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Located in the Jacob Reingold Pavilion at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, the Derfner Judaica Museum is a cultural and educational center that provides exhibitions relating to Jewish history and contemporary Jewish culture.

A little history

The Judaica Museum was founded in 1982 when Riverdale residents Ralph and Leuba Baum donated their collection of Jewish ceremonial art to the Hebrew Home. A refugee from Nazi persecution, Ralph Baum and his wife, Leuba, had an intense desire to preserve and pass on to future generations the memory embodied in the objects they collected, the majority of which were used primarily by European Jews before the Holocaust. In 2008 the Judaica Museum was named in honor of benefactors Helen and Harold Derfner. Learn about this important part of history with your New York discount car rental when you travel to the Judacica Museum.

The Grand Opening

Opening to the public on June 11, 2009, the Derfner Judaica Museum, designed by architect Louise Braverman,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derfner_Judaica_Museum - cite_note-2 occupies a newly expanded 5 000 square foot exhibition space in the Jacob Reingold Pavilion at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale. It is the focal point for a wide range of educational and exhibition programming for Hebrew Home residents and the public. Completion of the museum was funded in part by a furnishings grant received from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. The inaugural exhibition, Tradition and Remembrance: Treasures of the Derfner Judaica Museum, explores the intersections of Jewish history and memory. Among the featured objects that you will be able to find in the exhibition with your New York discount car rental are a silver filigree vase and an early copper alloy Hanukkah lamp, from the famed Bezalel Academy of Art and Design founded in Jerusalem in 1906. Other objects relating to Jewish practice come from near and far, including a set of 18th century German Torah implements from Meerholz Germany and a velvet fish scale embroidered matzah cover from turn of the century Jerusalem. Don’t miss out on this special exhibit when you travel with your New York discount car rental.

Plenty to see and do

There is plenty to see and do when you travel with your New York discount car rental to the Judacica Museum. Rotating exhibits are based on its 1 000 object collection. It has also presented exhibits of Jewish art and artifacts from other private collections, museums and art schools. One of the more unusual exhibitions at the museum was a show entitled "Culture as Commodity" that offered a variety of Judaica related items, including Israeli Coca-Cola t-shirts, that were purchased from eBay and other Internet auction sites.

The Art Collection

Also included under the umbrella of the Home is The Art Collection at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale which comprises over 4,500 paintings, prints, photographs, and sculpture ranging from contemporary works by such artists as Alex Katz, Ben Shahn, and Andy Warhol to Native American ceremonial art and African sculpture. Rotating exhibitions feature the work of both established and emerging artists. The grounds are home to one of New York City’s few outdoor sculpture gardens with breathtaking views of the Hudson River and Palisades. Rotating exhibitions featuring contemporary art are changed every 6 ? 8 weeks so make sure to check ahead to see what’s happening before you head out with your New York discount car rental to the Judacica Museum.

Before you goˇ

For more information on the Judacica Museum when you travel with your New York discount car rental check out the Hebrew Home at Riverdale website at hebrewhome.org or call 718 581 1000

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