American Jewish Historical Society

Rabbis and Jews argued for a five-day work week in order to be able to observe Shabbat.

Minnie Low was a thinker well ahead of her time.

A group of Jewish women from Seattle began this community micro-lending effort.

Ruth Gruber witnessed the former American pleasure boat, the Exodus, entering the Haifa harbor and the terrible conditions that the displaced Jews on Cyprus lived in.

Lane Bryant Malsin started a small business and became a famous fashion designer who made millions, but she was always involved in Jewish philanthropic work.

Fiorello LaGuradia was a defender of the Jews and a strong opponent of Hitler.

Justice Cardozo's background as a Sephardic Jew shaped his entire career.

In 1887, Mexico announced it would accept 5,000 Russian Jews if they were willing to settle uncultivated land owned by the government.

The Levy-Franks family struggled with the ever-present challenge of maining a strong Jewish identity in a secular society.

A group of Protestant clergymen decided their new mission would be to convert European Jews and settling them in a rural agricultural community.