Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale
(at West 261st Street)
Bronx, NY 10471
Tel: (718) 581-1596
Fax: (718) 581-1980
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Derfner Judaica Museum: Sun-Thurs, 10:30 am-4:30 pm.
As a member of the American Association of Museums, the Hebrew Home at Riverdale is committed to publicly exhibiting its renowned art collections throughout its 19-acre campus, and to providing educational and cultural programming that benefits both its residents and visitors from New York City and its surrounding suburbs. The Home is a nonprofit, non-sectarian geriatric center serving more than 3,000 elderly persons through its resources and community service programs.
The Judaica Museum at the Hebrew Home was founded in 1982 when Riverdale residents Ralph and Leuba Baum donated their collection of Jewish ceremonial art to the Home. A refugee from Nazi persecution, Mr. Baum, and his wife, had an intense desire to preserve and pass on to future generations the memory embodied in the objects they collected, the majority of which were used primarily by European Jews before the Holocaust. In 2008 the Judaica Museum was named in honor of benefactors Helen and Harold Derfner.
Programs for Seniors
Specialized workshops provided to Alzheimer's and dementia patients. Tours and programs are tailored to the needs of the visiting group. Through grants, the museum often subsidizes tours and transportation for senior groups.
- ADA Compliant Restrooms
- ATM
- Disability Access: Fully accessible
- Disability Assistance:
Vision: Audio guides and large-print materials available. - On-Site Food: Can be arranged through Hebrew Home Food Service
- On-Site Parking: On-site lot
- Public Phone
- Tours
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Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale Listings
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Leonard Ursachi: Bunkers - Drawings and Sculpture
Tues, Oct 11, 2011 – Sun, Feb 26, 2012 This exhibition features Leonard Ursachi's drawings, small-scale sculpture and one large outdoor piece, Hiding Place (2007), that are part of his Bunkers series that addresses the complex relationship between identity, displacement and ideas of home. Inspired by bunkers that mark the landscape of his native Romania, Ursachi – who now lives and works in Brooklyn – began using the form in 1998 to explore the contradictory feelings of fear and refuge that they suggest. Many bunkers, rel...
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Tradition and Remembrance: Treasures of the Derfner Judaica Museum
Ongoing With approximately 250 objects, this exhibition explores the intersections of Jewish history and memory. The stories of objects used in traditional Jewish practice are interpreted in light of the role of memory in shaping both individual and communal identities.
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