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Philadelphia Native Leads Effort on New Coffee Table Book That Preserves 100 Years of Jewish History

Philadelphia Native Leads Effort on New Coffee Table Book That Preserves 100 Years of Jewish History

Why I May Finally Buy a Jewish Coffee Table Book

Why I May Finally Buy a Jewish Coffee Table Book

Executive Director of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Jonathan Brent

Executive Director of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Jonathan Brent

Anne Frank Exhibition Offering Free Admission to Public Workers, First Responders

Anne Frank Exhibition Offering Free Admission to Public Workers, First Responders

He wrote the book on American Jewish history. Stepping back from teaching, Jonathan Sarna says he has plenty of chapters still to go.

He wrote the book on American Jewish history. Stepping back from teaching, Jonathan Sarna says he has plenty of chapters still to go.

‘100 Objects From the Collections of the YIVO Institute’ Review: Jewish History in Artifacts

‘100 Objects From the Collections of the YIVO Institute’ Review: Jewish History in Artifacts

Identity, Empathy, Living History

Identity, Empathy, Living History

Like a Kid in a Candy Store: Inside YIVO’S Archives with the Jewish History Dream Team

Like a Kid in a Candy Store: Inside YIVO’S Archives with the Jewish History Dream Team

Exhibit Celebrates 10 Years of Spanish Citizenship Law For Sephardic Jews

Exhibit Celebrates 10 Years of Spanish Citizenship Law For Sephardic Jews

100 Years Collecting Jewish History, 24 Million Artifacts and Only 3 Rooms to Fit it in

100 Years Collecting Jewish History, 24 Million Artifacts and Only 3 Rooms to Fit it in

Otto Frank’s Refugee File, a Rothschild Talmud and a Menorah Bong Tell the Story of the Jewish Past — and Future

Otto Frank’s Refugee File, a Rothschild Talmud and a Menorah Bong Tell the Story of the Jewish Past — and Future

Leo Baeck Institute: 70 Years Honoring German-Jewish Culture

Leo Baeck Institute: 70 Years Honoring German-Jewish Culture

The History of the Jews – Told Through 100 Objects

The History of the Jews – Told Through 100 Objects

10,000 Free Copies of ‘the Diary of Anne Frank’ Will Be Distributed to New Yorkers This Summer

10,000 Free Copies of ‘the Diary of Anne Frank’ Will Be Distributed to New Yorkers This Summer

New York City Commemorates Anne Frank’s 96th Birthday With Citywide Book Giveaway

New York City Commemorates Anne Frank’s 96th Birthday With Citywide Book Giveaway

A New Page in the Diary of Anne Frank

A New Page in the Diary of Anne Frank

‘Anne Frank the Exhibition' to Distribute 10,000 Free Copies of Frank's Diary

‘Anne Frank the Exhibition' to Distribute 10,000 Free Copies of Frank's Diary

Month-long Celebration of Sephardi Culture Debuts in NYC

Month-long Celebration of Sephardi Culture Debuts in NYC

Sephardic Jewish Film Festival in NYC to Feature Array of Movies Celebrating Culture, Tradition, History

Sephardic Jewish Film Festival in NYC to Feature Array of Movies Celebrating Culture, Tradition, History

NYC’s First-ever Month-long Celebration of Sephardic Jewish Culture is Now Underway

NYC’s First-ever Month-long Celebration of Sephardic Jewish Culture is Now Underway

Inside the Archive Preserving Jewish History

Inside the Archive Preserving Jewish History

Panel Says: Calm Down, Love the Ivy League

Panel Says: Calm Down, Love the Ivy League

Amid Surge in Antisemitism, Scholars Debate the Future of Jewish Students at Elite Schools

Amid Surge in Antisemitism, Scholars Debate the Future of Jewish Students at Elite Schools

At Campus Symposium, Jewish Panelists Push Back as Billionaire Bill Ackman Defends Trump’s Feud With Harvard

At Campus Symposium, Jewish Panelists Push Back as Billionaire Bill Ackman Defends Trump’s Feud With Harvard

Ackman Headlining NYC Talk on Jews and Colleges Divides Scholars

Ackman Headlining NYC Talk on Jews and Colleges Divides Scholars

Jewish Creators and Scholars Headline Motor City Comic Con This Weekend

Jewish Creators and Scholars Headline Motor City Comic Con This Weekend

Anne Frank Exhibit in New York City Brings Home Lessons of the Holocaust

Anne Frank Exhibit in New York City Brings Home Lessons of the Holocaust

Free DNA Kits for Holocaust Survivors and their Family Members

Free DNA Kits for Holocaust Survivors and their Family Members

These Irreplaceable Yiddish Artifacts Would Have Been Lost to History If They Weren’t Evacuated to New York After World War II

These Irreplaceable Yiddish Artifacts Would Have Been Lost to History If They Weren’t Evacuated to New York After World War II

Crisis on Campus: Antisemitism, Belonging, and the Unraveling of a Historic Relationship

Crisis on Campus: Antisemitism, Belonging, and the Unraveling of a Historic Relationship

50 Years After the End of the Vietnam War, Meet an Iconic but Unknown Jewish Activist

50 Years After the End of the Vietnam War, Meet an Iconic but Unknown Jewish Activist

At 100, YIVO Aims to Be More Global

At 100, YIVO Aims to Be More Global

Helen Keller’s Remarkable Jewish Connection

Helen Keller’s Remarkable Jewish Connection

Exhibit Takes Visitors Inside the Annex Where Anne Frank Lived

Exhibit Takes Visitors Inside the Annex Where Anne Frank Lived

How the Yiddish Writer Chaim Grade’s Last Novel Was Rescued From the Archives, and Wrestled Into Print

How the Yiddish Writer Chaim Grade’s Last Novel Was Rescued From the Archives, and Wrestled Into Print

100 Years After Its Founding, Can a Yiddish Institute Serve a People Who Don’t Speak the Language?

100 Years After Its Founding, Can a Yiddish Institute Serve a People Who Don’t Speak the Language?

Dirty Jokes and Sacred Texts: YIVO Marks 100 Years of Preserving Yiddish Culture

Dirty Jokes and Sacred Texts: YIVO Marks 100 Years of Preserving Yiddish Culture

7 Jewish Historical Treasures From YIVO’s Vast Collection in New York

7 Jewish Historical Treasures From YIVO’s Vast Collection in New York

Helen Keller’s Voice, Captured on a Rare Recording, Rings Out Once More

Helen Keller’s Voice, Captured on a Rare Recording, Rings Out Once More

Queen Maxima Was 'Very Approachable' at Anne Frank Exhibit in N.Y.C., Holocaust Survivor Says

Queen Maxima Was 'Very Approachable' at Anne Frank Exhibit in N.Y.C., Holocaust Survivor Says

A Discovery of Lost Pages Brings to Light a ‘Last Great Yiddish Novel

A Discovery of Lost Pages Brings to Light a ‘Last Great Yiddish Novel

Finding a Sephardic Jewish Community Changed My World

Finding a Sephardic Jewish Community Changed My World

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"Anne Frank the Exhibition" Extends Stay Through October in Response to Overwhelming Demand

Tickets Sold Out Through March for First Full-Scale Replica of Anne Frank’s Hidden Annex in NYC

Tickets Sold Out Through March for First Full-Scale Replica of Anne Frank’s Hidden Annex in NYC

Press Releases

June 24, 2025

The Center for Jewish History Announces 2025–2026 Fellows, Spotlighting a Growing Scholarly Ecosystem at Its Institute for Advanced Research

June 10, 2025

Anne Frank The Exhibition Visits East Harlem and Union Square to Launch Citywide Initiative to Distribute 10K Free Copies of Anne Frank’s Diary, Offer “Free Fridays” to Commemorate Her Birthday

May 22, 2025

Center for Jewish History Statement on Tragic Shooting at the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

May 05, 2025

Crisis on Campus: Antisemitism, Belonging, and the Unraveling of a Historic Relationship

February 11, 2025

Anne Frank The Exhibition Extended Through October 31, 2025 Due to Popular Demand

January 27, 2025

World Premier of Anne Frank The Exhibition Opens Today in New York City for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 21, 2025

Ancestry® and the Center for Jewish History Announce Partnership to Preserve & Share Holocaust Stories for Future Generations

January 06, 2025

The Center for Jewish History Selected to Join Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Digital Accelerator Program

October 16, 2024

Groundbreaking NYC Exhibition Set to Premier a Full-Scale Recreation of Anne Frank’s Annex for the First Time

October 07, 2024

Center for Jewish History Statement Marking One Year Since October 7 Attack

October 01, 2024

Center for Jewish History Launches Urgent New Exhibition: Between Antisemitism and Activism: The Jewish University Experience in Historical Perspective

September 09, 2024

Center for Jewish History Announces New Chair of Academic Advisory Council Launch New Institute for Advanced Israel Studies