BOOK
PROGRAMS

March 24

April 7

April 14

April 25
April 28

CONCERTS

March 3

DISCUSSIONS

April 21

FAMILY PROGRAMS

March 14
April 25

FILMS

March 7
March 17

March 18
March 21

THEATRE

April 18

Wednesday, March 3, 7 P.M.

Saints & Tzadiks

Grammy award-winning artists Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg, and guitarists Erik Della Penna and Eamon O'Leary

Irish chanteuse Susan McKeown joins Klezmatics vocalist and accordionist Lorin Sklamberg to weave musical tales from the Yiddish and Gaelic traditions.

$20, $15 students/seniors,
$10 members of the Museum, The Irish Arts Center, and the National Yiddish Book Center

In association with The Irish Arts Center

Sunday, March 7, 2 P.M.

Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis
(U.S.A., 2009, DVD, 114 minutes)

Post-screening Q&A moderated by Dr. David G. Marwell with filmmaker Gaylen Ross; Professor Dina Porat, Department of Jewish History, Tel Aviv University; and Professor Ronald Zweig, Director, Taub Center for Hebrew Studies, NYU

This probing documentary examines the life of Rezso Kasztner, who negotiated with Adolf Eichmann to rescue 1,700 Jews on a Swiss-bound train. Yet Kasztner was condemned as a traitor in his adopted country of Israel, in a trial and verdict that divided a nation and forever stamped him as the "man who sold his soul to the devil." The  judgment was later overturned by the Israeli Supreme Court but not  before Kasztner was assassinated in Tel Aviv by Jewish extremists in 1957.

Director Gaylen Ross investigates this tale of murder, intrigue, and heroism through accounts of the inflammatory political trial, startling revelations after 50 years by Kasztner's assassin, Ze'ev Eckstein, and a chilling meeting between the killer and Kasztner's daughter, Zsuzsi.

$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 for members

Sunday, March 14, 1 P.M.

The Macaroons: Let's Go Coconuts

Celebrate Passover with JDub's first rock group for kids with whimsical songs about flying matzoh brei and what to do if you drop a matzoh ball. The Macaroons' big harmonies and irresistible melodies are inspired by everything from the Kinks to Queen to the Shins.

$10, $7 children 12 and under
Museum members: $7, $5 children 12 and under

This concert is made possible through a generous gift from the Margaret Neubart Foundation Trust.

Wednesday, March 17, 6:30 P.M.

Yiddish: The Mother Tongue
(USA, 1979/2009, DVCam, revised 30th anniversary edition, 56 minutes)

Post-screening discussion with Pierre Sauvage; Isaiah Sheffer, artistic director, Symphony Space; and Professor Joshua Fishman, Yeshiva University

This Emmy award-winning film is a loving portrait of a unique and tenacious language and culture, told through interviews, music, humor, poetry, and film clips.

$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members of the Museum and the National Yiddish Book Center

Co-sponsored by the National Yiddish Book Center

Thursday, March 18, 6:30 P.M.

Weapons of the Spirit
(USA/France, 1989-2010, DVCam, 90 minutes)

Post-screening discussion with Pierre Sauvage, and other Le Chambon residents

In this acclaimed film, Sauvage tells the story of the mountain community in Le Chambon, France that defied the Nazis and saved 5,000 Jews, including the filmmaker's parents. Sauvage himself was born in this unique Christian oasis.

$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members

Wednesday, March 24, 7 P.M.

Save the Deli
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009)

Author David Sax interviewed by cookbook author and food maven Arthur Schwartz

"Deeply satisfying" --Los Angeles Times

Sax's quest to save the endangered deli is a call to action filled with vivid descriptions of cured meats piled high on rye, soups glowing with melted chicken fat, and buttery rugelach. Don't come to this program hungry.

$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members

Wednesday, April 7, 7 P.M.

An Evening with Acclaimed Israeli Author Savyon Liebrecht

Liebrecht (The Women My Father Knew), who was born in Munich to Holocaust survivors, will discuss growing up in a home of survivors, the psychological and social phenomena of the "second generation," and how these subjects manifest themselves in her stories and plays.

$5, free for members

Co-sponsored by Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York

Wednesday, April 14, 7 P.M.

We Are Going to Pick Potatoes: Norway and the Holocaust, the Untold Story
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2010)

Author Irene Levin Berman interviewed by Museum curator Bonnie Gurewitsch and Bjarte Bruland, chief curator, Oslo Jewish Museum, interviewed by Danish journalist and author Samuel Rachlin. Welcome by Sissel Breie, Consul General of Norway.

In 1942, four-year-old Irene Levin was one of 1,200 Norwegian Jews who escaped to Sweden. Berman, who will recount her family's story of rescue, is joined by Bruland, who was instrumental in the post-war restitution of Jewish assets. Norway's current tensions with Israel will also be discussed.

$5, free for Museum and Thanks to Scandinavia members
Reception to follow

Co-sponsored by Thanks to Scandinavia
This program is made possible in part by Ingunn and Michael Bassock, Eva and Richard Hudlow, and Jacquin Fink.

Sunday, April 18, 2:30 P.M.

Way to Heaven (Himmelweg)

The internationally acclaimed play by Juan Mayorga

Directed by Matthew Earnest

"... a powerful illustration of how theatrical artifice can be pressed into the service of atrocity" --The New York Times

A New York Times Critics' Pick, Way to Heaven has been performed around the world. The play is inspired by the true story of the elaborate deception that took place at the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Post-performance conversation with the company.

Visit the show's official website at www.waytoheaventheplay.com.

$15, $12 students/seniors, $10 members

Wednesday, April 21, 7 P.M.

Robert Morgenthau in conversation with Marie Brenner

The legendary Robert M. Morgenthau reveals personal stories about his illustrious career and remarkable family in this intimate conversation with author and Vanity Fair writer-at-large Marie Brenner.

$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members

Join us for a tour of The Morgenthaus: A Legacy of Service at 6 P.M.  Space is limited and pre-registration for tour is required. Call 646.437.4202.

Sunday, April 25

Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day at the Museum

10 A.M. - 3 P.M.

Families are invited to enjoy hands-on craft activities that explore the themes of Earth Day. Activities include creating earth-friendly masks and seedling planters; decorating a multi-media mural about Earth Day; and making herbal teabags and designing the labels. Explore nature-themed artifacts and sculpture in the Museum.

Free with purchase of Museum admission or concert ticket

1 P.M.

The Earth Worm Disco with ShirLaLa

Join kiddie rocker ShirLaLa (a.k.a. Shira Kline) to celebrate Earth Day and the wonders of growing up green. She and her band create a musical playground for all of the little rock n' rollers and their grown up friends who love to sing and dance, and love our planet, too!

$10, $7 children 12 and under
Museum members: $7, $5 children 12 and under

This concert is made possible through a generous gift from the Margaret Neubart Foundation Trust.

Check out www.batteryparkcity.org/nysgreenest to find out how our downtown neighbors are celebrating Earth Day.

Sunday, April 25, 3 P.M.

Yehuda Halevi

Author Hillel Halkin interviewed by Gabriel Sanders, Deputy Editor, Tablet Magazine

Poet, physician, and philosopher Yehuda Halevi has been a major influence on Jewish thought and prayer for nearly a millennium. Halkin brilliantly evokes the fascinating world of 11th- and 12th-century Andalusian Spain and discusses how Halevi was shaped by the tangle of religious and cultural influences – Christian, Muslim, and Jewish.

$5, free for members

Wednesday, April 28, 7 P.M.

Backing into Forward

With author Jules Feiffer

The award-winning New Yorker cartoonist, playwright, and author delivers a witty, illustrated rendition of his life, from his childhood as a wimpy kid in the Bronx to his legendary career in the arts.

$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members