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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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Color picture of Sammy Davis Jr. inscribed to Ginger Smock

Young Men in Prayer

Learned Men with Torah Scrolls

Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Ralph Bunche, and Rabbi Abraham Heschel, Selma and Montgomery March

Children Studying

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Shofar from Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation

Printing plate of Fannie Cook

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