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Millhiser families 160 years in America – 8 generations – 1837-1997
No full textFamily history, family trees and genealogical information about the descendants of Akiva and Meiline Mühlhäuser from the Bavarian village of Hagenbach, being the families Hutzler, Thalhimer, Straus, and Millhiser in and around Richmond, Virginia.William B. Thalhimer III, 1997digitize
The economic role and social status of the Jews on the Radziwill estates in Lithuania in the eighteenth century.
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A hectic month in a retiree's life : or "All is well, that ends well".
No full textHans Fliegel was born in 1920 in Vienna. He went to high school at "Realgymnasium" in the second district at Kleine Sperlgasse. In July of 1938, he emigrated with his family to Antwerp, Belgium. When he didn’t succeed to emigrate to South-America, he went instead to the United States. In New York, he married Alice Levi, learned diamond cutting, was involved in real estate ventures, and became a draftsman. 1966-1993 he worked in a leading position for the construction company Friedman Marble & Slate Works, which produced among other things marble panels for the World Trade Center in New York. Upon retirement he and his wife moved to Florida.Synopsis in fil
Berdichev, Ukraine—Rosh Hashana celebration
No full textChicago Action for Soviet Jewry provided support for the celebration in this recording.Digital recordingDigital finding aid
Ben Shahn and art as weapons for decency.
No full textThis is an intellectual biography of the American Jewish artist, Ben Shahn which traces the development of his philosophy of art and life throughout his career. His art and life reveal the complex and sometimes problematic relationship of art, social content, and politics. Shahn should be considered an intellectual and critic, who happened to employ visual images for commentary rather than the traditional pen and/or speech. Like the left intellectuals, Shahn painted, wrote, and spoke about the role of the artist and art in society, the necessity of engagement, the importance of protecting civil liberties, and his fears of a highly mechanized, technological society.He believed that the artist should be allowed the freedom to create, to present their works--even if critical--to society, and to motivate action. Additionally, Shahn was active in New Deal art projects, various political campaigns, labor unions, the civil rights movement, the test ban struggle, and the anti-Vietnam war protests. Placing Shahn in the broader framework of intellectual and cultural life in America between the 1930s and 1960s offers an opportunity to more fully understand the left and the place of art in modern society.In carrying out the tasks outlined above, the accepted tools of critical biography have been employed-factual evidence, sources, letters, and a close examination of his art work. The chapters are chronologically arranged within which various themes are explored.More than a New Deal humanist, Ben Shahn was a lifelong advocate of human welfare, values, and dignity. This study strives to overcome the identification of the artist with one era, the Depression, and one genre, Social Realism, to provide an overview of his life and career that effectively demonstrates the connection between art of social content and politics.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 1997.School code: 0391
Waldstein Family Collection.
No full textGenealogical information and family trees pertaining to the extended Waldstein family since 1456. This includes the names Valdstenja or Valdstein; Valdstejn or Wallenstein; Waldstein-Wartenberg.Rabensteindigitize
