The entries are in chronological order, with the most recent at the top.

Click the title of the exhibition to see the full exhibitions.

September-November 2024 Fall Exhibitions

April - June 2024 The Many Voices of Cantor Amy

December 2023- TJM Collaborative Hanukkah Bazaar

September - November 2023 In the Shadow of God… In the Footsteps of Bezalel

April - June 2023 DAVID & ME

January - March 2023 SERIOUSLY! Works in Series.

December 2022- TJM Collaborative Hanukkah Bazaar

September - November 2022 The Threads That Bind Us 

August - September 2022 Out of the Whirlwind

April - June 2022  "Thank You, Sir Lance - A Lot!"

January - March 2022   Signs of Our Jewish Times

August - December 2021   The Geography of Summer

March - July 2021     Journey into Darkness….Heal with the Beauty of Life

January-March 2021
Moral Compass: Artists Respond to Crises
September-December 2020
Exploring Judaism & Spirituality
March 2020
L’Dor VaDor – From Generation to Generation
January-February 2020
Hilu Through the Eyes of a Collector
September-December 2019
“…SERVICE IN EVERY CAUSE WHICH SEEMED RIGHT AND GOOD.” – EDITH EMERSON WRITING ABOUT PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT
March-June 2019
Recycled/Repurposed/Repair the World: Art as Tikkun Olam
January - March 2019
Treasures From the Collection
December 2018
Raise the Chair!
August 31 - November 16, 2018
Before Our Eyes - History, Humor and Humanity
Selections from the Temple Judea Museum Photography Collection
April 13 – June 29, 2018
Making Israel Real: Artists Reflect Upon Israel at 70 (1948 – 2018)
January 19 - March 23, 2018
The Needle's Trail 
September 16 - November 30, 2017
"As You Teach, You Learn." Midrash Tehillim
April 9 - June 30, 2017
When Art Went to War - Posters of WWI
January 8 - March 12, 2017
From Aleph to Tav
November 20 - December 19, 2016
Brush Up! A Silent Auction
September 18  -  November 6, 2016
Gay, Jewish, or Both*
April 17 - June 30,  2016
Leap of Faith - Photographs by Walter Plotnick
January 31 - March 31, 2016
Waiting For God: Works on Paper
August 30 - December 31, 2015
Opening the Windows: JT Waldman Considers "The Prophetic Quest"
April 19 - June 30, 2015
Art of Suffering and Resistance
March 2015
The Haggadah and the Seder - Our Passover Traditions
September 7, 2014 - January 15, 2015
"Step into My Studio," Said the Artist to the Prophet: Jacob Landau's Massive Stained Glass, The Prophetic Quest, Forty Years Later
February 2014 
Through Different Eyes
August 23 - December 15, 2013
Dear Carl, By (sic) Carrots, Love MollieWhen Jewish Food was the Family Business
April 8 -  June 3, 2013
Art as Tikkun Olam: Restoring and Healing the World through Art
February 3 - March 15, 2013
Circles within Circles: Jewish Time Frames
September 7 – December 21, 2012
Engaged with Democracy: Our Passions, Our Visions
May - July 2012
Uncommon Threads: Historic Textiles: Contemporary Conversation
September 24, 2011February 5, 2012
WORDworks: Precious Heritage
Spring 2011 
PROJECT ONE.
PROJECT TWO.
PROJECT THREE.
September 3, 2010March 5, 2011
Fighting from the Sidelines:The WWII Home-front
March 26 – June 30, 2010
Elemental Israel: From a Scientist’s Point of View
January 8 – March 5, 2010
Rhea Dennis: Explorations in Handmade Paper - Third Day and Planting the Seed
September 11 – December 4, 2009
Flying Camels; Seashells; a Cinema; and the White City
April - June 2009
A Jewish Embrace of DemocracyReconstructionist Judaism and America’s Promise
March 18 – April 1, 2009
Jews in Arab Lands: A Living Legacy - Photographs by Jordan Cassway
December 29, 2008 – March 15, 2009
Sternchuss/Shooting Star
December 7, 2008 – December 21, 2008
A Juried Exhibition and Saleof Fine Jewelry
September 19 – November 14, 2008
ENTERING FROM THE INSIDE: The Art of Memory
June 8 – August 3, 2008
IS IT SAFE? UNCENSORED!
March 30 – May 16, 2008
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE: One Artist – One Country
January 27 – March 8, 2008
Artists Consider the Jewish Book: An exhibition of original illustrations for Jewish books
October 21, 2007 - January 11, 2008
The Miriam “Mimi” Grimes Collection of Jewish Ephemera
August 24 – October 5, 2007
Caryn Koffman – Photographs of Eastern Europe
An Artist’s Journey to a Jewish Past
April 29 – June 30, 2007
Chutzpah, Schmaltz, Whimsy and Realism: The Art of Deborah Schafer
January 12 - March 25, 2007
Molly Picon, Fridl Braur and the Mishpocha* of Jewish Music
Mini-exhibition: December 2006
160th Anniversary of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
September 11 – December 1, 2006
Beyond the Set TablePlates from the Collection of The Temple Judea Museum
Sunday April 2, 2006 -April 23, 2006
Linda Nesvisky: Postcards from the Old City: An Elegy
December 11, 2005 - February 17, 2006 (Two concurrent exhibitions)
Douglas Beube: A VOID (After George Perec)
Sandra Jackman: CAUTIONARY TALES
September 18 -November 13, 2005
Joan Myerson Shrager: YIDDISHKEIT: Growing Up Jewish in America 
June 17 - August 12, 2005
The Beauty of Holiness: Judaic Treasures
February 29 – April 29, 2005 (Two concurrent exhibitions)
A. BORIS SCHATZ (1866-1932): His Circle and the Beginning of the Bezalel Art School
B. Ephriam Moses Lilien: Printmaker
Friday, September 10 - October 30, 2004
Treasures of American Judaica
September 14 - January 14, 2004
Tradition Reflected: The Hebrew Bible in American Stained Glass. In cooperation with The Willet Stained Glass Studios and Rambusch Studios
March 28 - June 30 2004
From Emigrant to Immigrant: Reflections on Coming and Becoming
January 25 - March 12, 2004
With A Palette in the Suitcase: Immigrant Artists in the Golden Medina
November 21, 2003January 14, 2004
DREIDELS, THE SPINNING TOPS OF HANUKKAH
November 21, 2003January 14, 2004
KOMAR AND MELAMID: Symbols of the Big Band: Prints and painting by noted Russian emigré artists, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid
September 1 – November 14, 2003
SOFTWARE: Fabric Treasures of Jewish Tradition, Commemoration, and Celebration from the Permanent Collection of the Temple Judea Museum
March 9 - June 30, 2003
DANIEL SHANKEN: Photographs of Israel
October 11, 2002 -March 2, 2003
The Judith Altman Memorial Judaica Competition Exhibition
September, 2002
THE CHOSEN: The Museum Committee Selects Treasures of the Collection
April 7 - June 30,2002
The Bertha Anolic Memorial Fine Arts Israel Travel Award: Looking Back: An Afterword - A Restrospective Group Exhibition
January 13 - March 13, 2002 (Two concurrent exhibitions)
A. Sounds for an Exhibition: Haman and the Groggers
B. Journeys With My People: A Photo Diary by Jordan Cassway
September 9 - December 14, 2001
Delivering the Goods
April 1 - July 31, 2001
The World of Jewish Comics: Beyond the Comic Image
The Collection of Steven Bergson
January 14 - March 25, 2001
From the Hands of The Maker: Jewish Artists Create Handmade Books
September 17 -December, 2000
A Select Few Select: Helen Drutt, The Vogel’s, Dan Rosenfeld, Sora Landes, Judy Maslin, Karen Sirota, Karen Schloss
April 9 - June 25, 2000
From Darkness Into Light: Mauthausen and Beyond
January 30 - March 28, 2000
The "White Monkey" Talks with God: Sam Maitin Paints from the Bible
September 26, 1999 – January 7, 2000
Seasons of the Human Spirit: Patterns and Passages of Jewish Life

 

 

Rita Rosen Poley

Director/curator

The Temple Judea Museum

Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, Elkins Park, PA

TJMuseum@kenesethisrael.org, 215-887-8700 ext. 416