CSPAN3 American Artifacts March 7, 2016
In america from 1654 to the present day. This is part one of a twopart program. Claire pingel welcome to the National Museum of jewishAmerican History. My name is claire pingel, im the associate curator at the exam and im happy to be a tour today. The museum was started in 1976 by one of the five original jewish congregations that date back to the colonial period. We shared a building with them for 35 years and open in this location of november of 2010. We are right in the middle of Independence Mall in philadelphia, halfway between Independence Hall or the nation got its start and the Nationa...