american treasures remembered photographer

books:

Cradle of Christianity Treasures From the Holy Land
Currator and Yael Israeli, Currator David Mevorah

Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, 2006

Photographs of artifacts in The History Museum in Jerusalem.

Lives Remembered: A Shtetl Through a Photographer's Eye

Museum of Jewish Heritage, 2002

Zalman Kaplan, the towns photographer, captured the history of Szczuczyn from within the community. So in addition to photographing the town cemetery and architecture and meetings, he also recorded Purim parties, family portraits, bicycle excursions, and other moments of carefree life. What is so poignant is that the towns nearly 3,000 Jews, pictured leading vibrant and joyful lives, had no idea what disastrous fate was to befall them. ...

Exodus 1947: The ship that launched a nation

3 reviews
Ruth Gruber

Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1998

Heartbreaking. Highly Recommended.
This very moving book covers the story of the "Exodus", the unarmed ship carrying more than 4,500 Holocaust survivors seeking refuge in "British occupied" Palestine during 1947. The ship, a former tourist vessel designed to carry only 400 passengers, is described as having been rammed and boarded by the British Royal Navy which was determined to prevent the Jewish Holocaust survivors from ...

Ours To Fight For: American Jewish Voices From the Second World War

Museum of Jewish Heritage, 2003

This is the companion volume to the inauguaral exhibit of the Robert Morgenthau Wing of the Museum of Jewish Heritage- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City. It is the story, in their own words, of Jewish men and woman who were part of the American war effort in Europe, the Pacific, and at home