Exhibitions

Currently On View

Missing Generations: Photographs by Jill Freedman

March 19–July 16, 2023

This exhibition includes thirty-six black and white images by the noted street photographer Jill Freedman (b. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1939–d. New York, New York, 2019) documenting the remnants of Jewish life after World War II in Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Dating from 1993 and 1994, they feature survivors revisiting such sites as Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Warsaw Ghetto and Terezín (Theresienstadt) in the former Czechoslovakia, the Jewish quarter in Prague and portraits of survivors in Boca Raton and Miami, Florida. Learn more >>

Tradition and Remembrance: Treasures of the Derfner Judaica Museum

Ongoing

With approximately 250 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 18th-century German Torah implements, a handsomely illuminated 19th-century Italian marriage contract and a 2nd–4th century lamella amulet.  Learn more >>

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 20th century artists. Enter the exhibition >>

Vincent Hložník: Dreams

A series of surrealistic linocuts, Dreams responds to traumatic events of the 20th 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

With more than 30 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 >>

Past Exhibitions

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