Dan Droz’s ‘Connections’ asks viewers to consider their own
CAJM member Rodef Shalom Congregation Jewish Museum’s newest exhibition was reviewed in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle. As Adam Reinherz notes, the show invites viewers to explore both visible and unseen connections amid the approaching new year and the planned unification of Rodef Shalom Congregation and Temple Sinai.
Connections runs Sept. 15–Dec. 26 at Rodef Shalom Congregation and features nearly 30 works by sculptor and designer Dan Droz, a former Carnegie Mellon University faculty member.
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From Outliers to Kosher Pop Art, a new look at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Elizabeth Mehren in Oregon Artswatch profiles Rebekah Sobel, who became executive director of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education in December 2023 and is steering the institution toward a “trifecta” of Jewish culture, Jewish art, and trauma-informed storytelling. Sobel is crafting a new strategic plan that broadens statewide outreach—teacher fellowships, traveling shows, collecting tours, K–5 book boxes, and a speakers bureau—while confronting rising antisemitism (including recent vandalism at the museum). She’s also reimagining spaces (a quiet lounge), extending marquee runs, and building partnerships with neighboring cultural institutions, aiming to “build bridges” and grow audiences for a small, solid, community-rooted museum.
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For World Pride, a DC Museum Exhibit Explores LGBTQ Jewish Identity
The Bloomberg feature highlights the Capital Jewish Museum's new exhibit, LGBTJews in the Federal City. The exhibit uncovers over a century of Jewish LGBTQ+ life in Washington, D.C.—showcasing everything from the Lavender Scare and Bet Mishpachah’s founding to evolving religious practices and oral histories—through rich photography, artifacts, and first-person stories.
Launched during WorldPride and following last month’s tragic shooting, the exhibit stands as a testament to resilience and inclusion—highlighting how our community transformed from exclusion to embrace. Learn More.
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How the war changed an artist’s life, his politics — and his painting
The Forward profiles Sam Griffin: Aftermath, a striking new exhibition at the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum (HUC-JIR) featuring evocative works by Israeli-British painter Sam Griffin, exploring the emotional toll of the Israel-Hamas war. Griffin’s surreal, ghostlike imagery offers haunting reflections on trauma and resilience. Learn More.
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CJM’s Network Teacher Resource Publication
This amazing round-up of resources provides opportunities for K-12 educators to teach about Jewish culture in any classroom or grade. The publication's goal is that the multitude of resources available will lift and empower teachers and administrators to find best-suited resources for bringing Jewish stories into their classroom. The overall goal is to raise awareness and resource options for teaching Jewish stories across the country. Learn More.
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Jews thought Trump wanted to fight antisemitism. Why did he cut all of their grants?
Susan Bronson, CAJM's Immediate Past Chair and Executive Director of the Yiddish Book Center, speaks to the Forward about the connection between cultural funding, like National Endowment for the Humanities grants, and fighting #antisemitism.
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Jewish Cultural Institutions Reeling as Trump Defunds Arts and Humanities
CAJM Executive Director Christine Beresniova, along with several CAJM member museums, recently shared insights with JTA on the serious risks that federal arts and culture funding cuts pose to the Jewish museum field. As Beresniova explains, “There could be a cascade effect from these kinds of drastic changes—not only in terms of funding or staffing but in the latent message being delivered that museums are somehow not essential to the communities they serve — which they are.”
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Why Do Museums Matter
Daniel Weiss, art historian and former president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses the complexities, joys, and challenges of leading mission-driven organizations.
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Bringing Anne Frank’s Secret Annex to New York, and the World
For the first time outside of Amsterdam, an exhibition reconstructs Anne’s hiding place during the devastation of the Holocaust.
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Weitzman Names New CEO
Dan Tadmor to lead the Philadelphia museum.
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Contemporary Jewish Museum to Close to Public for a Year or More
A chance to rethink and address financial difficulties.
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What Trenton Doyle Hancock Learned From Philip Guston
The Jewish Museum pairs the Texas artist with a 20th-century master. Together they confront racism with horror — and humor.
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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
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
A bill is moving through the U.S. House of Representatives.
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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
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
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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