The Russell Berrie Foundation is proud to partner with the Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah, the Jim Joseph Foundation and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies to support Collecting These Times: an effort to chronicle how American Jews have experienced the pandemic. Collecting These Times’ interactive website connects Jewish and other institutions nationwide that are gathering materials that speak to life during the pandemic. The site makes it easy for people to contribute images, videos, oral histories and other materials to relevant collecting projects, and for researchers to explore the pandemic’s impact on a diverse array of American Jewish communities. “Collecting these stories now, as we are living through it, helps inform our future,” Angelica Berrie tells The Jewish Standard. “It’s a way to help communities of the future think about their own resilience.”
Chronicling the Jewish Community’s Pandemic Experience