Jewish influences in Cincinnati have shaped our food, medicine, arts institutions, social justice movements, how we enjoy sports and more. Our Shared Story: 200 Years of Jewish Cincinnati is celebrating the lasting influences of Cincinnati’s Jewish community on the city we know today.
Meet the ordinary and extraordinary individuals whose innovation, persistence and creativity founded organizations, businesses and movements that shape our region today. Explore what “home” means, see how Cincinnati has influenced other communities worldwide and discover echoes of your own family’s immigrant and migrant experiences in these vibrant histories.
Discover, or rediscover, the stories of Rabbis Isaac M. Wise and Eliezer Silver, Albert Sabin and Henry Heimlich, the Krohns, Aronoffs and Rosenthals and the birth of Jewish Hospital, Big Brothers, Big Sisters and more. Learn about the traditions behind yarmulkes, dreidels and menorahs and the Jewish connection to baseball’s favorite phrase “going, going, gone!”
Ohio History Day, an affiliate and prerequisite to the award-winning National History Day program, asks students to be creative, collaborative and think critically about history. CMC is proud to organize and host Ohio History Day’s Region 8 competition for Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland and Warren counties.
The Region 8 competition will be held virtually this year.
Detailed directions on how to register for the contest and submit your project are in the 2022 Submission Guidelines Region 8 document found here.
Virtual submissions will be judged in all categories. There will be no student interviews conducted as part of the judging process as a directive from National History Day.
Registration open now.
Event Date: March 19, 2022
Registration Closes: February 25, 2022
Educators whose students participate are eligible to receive one free Conversation with an Expert with a CMC history curator, archivist or librarian.
Ohio History Day, an affiliate and prerequisite to the award-winning National History Day program, asks students to be creative, collaborative and think critically about history. CMC is proud to organize and host Ohio History Day’s Region 8 competition for Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland and Warren counties.
The Region 8 competition will be held virtually this year.
Detailed directions on how to register for the contest and submit your project are in the 2022 Submission Guidelines Region 8 document found here.
Virtual submissions will be judged in all categories. There will be no student interviews conducted as part of the judging process as a directive from National History Day.
Registration open now.
Event Date: March 19, 2022
Registration Closes: February 25, 2022
Educators whose students participate are eligible to receive one free Conversation with an Expert with a CMC history curator, archivist or librarian.
Sunday, December 19, 2021 | 1:00 PM | Holocaust & Humanity Center
You might ask yourself, “What would I have done during the Holocaust?” Instead, ask yourself what you can do right now.
Join the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center for a special Upstander Museum Tour at historic Union Terminal. During this 45-minute tour, you will learn about the upstanders who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. You will then explore the Humanity Gallery, exploring the stories of individuals who have activated their character strengths to make a difference and impacting change in our world today.
This tour is designed specifically for families with children.
Upstanders are individuals who stand up for others and their rights. They fight against injustice and unfairness, and they use their character strengths to inspire action and become the best of humanity today. Learn more about THE CINCY UPSTANDER PROJECT before your visit.
GET YOUR TICKETS. The guided tour is FREE when you purchase one general admission ticket per person.
Sunday, December 19, 2021 | 1:00 PM | Holocaust & Humanity Center
You might ask yourself, “What would I have done during the Holocaust?” Instead, ask yourself what you can do right now.
Join the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center for a special Upstander Museum Tour at historic Union Terminal. During this 45-minute tour, you will learn about the upstanders who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. You will then explore the Humanity Gallery, exploring the stories of individuals who have activated their character strengths to make a difference and impacting change in our world today.
This tour is designed specifically for families with children.
Upstanders are individuals who stand up for others and their rights. They fight against injustice and unfairness, and they use their character strengths to inspire action and become the best of humanity today. Learn more about THE CINCY UPSTANDER PROJECT before your visit.
GET YOUR TICKETS. The guided tour is FREE when you purchase one general admission ticket per person.
The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, December 15 at 11:00 am via Zoom with Dan Hurley.
Cincinnati’s beloved Dan Hurley shares stories about his father during World War II and his quest to uncover his father’s story, a white officer with an all African American company that was led by a Jewish Captain in the heart of the home of the Nazi movement. Hurley is writing a book about the hundreds of letters his father sent to his mother during the war.
You have likely seen Dan Hurley in the community through his previous roles as a reporter and host on Local 12 WKRC-TV and WVXU-FM, as the Cincinnati Museum Center’s Assistant Vice President for History and Research, Interim President of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Director of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Leadership Cincinnati program, and as the founder of Applied History Associates. Hurley is also the author of Cincinnati: The Queen City. HHC is thrilled to welcome him to a Zoom conversation.
The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, December 15 at 11:00 am via Zoom with Dan Hurley.
Cincinnati’s beloved Dan Hurley shares stories about his father during World War II and his quest to uncover his father’s story, a white officer with an all African American company that was led by a Jewish Captain in the heart of the home of the Nazi movement. Hurley is writing a book about the hundreds of letters his father sent to his mother during the war.
You have likely seen Dan Hurley in the community through his previous roles as a reporter and host on Local 12 WKRC-TV and WVXU-FM, as the Cincinnati Museum Center’s Assistant Vice President for History and Research, Interim President of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Director of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Leadership Cincinnati program, and as the founder of Applied History Associates. Hurley is also the author of Cincinnati: The Queen City. HHC is thrilled to welcome him to a Zoom conversation.
