This project has been made possible through the generosity of The Max Stern Foundation.
Yeshiva University Museum Staff:
Sylvia A. Herskowitz, Director Rachel Lazin, Institutional Advancement Director Jody Heher, Associate Director for Museum Administration Gabriel Goldstein, Associate Director for Exhibitions and Programs Bonni-Dara Michaels, Collections Curator/Registrar Reba Wulkan, Curator of Contemporary Exhibitions Rhoda Seidenberg, Associate Curator Aliza Mainzer Hughes, Presidential Fellow Rachelle Bradt, Curator of Education Ilana Benson, Museum Educator Sara Gruenspecht, Assistant to the Director/ Docent Liaison Tova Geller, Public Programs Coordinator
Max Stern Collection Catalogue Project Team: Chaya Benjamin, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Consultant Guest Curator Gabriel Goldstein, Bonni-Dara Michaels , Curatorial Research Aliza Mainzer Hughes, Curatorial Researcher Sarah Kukin, Research Intern Simcha Shtull, Web Designer Audrey Malachowsky, Objects Conservation Specialist June Burns Bové, Textile Conservation Specialist Irwin Robins, Photographer
Special Thanks: We would like to express our gratitude to Irwin Robins, who generously volunteered his services as the official photographer for this project.
Our thanks must go to the following volunteers for their help with the preparation of the textiles and the cleaning and polishing of silver for this project: Hadassah Bienenfeld, Sarah Fishman, Helene Horwitz, Paul Katz, Esther Katz, Judy Markowitz, Gladys Maryles, Irwin Robins and Charlotte Schneierson
We thank Richard Born for his generous in-kind assistance.
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Yeshiva University Museum’s exhibitions and programs are supported, in part, with public funds from the New York Council on the Arts, a state agency, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, The Institute of Museum and Library Services, Leo and Julia Forchheimer Foundation, The Jesselson Family, The Smart Family Foundation and individual friends of the Museum.