Culture Art CJM names new chief curator Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | April 18, 2014 Renny Pritikin photo/judy moran Renny Pritikin has been named chief curator at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. A longtime figure in the Bay Area arts community, Pritikin was chief curator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts from 1992 to 2004, and director of the Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts Collection at U.C. Davis from 2004 to 2012. Pritikin will lead the museum’s programmatic initiatives, including exhibitions, educational and public programs, and online programming. J. Correspondent Also On J. Religion Who is Elijah anyway? And will he be at your seder this year? Bay Area Ex–San Jose firefighter says her superior was a ‘known Nazi sympathizer’ Books How Judy Blume broke taboos around interfaith marriage Recipe These crispy li’l matzah balls go with everything Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up