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Hudson Line at Riverdale New York City Subway: at Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street New York City Bus: Bee-Line Bus System: BL1, BL2, BL3 | car_park = | network = | website = }} The Derfner Judaica Museum is a cultural and educational center that provides exhibitions relating to Jewish history and contemporary Jewish culture.〔(“Close Up on Riverdale,” Village Voice, November 11, 2003 )〕 The museum is located in the Jacob Reingold Pavilion on the grounds of The Hebrew Home at Riverdale in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City.〔(“Artful Display,” The Jewish Week, February 16, 2000 )〕 ==History== The Judaica Museum 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, Ralph Baum (1907–1984) and his wife, Leuba (d. 1997),〔(Obituary, Wednesday, August 20, 1997, The New York Times )〕 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. The Derfner Judaica Museum officially opened on June 11, 2009 to favorable reviews.〔("Jewish Art, the Hudson and Bingo in the Bronx", The New York Times, June 11, 2009 )〕 The Museum, designed by architect Louise Braverman,〔(Louise Braverman, Architect website )〕 occupies a newly expanded exhibition space in the Jacob Reingold Pavilion at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale.〔(Derfner Judaica Museum website )〕 It is the focal point for a wide range of educational and exhibition programming for Hebrew Home residents and the public. Completion of the museum was funded in part by a furnishings grant received from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Derfner Judaica Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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