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

From Haven to Home. 350 Years of Jewish Life in America
(196 words)

Editor & Curator

Michael W. Grunberger.

Imprint

Washington, D.C., USA, 2004. 243 pp., illustrations: 115 col., 25 b&w, 31 × 24 cm. English.

ISBN

0807615374

Location

Library of Congress (9 September–18 December 2004)

Description

Nearly 200 treasures of American Judaica from the collections of the Library of Congress and other repositories, exhibited in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the first Jewish settlement in America. Monumental book with introduction by Michael W. Grunberger. 10 essays address various historical periods and topics, including “American Judaism” (Jonathan D. Sarna). No itemized listing.

main keywords

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
PORTRAITS
PRINTED BOOKS
UNITED STATES

minor keywords

Antisemitic images/objects
Circumcision implements/objects
Cookbooks/Recipes
Etrog containers
Hanukkah lamps
Mizrach
Portraits, rabbis
Posters
Prayers for the sovereign
Prints, Jewish figures
Shana Tova greeting cards
Soldiers (Jewish) & related objects
Synagogues, United States
Szyk, Arthur
Torah Arks, fragments
Yiddish theater

Related ephemera

Exhibition checklist with brief introductory texts and basic listing of objects. Exhibits listed in two main parts, each with 5 sub-sections: Haven (Prelude, “To Bigotry No Sanction”, Making a Community, A Century of Migration, 1820–1924, and Confronting Challenges) and Home (In the Public Sphere, War and Its Aftermath, Zion and America, At Home in America, and Conclusion), booklet, 30 pp., 15 col., 1 b&w illus., 23 × 3.3 cm. 192 items.

Cite this page
“From Haven to Home. 350 Years of Jewish Life in America”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 29 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1806>
First published online: 2019



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