THEY DONT MAKE THEM LIKE THEY USED TO

These different Rosh Hashanah greetings attest to the utopian characteristics Jews around the globe assigned to the United States. Were they just made to greet American Jews? The largest of these greetings was actually made in Germany, which might indicate that they were not just used for an American Jewish audience.

Shana Tova to all !

 Three Rosh Hashanah greeting cards dating from the 1920s and 1930s. Collection of YU Museum.

THEY DONT MAKE THEM LIKE THEY USED TO

These different Rosh Hashanah greetings attest to the utopian characteristics Jews around the globe assigned to the United States. Were they just made to greet American Jews? The largest of these greetings was actually made in Germany, which might indicate that they were not just used for an American Jewish audience.

Shana Tova to all !

 Three Rosh Hashanah greeting cards dating from the 1920s and 1930s. Collection of YU Museum.

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