Neme Alperstein commented on discussion Radio Station WEVD and the Sounds of Jewish New York
American Jewish Experience
Created Wednesday, November 13 2024, 20:54 UTC
Radio Station WEVD and the Sounds of Jewish New York
Treasures from The David and Ina Shiff WEVD Music Collection at NYPL
A recent article from the Jewish Telegraph Agency recounts how the New York Public Library acquired a ‘treasure trove’ of Jewish and Yiddish music after being hidden in a cantor’s basement in Yonkers for 40 years.
Sheet music, manuscripts and orchestral arrangements for close to 4,000 musical works — including cantorial music, Hasidic melodies, Yiddish theater, klezmer and opera — that were performed live on the radio station WEVD between 1927 and 1995 are now part of NYPL’s Dorot Jewish Division
At the NYPL’s main branch on Wednesday, November 13 at 7:00 pm there will be a live musical performance and a panel conversation to celebrate the Library’s acquisition of rare sheet music and manuscripts from the legendary New York radio station WEVD.
Tickets for “WEVD and the Sounds of Jewish New York” are sold out but the event will be live-streamed here.
How fortunate we are to have access to the WEVD Music Collection which contributes to the understanding of Jewish and Yiddish music history in the United States and which allows us to reflect on the importance of preserving such cultural artifacts.
Margaret Lincoln created discussion Radio Station WEVD and the Sounds of Jewish New York
American Jewish Experience
Created Wednesday, November 13 2024, 04:49 UTC
Treasures from The David and Ina Shiff WEVD Music Collection at NYPL
A recent article from the Jewish Telegraph Agency recounts how the New York Public Library acquired a ‘treasure trove’ of Jewish and Yiddish music after being hidden in a cantor’s basement in Yonkers for 40 years.
Sheet music, manuscripts and orchestral arrangements for close to 4,000 musical works — including cantorial music, Hasidic melodies, Yiddish theater, klezmer and opera — that were performed live on the radio station WEVD between 1927 and 1995 are now part of NYPL’s Dorot Jewish Division
At the NYPL’s main branch on Wednesday, November 13 at 7:00 pm there will be a live musical performance and a panel conversation to celebrate the Library’s acquisition of rare sheet music and manuscripts from the legendary New York radio station WEVD.
Tickets for “WEVD and the Sounds of Jewish New York” are sold out but the event will be live-streamed here.
How fortunate we are to have access to the WEVD Music Collection which contributes to the understanding of Jewish and Yiddish music history in the United States and which allows us to reflect on the importance of preserving such cultural artifacts.
American Jewish Experience
Created Sunday, November 03 2024, 02:20 UTC
Echoes & Reflections (the Holocaust education organization) presents "A Mysterious Photo Album with a New Lens on Kristallnacht" on November 4, 2024. at 3:00 PM (ET).
This webinar for teachers explores how an old album, containing photos from the Kristallnacht Pogrom, was found and kept by a Jewish soldier who served in the US Army in Germany during WWII.
Registration is available here for the webinar led by Sheryl Ochayon, Echoes & Reflections Project Director for Yad Vashem's International Institute for Holocaust Education. The album was donated to Yad Vashem in 2022.
Nearly a year before the outbreak of World War II, between 9-10 November 1938, German and Austrian mobs looted, torched and vandalized many Jewish-owned shops, businesses and homes. In just a few hours some 1400 synagogues were set ablaze and destroyed. Jewish citizens were viciously attacked and publicly humiliated. 30,000 Jewish men were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. The November Pogrom called Kristallnacht ("Crystal Night" or "Night of the Broken Glass" claimed the lives of 92 Jews.
Additional primary source newspaper articles on Kristallnacht are available through the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's project History Unfolded.
American Jewish Experience
Created Wednesday, October 23 2024, 15:43 UTC
Echoes & Reflections and Anti-Defamation League (ADL) will offer a powerful conversation between Holocaust survivor Renate Zelovic and her granddaughter, Ariel Behrman, ADL's Director of Education Programs and Products on the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass).
For the first time, Renate will publicly share her memories of Kristallnacht, her experience in a Jewish orphanage and her evacuation from Germany to England on a Kindertransport. The Q&A format will allow educators and students the chance to hear Renate's story firsthand.
The webinar takes place on November 7, 2024 at 1:00 PM (ET) with registration available here.
Cheryl Davis commented on album Observing the holiday of Sukkot
American Jewish Experience
Created Thursday, October 17 2024, 21:44 UTC
Margaret Lincoln
- This is a wonderful variety of images to teach and learn from - thank you!
Observing the holiday of Sukkot
In 2024, the Jewish holiday of Sukkot begins at sundown on Wednesday, October 16 and ends at sundown on Friday, October 25. Sukkot is known as the “Festival of Tabernacles” and the “Feast of Booths.” It is one of Judaism’s three central pilgrimage festivals, along with Passover and Shavuot. Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is named after the booths or huts (sukkot in Hebrew) in which Jews are supposed to dwell during this week-long celebration. The conclusion of Sukkot marks the beginning of the separate holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
Along with LOC resources for Sukkah or Sukkot, this album has been created to help us mark the observance of Sukkot in 2024.
Additional background material is available through these resources:
- Chabad.org Sukkot Reference Guide - 2024 (see special sections of stories, Kids’ activities, Crafts, Audio/Video, Recipes)
- My Jewish Learning Sukkot 2024 (includes section on Celebrating Sukkot without a Sukkah)
- Primary sources Sukkot (National Library of Israel for Educators)
- PJ Library Celebrating Sukkot 2024 (stories, activities, recipes)
As we approach Sukkot in 2024, it's crucial to remember the significance of this holiday in today's challenging political and social climate. Sukkot teaches us about the importance of community, gratitude, and resilience. How will you celebrate this year? Please feel free to share your resources both old & new and best wishes to all for a happy & healthy holiday! Chag Sameach!
Mary Johnson commented on album Observing the holiday of Sukkot
American Jewish Experience
Created Wednesday, October 16 2024, 09:03 UTC
Margaret Lincoln
, thank you for once again pulling together materials that help teachers both teach and learn about Judaism. Your Sukkot collection is an excellent example of albums in the TPS Teachers Network useful not only for a specific holiday but for teaching about world religions in general. I was not familiar with the exhibition at the Library called From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America. One section in particular - A Century of Immigration, 1820-1924 - could enrich any study of immigration that is typically taught in nearly all U.S. schools.
Observing the holiday of Sukkot
In 2024, the Jewish holiday of Sukkot begins at sundown on Wednesday, October 16 and ends at sundown on Friday, October 25. Sukkot is known as the “Festival of Tabernacles” and the “Feast of Booths.” It is one of Judaism’s three central pilgrimage festivals, along with Passover and Shavuot. Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is named after the booths or huts (sukkot in Hebrew) in which Jews are supposed to dwell during this week-long celebration. The conclusion of Sukkot marks the beginning of the separate holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
Along with LOC resources for Sukkah or Sukkot, this album has been created to help us mark the observance of Sukkot in 2024.
Additional background material is available through these resources:
- Chabad.org Sukkot Reference Guide - 2024 (see special sections of stories, Kids’ activities, Crafts, Audio/Video, Recipes)
- My Jewish Learning Sukkot 2024 (includes section on Celebrating Sukkot without a Sukkah)
- Primary sources Sukkot (National Library of Israel for Educators)
- PJ Library Celebrating Sukkot 2024 (stories, activities, recipes)
As we approach Sukkot in 2024, it's crucial to remember the significance of this holiday in today's challenging political and social climate. Sukkot teaches us about the importance of community, gratitude, and resilience. How will you celebrate this year? Please feel free to share your resources both old & new and best wishes to all for a happy & healthy holiday! Chag Sameach!
Margaret Lincoln created a new Video, Sukot Medley with Micha Gamerman (Official Animation Video)
American Jewish Experience
Created Wednesday, October 16 2024, 01:28 UTC
In 2024, the Jewish holiday of Sukkot begins at sundown on Wednesday, October 16 and ends at sundown on Friday, October 25. Sukkot is known as the “Festival of Tabernacles” and the “Feast of Booths.” It is one of Judaism’s three central pilgrimage festivals, along with Passover and Shavuot. Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is named after the booths or huts (sukkot in Hebrew) in which Jews are supposed to dwell during this week-long celebration. The conclusion of Sukkot marks the beginning of the separate holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
Along with LOC resources for Sukkah or Sukkot, this album has been created to help us mark the observance of Sukkot in 2024.
Additional background material is available through these resources:
- Chabad.org Sukkot Reference Guide - 2024 (see special sections of stories, Kids’ activities, Crafts, Audio/Video, Recipes)
- My Jewish Learning Sukkot 2024 (includes section on Celebrating Sukkot without a Sukkah)
- Primary sources Sukkot (National Library of Israel for Educators)
- PJ Library Celebrating Sukkot 2024 (stories, activities, recipes)
As we approach Sukkot in 2024, it's crucial to remember the significance of this holiday in today's challenging political and social climate. Sukkot teaches us about the importance of community, gratitude, and resilience. How will you celebrate this year? Please feel free to share your resources both old & new and best wishes to all for a happy & healthy holiday! Chag Sameach!
Margaret Lincoln created image Observing the holiday of Sukkot
American Jewish Experience
Created Wednesday, October 16 2024, 00:39 UTC
This picture by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim depicts a Jewish family celebrating the festival of Sukkot (Tabernacles) in Frankfurt. The family is seated inside the Sukkah (temporary booth) whilst outside, two blonde children with satchels on their backs (possibly non-Jews) are peering in curiously. Also pictured outside of the Sukkah is a maid bringing the family a tureen of food. The Sukkah is made of wood and is also elaborately decorated with lanterns, floral wreaths, and even curtains. Of special note are the Christmas ornaments hanging from the roof of the Sukkah.
A lesson plan "Inside and Outside the Sukkah" from the National Library of Israel incorporates this primary source.
Margaret Lincoln created album Observing the holiday of Sukkot
American Jewish Experience
Created Wednesday, October 16 2024, 00:27 UTC
In 2024, the Jewish holiday of Sukkot begins at sundown on Wednesday, October 16 and ends at sundown on Friday, October 25. Sukkot is known as the “Festival of Tabernacles” and the “Feast of Booths.” It is one of Judaism’s three central pilgrimage festivals, along with Passover and Shavuot. Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is named after the booths or huts (sukkot in Hebrew) in which Jews are supposed to dwell during this week-long celebration. The conclusion of Sukkot marks the beginning of the separate holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
Along with LOC resources for Sukkah or Sukkot, this album has been created to help us mark the observance of Sukkot in 2024.
Additional background material is available through these resources:
- Chabad.org Sukkot Reference Guide - 2024 (see special sections of stories, Kids’ activities, Crafts, Audio/Video, Recipes)
- My Jewish Learning Sukkot 2024 (includes section on Celebrating Sukkot without a Sukkah)
- Primary sources Sukkot (National Library of Israel for Educators)
- PJ Library Celebrating Sukkot 2024 (stories, activities, recipes)
As we approach Sukkot in 2024, it's crucial to remember the significance of this holiday in today's challenging political and social climate. Sukkot teaches us about the importance of community, gratitude, and resilience. How will you celebrate this year? Please feel free to share your resources both old & new and best wishes to all for a happy & healthy holiday! Chag Sameach!
Julie Schaul commented on discussion Holocaust Teenage Diarists
Great resources and critical thinking questions
Margaret Lincoln
, thanks so much for sharing them!
Holocaust Teenage Diarists
To follow up on an important discussion post by 
Vivian Awumey
on A Teenager’s Holocaust Diary Is Changing the Way We Interact With Online Exhibitions, a professional development opportunity is available to learn more about Yitskhok Rudashevski.
Echoes & Reflections will offer a free webinar Yitskhok Rudashevski: A Teenager’s Account of Life and Death in the Vilna Ghetto on November 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM ET.
There are additional posts about Teenage Holocaust Graphic Novel Diarists and Diaries of the Holocaust here on the TPS Teachers Network.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum provides valuable background on Children's Diaries during the Holocaust along with primary source material on Holocaust Diaries.
The following Critical Thinking Questions help frame discussion on this topic:
- Why are diaries an important part of the historical record?
- What makes children’s diaries distinct? What can we learn from them?
- How are some of these accounts different from that of Anne Frank?
Yitskhok Rudashevski Holocaust education Teenage Diarists Holocaust Diaries
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