Jewish American Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month is dedicated to discovering, exploring, and celebrating the vibrant and varied American Jewish experience in the United States.
Description and History
Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) is a celebration of the contributions and experiences of Jewish Americans and highlights how America’s Jewish communities have shaped and been shaped by the cultural, social, and economic fabric of the United States.
Professional Learning Resources
Jewish American Heritage Month
This comprehensive website from the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History includes information, toolkits, and resources to learn about and teach Jewish American Heritage Month.
Jewish American Heritage Month
Resources and documents from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration to support teaching and learning about Jewish contributions to American culture, history, military, science, government, and more.
Jewish American Heritage Month
Resources from The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Jewish American Heritage Month Resources from Programming Librarian
Sample library programs, book displays, teaching resources and more from Programming Librarian, run by the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office.
Professional Development
Learning and events from the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History include An Evening with Award-Winning Novelist, Dara Horn; Stories that Shaped a Nation: Jewish Lives in America; and more.
Learner Engagement Resources
JAHM Resources for Educators
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History has curated a page of lesson plans, teaching ideas, reading lists and more. Categories include history, heritage, and identity; immigration; Jewish culture and values; and luminaries.
Books Matter™ | Children's & Young Adult Literature
ADL provides an online bibliography of recommended children’s and young adult books about bias, bullying, diversity and social justice. This curated list provides age level recommended books on Jewish culture and antisemitism.
AASL Award Winners
Wilson Southern Middle School’s Holocaust project receives AASL Roald Dahl Miss…
School librarian Yawornitsky and 6th grade reading teachers Sarnes and Zawaski collaborated to create the project “Children of the Holocaust/Holocaust Hall of Memories.”
Stephanie Meurer, Jennifer Milstead and Erin Kelley receive AASL Collaborative …
Since 2013, Stephanie Meurer and Jennifer Milstead have worked in collaboration with the 8th-grade language arts teachers at Sierra Middle School to develop the project Investigating the Holocaust: A Collaborative Inquiry.
Ten AASL Members Receive Jewish American Heritage Month Collection Development Grants
CHICAGO—Ten American Association of School Librarians (AASL) members have been awarded $500 collection development grants. Generously sponsored by The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish...
