The state of New Jersey, where Reclaim The Records has successfully acquired and freely released millions of historical records in recent years, is trying to amend their state-level Freedom of Information law, which they call the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), to limit access through bills S2930/A4045. This controversial plan was pulled from the state Appropriations Committee at …
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New Jersey Moving to Gut Records Law Affecting Access for Genealogists, Historians
The state of New Jersey, where Reclaim The Records has successfully acquired and freely released millions of historical records in recent years, is trying to amend their state-level Freedom of Information law, which they call the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), to limit access through bills S2930/A4045. This controversial plan was pulled from the state Appropriations Committee at …
The New York Public Library’s Jewish Division Digitized 800 Years of Jewish History
Jewish New York was once defined by pushcarts and peddlers; immigrants arriving through Ellis Island; densely packed kosher restaurants; lively Yiddish theater and daily newspapers in Yiddish and Ladino. Those days are long gone — but that period is just some of the Jewish history captured in documents and ephemera collected and carefully cataloged by …