Past Exhibitions

Benjamin Franklin and Religious Liberty

Benjamin Franklin’s relationship with the Jewish community and his role in forging a pluralistic America.

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Forshpeis!: A Taste of the Peter H. Schweitzer Collection of Jewish Americana

The exhibition explores the role food played in helping immigrant Jews adjust to life in the United States

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Sting Like a Maccabee

This exhibition spotlights artifacts from a time when Jewish boxers dominated the sport.

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Creating American Jews

Explore the evolution of Jewish identity in America.

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From Generation to Generation

Bernard Mendoza's photo-documentary of Orthodox Jewish communities across the United States.

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Passages: An Immigrant's Journey

Beth Grossman's illustrations of her great-grandmother's journey from Ukraine to a new life in the United States.

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A Soldier's Story: Intimate Artifacts of WW2

Photographs by Judy Gelles pay tribute to Jewish GIs. Sign the World War II Honor Roll!

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Still Home: The Jews of South Philadelphia

Photographs and interviews by Harvey Finkle document the life stories of those Jews who have clung to this fabled immigrant neighborhood.

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Picture This! Children's Book Illustrations

A sampling of the best illustrated Jewish literature for children produced in the 1990s. Send in your own interpretation of an illustration!

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Past Perfect

The Jewish Experience In Early 20th Century Postcards. Send a New Year card to an online friend!

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With Eyes Toward Zion: The Political Cartoons of Noah Bee

The work of syndicated political cartoonist Noah Bee.

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Galut

These photographic portraits by Mark Berghash tell us that in the Galut (the Hebrew word for Diaspora), Jewish identity has many meanings.

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Holy Land

American encounters with the land of Israel in the century before statehood.

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Too Jewish?

Challenging traditional identities.

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The Road to Maus

Art Spiegelman's stunning comic-book account of his parents' experiences in the Holocaust was awarded a Pulitzer Prize.

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History of Exhibitions

From 1976 to 1999.

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