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 . For over a half century , the American Jewish Archives has been preserving American Jewish history and imparting it to the next generation . Dr. Marcus directed the American Jewish Archives for forty-eight years until his death at which time the AJA ’s name became The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives . Dr. Gary P. Zola , one of Marcus ’s students , became the second Executive Director on 1 July 1998
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives