Rachel Lithgow, at The Blogs

Jul 30, 2020, 7:01 PM

Why does an American baseball chest protector belong in an Israeli museum?

Boston Red Sox player Moe Burg's chest protector is now in an Israeli museum, but his activities off the baseball field are what have inspired endless fascination

Jun 30, 2020, 9:01 PM

The typewriter that is more than a typewriter

When its new core exhibition officially opens in the Fall of 2020, it will make the Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot the largest museum of its kind. This new permanent addition to the museum highlights Peoplehood,...

May 20, 2020, 11:59 PM

Food for Thought

Food is on the minds for so many of us during this challenging and unprecedented moment in time. Jews, who under normal circumstances spend a lot of time thinking about food, are upping the food game in the age...

Apr 29, 2020, 5:33 PM

The Unreported Victims of COVID-19

Remembrance Day and Israeli Independence Day are perhaps the two most sacred holidays that Israeli Jews, and many Jews around the world celebrate. Typically, the first is a day to remember all Israelis that were killed serving their country...

About Me

Rachel Lithgow is the VP of MJP, Beit Hatfutsot International, and previously was the CEO of Jewish museums such as The LA Museum of the Holocaust and The American Jewish Historical Society.