A 1735 Hebrew grammar book—required for every Harvard College freshman at the time—an 1863 petition protesting General Ulysses S. Grant's decision to expel all Jews from Kentucky and Tennessee during the Civil War, a handwritten version of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America."

These items are just a sampling of the historical treasures owned by the Library of Congress and reproduced in From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America, an exhibit at Hebrew College sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society. Free and open to the public, the exhibit documents why and how Jews made America their home, and recounts their contributions to the nation's developing values and institutions.

"From the original 23 refugees who landed in America in 1654, to the diverse and important Jewish community we know today, this exhibit is a colorful chronicle of America's rich Jewish history," says Michael Feldberg, American Jewish Historical Society Director of Research. Boston Jewish history is also prominently displayed through portraits of major Jewish donors and views of Boston Jewish neighborhoods from the 1930s and 1940s.

From Haven to Home, first displayed at the John J. Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston from September 2005 through January 2006, runs at HC through October 2006. For more information, call 617-559-8880, or visit www.ajhsboston.org.

Founded in 1892, the American Jewish Historical Society fosters awareness and appreciation of the American Jewish heritage and serves as a national scholarly resource for research through the collection, preservation and dissemination of materials relating to American Jewish history. The Boston chapter and the From Haven to Home exhibit is located on the ground floor of the Gann Library at HC.



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