HAVEN

Prelude

• Abraham ben Samuel Zacuto (ca. 1450-ca. 1515). Tabule tabularum celestium. Leira: Samuel Dortas, 1496. John B. Thatcher Collection. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (1)
• Bible. Psalms. 1516. Psalterium[Hebrew, Greek, Arabic, etc.]. Genoa: 1516. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (2)
• Abraham Farissol (ca. 1451-ca. 1525). Igeret orhot 'olam. Venice: 1586. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (3)
• Pierre Moreau (fl. 1651-1652). Klare en waarachtige beschryving van de leste beroerten en afval der Portugezen in Brasil. . . . [History of the Latest Troubles in Brazil between the Dutch and Portuguese . . .]. Amsterdam: J. Hendriksz, 1652. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (4B)

"To Bigotry, No Sanction"

• Moses Seixas (1744-1809) to George Washington (1732-1799) Manuscript letter, August 17, 1790. George Washington Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (5)
• George Washington (1732-1799) to Moses Seixas (1744-1809). Letterbook copy in the hand of Washington's secretary, 1790. Page 2 George Washington Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (6A)
• Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) to Jacob De La Motta (1789-1845). Manuscript letter, September 1, 1820. Thomas Jefferson Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (8)
• Jacob De La Motta (1789-1845). Discourse, Delivered at the Consecration of the Synagogue of the Hebrew Congregation. Savannah: Russell & Edes, 1820. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (8A)
• William G.D. Worthington. Speech on the Maryland Test Act 1824 . Baltimore, 1824: Printed by W. Wooddy. General Collections, Library of Congress (9)
• H.M. Brackenridge (1786-1871). Speeches on the Jew Bill in the House of Delegates of Maryland by H.M. Brackenridge, Col. W.G.D. Worthington, and John S. Tyson, Esquire. Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1829. General Collections, Library of Congress (10)

Making a Community

• Francis Maerschalck (d. 1776). A Plan of the City of New York from an Actual Survey, anno Domini M{D}CCLV. New York: G. Duyckink, 1755. Enlarged version Engraved map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (11)
• "Bay Psalm Book" [The Whole Booke of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre]. Page 2 - Page 3 Cambridge, Massachusetts: Stephen Daye, 1640. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (12)
• Dutch-English Torah Scroll, late seventeenth-early eighteenth century. Parchment scroll with wooden staves. Moldovan Family Collection. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (13)
• Haim Isaac Karigal (1729-1777). A Sermon Preached at the Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, Called "The Salvation of Israel. . . ." (May 28, 1773). Newport, Rhode Island: S. Southwick, translated by Abraham Lopez, 1773. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (14)
• J. Simon. Torah Ark Lintel (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, mid-eighteenth century). Wood. Courtesy of the American Jewish Historical Society, New York and Newton Centre, Massachusetts (15)
• Gomez family etrog holder, ca. eighteenth century. Silver. Courtesy of the American Jewish Historical Society, New York and Newton Centre, Massachusetts (16)
• Charles Blaskowitz. A Plan of the Town of Newport. London: William Faden, 1777. Enlarged version Hand-colored engraved map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (17)
• Old Jewish Synagogue [Touro Synagogue], Newport, Rhode Island, ca. 1910. Postcard. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (18)
• Seixas Family circumcision set and trunk, ca. eighteenth century. Wooden box covered in cow hide with silver implements: silver trays, clip, pointer, silver flask, spice vessel. Courtesy of the American Jewish Historical Society, New York and Newton Centre, Massachusetts (19)
• Gershom Mendes Seixas (1745-1816). A Discourse, Delivered in the Synagogue in New York, on the Ninth of May, 1798: Observed as a Day of Humiliation, &c. &c., Conformably to a Recommendation of the President of the United States of America. Page 2 New York: William A. Davis & Co., 1798. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (20)
• Myer Myers (1723-1795). Silver rimonim [Torah finials], (New York, mid-eighteenth century). Silver and brass with parcel gilding. Courtesy of Touro Synagogue Congregation Jeshuat Israel, Newport, Rhode Island (21)
• Judah Monis (1683-1764). Dikdook Leshon Gnebreet [A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue]. Boston: Jonas Green, 1735. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (22)
• Haym Salomon's [1740-1785] Ketubah [Jewish marriage certificate], July 6, 1777. Hand-colored document. Courtesy of the American Jewish Historical Society, New York and Newton Centre, Massachusetts (23)
• American School, New York. Abigail Franks(1696-1756), ca. 1740. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the American Jewish Historical Society, New York and Newton Centre, Massachusetts (24)
• Abigail Franks (1696-1756) to Naphtali Franks (1715-1796). Letter, June 7, 1743 [written from "Flatt bush"]. Courtesy of the American Jewish Historical Society, New York and Newton Centre, Massachusetts (25)
• Biblia Hebraica [Bible. O. T. Hebrew]. Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1814. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (26)
• American School. Uriah Levy (1792-1862), ca. 1815. Oil painting. Courtesy of the American Jewish Historical Society, New York and Newton Centre, Massachusetts (27)
• Ketubah (marriage certificate), 1819. Ink, pencil, and watercolor on parchment. Courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Center Museum Collection, Los Angeles. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Daniel in honor of the seventy-fifth Birthday of Mr. Bernard Gordon (28)
• John Rubens Smith (1770-1840). Jews Synagogue in Charleston[Beth Elohim], ca. 1812. Pencil drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (29)
• Solomon Nunes Carvalho (1815-1894). Kahal Kadosh: Interior of Beth Elohim Synagogue, Charleston, South Carolina, ca. 1838. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, Charleston, South Carolina, the birthplace of Reform Judaism in America (30)
• C. N. Drie. Bird's Eye View of the City of Charleston, South Carolina, 1872. Enlarged version Color lithograph map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (31)
• Penina Moise (1797-1880). Fancy's Sketch Book. Charleston, South Carolina: J.S. Burges, 1833. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (32)
• Isaac Harby (1788-1828) to James Monroe (1758-1831). Manuscript letter, May 13, 1816. Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (33)
• Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) to Mordecai M. Noah (1785-1851). Manuscript letter, May 28, 1818. Thomas Jefferson Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (34)
• Mordecai M. Noah. Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States, in the Years 1813-14 and 15. New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1819. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (35)
• Mordecai M. Noah. Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews, Delivered at the Tabernacle, October 28 and December 2, 1844. Page 2 New York: Harpers & Brothers, 1845. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (37)
• "Mordecai M. Noah, of no. 57, Franklin-Street . . . ." Woodcut with letter-press broadside, June 20, 1828. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (38)

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A Century of Migration, 1820-1924

• Tefilah mi-kol ha-shanah: Minhah Ketanah [Prayers of the Entire Year: Minor Offering]. Fürth: Zurndorffer & Sommer, 1842. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (40)
• Emma Lazarus (1849-1887). "The New Colossus" [titled "Sonnet" in notebook], 1883. Manuscript poem, bound in journal. Courtesy of the American Jewish Historical Society, New York and Newton Centre, Massachusetts (41)
• Deed of Gift for the Statue of Liberty. Document with watercolor, July 4, 1884. Enlarged version Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (44)
• Invitation to the inauguration of the Statue of Liberty by the President(Grover Cleveland), Oct 28, 1886. Printed invitation engraved with gold seal and lithograph of statue. William Maxwell Evarts Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (45)
• Irving Berlin (1888-1989) and Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor," from Miss Liberty, 1949. Piano vocal score. Irving Berlin Collection. Music Division, Library of Congress (48)
• Solomon Smulewitz (1868-1943) and J.M. Rumshisky (1879-1956). "Zei gebensht Du Freie Land" [Long Live the Land of the Free]. New York: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1911. Sheet music cover. Music Division, Library of Congress (50)
• Leo Rosenberg (1879-1963) and M. Rubinstein. "Leben Zol Amerika" [Long Live America]. New York: A. Tores, n.d. Sheet music cover. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (51)
• A Happy New Year. Hebrew Publishing Company, between 1900 and 1920. Offset color lithograph postcard. Alfred and Elizabeth Bendiner Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (52)
• Charles Chambers (1883-1941). Food Will Win the War--You Came Here Seeking Freedom, Now You Must Help Preserve It. . . . New York: Rusling Wood, Litho., 1917. Color lithograph poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (53)
• The Jewish Immigrant. Vol. 2, no. 1. (January 1909). Page 2 New York: Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, 1909. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (54)
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• William Allen Rogers (1854-1931). The Jewish Quarter, Boston. Published in Harpers, 1899. Graphite drawing with wash. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (56)
• Lewis Hine (1874-1940). Waiting for the "Forwards" - Jewish paper at 1 A.M. New York, March 1913. Gelatin silver print from "Street Trades" photographic album. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (58)
• Bain News Service. Bodies from Washington Place Fire, March 25, 1911. Gelatin silver print. George Grantham Bain Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (59)
• "148 Perished in Fire," Oklahoma State Capital (March 26, 1911). Newspaper front page. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (61)
• David Meyrowitz (1867-1943) and Louis Gilrod (1879-1930). Die Fire Korbunes [The Fire Victims]. New York: Theodore Lohr Co., 1911. Sheet music cover. Irene Heskes Collection. Music Division, Library of Congress (62)
• Lola [Leon Israel]. Der Groyser Kundes [The Big Stick]. Vol. 3, no. 14 (April 7, 1911). New York: Jewish Publishing and Advertising Co., 1911. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (63)
• Albert Potter (1903-1937). Eastside New York, between 1931 and 1935. Woodcut print. Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (67)
• Konstitushon fun di Fereynigte Shtaten und Deklereyshon of Indipendens [Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence]. New York: Sarasohn and Son, Pub., 1892. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (72)
• Hirsh Vand (b.1847). Der Englisher Tolmatsh. Warsaw: Gebruder Shuldberg, 1891. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (73)
• Alexander Harkavy (1863-1939). Harkavy's Amerikanisher Briefenshteler [Harkavy's American Letter Writer]. New York: Hebrew Publishing Co., 1902. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (74)
• Moise S. Gadol (1874-1941). Libro de Embezar, The Book to Learn How to Speak, Read and Write from Spanish-Jewish Language in English and Yiddish. New York: 1937. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (75A)
• J.H. Donahey (1875-1949). Cleveland, Many Peoples, One language. Color poster, 1917. Courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Center Museum Collection, Los Angeles (77)
• Free classes in English!: Learn to Speak, Read & Write the Language of Your Children. New York City: Federal Art Project, 1936-1941. Silkscreen poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (84)
• David Meyrowitz (1867-1943) and Louis Gilrod (1879-1930). A Boychik Up-to-Date. New York: Theodore Lohr, n.d. Sheet music cover. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (78)
• Julius Schwarz. Report of Mr. Julius Schwarz on the Colony of Russian Refugees at Cotopaxi, Colorado . . . 1882. New York: Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society of the United States, [1882]. General Collections, Library of Congress (81)
• Rabbi Freudenthal. Torah Binder (wimpel). Trinidad, Colorado, July 1889 (made in honor of Gilbert Sanders birth). Paint on linen, with silk thread edging. Courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Center Museum Collection, Los Angeles (81A)
• Solomon Smulewitz (1868-1943) and J.M. Rumshisky (1879-1956). A Brievele dem Taten [A little letter to my father]. New York: Hebrew Publishing Co., 1911. Sheet music cover. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (82)
• Cecilia Razovsky (1891-1968). Vos Yede Froy Darf Visen Vegen Birgershaft, What Every Woman Should Know about Citizenship. New York: Department of Immigrant Aid, National Council of Jewish Women, 1926. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (86)
• Hinde Amchanitzki. Lehr-bukh vi azoy tsu kokhen un baken [Textbook on How to Cook and Bake]. Page 2 - Page 3 New York: ca. 1901. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (88)
• Clifford Odets (1906-1963). Awake and Sing. Federal Theatre, New York City. Offset lithograph poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection. Music Division, Library of Congress (92)
• Philip Roth (b. 1939). Typed manuscript with emendations, published as Patrimony: A True Story(1996). Page 2 Philip Roth Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (55)
• Harry Houdini (1874-1926). Passport application, no.13451, July 25, 1913. Enlarged version Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (95)
• Die Bible oder Die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments. New York: Amerikanische Bibel-Gesellschaft, 1892. Fly-leaf and first page of the Bible of Rabbi Samuel Weiss (1829-1892), father of Harry Houdini. McManus-Young Collection. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (96)
• Harry Houdini with his mother Cecilia Steiner Weiss (d. 1913), Rochester, New York and "My Two Sweethearts" [Houdini with his wife and mother]. Gelatin silver prints, ca. 1907. McManus-Young Collection. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (97, 97A)
• Robert Kastor. Albert Einstein, January 21, 1922. Pen and ink on paper. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (98)
• Albert Einstein (1879-1955). "Declaration of Intention" to become a U.S. citizen, January 15, 1936. Typescript document and passport photograph. Courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration Northeast Region, New York (99)
• Al Aumuller. America Gains a Famous Citizen (Albert Einstein), October 1, 1940. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (100)
• Albert Einstein. "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper," November 1943. Holograph essay. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (101)
• Hannah Arendt (1906-1975). Affidavit of Identity in Lieu of Passport, January 18, 1949. Page 2 Typescript with stamps, emendations, and photo. Hannah Arendt Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (103)
• Hannah Arendt . "Introduction to the Third Edition" [Corrected draft of The Origins of Totalitarianism], 1966. Typescript with author's alterations. Hannah Arendt Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (104)

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Confronting Challenges

• David Einhorn (1809-1879). The Rev. Dr. M.J Raphall's Bible View of Slavery. New York: Thalmessinger, Cahn and Benedicks, printers, 1861. General Collections, Library of Congress (105)
• Morris J. Raphall (1798-1868). Bible View of Slavery: A Discourse, Delivered at the Jewish Synagogue, B'nai Jeshurun, New York, on the Day of the National Fast, January 4, 1861. New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1861. General Collections, Library of Congress (106)
• St. Louis Bné B'rith to Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Manuscript letter, January 5, 1863. Abraham Lincoln Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (108)
• Board of Delegates of American Israelites "Resolutions" to Abraham Lincoln, January 8, 1863. Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 Manuscript document. Abraham Lincoln Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (109)
• Abraham Lincoln. Note rescinding Order No. 11. Holograph note. Abraham Lincoln Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (110)
• Attributed to Jesse Whitehurst. Judah Benjamin, ca. 1861. Salted paper print. Gift of Janos Novomeszky. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (111)
• Two Dollar Bill of the Confederate States of America picturing Judah Benjamin. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (112)
• Five Hundred Dollar Bond, Confederate States of America. Authorized by an Act of Congress, C.S.A., August 18, 1861. Printed sheet with coupons. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (113)
• Eugenia Phillips (1819-1902). [Journal kept August 23, 1861-September 26, 1861]. Diary page, August 28, 1861. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (115)
• M.J Michelbacher (1811-1879). A Sermon Delivered on the Day of Prayer, Recommended by the President of the C.S. of A., the 27th of March 1863, at the German Hebrew Synagogue, "Bayth Ahabah," by the Rev. M.J. Michelbacher. Richmond: Macfarlane & Fergusson, 1863. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (116)
• Isaac Levy to his sister Leonora Levy. Holograph letter, April 24, 1864. Amy Hart Stewart Papers. Courtesy of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati (117)
• Isaac Leeser (1806-1868) to Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Holograph letter, August 21, 1862. Page 2 - Page 3 Abraham Lincoln Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (118)
• I. Goldman. Isaac Leeser, 1868. Tinted lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (239)
• Alfred Mordecai (1804-1887) to his brother. Holograph letter, March 17, 1861 (Watervliet Arsenal). Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 Alfred Mordecai Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (118A)
• "Resignation of Major Mordecai." Mounted newspaper clippings. Alfred Mordecai Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (118B)
• David Urbansky (1843-1897). Medal of Honor presented by the Congress to David Orbanski [sic] for Gallantry at Shiloh and Vicksburg. Reverse side Medal with ribbon. Courtesy of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati (120)
• Calligraphed certificate for David Urbansky. Courtesy of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati (121)
• David Urbansky. Service record. Page 2 Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (122)
• James Albert Wales (1852-1886). "The Slaves of the Jews" in Judge. Vol. 3, no. 59 (December 9, 1882). Chromolithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (124)
• Little Giant. Jew Jokes. Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook Company, 1908. Dime Novel Collection. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (127)
• Leo Frank(1884-1915), August 26, 1913. Gelatin silver print with picture editor's marks. New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (128)
• [Lynching of Leo Frank, Marietta, Georgia]; August 17, 1915. Postcard, gelatin silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (129)
• Stephen Wise (1874-1949) to Henry Morgenthau, Sr., (1856-1946). Typescript letter, September 3, 1915. Page 2 - Page 3 Henry Morgenthau Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (131)
• International Jew, the World's Foremost Problem, Being a Reprint of a Series of Articles Appearing in the Dearborn Independent from May 22 to October 2, 1920. Dearborn, Michigan: The Dearborn Publishing Co., 1920. General Collections, Library of Congress (135)
• "Jewish Jazz - Moron Music - Becomes our National Music--the Story of Popular Song Control in the United States," Dearborn Independent, August 6, 1921. General Collections, Library of Congress (133)
• David Louis Meckler (1891-?). Der Emes Vegen Henri Ford [The Truth about Henry Ford]. New York: 1924. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (134)
• Bill Mauldin (1921-2003). For that Extra Tangy Taste. Published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 26, 1958. Ink, crayon, and white out over pencil on layered paper. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (140)
• Frédéric Brenner. Citizens Protesting Anti-Semitic Acts Billings, Montana, 1994. Panoramic photograph, gelatin silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. © Frédéric Brenner, Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (141A)

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In the Public Sphere

• Myer S. Isaacs (1841-1904) to Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Holograph letter, October 26, 1864. Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 Abraham Lincoln Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (143)
• Isachar Zacharie (1827-1900) to Abraham Lincoln. Holograph letter, November 3, 1864. Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 Abraham Lincoln Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (144)
• Emil Flohri (1869-1938). Stop Your Cruel Oppression of the Jews, 1904. Chromolithograph. Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (145)
• "Kishineff" Petition, 1903. Wood case with bound manuscript petition. Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (146)
• Homer Davenport (1867-1912). The Crime of the New Century, 1903. Pen and ink drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (148)
• Herman S. Shapiro. "Kishinev shekhita, elegie" [Kishinev Massacre Elegy]. New York: Asna Goldberg, 1904. Irene Heskes Collection. Music Division, Library of Congress (149)
• Emma Goldman (1869-1940) to Margaret Sanger (1879-1966). Typescript letter, December 7, 1915. Page 2 Margaret Sanger Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (150)
• Harry Kalmanowitz. Geburth Kontrol, oder, Rassen zelbstmord [Birth Control or Race Suicide], 1916. Playscript, cast page. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (151)
• Samuel B. Grossman. Di Flikhten fun a froy in geburt kontrol [A Woman's Duty in Birth Control: A Drama in Four Acts]. Chicago, 1916. Copy of playscript title page. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (152)
• Ben Shahn (1898-1969). For All These Rights We've Just Begun to Fight, CIO Political Action Committee, 1946. Color lithograph poster. Courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Center Museum Collection, Los Angeles (164)
• This Woman's Place is in the House--The House of Representatives! Bella Abzug for Congress, between 1971 and 1976. Offset lithograph poster. Yanker Poster Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (166)
• Political memorabilia ["Jewish Vote"], ca. 1970s-2000. Assembled by and courtesy of the HUC Skirball Center Cultural Museum Collection, Los Angeles (167A)
• Political memorabilia related to current members of Congress [as of opening date of this exhibit, September 9, 2004]. Page 2 Assembled by and courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Museum Collection, Los Angeles (167)

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War and Its Aftermath

• Share: Jewish Relief Campaign. Brooklyn: Sackett & Wilhelms Corporation, 1917. Color lithograph poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (154)
• Anti-Nazis Hold Demonstration, Madison Square Garden, New York City, March 15, 1937. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (158)
• Giant Mass Meeting sponsored by the Trade Union Council and New York City Committee of the Jewish People, September 18, 1941. Page 2 Broadside. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (159)
• J. Gershon Tolochko. "Scroll Honoring the United Nations; Special V-Day Services," Temple Oheb Sholom, Goldsboro, North Carolina, [1945]. Hand-colored mimeo type. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (169)
• Hebrew Prayers for Roosevelt and Churchill, ca. 1942. Plaque with hand-drawn flags with manuscript prayers. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (170)
• Samuel Sidney Silverman (1895-1968) to Stephen S. Wise (1874-1949). "HAVE RECEIVED THROUGH FOREIGN OFFICE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM RIEGNER." Telegram, August 29, 1942. Courtesy of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati (171)
• State Department to Stephen Wise, February 9, 1943. Typescript letter signed by Sumner Welles. Courtesy of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati (173)
• Earl G. Harrison (1899-1955). Report, [on a] Mission to Europe to Inquire into the Condition [of] the Displaced Persons. . . . Washington, 1945. National Council of Jewish Women Collection. Additional page Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (174)
• President Harry S Truman (1884-1972) to Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969). Typescript letter (enclosed with Harrison Report), August 31, 1945. Courtesy of the Truman Library, National Archives and Records Administration, Independence, Missouri (175)
• She'arit ha-Pley'tah: An Extensive List of Survivors of Nazi Tyranny.. . . Munich: Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Bavaria, 1946. Additional page Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (177)
• Musaf le-Hagadah shel Pesah [Passover Seder Service: Deutsches Theatre Restaurant]. Munich: April 15-16, 1946. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (178)
• Talmud Berakhot [The Survivors Talmud, Vol. 1]. Munich-Heidelberg: United States Army, 1948. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (180)

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Zion and America

• Hebrew Lotto game. Warsaw: ca. 1900. Wood with paper game pieces. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (181)
• Jewish National Fund certificate in honor of Sophie Tucker. Printed certificate. Courtesy of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati (182)
• Harry S Truman, revised draft of the official recognition of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948. Typescript memo with holograph signature and emendations. Courtesy of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri (183)
• United Nations Resolution on the Partition of Palestine. Typescript form. Emanuel Celler Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (183A)
• Jacob Voorsanger (1852-1908). Zionism. Open Letters written by Reverend Dr. Jacob Voorsanger of San Francisco, Calif., to Honorable Simon Wolf, of Washington, D.C., 1903-1904. San Francisco: Lippman Printing Co., 1904. General Collections, Library of Congress (183B)
• Raphael Baer Raphael. She'elat Ha-Yehudim [The Jewish Question]. Newark: Ephraim Deinard, 1893. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (183C)
• Harris & Ewing. Louis D. Brandeis. Gelatin silver print, between 1900 and 1930. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (242A)
• Louis D. Brandeis. Zionism and Patriotism. New York: Federation of American Zionists, 1918. General Collections, Library of Congress (243)
• United Jewish Appeal. Their Fight is Our Fight. New York: Fodor, ca. 1940s. Offset lithograph poster. Courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Center Museum Collection, Los Angeles. Museum Purchase with Project Americana Acquisition Fund (165)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) to his parents Jennie and Samuel. Holograph letter (sent from Tel Aviv), October 15, 1948. Page 2 Leonard Bernstein Collection. Music Division, Library of Congress (185A)
• [Concert given with members of the Israeli Philharmonic for the armed forces in Beersheba, Israel], November 20, 1948. Gelatin silver print. Leonard Bernstein Collection. Music Division, Library of Congress (185B)
• [Leonard Bernsteinin rehearsal], Israel, 1948. Gelatin silver print. Leonard Bernstein Collection. Music Division, Library of Congress (185C)
• Saul Bass (1920-1996). Exodus, 1961. Color offset lithograph poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (252)

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At Home in America

• Moses H. Henry, artist and scribe. Mizrach Omer Calender, Cincinnati, 1850. Ink on paper. Courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Center Museum Collection, Los Angeles. Gift of Mrs. Jacob Goldsmith (187)
• The Order of Prayer for the Divine Service [Temple Emanu-El]. New York: 1886. Embossed cover. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (188)
• Henry Schile, artist. From the Rising Unto the Setting Sun the Lord's Name is to be Praised. New York: H. Schile, between 1870 and 1880. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (189)
• Isaac M. Wise (1819-1900). The Cosmic God: A Fundamental Philosophy in Popular Lectures. Cincinnati: Office American Israelite and Deborah, 1876. General Collections, Library of Congress (190)
• Isaac M. Wise (1819-1900). Minhag Amerika [The Divine Service of American Israelites for the New Year]. Cincinnati: Bloch, 1866. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (191)
• Banquet in honor of the Delegates to the Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, July 11, 1883. Printed menu with decorative border. Courtesy of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati (192)
• Congregation Rodef Scholem Wall Plaque, with New York State Certificate of Incorporation, May 26, 1900. Manuscript with ink and watercolor. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (193)
• James Van Der Zee (1886-1983). Black Jews, Harlem, 1929, printed ca. 1974. Gelatin silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (194)
• Receipt for President Ulysses Grant's (1822-1885) contribution to Washington Synagogue Adas Israel. Receipt, July 10, 1876. Ulysses S. Grant Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (196)
• Griffith Morgan Hopkins. "Northwest" from A Complete Set of Survey and Plats of Properties in the City of Washington, District of Columbia /compiled and drawn from official records and actual surveys; published by the author and proprietor G.M. Hopkins. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, ca. 1887. Printed map with watercolor. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (197)
• Moritz Goldstein. Kol Zimroh: A Hymn Book for Temples and Sabbath Schools, and Adapted for Choirs and Congregational Singing. Cincinnati, Ohio: M. Goldstein, 1885. Printed hymnal. Music Division, Library of Congress (201)
• Songs of Zion: Souvenir of the Jewish Women's Congress, 1893. National Council of Jewish Women Collection. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (200A)
• Otto Lob. Israelitsche tempel-gesänge [Songs for Divine Service of Israelites]. Chicago, Illinois: E. Rubovits, 1876. Printed hymnal. Music Division, Library of Congress (201A)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). "Yigdal: A Round for Jewish Voices." Holograph score. Leonard Bernstein Collection. Music Division, Library of Congress (201B)
• Broadbent & Co. Rebecca Gratz, between 1853 and 1869. Salted paper print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (202)
• Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869) to Elizabeth Gist Blair. Manuscript letter, June 20, 1861. Blair Family Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (203)
• The Teachers' and Parents' Assistant or Thirteen Lessons Conveying to Uninformed Minds the First Ideas of God and His Attributes/by an American Jewess. Philadelphia: C. Sherman, Printer, April 8th 5605 [1845]. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (204)
• Draft Resolution establishing the National Council of Jewish Women, September 7, 1893. Manuscript document. Hannah G. Solomon Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (204A)
• Hannah Solomon and her daughter Helen S. Levy and granddaughter Frances Levy Angel. Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1918. P hotographic postcard. Hannah G. Solomon Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (204B)
• Louis Kurz (1833-1921). Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. Milwaukee: American Oleograph Co, 1876. Lithograph certificate. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (205)
• Academy of Music Purim Association, Fancy Dress Ball, March 15, 1881. New York: Mayer, Merkel, & Ottman Lithograph, 1881. Color lithograph. Courtesy of the American Jewish Historical Society and Newton Centre, Massachusetts (206)
• World's Columbian Exposition 1893 Compliments of the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum. Proceedings of the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society. New York: Stettiner, Lambert, & Co., 1893. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (207)
• Joseph Magrill. Golden Book of the Orthodox Jewish Home for the Aged. Cincinnati, 1914. Manuscript book, painted title page. Courtesy of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati (209)
• Service for the Two First Nights of the Passover in English and Hebrew, First American Edition. New York: Solomon Jackson, 1837. Gift from Mr. and Mrs. Liener Temerlin. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (211)
• William Berkson and Annie Oshinsky's Ketubah[marriage certificate]. January 24, 1897. Document with seal. Courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Center Museum Collection, Los Angeles. Gift of Willyne Bower and Saretta Berkson Cohen (212)
• Mrs. Esther Levy. "Cosher Butcher" advertisement in Jewish Cookery Book. Philadelphia: W.S. Turner, 1871. Katherine Bitting Collection. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (213)
• Haggadah: Passover Seder Service, Compliments of Maxwell House Coffee, Good to the Last Drop, Kosher for Passover. S.L., General Foods, 1939. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (215)
• Goldberg Family Haggadah. Page from photocopied booklet with emendations. Arthur Goldberg Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (215A)
• Seder guest list, 1961. Arthur Goldberg Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (215B)
• The Journey Continues: The Ma'yan Passover Haggadah [Hagadat Pesah shel Ma'yan]. New York: Ma'yan, the Jewish Women's Project, 2000. General Collections, Library of Congress (215C)
• Ba'Tampte Idishe Ma'cholim: Tempting Kosher Dishes, Third Edition. Cincinnati: B. Manischweitz Co., 1930. Page 2 Book with chromolithograph illustrations. General Collections, Library of Congress (216)
• Scouring Powder. Brooklyn, NY: Rokeach & Sons, 1912. Tin can with printed label. Courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Center Museum Collection, Los Angeles. Gift of Peachy and Mark Levy (217)
• Queen Esther brand crate label. Color printed label. Courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Center Museum Collection, Los Angeles. Museum Purchase with funds provided by the Lee Kalsman Project Americana Acquisition Fund (219a)
• Let Me Make One Thing Perfectly Clear. Mogen David Pure Cherry Wine poster, ca. 1970s. Courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Center Museum Collection, Los Angeles. Gift of Grace Cohen Grossman (220)
• Robert Gage. Kosher le-Pesah [Kosher for Passover]. In the best Passover Tradition! Goodman's Passover matzos square, ca. 1963. Color offset lithographic poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (221)
• Howard Zieff (b. 1927). You Don't Have to Be Jewish to Love Levy's Real Jewish Rye. New York: Levy's, 1967. Color offset lithograph poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (222)
• Jozef Kroger. Thalia Theatre. New York: Josef Kroger, 1897. Color offset lithographic poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (68)
• David Pinski (1872-1959). The Federal Theatre Presents "The Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper:" A Comedy by David Pinski with Music. Chicago: Cross & Banta, between 1936 and 1941. Offset lithograph poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection. Music Division, Library of Congress (90)
• David Pinski. A Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper. Costume design, watercolor and pencil on paper. Federal Theatre Project Collection. Music Division, Library of Congress (91)
• Torah Personalities Trading Cards. U.S.A.: Torah Personalities Inc., 1988. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (225)
• Jewish Major Leaguers Baseball Cards. New York: American Jewish Historical Society, by Fleer SkyBox International LP and Jewish Major Leaguers, Inc., 2003. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (226)
• Mendy and the Golem. Vol. 1, no. 1, July 1981. New York, N.Y.: Mendy Enterprises, 1981. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (228)
• Dr. Seuss [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (1904-1991). Di Kats der Payats [The Cat in the Hat]. New York: Twenty-Fourth Street Books, LLC, translated by Sholem Berger, 2003 (in Yiddish and English). Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (229)
• Heeb: The New Jew Review. No. 2, summer 2002. Brooklyn, New York.: Heeb Magazine Inc., 2002. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (253A)

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• Irving Berlin (1888-1989). "God Bless America." Holograph lyrics. Irving Berlin Collection. Music Division, Library of Congress (231A) Copyright 1938, 1939 by Irving Berlin Copyright renewed 1965, 1966 by Irving Berlin Copyright assigned to Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr., Anne Phipps Sidamon-Eristoff, and Theodore R. Jackson as Trustees of the God Bless America Fund. International copyright secured. All rights reserved.
• Manfred Anson (b. 1922). Statue of Liberty Hanukkah Lamp. New Jersey, design 1985, fabrication 2004. Cast brass. Gift of Dr. Aaron J. Feingold in loving memory of his father Saul Feingold; and Peachy and Mark Levy. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (234)
• Isidore Konti (1862-1938). 250th anniversary commemorative medal. Bronze cast medal [1905]. Reverse side Courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Center Museum Collection, Los Angeles. Gift of Helen D. Golden (235)
• Nancy Dryfoos (b. 1937). 300th anniversary commemorative medal, 1954. Reverse side Bronze cast medal. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (236)
• Dana Krinsky (b. 1969). 350th anniversary commemorative medal, 2004. Reverse side Bronze cast medal. Gift of Mel Wacks. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (237A)

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