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Jewish American Heritage Month

May is Jewish American Heritage Month. Explore a selection items in the Smithsonian's collections that reflect the Jewish American experience as well as the significant role Jewish Americans and those with Jewish American heritage have played in shaping the nation's history and identity. Learn about six Jewish American artifacts in the collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History that speak to the long history of Jewish presence first in British North America and then the United States.


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"God Bless America"

I Cospiratori

George Gershwin Self-Portrait

The Seder

10 Jewish Songs

Ira Gershwin

Jack Benny

Louis Brandeis

Pin, Lapel, Jewish Aeronautical Association

Henry Morgenthau, Jr.

Eddie Cantor

Farmer at the Hightstown homestead project

Yehudi Menuhin

Gertrude Stein

[Mother with children, text in Yiddish]. [Print advertising.] Jewish newspapers

Ed Wynn

Rabbi Wise, N.Y.

Molly Picon

Jewish Prayer Book

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