fbpx

NYC’s Jewish Museum to Reopen Oct. 1 Following 6-Month Closure Due to Coronavirus

[additional-authors]
September 24, 2020

(JTA) — The Jewish Museum in New York City said it will reopen on Oct. 1, more than six months after it closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Visits to the museum located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan will be free through the end of December. The museum will allow special preview visits by members beginning on Thursday.

Museum visitors must order timed tickets, and the number of visitors will be limited to 25% capacity in observance of New York’s coronavirus regulations. In addition, visitors must have their temperature taken before entry and wear a mask during their visit.

Did you enjoy this article?
You'll love our roundtable.

The Genocide Lie: When a Libel Becomes a Label

The thing with labels is that they stick. That is a good thing for a group like the Nazis, but to nonchalantly slap the “genocide” label on Israel and its supporters is criminal.

Happy Birthday, Judea Pearl

One thing I am sure of: Judea is inarguably a proud Jew, a steadfast member of this multimillennial Jewish Peoplehood. The other is that I love the man, plain and simple.

Exiled from Zamosc, Survival in the Far-Off Lands

Daniela Gerson’s “The Wanderers” is all that you can ask for from a book. Meticulously researched, exquisitely told, it is an adventure story spanning more than 80 years, even a love story.

The Shofar Blower

Through poetic reflections, Torah wisdom and personal stories, Salem explores the shofar as a tool for mindfulness, healing, surrender and inner transformation.

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.