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Calendar of Events:

RENDSBURG (GER)
    Jewish Museum
    Max Liebermann 1847 - 1935 (Nov 3 to Feb 3)

SALZBURG (AUT)
    Landesmuseum Carolino Augusteum
    Juden in Salzburg / Jews in Salzburg (till Jan 12, 2003)
 
STOCKHOLM (SWE)
    Jewish Museum
    Kabbalah (till Dec 31, 2002)

STUTTGART (GER)
    Kulturzentrum Rothebuehlplatz
    Juedisches Leben im Wandel der Zeit (Nov 7 to Dec 15)
 
UTICA (US)
    Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
    Alsace to America: Discovering a Southern Jewish Heritage (till Dec 31, 2002)
 
VIENNA (AUT)
   Jewish Museum
   Musik und Dichtung. Kostbarkeiten der Handschriftensammlung Stefan Zweig und Martin Bodmer / Music an Poetry. Treasures from the Manuscript Collection Stefan Zweig and Martin Bodmer  (till Jan 6, 2003)    

WASHINGTON (US)
    The Textile Museum
    The Classical Tradition in Anatolian Carpets (till Feb 16, 2003)
 
 

NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS:

MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE - A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST, NEW YORK

“Scream the Truth at the World" – Emanuel Ringelblum and the Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto

November 7, 2001 through February 18, 2002

On September 18, 1946, evidence of the destruction of Polish Jewry, ghetto life, and Nazi brutality, was pulled from the rubble of the Warsaw Ghetto. The Ringelblum archive, as the materials came to be known, is the most important source for, and the most poignant testimony to, the destruction of Polish Jewry. Artifacts from the collection are now on display at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in a new exhibit created with the Jewish Historcal Institute of Warsaw, where the archive is normally housed.

Recognizing that the events unfolding around him in Europe in the fall of 1939 were unprecedented  and required careful documentation and  preservation, Warsaw historian Emanuel Ringelblum gathered a few dozen writers,  historians, rabbis, teachers, and welfare workers to form a group code-named Oyneg Shabbes [Joy of Sabbath]. Reports on the deportation and murders of Jews, ghetto artifacts, photographs, children's school essays, and ghetto art were collected by the secret group. The group's  members assumed that they themselves would use the material collected to write this bitter chapter in the history of Polish Jewry, and alert  the world to persecution by the Nazis.

The exhibition includes diary entries, letters, and essays preserved in the archive, and explores isolation and concentration, community  life, Jewish response, resistance and annihilation.  Using this material, the exhibit and an accompanying catalog that the Museum produced in connection with the Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, tells of life and death in occupied Poland in the period prior to the German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, and documents the implementation of the Final Solution from that day until the archive falls silent.  A timeline, chronology, and essays by ISJM member Dr. Eleonora Bergman and Dr. Ruta Sakowska of the Jewish  Historical Institute, Warsaw, are included in the catalog.

For more information on the exhibit see http://www.mjhnyc.org/new/hot64.htm  The Museum has also added significant material on its website to accompany the exhibition including interactive artifact explorations, teacher's guides, and a video clip of the archive excavation.

The Museum is located on the waterfront of Battery Park City at 18 First Place in Manhattan.  The Museum's core exhibition is organized around three themes: Jewish Life a Century Ago, The War Against the Jews, and Jewish Renewal.  With more than 2,000 photographs, 800 artifacts, and 24 original documentary films on display, the Museum uses personal stories and artifacts to present 20th century Jewish history and the Holocaust in a context of universal truths that speak to people of all ages and backgrounds.

THE JEWISH MUSEUM (New York)

The Emergence of Jewish Artists in Nineteenth-Century Europe

November 18, 2001 through March 17, 2002

The Jewish Museum presents the first museum exhibition to focus exclusively on the creativity of Jewish artists within the context of nineteenth-century European art. On view are 70 works by 21 of the foremost Jewish artists who were  active in England, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Austria-Hungary and Poland. Camille Pissarro, Max Liebermann, Simeon Solomon, and Moritz Daniel Oppenheim are among the artists who will be represented in the show. The exhibition will highlight the complex routes taken by Jewish artists, who struggled to reconcile their spiritual, cultural and national identities during an age of great change within both Jewish life and the broader European society.

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
15 West 16th Street, New York.

Traders of Tartary: from Saxony to the Caspian Sea

September 9, 2001 - June 2002

For 1000 years, from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, Jewish traders from Germany and Poland traveled the route from Saxony to the Caspian Sea, selling cloth, furs, silver, copper and amber, which they traded for Oriental silks, gems, horses and pearls.  This exhibition, through text and artifact, presents an experiential route of their travels. 

DAHESH MUSEUM--Revealing the Holy Land:  The Photographic  Exploration of Palestine. A collection of 91 photographs of Palestine, taken primarily between 1850 and 1880.  The photographs depict the country as it was 100 years ago and reveal it as a place of enormous spiritual and ideological preoccupation.  601 Fifth Ave., Manhattan (212) 756-0606.  Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.- 6 p.m.

KEHILLA KEDOSHA JANINA SYNAGOGUE AND JEWISH MUSEUM:  The Jews of Zakynthos.  Through November.  The exhibit tells the story of how the Jews on the Greek Island were saved by their Christian neighbors.  Permanent Exhibit. An exhibit exploring the Romaniote Greek Jewish community.  280 Broome Street, Manhattan (212) 431-1619.  Sundays, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.

LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM:  Women of 97 Orchard Street.  Through September 30.  The exhibition, by Carol Hamoy, celebrates the lives of teh immigrant women who lived at 97 Orchard Street.  Hard Time Stories and Morning Glories:  A Tour of a 19th Century Tenement.  Ongoing. Mantas and Music:  The Confino Family Arrives!  Ongoing.  90 Orchard Street, Manhattan (212) 431-0233.  Tour offered Tuesday - Friday at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. and weeekends every 45 minutes between 11 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.  $7, $6 for seniors and students.

HEBREW UNION COLLEGE—Eve's Vocabulary:  Paintings by Deborah Rosenthal, 1988-1998.  Through July 16.  A Life in Print:  A Retrospective Exhibition.  Through July 16.  One West 4th Street, Manhattan (212) 824-2205.  Mondays-Friday, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.; Selected Sundays.

THE ELDRIDGE STREET SYNAGOGUE —12 Eldridge St., Man. (212) 219-0903. Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

GALLERY 18 AT ZlONTALIS JUDAICA—29 W. 35th 2nd Floor, Man. (212) 643-8863. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

THE JEWISH MUSEUM

Sigmund Freud:  Conflict and Culture presents the life, work and legacy of one of the 20th century's most influential and controversial figures, the founder of psychoanalysis.  Using photographs, prints, letters, manuscripts and artifacts from Freud's study and consulting room, the exhibition traces the development of Freud's thinking from fin-de-siecled Vienna to pre-World War II London, where his family sought refuge from the Nazis.  Organized by the Library of Congress, the exhibition will be on view in New York from April 18 to September 9, 1999.

Facing West:  Jews of Central Asia and the Caucasus
June 20 - October 17, 1999

Berlin Metropolis:  Jews and the New Culture 1890-1918
November 14, 1999 - March 12, 2000

YAD VASHEM: The Holocaust Martyr’s and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority and The Association of Survivors of Concentration Camps (of Greek Origin Living in Israel) invite you to a gathering to mark the publication of Pinkas Hakehillot: Greece edited by Dr. Bracha Riliin and to the opening of the exhibition Synagogues of Salonika: Community and Continuity based on the research of Dr. Elias Messinas
Tuesday, June 22, 1999 in the Valley of the Communities Yad Vashem, Har Hazikaron, Jerusalem

Yad Vashem's Pinkas Hakehillot (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities) project seeks to commemorate the Jewish communities destroyed or damaged during the Nazi occupation.  Pinkas Hakehillot: Greece comprises a historical survey of Jewish life in Greece, from its beginnings in the Hellenistic period, until after World War II, and includes an appendix on the Jews of Albania. On the eve of the war, there were 80,000 Jewish inhabitants in Greece, living in 31 different places, the largest of which was Salonika.  Today, there are only 5000 Jews in Greece.

The exhibition "Synagogues of Salonika" centers around three synagogues which were the focus of Jewish life in the city - "Talmud Torah Hagadol", "Beit Shaul and "Monastirlis". The exhibition displays photographs and architectural drawings prepared by architect Elias Messinas, whose doctorate focuses on the synagogues of Greece.

Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum Power Lunches:  Milton S. Kronheim, Sr.'s Washington, 1888-1986.  June 13, 1999—December 31, 1999.  Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum, 701 Third Street, NW.  (202) 789-0900.  Featuring photographs from the famed lunchroom walls of Milton S. Kronheim, Sr.'s liquor warehouse and his friends from the worlds of entertainment, politics, and sports.

An American, A Sailor and A Jew: The Life and Career of Uriah Phillips Levy USN. (1792-1862).  National Museum of American Jewish Military History,  1811 R. Street, NW, Washington, DC  20009, through 1999.  A history of the life of the first Jewish Commodore, who was instrumental in eliminating corporal punishment and in establishing the apprenticeship system in the US Navy.  Levy bought and restored Monticello, thus becoming the first American to preserve an historical property.  For more information call 202-265-6280.  Fax:  202-462-3192.

Making a Difference!  A History of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America.  National Museum of American Jewish Military History,  1811 R. Street, NW, Washington, DC  20009, through 1999.  The 102-year history of the oldest veterans organization in the US.  For more information call 202-265-6280.  Fax:  202-462-3192.

Fürth Memorbuch at The Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Dorotheergasse 11, Wien 1, Austria (display until March 7, 1999). After July 15, 1999, the memorbuch will be displayed at the Jewish Museum Franconia in Fürth. For more information, call ++49-911-770577.

Ethrog, 1999
Jean-Pierre Bertrand
Regards Sur La Vie Juive au Maroc
Musee d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme
Hotel de Saint-Aignan
71, rue du Temple 75003 Paris
7 October 1999-2 January 2000, "chambre du duc", espace d'expositions temporaires

At Auschwitz:  A Photographic Essay and Video Installation
Julie S. Dermansky and Georg Steinbock
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
September 10, 1999- February 29, 2000

At Auschwitz explores the commercialization and banalization of Holocaust memorial sites.  Images evoking the shoah are juxtaposed with photographs of contemporary Poland and anti-Semitic graffiti.  The video installation presents a view of the tourist cafeteria at Auschwitz, in the building where new inmates were processed upon arrival at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, which challenges our vigilance to preserve the integrity of Holocaust memory.

Treasures of the Collection.  Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives, Richmond, VA, Opening May 4, 1998.  The BAMA is proud to announce the opening of the Charles S. Hutzler Gallery and its inaugural exhibit.  This exhibit includes both secular and religious material dating from the late 17th century to the present day.  These items provide the opportunity to explore the history of 200 years of Jewish communal life in Richmond.  Objects include a 19th-century Masonic apron, a silver bust of Anthony J. Drexel by Sir Moses Ezekiel and an 18th-century Hanukah menorah.

An Expressionist in Paris: The Paintings of Chaim Soutine.  The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.  April 26 - August 16, 1998.  This exhibition will feature more than 50 of the finest and most important paintings of this artist famous for his highly expressive, gestural and thickly painted canvases.  For more information, please call (212) 423-3224.

Jews/America/A Representation; Photos by Frederic Brenner. Spertus Museum,   618 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL  60605,  Through August 16, 1998.  For information call   312-922-9012.  Fax:  312-922-6406.

Artists of Arad:  Israel 50 Celebrates Beroth Yitzoch Kibbutz &Zion's Plight for Independence, Mizel Museum of Judaica, 560 South Monaco Parkway, Denver, CO  80224,  June 4 - August 19, 1998.  In celebration of Israel's 50th anniversary, the Mizel Museum of Judaica has assembled two exhibitions, one of historical significance, the other of contemporary art by international artists who studied at the Arad School of Art in Israel.  For information call 303-333-4156.  Fax:  303-336-3129.

Peace Through Humor.  Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, West Bloomfield and Oak Park, Michigan, July 8 - August 23, 1998. To coincide with the Maccabi games in our community, we will exhibit Maureen Kushner’s project which uses children's art and humor to express their thoughts and feelings about the current peace process in the Middle East.

Pictures of Synagogues in Chodorow, Krakow, Szdlow, Zamosc, Zabludow, Przedborz,  Warsaw and Wolpa (Poland); Vilna and Olkienniki (Lithuania); and Luck (Ukraine) through August 26th, 1998.  Small photographic exhibition of religious buildings on show at the Polish Cultural Institute, 34 Portland Place, London.

Between Illusion and Reality: Israel at Fifty.  The Starr Gallery, Leventhal Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton Street, Newton, MA  02159, through August 30, 1998.  Exploring Israel's complex  past, present and future through hand-painted photographs by Gadi Rones and digital photomontages by Leslie Starobin.  For information call 617-965-7410.  Fax:  617-969-5115.

Diversity in Jerusalem People, Places and Prayer.  Elizabeth S. Fine Museum, Congregation Emanu-El, 2 Lake Street, San Francisco, CA  94118, June 12 - August 30, 1998.  Photography by Susan Katz.  For information call 415-751-2535.  Fax:  415-751-2511.

Alsace to American Discovering a Southern Jewish Heritage.  The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, Mtel Centre, Downtown Jackson, MS, Through August 31, 1998.  A fascinating exhibition about 19th century Jewish Alsatian settlers in the South.  Call (601) 366-6352 for more information.

Kaleidoscopic Photographs and Computer Generated Images of The Temple-Tifereth Israel by Joseph Polevoi. The Temple Museum of Religious Art, The Temple - Tifereth Israel, 1855 Ansel Road,  University Circle at Silver Park, Cleveland, OH  44106, through August 31, 1998.  For information call 216-791-7755.  Fax:  216-791-7043.

Take Me out to the Ball Game.  Jewish Sports Memorabilia from the collection of Bob Dery. The Temple Museum of Religious Art, The Temple - Tifereth Israel, 1855 Ansel Road,  University Circle at Silver Park, Cleveland, OH  44106, through August 31, 1998.  For information call 216-791-7755.  Fax:  216-791-7043.

Stalin's Forgotten Zion:  Birobidzhan & the Making of a Soviet Jewish Homeland.  Judah L. Magnes Museum, 2911 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA  94705, through September 6, 1998.  Explores the history of the Jewish Autonomous Region that was set aside in 1934 by the Soviet government for a secular Jewish agricultural socialist colony rooted in Yiddish as an alternative to Palestine-based Zionism.  Jewish life in Birobidzhan exists today and a daily Yiddish newspaper is published there.  Given the persistence of the "Jewish question" in Russia, the history of Birobidzhan provides an unusual point of entry into examining the fate of Soviet Jewry under Communist edict.  For more information call 510-549-6950.  Fax:  510-849-3673.

The Prague Circle.  The Leo Baeck Institute, 129 East 73rd Street, New York, NY,  Through September 15.  An exhibition exploring Franz Kafka and his historical context displays photographs, original art by Kafka’s contemporaries, first editions of his books and some historically significant letters and cards.  The exhibition, co-sponsored by the Austrian Cultural Institute, coincides with the reissued and newly translated editions of his work by Schocken Books.
 Mon.-Thurs. 9:30 am - 4:30 p.m., Fir 9:30 am - 2:30 p.m.; free (212-744-6400).

Souvenirs of Israel,  1948-1998.  Judah L. Magnes Museum, 2911 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA  94705, July 12 - September 20, 1998.  In celebration of Israeli’s 50th the museum presents "Souvenirs from Israel, 1948-1998" with objects and stories brought back to the Bay area by travelers.  The memorabilia range from crafts and religious objects to a Hebrew-lettered coke bottle filled with desert sand, offering a glimpse into what Israel means to its American visitors.  Sun-Th. 10 am - 4 p.m.; free (510-549-6950).

Our Story:  A History of Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, 618 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605, through September 20, 1998.  Jewish Archives looks back on the history of Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies. Call 312-922-9012 for more information. Fax: 312-922-6406.

Facing West. Oriental Jews of Central Asia and the Caucasus.  Jewish Historical Museum, Jonas Daniël Meijerplein 2-4, Postbus 1673, 1001 RE Amsterdam.  Through September 22, 1998.  Facing West and the accompanying publication is the fruit of the continuing collaboration between the Russian Museum for Ethnography in St. Petersburg and the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam. Following the 1992 world premiere of the Tracing An-sky exhibition, the museum is now able to present the second colorful part of the Jewish collection of the Russian Museum for Ethnography, focusing on Central Asia and the Caucasus.  On view will be costumes, amulets, jewelry, musical instruments, toys, ritual objects and kitchen utensils from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Dagestan and Uzbekistan (Bukhara).  Historical photos will also be on display.  The Jewish communities in the regions covered by this exhibition are inhabited by Sephardi Jews, with their roots in the Jewish settlements of the Babylonian diaspora.  They lived far removed from the Pale of Settlement, in non-Slav, predominantly Islamic, regions swallowed up by the Russian Empire in the late 18th and the course of the 19th centuries.  For more information, telephone +31 20 625 42 29.

Jewish Days in Alsace.  Continuing a program begun in June.  Government, tourism, and monument offices have arranged visitation to Jewish sites throughout the region.  Through September, 1998.  For a full schedule contact Tourisme Alsace, Agence de Developpement, Touristique du Bas-Rhin, 9, Rue du Dome, F - 67000 Strasbourg.  Tel:  33 (0) 3 88 15 45 80 (ou 92).  Fax:  33 (0) 3 88 75 67 64.  E-mail:  alsace-tourism@sdv.fr - or Association Departementale du Tourisme du Haut-Rhin, 1, Rue Schlumberger BP 337, F - 68006 Colmar Cedex.  Tel:  33 (0) 3 89 20 10 68.  Fax:  33 (0) 89 23 33 91.  E-mail:  adt@rmcnet.fr

August, all month:

Strasbourg.  Exhibition "Discovering Alsatian and Rhine Judaism."  At the Agence de Developpement Touristique du Bas-Rhin from Monday to Saturday.  9 rue du Dome (between Place Broglie and the Cathedral).

Sarre-Union.  Exhibition "Jewish Heritage in Alsace Bossue."  Regional Alsace Bossue Museum, Rue des Juifs, Place du College des Jesuites.  Every day (except Tuesday).  2 - 6 p.m..

Strasbourg.  Opening to the public of the ritual baths.  13th Century remains.  Every Saturday until August 22 from 10 am to 6 p.m..  20 rue des Charpentiers (corner of 19 rue des Juifs).

September, all month:

 Strasbourg.  Exhibition "Discovering Alsatian and Rhine Judaism."  At the Agence de Developpement Touristique du Bas-Rhin from Monday to Saturday.  9 rue du Dome (between Place Broglie and the Cathedral).

Sarre-Union.  Exhibition "Jewish Heritage in Alsace Bossue."  Regional Alsace Bossue Museum.  By appointment on 03.88.00.28.08.

The Art of Jewish Food.  B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC  20036.  Through October 1, 1998.  Including works by:  Ita Aber, Mel Alexemberg and Lynne Feldman.  For information, call (202) 857-6513.

Keeping the Light:  A Photographic Diary of South Indian Jewry by Suzon Fuks. B’Nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC  20036.  Through October 1, 1998.  For information, call (202) 857-6513.

Silenced Sacred Spaces:  Photographs of Syrian Synagogues by Robert Lyons. B’Nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC  20036.  Through October 1, 1998.  For information, call (202) 857-6513.

The Synagogue Project:  Acrylic Paintings by Jeremy Nadel. B’Nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC  20036.  Through October 1, 1998. For information, call (202) 857-6513.

George Segal, a Retrospective:  Sculptures, Paintings, Drawings.  The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY  10128.  Through October 4, 1998.  The exhibition features works that Segal created between 1958 and 1996, reflecting the evolution of the artist, one of the founders of Pop Art in the 1960s.  Early figure paintings, beautifully colored pastels, reliefs of the human body, Cubist paraphrases and related still-life sculptures, and larger-than-life portrait drawings, as well as the fascinating sculptural tableaux of plaster figures for which he is best known, will be shown at the Museum through October 4, 1998.

Organized and circulated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the exhibition comes to The Jewish Museum from a showing at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC and will travel in December to the Miami Art Museum in Florida.  The exhibited works are on loan from North American public and private collections.
 For more information call 212-423-3200.  Fax:  212-423-3232.

Drawings of Old Testament Scenes. Museum of the Jewish Family, Durham, NC, September 1 - October 15, 1998.  Works in charcoal, crayon, ink, and other media, by the late American artist Paul Bouguignon.  This exhibition is installed at the Chapel Hill Town Hall.

Zion:  Panoramas and Politics. The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY  10027-4649, June 10 - October 15, 1998.  An exploration of the Holy Land through a presentation of 19th-century landscape prints and early 20th-century Zionist posters.  For more information call 212-678-8080, 212-678-8975 (curator of Jewish art).  Fax:  212-678-8998.

Ancient Land, New Style: Jewish Arts and Crafts From Jerusalem, 1906-1980,  The Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark; through October 25, 1998. In 1914 The Newark Museum’s founding director, John Coton Dana, purchased five objects from a crafts show at Madison Square Garden sponsored by the Bezalel School in Jerusalem.  The Bezalel School’s beginnings paralleled the American and English arts and crafts movements and its students crafted Judaica in a variety of materials.  Its visionary founder, Boris Schatz, defined the school’s goal, "to make objects that not only reflected Jewish traditions, but also looked Jewish."  By the early 1930s the school adopted a modern aesthetic and the New Bezalel School was formed.  The exhibition includes everyday and ceremonial pieces created by both schools.  Dana’s 1914 purchases along with 50 other works created at the school from 1906 to 1980, are on view at The Newark Museum through October 25th, 1998.  For more information call (973-596-6550).

Between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv: Photos by Joel Kantor.  Yeshiva University Museum, 2520 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY  10033.  June 12 through November 1, 1998.  For the State of Israel's fiftieth anniversary the Jewish Historical Museum enlisted photographer Joel Kantor's cooperation in designing an exhibition highlighting the gap between religious and secular life in Israeli society.  Jerusalem and Tel Aviv serve as a metaphor for these two sides of Israeli society. The assassination of Yitzchak Rabin marked the nadir of a conflict that has emerged within Israeli society.  Resolving the internal strife seems to be a condition for a peaceful future in the State of Israel.  For information, call (212) 960-5390.  Fax:  (212) 960-5406.

Ein Hod:  An Artists' Village, The Starr Gallery, Leventhal Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton Street, Newton, MA  02159, September 13 - November 15, 1998.  Featuring the work of five artists from this unique Israeli artists’ community outside of Haifa.  Sculpture, jewelry, wearable art, paintings and ceramics.  For more information call 617-965-7410.  Fax:  617-969-5115.

Books, Prints and Artifacts from the Collection.  Elizabeth S. Fine Museum, Congregation Emanu-El, 2 Lake Street, San Francisco, CA  94118, September 4 - November 20, 1998.  For information call 415-751-2535.  Fax:  415-751-2511.

Ties that Bind:  Washington Area Jews and the Birth of Israel.  Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum, Washington, DC, through December, 1998.  Exhibit recounting the local community's involvement in the struggle for a Jewish state.

Present Tense:  New Art from Israel. The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128, September 13 - January 2, 1999. Recent Israeli art including works by Leah Nikel, Moshe Kupferman, Moshe Gershuni, David Reeb, Gideon Gechtman, Micha Ullman and others.  For more information call 212-423-3200.  Fax:  212-423-3232.

Israel Through American Eyes:  A Century of Photographs.  Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, through January 3, 1999.  Over seventy original photographs, portrays American fascination with Land of Israel.

Homecoming to the Holy Land:  New Work by Moshe Zabari. Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, through January 3, 1999.  The exhibit includes 45 works of Israeli-born silversmiths.  Moshe Zabari.

The Birth of Israel:  Celebrating Fifty Years of Life, Spertus Museum of Judaica, 618 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL  60605, August 27 - January 3, 1999.  For information call 312-922-9012.  Fax:  312-922-6406.

Stalin's Forgotten Zion:  Birobidzhan & the Making of a Soviet Jewish Homeland.  Sanford L. Ziff Jewish Museum of Florida: Home of Msaic, Miami Beach, FL, October 7, 1998 - January 6, 1999.  Explores the history of the Jewish Autonomous Region that was set aside in 1934 by the Soviet government for a secular Jewish agricultural socialist colony rooted in Yiddish as an alternative to Palestine-based Zionism.  Jewish life in Birobidzhan exists today and a daily Yiddish newspaper is published there.  Given the persistence of the "Jewish question" in Russia, the history of Birobidzhan provides an unusual point of entry into examining the fate of Soviet Jewry under Communist edict.

Coats of Many Colors - Costumes and Customs, The Jewish Museum - Camden Town, 129-131 Albert Street, London, NW1, Through January 17, 1999.  Fashion designer, Zandra Rhodes, will be opening "Coats of Many Colors", an exhibition on Jewish costume around the world, at the Jewish Museum in Camden Town on July 22, 1998 at 6:30 p.m.  The exhibition traces the development of Jewish costume from Biblical times until the 20th century.

The exhibition will show costumes in dazzling colors and rich exotic fabrics covering a range of countries and customs of Jewish experience.  Items on display will include colorful garments from Bokhara, an outstanding wedding gown from a Moroccan Jewish bride, and the ceremonial uniform of a Turkish Bey, complete with sword.  There will be a variety of caps, hats and head-coverings and a collection of baby gowns, some made as early as 200 years ago, embroidered in exquisite decorative detail.

The original costumes will bring to life the accompanying display of rare prints and drawings, illustrating the wide variety of costumes worn by Jewish people in different parts of the world, ranging from Algeria, Turkey and India to Poland and early Palestine.  These images - recently restored to their original brilliant colors - have been selected from the world-renowned Alfred Rubens Collection of Prints and Drawings, presented to the Jewish Museum.  This will be the first time they have been shown to the public.  The exhibition serves as a tribute to the late Mr. Alfred Rubens, a founder of the Museum.

Opening hours:  Sunday - Thursday 10:00 am - 4:00 p.m. Closed Friday, Saturday, Public Holidays and Jewish Festivals.  Admission: £3, Senior Citizens £2, Children/Students/disabled £1.50.

For photographs, information, and interviews, please contact Rickie Burman or Alisa Jaffa at The Jewish Museum on Tel. 0171 284 1997 (Fax 0171 267 9008).

Long Memory/Short Memory. The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, Atlanta, GA, November 15 - January 19, 1999.  Works of ten contemporary Israeli artists including paintings, installations, sculpture, conceptual word sculptures, drawings, and sound compositions symbolize the realities of life in Israel - an existence heavily laden with remembrance, a reality that mold all artistic endeavors.