Join us for a 90-minute guided tour of The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do, the Museum's core exhibition exploring Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Through personal stories, artifacts, photographs, and film, visitors will learn about the experiences of individuals and communities impacted by the Holocaust. The tour encourages reflection, builds empathy, and explores the consequences of hatred and the importance of civic responsibility.
Upon arrival, please check in at the front desk. The group will gather in the first-floor lobby, and the tour will begin promptly at the scheduled start time.
Ticket includes cost of admission to the Museum.
As always, admission is free for Members. Pleas login to your account to access the discount. If you have any questions, contact membership@mjhnyc.org. For more information about our Membership program, please visit our website.
In 1938, two European immigrant brothers (who happened to be the cousins of famed movie mogul Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures) escaped fascist Germany right before World War II. They came to America and opened a movie theater. By the 1960s, the dynamic Laemmle family owned and operated 6 theaters in Los Angeles, developing an outsized influence on cinema. Over four generations, the Laemmle family has dedicated themselves to supporting, innovating, and elevating the art of filmmaking. Responsible for bringing foreign film to Los Angeles, popularizing independent films, documentary films, and their makers, the Laemmle Theatres’ impact on Hollywood and world cinema cannot be overstated. Today, in a world of conglomeration and streaming, as well as a pandemic, the Laemmle circuit of beloved theaters has faced unprecedented challenges. Filmed over two years, director Raphael Sbarge was given complete access, and editorial control, over this family's most turbulent time in 85 years of doing business.
For 40 years, Grammy Award-winning The Klezmatics have been at the forefront of reinventing and revitalizing Yiddish music, blending traditional klezmer with jazz, folk, gospel, and musical traditions from around the world.
Now, as they celebrate their 40th anniversary, they're inviting the next generation to join them!
Carry It On is a special day of music-making, learning, dancing, and celebration for musicians, students, families, and music lovers of all ages. Whether you've been playing klezmer for years, are picking up an instrument for the first time, or simply love the music, there's a place for you.
"Plenty of Courage" takes the audience on Anne's journey of discovering herself, her ambitions, and her drive to live fully and bravely. Delving into some of her lesser known entries, this performance reveals the more vulnerable side of the young diarist.
While in hiding from the Nazis, writing to her dear diary, Kitty, brings Anne enormous comfort. But through it all there is another war silently raging, and it is the one Anne is fighting with herself.
"Plenty of Courage" is a transformative experience that invites audiences to step into the shoes of one of the most important voices of the 20th century and grapple with the harder questions of what it means to be human.
The New York Jewish Book Festival celebrates literature focused on Jewish culture, heritage, and modern life across a variety of genres for all ages. The festival features panel discussions with groups of authors and a moderator, as well as individual book talks by featured authors. Visitors can also shop for holiday gifts at the Hanukkah Bazaar.
The Peter and Mary Kalikow Jewish Genealogy Research Center offers free genealogy services during the book festival to help visitors explore their family history, discover new research resources, and learn how to take the next steps in their genealogical research.
Center Hours for the Jewish Book Festival
10:00 AM–5:00 PM, Sunday, November 15
Please reserve one ticket per appointment. Additional guests need a program registrant ticket.
Visitors are encouraged to complete this optional form to help us better prepare for their visit.
Contact: 646.437.4202 or kalikow@jewishgen.org for additional questions.
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We provide free admission to Holocaust Survivors, active members of the military, first responders, and NYC DOE K-12 students. If this applies to you, please contact us at 646-437-4202 to schedule your visit.
We also accept the Sightseeing Pass and the Go City Pass, please bring your pass to the Museum for free admission.
Groups of 15 or more must book through the Group Tours page.
The Choice is a haunting yet life-affirming film about reframing pain and the radical power of choice. It follows grieving mother Iris Haim as she mourns the loss of her son and forms an unexpected bond with Dr. Edith Eger—a renowned psychologist, author, and Auschwitz survivor—whose hard-won wisdom guides her toward transformation.
Run Time: 84 Minutes
Following the film, there will be a discussion with the director, John David Coles, who will be in conversation with Stephanie Butnick, founder of GOLDA.
On November 9–10, 1938, Nazi violence swept across Germany and Austria in a devastating event known as Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass. Jewish synagogues, businesses, and homes were attacked, marking a major escalation in the Nazi persecution of Jewish communities. Join us live from Berlin as we revisit the events of that tragic night, explore places connected to the city's Jewish history, and reflect on the lives forever changed. Through stories of loss, courage, and remembrance, discover how Berlin continues to honor the memory of those who suffered and preserve their stories for future generations. Co-presented with
Wowzitude.
Join us for a 60-minute guided tour of Will These Words Reach You? The Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto, and discover the extraordinary story of the Oyneg Shabes, a clandestine group led by historian Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum that risked their lives to document Jewish life in the Warsaw ghetto and secretly buried their archive to preserve the stories, experiences, and voices of their community for future generations.
When you arrive, please check in at the front desk. The group will gather in the first-floor lobby, and the tour will begin promptly at the scheduled start time.
Ticket includes cost of admission to the Museum.
As always, admission is free for Members. Pleas login to your account to access the discount. If you have any questions, contact membership@mjhnyc.org. For more information about our Membership program, please visit our website.
Bessarabia has a unique history within the Pale of Settlement, shaped by its time under the Ottoman and Russian Empires and a Jewish presence dating back to the 15th–16th centuries. Most genealogical records, such as vital records, revision lists, and burial records, begin in the 19th century, with additional 20th-century materials including deportation records and memorial sources. Many of these have been translated and made available through JewishGen, along with Yizkor books and personal memoirs. In this webinar, Yefim Kogan will share how to research Jewish history and genealogy in Bessarabia.
About the Speaker:
Yefim Abram Kogan is the Leader and Coordinator of the JewishGen Bessarabia Division. Born in Kishinev, Moldova, he emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1989 and has since conducted extensive genealogical and historical research. He holds a Master of Jewish Liberal Studies from Hebrew College in Boston, focusing on Eastern European Jewish history. In 2011, he founded the JewishGen Bessarabia SIG and developed its website, along with several KehilaLinks sites. His major projects include the Bessarabia Revision List, with over 300,000 records, and the Bessarabia Cemetery Project, documenting more than 90 cemeteries and 75,000 burial records. He is a frequent speaker at Jewish genealogical societies and IAJGS conferences and, in 2025, published Jewish Families in Shtetl Kaushany, Bessarabia with JewishGen Press.
Kalikow Center Genealogy Appointment
Research Assistance at the Peter and Mary Kalikow Jewish Genealogy Research Center.
Meet one-on-one with a genealogy professional for a 45-minute in-person appointment. Get help exploring your family history, answering research questions, and planning your next steps.
Center Hours
Wednesdays: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Thursdays: 12:00 – 4:00 pm & 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm & 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Appointments are encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome on a first-come, first-served basis.
Price includes Museum Admission
First visit: $18. Free for Members
Returning visit: $72. $54 for Members
Sign in to receive the member discount at checkout.
Free Admission Thursday, 4–8 PM. Contact: 646.437.4202 or kalikow@jewishgen.org.
One ticket per appointment. For additional guests, please book the museum general admission here or visit the Museum Admissions Desk.
Please complete this optional form to help us better prepare for your visit.
The Kalikow Center will offer free genealogy services at the New York Jewish Book Festival on Sunday, November 15. To book an appointment, please click here.
The New York Jewish Book Festival celebrates literature focused on Jewish culture, heritage, and modern life in various genres for all ages. The festival features panel discussions between groups of authors and a moderator, with some individual book talks for featured authors. In addition, visitors can stock up on holiday gifts at the Hanukkah Bazaar.
The Holocaust radically altered the way its victims spoke and communicated—especially for Yiddish speakers. Finding prewar language incapable of describing the imprisonment, death, and dehumanization of the Shoah, prisoners added or reinvented thousands of Yiddish words and phrases to describe their new reality. These crass, witty, and sometimes beautiful Yiddish words – Khurbn Yiddish, or “Yiddish of the Holocaust” – puzzled and intrigued the East European Jews who were experiencing the metamorphosis of their own tongue in real time. This lecture from Hannah Pollin-Galay, Pen Tishkach Chair of Holocaust Studies at the University of Massachusetts, will focus on the experience of language in the Warsaw ghetto, looking at the new Yiddish words invented, how people debated their meanings and why they felt it was so important to remember them.
Heroines of the Holocaust brings together international scholars to examine and share new approaches in the history of women's rescue and resistance during the Holocaust and the Armenian and Rwandan genocides. Editor Lori R. Weintrob will be interviewed about this groundbreaking work by lawyer and historian Jonathan Goldberg, K.C. Their discussion will explore cultural and armed resistance, and examine new approaches to teaching the Holocaust to students in order to fight antisemitism and build bridges against hate.