American Jewish experience

Alexandra Guerson — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:42:17 +0000

Some interesting links I came across dealing with this week’s theme [I'll be adding a few more later]

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives’ online exhibit, Significant Documents Illuminating the American Jewish Experience.

Katie Adleman, “Birthright” in Walrus Magazine, December 2009. Very interesting discussion of Jewish identity in North America and the threat that increased acceptance of Jews might have on Jewish identity.

1936 Olympic Games

Alexandra Guerson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:07:37 +0000

As you know, this week we’ll be discussing Hitler’s policies towards Jews in the years prior to the Second World War. Considering the current Olympic fever in Canada, I thought you might be interested in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s exhibit on the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Click on the picture below to see the exhibit:

The last of 3,000 runners who carried the Olympic torch from Olympia, Greece, arrives in the Lustgarten in Berlin to light the Olympic Flame and start the 11th Summer Olympic Games. —USHMM #21674/Bettmann/CORBIS

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