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Yeshiva
University Museum makes Jewish history come alive in a comfortable and
stimulating environment.
If you are a principal, social studies teacher/coordinator, history
teacher/coordinator, Jewish studies teacher, art teacher, or field trip coordinator,
consider YUM!
Your students will be inspired to learn by a program geared to their age
and skill level, touch things that are real by using the
museum's hands-on collection, sharpen their observation and problem
solving skills in interactive gallery explorations, and give shape to what
they have learned in one of our popular art or craft workshops.
Our Education Department staff is available to customize your students'
program. Just give us a call.
ELEMENTARY
Program Length
(includes gallery visit & workshop)
Grades 1-3: 90 minutes
Grades 4-5: 2 hours
 TORAH
WORLDWIDE (Grades 3-5)
Gallery Activities and Torah Model Workshop
Judaic Studies and Social Studies
only through October 20th!
Contemporary
photographs of Jewish life create the context for Journey
to No End of the World, an
exhibition of Judaica from the Gross Family Collection of Tel Aviv.
Exquisitely crafted ceremonial objects and manuscripts from the 16th
through the 20th centuries represent 33 communities across the
globe, and demonstrate the continuity of Jewish observance. Students will
find unexpected decorations on Torah ornaments: a picture of a boy fishing
on a Torah binder from France; a pair of uplifted hands atop finials (rimmonim)
from Iran. These surprises
and more allow the students to compare and contrast the styles of the
ornaments as well as the history and culture of their communities of
origin. In the accompanying art workshop, they will create a model Sefer
Torah with their own ornamentation, using
wood, fabric and assorted trims, to take home. A perfect program for Chol
Hamoed Sukkot in preparation for Simhat
Torah!
 TRADERS
TO TARTARY
From Saxony to the Caspian Sea
Dramatic Role Play and Hands-on Objects
Social Studies, Jewish History, Map Skills
Grades 3 and 4 (Grade 5: see Middle School)
Through December 29
This
exhibition presents an experiential route followed by itinerant Jewish
merchants who crisscrossed the continents of Europe and Asia. Students
will experience for themselves some of the adventures traders faced as
they dress in the costume of a
trader,
travel through the exhibit and view products through peepholes on a 18
foot-long geographic map. A trader’s wagon stocked with goods offers
them an opportunity to examine an extensive handling collection and learn
about raw materials, cultural artifacts and the importance of trade in
“pre-mall” Europe. In the art workshop students become
familiar with local folk motifs and decorate a ceramic tile
mizrach to take home from
their journey. Pre-visit materials will be sent to you to help you prepare
your students.
 IT'S A SMALL
WORLD AFTER ALL
Gallery Activities and Art Workshop featuring
Microscope Observation, Papermaking and Collage
Art and Science
Grades 1-5
November 14 - January 26
What
does a section of a drop of water, a hair, or a leaf look like, many times
enlarged? Students will have the opportunity to learn how to use a
microscope and examine the world invisible to the naked eye. They will see
for themselves the abstract forms of the very small world that inspire
artist Tobi Kahn’s
paintings in the exhibition Microcosm.
They will also learn to notice similar shapes –on a large scale-
in landscapes. Students will use their imagination to interpret these
paintings, sharpening their ability to observe shapes, colors and
textures. In the art workshop, they will use micro images as their
inspiration for a paper collage. They will learn the process of
papermaking, and see their efforts result in handmade textured paper, some
of which will be used in the collage.
Coming in the Spring 2003:
 A PORTION OF THE PEOPLE:
300 YEARS OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE
Gallery Activities, Hands-on Objects and Art Workshop
Social Studies, Jewish History, Family History
Grades 3-6
February 6-July 20, 2003
This
groundbreaking exhibition on Jewish heritage in South Carolina will change
popular perceptions of the South’s role in American Jewish history.
Several environments and hundreds of objects, photographs and paintings
evoke the communities of Southern Jews, some of whom trace their presence
in America back to the days of George Washington. Many more were new
immigrants who made their way first as peddlers, then shop keepers,
expanding with growing America. A trunk filled with objects and costumes
will introduce students to 19th century Jewish families living
in the South. They will meet a housewife, a school child, a
small-town merchant and a Civil War soldier and learn
about their lives, as they explore the exhibition
through guided activities. In
the art workshop students will make an old fashioned
American toy, so they can take home a piece of history.
MIDDLE
AND HIGH SCHOOLS
We offer:
Interactive Exhibit Tours
which include guided gallery activities and discussion (75 minutes).
Exhibit Tour with a related Art or History Workshop where indicated
(2 hours).
 A WORLD
OF COMMUNITIES
Exhibit Tour, optional Metal Art Workshop
Jewish History and Global Studies
Only through October 20!
A
Bar Mitzvah on the banks of the Danube … the Ben Maimon Talmud Torah in
Damascus… a Chabad banner
across the entrance of Frankfurt’s Old Opera House …Scenes
of contemporary Jewish life around the world create the context for the
exhibition Journey
to No End of the World,
Judaica from the Gross Family Collection of Tel Aviv. Exquisitely crafted
objects and manuscripts from the 16th through the 20th
centuries represent 33 communities across the globe, and demonstrate the
continuity of Jewish observance. By integrating objects with photographs
and quotations from traveler’s memoirs, the exhibit allows students to
explore the past, present, and future of Diaspora Jewry from Cracow to
Kurdistan, from New York to Nuremberg. Each student will become a traveler
experiencing a world of Jewish connectedness and continuity. In the art
workshop, students will use metal
repousse, a craft technique common in silver Judaica, to create
raised designs for a book cover or mizrach
plaque. Student’s sketches
of some of the designs featured in the exhibition will serve as
inspiration for their work in aluminum tooling. (Remember to bring along
books for book covers.)
 TRADERS
TO TARTARY
From Saxony to the Caspian Sea
Hands-on History Program with Tile Painting Workshop
Global Studies, Jewish History, Map Skills
Grades 5-8 only
Through December 29
For
1000 years, from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, Jewish
traders crisscrossed the continents of Europe and Asia trading in
cloth, furs, silver, copper, amber, Oriental silks, gems, horses and
pearls. In this program, students become traders and experience the
adventures and challenges that a trader might have
faced. As
they journey through the exhibit they will follow the trade route of the
Jewish merchants and identify cities and merchandise on an 18 foot-long
geographic map. A traveler’s cart stocked with goods from each area
enables them to handle the merchandise. In the art workshop
students will familiarize themselves with local folk motifs and decorate a
ceramic tile mizrach to
take home from their voyage.
 FROM SHAPES TO
SYMBOLS:
Contemporary Art Exhibitions by Tobi Kahn and Komar & Melamid
Exhibition Tour
Art Appreciation
November 14 - January 26
YUM features two exhibitions, one the work of contemporary Jewish artist Tobi
Kahn and the other the work of the artistic team of Komar
& Melamid. The abstract biological
and geological forms in Tobi Kahn’s Microcosm
and the age-old symbols in Komar & Melamid’s Symbols
of the Big Bang both
reflect the concept of
Creation. Students will use their imagination to interpret these paintings
and the meaning contained in the shorthand of symbols.
Tobi Kahn ‘s paintings in the exhibition Microcosm
abstract the shapes behind our daily reality into thought-provoking
paintings: abstract, spiritual works evocative of the cosmos and the
elements of the earth. These minimal formations reflect sky, land, water,
molecules, cells, blood and the nuclei of life itself.
Komar & Melamid, in the exhibition Symbols
of the Big Bang, use the universal language of symbols, such as
the Magen David, the hourglass and the spiral, in depictions of a
cataclysmic event which represents the initial division of light and
darkness. Their work seeks to reconcile the scientific and Biblical
accounts about the beginning of the Universe.
Coming in the Spring 2003:
A PORTION OF THE PEOPLE:
300 YEARS OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE
Exhibition Tour with optional Document-Based History
Workshop
American History, Jewish History
February 6-July 20, 2003
Did you know that it was in South Carolina that the first Jewish official
was elected? That Judah P. Benjamin was the Confederate Secretary of
State? This groundbreaking exhibition on Jewish heritage in South Carolina
features more than 200 paintings, miniatures, photographs and unique
cultural objects that will change popular perceptions of the South’s
role in American Jewish history. South
Carolina holds an important, yet often unrecognized, place in the American
Jewish experience.
Prior to the Civil War, more Jews lived in South Carolina than in
any other state in America, and Charleston boasted the largest Jewish
population in the 1800s. They experienced in their own way the waves of
immigration, the economic opportunity afforded merchants by the westward
expansion, the tribulations of the Civil War, and
Jewish cultural and religious identity in the New World expressed
in the Reform Movement and New Orthodoxy. Learning about the Southern
Jewish experience will give your students a more complete picture of both
American and Jewish history. The focus on specific individuals and family
histories offers a rich array of document-based information, including
written documents, portraits and objects.
In the hands-on historical research workshop, students will study
related primary documents, expanding their understanding of the exhibit
and its content. This workshop is being developed in collaboration with
the Center for Jewish History Genealogy Institute and the American Jewish
Historic Society.
HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS
 Simchat
Torah
MODEL SEFER TORAH WORKSHOP
In conjunction with the exhibition Journey to No End of
the World
Grades 3-5
September 10-26
A
perfect program for Chol Hamoed Sukkot
in preparation for Simhat Torah: Students
will create a model Sefer
Torah with their own ornamentation, using wood, fabric and
assorted trims, to take home. They will be inspired by the Torah crowns
and other ornaments from the many lands represented in the
exhibition.
 Hanukkah
STAINED GLASS PANELS
Grades 4-6
November 18 - December 5
Display
the miracle of Hanukkah! Students can enhance their hanukkiah
with a stained glass backdrop that will be illuminated by the Hanukkah
candles. They will create a Hanukkah design based on traditional motifs,
using non-toxic glass outliner and paints on Plexiglas.
 Tu
B'Shevat
PAPER: A GIFT OF THE TREES
Paper Making & Stationary Workshop
In conjunction with the exhibition Microcosm by painter Tobi Kahn
Grades 1-6
January 5-15, 2003
Did
you know that paper is made from wood? Make your own specialty note-cards
using leaves and flower petals to enhance the paper pulp made from
recycled paper. Then create
a personalized stamp as a logo or border for your stationary. Bring your
own dried leaves and flowers!
Purim
PURIM FACE-OFF:
Groggers in Character
Grades 1-6
March 4-13, 2003
For
an extraordinary grogger this year, make a noisemaker decorated with the
modeled face of a Purim character.
 Passover
METAL REPOUSSÉ HAGGADAH COVER WORKSHOP
Grades 4-8
April 1-11, 2003
Create
a repoussé aluminum Haggadah
or Mahzor cover in honor of
Passover. Using a decorative technique common in nineteenth century silver
Judaica, students will create raised designs for their Haggadot.
Remember to bring in your Haggadah
or Mahzor for measuring!
 Yom Hashoah
THE ART OF MEMORIALS
Grades 5-12
April 28-29, 2003
How
do we draw strength from tragedy? How do we translate ideas into tangible
forms? In keeping with the Jewish tradition of zachor
(remember), how can we keep history alive and learn from the past?
Students will visit the Holocaust memorial in the current
exhibition A Portion of the
People and learn about memorials from around the world. They
will use the ideas brought out in discussion to construct a model for a
memorial of their own.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATORS
YUM's Education Curators
will host your faculty at the Museum, showing them our exhibitions and
presenting a hands-on workshop on topics such as:
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Around the Year with Jewish Holidays:
Craft
projects for all seasons offered in conjunction with the exhibition Continuity
and Change, 92 Years of Judaica at Bezalel
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Traders
to Tartary: A hands-on approach to History exemplified in an
exhibition on Jewish traders traveling between Saxony and the Caspian Sea
throughout the centuries.
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Seeing In Living Color: Integrating the Visual Arts and the Literacy and
Social Studies Curriculum
For more information on staff development please call the YUM Education
Department at extension 8810 or 8811
Planning a birthday party, family event or reunion? A YUM
program can make it a memorable event.
Yeshiva University Museum
15 West 16th Street
New York, New York 10011
Tel: 212/294-8330
Fax: 212/294-8335
How to Book a Visit
To schedule a visit please call Monday-Thursday 9 am. to 5 pm. or
Friday 9 am. to noon, at 212-294-8330. Programs start from 9:30 am.
and last 90 minutes unless otherwise indicated. The fee is $60.00
per group (maximum 25 students). Included in this fee are art
supplies for children's take-home projects. Please let the Museum
know well in advance if you must reschedule or cancel.
Transportation
The Museum's school group entrance is located at 15 West 16th Street,
between 5th and 6th Avenues. Convenient subways are at Union Square
and 14th Street. Buses can stand on 16th Street.
Lunch Facilities
Arrangements can be made to accommodate groups bringing bag lunches.
Weather permitting, you might consider the public part and playground at
Union Square.
Yeshiva University Museum's exhibitions and programs are supported, in
part, by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the Institute of Museum
and Library Services, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
 
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