Please excuse cross-posting! *Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community*, a 100-page hardcover coffeetable book now available, gives readers for the first time the opportunity to see and read an authoritative history of the Jewish community in the metropolitan Washington, DC area. The book includes archival photographs and records of local Jewish life. Its narrative begins in 1795 with Washington's first Jewish resident and continues to today when the region's Jewish community has grown to more than 215,000 people. Jewish Washington is a compendium of a highly successful exhibition displayed at the National Building Museum. The exhibition was also shown at White Flint Mall in Rockville, Md. and on Capitol Hill.
"This book gives people the opportunity to have a piece of history in their living rooms," said Laura Cohen Apelbaum, director of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington (JHSGW) and co-editor of the book with Wendy Turman, JHSGW Chief Archivist. "Before the Jewish Historical Society produced the exhibit which preceded the book, there was no publication or film that told the complete story of the Jewish community in Washington." The large format book includes descriptions of Jewish families and congregations in Washington, DC and the role they played in the economic and social development of the city and its suburbs. Readers may recognize names such as John Hechinger, whom President Lyndon Johnson appointed the first Chairman of the DC City Council, and they will learn about other important Jewish figures like Charles Liebermann, a Jewish physician who was one of the doctors called to President Abraham Lincoln's bedside after Lincoln was shot. The book is currently available at Amazon.com, JHSGW.org, Barnes & Noble (Rockville, Md. only), DC-area Borders stores, Politics and Prose, and the gift shops of the National Building Museum, Library of Congress, and National Park Service. Professional discounts available. For information about the book: Amy Federman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Laura Apelbaum, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 600 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 789-0900 Fax: (202) 789-0485 The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington and its Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum preserve, chronicle and present the story of the local Jewish community through archival collections, exhibits, educational programs, publications and the restoration and preservation of the oldest synagogue building in the nation's capital. ### Claire B. Uziel Assistant Archivist Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington 600 I Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone: 202-789-0900 Fax: 202-789-0485 http://www.jhsgw.org Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
