The Jewish Museum of Maryland
is one of the country's leading centers for exhibits on Jewish history
and culture. The Museum has two galleries that host changing exhibits
of local and national interest. We combine art, rare objects, historical
photographs, oral histories, videos, and hands-on activities in engaging,
informative exhibitions. Each exhibit created or hosted by the Museum
reveals new perspectives on the Jewish experience in Maryland and beyond.
Come
immerse yourself in our current exhibits and experience the rich variety
of Jewish history.
Drawing on Tradition: The Book of Esther depicts the Book of Esther as you've never seen it before. Featuring the bold and edgy illustrations from JT Waldman's Megillat Esther, this epic tale of exile and redemption is sure to amaze and intrigue.
The book, Megillat Esther, is available to purchase in our Museum gift shop. Members receive 10% off. For more information, please contact Esther Weiner at 410.732.6400 x211 or eweiner@jewishmuseummd.org.
Sunday, September 7, 2008 - Sunday, January 4, 2009
During the 60 years since the founding of the State of Israel, many people outside the country, informed mainly by media accounts, have come to see it primarily as a place of conflict. What does this mean for art about Israel?
Dateline Israel: New Photography and Video Art, on loan from The Jewish Museum, New York, and on view at the Jewish Museum of Maryland from September 7, 2008 through January 4, 2009, features work by noted artists from Israel, Europe, and America.
Artists represented in the exhibition include Boaz Arad, Yael Bartana, Rina Castelnuovo, Rineke Dijkstra, Barry Frydlender, Ori Gersht, Miki Kratsman, Leora Laor, Gillian Laub, Yaron Leshem, Motti Mizrachi, Orit Raff, Guy Raz, Wolfgang Tillmans, Wim Wenders, Pavel Wolberg, Sharon Ya’ari, and Catherine Yass. The exhibition reveals a country in flux that only a multiplicity of perspectives can bring into focus. The photographs and videos in Dateline Israel offer a rich, nuanced view of the country and its society.
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Gillian Laub (American; b. 1975, lives in New York), Tal and Moran, May 2002, from the series ‘Testimony,’ 2002, chromogenic print. Courtesy of the artist and Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York.
Spring 2008
Ours
to Fight For: American Jews in the Second World War
Ours
to Fight For: American Jews in the Second World War was created
and is circulated by the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial
to the Holocaust.
Celebrate the achievements of the Jewish men and women who served America
during World War II, both on and off the battlefield. Learn what the
war meant to the Jews of the "Greatest Generation," a story told in
their own words, through their own objects, letters, and photographs.
Major funding for this exhibition has been
generously provided by Jack and Susan Rudin and Family in memory of
Lewis Rudin; by Irving Schneider in memory of his friend, Lewis Rudin;
and by Irving and June Paler in memory of June's father, Duncan Robertson,
who fought for justice in both World Wars.
Funding for the installation of Ours to Fight For at the JMM is made
possible by the Hoffberger Family Exhibition Endowment, the Stanford
Z. & Cory Rothschild Exhibition Endowment, and the Harry and Jeanette
Weinberg Exhibition Endowment.
Special thanks to the veterans and their families who have shared their
photos and objects with us.
Media
sponsorship provided by:
The
Baltimore Jewish Times
The
Beacon
Patuxent
Publishing (Howard County Times and Owings Mills Times)
Fall 2007
Judy
Chicago : Jewish Identity
The
Jewish roots of feminist artist Judy Chicago are the subject of a 2007
retrospective opening in the Samson, Rossetta and Sadie B. Feldman Gallery.
Judy Chicago: Jewish Identity presents crucial works from private
and public collections that illustrate Jewish themes. Significant works
from the "Birth Project" (1980-1985) and the "Holocaust Project"
(1985-1993) reveal the scope of Chicago's interests, along with her
other works that range from her feminist images of the cover for Matzoh
(unleavened bread) used in the annual Passover ceremony. The exhibit
is copyright by Judy Chicago and courtesy of LewAllen Contemporary,
Santa Fe, NM.
The LewAllen Contemporary is managing the traveling exhibition. If you are interested in booking Judy Chicago: Jewish Identity, you can receive more information from Diane Kell atdkell@lewallencontemporary.comor (505) 988-8997.
Courtesy of the
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, Collection
of Philip Topiel
Image: Judy Chicago, Detail from Matzoh Cover: Women of Valor/The Female
Face of Pesach, 1999 Photo copyright by Donald Woodman
