/* script written by Marvin Rusinek marvinrusinek [at] gmail [dot] com Script created August 25, 2011, Last updated February 15, 2012 */ oImages = [ { date: '2012-2-22', img: '209780 Civilian Defense NJWB.png', title: "Civilian Defense photograph in the NJWB collection, 1943", caption: "This 1943 photograph is housed in the Records of the National Jewish Welfare Board. The NJWB supported US Jewish service men. It is a photograph of the Office of Civilian Defense that was used to encourage families to discuss confirmed war news rather than spread dangerous rumors.", pid: "209780" }, { date: '2012-2-23', img: '114536 Man handing change to Jewish beggars on Grand Street lower east side GSJSW.png', title: "Charity for a Jewish beggar on Grand Street, NY", caption: "This photograph documents the street and communal life of the Lower East Side of New York, a largely Jewish neighborhood. J.B. Lightman, a student at the Training School for Jewish Social Work, wished to document life on the Lower East Side, which he felt was being lost. Between 1932 and 1934 he and his students shot over 300 images, most of which are digitized and available on-line through the AJHS digital resources collections.", pid: "172521" }, { date: '2012-2-24', img: '172521 Molly Picon - Vitaphone short.png', title: "Molly Picon - Vitaphone Short", caption: "Molly Picon was a great star of both the Yiddish theater and vaudeville and made three Vitaphone appearances. This photograph is from one of the appearances. The photo is undated and is from the Molly Picon collection (P-38) at the AJHS.", pid: "172521" }, { date: '2012-2-25', img: '409518 Ted Kennedy Vladimir Lazaris Soviet Jewry I495.png', title: "National Conference on Soviet Jewry Policy, 1978", caption: "The Soviet Jewry Movement (circa 1963-1990) was a worldwide effort to obtain freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union to practice their religion and to emigrate. The American Jewish Historical Society has established its Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement to collect and preserve the story of the role played by Americans of all faiths in the SJM. In this photograph Senator Ted Kennedy, former Refusenik Vladimir Lazaris and Jerry Goodman, the Executive Director of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry attend the National Conference on Soviet Jewry Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., 1978.", pid: "409518" }, { date: '2012-2-26', img: '1432233 AJC Justice Chapter Soviet Jewry Parade AJC.png', title: "Justice Chapter of the AJC at a parade for Soviet Jewry", caption: "In this photo, members of the AJC Justice Chapter march in a Soviet Jewry Solidarity Day Parade in 1973. It is found in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1432233" }, { date: '2012-2-27', img: '210856 Women reading to girls Camp NJWB.png', title: "Young woman reads to girls at country camp", caption: "The photograph, taken from the National Jewish Welfare Board collection (I-337), portrays a young woman reading to girls at a country camp. The photo was taken around 1950.", pid: "210856" }, { date: '2012-2-28', img: '114568 Elderly Jew out walking on Saturday morning Lower east side GSJSW.png', title: "Elderly man walking on a Saturday morning", caption: "This photograph documents the street and communal life of the Lower East Side of New York, a largely Jewish neighborhood. J.B. Lightman, a student at the Training School for Jewish Social Work, wished to document life on the Lower East Side, which he felt was being lost. Between 1932 and 1934 he and his students shot over 300 images, most of which are digitized and available on-line through the AJHS digital resources collections.", pid: "114568" }, { date: '2012-2-29', img: '385292 Stephen Schlossberg and his dog 1931 p705.png', title: "Stephen Schlossberg and his dog in Roanoke, 1931", caption: "Stephen Schlossberg poses with his dog in Roanoke, Virginia in 1931. The Papers of the Jacobi-Schlossberg Family provide rich insight to the lives of 19th and 20th century American Jewish women.", pid: "385292" }, { date: '2012-3-1', img: '409544 Demonstration Speak out for Soviet Jews in Stern Grove San Francisco Am Sov Jew.png', title: "Stern Grove Soviet Jewry demonstration in San Francisco", caption: "The Soviet Jewry Movement (circa 1963-1990) was a worldwide effort to obtain freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union to practice their religion and to emigrate. This October 12, 1969 demonstration in Stern Grove, San Francisco raised awareness about the plight of Soviet Jews. The American Jewish Historical Society has established its Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement to collect and preserve the story of the role played by Americans of all faiths in the SJM.", pid: "409544" }, { date: '2012-3-2', img: '1432236 AJ Congress Soviet Jewry Day AJC.png', title: "American Jewish Congress at Soviet Jewry Solidarity Day", caption: "In this photo, members of the American Jewish Congress participate in a Soviet Jewry Solidarity Day demonstration in 1968. It is found in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1432236" }, { date: '2012-3-3', img: '209864 YM and W HA Pittsburgh NJWB.png', title: "Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association, Pittsburgh", caption: "This postcard is housed in the Records of the National Jewish Welfare Board. The NJWB had a twofold mission of supporting US Jewish service men, and after its 1920 merger with the YMHA, supporting Jewish community and youth centers. The postcard shows the YM and WHA in Pittsburg, PA.", pid: "209864" }, { date: '2012-3-4', img: '114580 father child at Seward Park llower east side GSJSW.png', title: "Father and child at Seward Park, NY", caption: "This photograph documents the lively street and communal life of the Lower East Side of New York, a largely Jewish neighborhood. J.B. Lightman, a student at the Training School for Jewish Social Work, wished to document life on the Lower East Side, which he felt was being lost. Between 1932 and 1934 he and his students shot over 300 images, most of which are digitized and available on-line through the AJHS digital resources collections.", pid: "114580" }, { date: '2012-3-5', img: '385418 Alice Jacobi Schlossberg p705.png', title: "Alice Jacobi-Schlossberg in 1937", caption: "This photograph from the Papers of the Jacobi-Schlossberg Family is a portrait of Alice Jacobi-Schlossberg in about 1937. The papers provide rich insight to the lives of 19th and 20th century American Jewish women.", pid: "385418" }, { date: '2012-3-6', img: '409182 Simhat Torah demonstration in San Francisco Am Sov Jew.png', title: "Soviet Jewry demonstration on Simhat Torah", caption: "The Soviet Jewry Movement (circa 1963-1990) was a worldwide effort to obtain freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union to practice their religion and to emigrate. This 1983 demonstration in San Francisco on the holiday of Simhat Torah raised awareness about the plight of Soviet Jews. The American Jewish Historical Society has established its Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement to collect and preserve the story of the role played by Americans of all faiths in the SJM.", pid: "409182" }, { date: '2012-3-7', img: '1432284 Dinner American Jewish Congress, Rabbi Irving Miller speaking AJC.png', title: "Rabbi Irving Miller at an AJC dinner", caption: "In this photo, Rabbi Irving Miller speaks at a dinner held by the American Jewish Congress in 1948. It is found in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1432284" }, { date: '2012-3-8', img: '210049 Girls Reading NJWB.png', title: "Girls reading at a Jewish community center, about 1920", caption: "This photograph is housed in the Records of the National Jewish Welfare Board. The NJWB had a twofold mission of supporting US Jewish service men, and after its 1920 merger with the YMHA, supporting Jewish community and youth centers. The NJWB helped local centers provide camps for children and trained counselors. Here a group of girls reads at a Jewish community center, circa 1920.", pid: "210049" }, { date: '2012-3-9', img: '218675 blacksmith and Wheelright BdeH.png', title: "Blacksmith and Wheelwright shop", caption: "The image is of a blacksmith and wheelwright shop at the Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School. The photograph was taken around 1900 and is housed in the Baron de Hirsch collection (I-80) at the AJHS.", pid: "218675" }, { date: '2012-3-10', img: '1109558 Gomez Candlesticks and urn Jacques Judah Lyons P-15.png', title: "Photo of silver candlesticks and urn of the Gomez Family", caption: "This photograph in the Papers of Jacques Judah Lyons shows ceremonial objects of the Gomez family. Jacques Judah Lyons was a leader in 19th century Jewish communities. He collected papers from important, old American Jewish families, including the Gomez family.", pid: "1109558" }, { date: '2012-3-11', img: '409312 Demonstration in San Francisco Soviet Consulate ASJM.png', title: "Soviet Jewry rally at the Soviet Consulate, San Francisco", caption: "The Soviet Jewry Movement (circa 1963-1990) was a worldwide effort to obtain freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union to practice their religion and to emigrate. Many protests were held at Soviet Consulates, including this June 21, 1983 protest at the 2790 Green Street Consulate in San Francisco. The American Jewish Historical Society has established its Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement to collect and preserve the story of the role played by Americans of all faiths in the SJM.", pid: "409312" }, { date: '2012-3-12', img: '1432344 American Jewish Congress Chartered BusMarch on Washington1963 AJC.png', title: "AJC chartered bus for the Aug. 1963 March on Washington", caption: "This photo shows a bus chartered by the American Jewish Congress from New York to Washington for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963. It is found in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1432344" }, { date: '2012-3-13', img: '210084 Distributing cigarettes Panama NJWB.png', title: "The NJWB distributes goods to US sailors in Panama", caption: "This photograph is housed in the Records of the National Jewish Welfare Board. The NJWB supported US Jewish service men. Here JWB Board Representative Mr. S. Barshak, assisted by Private Samuel D. Cetner distribute cigarettes, matches, ice cream and view books of Panama and the Canal Zone to U.S. sailors on maneuvers with the U.S. Fleet at Panama in 1929.", pid: "210084" }, { date: '2012-3-14', img: '129217 Map of town plots at Woodbine Cape May County New Jersey BdeH.png', title: "Map of land plots at Woodbine agricultural colony", caption: "AJHS holds a large collection of the records of the Baron de Hirsch Fund, one of the most important Jewish philanthropic organizations in American history. The Fund worked extensively with Jewish American immigrants, helping them learn trades, establish farms at agricultural colonies, and receive aid from other charitable organizations. This map from the collection shows town plots in Woodbine in Cape May County, New Jersey.", pid: "129217" }, { date: '2012-3-15', img: '114593 Synagogue lower east side Graduate School of Jewish Social Work.png', title: "Lower East side synagogue", caption: "This photograph documents a synagogue on the Lower East Side of New York, a largely Jewish neighborhood. J.B. Lightman, a student at the Training School for Jewish Social Work, wished to document life on the Lower East Side, which he felt was being lost. Between 1932 and 1934 he and his students shot over 300 images, most of which are digitized and available on-line through the AJHS digital resources collections.", pid: "114593" }, { date: '2012-3-16', img: '190793 Molly Picon Theatrical poster Molly picon papers.png', title: "Molly Picon theatrical poster", caption: "Molly Picon was one of the most celebrated actresses of American Yiddish theater. She also performed in many English language films and shows. This poster is in the Molly Picon Papers collection. This collection includes manuscripts of her plays, scrapbooks of her career and charitable endeavors, and personal items such as correspondence.", pid: "190793" }, { date: '2012-3-17', img: '1432350 Joachim Prinz speaking at March on Washington with Bayard Rustin AJC.png', title: "Joachim Prinz of the AJC speaks at March on Washington", caption: "In this photo, Joachim Prinz, American Jewish Congress Chariman, speaks at March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963, with Bayard Rustin pictured. It is found in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1432350" }, { date: '2012-3-18', img: '210228 girls boxing class YM WHA NJWB.png', title: "Boxing class for senior girls at the YMHA", caption: "This photo shows a teenage girls' gym boxing class at the Young Men's Hebrew Association (Y.M.H.A.) of Washington Heights, New York City, circa 1920. It is housed in the Records of the National Jewish Welfare Board. The NJWB had a twofold mission of supporting US Jewish service men, and after its 1920 merger with the YMHA, supporting Jewish community and youth centers.", pid: "210228" }, { date: '2012-3-19', img: '114625 Juicer Essex and Delancey Streets GSJSW.png', title: "Juicer salesman at Essex and Delancey", caption: "This photograph documents the lively street and communal life of the Lower East Side of New York, a largely Jewish neighborhood. In this photo, a salesman demonstrates a juicer on an Orange. J.B. Lightman, a student at the Training School for Jewish Social Work, wished to document life on the Lower East Side, which he felt was being lost. Between 1932 and 1934 he and his students shot over 300 images, most of which are digitized and available on-line through the AJHS digital resources collections.", pid: "114625" }, { date: '2012-3-20', img: '1432377 AJ Congress signs at Montgomery March AJC.png', title: "AJC members at the Montgomery March for Civil rights, 1965", caption: "In this photo, members of the American Jewish Congress participate in the Montgomery civil rights march in 1965. It is found in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1432377" }, { date: '2012-3-21', img: '114745 Anti-Hitler demonstration City Hall GSJSW.png', title: "Anti-Hitler demonstration at NY City Hall, 1933", caption: "This photograph documents a protest in downtown New York city. J.B. Lightman, a student at the Training School for Jewish Social Work, wished to document life on the Lower East Side, which he felt was being lost. Between 1932 and 1934 he and his students shot over 300 images, most of which are digitized and available on-line through the AJHS digital resources collections.", pid: "114745" }, { date: '2012-3-22', img: '210664 Chaplins Dog Sled NJWB.png', title: "Jewish and Catholic chaplains with the 'Flying Torah'", caption: "In this photograph, Jewish Chaplain Harold Gordon and Catholic Chaplain William Woods use a dog sled when the Army Transport Command couldn't get them to men for Passover and Easter services, 1945. Chaplain Gordon holds the famous 'Flying Torah' that he carried to the bases of the North Atlantic route sometimes above the Arctic Circle. From the National Jewish Welfare Board Records.", pid: "210664" }, { date: '2012-3-23', img: '237625 Watering plants greenhouse BdeH.png', title: "Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School Students", caption: "This image shows students watering plants in a greenhouse at the Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School, taken around 1900. The photograph is housed in the Baron de Hirsch collection (I-80) at the AJHS.", pid: "237625" }, { date: '2012-3-24', img: '1432833 Robert F Kennedy AJC Stephen Wise dinner AJC.png', title: "Robert Kennedy speaks at an AJC Stephen Wise Dinner", caption: "In this photograph, Robert F. Kennedy addresses members of the American Jewish Congress at a Stephen S. Wise Award Dinner. It is found in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1432833" }, { date: '2012-3-25', img: '138875 Schwartz family farm BdeH.png', title: "Schwartz family, Baron de Hirsch Agricultural Society", caption: "AJHS holds a large collection of the records of the Baron de Hirsch Fund, one of the most important Jewish philanthropic organizations in American history. The Fund worked extensively with Jewish American immigrants, helping them learn trades, establish farms at agricultural colonies, and receive aid from other charitable organizations. This candid portrait shows the Schwartz family, members of a Jewish Agricultural Society in Woodbourne, New York.", pid: "138875" }, { date: '2012-3-26', img: '114780 Leisure scene in park in NY lower east side GSJSW.png', title: "Leisure scene in a New York City park", caption: "This photograph documents the lively street and communal life of the Lower East Side of New York, a largely Jewish neighborhood. J.B. Lightman, a student at the Training School for Jewish Social Work, wished to document life on the Lower East Side, which he felt was being lost. Between 1932 and 1934 he and his students shot over 300 images, most of which are digitized and available on-line through the AJHS digital resources collections.", pid: "114780" }, { date: '2012-3-27', img: '250128 Speak out for silent Soviet Jewry Poster orange Oakland ASJM.png', title: "Speak Out for Silent Soviet Jewry Poster", caption: "The Soviet Jewry Movement (circa 1963-1990) was a worldwide effort to obtain freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union to practice their religion and to emigrate. This poster was printed by the National Conference of Synagogue Youth of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and shows the Magen David bound in chains. The American Jewish Historical Society has established its Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement to collect and preserve the story of the role played by Americans of all faiths in the SJM.", pid: "250128" }, { date: '2012-3-28', img: '1432839 Golda Meir Henry Kissinger at Stephen Wise Dinner AJC.png', title: "Meir and Kissinger at an AJC Stephen Wise Dinner", caption: "This photograph shows Golda Meir and Henry Kissinger at an American Jewish Congress Stephen S. Wise Award Dinner. It is found in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1432839" }, { date: '2012-3-29', img: '172058 Molly Picon Yankele p38.png', title: "Molly Picon in Yankele", caption: "The photograph depicts Molly Picon, young Yiddish actress, in the Yiddish play 'Yankele.' The photograph is undated and is from the Molly Picon collection (P-38) at the AJHS.", pid: "172058" }, { date: '2012-3-30', img: '211153 dancing the hora camps NJWB.png', title: "Dancing the hora at Camp Wel-met, 1948", caption: "The photograph, taken from the National Jewish Welfare Board collection (I-337), depicts Jewish youth dancing the hora at Camp Wel-Met in the Catskills. The photo was taken in October of 1948.", pid: "211153" }, { date: '2012-3-31', img: '250041 tough place to live tougher place to leave poster ASJM.png', title: "It's a tough place to live. It's a tougher place to leave.", caption: "The Soviet Jewry Movement (circa 1963-1990) was a worldwide effort to obtain freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union to practice their religion and to emigrate. This “Red Square design” poster was created for the National Conference on Soviet Jewry. The American Jewish Historical Society has established its Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement to collect and preserve the story of the role played by Americans of all faiths in the SJM.", pid: "250041" }, { date: '2012-4-1', img: '1432917 Eleanor Roosevelt and Justine Wise Polier AJC membership event AJC.png', title: "Eleanor Roosevelt and Polier at an AJC membership event.", caption: "Eleanor Roosevelt and Justine Wise Polier at an American Jewish Congress membership event, circa 1950. This photograph is found in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1432917" }, { date: '2012-4-2', img: '138971 Man with beehives BdeH.png', title: "Beehives at Baron de Hirsch Cottekill, NY farm", caption: "AJHS holds a large collection of the records of the Baron de Hirsch Fund, one of the most important Jewish philanthropic organizations in American history. The Fund worked extensively with Jewish American immigrants, helping them learn trades, establish farms at agricultural colonies, and receive aid from other charitable organizations. This photograph shows a man tending beehives in Cottekill, NY in 1923.", pid: "138971" }, { date: '2012-4-3', img: '431421 Spiegelberg Hermanos Cincuenta Centavos Currency Spiegelberg family papers.png', title: "Printed Spiegelberg brothers currency, New Mexico, 1863", caption: "This bill is housed in the Spiegelberg Family Papers. This small collection includes correspondence, printed documents and other materials addressing Judaism and anti-semitism in the Southwestern United States.", pid: "431421" }, { date: '2012-4-4', img: '1432953 picketing Woolworth AJC.png', title: "AJC members picket Woolworth in 1960", caption: "Members of American Jewish Congress picketing a Woolworth Store, including Joachim Prinz and Will Maslow in 1960. This photograph is found in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1432953" }, { date: '2012-4-5', img: '409550 Soviet Jewry kid.jpg', title: "Small child at a demonstration for Soviet Jewry.png", caption: "The Soviet Jewry Movement (circa 1963-1990) was a worldwide effort to obtain freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union to practice their religion and to emigrate. Marches, protests, and rallies were used to raise awareness about the plight of Soviet Jews, both on local and national stages. The American Jewish Historical Society has established its Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement to collect and preserve the story of the role played by Americans of all faiths in the SJM.", pid: "409550" }, { date: '2012-4-6', img: '1121448 listing seats synagogue Jacques Judah Lyons.png', title: "Congregation Shearith Israel listing of leased seats", caption: "This document is in the Jacques Judah Lyons collection; Lyons was the minister of the Congregation Shearith Israel of New York City from 1839 to his death in 1877.", pid: "1121448" }, { date: '2012-4-7', img: '1434535 speech AJC at march on Washington.png', title: "'The Issue is Silence' speech by Prinz at the March on Washington", caption: "This pamphlet (cover shown) publicized the text of the speech that Rabbi Joachim Prinz gave at the historic 1963 civil rights March on Washington. Prinz was president of the AJC. This pamphlet is held in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1434535" }, { date: '2012-4-8', img: '250092 Soviet Jews protest their oppression demand their freedom poster ASJM.png', title: "Soviet Jews, protest their oppression, demand their freedom", caption: "The Soviet Jewry Movement (circa 1963-1990) was a worldwide effort to obtain freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union to practice their religion and to emigrate. This poster shows the Magen David trapped within a red communist star and behind prison bars. The American Jewish Historical Society has established its Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement to collect and preserve the story of the role played by Americans of all faiths in the SJM.", pid: "250092" }, { date: '2012-4-9', img: '114810 Hot dog stand Essex and Delancey GSJSW.png', title: "Hot dog stand at Essex and Delancey, NY", caption: "This photograph documents the lively street and communal life of the Lower East Side of New York, a largely Jewish neighborhood. Here a salesman calls out to the crowds. J.B. Lightman, a student at the Training School for Jewish Social Work, wished to document life on the Lower East Side, which he felt was being lost. Between 1932 and 1934 he and his students shot over 300 images, most of which are digitized and available on-line through the AJHS digital resources collections.", pid: "114810" }, { date: '2012-4-10', img: '211261 Art class YM WHA NJWB.png', title: "Art class for women at the YM & WHA", caption: "In this photograph, women are instructed in art class at the Y.M. & Y.W.H.A. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in about 1950. The photograph is from the National Jewish Welfare Board Records. The NJWB had a twofold mission of supporting US Jewish service men, and after its 1920 merger with the YMHA, supporting Jewish community and youth centers.", pid: "211261" }, { date: '2012-4-11', img: '250074 A dream fulfilled for some poster ASJM.png', title: "A dream fulfilled-for some", caption: "The Soviet Jewry Movement (circa 1963-1990) was a worldwide effort to obtain freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union to practice their religion and to emigrate. This poster was printed by the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry. The American Jewish Historical Society has established its Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement to collect and preserve the story of the role played by Americans of all faiths in the SJM.", pid: "250074" }, { date: '2012-4-12', img: '1244403 silhouette Tobias dog.png', title: "Silhouette of the Tobias family and dog", caption: "The full-length silhouette group portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tobias with a dog was created in 1844 by Augustin-Amant-Constant-Fidèle Edouart (1789-1861). AJHS holds a number of silhouettes of prominent Jewish American families of the early 19th century.", pid: "1244403" }, { date: '2012-4-13', img: '409508 Rally for Soviet Jewry in Washington ASJM.png', title: "Rally for Soviet Jewry in Washington DC in 1977", caption: "The Soviet Jewry Movement (circa 1963-1990) was a worldwide effort to obtain freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union to practice their religion and to emigrate. Marches, protests, and rallies were used to raise awareness about the plight of Soviet Jews, both on local and national stages. The American Jewish Historical Society has established its Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement to collect and preserve the story of the role played by Americans of all faiths in the SJM.", pid: "409508" }, { date: '2012-4-14', img: '1264541 Appointment Abraham Lincoln Alfred Mordecai Mordecai family papers.png', title: "Appointment signed by Lincoln of Alfred Mordecai, Jr.", caption: "From the Mordecai Family Papers, this decree is signed by President Abraham Lincoln and appoints Alfred Mordecai, Jr. a commission as captain in the Ordinance Department. The commission was signed on July 1st 1964 and was retroactive one year. The Mordecai Family Papers (1771-1907) include varied materials from the long history of this Jewish family.", pid: "1264541" }, { date: '2012-4-15', img: '409306 Young Soviet Jewry Movement activists Lenny and Steve Newman ASJM.png', title: "Young activists protest the imprisonment of Natan Sharansky", caption: "The Soviet Jewry Movement (circa 1963-1990) was a worldwide effort to obtain freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union to practice their religion and to emigrate. Here young American Soviet Jewry Movement activists Lenny and Steve Newman wear t-shirts with photographs of the Soviet Jewish Prisoner of Conscience Natan Sharansky. The American Jewish Historical Society has established its Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement to collect and preserve the story of the role played by Americans of all faiths in the SJM.", pid: "409306" }, { date: '2012-4-16', img: '1432485 AJC Jewish book month.png', title: "Jewish Book Month at the AJC National Convention", caption: "This photo documents Jewish book month, an event of the American Jewish Congress Women's division, publicized by this display at the AJC National Convention of 1951. It is found in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1432485" }, { date: '2012-4-17', img: 'AJHSPoster14-TheNewColossusByEmmaLazarus1883_resized.jpg', title: "The New Colossus By Emma Lazarus, 1883", caption: "This notebook page is the only surviving copy of The New Colossus in Emma Lazarus's own hand. She wrote the poem for a charitable auction in 1883 to raise funds for the Statue of Liberty pedestal. After her death the poem was inscribed on a plaque inside the base. The poem has become an iconic part of the statue's legacy as a welcoming beacon for new American immigrants.", pid: "367948" }, { date: '2012-4-18', img: '1432194 PetegorskyCongress House AJC.png', title: "David Petegorsky touches the mezuzah, AJC House", caption: "In this photo David Petegorsky touches the mezuzah at the dedication of the American Jewish Congress House. It is found in the American Jewish Congress records (1916-2006). The AJC was a national Jewish organization concerned with American Jewish community relations, Jewish and other minority civil rights, and various Jewish charitable causes.", pid: "1432194" } ]; var currentTime = new Date(); var month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1; var day = currentTime.getDate(); var year = currentTime.getFullYear(); var today = year + "-" + month + "-" + day; window.onload = function() { for (var i in oImages) { if (oImages[i].date == today) oTodayImage = oImages[i]; } //fetch the image from the array depending upon the system time var oImgPath = 'images/rotation_pics/'; var imgLoc = oImgPath + oTodayImage.img; //set complete path to image $("#divdate").append(currentTime.toLocaleDateString()); //assign the local system time to divdate $("") .attr({alt: oTodayImage.title, title: oTodayImage.title, src: imgLoc }) .appendTo($("#dailyimg")); //give the image its attributes and append to dailyimg if (oTodayImage.pid == null) { $("#title").append(oTodayImage.title) //just append the title to the div without the link } else { $("#title").append(oTodayImage.title) .wrap(function() { return $('').attr('href', 'http://access.cjh.org/home.php?type=extid&term=' + oTodayImage.pid); }); //we have an item that's in DigiTool, assign title to the div and wrap link around title } $('a#inline').click(function() { //Highslide jQuery code return hs.expand(this, { src: imgLoc, headingText: oTodayImage.title, captionText: oTodayImage.caption, wrapperClassName: null, outlineType: 'rounded-white', align: 'center', dimmingOpacity: 0.65, dragByHeading: true }); }); }