Books
This gallery contains books relating to Jewish prayer, history, and culture.
Cookbook
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German, Spanish and Hebrew Machzor
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lent by Sari S.
During World War II in Belgium, my great-grandmother was in hiding and my grandmother, a child then, was separated and hiding elsewhere. My great-grandfather was arrested the day Germany invaded France but he later escaped and hid for the remainder of the war. When my family reunited, they moved to Buenos Aires. They davened with this book while putting their lives back together. Though my great-grandmother and my grandmother could not understand German, my great-grandfather did and taught them. But even then my great-grandmother could not comprehend the Spanish so she used the German parts as well as the Hebrew to learn some Spanish words. Knowing a little of the Spanish language helped her fit into the society in Argentina. When my great-grandparents and my grandmother moved from Europe to South America, their surname changed from Rosenbluth to Rosen, and then to Rose when my grandmother moved to Georgia, because of her work.
My artifact, a machzor, would be used for a specific holiday/holidays. It is also important not only as a prayer book, but because it was made for German Jews in Argentina after the Holocaust. That explains why it is written in German, Hebrew and Spanish. There are probably many more copies of this book because it was distributed when many Jews, especially German Jews, migrated to Buenos Aires during and after World War II. This machzor is important because it served a special German Jewish community in Argentina during a specific time in history.
The Book of Radom
New York
Stuart C
This artifact, the Book of Radom, is my family's source of information to find out more about where my grandparents grew up. Parts of the book are written in English, but most is in Yiddish. It has many pictures of individuals and groups of people from Radom, and images of the community.
This book is important to Jewish heritage because it tells us about the large Jewish community that existed in Radom, Poland before World War II and what happened to the people during Nazi occupation. Radom is located in central Poland near Kielce & Lublin. There were about 30,000 Jews in a city of 120,000 people. Radom was occupied by the Germans on September 8, 1939. In December, the Germans appointed a Jewish council and police force. Many residents of Radom did not survive the war. We need to be sure to remember them.
The American Woman's Cookbook
Valley Stream, Long Island, NY
My mother, Susan W.
This artifact is a Jewish cookbook called "The American Woman's Cookbook." It has a lot of Jewish recipes inside it. Every Jewish holiday, either my uncle or my mom chose a dish for my great-grandmother to cook up for them, from the cookbook. They did this for every Jewish holiday when they were kids. This first took place about forty years ago. Now, my family and I still keep the same tradition going. For every Jewish holiday, I would ask my mom to make all different types of dishes from the cookbook. This past Rosh Hashanah, my mom made string bean casserole. Mmm... tasty!
The American Woman's Cookbook is a very significant artifact to my family. It symbolizes how through Jewish holidays, and at anytime, you can include family bonding and quality time among generations. It also shows how Jewish recipes have been incorporated into American cooking in many ways.