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Articles by Rachel Lithgow
Supporting Israel’s greatest asset
In the Spring issue of Sapir, philanthropist Linda Mirels offers some sharp insight in her article “Reimagining Philanthropy for the Start-Up Nation.” Global engagement is crucial for Israel’s survival, she argues, and Israel’s fate is intertwined with international Jewry’s welfare, so donating to Israel should be seen as a strategic investment benefiting both Israel and the broader Jewish world.
Wheeling Into My Mid-Life Crisis
I was laying spread-eagled on the grassy embankment, my ankle dangled in a disturbing way off to one side. My shoulder hung at an awkward angle, and I could see the back of the bone from my spot on the grass. Only 100 yards from my back door, I looked up at the sun shining down on me. The day had started beautifully. The first nice day in a year of being shut inside, sun-starved people and pets playfully ventured out for a peek at what life was like in the before times.
An American Baseball Chest Protector Belongs in an Israeli Museum?
Jul 30, 2020, 7:01 PM Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. For fifteen seasons, from 1923-1939, an average Jewish ball player from Harlem, New York caught and coached in the big leagues for five teams.
The typewriter that is more than a typewriter
Jun 30, 2020, 9:01 PM Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. When its new core exhibition officially opens in the Fall of 2020, it will make the Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot the largest museum of its kind.
Food for Thought
May 20, 2020, 11:59 PM Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. Food is on the minds for so many of us during this challenging and unprecedented moment in time.
The Unreported Victims of COVID-19
Apr 29, 2020, 5:33 PM Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. Remembrance Day and Israeli Independence Day are perhaps the two most sacred holidays that Israeli Jews, and many Jews around the world celebrate.
The case for supporting museums in the time of COVID-19
There is significant historic precedence for supporting arts and cultural organizations during times of significant economic and global crises. By RACHEL LITHGOW APRIL 16, 2020 15:33 Tower of Faces at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (photo credit: WIKIMEDIA) When I was a little girl, my favorite place in the world was New York’s American Museum of Natural History.
How Internet-Fueled Smear Campaigns Undermine Jewish Institutions-and Our Idea of Community
For four years, I proudly ran a prominent, storied, apolitical organization: The American Jewish Historical Society, the oldest ethnic archive in the United States. The mission of the organization is simple, and deeply in line with Jewish values: To collect, preserve and showcase the history of our people in America. When I arrived at AJHS in 2013, I had several goals in mind. I wanted to make the archive come alive to the public through program and exhibition.
What inspired Emma Lazarus' poem
White House aide Stephen Miller may not want to “get off into a whole thing about history here,” but we as a nation must.
Why The NEH Is So Critical To Our Future
The news of the proposed elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) comes at precisely the moment we feel the most grateful for the agency’s support. On Thursday morning, as the budget proposal made headlines, we were busy preparing for Friday’s opening of “1917: How One Year Changed the World” in Philadelphia.
The Night of Broken Glass: Then & Now
On Nov. 9 & 10, 1938, Nazi mobs vandalized thousands of Jewish businesses, schools and hospitals, set fire to synagogues and killed nearly 100 Jews. So began the extreme violence against Jews that, prior to Kristallnacht, had been contained to prejudice, harassment repressive policies and adjudicated law (the Nuremberg Laws, whose codification had begun in 1933). Kristallnacht — the Night of Broken Glass — was a litmus test.
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