On view at the Center for Jewish History now through December 31st, “A Continuing Conversation: Moses Mendelssohn and the Legacy of the Enlightenment,” an exhibit that continues the conversations that Enlightenment thinker Moses Mendelssohn began, examining the relationship between Mendelssohn’s Judaism and his Enlightenment philosophy, and exploring his life and legacy to inspire new insights for contemporary thought. 15 West…
Writing Contest Now Open
Your writing could be selected to appear in the Center for Jewish History’s March 2012 custom issue with the Jewish Week, a publication that will reach some 85,000 people.
To enter the contest, draw on your own experience and write a response to the following:
“The themes from Jewish history combine the wide-ranging facts of creativity and courage, and of…
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by Zachary Levine, Assisant Curator and Jacob Wisse, Director, Yeshiva University Museum, one of five partners of the Center for Jewish History
A series of new textiles, commissioned from New York-based artist Mark Podwal for Prague’s celebrated Altneuschul (Old-New Synagogue), is the focus of an exhibition at Yeshiva University Museum, Old and the New (November 27, 2011–January 15, 2012). The oldest…