Interfaith CincinnatiMonday, March 13 at 7:00 pm ET / 4:00 pm PT / 2:00 am IsraelFeld Lecture and Reception with Steven Fine, Ph.D., Churgin Professor of Jewish History, Yeshiva University Jews and Samaritans, the two Israelite peoples, were at times in conflict and at times allies in the Roman world. Dr. Fine will explore this complex […]
Tuesday, March 14 at 12:00 pm ET / 9:00 am PT / 7:00 pm IsraelFeld lunch and learn with Steven Fine, Ph.D., Churgin Professor of Jewish History, Yeshiva University Samaritans believe that Joshua constructed the biblical Tabernacle on Mt. Gerizim, and that it will be discovered buried there at the end of days. Dr. Fine […]
Monday, April 10 at 11:00 am ET / 8:00 am PT / 6:00 pm IsraelAshleigh N. Ferguson Schieszer, UC Conservationist To celebrate the upcoming festival of Passover, we invite you to join with Ashleigh N. Ferguson Schieszer, as she describes the intricate process required to restore one of the earliest printed illustrated Haggadot in the […]
Siona Benjamin has been making intricately detailed, transnational art with a feminist, Jewish, and political bent for almost two decades. Her distinct and unusual heritage as a descendant of the Bene Israel Jewish community of India informs her artistic perspective. Immigration, gender, the concept of “home”, and the role of art in social change are […]
Join Skirball Museum director Abby Schwartz for an informal light lunch and gallery walk and talk of Frank Stella: Had Gadya. Reservations required.
Wednesday, May 10 at 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT / 8:00 pm IsraelStephen Kaufman, Ph.D. There is no single Hebrew language. There are no less than seven of them. In this talk Dr. Kaufman will address the major periods of the Hebrew language and the writing systems associated with them. Dr. Kaufman is […]
Join fifth-year cantorial student Ella Gladstone Martin for a multi-media virtual presentation on Had Gadya. The Passover Seder is an inherently musical experience, filled with beloved prayers and songs. Ella will discuss the research behind her graduating thesis, a historical examination of hagaddot (Passover Seder compendiums) that expressly set out to disseminate music, and survey the unique history, […]
Join Skirball Museum curatorial consultant Abby Schwartz for a guided tour of the exhibition (in-person only). Registration required at THIS LINK
Siona Benjamin has been making intricately detailed, transnational art with a feminist, Jewish, and political bent for almost two decades. Her distinct and unusual heritage as a descendant of the Bene Israel Jewish community of India informs her artistic perspective. Immigration, gender, the concept of “home”, and the role of art in social change are […]
After a lengthy closure, the galleries devoted to Torah, Life Cycle, and Holidays and Festivals in the Skirball’s core exhibition An Eternal People: The Jewish Experience, are once again open with new cases, new signage, and ritual objects from the B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection that have never been on view before. Old favorites are seen in […]
Thursday, November 9, 2023 from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Join curatorial consultant Abby Schwartz and preparator and collections manager Sheri Besso for a behind-the-scenes look at the reinstallation of the galleries devoted to Torah, Life Cycle, and Holidays and Festivals. A light lunch will be served. Registration required.
Sunday, February 4, 2024 from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Last day to self-tour Eve: I Understand and Motherhood Essence and the Feminine Divine.