Current Exhibitions

Tradition and Remembrance: Treasures of the Derfner Judaica Museum

Ongoing

With approximately two hundred and fifty objects, this exhibition drawn from the permanent collection explores the intersections of Jewish history and memory. The stories of objects used in traditional Jewish practice are interpreted in light of the role of memory in shaping both individual and communal identities. Among the featured objects in the exhibition are a silver filigree vase, ca. 1911, and an early copper alloy Hanukkah lamp, both from the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts founded in Jerusalem in 1906. Other objects come from near and far, including a set of eighteenth-century German Torah implements, a handsomely illuminated nineteenth-century Italian marriage contract, and a second- to fourth-century lamella amulet.  Learn more >>

Image: Zygmunt Menkes (b. Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Lviv, Ukraine, 1896–d. Bronx, New York, 1986), Cohanim Blessing, detail, ca. 1940s. Oil on canvas, 30 x 22 1/2 in. Gift of Erica and Ludwig Jesselson and Family in Memory of Leo Forchheimer, HHAR 1007.

Online Exhibitions

Modern Ritual: From Bezalel to Wolpert

From its founding in Jerusalem in 1906 by Boris Schatz (1866–1932), the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts forged a national style and pioneered modernist design in Jewish ceremonial art. Enter the exhibition >>

Rahel Szalit-Marcus and Solomon Gershov Illustrate Sholem

Stories by the famed Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem inspired a series of paintings and prints by two Eastern European-born twentieth-century artists. Enter the exhibition >>

Vincent Hložník: Dreams

A series of surrealistic linocuts, Dreams responds to traumatic events of the twentieth century witnessed by eminent Slovak artist Vincent Hložník (1919–1997). Enter the exhibition >>

Aviary Aesthetic: The Symbolism of Birds

With more than thirty artists and works in diverse media, this exhibition explores the fascination birds have long held for artists and designers across different cultures and in different eras. Selected from the permanent collection, the works reflect a variety of stylistic influences, from realism to surrealism, folk art to scientific illustration. Enter the exhibition >>

Unlisted: Underappreciated Women Artists from the Permanent Collection

This exhibition highlights seventeen mid- to late twentieth-century women artists selected from the permanent collection who worked in modernist styles, yet are not often exhibited today despite their significant skills, careers, and accomplishments. Enter the exhibition >>

Past Exhibitions

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