The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust The Museum is also home to National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene.
The mission of the Museum is to educate people of all ages and backgrounds about the broad tapestry of Jewish life in the 20th and 21st centuries—before, during, and after the Holocaust. Multiple perspectives on modern Jewish history, life, and culture are presented in the Museum’s unique Core Exhibition and award-winning special exhibitions. Acclaimed public programs, including discussions, films, plays, and concerts, highlight the richness of Jewish culture and ideas.
Shabbat Shalom! We’re soaking up all the remaining beach days while we can. Pictured here is Henny Marx with her three sons at the beach in Far Rockaway, New York.
Gift of Robert Marx, Yaffa Eliach Collection donated by the Center for Holocaust Studies, 5423.86
Hi, Barbie! Did you know that Ruth Handler, inventor of the Barbie doll, was Jewish? Born Ruth Moskowicz into a family of Russian Jewish immigrants in Denver, Colorado, in 1916, Ruth married Elliot Handler, and they moved to Los Angeles in 1938. During World War II, the Handlers started a toy furniture company, Mattel. The first Barbie doll — named after the couple’s daughter, Barbara — debuted in 1959.
Of course, dolls have long been a staple of childhood play and expression. Pictured here is our friend Anita Meyer (née Budding), born July 30, 1929 in the Hague, where she is in this photo with some of her favorite dolls. During the Holocaust, Anita was hidden in Eindhoven, in the southern Netherlands.
You can view Anita’s yellow star and the diary she kept while she was in hiding in our core exhibition The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do. Plan your visit at mjhnyc.org/visit.
Collection of Anita Budding, 1991.F.133
During the Holocaust, N***s forced primarily Jewish prisoners to work as Sonderkommandos, requiring them to assist, witness, and dispose of bodies in the gas chambers and crematoria.
“When I saw this quote on the wall, I was greatly appalled at the fact that the N***s had forced Jewish prisoners to so closely witness the killing their families and communities because of their religion/background. The immorality of the N**i’s that led them to do these things is due to hate. That’s part of why the exhibition is called The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do, to explain to us how hate caused the Holocaust and how hate leads to nothing but despair.” — Ethan, rising 10th grader and Museum High School Apprentice
The quote pictured in this installation shot, to which Ethan is making reference, is courtesy of Professor Gideon Greif.
Tickets are officially available for our newest exhibition, Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark! Opening October 15th, this is the Museum’s first family-friendly exhibition designed especially for visitors aged 9 and up. Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark tells the remarkable story of the rescue of Danish Jews during the Holocaust. Together, Jewish and non-Jewish neighbors of all ages mobilized to create one of the most effective — and exceptional — examples of mass resistance and escape in modern history. Despite the enormous risk, ordinary citizens united against N***sm to save nearly 95% of Denmark’s Jewish population.
To immerse yourself in this inspiring moment in history, reserve your tickets today at mjhnyc.org/couragetoact.
We’ve got just the fix for the Monday blues! This delicious bread is called babka. It was developed in Eastern European communities in the early 19th century as a way to use leftover challah dough. Since then, it has evolved into a widely popular Ashkenazi Jewish delicacy in New York City and beyond. Babka is often filled with chocolate, poppy seeds, cheese, or cinnamon. Come enjoy this amazing treat at Lox Café at the Museum.
However you feel about it, the park around the Museum is changing … again! The park is getting updates to make it more climate change resilient.
When the Museum’s Morgenthau wing was constructed in 2002, the area around the Museum became the park we know and love. Now, another transformation is in store to ensure that the park can be there for generations to come. These photos depict how the park was then and how it is now in the midst of construction.
Shabbat Shalom! Whether you’re watching the Women’s World Cup or filling your kiddush cup at Shabbat dinner, we hope you have a lovely weekend.
This photograph shows women in sports circa 1930 — the Colony House girls squad in Brooklyn, New York.
Anonymous donation, 2006.P.178
On July 1, 2012, Renie Rutchick and Judith Trachtenberg got married under a chuppah in New York City’s Greenwich Village! This is their wedding invitation, now in the Museum’s Collection.
Renie and Judith’s wedding was approximately one year after the state of New York passed marriage equality legislation. The couple had been together for over 20 years. The ceremony was officiated by Rabbi Felicia Sol of B'nai Jeshurun NYC, located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, of which both women were members.
Gift of Renie Rutchick and Judith Trachtenberg, 2012.38.2
What does courage mean to you? We’re thrilled to invite visitors ages 9-109 to explore this question at our upcoming exhibition, Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark. This exhibition commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Danish Rescue, one of the most effective and exceptional instances of mass resistance in modern history.
In October 1943, despite enormous risk, Jewish and non-Jewish neighbors of all ages mobilized to evacuate thousands of Danish Jews to Sweden. Together, these ordinary citizens united against N***sm and saved nearly 95% of Denmark's 7,800 Jews. This inspiring moment of individual and collective action raises the daunting question: Would you have the courage to act?
The beautiful artwork for this exhibition was created by Sveta Dorosheva, illustrator, whose paintings, along with video narrators, archival materials, photographs, testimonies, and other artifacts, designed with Local Projects, brings this essential story to life.
Learn more about the exhibition at mjhnyc.org/couragetoact, and keep an eye on our account to learn more about the Danish Rescue and get sneak peeks ahead of this special exhibition, which opens to the public on October 15th!
On August 8, 1945, the U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., and French Republic signed the Nuremberg Charter, creating the International Military Tribunal to try German leaders.
Stephanie Gumpel was issued this civilian employee ID card to work as a translator at the Nuremberg trials. She was born in Germany and fled to London in August 1939, where she spent the rest of the war. Stephanie wanted to work at the Nuremberg trials so she could also look for her parents in Germany, since she heard they had survived there — they had, and Stephanie successfully reunited with her family in Germany.
Learn more about the Nuremberg trials and view Stephanie’s ID card in our core exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do. Plan your visit at mjhnyc.org/visit.
Gift of Stephanie Rosenblatt in memory of Charlotte Wertheim, 231.92
This tin signal horn was made for the Hi**er Youth in N**i Germany. The metal insignia shows an eagle with a sw****ka on its chest, a sword in one claw, and a hammer in the other claw.
The N**i Party created various organizations to enforce its policies and ideology. Young children and teens were indoctrinated as Hi**er Youth. They were taught to support the party and war effort in a range of ways, many eventually becoming German soldiers. By 1939, over 80% of children ages 10-18 belonged to Hi**er Youth and the League of German Girls.
Learn more about Hi**er Youth and view this horn in our core exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do.
Collection of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1083.98
On this day in 1944, 982 refugees arrived in Oswego, New York, to enter the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter. Doris Schechter and her family were among them, and this was her mother Berta’s ID card from the refugee camp.
Earlier that year, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the War Refugee Board invited 1,000 refugees to come from Italy to New York. Doris’s father, Ephraim Blumenkranz, had high hopes for the family’s life in America but reflected from the restrictive camp, “Who could know in advance that we would be deprived of our freedom in the country of the free?”
Learn more about the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter and view additional objects from Doris and her family’s experience in our core exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do.
Gift of Doris Schechter in memory of her parents, Ephraim and Berta Blumenkranz, 2022.5.5
Shabbat Shalom from the Museum! We hope you have a restful weekend with loved ones. In this 1985 photograph taken by Barbara Pfeffer, a woman named Mrs. Shapiro is lighting Shabbat candles with her family in Leningrad.
Barbara Pfeffer Collection, Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, 1999.P.814
Today is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, which marks the day in 1944 when close to 3,000 Roma and Sinti people were murdered in Auschwitz gas chambers. In Germany and certain occupied countries, these groups were targeted by N***s for racial persecution.
This photograph is of Toma Ion and Marita Roma Radulescu after the war. They were nomadic Kalderash Rom living in a region between the Danube River and the Carpathian Mountains. In the summer of 1942, Romanian police deported the Radulescus and other nomadic Rom to a concentration camp in Transnistria. The Radulescus survived, in part because of gold coins that Toma swallowed and later used to bribe guards for food and other necessities.
Learn more about the Radulescu family at mjhnyc.org/blog/one-roma-couples-fight-for-survival/. You can also view some of Toma and Marita’s clothing and personal items in our core exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do.
Collection of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1999.P.340
August is here, and we have many exciting events! Join us for our Summer Thursday concerts, a walking tour of Lower Manhattan, and so much more. Check out our full catalog of August events at mjhnyc.org/events. We're thrilled to present August programs with National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Pete Rushefsky, The Breman Museum, and many more.
“It is important that every individual cultivates a genuine desire to immerse themselves in the study of history, recognizing its relevance and embracing the lessons it holds. By doing this, we open ourselves to fostering empathy, understanding, and wisdom that transcend the boundaries of time and culture. The willingness to learn from history not only enriches our lives but also equips us not to repeat history." — Sharaf, rising 10th grader and Summer 2023 High School Apprentice Program participant
The Museum actively works to educate and spread awareness of Holocaust history, including the long-term effects of historic and modern-day antisemitism have on Jewish people and our society as a whole. As we educate Museum visitors about historic antisemitism, we remind people that it’s connected to what’s happening today. The fight for freedom is continuous.
Through the Museum’s High School Apprenticeship Program, students like Sharaf see what it’s like to work in the Museum, explore Jewish heritage, and develop tools to educate others.
Happy International Friendship Day! This photograph shows “camp sisters” Helena Lebovits and Clara Weidman reunited in Israel, ca. 1990. Helena and Clara survived multiple concentration camps and escaped a death march together.
During the Holocaust, friends like Helena and Clara often helped each other survive. For women in concentration camps, this phenomenon was called lagerschwestern, or “camp sisters,” referring to the found-family bonds and support of one another.
Learn more about Helena’s story here: mjhnyc.org/blog/a-birthday-gift-to-last-a-lifetime-helenka-lebovics-ring/. You can also view Helena and Clara’s photograph in our core exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do.
Gift of Raya Bokor Warner and Ronit Bokor Thor, 2021.2.8
Shabbat shalom from our Garden of Stones! This living memorial garden of trees growing from stone was planted in 2003 by artist Andy Goldsworthy together with Holocaust survivors and their families. Here, Goldsworthy talks about the life cycle, both of the garden and of the trees within it, and about what that means to him.
Garden of Stones was Goldsworthy’s first permanent commission in New York City and remains a favorite of visitors to lower Manhattan. The contemplative space is meant to be visited and revisited, presenting new experiences as the garden matures over time.
You can visit the Garden of Stones anytime the Museum is open. Get tickets at mjhnyc.org/visit.
William Salzman immigrated to New York on the SS Nieuw Amsterdam in 1908. The holiday of Tisha B’Av, a day of mourning for historic tragedies experienced by the Jewish people, fell during the Salzman family’s journey. William and his family had emigrated from Ukraine without his mother, and he lamented the thought of her “sitting, as was her custom, on the floor, candle in hand, surrounded by the neighbor women who could not read, weeping over the destruction of the Temple. This time, to add to her cup of tears, she was also weeping over her children who had wrecked their home and gone away forever.”
As we mourn and fast today for Tisha B’Av, we remember William and his family’s journey to the U.S.. Learn more about William and view a coat that he brought with him on the ship in our core exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do.
The above quotes are from William Salzman’s autobiography, “On Life’s Highway: Reminiscences, Letters, Articles,” translated from Hebrew by Shoshana Perla and published by the Jubilee Committee in Jerusalem in 1970.
We’re in the thick of summer camp season! This photograph shows campers and counselors doing morning exercises at a HaNoar HaTzioni summer camp, ca. 1938.
This Jewish Zionist camp was located in what was then eastern Czechoslovakia, close to Poland and Romania. Young Jews traveled from near and far to attend the camp.
Learn more about Jewish Zionist youth groups like HaNoar HaTzioni in our core exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do. Plan your visit at mjhnyc.org/visit.
Gift of Irene Zimmer, 1969.90
“I was planning my visit to Florida, and I was packing my suitcase when I thought of the suitcase belonging to the Lubelski family.” — Awa, Summer 2023 High School Apprentice Program participant
In the late 1930s, thousands of Polish Jews fled to escape N**i violence. The Lubelski family migrated to the Soviet Union, and brought this suitcase with them. In it, they packed an alcohol burner to heat water, tea, sugar, bandages, family photographs, a Bible, and more.
For years after, Lucien Lubelski, who was 3 years old at the time of their escape, dreamt of the night they left: “It was always the same dream. I am running through a dark forest holding my parents’ hands.”
Learn more about the Lubelski family and view their suitcase in our exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do. Plan your visit at mjhnyc.org/visit.
Gift of Lucien Mark Lubelski Lawrence, 2005.A.65
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Summer is in full swing! This badge was awarded to children at Camp Massad in the 1940s and 1950s for excellence in the camp’s drama program. Camp Massad was the first Hebrew-language summer camp in the United States, founded in 1941 in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.
Gift of Dr. Allwyn Levine, 45.95
Thank you to City and State NY for a powerful conversation on keeping New York safe, prepared, and resilient.
As First Deputy Public Advocate Nick E. Smith emphasized, we need to prioritize reentry over recidivism, and support and opportunity over incarceration.
Shabbat Shalom! We hope your weekend looks a lot like this one, surrounded by loved ones and soaking up the sun. This postcard from the former Hotel Brickman, a once-popular summertime destination for New Yorkers, features guests swimming in the pool there.
Gift of James D. Jacobs, 2008.A.185
What’s your order? This photo taken by James D. Jacobs is from a hotel’s barbeque for guests in the Catskills. With access to American summer traditions and the ability to still maintain religious practices, the Catskills were a Jewish hotspot for much of the 20th century.
Gift of James D. Jacobs, 2008.P.119
As our newest exhibition, Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark approaches its opening this fall, we’re revisiting the story of Leo Goldberger, pictured here with his father Eugen. Leo was 13 years old when Danish officials learned that the N***s were planning to deport Jewish people from Denmark. His family went into hiding and escaped to Sweden along with thousands of others, carried as most were by fishing boats and their crews to safety in Sweden.
We invite you to listen to the virtual conversation between the now grown-up Leo and filmmaker Damian Slattery, creator of a feature film about the rescue of Danish Jews in WWII Copenhagen. Watch the conversation at mjhnyc.org/blog/when-light-pierced-the-darkness-a-danish-rescue-story/.
Collection of Leo Goldberger, 1991.F.592
“We were lucky, we got out in time.” — Steffi Birnbaum Schwartz, Kindertransport child survivor from Berlin
In 1938, England initiated an organized rescue effort called the Kindertransport. In total, it transported over 10,000 Jewish children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia to safety in other countries. This effective intervention saved many lives. At the same time, it resulted in painful separations as children like Steffi were sent away from their families, often never to be reunited.
This photograph is from our core exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do. Plan your visit at mjhnyc.org/visit.
Quote is courtesy of Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz. Parts of other graphics visible in this installation shot is International Red Cross correspondence from Kindertransport child Walter Herz to his mother, Marie, June 17, 1940, Courtesy of Kenyon College, Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection, 2012.1.36; and part of a photograph showing Gustav Fulder which in its entirety shows Gustav, Ida, and daughter Ruth before Ruth left on a Kindertransport, Berlin, Germany, June 1939, Collection of Ruth Gruenebaum, 1990.F.156
Whether it’s for a special event or to explore our exhibitions, the Museum is always honored to have our Young Friends visit.
The Young Friends of the Museum (ages 21–39) gives young professionals the opportunity to network with their peers, hear from Holocaust survivors, and become part of a dynamic community of present and future leaders who celebrate the Museum’s mission of Jewish heritage, education, and remembrance.
Learn more and become a Young Friends member at mjhnyc.org/youngfriends.
This board game belonged to Leon Halperin, an American Jewish immigrant who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Called “The Jeep Board,” this pocket-sized “personal fun kit” contained 25 games and puzzles and was designed exclusively for men in the service. They put the string around their knee to keep the game steady so that they could play anywhere.
Gift of Joy F. Halperin, 2000.A.750a-oo
Shabbat Shalom from Coney Island in Brooklyn! In this 1938 photo, children from the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum are on an outing to soak up the summer sun.
Gift of Rhoda Gordon, 755.90
Hello! We are the High School Apprenticeship Program (HSAP) and we are excited to be working within the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
Our program offers high school students in NYC the opportunity to work with Museum staff to understand the Museum and what goes into its functions. We have also had the privilege of listening to Holocaust survivor testimonies and delving deeper into Jewish Heritage and the events of the Holocaust. In addition to writing this post for social media, this week apprentices went to the Jackie Robinson Museum, witnessed the signing of a new bill by New York Governor, Kathy Hochul in the Museum’s Edmond J. Safra Hall, and much more.
More information regarding the HSAP Program can be found at education.mjhnyc.org/high-school-apprenticeship-program.
Before she became a doctor, Karolina Bakowska used this copy of Dr. Johannes Sobotta’s anatomy textbook in the Warsaw ghetto.
In 1941, the Warsaw ghetto Judenrat (Jewish council) created a sanitary course to help combat epidemics. The course grew into an underground medical school, which served as both an act of self-help for ghetto residents and an act of resistance, as a new generation of Jewish doctors came to be. Medical students even used the ghetto as a case study to analyze the effects of starvation.
Learn more and view Dr. Bakowska’s textbook in our core exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do.
Gift of Dr. Charles G. Roland, 2005.A.47
The best kosher dairy restaurant in Lower Manhattan, Lox Café offers new takes on Jewish and Russian favorites to New York City residents and visitors. Chef and owner David Teyf lets both modern techniques and tradition guide him as he highlights the natural beauty of his ingredients, just as his grandfather did.
LOX overlooks New York Harbor from its location on the second floor of the Museum. Enjoy spectacular views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the Hudson River, the Verrazano Bridge, and renowned artist Andy Goldsworthy’s landscape artwork The Garden of Stones!
Lox at Café Bergson is open when the Museum is open, and you may dine without purchasing a Museum admission ticket. To view the LOX menu and learn more, visit mjhnyc.org/lox.
Heading up to the Catskills this summer? For much of the 20th century, Jewish people flocked to the Catskill Mountains in the summer, which for a time became known as the “Jewish Alps.” This photograph is of Philip and Ethel Freiman in the Catskills resort town of Tannersville in July 1931.
Gift of Ethel Freiman in memory of Dr. Philip Freiman, 2001.P.106
Save the date! The New York Jewish Book Festival is coming back this November, and it is bigger and better than ever! Join us November 9-19 as we celebrate Jewish literature and the people who make it possible.
As part of the festival we’re thrilled to launch Mitch Albom's tour for his newest book "The Little Liar" and host a book talk with “Number the Stars” author Lois Lowry, which will be part of a full day of programming for kids and families around the 80th anniversary of the Danish rescue and our upcoming exhibition, Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark.
Learn more at https://mjhnyc.org/bookfestival/.
Mark your calendars for Summer Thursdays! With beautiful music, brilliant storytellers, and incredible views of New York Harbor, the Museum will come alive this summer on Thursday evenings.
Check out our lineup:
July 13:“Cult Classic” with Sloane Crosley
August 3: Noa Havakook Trio
August 10: “Hotel Cuba” with Aaron Hamburger
August 17: “In Other Lifetimes All I’ve Lost Comes Back to Me” with Courtney Sender
August 24: Alex Parke’s “Kapelye” Ensemble with Peter Rushefsky
Register now: mjhnyc.org/summerthursdays
Note: These events are in person and will not be livestreamed or recorded.
The Museum is free and open to all on Thursdays from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. You can view our current exhibitions: The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do, Survivors: Faces of Life After the Holocaust, and Andy Goldsworthy’s Garden of Stones. LOX will serve Jewish and Russian fare and drinks before and during the events.
With food, drink, and incredible views of New York Harbor, the Museum will come alive on Thursday evenings with beautiful music and brilliant storytellers.
Ready for the summer wedding season? Goldie Balotin Lifsh*tz wore this vibrant dress for her wedding in Jaffa, ca. 1900. Her dress was made of orange silk imported from Mumbai. Goldie and her daughter immigrated to the U.S. in 1915, and she brought the dress with her.
Gift of Beth and Scott Satkin and Jeffrey and Matthew Numark, 703.98.1-2
Happy Fourth of July from the Museum! This photograph of a young child holding an American flag was taken at Adelsohn’s Studio in Brooklyn, New York. We are proud to be a New York institution!
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Ungar, 185.94
We hope your weekend looked a little something like this! These young people are enjoying a beach day near Paris, France, circa 1940. Helene Liberman is seated front left.
Gift of Helene Dworzan, 66.89
Shabbat Shalom! This photograph is of Ivan Blau (middle) with a friend and dog in Užhorod, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s.
This photo captures a happy memory before N**i persecution reached the Blau family. Tragically, Ivan was murdered during the Holocaust. Surviving family members saved this photograph of him, eventually donating it to the Museum in 1989.
As we welcome in Shabbat, we remember children like Ivan and the families forever impacted by N**i persecution.
Gift of Kathy Grosz Zaltas and Eleanor Grosz, 2853.89
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Closing Nov 6: Come see our exhibition "Boris Lurie: Nothing to Do but Try!" Centered around his earliest work, the so-called “War Series,” as well as never-before-exhibited objects and ephemera from Lurie’s personal archive, the exhibition presents a portrait of an artist reckoning with devastating trauma, haunting memories, and an elusive, lifelong quest for freedom. “Nothing To Do But To Try is a remarkable opportunity to focus on Lurie’s earliest and most intimate confrontations with trauma, his most raw and unfiltered expressions. This depth of personal access to anyone is extraordinary, and perhaps particularly so for a Holocaust survivor, for whom traumatic silence was often the norm. Relentlessly pushing against silence, Lurie’s work was exceedingly honest: revealing the confidences, contradictions, and compulsions of a human being.” From our catalog essay entitled “The Certainty of Ruin and the Flaming Hope of Life” Learn more about the show and plan your visit: https://bit.ly/3hZL83C
Meet Dr. Seligmann Baer Bamberger who, on the night of Kristallnacht, saved a Torah scroll from his synagogue – and as luck would have it, the Torah saved him in return. Experience the global story of the Holocaust through the personal testimonies, objects, and photos of those who were there, like Seligmann, whose son tells us, “My father was not home because he was out saving the Torahs. So we say this Torah was instrumental in saving our family.” Have you ever been saved by an unlikely rescuer? Have you ever gone out of your way to save someone or something important? Learn more about the exhibition and plan your visit to see the Bamberger Torah in our exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do, at mjhnyc.org/visit.
Join us on November 15th for the Generation to Generation Dinner, celebrating 25 years of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Visit mjhnyc.org/gentogen to register.
From the Museum to you and yours, Shabbat Shalom and Shana Tova u'Metuka -- a sweet, healthy, fruitful New Year! See you in 5783! 🍎🍯
Meet Henny Durmashkin Gurko, a soprano from a musical family who sang before, during, and after the Holocaust. Henny’s story, and her few concerts with Leonard Bernstein, will be featured in our new exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do, opening for previews on June 30 and to the public on July 1st. Experience the global story of the Holocaust through the personal testimonies, objects, and photos of those who were there, like Bernstein, who once said that music was his “response to violence.” What are your responses to violence? Learn more & get tickets at https://mjhnyc.info/WhatHateCanDo
The hit, one-woman show "Becoming Dr. Ruth," starring Tovah Feldshuh will be available for a very special online viewing from June 6-12 in celebration of Dr. Ruth's birthday week! Don't miss this one chance to see the Museum's presentation of the show virtually. Get your tickets here: https://watch.eventive.org/becomingdrruth/play/628bd3aecc7c4c27dda6dfb3
Meet Klara Wolf and her star, which will be featured in our new exhibition, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do, opening for previews on June 30 and to the public on July 1. Experience the global story of the Holocaust through the personal testimonies, objects, and photos of those who were there, like Klara, whose star, she told us, “was torn off my chest and put into my hand by a very young Russian soldier on the day of my liberation.” How do we define ourselves, or help others find moments of self-definition? Learn more about the exhibition and get your tickets in advance at https://mjhnyc.info/TheHolocaust
Join us for our Annual Gathering of Remembrance on Sunday, April 24th. Together with community partners, survivors, musicians, family members, and we hope you, we will take time to remember and carry on the stories for future generations. We're honored to have UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Senator Chuck Schumer, and Temple Emanu-El Senior Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson join us to give remarks. We will also hear performances by HaZamir: The International Jewish Teen Choir, Cantor Joseph Malovany, Zalmen Mlotek, Zisl Slepovitch, Valeryia Sholokhova, and others. Register for the virtual event at: https://mjhnyc.info/AGR2022
Pulitzer Prize and National Humanities Medal winner Isabel Wilkerson joined the Museum last year to talk about her book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, which we're thinking about this Black History Month. Watch to learn about how the United States' subjugation of African American and indigenous people informed the Nazis' campaign to racialize and "other" Jews, about the history of eugenics and racism, and the interconnectedness of hate.
We asked Holocaust survivors, "What is one thing you want to tell future generations?" Watch their answers and calls to action:
In the aftermath of the Holocaust, many Jewish writers turned to pen and paper to reckon with the enormity of their loss. The stories they wrote—both fiction and nonfiction—bring to life the darkest moments of human history at the same time as they remind us of the human capacity for renewal and regeneration. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, join us for Mili Avital's reading of one of those stories, Rachel Haring Korn's "The Road of No Return." Please consider making a donation to the Museum at https://mjhnyc.org/jan27donation. Your support helps us bring stories like this to audiences around the world so they can learn the lessons of the Holocaust.
In the aftermath of the Holocaust, many Jewish writers turned to pen and paper to reckon with the enormity of their loss. The stories they wrote—both fiction and nonfiction—bring to life the darkest moments of human history at the same time as they remind us of the human capacity for renewal and regeneration. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, join us for Eleanor Reissa's reading of one of those stories, Isaac Bashevis Singer's "A Wedding in Brownsville." Please consider making a donation to the Museum at https://mjhnyc.org/jan27donation. Your support helps us bring stories like this to audiences around the world so they can learn the lessons of the Holocaust.
International March of the Living virtual Chanukah journey through Israel with Julian Resnick in our continuing webinar series on December 1, 2021 at 1:00PM ET. Chanukah is the quintessential Jewish holiday as its meaning has continually, over the centuries, been reinterpreted, according to the needs of the Jews celebrating. From the Chalutzim (pioneers) returning to the Land of Israel at the end of the 19th Century and looking for Jewish Heroes of the Muscular type to Adam Sandler on “Saturday Night Live” singing “Put on your yarmulke, here comes Hanukkah! So much fun-akah, to celebrate Hanukkah!” Or is there an essential meaning? We will wander around Israel with Julian Resnick, stopping eight times (for obvious reasons) to try and answer the question above and of course to have fun on an Israeli tiyul. Julian was born in South Africa and made Aliyah to Israel in 1976. He is a bit of a dinosaur, being a Kibbutz Member (almost a dying breed) and lives on Kibbutz Tzora with his (not lost) tribe of wife, children and six grandchildren. He has been involved in Education all his adult life and has three Shlichuyot to London. San Francisco and NYC under his belt. Learn more at https://www.motl.org/chanukah-israel-tour
Tovah Feldshuh and Dr. Ruth talking about Tovah's upcoming performance in Becoming Dr. Ruth at the Museum's theater Edmond J. Safra Hall. It opens Dec 4 and runs to Jan 2nd. Buy your tickets today mjhnyc.org/bdr #tovah #DrRuth #offbroadway #nyctheatre
Long before Dr. Ruth was the dynamic, funny, and sex-positive icon we know and love, she was cheering up others during the darkest of times. At age 10, following her father's arrest by the Nazis, Ruth was sent to Switzerland via Kinderstransport. During the journey, the children were worried and sad, so Ruth cheered them up by making everyone sing. This December at the Museum, discover Dr. Ruth's incredible story as Tony-nominated winning actress Tovah Feldshuh stars in Becoming Dr. Ruth. https://mjhnyc.info/ruth
Pete Rushefsky and Ilya Shneyveys are leading klezmer performers and composers. In this pop-up concert in the Museum’s Edmond J. Safra Hall, Rushefsky, playing tsimbl (cimbalom or hammered dulcimer), and Shneyveys, playing accordion and piano, perform three klezmer medleys: Medley 1: Traditional Klezmer Music for Tsimbl & Accordion Medley 2: Traditional Klezmer Shers Collected by Moshe Beregovski Medley 3: Flora Hora/Sirba Matey Matey - Klezmer Music From the Repertoire of Joseph Moskowitz Rushefsky tours and records internationally with violinist Itzhak Perlman as part of the Klezmer Conservatory Band. A founder of the annual Yiddish New York festival, Rushefsky is also Executive Director of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to the preservation and presentation of diverse immigrant music traditions from around the world. Shneyveys, originally from Latvia, is a founding member of Berlin’s famous Neukölln Klezmer Sessions and Shtetl Neukölln festival, as well as a long-time faculty member at Yiddish Summer Weimar. Shneyveys has performed and taught at Jewish festivals around the world, and is the artistic director and a founding member of the Yiddish psychedelic rock band Forshpil and a founding member of the Yiddish-Bavarian fusion project Alpen Klezmer.
Daniel Kahn is a Detroit-born expat Jewish troubadour whose music mixes Yiddish, English, Russian, German, klezmer, and punk-folk. His groups include The Painted Bird, Brothers Nazaroff, Semer Ensemble, and The Unternationale. He’s been featured across the screen and stage, including in “Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish” at the Museum, the hit Netflix series “Unorthodox,” and Carnegie Hall's “From Shtetl to Stage.” The Ashkenaz Foundation named Kahn the inaugural Theodore Bikel Artist-in-Residence, and in 2018 he received the Chane and Joseph Mlotek Award for Yiddish Continuity. He, his wife Yeva, and their son Leon are currently harboring in Hamburg. In this pop-up concert recorded in Hamburg, Germany, Kahn performs “People Eater” by Solomon Small, “The New Russia or Nicolai's Downfall” by Solomon Small, and “Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt” by Hirsh Glick.
For Daniel Libeskind, architecture tells a story, similar to how his grandfather told stories in shtetls in Poland. Mr. Libeskind's own work has represented many important stories and memorials, including several Jewish Museums and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center.
In February, we were honored to have Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla join us to discuss his Greek #Jewish heritage. His parents, who were #Holocaust survivors, taught him that their stories should be a celebration of life, not revenge.
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