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Upcoming Exhibitions
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The Dead Sea Scrolls: Mysteries of the Ancient World
September 21, 2008 - January 04, 2009
In 1947, a significant discovery of ancient Jewish texts was made in a cave near the Dead Sea. Since their discovery, these Dead Sea scrolls have shed light on the major transformations and debates that occurred in ancient worship during the first centuries BCE and CE, leading to the emergence of rabbinic Judaism and Christianity. This exhibition will present six Dead Sea Scrolls complemented by objects excavated from the site near where they were found. Three of the scrolls have never been exhibited, including a portion of one of the three earliest copies of the Hebrew Bibles in existence, and three others have never been shown in New York.
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Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949
November 09, 2008 - March 22, 2009
Through paintings, costume and set designs, posters, photographs, film clips and theater ephemera this exhibition will bring to light an exhilarating but fleeting moment in the cultural history of the Soviet Union when innovative visual artists joined forces with avant-garde playwrights, actors, and theatrical producers.
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1942 (Poznan): A Video by Uriel Orlow
November 09, 2008 - February 01, 2009
Uriel Orlow’s video, 1942 (Poznan), is a provocative reflection on the uses of former synagogues in once-vibrant Jewish communities decimated by Nazism and forgotten under Communism.
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Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker
March 15, 2009 - August 02, 2009
A selection of outstanding Old Master paintings are assembled in this exhibition of the reclaimed works of the preeminent Netherlandish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker. Goudstikker fled Amsterdam during World War II, leaving his collection behind, much of which was looted by the Nazis. Recently, 200 works in Goudstikker’s collection were reclaimed by his heirs. The finest and most representative of these reclaimed works will be included in this exhibition.
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They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust
May 10, 2009 - October 01, 2009
They Called Me Mayer July presents 65 paintings by Mayer Kirshenblatt. Kirshenblatt, who was born in 1916 in Opatow, Poland (Apt in Yiddish) and left for Canada in 1934, taught himself to paint at age 73. The exhibition and companion book are the result of four decades of conversations between the artist and his daughter, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, a highly acclaimed scholar of East European Jewish culture.
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