Tag: 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...
Only Shoah museum in Iberia commemorates ‘Night of Broken Glass’
The Oporto Jewish community in Portugal, one of the strongest in Europe, commemorated the anniversary of Kristallnacht at its Holocaust Museum on Nov. 7.
Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, marks the night of...
NYC museum fires three employees for wearing keffiyehs
A New York City museum has fired three employees for wearing keffiyehs in solidarity with Palestinians—a violation of a new dress code instituted last month against "political messages, slogans or symbols."
The Noguchi Museum, located...
In Holocaust restitution agreement, Pennsylvania museum will auction Renaissance painting
A balding man with a long white beard and large mustache sits with his hands clasped and the bejeweled Order of the Golden Fleece insignia—a sheep associated with Jason and Argonauts—around his neck.
The c....
Woman charged with vandalizing home of Brooklyn Museum director
Law enforcement has filed hate crime charges against a woman alleged to have participated in dumping red paint and vandalizing the home of Anne Pasternak, who is Jewish and works as the Shelby White and Leon Levy Director...
How a Jewish museum in Florida landed the Wiesel Collection
For about a year, officials at the Florida Holocaust Museum (FHM) in downtown St. Petersburg kept a closely guarded secret that the museum was seeking to become the permanent home of a treasure trove...
Florida Holocaust Museum to permanently house Elie Wiesel’s personal collection
The Florida Holocaust Museum and the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity announce that the museum has been chosen as the permanent home of Elie Wiesel’s entire collection, including his Nobel Prize, the entire contents of his personal office...
Canada’s largest museum to change Palestinian ‘dispossession’ exhibit texts
The exhibition "Being and Belonging," on view through Jan. 7 at the Royal Ontario Museum, features artworks by contemporary women artists "from the Islamic world and beyond," per the museum website, which hails the...
Major collection of shofars goes on display in Beit Shemesh
An exhibition at the Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh explores the world of shofars, showcasing one of the largest global collections of the quintessential Jewish instruments.
The display includes straight, curved, spiral...
More than 100 Italian sites take part in European Day of Jewish Culture
Italy participated in the 24th annual European Day of Jewish Culture at 101 sites across 16 regions, with Florence serving as the lead city. This year’s event, held on Sept. 9-10, was dedicated to...