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National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting
The National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting (NJAB) is a valued component of The Jewish Museum's permanent collection, and it is the largest and most comprehensive body of broadcast materials on 20th century Jewish culture in the United States. To view selected media clips from the NJAB, click here.
Woody Allen on The Ed Sullivan Show
courtesy of CBS Photo Archive
| | Established in 1981 in association with The Charles H. Revson Foundation, the NJAB collection contains over 4,300 programs from 1935 to the present, most of which have been obtained courtesy of networks, commercial and independent stations, production companies, and individual contributors. |
Highlights include:
- News footage from the 1950's to the present including Edward R. Murrow's reportage on the first decade of Israeli statehood and McCarthyism in the United
States
- anti-Semitic radio sermons of Father Charles E. Coughlin and a report on the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
- Independent and network-produced documentaries on Jews from Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Israel, including the public television series Pillar of Fire and Heritage: Civilization and the Jews
- Documentaries on Marc Chagall, Jacques Lipchitz, George Segal, Ben Shahn and other artists
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Edward R. Murrow interviews David Ben-Gurion on See It Now
courtesy of CBS Photo Archive
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Bridget Loves Bernie and thirtysomething
courtesy of Photofest | | Educational and religious broadcasts such as Directions, The Eternal Light, Frontiers of Faith, Lamp Unto My Feet, and Look Up and Live
Manischewitz wine commercials produced between 1963 and 1981
United Jewish Appeal telethons featuring Alan King, Barry Manilow, Bess Meyerson, Bette Midler, and Zero Mostel
This is Your Life programs featuring Holocaust survivor Hanna Bloch Kohner
Holocaust-themed dramas such as The Holocaust mini-series, Playhouse 90's "In the Presence of Mine Enemies," Skokie and episodes from The Twilight Zone and Star Trek |
Primetime dramatic series featuring recurring Jewish characters such as Brooklyn Bridge, thirtysomething, and L.A. Law
Network comedies such as All in the Family, Bridget Loves Bernie, The Goldbergs, The Jack Benny Show, The Nanny, Northern Exposure, Rhoda, Saturday Night Live, and Seinfeld
Appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show by comedians Woody Allen, the Barry Sisters, Morey Amsterdam, Mel Brooks, Jack Carter, Myron Cohen, Totie Fields, Sam Levenson, Jackie Mason, Carl Reiner, Joan Rivers, and Menasha Skulnick
Variety programs such as Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater, Your Show of Shows and My Name is Barbra
Contemporary children's programming such as The Rugrats and Sesame Street | | 
Seinfeld and The Rugrats Passover Special
© 2000 Viacom International, Inc.
courtesy of Photofest and Nickelodeon |
For further information about the NJAB, please email njab@thejm.org.
To view a listing of recommended links to other media web sites, click here.
Program support for the Museum's broadcast archive is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. |
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