004 Traders on the Sea Routes—12th-Century Trade Between East & Jewish Costumes in the Ottoman Empire. Mar.–May 2004 West. Sep. 2003–Oct. 2005 Alfred Kantor: An Artist’s Diary of the Holocaust. Mar.–Jun. 2004 Tsirl Waletzsky: Yerushe (Inheritance). Jan.–May 2004 Pernambuco/Brazil: Gateway to New York. Sep. 2004–Jan. 2005 Margalit Mannor: The Philistines are Coming (Photopleshet). Feb.–May 2004 Displaced Persons Camps: Rebuilding Culture and Community. Oct.–Nov. 2004 Vienna: Jews and the City of Music, 1870-1938. Feb.–Jun. 2004 The Family Singer. Nov. 2004–Oct. 2005 Janet Indick: A Joyful Noise. Feb.–Aug. 2004 Intriguing Women. Jul.–Nov. 2004 Archie Rand: Iconoclast. Feb.–Aug. 2004 Forgotten Jewish Artists: Treasures from the YIVO Library. Longing for the Sacred: Visual Memories of Destroyed Apr.–Nov. 2004 Synagogues, Felix Reisner and Greta Schreyer. May–Oct. 2004 Pioneers, Superstars and Journeymen: American Jewish Baseball David Moss: The Pueblo Portfolio. Sep.–Dec. 2004 Players, 1882–2004. Sep. 2004–Jan. 2005 The Magician: Sculpture by Benjamin Levy. Sep.–Dec. 2004 Salon Paintings of the Leo Baeck Institute. Dec. 2003–May 2004 Stern College: Five Decades, One Dream. Oct. 2004–Jan. 2005 Lawyers Without Rights, Jewish Lawyers in Germany after 1933 Assimilating America: The Life and Stories of Isaac Bashevis 2004–2005. Dec. 2004–Apr.2005 Singer. Nov. 2004–Jan. 2005 A Lifeline for Israel: The Hadassah Medical Organization, 1913- The Manchester Megillah: Moshe and Mechel Haffner. Jan.– Mar. 2005 1967. Jan.–Apr. 2005 Manhattan Mincha Map: Photographs by Jaime Permuth. Louis N. Levy Ladino and Rare Book Library Collection Jan.–Jun. 2005 Restoration Project. Feb.–Jun. 2005 Having Trouble to Pray: Drawings & Paintings by Moico Yaker. YIVO at 80: A Brief Encounter with Archives. Apr.–Sep. 2005 Jan.–Jun. 2005 Greetings from Home: 350 Years of American Jewish Life. Serif/Serafim, Out of Emptiness: Sculpture by Jeffrey Schrier. May–Sep. 2005 Feb.–May 2005 Starting Over: The Immigrant Experience of German Jews in The Jefferson Letter and the Truman Pen. Apr.–May 2005 America, 1830–1945. May–Nov. 2005 Printing the Talmud: From Bomberg to Schottenstein. A Jewish Wedding in Mogador: Illuminated Ketubot from Apr.–Aug. 2005 Morocco. Jul.–Oct. 2005 A Taste of the Past: The Daily Life and Cooking of a 19th-Century American Jewish Historical Society Hungarian Jewish Homemaker, Drawings by Andras Koerner. American Sephardi Federation Apr.–Sep. 2005 Leo Baeck Institute Four Centuries of Jewish Weddings. May–Oct. 2005 Yeshiva University Museum YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Memory Imprints: A Sculptural Installation by Tova Beck- Friedman. Jun.–Oct. 2005 Mining the Collection: New Acquisitions. Jul.–Oct. 2005

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Program Highlights January 2003-July 2005

CONFERENCES, PANELS, LECTURES The International Dimensions of Jüdische Wissenschaft at the Old Demons, New Debates. A Conference on the Revival of Anti- Seminaries in Breslau, Padua, and Alsace. 48th Annual Leo Baeck Semitism. Three-day conference featured such speakers as Simon Memorial Lecture; 150th Anniversary of the Rabbinical Seminary of Schama, Columbia University; Robert Wistrich, Hebrew University; Breslau. Dr. David Ellenson, President, Hebrew Union College-Insti- Alain Finkielkraut, Ecole Polytechnique; Anthony Julius, author and tute of Religion. attorney, U.K.; Hillel Halkin, author; Leon Wieseltier, Literary Editor of Jews, Calvinists, and Christians in 17th Century Dutch Brazil. The New Republic; and Martin Peretz, Editor-in-Chief of The New A lecture by Anita Novinsky, Historian, University of São Paulo. Republic. The Fullness of Time—Poems by Gershom Scholem. A reading by International Justice After Nuremburg: Should the U.S. Participate Richard Sieburth, translator of Scholem’s poems and professor of in the International Criminal Comparative Literature at New York Court? A lecture by Nicholas Ros- Blue Fringe, a popular Jewish University, followed by a conversa- tow, General Counsel, U.S. Mission rock band, performing original tion with editor and publisher Peter to the United Nations. Jewish songs, both in English and Cole. Ibis Editions. Hebrew, weaving Jewish themes The Zionist Revolution: Will It Con- into popular music. (below) In The Beginning: Where the Seeds tinue? YIVO Distinguished Lecture Young audience enjoying “An of Israel Take Root. Reading and dis- with Israeli writer A. B. Yehoshua. Evening of Live Music with Blue cussion with Francesca Cernia Slovin, Israel Through its Literature. YIVO Fringe.” Presented by Yeshiva author of In The Beginning, and Allan University Museum. July 20, 2005. Distinguished Lecture with Israeli Nadler, Drew University. writer Amos Oz. Coming of Age in the Shadow of a The Life and Culture of the Revolution. Book signing and discus- Salzburg Jews From the Middle sion: Journey from the Land of NO Ages to the Present. With Prof. with Roya Hakakian. Albert Lichtblau, University of The Schocken Book of Modern Salzburg, and Helga Embacher, Sephardic Literature. Contemporary exhibition curator. Multicultural Issues Focus of New Jerusalem of the North: Yiddish Anthology. Panel Discussion with edi- Montreal. Panelists explored the tors Ilan Stavans and Andre Acimon. history and Yiddish culture of the Yemenights: Judaism & Islam in Yemen. An evening of discussion Montreal Jewish community. Allan Nadler, Drew University; Brad and arts hosted by Prof. Ephraim Isaac, Director, Institute of Semit- Sabin Hill, YIVO; Rebecca Margolis, Concordia University, Montreal; ic Studies, Princeton. Co-sponsor YJFA Dr. Jack Jedwab, Institute for Canadian Studies, Montreal; Dr. Esther Delisle, Independent Scholar, Montreal. The Divorce Between Judaism and Christianity. Panel discussion with Professor Bruce D. Chilton, Professor of Religion, Bard Col- First Nusaf Vilna Memorial Lecture and Yizhor Service and Lecture. lege; Rabbi Jacob Neusner, Research Professor of Theology, Bard Prof. Samuel Kassow, Northam Professor of History, Trinity College. College; Rev. Donald Senior, President, Catholic Theological Union. The Poetry of Abraham Sutzkever, a 90th birthday celebration of Moderator: Prof. Susannah Heschel, Chair, Jewish Studies Program, pre-war Vilna Yiddish poet and literary figure. Ruth Wisse, Harvard Dartmouth College. Fordham University. University and David Rogov. Music by: Lorin Sklamberg, YIVO Latin American Art and Identity. Panel discussion with Ilan Sta- More Than a Life. Lecture with Author Richard Sonnenfeldt, Chief vans, Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Interpreter for the American Prosecution at the Nazi Trial in Culture, Amherst College; Rabbi Marcelo Bronstein, Congregation Nuremburg. B’nai Jeshurun. Moderator: Julián Zugazagoitia, Director, El Museo The Influence of Maimonides’s Life and Teachings for the 21st del Barrio. Century with speakers Rabbi Marc Angel, Senior Rabbi at Congre- Tenth Annual Dinner. The Leo Baeck Medal was awarded to Pro- gation Shearith Israel, and Dr. David Berger, Professor of History, fessor Fritz Stern by German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. Brooklyn College. Sports as a Metaphor for American Jewish History. Discussion Just and Unjust Wars: Catholic and Jewish Perspectives. Father with Professor Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Drew Christiansen, America Magazine, Suzanne Stone, Benjamin Jewish History, Yeshiva University. Cardozo School of Law, Joseph Becker, Vice-Chair, CJH. Buried by the Times: The Holocaust and America’s Most Impor- Reception for the opening of the exhibit, “Intriguing Women.” tant Newspaper. A lecture by author Laurel Leff, veteran journalist The Italian Jews and the State. In connection with the exhibition and professor of journalism. AJHS. "Giuseppe Emanuele Modigliani: A Life for Peace and Democracy." The Jewishness of New York Intellectuals. Panel discussion with Co-sponsor Centro Primo Levi Nathan Glazer, Harvard University; Norman Podhoretz, former edi- Vienna: Jews In and Out of the City of Music. With author and Bard tor of Commentary magazine; Ruth Wisse, Harvard University; College president, Leon Botstein; Lawrence Weschler, New York Edith Kurzweil, former editor of Partisan Review. University. Co-sponsor NYU

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(left) Wallace Shawn discusses the film Manufacturing Consent. (below left) Discussion following the American Premiere of Yitzchak Rubin’s film Murder for Life, moderated by Susan Necheles, Esq., Chair, New York Women’s Criminal Defense Group. Panelists: Barry Scheck, Esq., Co-director, The Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; and Hon. David Trager, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York. (right) Professors Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Alain Finkielkraut were among the “Old Demons/New Debates” YIVO conference participants.

Partisans of Vilna World premiere of DVD edition. Discussion with Aviva Kempner, filmmaker; Josh Waletzky, director; and former partisans Chaya Palevsky and Eta Wrobel. SYMPOSIA Isaac in America and The Cafeteria. Followed by discussion with Jews & Justice. Sponsored by the David Berg Foundation and CJH. Allan Nadler, Drew University. How Judaism Shaped Western Democracy. With panelists Fania-Oz Sulzberger, Haifa University; Edward Rothstein, My Song Goes ’Round the World. Film about Joseph Schmidt. New York Times; Rabbi David Elleson, Hebrew Union MUSIC AND THEATER College; Michael Walzer, Princeton University. Music Series sponsored by Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg and CJH Religious Controversy in the Presidential Campaign: — Maya Beiser’s Kinship Jewish Perspectives. With Al Vorspan, Senior VP for Social — Hip Hop Khasene Justice at Union of Reform Judaism; J.J. Goldberg, Editor- — Klezmer En Buenos Aires—Lerner Moguilevsky Dúo in-Chief, Forward; William Rapfogel, Executive Director and Hoppla, Such is Life! Theater and music in roaring Twenties Berlin. CEO, Metropolitan Council on Poverty; Hannah Rosenthal, Elysium-Between Two Continents. Executive Director Jewish Council on Public Affairs. Religion, Responsibilities and Relations: Responses to Vienna: Jews and the City of Music concerts. Mel Gibson’s The Passion. With Paula Fredriksen, Boston — Hugo Kauder Memorial Concert. With Norman Dee (flute) University; Rabbi Eugene Korn, Sister Mary Boys, Union and Josephine Chan Yung (piano). Theological Seminary. — The Cantor as Composer: Treasures of Viennese Liturgical Music. The International Court of Justice and Israel’s Fence: The Cantor as Composer: Treasures of Viennese Liturgical Music. Just Politics or Justice. With Ruth Teitel, NYC Law School; Richard Gladstone, International Court of Justice. Celebrating 350 Years of Jewish Life in America: A Tribute to George and Ira Gershwin. Co-sponsored by the Sholom Aleichem Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy of Foundation. Modernity. Symposium with Gershon David Hundert, McGill Universi- ty; Elisheva Carlebach, Queens College/CUNY; Allan Nadler, Drew Bloomsday—Joyce-lite: The Jewish Side. Melding theater and University; David G. Roskies, Jewish Theological Seminary of America. literature. With Kathleen Chalfant, Rufus Collins, Jerry Matz, and others. Directed by Alan Adelson; written by James Joyce. Russian Arts Festival. Gallery talk by guest curator and festival Co-sponsors: Jewish Heritage Project and CJH. producer Alexandre Gertsman. Participants include Russian artists, filmmakers, writers, musicians and art historians. Marc Blitzstein: Rallying With a Note. Leonard Lehrman, compos- er/performer and Helene Williams, singer. Hosted by musical FILM commentator Robert Sherman. Sholom Aleichem Foundation. MONDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES. A discussion followed each film. The series Included such films as: Lens on French and Belgian Kinderszenen: Scenes from Childhood. Robin Hirsch’s perform- Jewry Anti-semitism: A History of Hatred Lens on ance cycle, Mosaics: Fragments of a Jewish Life. Latin-American Jewry Watermarks Z’vi: A New Electro-Acoustic Opera. By Richard Teitbaum. Berga: Soldiers of Another War. American GIs trapped in the Richard Teitelbaum, keyboards; Adrienne Cooper and Cantor tragedy of the Holocaust. Screening and discussion with Berga Jacob Ben Zion Mendelson, vocals; Omar Faruk Tekbilek, ney, per- survivors. Grace Guggenheim, producer; and Roger Cohen, foreign cussion, zurna, vocals; David Krakauer, clarinet and bass clarinet; editor of The New York Times. Zafer Tawil, oud, violin, and percussion. The Jews of Amsterdam: A Great Community in a Small Country, Hazzanut: The Music of the Southern German Tradition. Cantor with Philo Bregstein, director, screenwriter, editor; Dr. Salvador Erik L.F.Contzius, Temple Israel, New Rochelle and Cantor Bruce Bloemgarten, author; and Dr. Dienke Hondius, author, historian, Halev, Congregation Habonim. Co-sponsor LBI. sociologist. In collaboration with the Anne Frank Center, New York Lieder, Tchotchkes, and a Melodrama. Co-sponsored by Mannes and the National Center for Jewish Film, Brandeis University. College of Music. 8th International Sephardic Film Festival: Sephardic Crossings. American Jewish Historical Society 9th International Sephardic Jewish Film Festival: American Sephardi Federation Roots and Origins. Leo Baeck Institute Yeshiva University Museum YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

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Hebrew Orphan Asylum Outing to Coney Island, New York. Summer, 1925. Hyman Bogen Collection. American Jewish Historical Society. Philanthropic Giving at the Center for Jewish History

We are pleased to have this opportunity to publicly express our gratitude – We have been welcoming the New York legal and lay communities to our many contributors. The Center for Jewish History is the creation to academic presentations that explore the confluence of of a historic cooperative endeavor undertaken by the leadership of our Jewish identity, Judaism and the law in a series entitled Jews partners with the generous support of philanthropists throughout the and Justice, made possible by a grant from the David Berg United States and the world. From its inception, the Center has attract- Foundation; ed farsighted philanthropists. It is thanks to these foundations and – The entire community benefits from generous support for vital individuals that the Center is positioned to offer exceptional educational Center programming, provided by the Antiqua Foundation; and opportunities to engage the next generation of Jewish historians and – The Monday Night Film Series, which presents films on varied diverse cultural offerings to enlighten discriminating audiences: themes, followed by discussions with relevant speakers, has been made possible by The Sam Spiegal Foundation. – Doctoral candidates in Jewish studies are conducting research in the Center’s Lillian Goldman Reading Room as part of our Fel- The value of these grants to the enrichment of Jewish life, and lowship Program, a beneficiary of grants from the Estate of the benefits for all those who attend or participate in these programs, is Sophie Bookhalter, M.D., and The Frederick P. and Sandra P. immeasurable. We deeply appreciate our generous supporters who Rose Foundation; helped in the creation of this groundbreaking institution and who are – High school students, beginning in July 2003, have had the oppor- now helping to sustain it. tunity to do family history research at the Center as part of a The challenge before us now is to fund current services one-of-a-kind Jewish identity-building educational program, and future programming. We welcome and encourage your most thanks to the Samberg Family Foundation; generous support.

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FOUNDERS: $1,000,000 and greater The David Geffen Foundation (left) Shalom Sciaky, military papers S. Daniel Abraham, Dr. Edward L. Georgica Advisors LLC for Greek army service, circa late Steinberg—Healthy Foods of William B. Ginsberg 1920’s. Moshe Sciaky private America, LLC Nathan and Louise Goldsmith Anonymous Foundation collection. Courtesy of the American Antiqua Foundation Jack B. Grubman Sephardi Federation. (below) Scrap Emily and Len Blavatnik Fanya Gottesfeld Heller depicting a Sukkot procession, Estate of Sophie Bookhalter, M.D. Susan and Roger Hertog USA, early 20th century. Paper: Borough of Manhattan—C. Virginia Institute of Museum and Library printed, embossed. Yeshiva Fields, Manhattan Borough Services President Joan L. Jacobson University Museum. Leo and Julia Forchheimer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kagan Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust Leah and Michael Karfunkel Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Sima and Nathan Katz and Family Katherine and Clifford H. Goldsmith Barclay Knapp The Jesselson Family Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Kravis The Kresge Foundation Constance and Harvey Krueger Ronald S. Lauder Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Barbara and Ira A. Lipman and Sons Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Lee New York City Council—Gifford Miller, Leon Levy Speaker; Eva Moskowitz; Christine George L. Lindemann Quinn; David Weprin The Marcus Foundation New York City Department of Cultural Mark Family Foundation Affairs Craig and Susan McCaw Foundation New York State—George E. Pataki, Leo and Betty Melamed Governor Edward and Sandra Meyer Foundation New York State Assembly—Sheldon Del and Beatrice P. Mintz Family Silver, Speaker Charitable Foundation New York State Education Department, Ruth and Theodore N. Mirvis Library Aid Program New York State Senate - Roy M. Ronald O. Perelman Goodman Betty and Walter L. Popper Nusach Vilne, Inc. Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. Susan and Alan Patricof Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert—The Anne and Martin Peretz Chase Manhattan Corporation Keren Ruth Foundation Carol F. and Joseph H. Reich Caren and Arturo Constantiner Ann and Marcus Rosenberg Judith and Burton P. Resnick Credit Suisse First Boston The Slovin Family The Marc Rich Foundation The Nathan Cummings Foundation The Smart Family Foundation Righteous Persons Foundation— Ella Cwik-Lidsky Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Steven Spielberg Ide and David Dangoor United States House of Representatives Stephen Rosenberg—Greystone & Co. Esther and Robert Davidoff – Jerrold Nadler; Nita Lowey; Louise and Gabriel Rosenfeld, Harriet Anthony DeFelice—Willis Carolyn B. Maloney and Steven Passerman The Philip Devon Family Foundation United States Senate – Charles E. Dr. and Mrs. Lindsay A. Rosenwald Bernice and Donald Drapkin Schumer; Hillary Rodham Clinton; The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund E. M. Warburg, Pincus & Co., LLC Arlen Specter S. H. and Helen R. Scheuer Family New York State Assembly— Henry, Kamran and Frederick The Winnick Family Foundation Foundation Deborah J. Glick Elghanayan Frederic M. Seegal Arleen and Robert S. Rifkind Martin I. Elias SPONSORS $500,000–$999,000 The Selz Foundation Mrs. Frederick P. Rose Gail and Alfred Engelberg Stanley I. Batkin The Sheldon H. Solow Foundation May and Samuel Rudin Family Claire and Joseph H. Flom Joan and Joseph F. Cullman 3rd David and Cindy Stone—Freedman Foundation, Inc. Forest Electric Corporation Diane and Mark Goldman & Stone Law Firm Save America’s Treasures Michael Fuchs The Gottesman Fund Robynn N. and Robert M. Sussman I. B. Spitz David Gerber and Carolyn Korsmeyer The Gruss Lipper Foundation Helene and Morris Talansky Sharon and Fred Stein Robert T. and Linda W. Goad The Samberg Family Foundation Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Judy and Michael Steinhardt Goldman, Sachs & Co. The Skirball Foundation Dr. Samuel D. Waksal Jane and Stuart Weitzman Rebecca and Laurence Grafstein Tisch Family Foundation Frances and Laurence A. Weinstein Daphna and Richard Ziman Eugene and Emily Grant Family Theodore and Renee Weiler Foundation Genevieve and Justin Wyner Foundation Barbara and Roy J. Zuckerberg GUARDIANS $10,000–$49,999 Cliff Greenberg PATRONS $100,000–$499,999 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Aarons Emanuel Gruss William and Karen Ackman BUILDERS $50,000–$99,999 Mr. and Mrs. Merv Adelson Lorelei and Benjamin Hammerman Anonymous Joseph Alexander Foundation Arthur S. Ainsberg James Harmon Judy and Ronald Baron Dwayne O. Andreas—Archer Daniels Marjorie and Norman E. Alexander Ellen and David S. Hirsch Jayne and Harvey Beker Midland Foundation Anonymous Ada and Jim Horwich Robert M. Beren Foundation Anonymous Marcia and Eugene Applebaum HSBC Bank USA The David Berg Foundation Beate and Joseph D. Becker Bank of America Paul T. Jones II Tracey and Bruce Berkowitz Anthony S. 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Reich CONTRIBUTORS $1,000–$9,999 Edith C. Blum Foundation, Inc. Foundation Bessy L. Pupko Arthur N. Abbey Louis H. Blumengarten Brian J. Feltzin R & J Construction Corporation Abbott Glass Co., Inc. Adam Blumenthal and Lynn Feasley Samuel Field Family Foundation Anna and Martin J. Rabinowitz Jack Abraham David and Karen Blumenthal Dr. and Mrs. Martin J. Fine James and Susan Ratner Philanthropic Kenneth S. Abramowitz Andrew M. Boas Coleman L. Finkel Fund Eve Abrams Bologna Turismo Tony Fiorino Anita and Yale Roe Lawrence D. Ackman Mr. and Mrs. Milton C. Borenstein Jeffrey D. Fisher The Family of Edward and Doris Adco Electrical Corporation David Braunschvig Mark B. Fisher Rosenthal Ethel & Philip Adelman Charitable Aaron Braunstein Flack & Kurtz Consulting Engineers, LLP Jack and Elizabeth Rosenthal Foundation, Inc. Breeze National Inc. Fleet Bank, N.A. Sharen Nancy Rozen Aetna Casualty and Surety Company Dr. and Mrs. Egon Brenner FNZ Foundation Inc. 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Maher Dermatology Ralph J. Shapiro Steven Kotler Maier Foundation, Inc. Samuel S. Perelson Mr. and Mrs. David Shulman Elliot Kracko Leo Mallah Pfizer, Inc. Joel Siegel Dolores Kreisman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mann Mr. and Mrs. Harold Platt Marilyn J. Siegel Barbara Zinn Krieger Massey Knakal Realty Services, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Pomerantz Seth M. Siegel Robert Krulak Mr. and Mrs. Clay Mathile Mr. and Mrs. Lee Harris Pomeroy Scott N. Silbert The Krumholz Foundation Mayrich Construction Corp. Ruth W. Popkin R. G. S. Silten Mr. and Mrs. Zave Kubersky McNally & McNally, Inc. Port Morris Tile and Marble Corp. Jack S. Silver

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Rhonda Silver Anna, Clara, Liese, Margarete, Irving I. Silverman Therese and Leonore Moss, Klara and Larry A. Silverstein six sisters from a prominent German- Sirina Fire Protection Jewish family. One of their brothers, Sisterhood of Janina Todd J. Slotkin the publisher and entrepreneur David P. Solomon Rudolf Mosse, founded the leading Richard H. Solomon liberal newspaper, Berliner Tageblatt, Manfred Sondheimer 1891, Berlin. Leo Baeck Institute. The Sonkin Family Foundation Michael Sonnenfeldt and Katja Goldman Nat and Rosalie Sorkin Spectrum Cabinet Sales Corp. Herbert M. Stein Judy and Edward L. Steinberg Mr. and Mrs. Morton M. Steinberg Reuven Steinberg Josh Steiner and Antoinette Delruelle Vera Stern Audrey F. Steuer Stillman & Friedman, P.C. The Maxwell Strawbridge Charitable Trust Stephen Stulman Sunbeam Products, Inc. Alan N. Sussman T. R. Ricotta Electric, Inc. Nicki N. Tanner Center Volunteers Dr. and Mrs. Robert Tartell Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Tauber Teman Electrical Contracting, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Tenzer and Docents Testwell Craig Laboratories, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Thornton as of September, 2005 Mr. and Mrs. David Tropper Paul Tryon Mr. and Mrs. Mark I. Tsesarsky Wendy Almeleh Esther Newman Seymour Ulan and Evalyn Rintel Elaine Averick Betty Nicholson Union for Traditional Judaism Anne-Marie Belinfante Felice Olenick Unity Electric Margot Berman Esther Oriol Universal Builders Supply, Inc. Bernice Birnbaum Barry Pearce Mr. and Mrs. John Van Doren Francine Brown Louis Perlmutter Vernico Plumbing Corporation Esther Brownstein Selma Perlstein Henry J. Voremberg Max Brownstein Sheila Pianin Devora Wagenberg Igor Bychkov Judy Rappaport Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. Waller Shirley Cohen Jerry Rodman Professor and Mrs. Michael Walzer Julie Deluty Shulamith Rones Warshaw Burstein Cohen Stan Distenfeld Joan Rosenblatt Schlesinger & Kuh Stewart Driller Bonnie Rosenstock Matthew and Pamela Weinberg Pat Eagen Elsa Rubinstein Robert M. Weintraub Elliot Eisenbach Harvey Safran Joseph B. Weintrop Judith Eisner Toby Sanchez Norbert Weissberg Oksana Fedorko Claudia Schellenberg Mr. and Mrs. George Weissman Arnold Feldman Irving Schnider Howard S. Welinsky Selma Flash Leona Schwab Jann Wenner Esther Fleishman Howard Sedlitz Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wertenteil Jane Foss Beatrice Segev Mr. and Mrs. Josh Weston Goldie A. Gold Ethan Shapiro Lilyan Wilder Samuel Gorell Stella Shapiro Judith Wilf Thelma Gussow Chana Sharfstein Beth and Leonard A. Wilf Jackie Handel Claire Silverstein The Robert I. Wishnick Foundation Anne Hecht Maxine Spiegel Michael and Devera Witkin Sifrah Hollander Irving N. Stein Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wohl June Hony Doris Strimber Charles B. Wolf Robert Isabella Lillian Tessler Wolf, Block, Schorr & Ernest G. Kahn Marilyn Tuck Solis-Cohen Helaine Kamenoff Nancy Usdan Wolkow Braker Roofing Corp. Walter Karger Patricia Wald Woodwork Construction Co. Judith Kerker June Walzer Harold Woolley and Susan Esther Kraman Benita Watterworth Abanor Dorothy Kreiselman Roberta Weiner Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Wornick Susan Krone Gerald Weiss Peter A. Wright Clara Lato Matthew Wolsk Mildred Zagelbaum Marilyn Leiman Roz Zeitchik Bruce Zenkel Elisabeth Levi-Senigaglia *Paula Zieselman Lois Zenkel Stanley Lieber David Zilkha Danielle Mor Richard Zimmerman Bette Neuman Howard Zipser Donald Zucker

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Financial Statements Year ended December 31, 2004

The Center’s books and records are audited annually by Gettry MarcusStern& Lehrer, CPAs. To request a copy of the most recent audited financial statements and auditor’s report, call 212-294-8301 or write The Center for Jewish History, Finance Department, 15 West 16 Street, New York, NY 10011.

Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2004 and 2003 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR YEAR ENDED 2004 ASSETS 2004 2003

SOURCES/2004 USES/2004 Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 1,281,941 $ 4,409,703 Pledges Receivable: Net 5,994,564 7,314,463 Accounts Receivable 85,795 54,587 Grants Receivable 98,936 291,034 Construction Contract Reimbursement Receivable 2,842,000 -0- Beneficial Interest in Lead Trust 339,646 466,647 Beneficial Interest In Remainder Trust 314,960 302,200 Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets 527,235 251,479 Inventory: Gift Shop 14,479 22,846 Interest Receivable 214,150 221,863 G 47% Government Grants G 51% Building Operation (b) Due from Member Organizations 427,000 483,000 G 38% Private Sector G 16% Fundraising Investments 16,096,128 18,835,388 Contributions G 11% Administration G 7% Partner Operating G 22% Programming (c) Property and Equipment: Net 47,048,230 44,959,136 Contributions Unamortized Bond Financing Costs 1,158,137 1,201,817 G 6% Investment Income G 2% Miscellaneous Income (a) Total Assets $ 76,443,201 $ 78,814,163

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR YEAR ENDED 2003

LIABILITIES SOURCES/2003 USES/2003 Accounts Payable 1,371,211 1,494,555 Capitalized Leases Payable 49,168 138,307 Deferred Grant Income 187,000 -0- Bonds Payable: New York City Industrial Development Agency 33,100,000 33,400,000

Total Liabilities $ 34,707,379 $ 35,032,862

NET ASSETS G 22% Government Grants G 55% Building Operation (b) G 59% Private Sector G 17% Fundraising Unrestricted 36,925,667 38,814,931 Contributions G 13% Administration Temporarily Restricted 790,218 1,232,223 G 7% Partner Operating G 15% Programming (c) Permanently Restricted 4,019,937 3,734,147 Contributions G 11% Investment Income G 1% Miscellaneous Income (a) Total Net Assets $ 41,735,822 $ 43,781,301

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 76,443,201 $ 78,814,163

(a) Miscellaneous Income relates to Café sales, outside rentals and book store sales. (b) Building Operation includes the costs to operate the facility (i.e., utilities, maintenance and engineering). It also includes services to the constituent groups (i.e., technology, preservation and conservation of collections, and security). Interest expense and plant depreciation are also included. (c) Programming is done primarily by the constituent groups. CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY

Statement of Activities Year Ended December 31, 2004

TEMPORARILY PERMANENTLY UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL

SUPPORT Public Support: Foundations and Corporations $ 365,278 $ 118,858 $ 200,000 $ 684,136 Individuals 888,825 306,360 85, 790 1,280,975 Grants 587,804 100,000 687,804 Construction Contract Reimbursement Income 2,842,000 2,842,000 Annual Fundraising Dinner 816,012 816,012 Facility Services Income 500,000 500,000

Total 5,999,919 525,218 285,790 6,810,927 Reduction in Provision for Uncollectible Pledges 62,820 -0- -0- 62,820

Net Support 6,062,739 525,218 285,790 6,873,747

OTHER REVENUES Dividends and Interest 981,078 981,078 Net Realized and Unrealized Losses on Securities ( 513,033) ( 513,033 ) Gift Shop and Café Sales 170,652 170,652 Gift Shop and Café Cost of Sales ( 180,941) ( 180,941 ) Other Revenues 155,792 155,792

Total Other Revenues 613,548 -0- -0- 613,548

Net Assets Released from Restrictions 967,223 (967,223) -0- -0-

Total Support, Other Revenues, and Reclassifications 7,643,510 (442,005) 285,790 7,487,295

EXPENSES Functional Expenses: Administration 1,090,871 1,090,871 Fundraising 1,538,383 1,538,383 Building Operation 4,823,821 4,823,821 Program Expenses 2,079,699 2,079,699

Total Functional Expenses 9,532,774 -0- -0- 9,532,774

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets ( 1,889,264)) ( 442,005 285,790 ( 2,045,479 ) Net Assets at Beginning of Year 38,814,931 1,232,223 3,734,147 43,781,301

Net Assets at End of Year $ 36,925,667 $ 790,218 $ 4,019,937 $ 41,735,822 CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY Governance

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