Tag: Online

Pride came with a cost. Explore Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement through our virtual exhibition tour and discover how the Stonewall Uprising sparked a national movement for LGBTQ+ rights across the United States and its connection to Chicago. The exhibition blends historic images and artifacts from the movement to share the voices… Read More

Pride came with a cost. Explore Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement through our virtual exhibition tour and discover how the Stonewall Uprising sparked a national movement for LGBTQ+ rights across the United States and its connection to Chicago. The exhibition blends historic images and artifacts from the movement to share the voices… Read More

Pride came with a cost. Explore Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement through our virtual exhibition tour and discover how the Stonewall Uprising sparked a national movement for LGBTQ+ rights across the United States and its connection to Chicago. The exhibition blends historic images and artifacts from the movement to share the voices… Read More

A new threat to America is evolving, and all levels of government and society now need to seriously contend with the prospect of American Political Violence and realize significant danger of further repetition of the January 6 attack on the Capitol occurring around the country.  Since January 6, one might have expected fires to fade. However, a recent national representative survey by… Read More

Join a virtual tour of the special exhibition, Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust, and explore the lesser-known stories of European Jewish refugees who escaped Nazism in the Shanghai ghetto. The virtual tour includes a video presentation with Chief Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Arielle Weininger, and a live Q&A moderated by Museum personnel. Arthur Rothstein, best-known… Read More

Join a virtual tour of the special exhibition, Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust, and explore the lesser-known stories of European Jewish refugees who escaped Nazism in the Shanghai ghetto. The virtual tour includes a video presentation with Chief Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Arielle Weininger, and a live Q&A moderated by Museum personnel. Arthur Rothstein, best-known… Read More

As the Nazis closed in on Central Europe in 1939, Alfred Berger mailed a desperate letter to an American stranger who happened to share his last name. He begged the American recipient of the letter: “You are surely informed about the situation of all Jews in Central Europe… By pure chance I got your address…… Read More

LGBTQ+ immigrants and refugees have unique experiences, routinely facing discrimination, persecution, and violence due to their identities. Same-sex relationships are criminalized in certain countries and are sometimes punishable by death, leaving many with no choice but to seek refuge elsewhere.   In recent decades, the number of LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum-seekers in the United States has… Read More

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author Jonathan Kaufman’s The Last Kings of Shanghai chronicles the fascinating tale of two rival Sephardic Jewish families from Baghdad, the Sassoons and Kadoories, that dominated the business, political, and cultural scene in Asia for the first half of the twentieth century. The book highlights what is perhaps the families’ most impressive achievement: the funding and saving of… Read More

Ellen V. & Philip L. Glass Holocaust Commemorative Series In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, gather with us virtually for a Q&A session with the cast and filmmaker of Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band.   This unique and compelling story is about having the courage to live one’s dreams, finding purpose and meaning in life at any age, the transcendent power of music, and the… Read More