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Blogs Categories: Jewish American History

Blogs Categories: Jewish American History

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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

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  The following is the last in a series of posts by our 2010 class of Junior Fellows.  It was written by Carrie Smith, a recent graduate of New York University. For four years while a student at New York University, I went to class in a building on Washington Place, just to the east …

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Online Celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month

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I’m overdue in mentioning this, as I had promised several days ago, but in addition to the other annual diversity months, the Library of Congress is joining in the official May observance of Jewish American Heritage Month. A list of our events can be found here. In addition — and I believe this is a …