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American Jewish Historical Society Fall 2005 $2.50 PRESIDENTIAL DINNER 'CRADLED IN JUDEA' EXHIBITION CHANUKAH AMERICAN STYLE BOSTON OPENS 350TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT FROM THE ARCHIVES: NEW YORK SECTION, NCJW NEW JEWISH BASEBALL DISCOVERIES TO OUR DONORS The American Jewish Historical Society gratefully STEVEN PLOTNICK HENRY FRIESS JACK OLSHANSKY ARNOLD J. RABINOR KARL FRISCH KATHE OPPENHEIMER acknowledges the generosity of our members and TOBY & JEROME RAPPOPORT ROBERTA FRISSELL JOAN & STEVE ORNSTEIN donors. Our mission to collect, preserve and disseminate JEFF ROBINS PHILLIP FYMAN REYNOLD PARIS ROBERT N. ROSEN DR. MICHAEL GILLMAN MITCHELL PEARL the record of the American Jewish experience would LIEF ROSENBLATT RABBI STEVEN GLAZER MICHAEL PERETZ be impossible without your commitment and support. DORIS ROSENTHAL MILTON GLICKSMAN HAROLD PERLMUTTER WALTER ROTH GARY GLUCKOW PHILLIP ZINMAN FOUNDATION ELLEN R. 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FISHBEIN MYRA MUSICANT MARK ZAID MARTIN OPPENHEIMER MICHAEL FRANK LISA OLEINICK ALAN ZELMAN THE LIST REPRESENTS DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN APRIL 15, 2004 AND SEPTEMBER 15, 2005. IF YOU ARE AWARE OF ANY OMISSIONS OR ERRORS PLEASE CONTACT THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AT (212) 294-6164. LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Friends, We have just completed one of the most exciting seasons in the Historical Society’s proud history. In September, we co-hosted the National Dinner marking the close of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Jewish settlement in America. In this issue of Heritage, we have printed some of the Dinner’s proceedings, featuring President George W. Bush’s address to the American Jewish community. Also in September, we closed our monumental exhibition in New York on the American Jewish experience from 1654 to the present and opened a second such exhibition in Boston. And, we presented Ed Koch, the former mayor of New York, with our distin- IN THIS ISSUE guished Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award. Then, like you, we took some time to look back during the holidays and reflect on the year . Now, recharged, we look 2 Cradled in Judea forward to Chanukah and the calendar year ahead. 2006 will be an ambitious year for AJHS. This month, we are producing our 4 The Angel of Ellis Island second set of cards memorializing American Jews who have played major league baseball, as well as some Jewish baseball pioneers such as broadcaster Mel Allen 5 From Our Archives and female stars. We’ve also discovered some players who are Jewish who were not included in the original set, such as Hall of Fame player-manager Lou 6 Presidential Dinner Boudreau. In January 2006, we will close the Boston exhibition and open ‘Cradled in 16 Chanukah American Style Judea’: Jewish Orphanages in New York City, 1860 – 1960, at the Center for Jewish History in New York. We will continue our series of lectures and pro- 20 Boston Opens 350th grams; continue to serve scholars by making archival collections and books avail- Anniversary Exhibit able to them; expand our websites; answer thousands of reference questions for students