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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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 …
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 …