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Exhibitions

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Ilit Azoulay: Mere Things

September 13, 2024 - January 5, 2025

The first solo U.S. museum exhibition dedicated to the work of Ilit Azoulay.

New York Jewish Film Festival 1995

January 14 - 26, 1995

The Jewish Museum and The Film Society of Lincoln Center present Beyond Perestroika: Jews and History in the Global Village.

The Danube Exodus: The Rippling Currents of the River by Peter Forgács and The Labyrinth Project

March 15 - August 2, 2009

This immersive installation interweaves the historical narratives of Eastern European Jews and Germans fleeing in opposite directions along the Danube River, in an effort to escape the horrors of World War II—what Hungarian filmmaker and scholar Péter Forgács calls “the incomparable duet of the German-Jewish exodus.”

Arnold Dreyblatt: The Re-Collection Mechanism

September 9, 2001 - February 10, 2002

This installation is a container of a vast and mysterious series of spoken and projected words that recall Central and Eastern European lives in 1933.

Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey

June 11, 1993 - February 12, 2017

The acclaimed permanent exhibition tells the unfolding story of Jewish culture and identity through works of art, archaeology, ceremonial objects, photographs, video and interactive media.

Sights and Sounds: Poland

October 31 - November 25, 2014

Sights and Sounds: Poland features new work by the Bouillon Group, Marion von Osten, Anna Baumgart, and Karolina Breguła, selected by Joanna Warsza.

Sights and Sounds: Brazil

January 31 - February 27, 2014

Sights and Sounds: Brazil features new work by Regina Parra, Rodrigo Cass, Cristiano Lenhardt, and Tamar Guimarães, selected by Luiza Proença.

Theaters of Memory: Art and the Holocaust

November 9, 2008 - February 1, 2009

…works respond to the drama of incomprehensibility and traumatic historical memories. The eight artists are presented in three galleries and include works by George Segal, Tadeusz Kantor, and Matthew Buckingham.

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Calendar

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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…

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Programs

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Teaching the Holocaust through Works of Art (PDF)

This resource was developed for middle-school and high-school teachers, and can be used to supplement and enhance ongoing studies in history, art, and literacy. To understand the significance of works of art and artifacts, it is important to understand their political, historical, and social context.

Exhibitions

Ilit Azoulay: Mere Things

New York Jewish Film Festival 1995

The Danube Exodus: The Rippling Currents of the River by Peter Forgács and The Labyrinth Project

Arnold Dreyblatt: The Re-Collection Mechanism

Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey

Sights and Sounds: Poland

Sights and Sounds: Brazil

Theaters of Memory: Art and the Holocaust

Calendar

The Night Trotsky Came to Dinner

Red Shirley

Writers and Artists Respond

Art and History

Fragments * Jerusalem

In Response

In Response

Incitement

Programs

Teaching the Holocaust through Works of Art (PDF)

The Danube Exodus: The Rippling Currents of the River by Peter Forgács and The Labyrinth Project