Tag: Jewish Museum
Jewish museum in San Francisco closes its doors indefinitely
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco will shut its doors for at least one year due to a slow recovery from the COVID pandemic and ensuing economic struggles in the city’s downtown area.
"The work that...
Biden signs bill to study Weitzman Jewish museum joining Smithsonian
U.S. President Joe Biden signed H.R.7764, the “Commission to Study the Potential Transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution Act,” on Wednesday.
The legislation will create a group of eight people...
Suspect arrested in alleged arson hate crime at Jewish Museum of Maryland
Baltimore Police officers arrested Assadollah Hashemi on Saturday, accusing the 66-year-old of an Aug. 4 arson attack outside the Jewish Museum of Maryland, according to a statement that the Baltimore Police Department provided to...
Discovered: Ruins of Munich synagogue destroyed by the Nazis
Construction workers have uncovered stones in the Isar River from a Jewish temple obliterated in Germany just before World War II.
In June of 1938, Munich’s main synagogue was demolished following an order from Adolf Hitler. The...
Holocaust audio archive at Jewish Museum Berlin now UNESCO ‘World Heritage’
As of this month, the Jewish Museum Berlin is home to a collection of objects that is listed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Memory of the World Register.
The original 16mm and restored...
Sarah Bernhardt still ‘immortal’ 100 years after her death
Carol Ockman, art history professor emerita at Williams College, wrote her first book proposal in the 1990s, years before she knew she would co-curate an exhibit on the same topic at New York’s Jewish...
Jewish Museum of Oporto opens permanent exhibit on historic Entebbe raid
The Jewish Museum of Oporto in Portugal on July 19 opened a permanent exhibit dedicated to “Operation Thunderbolt,” Israel’s historic 1976 hostage-rescue raid in Entebbe, B’nai B’rith International announced.
“The is aimed at educating...
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience set to open in New Orleans
Officials with the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in New Orleans announced on Wednesday that the new attraction will open to the public on May 27.
Originally slated to roll out its exhibits in February 2020,...
Barozzi Veiga Wins Competition to Design and Renovate the Jewish Museum of Belgium
Barozzi Veiga, in collaboration with Tab Architects and Barbara Van Der Wee Architects, has just won the competition for the renovation of the Jewish Museum of Belgium. Discrete yet present and integrated into the urban fabric, as the jury stated, the proposal...
Landmark Jerusalem building to house new museum celebrating Jewish heritage
For a dozen years, Jerusalem’s landmark Schneller Compound on Malchei Yisrael Street has lain dormant and abandoned.
Now, the 19th-century cluster of edifices is undergoing a massive renovation to become Beit HaKehillot (House of the Communities),...