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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APPOINTMENT

We are delighted to announce that museum leader, author, and Holocaust education scholar Dr. Christine Beresniova joins CAJM as our new Executive Director, beginning on December 2, 2024. Read more about her in this statement released on November 14th.

THE ONGOING CRISIS

As the network for American Jewish museums, we condemn the attacks on Israel, by Hamas and Iran, and mourn the loss of all civilian lives.  This is an important time for museums to strengthen their educational efforts, their advocacy and realms of service, as well as their own awareness and safety in their communities.

We know that many Jewish professionals in the culture sector are facing unprecedented challenges, unfair critiques, and even personal attacks on their homes and their work. We stand in support of those caring for Jewish culture and content at this most difficult time.

CAJM also encourages a responsive museology, and is offering a trial of its oral history platform to members wanting to collect stories of these times with their own communities. With antisemitism and Islamophobia rapidly spreading in the U.S. and beyond, we are here to support museum colleagues in their response efforts, in the development of new interpretive techniques for complex histories, in the protection of cultural property, and in the building of new partnerships and alliances.

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NEWS OF NOTE
Poland's Jewish Museum Marks Its First Decade, Made Tumultous By Politics
Poland's Jewish Museum Marks Its First Decade, Made Tumultous By Politics

The Polin Museum sought to tell the story of the country’s Jews even as a right-wing government sought to stifle discussions of antisemitism and complicity.

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The Holocaust's Grandchildren Are Speaking Now
The Holocaust's Grandchildren Are Speaking Now

Three generations on, filmmakers, writers and artists are making new meaning from ancestral trauma.

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Weitzman Takes Step Toward Becoming Smithsonian Institution
Weitzman Takes Step Toward Becoming Smithsonian Institution

A bill is moving through the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Can a museum – any museum – ‘eliminate hate?’
Can a museum – any museum – ‘eliminate hate?’

True, Holocaust museums are at a crossroads, just not the way Edward Rothstein thinks they are

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Holocaust Museums at a Crossroads
Holocaust Museums at a Crossroads

Their narratives have long been built around the stories of survivors. But with that generation dying off they need new ways to keep their testimony vital.

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Long After Surviving the Nazis, They Use A.I. to Remind the World
Long After Surviving the Nazis, They Use A.I. to Remind the World

The Museum of Jewish Heritage is using artificial intelligence to create an installation where visitors can interact with people who directly experienced the Holocaust.

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CAJM TALKING CIRCLE
Check here for information on our next online Talking Circle. Find out about previous sessions, and let us know if you would like to receive notices and links to Zoom meetings.

CAJM's 2024 conference took place in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD from May 14-16, 2024.  

NATIONAL STRATEGY ON ANTISEMITISM
CAJM partnered with the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a two-day (March 5-6, 2024) Summit, “Museums Respond: Strategies for Countering Antisemitism and Hate,” part of the White House’s U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism.