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Tennessee, Kentucky and
Mississippi;

• Vintage film footage of life on
the Lower East Side of New York
City at the turn of the 20th centu-
ry; and

• Irving Berlin's tribute to his
adopted home, "God Bless
America," in his own hand.

Items on loan from the Library's
partner institutions include Emma
Lazarus' handwritten "The New
Colossus," the 1883 sonnet whose
words "Give me your tired, your
poor, your huddled masses yearning
to breathe free" were inscribed on
the base of the Statue of Liberty in
1903; the May 14, 1948, note from
President Harry S. Truman recog-
nizing the State of Israel, with the
president's own handwritten correc-
tions; and the chilling "Riegner
Telegram," which alerted Rabbi
Stephen Wise in August 1942 of the
Nazi plan to murder with poison
gas all the Jews in occupied Europe.
Commission members will also
lend items to other exhibitions
commemorating the 350th anniver-
sary that will open in Cincinnati,
New York and Los Angeles between
the fall of 2004 and early February
2006.
A companion book titled From

Haven to Home: 350 Years ofiewish
Life in America has been published
by the Library in association with
George Braziller Inc. Edited by
Michael W. Grunberger, head of the
Library's Hebraic section, this com-
pilation of essays by leading histori-
ans provides insight into the com-
plexities of the American Jewish
experience within the framework of
American history and culture. The
240-page publication, 'With more
than 100 color illustrations, is avail-
able for $50.in bookstores nationwide
and in the Library's sales shop. ❑

If you're a newcomer to the community and are interested
in attending High Holiday services at a local synagogue, call

Vera Gell, (248) 661-4722 or Dina Pinsky, (248) 626-4909 by September 13.

For information, or to receive a Shalom Detroit welcome packet, please call (248) 642-4260, ext. 183.

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