About this Exhibit

Images of Prayer, Politics, and Everyday Life from the Harry and Branka Sondheim Jewish Heritage Collection was curated by Leora Auslander, Professor, History Department; Committee on Jewish Studies; Committee on the History of Culture; Center for Gender Studies, and Sara Hume, Graduate Student, Department of History.

This Web exhibit is based on the exhibition Images of Prayer, Politics, and Everyday Life from the Harry and Branka Sondheim Jewish Heritage Collection,  held in the Special Collections Research Center, the University of Chicago Library, March 10 - July 8, 2008. The exhibition marks the gift of the Harry and Branka Sondheim Collection to the University of Chicago Library and. Alice Schreyer, Director, Special Collections, was the coordinator and editor for the exhibition; Kerri Sancomb, Special Collections Exhibit Specialist, produced the exhibition.

A brochure, also entitled Images of Prayer, Politics, and Everyday Life from the Harry and Branka Sondheim Jewish Heritage Collection, was published to accompany the exhibition.