Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

צוריק אהיים: ווי אמעריקאנער יידן קלערן אויס די ״אלטע היים״‬‎ Going Home: How American Jews Invent the Old World
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Curators

Jack Kugelmass, Jeffrey Shandler.

Imprint

New York City, USA, 1989. Booklet, 22 pp., illustrations: 24 b&w, 17.5 × 25 cm. Yiddish and English.

ISBN

0914512439

Location

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (13 June 1989–16 February 1990)

Description

An exhibition that traced the history of the “return visit” by immigrant Jews back to Eastern Europe. The phenomenon of the “return visit”, and how immigrants and their descendants have constructed an (often idealized) image of the Old World was examined in three different time periods: 1881 to World War I, Interwar, and Post-World War II. No itemized listing.

main keywords

EASTERN EUROPE
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
PHOTOGRAPHS
UNITED STATES

minor keywords

Historical photographs
New York City
Russia/Soviet Union
Shana Tova greeting cards

Cite this page
“‮צוריק אהיים: ווי אמעריקאנער יידן קלערן אויס די ״אלטע היים״‬‎ Going Home: How American Jews Invent the Old World”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 30 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1057>
First published online: 2019



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