JHS of NJ Celebrates President's Day
POTUS IN THE JHS ARCHIVES
This year’s President’s Day, February 15, 2021, is a perfect opportunity for the Jewish Historical Society to share its photographs of United States presidents, and their wives, who are featured with members of our Greater MetroWest community.
Jews have always held
this nation’s presidents in high regard. For example, Newark’s only Jewish
mayor, Meyer Ellenstein is featured with a photograph of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in the background. Their blind faith in President Roosevelt was
summed up in Yiddish with the quote “Die velt,” meaning this world, “Yenen
velt,” meaning the next world, and “Roosevelt”.
To win a year’s free
membership to the JHS, we encourage you to identify the US president in each of
our photographs, preferably in chronological order, and send us an email
identifying each, as well as other people in each photo if you can, and we will
put your name “in a hat” (not a stove pipe hat that Lincoln wore) but a hat
sold by one time “Nellie’s” hat store and notify the winner promptly.
Please send your submissions to: lforgosh@jfedgmw.org by February 28, 2021
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