Rachel Stern2026-10-16T09:08:13-04:00October 6th, 2026|Newsletter|
Dear friends and colleagues, Fall started with storms and rain turning sunny here in New York, and with an abundance of exciting events and exhibitions. SAVE THE DATE for a cocktail reception benefitting the Fritz Ascher Society on Monday, November 23rd at 5:30pm on Central Park South here in New York! What is the role of photography and art in transmitting historical truth, and when does telling the truth become an act of resistance? On October 14th, you can see the only known images captured from within a partisan camp in Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photography of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman. Live-streaming from the UN, we'll commemorate the November Pogrom 1938 on November 4th with a discussion [...]
Rachel Stern2026-10-07T05:53:04-04:00October 5th, 2026|Events, Lectures|
The artist Armin Stern (1883–1944), born near Pressburg (now Bratislava), moved to Frankfurt in 1900 to study painting. Despite numerous travels and periods of study in Paris, Brittany, the Netherlands, and Ticino, Frankfurt remained the center of his life. After being excluded from an exhibition at the Frankfurt Kunstverein in 1933 because he was a "non-Aryan artist," he relocated with his family to Bratislava, which had by then become part of Czechoslovakia. Image above: Armin Stern, Ascona, 1928. Watercolor. Donated by the descendants of Armin Stern. Jewish Museum Frankfurt REGISTER HERE Armin Stern, Self-Portrait at the Easel, ca. 1930. Oil on painting board. Donated by the descendants of Armin Stern. Jewish [...]
