The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

[1] The American Jewish Archives (AJA) was founded by Dr. Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995), former graduate and professor at the Hebrew Union College, in the aftermath of World War II and The Holocaust.

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives is a semi-autonomous division of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

In 1977, The Marcus Center founded its Fellowship Program [4] which serves to bring scholars to Cincinnati in order to make use of the AJA’s unique collection as well as to present their work to the larger community.

Today the Marcus Center administers twelve endowed fellowships and it is its hope that this program advances our understanding of both American Jewish history and of our nation as a whole.

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives is continually expanding its electronic and print publications.