Convoluted hybrid arrangement between local government and Jewish community created tension when images of water damage to complex spread online, led to municipal director quitting

Miriam Entin, a PhD candidate at CUNY, scours historical records to locate ritual baths from immigrant heyday, hoping to shine light on Jewish history and allow for future digs

Congressional commission studying whether to make Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History a Smithsonian member, at a difficult moment for the storied institution