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Contemporary Jewish Museum

A view of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Gary Sexton Photography via JTA)
November 15, 2024, 7:58 am
San Francisco’s Jewish museum to take ‘sabbatical’ amid financial struggles
Hit by fall in visits and donations, museum says it will lay off two-thirds of its staff and attempt a rethink and revamp
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
'No one is listening to us,' by Berkeley multidisciplinary artist Tosha Stimage. (Impart Photography/ Courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum/ via JTA)
November 16, 2022, 2:45 am
At a Jewish museum, a non-Jewish artist’s use of the Palestinian flag sparks debate
After seeing Tosha Stimage’s piece in the ‘Tikkun’ exhibit, visitors to the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco are asking questions, including whether it belongs there
By Andrew Esensten
Illustrative: Photograph by Roman Vishniac of Jewish schoolchildren in Mukacevo, Eastern Europe, in the 1930s. (© Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography)
March 27, 2016, 4:14 am
Exhibit shows new works by iconic photographer who immortalized pre-WWII Jewry
Roman Vishniac retrospective at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum includes never-before-seen footage of 1939 Poland
By Lisa Klug
Eichler model home advertisement, c. 1960. Photographic print of original color postcard image, 8 1/32 x 10 in. Photo courtesy of the Local History Collection, Orange Public Library, Orange, California. Copy and Reuse Restrictions Apply.
May 27, 2014, 7:00 am
Post-WWII Jewish designers draft a brave new world
The Contemporary Jewish Museum’s ‘Designing Home’ exhibit shows the lasting impact of many mid-century artists on shaping America’s aesthetic
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Arthur Szyk, 'The Rabbis at B’nai B’rak' (detail) from the Szyk Haggadah, Lodz, 1935, Watercolor and gouache on paper. (The Robbins Family Collection)
April 15, 2014, 10:28 am
‘Holocaust’ haggadah’s cynical illustrations still bite
Arthur Szyk’s masterwork draws crowds in San Francisco where it is on display for the first time in 60 years
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Detail of the 'Maror' page of the Sarajevo Haggadah (courtesy of the Foundation for Jewish Culture)
April 13, 2014, 11:39 am
Modern Exodus: the Sarajevo Haggadah’s musical journey
Inspired by the haggadah’s story, which parallels her own traumatic dislocation, Bosnian Merima Ključo composes ‘The Music of the Book’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Wallace Berman, Untitled (400.300.50), 1974; stone, metal, and acrylic (photo credit: Collection SFMOMA)
July 1, 2013, 6:19 pm
The Jewish sides of Rothko, Mondrian and Pollock
While the San Fran MOMA is under renovation, masterworks loaned to the Contemporary Jewish Museum make up its new show, ‘Beyond Belief’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Allen Ginsberg, Myself seen by William Burroughs, Kodak Retina new-bought 2’d hand from Bowery hock-shop..., 1953 Gelatin silver print, printed 1984–1997 National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Gary S. Davis, 2009.108.1(Courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum)
May 26, 2013, 3:04 pm
Beat Memories zooms in on Allen Ginsberg as photographer
Beatnik greats Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs come to life through candid photography from the 1950s at a new exhibition in San Francisco
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Shot by New York Photo League member Louis Stettner, "Coming to America" depicts a Jewish immigrant and his child, and was on display at San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum. (Courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum)
December 31, 2012, 6:26 am
Blacklisted Jewish photographers get a second shot
A show at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum pays tribute to an idealistic group of artists sidelined by Cold War hysteria
By David-Elijah Nahmod
Tal Shochat, Afarsemon (Persimmon) (from a series along with Afarsek (Peach), Shaked (Almond), Tapuach (Apple), and Rimon (Pomegranate)), 2011. C-prints, 16.5 x 17 in. Collection of Gary B. Sokol. (Photo credit: courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York)
February 26, 2012, 1:06 pm
Trees of life
An exploration of San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum’s new exhibit, ‘Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art and Jewish Thought’
By David-Elijah Nahmod
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