The mission of the Museum is to educate people of all ages and backgrounds about the broad tapestry of Jewish life in the 20th and 21st centuries—before, during, and after the Holocaust.
Multiple perspectives on modern Jewish history, life, and culture are presented in the Museum’s unique Core Exhibition and award-winning special exhibitions.
Acclaimed public programs, including discussions, films, plays, and concerts, highlight the richness of Jewish culture and ideas.
The Museum is also home to National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene.
(2015, 105 min., Blu-ray, English, Spanish, German, Yiddish) The story of the real-life, anti-Nazi prosecutor who had a secret hand in Israel’s capture
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Professor of Law John Q. Barrett (of St. John’s University and biographer of Robert H. Jackson, Nuremberg chief prosecutor and U.S. Supreme Court
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Professor and author Selma Leydesdorff will detail Pechersky’s role in the Sobibor escape, the official silence in the Eastern bloc and ideological refusal
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Professor and author Selma Leydesdorff will detail Pechersky’s role in the Sobibor escape, the official silence in the Eastern bloc and ideological refusal
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Adolf Eichmann claimed he was “just following orders.” In 1957 the Israeli legal system established the concept of a “blatantly illegal order” to
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