: For Students, Faculty, and Staff 
Correcting the Record for Jeannette Frank
Numerous projects in the recent past have recounted the lives of Holocaust survivors who immigrated…
University LibrariesOctober 8, 2024
‘A story of resilience’: Documenting the lives of Minnesota Holocaust survivors
April 15, 1945 was a bright and sunny day at the Bergen-Belsen concentration, which felt…
Adria CarpenterMarch 14, 2024
‘How normalized it is’: Minnesota’s history of starting the academic year on Jewish holidays
On Sept. 7, 2021, Jewish students at the University of Minnesota had to make a…
Adria CarpenterSeptember 19, 2023
“There has literally never been a more compelling moment to preserve and protect history.” —…
Mark EngebretsonAugust 15, 2022
Partners in archiving
By Allison Campbell-Jensen Vic Rosenthal Vic Rosenthal, Jewish Community Action’s executive director from 2000 to…
markengeNovember 16, 2021
Sharing roots
In 1984, what was then the Minnesota Jewish Historical Society was founded by local community…
markengeApril 19, 2021
Putting the American Jewish World online
After a successful crowdfunding campaign, the American Jewish World newspaper is being digitized by the…
markengeFebruary 22, 2021
Uncovering ‘A Campus Divided’
In August 2017, “A Campus Divided: Progressives, Anticommunists, Racists, and Antisemitism at the University of…
markengeDecember 3, 2020
Saving your family history
For Archivist Kate Dietrick, a Zoom webinar on "Saving Your Family History" was a great…
markengeApril 29, 2020
Celebrating the St. Paul JCC’s Symphony Orchestra
Each May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a month where we celebrate Jewish Americans who…
Mark EngebretsonMay 21, 2018