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AN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER
PRESENTATION


The
 Remarkable
Zalmen Zylbercweig
 and his Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre
Welcome to the virtual world of the Museum of Family History.
Permanent Exhibitions
 

  Postcards From Home
 permanent exhibition
     
  Eastern European Jewry
 permanent exhibition
     
  From the Pale to the Golden Land: How Our Families Came to America
 permanent exhibition
     
  Living in America: The Jewish Experience
 permanent exhibition
     
 

The Yiddish World
permanent exhibition
     
 

The Holocaust
permanent exhibition
     
  World Holocaust Memorials
 permanent exhibition
     

 

Education and Research
     
  The Cemetery Project
     
  Map Room of Eastern Europe
     
  The Synagogues of New York City
     
  Genealogy and Family History
 Records
     

Shabbat and the Jewish Holidays

Chanukah lamp (Menorah), Germany, cir 1870
Read about Shabbat and the Jewish Holidays and How Our Families Experienced These Days
During the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Both in the United States and Pre-War Europe.

Where Once There Were Jews:
Łapy, Poland

Did you know that the Museum of
Family History is a member of the
Association of Holocaust Organizations?

The Museum is pleased to present more than one hundred short video and vignettes created by Bialystok native Tomek Wisniewski. To see the listing of these films and the links to each of them, please click here.
 
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Multimedia
 

  Audio  Index
   Video Index
  Lectures

  Film Series

Family History Theatre
 

  Walk in My Shoes
   The Yiddish World
   The Screening Room
   Great Artist Series: Al Jolson
   Family Life During the Great Depression
 

 

Visit
 

Floor Plans

 Main Floor

  Second Floor

  Upper Floor
  Music Pavilion
 

Dining Facilities

   Gut Essen Delicatessen

   My Family Restaurant
   The People's Cafe (to come)
 

Yiddish Vinkl Bookstore

    Books
   Poetry Corner
 
Education and Research
 
Newspaper Archive
 
Help Us Grow
 

Did you know that the Museum makes available to visitors more than one hundred newspaper articles from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ? To see what is available, simply click on the Newspaper Archive link above.

Castle Garden
and Ellis Island:
Ports of Immigration

Ellis Island, cir 1902-13

Learn about the early history of
Castle Garden and Ellis Island.

Rites of Passage
Chevra Kadisha carriage, Balassagyarmat, Hungary

Paint What You Remember:
The Memories of Mayer Kirshenblatt

 




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