The Night Trotsky Came to Dinner

January 25, 2006

Parodying historical fiction, documentary, and early silent Yiddish film, November Wanderin deconstructs a family legend.

Red Shirley

January 15, 2011

Red Shirley is a portrait of the filmmaker’s 100-year-old activist, unionist cousin, an articulate, living historical individual. A portrayal of a certain kind of genius, Red Shirley is an example of how the west was won.

Writers and Artists Respond

March 1, 2018

Join Gabi Asfour, co-founder of the design collective ThreeASFOUR and Claudia Nahson, Morris and Eva Feld Curator for a walkthrough of Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress, from the Collection of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, sharing contemporary and historical insights.

Art and History

November 5, 2019

…art shed light on historical events such as the Vietnam War, the Kent State massacre, and the Holocaust? Join us for a full-day workshop using original art and artifacts as primary sources. Hear from Kevin Feinberg, Senior Program Director at Facing History and Ourselves and respond to works of art…

Fragments * Jerusalem

January 12, 1998

Fragments * Jerusalem is without precedent in Israeli cinema, at once an excavation and a monument. Archivist-filmmaker Ron Havilio spent a decadeshooting and assmbling a home movie epic that — as deeply personal as it is broadly historical — charts his family's course through two tumultuous centuries in Jerusalem.

In Response

May 11, 2014

…performance-based artworks in response to the objects, artists, and historical context of the exhibition Other Primary Structures. Participating artists: Lea Cetera, Daniela di Donato, Laura L. Miller, Tracy Molis, Xiaoshi Vivian Vivian Qin, Jordan Rathus, Julia Sherman, Matthew C. Wilson.

In Response

May 10, 2015

…the objects, artists, and historical context of the exhibition Repetition and Difference. The exhibition brings together objects made in multiples or series — contemporary art and works from the Museum’s historical collection — in order to explore how artists embed crucial differences within the process of iteration. Participating Artists: Christina…

Incitement

January 19, 2020

This acclaimed historical drama follows the disturbing radicalization of Israeli ultranationalist Yigal Amir in the year leading up to his assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. A law student and Orthodox Jew outraged by Rabin’s announcement of the Oslo Accords, which aspired to achieve a lasting peace between…

Exodus 1947

January 30, 1997

…Jewish Holocaust survivors to Palestine. Exodus 1947 marks the historical event that catapulted the United Nations into making a resolution partitioning Palestine and providing a home for the Jewish people. Less romantic than Otto Preminger's well-known Exodus, this documentary tells a story no less heroic.

Nothing to be Written Here

January 30, 1997

Mixing personal narrative and historical documentary, this video traces Wendy Oberlander's discovery of her father's wartime experiences. Exiled from Austria in 1938, interned in Britain and then transferred to Canada, he was one of more than 2,000 Jewish refugees held behind barbed wire alongside Nazi POWs. This revelatory work excavates…

Gallery Talk

February 14, 2020

…millennia. Explore contemporary artist Rachel Feinstein’s interest in this historical trope and consider what her work says about the world today in this talk led by Jenna Weiss, Manager of Public Programs.

Gallery Talk

March 13, 2020

…millennia. Explore contemporary artist Rachel Feinstein’s interest in this historical trope and consider what her work says about the world today in this talk led by Jenna Weiss, Manager of Public Programs.

Gallery Talk

February 28, 2020

…millennia. Explore contemporary artist Rachel Feinstein’s interest in this historical trope and consider what her work says about the world today in this talk led by Chris Gartrell, Associate Manager of Adult Programs.

Gallery Talk

January 17, 2020

…millennia. Explore contemporary artist Rachel Feinstein’s interest in this historical trope and consider what her work says about the world today in this talk led by Chris Gartrell, Associate Manager of Adult Programs.

The Jewish Museum at Home: Teaching with Lois Lowry’s Number the Stars

May 27, 2020

…Stars, a work of historical fiction by American author Lois Lowry about the escape of a Jewish family in Denmark during World War II aided by the Danish Resistance. Lois Lowry, two-time recipient of the prestigious Newbery Award, speaks live about her novel and her work as a writer. The…

Sterne (Stars)

January 12, 1998

…a film of surprising historical detail, visual clarity and emotional depth. Winnter of a Special Jury Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, this film attests to a curious assimilation of the Jewish Holocaust experience on the part of Iron Curtain countries at a time when few in the West…

Author Talk

October 24, 2019

…occupied Europe, this gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Varian Fry’s extraordinary attempt to save the work, and the lives, of Jewish artists fleeing the Holocaust. Working under the veil of a legitimate relief organization, Fry set up an underground railroad that led over the Pyrenees…

Crystal Nights

January 21, 1993

Crystal Nights is a historical tale set in Greece beginning at the turn of the century and continuing through the post-World War II era. The film explores the vexed 20th century relationship between Jews and Gentiles via the love story of Isabelle, a German woman and Alberto, a young Greek…

Immigration Past and Present, Grades 2-5

March 8, 2021

…and communal experience of immigration and make connections between historical movements and contemporary issues. The tour will include a mix of discussion and activities that can be done using materials found at home. A Zoom link will be sent to you one day prior to the program.

Everything is Fine

January 12, 1994

…with deep political and historical roots in this country. The film encompasses every aspect of life, from images of the anti-Semitic public statements of Russian writers to the first public trial against an instigator of ethnic conflicts. We see the tears of those leaving, and hear the arguments of those…

Movies that Matter: Film Screenings for Schools

October 20, 2022

…work of interpreting a historical figure, “the Vickies” each raise questions about the responsibility of stewarding historical stories and how we understand and connect with one another’s identities. Live virtual Q&A October 20, 11 am EDT with Ethan Fuirst, director Film will be available upon registration. To register, complete the…

Educator Workshop

April 12, 2018

…and explore ways of using objects to teach about historical subjects.

Unorthodox

November 12, 2015

…the notion of the historical avant-garde as challenging orthodoxies across disciplines, with those avant-garde heterodoxies eventually becoming orthodoxies in their own right. Claire Bishop is Professor in the History of Art Department, CUNY Graduate Center. Joshua Decter is the author of Art Is a Problem: Selected Criticism, Essays, Interviews and…

An Irrepressible Woman

January 16, 2020

…at Buchenwald. This touching historical drama starring Elsa Zylberstein and Hippolyte Girardot follows Jeanne Reichenbach, who has been in love with Blum since they were teenagers but has always only admired him from afar. Now she is married with a son, but she is driven by the urge to link…

Dialogue and Discourse

October 7, 2021

…of WWII moved through time, bearing witness to profound historical ruptures while also acting as enduring carriers of individual expression, knowledge, and creativity. The artists discuss how these themes fit into their own respective artistic practices and reflect on history through the lens of our present moment.

Gallery Talk

May 31, 2019

…discuss the personal and communal experience of immigration, connecting historical movements with contemporary issues.

Isabelle Graw

June 4, 2015

…from these reflections, such historical arguments around painting are still relevant. Only now, what was once considered to be painting´s strength — its ability to produce a sense of liveliness or subjectivity — takes on a different meaning in an economy that considers exactly those qualities to be its resources.…

Gallery Talk

March 15, 2019

…and communal experience of immigration and make connections between historical movements and contemporary issues in this tour led by Jenna Weiss, Manager of Public Programs. This event is part of Carnegie Hall’s Migrations: The Making of America festival.

AM at the JM

September 9, 2014

…and a fellow architect, As from Afar reconstructs the historical narrative of this charged relationship through documentary materials and cinematic imagery. Sign up for our AM at the JM mailing list here.

ASL Tour & Reception at Home

November 8, 2020

…to draw connections between historical oppression and the cultural and political challenges we confront in the world today. Please join us at 1:30 pm for a virtual reception, and from 2 - 3 pm for the tour. This program will be conducted through Zoom and offered without voice interpretation. Due…

Power of Pictures Film Screening

October 22, 2015

…link the fragments of film and place them in historical context. A pioneer of editing, Shub spliced key images and fragments to contrast the privileged life of the imperial family with the backbreaking labor of the masses.

The Dead Nation (Tara Moarta)

January 17, 2018

…we measure our individual experiences against the enormity of historical experience? How do we make sense of what we have not—and cannot—witness? Radu Jude’s (Aferim!) hauntingly relevant documentary is, in the words of its narrator, “torn between reality and poetry.”

Adult Studio Workshop

November 20, 2016

…through an examination of historical objects in the Jewish Museum’s collection. Please note that this is a three session class. Ticket purchase is required and includes all three sessions on September 18, October 16, and November 20. Timothy Hull received an MFA at Parsons School of Design, New York, and…

Adult Studio Workshop

October 16, 2016

…through an examination of historical objects in the Jewish Museum’s collection. Please note that this is a three session class. Ticket purchase is required and includes all three sessions on September 18, October 16, and November 20. Timothy Hull received an MFA at Parsons School of Design, New York, and…

Adult Studio Workshop: Monthly Drawing from the Collection

September 18, 2016

…through an examination of historical objects in the Jewish Museum’s collection. Please note that this is a three session class. Ticket purchase is required and includes all three sessions on September 18, October 16, and November 20. Timothy Hull received an MFA at Parsons School of Design, New York, and…

Symposium

February 19, 2017

Founded in 1516, Venice’s Jewish ghetto marked the first instance of urban segregation in Western history and has since emerged as a universal metaphor of oppression and resilience. This roundtable of prominent scholars invites the public to look at the Venetian Republic through the eyes of its Jewish minority, and…

Exhibition Opening

March 13, 2015

…the present. Through this varied display of artworks and historical objects in dialogue, Eisenman’s Seder can be seen as both responding to and advancing a storied visual and material tradition of Jewish culture. Learn more

AM at the JM

May 4, 2016

…various activist movements both historical and contemporary. Her work has been exhibited nationally at the Whitney Museum of American Art, REDCAT, Los Angeles, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and internationally at the The Tate Modern, London, and Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool as well as the Gwangju Biennale, among others. Bowers' work…

AM at the JM

May 9, 2017

…future dynamic where new historical narratives and meanings can exist.” Pendleton’s work has been widely exhibited internationally in venues including MoMA, the New Museum, The Kitchen (all New York), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), Whitechapel Gallery (London); and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Denver), where his traveling…

Lecture

October 4, 2018

…and of the German Historical Institute in Moscow, she has a Master’s degree in art history, economics and law from the University of Leipzig and a Ph.D. in art history from the Technical University of Berlin. In 2017, she published her doctoral thesis on the use of art as collateral…

Artist-Led Studio Workshop

November 19, 2017

…the various cultural and historical references that inspired Modigliani, participants will explore their own sources of inspiration and archetypes as they generate a unique symbol or design to print in multiples and give away during the holiday season. All materials included; All skill levels welcome. Timothy Hull received an MFA…

As it were … So to speak

November 23, 2015

…artists, and authors, both historical and contemporary. Ranging from the charming (Torah pointers tipped with tiny hands, poised above a piano keyboard; silver spice containers shaped like peaches and pears) to the poignant (an empty, worn velvet case for a shofar horn; a Nazi playing card created from a defaced…

Keynote Lecture by Dr. Olaf Peters

February 19, 2015

Organized by Columbia University’s Deutsches Haus and the Department of Art History and Archaeology, “Ghosts of the Past: Nazi-Looted Art and Its Legacies” convenes an international group of art historians, historians, curators, and scholars in provenance research and the history of German art dealership to explore an unexamined chapter of…

AM at the JM

March 31, 2015

…collaborations with small community historical society museums in different parts of the world. In 2005, he designed The Shapes Project, a system to produce “a completely unique shape for every person on the planet, without repeating.” His first solo exhibition was in 1971, and his first New York showing was…

Virtual Lecture

May 4, 2023

…2022, she was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain. Premiering on the Jewish Museum's YouTube Channel on May 4 at 6:30 PM.

Unpacking the Book: Jewish Writers in Conversation

March 28, 2024

…New York Times Best Historical Fiction Book of 2023, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and an NPR Best Books of 2023. Kantika has been translated into German and Turkish. Graver's fourth novel, The End of the Point, was long-listed for the 2013 National Book Award. She…

Virtual Unpacking the Book: Jewish Writers in Conversation

February 15, 2023

…of Bright Moon, a historical duology about Wu Zetian, China’s only female emperor. She is the winner of the RWA RITA Award, a National Jewish Book Award finalist, a Goodreads Choice Award semifinalist, and an RT Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee. Her books have been translated into twelve languages and sold…

Virtual Unpacking the Book: Jewish Writers in Conversation

April 11, 2022

…The Unbreakables, and the historical thriller Fugitive Colors, a suspenseful tale of stolen art, love, lust, deception, and revenge on the eve of World War II. The novel won the Independent Publishers Book Award (IPPY) gold medal for “Best Literary Fiction 2014” and first prize at the Hollywood Film Festival…

Jewish Book Council Presents: Unpacking the Book

March 29, 2016

…scholar, culinary historian, and historical interpreter personally charged with preparing, preserving, and promoting African American foodways and its parent traditions in Africa and her Diaspora and its legacy in the food culture of the American South. Michael is a Judaic studies teacher from the Washington D.C. metropolitan area where interests…

Dialogue and Discourse

November 7, 2019

…experience and referencing art historical precedents, Louis Fratino makes paintings, drawings, and sculptures of the male body. His work includes portraits, nudes, and intimate scenes of male couples engaged in activities ranging from the mundane to the sexual Fratino received his BFA in Painting with concentration in Illustration from the…

Looting, Loss, and Recovery

December 9, 2021

…at Yale University. His historical work concerns central and eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust. He has also written on U.S. History, international relations, health care, digital politics, and political thought. His fifteen books, which include Bloodlands and Black Earth, have been translated into more than forty languages…