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Central Synagogue

You can spend years recognizing a New York building without knowing much about what happens inside. This Sunday, Central Synagogue offers a reason to get better acquainted with the landmark at Lexington Avenue and 55th Street—and to head downstairs after admiring the sanctuary. On Sunday, October 18, from noon to 4pm, the synagogue will welcome … Central Synagogue is hosting public tours and an exhibition on Nazi-looted belongings this weekend

Museum of Jewish Heritage - ghetto exhibit

A new exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Heritage follows the people who collected evidence of life inside the Warsaw Ghetto while facing the possibility that they would not survive it. Their work required an extraordinary calculation: someone would eventually need to tell this history and the documents had to outlive the people assembling them. … The Warsaw Ghetto’s buried archive is the subject of a new exhibition in New York

Center for Jewish History

Starting this week, the Center for Jewish History on West 16th Street is home to “All We Have Standing Between Us: 250 Years of Jews and American Democracy,” the kind of show that might have you consider cancelling your Sunday plans to go look at things. The premise: American Jews have been arguing about, building … A new exhibit tells 250 years of American Jewish history with 75 objects

"Tell Our Boy That I Played Soccer Again" exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage

If you need a break from the pool or are looking for somewhere to escape a rainy New York afternoon, a new meaningful exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial is more than worth your time. Now through July 31, the cultural institution at 36 Battery Place is presenting “Tell Our … This new exhibit in downtown NYC tells the story of a Jewish soccer player who survived the Holocaust

Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of Art by Steve Marcus

Does your idea of a good time involve Maimonides, the Grateful Dead and an ice-cold Dr. Brown’s all sharing the same frame? Clear your calendar, then: the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the Center for Jewish History are teaming up for “Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of Art by Steve Marcus,” a trippy new show … This new Jewish pop art exhibit in NYC is inspired by psychedelic hippie culture and it shows

The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is gearing up to launch its latest exhibit, “The Common Circles Experience: New York.” Set to debut downtown tomorrow and run through June 28, the new exhibition is comprised of two parts: the opening section, “We Are New York!,” is an immersive visual … Engage in life-like conversations with two Holocaust survivors at this new exhibit in downtown Manhattan

Tomorrow—Tuesday, January 27—is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. To mark the occasion, the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will illuminate its façade in vibrant yellow, a color closely associated with the day because of the yellow Star of David that Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust. The activation … Museum of Jewish Heritage to illuminate its facade for Holocaust Remembrance Day this week

Between 1943 and 1945, while hiding from Nazi deportation during the German occupation of the Netherlands, German Jewish writer Curt Bloch created Onderwater-Cabaret (“Underwater Cabaret”) in secrecy, a handmade, illustrated poetry magazine that used satire, wordplay and wit to confront Nazi propaganda and affirm Jewish humanity in the darkest of circumstances. Now, decades later, Bloch’s … This immersive NYC art installation explores the origins of a secret Holocaust-era poetry magazine

A powerful new creative initiative born in the aftermath of October 7 is coming to New York City. The 8 Project, described by its organizers as a “creative healing initiative,” will present a special exhibition curated by Israeli-American artist Tomer Peretz. The show, titled “The 8 Project Exhibit,” will take place at a private, undisclosed … A new exhibit in NYC will showcase works by artists affected by the war in Israel