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The Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, set for sale and likely demolition, houses murals by multiple Jewish artists.(Heather Diehl/Getty Images via JTA)
January 29, 2026, 8:51 am
US federal building known for murals by Jewish artists at risk of sale, demolition
Activists call for protection, preservation of Wilbur J. Cohen building, known as ‘Sistine Chapel of the New Deal’ for its massive paintings depicting the American working class
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Red graffiti spray-painted over the Israeli flag on the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History​ in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood on August 26, 2025 (YouTube screengrab)
August 29, 2025, 5:37 am
Reversing course, Philadelphia Jewish museum to rehang vandalized Israeli flag
Following criticism, head of Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History says ‘we certainly didn’t intend… to create a perception that we were capitulating to vandals’
By Grace Gilson
Red graffiti spray-painted over the Israeli flag on the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History​ in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood on August 26, 2025 (YouTube screengrab)
August 28, 2025, 12:13 pm
Philadelphia’s Jewish museum grapples with its identity in the wake of October 7
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History contends with a resurgence of antisemitism amid a shifting cultural landscape, with an Israeli CEO at its helm
By Jessica Steinberg
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim (Courtesy)
May 22, 2025, 10:43 pm
Israeli embassy staffers killed in Washington aspired to Middle East bridge-building
Friends and colleagues remember the couple as driven by a desire to forge regional ties through diplomacy, and for their ‘unwavering belief’ in peace and equality
By Agencies
A Jewish man, standing behind US police tape, talks on his cellphone outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. (Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP)
May 22, 2025, 10:00 am
Two Israeli Embassy staffers killed in shooting attack at Washington, DC, Jewish Museum
Victims were a couple about to get engaged; shooter yelled ‘Free Palestine’ as arrested; Trump: ‘Horrible’ killings ‘obviously’ based on antisemitism; security raised at all embassies
By AP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
'The Reservoir,' written by Jake Brasch and directed by Shelley Butler, which had its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, won the Jewish Plays Project's annual contest. (Jerry Mooney via JTA)
May 8, 2025, 5:36 pm
Trump administration rescinds grants to at least two NY Jewish arts organizations
As the government targets the National Endowment of the Arts, creative groups are uncertain how they will cover expenses, while more institutions appear to be at risk of cuts
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rembrandt van Rijn, 'A Jewish Heroine from the Hebrew Bible,' 1632–33. Oil on canvas, 43 x 37 ⅛ in. (109.2 x 94.4 cm). National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, purchased 1953, accession no. 6089. (NGC)
March 12, 2025, 12:53 am
Drawing on Dutch masters, NY exhibit explores Christians painting themselves into Purim parable
Eschewing Persian version, Jewish Museum extends art curation scepter to masters like Rembrandt, who saw Esther’s heroism echoed in their own struggle against Catholic Spain
By Cathryn J. Prince
'Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston,' at The Jewish Museum, features works by Philip Guston, left, and Trenton Doyle Hancock, right. (JTA)
December 7, 2024, 4:06 pm
Jewish, black artists tackle KKK with satire in new Jewish Museum exhibit
In ‘Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston,’ artists confront symbols of racism, white supremacy, antisemitism
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
James Snyder at the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, July 10, 2016. (Dan Porges/Getty Images via JTA)
August 15, 2023, 7:49 am
Former director of Israel Museum to lead Jewish Museum in New York
James Snyder not expected to make major curatorial changes, though institution may begin exploring exhibitions on antisemitism
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
A pair of Torah finials crafted by silversmith Abraham de Oliveyra in the 18th century. (Courtesy Jewish Museum and Museum of Fine Arts)
August 11, 2023, 11:34 am
300-year-old Sephardic Torah ornaments to be displayed at US museums for 1st time
Works by Abraham de Oliveyra, the first known licensed Jewish silversmith in London, are bought jointly by Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and NYC Jewish Museum
By Penny Schwartz
The interior of the 1876 synagogue that is the core of the new Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, June 1, 2023. (Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Photos via JTA)
June 9, 2023, 2:53 am
New Jewish DC museum flags Jews who shaped capital, from a Confederate spy to RBG
The Capital Jewish Museum, set to open Friday in the historically Jewish Judiciary Square neighborhood, doesn’t shy away from showcasing a warts-and-all local history
By Ron Kampeas
The Jewish Museum London. (Wikimedia Commons)
June 5, 2023, 11:54 pm
London Jewish Museum to close Camden campus with plans to relocate within 5 years
The Albert Street premises will close its doors at the end of next month, with the bulk of its collection of more than 40,000 objects going into storage
By Jenni Frazer
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas attends The Anthology Film Archives Benefit and Auction in New York City, March 2, 2017. (Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Anthology Film Archives/ via JTA)
May 20, 2022, 4:01 am
Historian says NY’s Jewish Museum sanitizes filmmaker’s WWII record in new exhibit
Godfather of US avant-garde film Jonas Mekas fled Lithuania in 1944 as the Nazis advanced, but Yale researcher Michael Casper believes the now-deceased artist misled about his past
By Asaf Shalev
A screenshot of Centro Unión Israelita synagogue during the 360-degree tour. (Screenshot from Museo Judio de Cordoba/via JTA)
March 7, 2022, 4:45 am
Argentina’s new virtual Jewish museum celebrates Córdoba community’s playful humor
In addition to history and documents, check out the ‘Idishometer,’ a quiz on Yiddish words and their Spanish translations
By Juan Melamed
The Jewish Museum in New York City. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
January 13, 2022, 2:12 pm
Workers push to unionize at New York Jewish Museum amid pandemic uncertainty
Employees say drive is aimed at creating a ‘workplace built upon communication, respect, and integrity’
By Asaf Shalev
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