My Machberet (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
I'm embarrassed to admit that my visit to the Museum of Jewish Heritage on Sunday was my very first to that incredible institution. In addition to the permanent core exhibition, I wanted to see two temporary offerings: "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges" and "The Morgenthaus: A Legacy of Service." Each would have been well worth the trip (and...
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Many museums, restaurants, clubs, ice rinks, zoos and other places are open on Christmas Day in New York City in 2009. Here’s the list, which will update as more locations confirm their holiday hours: Shows Radio City Spectacular - shows at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. Broadway’s Christmas Day shows includes 8 p.m. performances of “The 39 Steps,” “Billy Elliot,” “Burn...
History News Network (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A new exhibit opened at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. It is titled: The Morgenthaus: A Legacy of Service and will run through December 2010. The Morgenthaus are a unique American family both wealthy and powerful and among them three Morgenthau generations, Henry Morgenthau, Sr., Henry Morgenthau, Jr., and Robert M. Morgenthau, have contributed greatly to America’s history....
Flavorwire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The great weight of history is at times hard to grasp, so it's always intriguing to see how our cultural institutions of record keep the narrative going. The Museum of Jewish Heritage, located on the lower tip of Manhattan overlooking New York Harbor, Lady Liberty, and Ellis Island, has just opened a spiffy new wing that incorporates audio technology to tell the story of its predecessors. Combining...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
ICE returns 16th century Hebrew Bible looted by Nazis A 16th century two-volume Bomberg/Pratensis Rabbinic Bible is back in the hands of its rightful owners 71 years after it was stolen by the Nazis. Today, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the [...]
PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
NAZIS. I HATE THESE GUYS: Bible That Vanished on Kristallnacht Is Heading Home By C. J. HUGHES ( NYT ) Published: November 9, 2009 On Nov. 9, 1938, a two-volume black-leather-clad Hebrew Bible vanished from a library in Vienna after that city’s Jewish community came under assault from soldiers during Kristallnacht, the start of the Nazi pogrom against Jews. As is the case with much art looted...
Women's Lens (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A 16th century Hebrew Bible looted by the Nazis six decades ago was returned to Vienna's Jewish community Monday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials turned over the two-volume Bible to two Austrian emissaries during a repatriation ceremony at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan. Published in Venice in 1516-17, the Bible once was part of the well-known
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
A 16th century Hebrew Bible looted by the Nazis six decades ago was returned to Vienna's Jewish community Monday.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
A 16th century Hebrew Bible looted by the Nazis has been returned to Vienna's Jewish community.
Fast Company (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
"Voices of Liberty" is a soundscape of voices of immigrants -- among them Daniel Libeskind, Henry Kissinger, Holocaust survivors, Soviet refuseniks, Rwandans fleeing genocide -- telling stories about arriving in America for the first time. Neil Diamond would approve. The view from the second floor of the Museum of Jewish Heritage at the tip of Manhattan is spectacular: It faces the Statue...
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Many museums stay open late at least one night a week, often in conjunction with free admission hours , live music and cocktails. Here are the New York City museums with late-closing hours listed by day of the week: Mondays New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free) Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame Annex - 8 p.m., with last admission at 7 p.m. ($24.50)...
Tracing the Tribe (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The Jewish Genealogical Society of New York will hold its membership brunch on Sunday, November 15, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in lower Manhattan. The kosher dairy buffet at 11am will be followed by guest curator Karen Franklin speaking on "Creating the Morgenthau Exhibition: a Family Historian confronts the Twentieth Century." Karen will lead opening day tours of the exhibit after...
Daniel Lubetzky (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust presents: Tuesday, November 17, 7 P.M. Making Money and Doing Good Moderated by Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times Daniel Lubetzky, Kind Inc. and PeaceWorks Foundation/OneVoice Movement; Nancy Lublin, Dress For Success and Do Something; and Barry Nalebuff, Honest Tea The news has been marked in recent [...]
Chasing Evil (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Beachwood: Maltz Museum $100,000 'Stop The Hate' contest underway: "BEACHWOOD -- The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage's annual 'Stop The Hate/Youth Speak Out' $100,000 essay contest for middle school and high school students is underway.Read the full article at the top link.
Women's Lens (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
A performance of “4 x 4,” a dance piece by the Brazilian Jewish choreographer Deborah Colker. Her company performs the work at City Center this week, from Oct. 22 to Oct. 25. by Eric Herschthal Staff Writer The lithe, bearded and bald choreographer Daniel Gwirtzman rehearsed his most recent dance piece, “Tribe,” last Thursday at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. In one male duet,...
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