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New Digital Collection Video
Remember When... Growing Up in Berwick a new video interview has been added to the Digital Collection. To watch the interview with Ted Fireman, Doran Young, Steve...
Gallery Players Play List
The complete list of Gallery Players productions from 1950 to 2022 is now online. Compiled by Rena Vesler this list includes every main stage production through the current...
Exploring the Jewish Historical Society’s Oral History Project
Although her mother, Marti Rosenfield Goorey, died in 2012, Susie Petrak says, "I can hear my mother now," as she poses for a photograph. "...
Old Columbus Jews Telling Jokes
Jim Bally telling his joke The History of C. P. Livingston is now in Central Ohio Histories under The Old Neighborhoods. Click Here to watch.
The Latest Website Changes
Did you notice the change? The page menu now runs along the top of the page, not down the left side. This change has been made to prepare...
New Central Ohio History from the Archives
The CJHS has added a 1905 history of the Donaldson St. Neighborhood from the recollections of Rabbi Dr. Herman Eliot Snyder from the archives. Click Here...
L’shana Tova from CJHS!
The Board and Staff of CJHS wishes you a sweet New Year! Thanks for supporting us throughout the year.
Raffle Winners Drawn
The 2014 CJHS Raffle winners were drawn at the September Board of Trustees Meeting. The winners are: 1st Place - Mary Margulies 2nd Place -...
Mt. Vernon History Added!
The Jewish community of Mount Vernon, Ohio reached its peak in the decade between approximately 1939 and 1950. What did it mean to be Jewish...
New Central Ohio History: OSU Hillel
The history of the Hillel Foundation at Ohio State has just been added to our website. Founded in 1925, this was the 3rd Hillel in the country. In its 90 year...