The first such joint effort between the two institutions took place in December 1999, when AJHS and ASJM presented a highly successful Chanukah concert at the New-York Historical Society.
Music is central to Jewish history and culture.
Our mission is not merely to preserve that historic culture, but to give it a meaningful future. The relationship of the American presidency to the American Jewish community was the focus of the 1999-2000 American Jewish Historical Society Annual Lecture Series at its New York and Waltham centers. The lectures were cosponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation. The series will continue next spring with lectures on Lincoln, FDR and Kennedy and their relationships to the American Jewish community.