New Museum of American Jewish History Opens In Philadelphia This Month

RNS reports that the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia will open to the public on November 26, after grand opening ceremonies on the weekend of Nov. 12-14. Covering 350 years of the history of Jews in the United States, the museum is described by Prof. Jonathan Sarna, the Museum's lead historian, as "the first major Jewish history museum that isn't about death and destruction."