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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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Isaac Mayer Wise

Sabbath Bread Cover

Torah Ark

Shofar

Torah Mantle

37c Irving Berlin single

Pewter Passover Seder Ceremony Plate

Maurice Sendak

Albert Einstein

Statue of Liberty Hanukkah Lamp, 1986

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Prayer Book Bag

Chicken Market, 55 Hester Street

Levi Strauss & Co.

"The Birth of the Blues" for Levi Strauss

Painting Nostalgia: Jewish American Portraits

Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen

Stan Lee: The Beginning

Barbie Lunch Box

Mel Brooks

20c Touro Synagogue single

Jonas Salk

Rob Reiner

Neil Simon

37c Yip Harburg single

Bat Mitzvah Dress

Typewriter used by Carl Reiner to write Dick Van Dyke Show scripts

Ralph Lauren

Baseball Glove, used by Sandy Koufax

Sandy Koufax

(Native American), from the series You Don't Have to be Jewish to Love Levy's

Jacob Heymann's Butcher Shop Window

I Cospiratori

Color picture of Sammy Davis Jr. inscribed to Ginger Smock

Hanukkah, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY


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