Exhibitions
Lincoln and New York now open at New-York Historical Society
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Research Historian/Assistant Curator Lincoln and New York American History Workshop October 2009 - March 2010, New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street Lincoln and New York explores in depth, for the first time, Lincoln's connections to New York City: its role in his election, his dependency on the city during the Civil War, and the virulent anti-Lincoln forces that he contended with throughout his Presidency. Jason served as Research Historian, leading the research team and writing much of the exhibit text. Read the New York Times review of the exhibition here. |
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Past Exhibitions
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Exhibit Coordinator The Holocaust By Bullets: The Mass Shootings of Jews in the Ukraine 1941-1944 2008, Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York Adapted from the successful exhibit at the Memorial de la Shoah in Paris, this exhibit uncovers the horrific details of massacres in the Ukraine by Nazi forces. Born out of research done by Father Pierre Desbois, the exhibit text was re-written and furniture re-fabricated for display in New York. |
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Film Director The 50th Anniversary of the Archdiocese of Miami 2008, St. Thomas University Library & Museum, Miami Gardens, Florida A small facility on the grounds of St. Thomas University, this museum celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Miami with an exhibition and film, which I directed. |
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Curator Ours to Fight For: American Jews in the Second World War, Travel version 2007-2008, Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York The award-winning installation at the Museum of Jewish Heritage was reduced by me from 6,000 sq. ft. to 2,000 sq. ft. and installed at the Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, for its first stop on a nationwide tour. See below for more on the original exhibit. |
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Curator Baghdad Revisited: Iraqi Jewish Artifacts from Private Collections 2006, American Sephardi Federation, New York Displayed at the Center for Jewish History, NY, "Baghdad Revisited" introduced visitors to Iraqi-Jewish culture and recalled Baghdad as a nexus of Jewish life, before Iraq's Jews were forced into exile over the course of the 20th century. For more information, visit the American Sephardi Federation Website and click on the Back to Babylon graphic. |
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Project Registrar Have You Eaten Yet? The Chinese Restaurant in America 2006, Museum of Chinese in the Americas, New York Built largely from the menu and ephemera collection of Harley Spiller, this exhibit traced the evolution of the Chinese restaurant in America and what representations of Chinese in the food industry revealed about contemporary attitudes towards Chinese-Americans. The exhibit traveled from New York to the Atwater Kent Museum in Philadelphia, where it ran from April 5 - September 10, 2006. Learn more here. |
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Curator New York: City of Refuge — Stories from the Last 60 Years 2004-2005, Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York Using the inherent power of oral history testimony to explore complicated historical topics "New York: City of Refuge" introduced visitors to New York's most recent wave of Jewish immigrants-- from Europe, the Middle East & Former Soviet Union-- and examined issues of exile, refuge, identity and citizenship. |
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Assistant Curator Ours to Fight For: American Jews in the Second World War 2002-2005, Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York *Awarded Grand Prize for Excellence in Exhibitions from American Association of Museums The award-winning exhibition "Ours to Fight For" was a groundbreaking exhibition in both approach and design. The show used eleven original films and over 400 artifacts to reconstruct the experience of being a Jewish American soldier in the war against the Axis. Visit the exhibit's companion Web page, OurstoFightFor.org to see testimony and artifacts. |
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