Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage for Summer Thursdays! This month, grab a drink watch some short films, go on an exhibition tour, learn about the kosher meat boycotts, and more while enjoying incredible views of New York Harbor.
Full Schedule
5-8 PM Craft Making
Come color in hamsas and make friendship bracelets!
5:30 PM Curator Tour of Speaking Up! Confronting Hate Speech with the Museum’s Associate Curator, Treva Walsh
Learn about the Museum’s newest exhibition Speaking Up! Confronting Hate Speech. Treva Walsh, the Museum’s Associate Curator, will discuss the definition of hate speech, how hate speech has been disseminated throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries both globally and in the United States, and strategies and tactics for responding to hate speech in our daily lives. She will also detail an incident of hate speech that took place at the Museum in 2021.
5:45 PM Screening of Short Films: Shabbos Goy, The Peacock That Passed Over, Bagels in the Blood, and Anyuka
Shabbos Goy: Despite not being Jewish, Terry Neville protects, maintains and lives above a synagogue. His poignant story and funny perspective will surprise and intrigue you all.
The Peacock That Passed Over: Four years ago a peacock suddenly landed and has settled ever since in the grounds of a Leeds synagogue. Whimsical and charming, the film explores the responses of a diverse section of that Yorkshire community.
Bagles in the Blood: Nestled between shops in a residential neighborhood in French Montreal lies a quiet brownstone building—an old converted house with a wood fired oven in the back.
Anyuka: A story of a marvelous and tragic life as told through three generations.
Interweaving super 8 family films, archival material and experimental animation, a granddaughter takes a deep dive into the remarkable life of her indomitable grandmother: a writer, WWII refugee and Holocaust survivor. “Anyuka” meaning mother in Hungarian, explores: intergenerational trauma, the Jewish diaspora, immigration, motherhood, and religious identity—to tell the story of a tragic and marvelous life across continents
6:00 PM From Protest to Progress: The Women of the 1902 Kosher Meat Boycott and Their Enduring Influence with Caitlin Hollander Waas
In 1902, Jewish women on the Lower East Side of Manhattan launched a powerful boycott against rising kosher meat prices, which had been driven up by an unchecked meat monopoly. This movement quickly gained momentum, as these determined women organized their community and took to the streets in defiance of both the economic forces and social norms of the time. This lecture delves into the little-known story of these determined women who organized against the establishment, highlighting how their fight for fair pricing and justice not only brought immediate change but also left a lasting legacy on New York City’s social and political landscape, with reverberations still felt in the city today.
6:30 PM Curator Tour of Speaking Up! Confronting Hate Speech with the Museum’s Associate Curator, Treva Walsh
Learn about the Museum’s newest exhibition Speaking Up! Confronting Hate Speech. Treva Walsh, the Museum’s Associate Curator, will discuss the definition of hate speech, how hate speech has been disseminated throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries both globally and in the United States, and strategies and tactics for responding to hate speech in our daily lives. She will also detail an incident of hate speech that took place at the Museum in 2021.
6:45 PM Screening of Short Films: Shabbos Goy, The Peacock That Passed Over, Bagels in the Blood, and Anyuka
Shabbos Goy: Despite not being Jewish, Terry Neville protects, maintains and lives above a synagogue. His poignant story and funny perspective will surprise and intrigue you all.
The Peacock That Passed Over: Four years ago a peacock suddenly landed and has settled ever since in the grounds of a Leeds synagogue. Whimsical and charming, the film explores the responses of a diverse section of that Yorkshire community.
Bagles in the Blood: Nestled between shops in a residential neighborhood in French Montreal lies a quiet brownstone building—an old converted house with a wood fired oven in the back.
Anyuka: A story of a marvelous and tragic life as told through three generations.
Interweaving super 8 family films, archival material and experimental animation, a granddaughter takes a deep dive into the remarkable life of her indomitable grandmother: a writer, WWII refugee and Holocaust survivor. “Anyuka” meaning mother in Hungarian, explores: intergenerational trauma, the Jewish diaspora, immigration, motherhood, and religious identity—to tell the story of a tragic and marvelous life across continents.
7:00 PM From Protest to Progress: The Women of the 1902 Kosher Meat Boycott and Their Enduring Influence with Caitlin Hollander Waas
In 1902, Jewish women on the Lower East Side of Manhattan launched a powerful boycott against rising kosher meat prices, which had been driven up by an unchecked meat monopoly. This movement quickly gained momentum, as these determined women organized their community and took to the streets in defiance of both the economic forces and social norms of the time. This lecture delves into the little-known story of these determined women who organized against the establishment, highlighting how their fight for fair pricing and justice not only brought immediate change but also left a lasting legacy on New York City’s social and political landscape, with reverberations still felt in the city today.