New York’s Jewish Museum will present “A Hanukkah Project: Daniel Libeskind’s Line of Fire” from Nov. 19 through January 2011. Libeskind, an internationally known architect who designed San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum, has created an installation featuring 40 Chanukah lamps from the Jewish Museum’s renowned collection.
The selection of Chanukah lamps exemplifies the diversity of the museum’s collection, from an 18th-century work made from the helmet shield of a Hessian soldier who fought in the American Revolution, to a 19th-century Eastern European silver menorah that was lit by President George W. Bush at the White House.
Libeskind has designed a multitude of structures, from museums and concert halls to convention centers and universities. In addition to CJM, his projects include the Jewish museums in Berlin and Denmark, as well as the master plan for the new World Trade Center.