Jewish American Heritage Month

May, 2009

Beth Sholom Synagogue -- 2008 feature Photograph courtesy of Beth Sholom Congregation

May is Jewish American Heritage Month. The National Register of Historic Places is pleased to promote awareness of and appreciation for the historical accomplishments of Jewish Americans. We showcase historic properties listed in the National Register, and National Park units commemorating the events and people that help illustrate Jewish Americans' contributions to American history. Join the National Register in paying powerful tribute to the spirit of Jewish Americans.

Enoch Pratt Free Library in the Park Circle Historic District Photograph by F. Shoken Ccourtesy of Maryland Historical Trust

Featured Historic Property:

Park Circle Historic District
Park Circle Historic District in Baltimore, Maryland was an early suburban Jewish neighborhood developed when the children of Eastern European immigrants moved from East Baltimore to the city's northwest outskirts, setting the pattern for further expansion of Baltimore's Jewish community to the northwest....more

 

 

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National Park Service Units:

• Touro Synagogue National Historic Site in Rhode Island
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site in New York,
  The heart of the museum is the historic tenement, home to an estimated 7,000 people from over 20 nations between 1863 and 1935 many of them Jewish.
• David Berger National Memorial, Beachwood, Ohio. This site honors the memory of David Berger, an American citizen who was one of 11 Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
• National Historic Landmark Jewish Heritage Month Feature
• HABS/HAER/HALS Jewish Heritage Month Feature
• National Register of Historic Places previous features: 2008, 2007

Jewish Heritage Sites in Travel Itineraries

• Charleston became one of the largest Jewish communities in North America, as seen in the Coming Street Cemetery
• The Temple in the Atlanta Online Travel Itinerary
• B'er Chayim Temple in the Cumberland Online Travel Itinerary

Jewish American Heritage Related Sites:

• Library of Congress' Jewish American Heritage Month Portal
• United State Holocaust Memorial Museum
• National Museum of Jewish American History
• National Museum of American Jewish History
• Museum of Jewish Heritage
• Jewish American Heritage Month

President's Proclamation

 

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