jewish life in america
Join us for a landmark virtual series as we commemorate 250 years of the Jewish experience in America, exploring the profound ways Jewish identity and the American story have shaped one another. Through a series of monthly conversations with the nation’s leading historians, we will journey from the arrival of the first colonial settlers to the vibrant, diverse communities of the modern era.
Your purchase gives you access to those monthly events throughout the year, and to the recordings of the events.
Presented by The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History and 70 Faces Media
Explore the individual events in the series here:
The Chosen Toys:
HOW JEWISH IMMIGRANTS DESIGNED THE AMERICAN DREAM
With Author Michael Kimmel, author of “Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America”August 19 at 6:00 p.m. ET
Justice Brandeis, Thomas Jefferson, and America at 250
With Professor Jeffrey Rosen and Rev. Paul Brandeis RaushenbushSeptember 23 at 6:00 p.m. ET
An Ambivalent Welcome:
ANTI-JUDAISM IN EARLY AMERICA
With Professor Pamela NadellOctober 21 at 6:00 p.m. ET
How U.S. Citizenship Has Worked—and Not Worked—for Jews
With Professor Lila Corwin BermanNovember 19 at 6:00 p.m. ET
RECORDINGS ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR PURCHASE:
Jews and the American Revolution
With Professor Jonathan Sarna
Sword of Abraham, Shield of Davis:
THE EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES OF JEWISH SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR
With Professor Adam Mendelsohn
The First Salute
With Laura Leibman and Dan Tadmor
How Jewish Immigrants Reshaped America
With Professor Rebecca Kobrin
Pastrami, Verklempt and Tshoot-spa:
JEWISH INFLUENCES IN AMERICAN ENGLISH
With Professor Sarah Bunin Benor