Programs

  • The Weitzman Exhibition Programs

    EXHIBITION - THE WEITZMAN WELCOMED NEARLY 40,000 VISITORS TO ITS EXHIBITIONS IN FY 2023. IN ADDITION TO THE MUSEUM'S CORE EXHIBITION DETAILING 350 YEARS OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY AND CONTINUATION OF A SPECIAL EXHIBITION, THE FUTURE WILL FOLLOW THE PAST: AN EXHIBITION BY JONATHAN HOROWITZ, THE WEITZMAN PREMIERED AN ONLINE EXHBITION WILLIAM SHEMIN: ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY ABOUT A WORLD WAR I MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT. IT ALSO ACQUIRED A COLLECTION FROM PIONEERING COMPUTER SCIENTIST BEN SCHNEIDERMAN INCLUDING ARTIFACTS FROM HIS LIFE, THAT OF HIS PARENTS WHO WERE YIDDISH JOURNALISTS, AND OF HIS UNCLE, FAMED PHOTOJOURNALIST DAVID "CHIM" SEYMOUR. OTHER SIGNIFICANT ACCESSIONS INCLUDE CLOTHING MADE BY "RODEO BEN" LICHTENSTEIN (1893-1985), A JEWISH IMMIGRANT TAILOR WHO SPECIALIZED IN WESTERNWEAR AND WHO DESIGNED STAGE CLOTHING FOR MANY STARS INCLUDING ROY ROGERS, TOM MIX, AND GENE AUTRY AND DESIGNED WRANGLER JEANS POPULAR "COWBOY CUT AND THREE PAINTINGS BY RACHEL RAY FAUST (1900-1993), A FOLK ARTIST BORN IN POLAND WHOSE ART HAS BEEN EXHIBITED AT THE WHITNEY AND THE SMITHSONIAN.PUBLIC PROGRAMS - THE WEITZMAN STAGED 40 PROGRAMS, INCLUDING 20 IN-PERSON, DRAWING OVER 3,500 PARTICIPANTS, AND 13 ONLINE OFFERINGS WITH 1,500 REGISTRANTS. ITS VIRTUAL "SECRET CHORD" CONCERT SERIESSHORT CONCERTS FROM CELEBRATED JEWISH MUSICIANS REPRESENTING A BROAD RANGE OF STYLES, HERITAGES, AND HISTORIESHAS ATTRACTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VIEWS. NOTABLE PROGRAMS INCLUDED FREEDOM SEDER REVISITED, A PREVIEW OF KEN BURNS' "US AND THE HOLOCAUST," THE PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE OF "HOW SABA KEPT SINGING," A FILM EXECUTIVE-PRODUCED BY HILLARY CLINTON, AND CONVERSATIONS WITH NOTABLE PERSONALITIES INCLUDING MICHAEL TWITTY, SARAH PODEMSKI, AND ALEEZA BEN SHALOM. IT WELCOMED FAMILIES FOR ITS ANNUAL "BEING (BLANK) AT CHRISTMAS" FAMILY ACTIVITY EVENT. THE WEITZMAN ALSO EXPANDED ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH PHILADELPHIA JEWISH FILM AND MEDIA, BECOMING THE VENUE FOR THE PHILADELPHIA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL, AND A NONPROFIT PARTNER, TRIBE12, UTILIZED THE WEITZMAN FOR ITS PROGRAMMING FOR JEWISH YOUNG ADULTS (I.E., 20'S AND 30'S).AS THE ORGANIZER OF JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH (JAHM), THE WEITZMAN LED MAY 2023 WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL JAHM YET, WITH RECORD ONLINE MEDIA IMPRESSIONS THAT EXCEEDED 3 BILLION, 12 PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS ACROSS THE U.S. WHO JOINED AS PARTNERS FOR THE FIRST TIME EXTENDING JAHM'S REACH TO MILLIONS OF LIBRARY CARDHOLDERS, AND A NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP COALITION OF JEWISH AND SECULAR ORGANIZATIONS THAT GREW FROM 50 MEMBERS IN 2020 TO MORE THAN 200 IN 2023.EDUCATION - THE MUSEUM REIGNITED ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOLLOWING THE COVID PANDEMIC, HIRING A NEW DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. THE WEITZMAN WELCOMED 80 SCHOOL, YOUTH, AND CAMP GROUPS, FOR PROGRAMS UTILIZING THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION TO TELL THE MULTIFACETED STORIES OF JEWISH PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, ALSO PROVIDING OFF-SITE PROGRAMS. IT HELD ITS NATIONAL EDUCATORS' INSTITUTE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT SERVED OVER 100 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL EDUCATORS. AND IT CONDUCTED ACTIVITY DAYS FOR FAMILIES AND FOR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $4.7M

  • Program 1 [2024]

    EXHIBITION - THE WEITZMAN WELCOMED NEARLY 40,000 VISITORS TO ITS EXHIBITIONS IN FY24. IN ADDITION TO THE MUSEUM'S CORE EXHIBITION DETAILING 350 YEARS OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY AND CONTINUATION OF A SPECIAL EXHIBITION, THE FUTURE WILL FOLLOW THE PAST: AN EXHIBITION BY JONATHAN HOROWITZ, THE WEITZMAN EXHIBITED THEIR PORTRAITS, AN INSTALLATION OF PORTRAITS PAINTED BY PHILADELPHIA WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE OVER 200 HOSTAGES ABDUCTED BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7, 2023. THE MUSEUM ALSO LAUNCHED FROM TELEGRAM TO HYPERLINK, A SPECIAL ONLINE AND IN-PERSON EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE RECENT DONATION OF MATERIALS RELATED TO THE SHNEIDERMAN FAMILY, INCLUDING THE IMPORTANT YIDDISH JOURNALISTS EILEEN AND S.L. SHNEIDERMAN, LEGENDARY PHOTOJOURNALIST DAVID SEYMOUR (CHIM), AND COMPUTER SCIENCE PIONEER BEN SHNEIDERMAN.PUBLIC PROGRAMS - IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OVER 20 LOCAL AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, THE WEITZMAN STAGED 46 PROGRAMS PRESENTING ESSENTIAL JEWISH THOUGHT AND CULTURE LEADERS. THE PROGRAMS ATTRACTED NEARLY 10,000 ATTENDEES IN PERSON AND ONLINE MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR (4,000 IN FY23). HIGHLIGHTED PARTICIPANTS FROM FY24 PROGRAMS INCLUDE AWARD WINNING CHEFS JAKE COHEN, HELENE JAWHARA PINER, MICHAEL SOLOMONOV AND JOAN NATHAN; TONY AND EMMY AWARD WINNING COMEDIAN, ALEX EDELMAN; A CONCERT FEATURING GRAMMY-NOMINATED MUSICIAN MEHMET ALI SANLIKOL AND GRAMMY WINNER FRANK LONDON. THE MUSEUM ALSO HOSTED LEADING JEWISH THOUGHT LEADERS LIKE RABBI DAVID WOLPE AND ROYA HAKAKIAN AT ITS "JEWISH PRIORITIES" CONFERENCE AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. FURTHER, THE MUSEUM HOSTED A NUMBER OF ONLINE AND IN-PERSON EVENTS FEATURING LECTURES, STORYTELLING, HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS, AND MORE. JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH (JAHM, MAY 2024), WHICH THE WEITZMAN LEADS NATIONALLY, FEATURED EXPANDED RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS AVAILABLE ONLINE, WITH GRADE-LEVEL AND THEME-BASED FILTERS AVAILABLE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS, AND EDUCATIONAL POSTERS. THERE WERE NEARLY 80,000 VIEWS OF THE JAHM WEBSITE, TWICE THE PRIOR YEAR, AND THREE BILLION MEDIA IMPRESSIONS. EXCITING COLLABORATIONS INCLUDED THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, THE RECORDING ACADEMY, AND THE FEDERAL INTERAGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE. THE PREMIER EVENT OF JAHM WAS AN OUTSTANDING CONCERT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER IN WASHINGTON, DC.EDUCATION - THE WEITZMAN WELCOMED OVER 100 SCHOOL, YOUTH, AND CAMP GROUPS, FOR PROGRAMS UTILIZING THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION TO TELL THE MULTIFACETED STORIES OF JEWISH PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, AS WELL AS PROVIDING OFF-SITE PROGRAMS. IT HELD ITS NATIONAL EDUCATORS' INSTITUTE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT SERVED 450 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL EDUCATORS. THE MUSEUM CONDUCTED ACTIVITY DAYS FOR FAMILIES AND FOR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS. RESPONDING TO THE EXTREME SPIKE IN ANTISEMITISM, THE WEITZMAN BEGAN DEVELOPMENT OF "STORIES THAT SHAPED A NATION," A CURRICULUM INTENDED TO EDUCATE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT AMERICAN JEWS AND THEIR POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR NATION.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $5.1M