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The Blavatnik Archive’s ‘Idealizing Zion’ Exhibit Featured in The Jewish Chronicle

Posted on May 19, 2023 (May 19, 2023) by Christine Ongsueng

The Blavatnik Archive’s exhibition at the Center for Jewish History in New York entitled “Idealizing Zion: Visualizing the Jewish State”, is featured in this week’s Jewish Chronicle. The exhibit showcases early twentieth-century postcards from the Archive’s collection that were produced in Palestine, Eastern Europe, and Western Europe, and depicts how early Zionists imagined the nascent Jewish homeland. The images provide rare insight into some of the powerful ideals that drove the Jewish national movement in the early 20th century. […]

Idealizing Zion: Visualizing the Jewish State

Posted on March 31, 2023 (April 4, 2023) by Christine Ongsueng

The Blavatnik Archive and the Center for Jewish History are excited to announce an upcoming exhibit in the Valentin Blavatnik Gallery at the Center for Jewish History. The exhibit, generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, will open on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, and in tandem with the symposium “Zionism and American Jews: Bringing Us Together and Pulling Us Apart,” which will take place on April 30 at the Center for Jewish History. […]

The Blavatnik Archive 2023 Research Fellows

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Christine Ongsueng

The Blavatnik Archive is excited to introduce its 2023 fellows. These five scholars come from different disciplines, from history to theater studies. They will be working with a wide variety of materials in the Archive’s collections—from postcards and photographs to video testimonies to theater reviews to military propaganda leaflets—to advance their current projects and explore new research directions. […]