PHILADELPHIA — A foundation created by Stephen Spielberg is giving $1 million to the National Museum of American Jewish History. The money from the Righteous Persons Foundation will go toward a new, five-story museum building being built in Philadelphia. In this May 18, 2008 file photo, director Steven Spielberg is seen at the 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' press conference during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, file) With the donation, officials say the museum's capital campaign has raised $111 million toward its $150 million goal. The new museum is set to open in 2010. Spielberg helped establish the Righteous Persons Foundation in 1994 after directing his Oscar-winning Holocaust film "Schindler's List." The museum was established in 1976 and is...
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