From an article by Lawrence Goodman published in the Brandeis.edu web site: In 1827, in response to a czarist decree, kidnappers began abducting Jewish men from their homes for conscription into the Russian army. Many were boys, some as young as 12, whisked away to military boarding homes, trained as soldiers and then forced to …
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Saving the World’s Synagogues from Destruction
From an article by Lawrence Goodman published in the Brandeis.edu web site: In 1827, in response to a czarist decree, kidnappers began abducting Jewish men from their homes for conscription into the Russian army. Many were boys, some as young as 12, whisked away to military boarding homes, trained as soldiers and then forced to …
What’s New Online at the Library of Congress – Summer 2022
The following is a press release written by the Library of Congress: Shippen Family Papers The Manuscript Division has recently released the Shippen Family Papers, a collection of 6,500 items (15,666 images) digitized from 15 reels of previously produced microfilm, which document this wealthy and powerful group of Philadelphians connected by blood and marriage who …