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Contemporary Jewish Museum

A crowd enjoys the music at a concert celebrating the late singer Jewlia Eisenberg in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, Oct. 2, 2022. (Robbie Sweeny)
Posted inArt

‘Shabbat at the Jewseum’: New Saturday programs start at CJM in the fall

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 13, 2023July 18, 2023
two people walk past a large brick building
Posted inCulture

Chad Coerver to step down as Contemporary Jewish Museum director after two years

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 16, 2023June 16, 2023
Detail from "You Don’t Get to Know" by Terri Friedman, 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Friedman)
Posted inUncategorized

At CJM, a dense (and very pink) tapestry of joy and pain

by Merissa Nathan Gerson December 5, 2022January 3, 2023
Tosha Stimage's "No on is listening to us" on display at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Photo/Impart Photography-Courtesy Contemporary Jewish Museum)
Posted inCulture

Palestinian flags in a Jewish museum? Try ‘listening’ to what the artist is saying.

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan November 11, 2022January 3, 2023
"No one is listening to us" by Tosha Stimage. (Photo/Impart Photography-C
ourtesy The Contemporary Jewish Museum)
Posted inCulture

CJM visitors wonder: Does the Palestinian flag belong on the museum’s walls?

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 9, 2022November 11, 2023
"Para Humber" by Miguel Arzabe is currently on display at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
Posted inCulture

Woven artwork at CJM speaks to our broken world

Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell by Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell October 26, 2022January 3, 2023
"Slater with the Trump mask," 2019 by Gillian Laub
Posted inCulture

Gillian Laub turns camera on her Trump-loving family in CJM exhibit

by Dan Pine September 29, 2022October 12, 2022
Singer Jewlia Eisenberg died in 2021 at the age of 50. (Photo/Robin Hultgren)
Posted inCulture

CJM exhibit and concert to celebrate late singer Jewlia Eisenberg

by J. Staff September 16, 2022September 19, 2022
Hitler marionette and assorted marionette heads created by Isidore (Mike) and Frances Oznowicz, now on display at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Photo/CJM-Jason Madella)
Posted inArt

Once buried in Europe, a Hitler puppet stashed in Frank Oz’s Oakland attic is now on display at CJM

by Dan Pine July 28, 2022August 3, 2022
"Please Rate Your Experience" by Lisa Kokin, 2021, part of CJM's "Tikkun" exhibit
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The healing arts: CJM’s ‘Tikkun’ exhibit contemplates our fractured world

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 4, 2022January 3, 2023

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