Exhibitions Now on View

At the Center for Jewish History, we bring history to life through exhibitions that illuminate our shared past. Spanning all eras of Jewish history and engaging a wide range of themes, our exhibitions invite visitors to encounter primary source materials, including original artifacts presented within compelling narratives that reveal the enduring connections between past and present. Recent exhibitions include Anne Frank The Exhibition, Between Antisemitism and Activism: The Jewish University Experience in Historical Perspective, and JewCE! The Museum and Laboratory of the Jewish Comics Experience.

The World in Front of Me: A Bill Aron Retrospective presented by the American Jewish Historical Society

And That's True Too:  The Life and Work of Lore Segal presented by the Leo Baeck Institute

YIVO at 100: The Strashun Library: Rare Books Rescued from the Ashes of Vilna presented by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Online Exhibitions

Between Antisemitism and Activism: The Jewish University Experience in Historical Perspective presented by the Center for Jewish History

Tapestries by Shoshana Comet presented by the Yeshiva University Museum

The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries featuring Highlights from the Hartman Family Collection of Manuscripts and Rare Books presented by the Yeshiva University Museum

How Jews Became Citizens: Highlights from the Sid Lapidus Collection presented by the Center for Jewish History

Treasures From the David Berg Rare Book Room presented by the Center for Jewish History

Nourishing Tradition: Jewish Cookbooks & the Stories They Tell presented by the Center for Jewish History

An Unlikely Photojournalist: Emile Bocian in Chinatown presented by Museum of Chinese in America and Center for Jewish History

When the Golden Door Closed, They Carried the Torch: Advocacy in the Age of Immigration Restriction presented by Center for Jewish History and American Jewish Historical Society

George Salter: A Legacy of Book Design presented by Center for Jewish History and Leo Baeck Institute

Design in Exile: Jewish Contribution to Fashion presented by Center for Jewish History, Leo Baeck Institute and Yeshiva University Museum

Discovering the Synagogues and Other Jewish Architecture of Sub-Saharan Africa presented by the Center for Jewish History

Sephardic Journeys presented by Center for Jewish History and American Sephardi Federation

Raphael Lemkin and the Quest to End Genocide presented by Center for Jewish History and American Jewish Historical Society