Evening star., 1901-06-26
THE JEWS IN AMERICA
HISTORICAL EXHIBITION TO BE
HELD IN NEW YORK.
scope of the Project I'm which All
Organized Hebrew Bodics
VIII Cooperate.

During the winter OF 1901-'02 an Ameri-
can Jewish historical exhibition will be held
in New York city. 1t will be much on the
lines of the Anglo-Jewish exhibition held
in London in 1887. AT the last meeting OF
the American Jewish Historical Society
held in Philadelphia last December, an ex-
ecutive committee of fifteen was appointed
to prepare for such a project. DR.. Cyrus
Adler of the Smithsonian Institution was
made president, the other members being
Oscar S. Straus, Max ]. Kohler, Joseph
Jacobs. n. Taylor Phillips, Prof. Morris
Loeb. Prof. Richard Gottheil, Leon Huhner
and George Hellman of New York, Mayer
Sulzberger and Dr. Herbert Friedenwald
of Philadelphia, Rev. DR.. William Rose
nau. Baltimore; Rev. DR.. B. Felsenthal
Chicago: Rev. DR.. Phillipson. Cincinnati;
Rev. Henry Cohen. Galveston, and Rev.
Jacob Voorsanger, San Francisco.
What Will Be Exhibited.
The intention is to exhibit historical rec
ords illustrating the history of Jews in
America. including such objects as Colum-
bus earliest accounts of his discovery
written in the form of letters to secret
Jews of Spain, Inquisition records, Wash
ington's letters to Jews, portraits minia-
lures and prints of American Jewish ce-
Iebrities, historical relics. photographs
and institutions. histories of institutions,
manuscripts, autographs, works by Ameri-
can Jewish artists, etc. Numerous objects
of interest, beauty or value hidden away
in Jewish households and institutions will
thus be brought to light. AS 1t is also pro-
posed to collect and publish a bibiogra ply
OF Jewish Americana there will be included
collections of all books written by Jews in
America or pertaining to American Juda-
ism. An exhibition of objects of eccleSi-
astical art and of Jewish antiquities. not
confined to the United States is also under
consideration.
Cooperation of National Organiza-
tiOns.
1t has been decided that to do credit to
American Judaism this exhibition must not
be limited to objects that are curious and
ancient merely, but should be in full sense
of the terln a general and national exhibit
ton. While. of course, relics of colonial
and revolutionary times will form a most
interesting part of the project, it is felt
that the German and Russian elements in
the population are factors of prime i'm
pOrtance in American Jewish history and
must be properly represented For all
these reasons 1t has been decided that the
exhibition should not be given by the
American Jewish Historical Society exclu-
sively, but by a distinct body and merely
uEder the auspices of the society referred
to. All national Jewish organizations will
be invited to cooperate, including the Jew
ish Publication Society the Union of Amer
lean Hebrew Congregations, the Central
Conference of American Rabbis, the Ortho-
doX Jewish Congregational Union, the He
brew Union College, the Jewish Theolog-
ical Seminary, the various Jewish fratter-
mites, the Chautauqua Society, the Council
of Jewish Women, the National Conference
of Jewish Charities and the Federation of
Americ, / Zionists. From committees NOM
mated by these the general committee of
the exhibition will be formed, and in this
way all phases of Jewish thought and ac-
tivity in this couatry will be properly rep
resented.
The executive committee has already en-
tered upon it's work and the various COM
mittees on site, on publicity, on bibliog-
raphy, etc, have Eeen organized. AS the
committee desires to put itself into direct
communication with intending exhibitors at
the earliest possible date, a regular office,
with adequate office facilities. will soon be
secured. In the meantime all communica-
tions in connection with the exhibition
should be addressed to its secretary, Max
j Kohler, No. l15 East list street, New
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