In the Past - Contemporary Jewish Museum - Art, People, and Ideas, San Francisco, CA

In the Past

To the Rescue: Eight Artists in an Archive

March 26, 2000 - June 8, 2000

To the Rescue: Eight Artists in an Archivepresented eight international artists' responses to the historical photographic archive of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a humanitarian relief organization founded in 1914 to help Palestinian Jews during WWI. The work of Magdalena Abakanowicz, Alan Berliner, Wendy Ewald, Leon Golub, Pepón Osorio, Gilles Peress, Fred Wilson, and Terry Winters was on view at the Contemporary Jewish Museum from March 26-June 8, 2000.

Making Change: 100 Artists Interpret the Tzedakah Box

November 14, 1999 - January 23, 2000

Making Change: 100 Artists Interpret the Tzedakah Box continued the fifteen year tradition of inviting contemporary artists to re-examine Jewish ritual objects. The subject of this invitational, the tzedakah box (or pushke in Yiddish), is a traditionally humble container found in synagogues, Jewish homes and institutions in which charitable donations are deposited. This ritual object was chosen because it represents a tradition which embodies community outreach, service and empowerment to others. Hebrew for "righteousness," tzedakah is the act of charity in Jewish culture and faith. This show was on view at the Contemporary Jewish Museum from November 14, 1999-January 23, 2000.

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