The New Year

Man, who knew that being involved with building a $150 million museum would take up so much time? Between work, buying Springsteen tickets, visiting the doctor and visiting the dentist, the latter symbolically represented by the artifact below from the Museum's collection, it was hard to find time to write.

I do want to wish all of Jewish, etc.'s faithful readers -- who are you anyway? Write, would ya'? -- best wishes for the New Year, on behalf of myself and the Museum staff, Board of Trustees and volunteers. I hope to be more diligent in the year ahead. I'm not sure if that will get me written in the Book of Life, but that's my resolution.

Please enjoy these postcards from the Museum's collection.

CREDITS, descending order.

Painted metal business sign, “Dr. Saul Cohen / Dentist,” early twentieth century. Collection of the National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia. Peter H. Schweitzer Collection of Jewish Americana. Photograph by Jeffry E. Holder.

Rosh Hashanah postcard, ca. 1912. Collection of the National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schimmel Purchase Fund.

Rosh Hashanah postcard, ca. 1910. Collection of the National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia.

Rosh Hashanah postcard, ca. 1910. Collection of the National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia. Weinberg Trust Purchase Fund.