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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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Torah Ark

Statue of Liberty Hanukkah Lamp, 1986

Julius Rosenwald

Rube Goldberg

Eddie Cantor

Rabbi Newman, San Francisco

Purim Charity Collection Plaque

Molly Picon

Jewish Prayer Book

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