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The Jews of Odessa: A Short History ►►

Welcome to the virtual world of the Museum of Family History.

Current Exhibitions

Great Artist Series:
David Pinski, Yiddish Playwright Maurice Schwartz/Yiddish Art Theatre
The Immortal Al Jolson
The Magnificent Richard Tucker
Max Weber, Artist

Zambrow, Poland - ul. Wodna, bef World War II

World Jewish Communities
permanent exhibition

The Synagogues of Europe:
Past and Present
permanent exhibition

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Newest Exhibitions

World War II & the Holocaust:
Never Forget: Visions of the Nazi Camps
The Jewish Ghetto
Persecution and Flight: The Nazi Campaign Against the Jews

A Multitude of Immigrants:
American Newspapers
and How They Addressed
the Immigration Issue

Learn about Future Exhibitions ►

Permanent Exhibitions

		Postcards From Home permanent exhibition

		Eastern European Jewry permanent exhibition

		From the Pale to the Golden Land: How Our Families Came to America permanent exhibition

		Living in America: The Jewish Experience permanent exhibition

		The Yiddish World permanent exhibition

		The Holocaust permanent exhibition

		World Holocaust Memorials permanent exhibition



Education and Research

		The Cemetery Project

		Map Room of Eastern Europe

		The Synagogues of New York City

		Genealogy and Family History Records

Shabbat and the Jewish Holidays

Read about Shabbat and the Jewish Holidays and How Our Families Experienced These Days
During the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Both in the United States and Pre-War Europe.

Where Once There Were Jews:
Łapy, Poland

Did you know that the Museum of
Family History is a member of the
Association of Holocaust Organizations?

The Museum is pleased to present more than one hundred short video and vignettes created by Bialystok native Tomek Wisniewski. To see the listing of these interesting films and the links to each of them, please click here.

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Audio Index
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Family History Theatre

Walk in My Shoes
   The Yiddish World
   The Screening Room
   Great Artist Series: Al Jolson
   Family Life During the Great Depression

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Upper Floor
Music Pavilion

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Gut Essen Delicatessen

My Family Restaurant
The People's Cafe (to come)

Yiddish Vinkl Bookstore

Books
Poetry Corner

Education and Research

Newspaper Archive

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Did you know that the Museum makes available to visitors more than one hundred newspaper articles from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ? To see what is available, simply click on the Newspaper Archive link above.

Castle Garden
and Ellis Island:
Ports of Immigration

Learn about the early history of
Castle Garden and Ellis Island.

Rites of Passage

Chevra Kadisha carriage, Balassagyarmat, Hungary

Paint What You Remember:
The Memories of Mayer Kirshenblatt