Exhibitions

Intriguing Women

July through November 15, 2004

The pioneering achievements of Jewish women in modern times cover a wide field-including social welfare, to the arts, to medicine and physics. The variety of their experiences is documented in letters, books, memoirs and other written materials in the archives of the Leo Baeck Institute, but is especially visible in the diverse imagery depicted in the Institute's art collection.

Martha Kaestner in Leipzig (1899)

This exhibit is a tribute to the ingeniousness, creativity and perseverance with which Jewish women have shaped their own destinies. Through necessity or choice, these women often became both catalysts for social and political changes and imaginative forerunners of the artistic avant-garde.

Rahel Hirsch (1870-1953) in the laboratory

Many of the works on display-including rare documents, unpublished manuscripts and critically acclaimed publications from the holdings of the Leo Baeck Institute-attest to the spirit, courage and competence of these largely unknown and unacknowledged women. While we may not know them by name, we do know that the feminist movement is but one aspect of their astonishing legacy.

The LBI Gallery is located at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY, on the mezzanine level.

Gallery hours:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Sundays: 11 am-5 pm; Thursdays: 11 am-8 pm.

Admission is free.