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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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Tevye's Cap from Fiddler on the Roof

Statue of Liberty Hanukkah Lamp, 1986

Barbie Lunch Box

Baseball Glove, used by Sandy Koufax

Pupils' Workbook for The First Lesson in Hebrew by Rebekah J. Kohn, 1954

Jewish Welfare Board Uniform

Milton Friedman's Briefcase

Seder Plate

Jewish National Fund Collection Box

Jacket worn by Sid Caesar as German Professor on Your Show of Shows

Julius Rosenwald's Pocket Watch

Jewish Prayer Book

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