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AN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER
PRESENTATION

The
Remarkable
Zalmen Zylbercweig
and his Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre

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

	Great Artist Series
	Maurice Schwartz, Yiddish Actor The Magnificent Richard Tucker David Pinski, Yiddish Playwright The Immortal Al Jolson Max Weber, Artist

	See all of the Museum's Current Exhibitions ►
	Newest Exhibition
	Hermann Pressman Diary: From Berlin to Antwerp and the Bronx: A Life in Pre-War Europe and a Subsequent Journey to America


	World Jewish Communities permanent exhibition

	The Synagogues of Europe: Past and Present permanent exhibition

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

	Learn about Future Exhibitions ►

Lives in the Yiddish Theatre:
Tributes to a Bygone Era

My Father, Maurice Schwartz

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 Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre Yiddish World

		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

The Landjuden of Euskirchen
The Sibilla Schneider Photographic Collection

Did you know that the Museum is translating the Zylbercweig opus, "The Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre", featuring biographies on more than 2,800 actors et al once involved with the Yiddish theatre? Click here to read what has been translated to date. Also see the newest volume (no. 8) of the "Lexicon" by clicking here.

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

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Announcements

Multimedia

Audio Index
Video Index
Lectures

Film Series

Family History Theatre

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

Visit

Floor Plans

Main Floor

Second Floor

Upper Floor
Music Pavilion

Dining Facilities

Gut Essen Delicatessen

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

Yiddish Vinkl Bookstore

Books
Poetry Corner

Education and Research

Newspaper Archive

Help Us Grow

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

Lost Treasures:
Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe

Paint What You Remember:
The Memories of Mayer Kirshenblatt

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 films and the links to each of them, please click here.