Exhibitions

The entries are in chronological order, with the most recent at the top.

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April - June 2024 The Many Voices of Cantor Amy

December 2023- TJM Collaborative Hanukkah Bazaar

September - November 2023 In the Shadow of God… In the Footsteps of Bezalel

April - June 2023 DAVID & ME

January - March 2023 SERIOUSLY! Works in Series.

December 2022- TJM Collaborative Hanukkah Bazaar

September - November 2022 The Threads That Bind Us

August - September 2022 Out of the Whirlwind

April - June 2022 "Thank You, Sir Lance - A Lot!"

January - March 2022 Signs of Our Jewish Times

August - December 2021 The Geography of Summer

March - July 2021 Journey into Darkness….Heal with the Beauty of Life

January-March 2021	Moral Compass: Artists Respond to Crises
September-December 2020	Exploring Judaism & Spirituality
March 2020	L’Dor VaDor – From Generation to Generation
January-February 2020	Hilu Through the Eyes of a Collector
September-December 2019	“…SERVICE IN EVERY CAUSE WHICH SEEMED RIGHT AND GOOD.” – EDITH EMERSON WRITING ABOUT PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT
March-June 2019	Recycled/Repurposed/Repair the World: Art as Tikkun Olam
January - March 2019	Treasures From the Collection
December 2018	Raise the Chair!
August 31 - November 16, 2018	Before Our Eyes - History, Humor and Humanity Selections from the Temple Judea Museum Photography Collection
April 13 – June 29, 2018	Making Israel Real: Artists Reflect Upon Israel at 70 (1948 – 2018)
January 19 - March 23, 2018	The Needle's Trail
September 16 - November 30, 2017	"As You Teach, You Learn." Midrash Tehillim
April 9 - June 30, 2017	When Art Went to War - Posters of WWI
January 8 - March 12, 2017	From Aleph to Tav
November 20 - December 19, 2016	Brush Up! A Silent Auction
September 18 - November 6, 2016	Gay, Jewish, or Both*
April 17 - June 30, 2016	Leap of Faith - Photographs by Walter Plotnick
January 31 - March 31, 2016	Waiting For God: Works on Paper
August 30 - December 31, 2015	Opening the Windows: JT Waldman Considers "The Prophetic Quest"
April 19 - June 30, 2015	Art of Suffering and Resistance
March 2015	The Haggadah and the Seder - Our Passover Traditions
September 7, 2014 - January 15, 2015	**"Step into My Studio," Said the Artist to the Prophet:** Jacob Landau's Massive Stained Glass, The Prophetic Quest, Forty Years Later
February 2014	*Through Different Eyes*
August 23 - December 15, 2013	*Dear Carl, By (sic) Carrots, Love Mollie: When Jewish Food was the Family Business*
April 8 - June 3, 2013	*Art as Tikkun Olam:* Restoring and Healing the World through Art
February 3 - March 15, 2013	*Circles within Circles:* Jewish Time Frames
September 7 – December 21, 2012	*Engaged with Democracy:* Our Passions, Our Visions
May - July 2012	*Uncommon Threads: Historic Textiles: Contemporary Conversation*
September 24, 2011 – February 5, 2012	**WORDworks:** Precious Heritage
Spring 2011	PROJECT ONE. PROJECT TWO. PROJECT THREE.
September 3, 2010 – March 5, 2011	*Fighting from the Sidelines:The WWII Home-front*
March 26 – June 30, 2010	*Elemental* *Israel: From a Scientist’s Point of View*
January 8 – March 5, 2010	*Rhea Dennis: Explorations in Handmade Paper* - Third Day and Planting the Seed
September 11 – December 4, 2009	*Flying Camels; Seashells; a Cinema; and the* *White* *City*
April - June 2009	A Jewish Embrace of Democracy: Reconstructionist Judaism and America’s Promise
March 18 – April 1, 2009	Jews in Arab Lands: A Living Legacy - Photographs by Jordan Cassway
December 29, 2008 – March 15, 2009	*Sternchuss/*Shooting Star
December 7, 2008 – December 21, 2008	A Juried Exhibition and Saleof Fine Jewelry
September 19 – November 14, 2008	*ENTERING FROM THE INSIDE*: The Art of Memory
June 8 – August 3, 2008	IS IT SAFE? UNCENSORED!
March 30 – May 16, 2008	UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE: One Artist – One Country
January 27 – March 8, 2008	Artists Consider the Jewish Book: An exhibition of original illustrations for Jewish books
October 21, 2007 - January 11, 2008	The Miriam “Mimi” Grimes Collection of Jewish Ephemera
August 24 – October 5, 2007	Caryn Koffman – Photographs of Eastern Europe An Artist’s Journey to a Jewish Past
April 29 – June 30, 2007	Chutzpah, Schmaltz, Whimsy and Realism: The Art of Deborah Schafer
January 12 - March 25, 2007	*Molly Picon, Fridl Braur and the Mishpocha of Jewish Music**
Mini-exhibition: December 2006	160^th Anniversary of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
September 11 – December 1, 2006	*Beyond the Set Table: Plates from the Collection of The Temple Judea Museum*
Sunday April 2, 2006 -April 23, 2006	Linda Nesvisky: Postcards from the Old City: An Elegy
December 11, 2005 - February 17, 2006 (Two concurrent exhibitions)	Douglas Beube: A VOID (After George Perec) Sandra Jackman: CAUTIONARY TALES
September 18 -November 13, 2005	Joan Myerson Shrager: YIDDISHKEIT: Growing Up Jewish in America
June 17 - August 12, 2005	The Beauty of Holiness: Judaic Treasures
February 29 – April 29, 2005 (Two concurrent exhibitions)	A. *BORIS SCHATZ (1866-1932):* *His Circle and the Beginning of the* *Bezalel Art School* B. *Ephriam Moses Lilien: Printmaker*
Friday, September 10 - October 30, 2004	*Treasures of American Judaica*
September 14 - January 14, 2004	Tradition Reflected: The Hebrew Bible in American Stained Glass. In cooperation with The Willet Stained Glass Studios and Rambusch Studios
March 28 - June 30 2004	*From Emigrant to Immigrant:* Reflections on Coming and Becoming
January 25 - March 12, 2004	With A Palette in the Suitcase: Immigrant Artists in the Golden Medina
November 21, 2003 – January 14, 2004	DREIDELS, THE SPINNING TOPS OF HANUKKAH
November 21, 2003 – January 14, 2004	*KOMAR AND MELAMID: Symbols of the Big Band:* Prints and painting by noted Russian emigré artists, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid
September 1 – November 14, 2003	SOFTWARE: Fabric Treasures of Jewish Tradition, Commemoration, and Celebration from the Permanent Collection of the Temple Judea Museum
March 9 - June 30, 2003	DANIEL SHANKEN: Photographs of Israel
October 11, 2002 -March 2, 2003	*The Judith Altman Memorial Judaica Competition Exhibition*
September, 2002	*THE CHOSEN: The Museum Committee Selects Treasures of the Collection*
April 7 - June 30,2002	*The Bertha Anolic Memorial Fine Arts Israel Travel Award:* Looking Back: An Afterword - A Restrospective Group Exhibition
January 13 - March 13, 2002 (Two concurrent exhibitions)	A. Sounds for an Exhibition: Haman and the Groggers B. Journeys With My People: A Photo Diary by Jordan Cassway
September 9 - December 14, 2001	*Delivering the Goods*
April 1 - July 31, 2001	*The World of Jewish Comics:* Beyond the Comic Image The Collection of Steven Bergson
January 14 - March 25, 2001	From the Hands of The Maker: Jewish Artists Create Handmade Books
September 17 -December, 2000	A Select Few Select: Helen Drutt, The Vogel’s, Dan Rosenfeld, Sora Landes, Judy Maslin, Karen Sirota, Karen Schloss
April 9 - June 25, 2000	From Darkness Into Light: Mauthausen and Beyond
January 30 - March 28, 2000	The "White Monkey" Talks with God: Sam Maitin Paints from the Bible
September 26, 1999 – January 7, 2000	Seasons of the Human Spirit: Patterns and Passages of Jewish Life

Rita Rosen Poley

Director/curator

The Temple Judea Museum

Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, Elkins Park, PA

TJMuseum@kenesethisrael.org, 215-887-8700 ext. 416

PROJECT ONE.

PROJECT TWO.

PROJECT THREE.