Leadership

HOURS

Reading Room
Mon-Thurs: 9:30am-4:30pm

Genealogy Institute
Mon: 9:30am-4:30pm
Tue-Fri: By appointment only

Free Exhibit Spaces
Sun–Thurs: 9:30am–7:30pm
Fri: 9:30am-3:30pm
Sat: Closed

Ruth's Bookstore
Sun–Thurs: 10:30am-6:30pm
Fri: 10:30am-4:00pm

Please note: The Lillian Goldman Reading Room will be closed on Tuesday, August 5th.

Make sure to check our holiday closures prior to visiting.

Last entry to the Center for Jewish History Exhibitions, Reading Room, and the Genealogy Institute is 1 hour before closing. The last call to page items in the Reading Room and Genealogy Institute is 3pm.

The Center's Board of Directors

as of November 2024

Bruce Slovin, Founder & Chair Emeritus

Officers
Peter Baldwin Chair
David Friedman, Vice Chair
Ronald Lieberman, Treasurer
Elisheva Carlebach, Secretary
Prof. Gavriel Rosenfeld, President
Rio Daniel, CEO

Chair Emeriti
William Ackman
Amy Goldman Fowler
Bruce Slovin
Joseph S. Steinberg

Directors
Michael Bamberger
Alexander Blavatnik
Leonard Blavatnik
David Dangoor
Scott Einhorn
Andrew Frackman
Debbie Freeman
Michael Jesselson
Charles Knapp
Sidney Lapidus
Rachel Laufer
Ruth Levine
Joel Marcus
David Marwell
Irene Pletka
Marc Polonsky
Abraham D. Sofaer
Alexander Soros
Michele Tocci
Shelby White

Robert Rifkind (z"l)

The Center's Senior Management Team

Prof. Gavriel Rosenfeld, President
Rio Daniel, CEO

Directors’ Council (Executive Directors of the Center’s Partners)

American Jewish Historical Society - Gemma R. Birnbaum
American Sephardi Federation - Jason Guberman
Leo Baeck Institute - Markus Krah
Yeshiva University Museum - Gabriel Goldstein
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research - Jonathan Brent

The Center's Academic Advisory Council

as of July 2025

Daniel Schwartz (2024-2027), George Washington University, Chair
Glenn Dynner (2023-2026), University of Virginia, Associate Chair

Marc Dollinger (2023-2026), San Francisco State University
Eitan Kensky (2025-2028), Stanford University
Rena Lauer (2024-2027), Oregon State University
Deborah Dash Moore (2023-2026), University of Michigan
Ronnie Perelis (2023-2026), Yeshiva University
Marsha Rozenblit (2024-2027), University of Maryland
Ellie R. Schainker (2023-2026), Emory University
Joshua Teplitsky (2024-2027), University of Pennsylvania
Miriam Udel (2025-2028), Emory University
Sarah E. Zarrow (2025-2028), Western Washington University