Follow us

© 2023 JNS, All Rights Reserved Concept, design & development by RGB Media. Powered by Salamandra

Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Credit: Beyond My Ken via Wikimedia Commons.

Oscar-nominated short film to be shown at Jewish museum in Philadelphia

Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel-prize-winning activist for women’s rights, served as executive producer on the film.

October 11, 2023

The 2015 exhibit “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and Friends: The Art of Bernard Waber” at Philadelphia’s National Museum of American Jewish History. Credit: Menachem Wecker.

‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,’ new to Netflix, offers no glimpse of character’s ‘Jewish soul’

An exhibition in Philadelphia in 2015 focused on the art of the books’ Jewish writer and illustrator Bernard Waber.

Menachem Wecker

February 7, 2023

Elana Arian, Deborah Sacks Mintz and Chava Mirel will perform the first of a “Secret Chord Concerts” series titled “New Moon Rising” on June 1, 2022. Credit: “Secret Chord Concerts.”

Online concert series seeks to expand traditional views of ‘Jewish music’

The free video series will feature 15- to 25-minute performances from musicians who showcase a range of “styles, heritages and histories.”

May 27, 2022

U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations summit in Jerusalem on Feb. 20, 2020. Source: Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations/Twitter.

Carr, Sharansky to headline online discussion on ways to combat anti-Semitism

The online discussion will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 15.

March 13, 2020

The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Credit: Courtesy.

An object lesson in misplaced American Jewish priorities

The bankruptcy of Philadelphia’s National Museum of American Jewish History was the inevitable result of a decision to build an overpriced monument to the vanity of its builders.

Jonathan S. Tobin

March 5, 2020

The interior of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Source: Facebook.

Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia files Chapter 11

According to its CFO, the museum plans to restructure “so that its debt service is reduced to a level that will allow the museum to sustain its operations for the long term.”

March 2, 2020

The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Credit: Beyond My Ken via Wikimedia Commons.

American Jewish illustrators to be theme of Jewish American Heritage Month

Famous Jewish illustrators have included the late Stan Lee, Ezra Jack Keats and Rube Goldberg; currently, they include Roz Chast, Maira Kalman and Liana Finck.

April 30, 2019