Writers & Artists Respond

October 10, 2013

Artist Elaine Reichek discusses her exhibition A Postcolonial Kinderhood Revisited, which makes use of domestic furniture and the artist’s hand-embroidered samplers to evoke and examine her memories of her childhood home in Brooklyn.

A Cantor's Tale

January 16, 2006

…that fermented in postwar Brooklyn. With missionary zeal, Mendelson teaches a new generation of hazzanim - men and women - the art of Jewish liturgical music. The film features commentary by Alan Dershowitz, Jackie Mason, and Metropolitan Opera tenor Neil Shicoff. Klezmatics composer Frank London provides the original score.

Seltzer Works

January 16, 2011

In the early 1900s, thousands of seltzer deliverymen shlepped heavy glass bottles full of fizzy water to millions of thirsty customers. In this short documentary, the last bottler in Brooklyn fends off the supermarket seltzer take-over and honors the drink’s place in history.

Kol Nidre #3

January 11, 2017

Images from Brooklyn-based artist Archie Rand’s acclaimed book The 613, an illustrated reimagining of the 613 Jewish commandments that earned praise from the likes of Art Spiegelman and Ang Lee, are recreated in this charming animated short that features music by Jeremiah Lockwood. Screening with Doing Jewish: A Story from…

Ahead of Time

January 14, 2010

Born in Brooklyn in 1911, Ruth Gruber had an extraordinary career as a foreign correspondent and photojournalist spanning seven decades. The first journalist to enter the Soviet Arctic (in 1935), she escorted Holocaust refugees to America in ’44, covered the Nuremberg trials in ’46, and reported on the plight of…

Brownsville Black and White

January 20, 2002

…documentary follows 60 years of Black/Jewish relations in Brownsville, Brooklyn—known first as a racially integrated community unified by shared liberal politics, and then as the setting of a watershed schism between blacks and Jews in the late 1960s. Brownsville residents and former residents provide eloquent testimony to the changes the…

Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights

December 20, 2015

Ages 3-8 Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights bring kids to their feet with their interactive, high energy performances. From pop-rock to gospel to country stylings, enjoy Brooklyn-based kindie rocker Leeds’ unique and playful sound with hits from her latest releases Good Egg and Meshugana.

Adult Studio Workshop

December 4, 2016

…is currently based in Brooklyn, NY and holds a Master's degree in architecture from the University of Michigan. Adili has been an artist in residence at the Rockefeller Foundation for the Arts, Smack Mellon, the MacDowell Colony, Lower East Side Printshop, and Women’s Studio Workshop. She received the Pollock-Krasner Foundation…

Divan

January 22, 2002

…a journey from a Brooklyn Hasidic community to its origins in Hungary and back in an effort to retrieve a turn-of-the-century family heirloom. The couch, upon which Hasidic rabbis once slept, is in the filmmaker’s great-grandfather’s house in Rohod, Hungary. A visual parable about the Hasidic community that the filmmaker…

Never, Again, Forever: The Jewish Defense League

January 19, 1997

…League (JDL) both in Brooklyn and the occupied territories of Israel, this is a highly charged look at the “chayas” (wild animals) who, with their leader Meir Kahane, initiated acts of terrorism against Blacks, Arabs and Soviet diplomats. The evolution of wrath and its consequenes form the heart of this…

Adult Studio Workshop

October 13, 2016

…lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and received an MFA from Hunter College and a BA from Brown University. She is a member of the Brooklyn-based artists collective Underdonk, and has served as artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center, Woodstock-Byrdcliffe Guild and the Shandaken Project. In 2015 Collins…

Adult Studio Workshop

October 27, 2016

…lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and received an MFA from Hunter College and a BA from Brown University. She is a member of the Brooklyn-based artists collective Underdonk, and has served as artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center, Woodstock-Byrdcliffe Guild and the Shandaken Project. In 2015 Collins…

Adult Studio Workshop

October 20, 2016

…lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and received an MFA from Hunter College and a BA from Brown University. She is a member of the Brooklyn-based artists collective Underdonk, and has served as artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center, Woodstock-Byrdcliffe Guild and the Shandaken Project. In 2015 Collins…

Houdini

January 17, 2011

…Erich Weiss, a Jewish boy practicing on safes in Brooklyn, to his renowned death-defying escapes, this film is a rare treat. Screening will be followed by a performance by contemporary magical entertainer, Josh Rand.

Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights

December 9, 2018

…hits from her albums, Brooklyn Baby!, Good Egg, and Meshugana. About the Performer Joanie Leeds, one of the top nationally touring kindie rock singers, has played for large audiences across the country. As a singer/songwriter, Joanie has won first place in the USA Songwriting Competition, an Independent Music Award, Gold…

The 'Gesher' Family

January 12, 1994

…and Guildenstern Are Dead, presented in 1992 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The 'Gesher' Family reminds us of the excitement and creativity possible in cross-cultural encounters while introducing an extraordinary family of talented performers.

AKA Doc Pomus

January 9, 2013

…polio as a child, Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder reinvented himself as a blues singer, renaming himself Doc Pomus. He then emerged as a one of the most brilliant songwriters of the early rock and roll era, writing “Save the Last Dance for Me,” “This Magic Moment,” “A Teenager in Love,” “Viva…

Writers & Artists Respond

November 29, 2018

…and editor based in Brooklyn, NYC. He has had solo exhibitions at Silas Von Morisse Gallery, Life on Mars, Weathervane, Pocket Utopia and Norte Maar, and two-person shows at Lodge Gallery and Slag. His artwork and curatorial activities have been written about in The New York Times, ARTNews, Art Review,…

Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower

April 10, 2016

…Mitchell will be the M Shanghai String Band from Brooklyn and singer and friend Simi Stone.

Artist-Led Studio Workshop

April 10, 2018

…Art Library, and the Brooklyn Museum. Her work has recently been exhibited at the Cranbrook Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Small Editions, as well as galleries in New York, Los Angeles, Oakland, and Paris. She received a BA from Brandeis University and an MFA from Temple…

Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish

January 16, 2011

…“mumblecore” film, Annenberg creates a parallel universe (aka Williamsburg, Brooklyn), where Romeo and Juliet stem from divergent streams of ultra-orthodox Judaism and speak their lines in street-smart Yiddish.

Adult Studio Workshop

February 28, 2019

…reviewed in The New York Times, Berliner Morgenpost, The Brooklyn Rail, and Modern Painters. She lives and works in Brooklyn.

Adult Studio Workshop

February 21, 2019

…reviewed in The New York Times, Berliner Morgenpost, The Brooklyn Rail, and Modern Painters. She lives and works in Brooklyn.

The Art of Ezra Jack Keats, Kids in Grades 2-5

January 11, 2021

…and urban landscapes of Brooklyn-born, award-winning picture book creator Ezra Jack Keats. Tours focus on visual storytelling, Keats's autobiographical inspirations, and his use of color and collage. The exhibition The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats was on view at the Jewish Museum from September 9, 2011…

Author Talk

March 16, 2015

…Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn and The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World, which won the Jewish Book Council's Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature in 2008. The Salo W. Baron Program has been endowed by the Trustees of the…

Concert

July 19, 2018

…Petschek Family Music Program Brooklyn based composer, pianist, and vocalist Judith Berkson performs a dynamic set featuring her unique blend of cantorial music, Hebrew liturgy, and her innovative indie-contemporary composed songs, in conjunction with Chaim Soutine: Flesh. About the Performer Judith Berkson is a Cantor, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who has…

David Weinstone & the Music for Aardvarks Band

January 21, 2018

…rocker who lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and three children. He founded Music for Aardvarks and Other Mammals, an interactive music class for preschoolers, in 1997. Today, the classes are taught all over the country, and there are sixteen original albums that feature Weinstone’s beloved songs. His…

Educator Workshop

December 2, 2014

…immigrant teens at a Brooklyn high school, will complement tours of the exhibition Masterpieces & Curiosities: A Russian-American Quilt. Discussion around the film and the show’s centerpiece — an elaborate, circa-1899 quilt bearing Eastern European and American imagery — will explore how art and media can tell stories of immigration,…

Writers & Artists Respond

July 12, 2018

…Warehouse (in collaboration with Alina Tenser) at helper projects (Brooklyn, NY). He has been included in exhibitions at The Vanity East, MOMA, Essex Flowers, Situations, Torrance Shipman, Regina Rex, and Room East, among others.

Writers and Artists Respond

July 27, 2017

…living and working in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a BA and MS from the University of Pennsylvania (2003) and an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2007). She has participated in several residency programs including Yaddo, the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program and the…

Performance

November 30, 2017

…childhood in Israel and Brooklyn, ‘Tzippy’ shares details about her fabulous life in NYC, including befriending style icon and photographer Bill Cunningham all from the seats of her turquoise Bianchi and pink Shinola bicycles. Held in conjunction with the exhibition Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress. Featuring a sumptuous array of…

Hopalong Andrew and Band

April 22, 2018

…Hudson River Park, The Oldtone Roots Music Festival, The Brooklyn Public Library, and more. Hopalong Andrew has received press from Time Out, ABC, CBS, and praise from the parenting blogosphere.

Studio Workshop for Adults

July 10, 2016

…in group shows in Brooklyn, Philadlephia and Baltimore. Epstein has participated in residency programs including the Millay Colony, the Macdowell Colony and the Saltonstall Foundation. Epstein is a museum educator at MoMA, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Jewish Museum, and an adjunct professor at American University.

AM at the JM

October 27, 2017

…lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. As the self-appointed “Master of Discard,” Belott scours the cultural thrift shop for visual, audio and performative materials. Belott exhibits with Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York; Moran Bondaroff, Los Angeles; and LOYAL, Stockholm, Sweden. In May 2017, Gavin Brown’s enterprise hosted Dr. Kid President…

Adult Studio Workshop

November 9, 2015

…included in the current Next Wave exhibition at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

The Pop Ups

March 12, 2017

…tunes. A collaboration between Brooklyn musicians Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, The Pop Ups have been setting the standard for children’s music since 2010. A celebration of making, building, and learning, their album Appetite for Construction received a 2014 Grammy nomination for Best Children’s Album, alongside a National Parenting Publications…

The Pop Ups

March 1, 2020

…more. A collaboration between Brooklyn musicians Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, The Pop Ups have been setting the standard for children’s music since 2010. They just received their third Grammy nomination for Best Children’s Album with Giants of Science. Appetite for Construction received a Grammy nomination, a National Parenting Publications…

Jewish Book Council Presents: Unpacking the Book

February 23, 2016

…community. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Christopher Noxon is an author, journalist, and illustrator. He’s the author of the novel Plus One and Rejuvenile: Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grown Up. He has written for The New Yorker, Details, The New York Times Magazine, Los…

Little Miss Ann

February 5, 2023

…be joined by special guests—Brooklyn's award-winning family music artist and creator of livestream show “Sing with Suzi,” Suzi Shelton—as well as NYC rockin' kids musician and climate justice activist, Esther Crow. After the concert, come to the Floor 4 studio to enjoy our free monthly Drop-in Art Workshop for families.…

Galleries and Shops Closing at 2 pm

September 22, 2015

Exhibition galleries and shops are closing at 2pm today in observance of Yom Kippur.

AM at the JM

May 4, 2016

…Bowers' work is currently featured in Agitprop! at the Brooklyn Museum. Sign up for our mailing list here.

The Pop Ups' Night in the Museum

June 7, 2020

…EDT A collaboration between Brooklyn musicians Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, The Pop Ups have been setting the standard for children’s music since 2010. They just received their third Grammy nomination for Best Children’s Album with Giants of Science. Appetite for Construction received a Grammy nomination, a National Parenting Publications…

Studio Workshop

January 11, 2015

…and Lewis. Based in Brooklyn, Yevgeniya Baras has taught university-level art classes for the past eight years, and holds BA and MS degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited her work in…

AM at the JM

May 9, 2017

…lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is a conceptual artist known for his multidisciplinary practice, which includes painting, publishing, collage, video, and performance. His work engages with language, both figuratively and literally, and addresses the re-contextualization of history. Through his work, Pendleton seeks to establish “a future dynamic…

The Pop Ups

February 25, 2018

…more. A collaboration between Brooklyn musicians Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, The Pop Ups have been setting the standard for children’s music since 2010. A celebration of making, building, and learning, their album Appetite for Construction received a 2014 GRAMMY nomination for Best Children’s Album, alongside a National Parenting Publications…

Felix and Meira

January 29, 2015

…tale of self-discovery set against the backdrops of Montreal, Brooklyn, and Venice, Italy. An Oscilloscope Laboratories release. Director Maxime Giroux and film cast in person for Q&A at both screenings!

Hopalong Andrew & Band

November 24, 2019

…Roots Music Festival, The Brooklyn Public Library, and more. Hopalong Andrew has received press from Time Out, ABC, CBS, and praise from the parenting blogosphere. Tickets: $18 General; $14 Jewish Museum family members Enjoy a full morning program and join us for Picture This! which includes a gallery tour, art…

Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats

January 27, 2019

…children’s artist based in Brooklyn, New York, making jazz age inspired music for families. Just announced on December 7th, her album All The Sounds was nominated for a 2019 Grammy Award for Best Children’s album. Her music is featured on Sprout House, the musically-infused programming on Universal Kids and her…

Elena Moon Park

September 18, 2022

…and producer living in Brooklyn, NY. She is a freelance violinist and multi-instrumentalist in NYC, specializing in contemporary classical and family music, and has performed on stages ranging from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to the Southbank Centre and the Melbourne International Arts Festival. She is also co-Artistic Director of…

Movies that Matter

December 3, 2018

…enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, 93Queen follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are challenging their patriarchal community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City. With unprecedented and insider access, 93Queen presents a unique look at a group of religious women who are taking…

Adult Studio Workshop

November 16, 2015

…included in the current Next Wave exhibition at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Adult Studio Workshop

November 23, 2015

…included in the current Next Wave exhibition at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Adult Studio Workshop

January 28, 2016

…and photography. Based in Brooklyn, Denniston studied at the International Center of Photography, and received an MFA in Studio Art from Hunter College. She has exhibited in New York and Los Angeles, and is represented by KANSAS (New York). She has attended artist residencies including Shandaken Project at Storm King…

The Pop Ups

March 17, 2019

…more. A collaboration between Brooklyn musicians Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, The Pop Ups have been setting the standard for children’s music since 2010. They just received their third Grammy nomination for Best Children’s Album with Giants of Science. Appetite for Construction received a Grammy nomination, a National Parenting Publications…

AM at the JM

February 21, 2017

…Bidoun, Triple Canopy, The Brooklyn Rail and a book on his work was recently published by Sternberg Press (The Very Quick of the Word, 2014). Public collections include The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York;…

Bang on a Can

April 27, 2017

…performing Bartok’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Chow resides in Brooklyn.

Virtual Concert and Conversation

May 13, 2021

…joined in conversation with Brooklyn-based painter Amy Sillman, who had two triumphal exhibitions in New York last year - a show of her own work at Gladstone Gallery and one she curated for the reopening of the Museum of Modern Art. For decades, members of the Bang on a Can…

David Weinstone Family Concert

January 22, 2021

…rocker who lives in Brooklyn with his wife and family. He founded Music for Aardvarks and Other Mammals, an interactive music class for preschoolers, in 1997. Today, the classes are taught all over the country, and there are sixteen original albums that feature Weinstone’s beloved songs. His recent picture books…

Bang on a Can

July 20, 2017

…“a genre unto herself,” Brooklyn-based composer and guitarist Kaki King has released 8 albums over the past 13 years, performed multiple world tours, and has presented her work in a variety of prestigious arts centers, including the Kennedy Center, MoMA, LACMA and The Met. She has created music for numerous…

Virtual Unpacking the Book: Jewish Writers in Conversation

February 24, 2022

…Journal. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and their two daughters. Talia Lavin is a writer who has had bylines in The New Yorker, The New Republic, The New York Times Review of Books, The Washington Post, The Village Voice, and more. Stephanie Butnick is deputy editor of Tablet…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Loss

March 28, 2019

…University and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and daughter. Rebecca Soffer is co-founder and CEO of Modern Loss and co-author of the book Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome. She is a former producer for The Colbert Report and helped manage Reboot's international network. She…

Adult Studio Workshop

February 4, 2016

…and photography. Based in Brooklyn, Denniston studied at the International Center of Photography, and received an MFA in Studio Art from Hunter College. She has exhibited in New York and Los Angeles, and is represented by KANSAS (New York). She has attended artist residencies including Shandaken Project at Storm King…

Adult Studio Workshop

February 11, 2016

…and photography. Based in Brooklyn, Denniston studied at the International Center of Photography, and received an MFA in Studio Art from Hunter College. She has exhibited in New York and Los Angeles, and is represented by KANSAS (New York). She has attended artist residencies including Shandaken Project at Storm King…

The Pop Ups

March 11, 2022

…performers: A collaboration between Brooklyn musicians Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, The Pop Ups have been setting the standard for children’s music since 2010. They have received multiple Grammy nominations for Best Children’s Album with Giants of Science and Appetite for Construction, a National Parenting Publications Award, Parents’ Choice Award,…

45th Annual Museum Mile Festival

June 13, 2023

…Street Band is a Brooklyn-based brass band dedicated to human culture and sonic adventure. Built on the celebratory energy and raw spontaneity of the second-line brass band tradition, Dingonek has created a funky, high-energy party music all its own by absorbing and reworking elements of Afrobeat, Ethio-jazz, punk rock, free…

Adult Studio Workshop

October 14, 2018

…living and working in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a BA and MS from the University of Pennsylvania (2003) and an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2007). She is represented by Nicelle Beauchene Gallery and her work has been reviewed in The…

The Pop Ups

March 24, 2024

…performers: A collaboration between Brooklyn musicians Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, The Pop Ups have been setting the standard for children’s music since 2010. They have received multiple Grammy nominations for Best Children’s Album with Giants of Science and Appetite for Construction, a National Parenting Publications Award, Parents’ Choice Award,…

Live Virtual Concert and Conversation

February 4, 2021

…worldwide. About the Performers: Brooklyn native Taja Cheek is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and vocalist who often performs under the mononym, L’Rain. She is interested in exploring the complex interwovenness of grief and joy, using voice memos and other manipulated samples recorded in her hometown as inspiration and source material. Since…

Hanukkah Family Day

December 10, 2017

…their 8th Children's album, Brooklyn Baby! along with other fan favorites. Joanie Leeds, one of the top nationally touring kindie rock singers, has played for thousands of families all across the country. As a singer/songwriter, Joanie has won first place in the USA Songwriting Competition, an Independent Music Award, Gold…

The Pop Ups

March 5, 2023

…performers: A collaboration between Brooklyn musicians Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, The Pop Ups have been setting the standard for children’s music since 2010. They have received multiple Grammy nominations for Best Children’s Album with Giants of Science and Appetite for Construction, a National Parenting Publications Award, Parents’ Choice Award,…

Suzi Shelton

October 16, 2022

…winning singer/songwriter based in Brooklyn, NY who has been recognized as a voice in indie family music for more than two decades. She has four solo albums under her belt, and produces a popular weekly livestream show on her Facebook and YouTube Channels called “Sing with Suzi - a joyful…

Dialogue and Discourse

February 14, 2019

…a 2018-2019 Bard at Brooklyn Public Library Fellow. Bell holds a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies in the humanities from the University of Chicago and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Eric Gottesman is an artist who makes images and social interventions addressing…

Dialogue and Discourse

June 7, 2018

…and now based in Brooklyn. Her work articulates non-paranoid, porous ways of being in a world fraught by fear, power and possession. Through painting, drawing and performative works, she wields heterotopic narratives that are both nonhierarchical and perverse. She has exhibited at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, P.S.1 Contemporary…

Good Girls and Nasty Women: Gender in American Jewish History

March 28, 2017

…and women's studies at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York for over thirty years. A pioneer in the field of women's history, Anderson lectures throughout Europe and the United States on women’s movements, international feminism, the history of sexuality, and women’s issues today.…

Panel: Curating Film

January 17, 2016

…and electronic arts in Brooklyn, and Programmer At Large at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. In addition to organizing screenings for Artists Space, the Centre Pompidou, the Museum of Modern Art, and Tate Modern, he co-curated the cinema for Greater New York 2010 at MoMA PS1 and the film…

We Fight to Build a Free World: Contested Monuments

November 19, 2020

…of Fine Arts, Houston; Brooklyn Museum, New York; and The Wedge Collection, Toronto. Nicholas Galanin’s (Tlingit/Unangax) work offers perspective rooted in connection to land and broad engagement with contemporary culture. For over a decade, Galanin has been embedding incisive observation into his work, investigating and expanding intersections of culture and…

Hanukkah Family Day

December 15, 2019

…hear hits from her albums,Brooklyn Baby!, Good Egg, and Meshugana. Hanukkah Spotlight Tours 12:30 pm & 3 pm Discover Hanukkah lamps on a brief gallery tour with sketching activities. Floor 4: Art Studio Holiday Still Life 12:30 pm – 3 pm Paint a fun mix of holiday objects such as…

Dialogue and Discourse

November 7, 2019

…lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Tschabalala Self builds a singular style from the syncretic use of both painting and printmaking to explore ideas about the black female body. The artist constructs exaggerated depictions of female bodies using a combination of sewn, printed, and painted materials, traversing different artistic and…

Dialogue and Discourse

December 12, 2019

…curatorial art project in Brooklyn and Berlin. Donahue has taught MFA candidates at the graduate level at The City College of New York and lectured at many universities on the topic of collaboration and professional practice for art students. She served on New Art Dealers Alliance's (NADA) Board of Directors…

Dialogue and Discourse

December 14, 2017

…Canada, Ontario; and The Brooklyn Museum, New York. Fernandes is currently Artist in Residency at Northwestern University in the Department of Art Theory and Practice. He is represented by Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago. Born in Mexico City, and currently based in New York, Aliza Nisenbaum’s paintings are intimate exchanges between…

Calls to Action: Museums, Art, and Achieving Equity

January 28, 2021

…Diaspora Art (MoCADA) in Brooklyn, NY and served six years on the Americans for the Arts Public Art Network Council and Chaired the Communications Committee. He served as a Manager of Arts Programs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Arts for Transit for eleven years. Dr. Mijal Bitton is a…