The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/center-for-jewish-history/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:55:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Center for Jewish History | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/center-for-jewish-history/ 32 32 ‘Rabbinic trips’: NY exhibit blends groovy psychedelic counterculture, Jewish tradition https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbinic-trips-ny-exhibit-blends-groovy-psychedelic-counterculture-jewish-tradition/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:03:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3864055 On display through December at YIVO and the Center for Jewish History, visual artist Steve Marcus’s work brings together influences from Maimonides to the Grateful Dead

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]]> Joan Nathan knew her Catholic relative died in the Holocaust. A new project added detail https://www.timesofisrael.com/joan-nathan-knew-her-catholic-relative-died-in-the-holocaust-a-new-project-added-detail/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:19:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3802554 The renowned Jewish cookbook author’s family history is uncovered in Histories and Mysteries, an initiative of the Ackman and Ziff Family Genealogy Institute in Manhattan

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]]> Bill Aron, photographer of Jewish countercultures, gets his due in sweeping NYC retrospective https://www.timesofisrael.com/bill-aron-photographer-of-jewish-countercultures-gets-his-due-in-sweeping-nyc-retrospective/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:08:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3751411 A new American Jewish Historical Society exhibit running through June 4 spans five decades' worth of images — from the heyday of the havurah movement to the fading glory of the Jewish Lower East Side

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]]> NYC exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a Holocaust child refugee and skeptic of easy truths https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-exhibit-honors-writer-lore-segal-a-holocaust-child-refugee-and-skeptic-of-easy-truths/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:09:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3742319 'And That’s True Too,' on display through April 15, traces the New Yorker contributor's arc from Kindertransport to the Big Apple, where she dazzled with novels, short stories and kids' books

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]]> NYC replica of famed Anne Frank House amplifies humanity of those murdered by Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-replica-of-famed-anne-frank-house-amplifies-humanity-of-those-murdered-by-nazis/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:19:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3465576 Reproduction of tiny Amsterdam annex where young diarist hid with her family opens to the public at the Center for Jewish History on Monday, International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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]]> From Nazis to Vietnam protesters, NY exhibit highlights history of campus antisemitism https://www.timesofisrael.com/from-nazis-to-vietnam-protesters-ny-exhibit-highlights-history-of-campus-antisemitism/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:39:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3389427 At NYC's Center for Jewish History through Dec. 31, 'Between Antisemitism and Activism' looks at Jews in academia facing obstacles like quotas, Holocaust relativism and anti-Zionism

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]]> Full-scale replica of Anne Frank’s hidden annex heads to New York for exhibition https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-scale-replica-of-anne-franks-hidden-annex-heads-to-new-york-for-exhibition/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 06:35:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3398398 Meticulous reconstruction of Jewish family's hideaway to be shown at Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, along with artifacts such as yellow star, 'Forbidden For Jews' sign

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]]> Project offers free DNA kits to Holocaust survivors to help them find lost relatives https://www.timesofisrael.com/project-offers-free-dna-kits-to-holocaust-survivors-to-help-them-find-lost-relatives/ Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:40:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2886168 New York-based Center for Jewish History launches initiative to help people learn about family connections severed by genocide

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]]> Opening on Election Day, NYC exhibit traces global history of Jews’ civil rights https://www.timesofisrael.com/opening-on-election-day-nyc-exhibit-traces-global-history-of-jews-civil-rights/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 21:29:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2868757 'How Jews Became Citizens' at NYC's Center for Jewish History gives access to a trove of ancient documents showing the ever-changing status of local Jewish communities

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]]> It’s Ashkenazi vs. Sephardi Jews in this take on ‘Romeo and Juliet’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/its-ashkenazi-vs-sephardi-jews-in-this-take-on-romeo-and-juliet/ Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:41:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2094735 From Sunday at New York's Center for Jewish History, a reimagining of Shakespearean classic with an Ashkenazi Juliet falling for a Sephardi Romeo, to the dismay of their families

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]]> The amazingly brave chutzpa of a 1930s gay, Jewish bullfighter https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-amazingly-brave-chutzpa-of-a-1930s-gay-jewish-bullfighter/ Sat, 08 Jun 2019 01:32:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2088335 When not unfurling his cape, American matador Sidney Franklin, aka 'El Torero de la Torah,' hobnobbed with Ernest Hemingway, who immortalized him in 'Death in the Afternoon'

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]]> US House members introduce bill to fund Holocaust education in schools https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-house-members-introduce-bill-to-fund-holocaust-education-in-schools/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:10:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2013662 Bipartisan legislation will establish Treasury fund, which will be combined with private donations to finance grants for public and private middle schools and high schools

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]]> New Israel Fund’s new president opposes ‘most forms of’ Israel boycotts https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-israels-fund-new-president-opposes-most-forms-of-israel-boycotts/ Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:40:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1942770 David Myers takes role after stepping down as CEO of the Center for Jewish History following criticism of his involvement with liberal organizations

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]]> Center for Jewish History head steps down, denies right-wing critics to blame https://www.timesofisrael.com/center-for-jewish-history-head-steps-down-denies-right-wing-critics-to-blame/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 06:21:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1882188 David Myers says he wants to be back home in Los Angeles, dismisses as 'nuisances' detractors who complained of his ties to left-wing movements, openness to settlement boycotts

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]]> Harvard prof who escaped Europe on eve of WWII dissects world’s oldest hatred https://www.timesofisrael.com/harvard-prof-who-escaped-europe-on-eve-of-wwii-dissects-worlds-oldest-hatred/ Tue, 01 May 2018 12:09:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1839259 Speaking in NY, 82-year-old Ruth Wisse shares why anti-Semitism isn't the Jews' fault, but how self-rule has made them even more of a target

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