News
New Digitization Project
CJHS is proud to announce the start of a new project to digitize the Congregation Tifereth Israel Collection which we have held since 2021. The...
New Website Unveiled
A new, upgraded website has been made possible by a major gift from CJHS past president Skip Yassenoff. His vision of providing wider access to...
Leventhal Video Memoir Project
The Leventhal Video Memoir Project is founded and produced by Aaron Leventhal in collaboration with his daughter, Dani ReStack, an associate professor in art at...
New Exhibit and Archives Grand Opening
Members of the Columbus Jewish Historical Society turned out on September 5 to celebrate two openings: The long-awaited viewing of the newly renovated and expanded...
Now Open – Game Day
This exhibit features local Jewish sports stars from the last 140 years, focusing on those who were a part of professional leagues or who held...
Jewish Community Memorial Service
Sunday September 12, 4:00 PM at Performance Parkway Cemeteries This past year has been a difficult year for our community. The loss of so many...
Rabbi Leopold Greenwald
Rivka Schiller, Yiddish translator and doctoral candidate, wrote a fascinating biographical study on the life of Rabbi Leopold Greenwald who served the Beth Jacob Congregation...
“Letters Home” Receives OMA Award
And the 2019 Ohio Museum Association Award of Achievement for Best Education and Outreach goes to... “Letters Home, 1918”. Toby Brief, Executive Director and Eleanore...
Read “My Search for Wider’s Deli”
Susan Wider tells the story of the tragedies and triumphs her immigrant family experienced in Columbus in the early 1900s. Read this fascinating new story...
View the “Letters Home, 1918” Video!
Watch Columbus Jewish Historical Society's two time award-winning play, "Letters Home, 1918" which debuted in May 2018 and then was reprised in July 2019. Enjoy...