Programs

HOURS

Lillian Goldman Reading Room
Mon-Thurs: 9:30am-4:30pm

Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute
Mon: 9:30am-4:30pm
Tue-Fri: By appointment only

Free Exhibit Spaces
Mon – Wed: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Thurs: 9:30am – 8:00pm
Fri: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Sat: Closed
Sun: 11am – 5pm

Ruth's Bookstore
Mon – Wed: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Thurs: 9:30am – 8:00pm
Fri: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Sat: Closed
Sun: 11am – 5pm

Make sure to check our holiday closures prior to visiting.

Last entry to the Center for Jewish History Exhibitions, Reading Room, and the Genealogy Institute is 1 hour before closing. The last call to page items in the Reading Room and Genealogy Institute is 3pm.

The Center for Jewish History, alongside its partner institutions, is a leader in cultural and historical engagement, hosting hundreds of public programs and events each year in the Leo and Julia Forchheimer Auditorium and Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Great Hall. Additionally, the Center celebrates the Jewish experience by offering a multitude of online classes, webinars, and lectures to people around the globe. CJH programs range from special educational symposia sponsored by our Jewish Public History Forum to book talks, film screenings, musical performances, and theatrical productions that appeal to audiences of all ages.

Click here to view the complete calendar of programs.
Click here to view past programs from our media archive.