AJA in the News
AJA In the News
- 2021 April 25
San Diego Jewish World -- "Scholars Detail Growth of American Jewish History" - 2021 March 2
Cleveland Jewish News -- "Congregation Rodef Shalom's 154-Year History to be Archived" - 2021 Jan 19
The Forward -- "Joe Biden's Rabbi and Mrs. Maisel's are Two of The 635 Who Have Blessed Congress. Here's What Some Had to Say" - 2021 Jan 18
WVXU, Cincinnati, OH -- "Celebrating The Life And Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." - 2021 Jan 16
WLWT-Cincinnati, OH -- "Bells Ring in Cincinnati and Across Nation to Honor 400,000 Lives Lost to Covid-19 - 2020 Nov 26
Bennington Banner -- “Saving Vermont’s Oldest Jewish Cemetery” - 2020 Nov 16
The Forward -- “More Than 90 Years Later, How Jewish Book Month Became a Tradition” - 2020 Sept 17
NPR -- " Rabbis Look for Inspiration From Time of 1918 Pandemic" - 2020 Feb 1
Jerusalem Post -- "American Jewish Archives Receives Grant for $500,000" - 2020 Jan 19
Cincinnati Enquirer -- "Dr. Gary P. Zola to Receive Isaac Mayer Wise Lifetime Achievement Award" - 2019 Nov 4
Jewish Chronicle -- “Five Things to Know About the First Female Rabbi” - 2019 April 1
WVXU, Cincinnati, OH -- “Reform Rabbis Come Back to Where it All Began: Cincinnati” - 2019 Jan 14
WVXU, Cincinnati, OH -- “Discussing ‘100 Days, 100 Letters’ and Core American Religious Values” - 2018 Oct 28
Vox -- “After Pittsburgh, the Interfaith Response Sends Message of Solidarity Across the Religious Divide” - 2018 Oct 27
Cincinnati Enquirer -- “Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack Worst on Worshipping Jews in U.S. History, Cincy Archivist Says” - 2018 July 3
Jewish Telegraphic Agency -- “Why Synagogues Started Putting American Flags in the Sanctuary” - 2018 May 7
WVXU, Cincinnati Public Radio -- “How - And Why - Jewish Academia Went Mainstream” - 2018 April 10
Atlas Obscura -- “In New Orleans, Crawfish Boils Can Be a Jewish Tradition Too” - 2018 Feb 15
The Jewish News of Northern California -- “Jewish Food Does Not Begin and End With Kashrut” - 2017 July 7
Marketplace -- “Summer Camp Has Grown Into a Very Big Business” - 2017 Feb 24
Hoover Sun - “Siegel to Give Organ Concert at Bluff Park United Methodist” - 2016 April 8
Brandeis Now -- “Brandeis Names American Jewish Historian Jonathan Sarna '75, MA'75, University Professor” - 2016 March 2
SunSentinel -- “U.S. Awards $2.8 Million to Aid Holocaust Survivors” - 2015 October 23
WVXU Cincinnati Public Radio - “The Impressive Local Collection Of Jewish History, The American Jewish Archives” - 2015 July 24
Jewish Women's Archive -- "Birth of Selma Stern-Taeubler, Pioneering Archivist" - 2015 July 22
The Telegraph [Alton, Ill.] -- "Lincoln Library and Museum Examines Lincoln, Jews" - 2015 June 28
Cincinnati.com -- "Composer Connects With His Life in 'Morning Star' Opera" - 2015 June 17
HUC-JIR News -- "Dr. Gary Zola's New Book a Finalist in 2015 Ohioana Book Awards" - 2015 May 22
The Washington Post -- "Presidential Outreach to American Jews: A Brief History" - 2015 May 20
Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) -- "HUC Museum to Provide Home for B’nai B’rith Collection" - 2015 April 22
St. Louis Jewish Light -- "Abraham Lincoln: A Tzaddik for All Ages" - 2015 April 3
JewishJournal.com -- "Imagining a Seder in My Home a Century Ago" - 2015 March 14
Cincinnati.com -- "Cincinnati Responds to MLK’s Call to Walk From Selma" - 2015 March 13
WVXU [Cincinnati, Ohio] -- "Dr. Gary Zola Joins Us to Talk About We Called Him Rabbi Abraham" - 2015 February 10
WCPO [Cincinnati, Ohio] -- "Op-Ed: Freedom Center Exhibit Shines Light on Shared Historical Scars of Slavery and the Holocaust" - 2015 January 29
Fox 19 [Cincinnati, Ohio] -- "Auschwitz Exhibit Opens This Weekend at Freedom Center" - 2014 December 31
City Beat [Cincinnati, Ohio] -- "FotoFocus Biennial Already Planning Ways to Ring in 2016" - 2014 December 4
HUC-JIR News -- "Edward M. Ackerman Family Distinguished Professorship of the American Jewish Experience and Reform Jewish History Established at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati; Dr. Gary P. Zola is Inaugural Recipient" - 2014 December 3
City Beat [Cincinnati, Ohio] -- "Leaving Our Mark: Ohio Historical Markers Highlight Cincinnati’s Past" - 2014 November 26
Baltimore Jewish Times -- "Lloyd Street Synagogue Celebrates Rededication" - 2014 November 4
The Day [New London, Conn.] -- "Norwich Lincoln Forum to Highlight Life, Work of 16th President" - 2014 November 3
Cincinnati.com -- "BUSINESS PEOPLE: Obama Reappoints Zola to Post" - 2014 October 22
American Israelite -- "HUC-JIR Historians Will Lead Bus Tour of Jewish Landmarks in Cincinnati" - 2014 October 22
American Israelite -- "Temple Beth Sholom to Host Rabbi Gary Zola" - 2014 October 8
American Israelite -- "Dr. Gary P. Zola to Speak at Hazak Event" - 2014 October 6
Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) -- "So You Want to Convert to Judaism..." - 2014 September
Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati -- "JCGC Honors Founders and Celebrates Unique History" - 2014 August 5
Al Jazeera America -- "Remembering Rabbi Regina Jonas" - 2014 July 24
St. Louis Jewish Light -- "Almost 80 Years After Ordination, the First Woman Rabbi Finally Gets Her Due" - 2014 July 21
Cincinnati.com -- "Cincinnatian Conceives of Ceremony to Honor First Female Rabbi, Murdered in Auschwitz" - 2014 July 18
U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad -- "Commission to Host Dedication Ceremony in Former Concentration Camp to Honor the Life and Memory of Regina Jonas, the World’s First Female Rabbi Whose Legacy Was Nearly Lost to History" - 2014 June 25
Jewish Daily Forward -- "How World War I Shaped Jewish Politics and Identity" - 2014 June 8
Jewish and Israel news (JNS.org) -- "‘Rabbi Abraham’ book documents how Lincoln was a Jewish role model" - 2014 May 15
HUC-JIR News -- "Dr. Gary P. Zola to Receive Teaching Award from the College of Charleston" - 2014 May 8
Jewish and Israel news (JNS.org) -- "Each May, Jewish history and American history collide" - 2014 May 2
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site -- "We Called Him Rabbi Abraham presentation and Q&A" - 2014 April 8
The [Albany, NY] Times Union -- "Good to the last drop: the Maxwell House Haggadah story" - 2014 March 31
Sun-Sentinel [South Florida] -- "Hadassah luncheon, bookish affair" - 2014 March 22
The Post and Courier [Charleston, S.C.] -- "Historic Coming Street Cemetery Marks its 250th Anniversary" - 2014 March 14
College of Charleston News -- "Time Traveler: Visiting Historian Uses Live Video to Teach Coast to Coast" - 2014 February 27
The Paramus Post -- "Manischewitz® Matzo Boxes Feature Well-Known Jewish Americans in Honor of Jewish American Heritage Month" - 2014 January 23
The Cincinnati Herald -- "“I Have a Dream, What’s Your Dream?” MLK Coalition Celebration Speaker Asks" - 2013 October 30
The [Albany, NY] Times Union -- "Thanksgivukkah… it Happens Once Every 77,798 Years" - 2013 October 29
The Huffington Post -- "How to Save American Judaism" by Rabbi Evan Moffic - 2013 July 17
Cleveland Jewish News -- "Rabbi's Road Trip Explores American Jewry" - 2013 May 20
Women of Reform Judaism Blog -- "Inspired by the Past. Committed to the Future" by Dr. Dana Herman - 2013 April 29
Cincinnati.com -- "Teens Celebrate Israel, Thank Jewish Foundation for Travel Grants" - 2013 April 11
The Jewish Chronicle -- "Zola to Speak on 'Profiles in Courage' at Area Sisterhoods Day" - 2013 April 10
Hamilton Journal News -- "Lincoln's Ties to Jews to be Discussed" - 2013 April 4
The Huffington Post -- "Daughter of Liberator Reflects on the Holocaust" by Ms. Deborah J. Levine - 2013 March 7
The Huffington Post -- "The Personal Is Political" by Rabbi Laura Geller - 2013 Feb 25
My Jewish Learning -- "Ten Percent of American Jewry's Top 100 List" by Dr. M. M. Silver
Jewish Daily Forward -- "American Jewry's Top 100 List" by Dr. M. M. Silver - 2013 Feb25
Friend for the Ride -- "Trailblazing Women-From Generation to Generation" by Ms. Sandra Bornstein - 2013 January 8
Union for Reform Judaism -- "Women of Reform Judaism" by Mr. Kevin Proffitt - 2012 December 17
The Miami Herald -- "South Florida Siblings Find Long-Lost Photos Through U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's 'Remember Me' Project" - 2012 June 29
Union for Reform Judaism -- "Ten Minutes of Torah: The Greatest Adventure in World Jewish History" by Mr. Kevin Proffitt
AJA Press Releases
- January 30, 2020
Dr. Gary P. Zola Receives the Issac Mayer Wise Lifetime Achievement - October 14, 2019
Dr. Gary P. Zola to Speak at Chinese American Museum Conference in Washington, D.C. - September 9, 2019
Dr. Gary P. Zola: What's Best for Americans is Best for American Jews - Op Ed - The Cincinnati Enquirer - August 15, 2019
The American Jewish Archives and the Leo Baeck Institute to Host Rare Conversation on Women in the Rabbinate Then and Now - with Rabbis Sally Priesand and Sonja Pilz - May 30, 2019
American Dreamer: Isaac Mayer Wise Exhibition - May, 2019
AJA Mandel Foundation Papers Available Online - September 29, 2017
Dr. Zola joins with Ambassadors Shapiro and Saperstein to honor distinguished Reform Jewish educator, Jerry Kaye - July 5, 2016
Dr. Zola's National Archives lecture will be broadcast on American History TV - July 9 and 10 - April 26, 2016
Dr. Gary P. Zola to be Featured Guest at National Archives Lecture Honoring Jewish American Heritage Month - October 2015
AJA awarded major grants from Mandel Foundation! - August 3, 2015
Dr. Gary P. Zola Speaks at Opening of New Exhibit on Lincoln and American Jewry at Presidential Library - May 20, 2015
Dr. Gary Zola Invited to Witness President Obama's Remarks at Historic Appearance in Washington Synagogue - January 5, 2015
‘No Time for Silence’ Event to Mark 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz - July 10, 2014
Historic Trip Will Honor the Life and Memory of Regina Jonas, the World’s First Female Rabbi Whose Life and Legacy was Nearly Lost to History - May 5, 2014
May 7 Baccalaureate Service at the Citadel Will Be “Historically Significant” for American Jewry - August 20, 2013
CBS News to Focus on Civil Rights Leader Rabbi Joachim Prinz in its Coverage of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom - April 11,2013
Renowned Historian & Author William Freehling to Present Lecture on "Becoming Lincoln: Steep Falls and Cunning Comebacks on an Epic Journey" - May 24, 2012
Expansive Archives of B'nai B'rith Relocates to the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, Ohio - May 16, 2012
Dr. Gary P. Zola Sworn in as a Member of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad - May 16, 2012
Dr. Gary P. Zola to Receive BRIDGES' Distinguished Service Citation - March 1, 2012
American Council for Judaism Fellowship Established at The Jacob Rader Marcus Center American Jewish Archives - November 17, 2011
Why Were Two Jewish Athletes Pulled from America's Relay Team in the 1936 Berlin Olympics? - November 9, 2011
Collection of Lillian Butler Hoffman, a Pioneer of the Soviet Jewry Movement, Donated to The Jacob Rader Marcus Cehttp://americanjewisharchives.org/media/docs/pressRelease/2011-11-09.pdfnter of the American Jewish Archives - May 13, 2011
Dr. Gary P. Zola Asked to Bring Civil War Medal from Cincinnati's American Jewish Archives to White House Reception with President Obama - April 21, 2011
President Obama Appoints Dr. Gary P. Zola to Key Administration Post - February 22, 2011
Cincinnati Premiere of Film Exploring Jewish Participation During the Civil War Will Take Place on 150th Anniversary of the Start of the War - January 9, 2011
Dr. Gary P. Zola to Receive Martin Luther King Legacy Award - August 18, 2010
Century Old Document Heralding New Era of Industrial Labor Relations Part of Iconic Collection at American Jewish Archives - August 7, 2010
National Teachers' Seminar on Jewish Culture and the American Jewish Experience Held in Cincinnati - May 16, 2010
Dr. Gary P. Zola and Abby Schwartz Among Cincinnatians Invited to Attend White House Reception Honoring JAHM - May 6, 2010
Website of the American Jewish Archives Selected for Inclusion in Library of Congress' 'Single Site' Project, Featuring Historic Collections of Internet Materials - April 7, 2010
AJA Receives Important Records of the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services - February 22, 2010
"A Historic Evening at the Marcus Center" to Feature One-Night-Only Exhibit of Civil War Artifacts & Renowned Lincoln Scholar Harold Holzer - March 5, 2009
American Jewish Archives Set to Launch Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise Digital Archive on the 190th Birthday of the Architect of Reform Judaism in America - March 2, 2009
Dr. Gary P. Zola Invited by Governor Ted Strickland to Participate in Thursday's Interfaith Luncheon - February 5, 2009
Nationally Syndicated Radio Program to Feature Dr. Gary P. Zola Discussing Lincoln and the Jews - January 27, 2009
"Lincoln's Melancholy" Author to Speak in Cincinnati - July 31, 2008
Daughter of Iconic American Rabbi to Speak About Her Father's Important Legacy - April 1, 2006
Dr. Gary P. Zola Named to the Congressionally Recognized Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
AJA Newsletters
- 2016 Spring
History Matters. - 2015 Winter
History Matters. - 2013 Spring/Summer
History Matters Vol. 1, No. 2. - 2012 Fall/Winter
History Matters Vol. 1, No. 1.
HUC-JIR News & Events
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