Reading Room
Mon-Thurs: 9:30am-4:30pm
Genealogy Institute
Tues-Thurs: 9:30am-4:30pm
Exhibit Spaces
Mon-Wed: 9:30am-4:30pm
Thurs: 9:30am-8pm
Fri: 10am-3pm
Sat: Closed
Sun: 11am-5pm
Please note: The Center will be closed to the public on December 5 for a private event.
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 30 minutes before closing. The last call to page items in the Reading Room and Genealogy Institute is 3pm.
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
Alexander Blavatnik
Leonard Blavatnik
David Dangoor
Andrew Frackman
Debbie Freeman
Michael Jesselson
Charles Knapp
Sidney Lapidus
Rachel Laufer
Ruth Levine
Joel Marcus
David Marwell
Irene Pletka
Marc Polonsky
Robert Rifkind
Abe Sofaer
Alexander Soros
Michele Tocci
Shelby White
Prof. Gavriel Rosenfeld, President
Rio Daniel, CEO
Dorothy Kauffman, Chief Advancement Officer
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
as of September 2024
Daniel Schwartz (2021-2024), George Washington University, Chair
Glenn Dynner (2023-2026), Sarah Lawrence College, Associate Chair
Jeffrey Veidlinger (2021-2024), University of Michigan, Ex Officio Chair
Francesca Bregoli (2022-2025), City University of New York
Marc Dollinger (2023-2026), San Francisco State University
Eitan Kensky (2022-2025), Stanford University
Rachel Kranson (2022-2025), University of Pittsburgh<
Rena Lauer (2024-2027), Oregon State University
Deborah Dash Moore (2023-2026), University of Michigan
Jess Olson (2022-2025), Yeshiva University
Ronnie Perelis (2023-2026), Yeshiva University
Marsha Rozenblit (2024-2027), University of Maryland
Ellie R. Schainker (2023-2026), Emory University
Joshua Teplitsky (2021-2024), University of Pennsylvania