Jewish History Museum's Full May/June Lineup

The National Museum of American Jewish History is pleased to announce an exciting programming schedule in May and June. Mother's Day at the Museum Sunday, May 12 - 10 am - 5:30 pm FREE FOR MOMS ALL DAY! On Sunday, May 12, the Museum is celebrating Mother's Day by offering FREE ADMISSION to moms who visit the Museum with their families. Enjoy a day at the Museum, along with special activities and unique opportunities to honor mothers on their holiday.     Acoustic Conversations: Women in Music Sunday, May 5 - 2:30 pm Alicia Svigals, Photo by: Tina Chaden At the Museum Just days before the Philadelphia premiere of The Yellow Ticket, enjoy a live score from composer and renowned klezmer fiddler Alicia Svigals, followed by a conversation with Alicia,Jeri Lynne Johnson, Founding Music Director of the BlackPearl Chamber Orchestra, and Magdaliz Roura, the founder, manager, lead singer, and guitarist of the Latin Ensemble, Magdaliz and Her Latin Ensemble Crisol (a.k.a Trio Crisol)  Moderated by Andrea Clearfield, award-winning composer and founder and host of the Philadelphia performance series, The Salon.         $5/Free for NMAJH Members, students, and The Yellow Ticket ticketholders This program is presented in collaboration with the Gershman Y's Philadelphia Jewish Music Festival,  The Foundation for Jewish Culture's New Jewish Culture Network, and in conjunction with The Yellow Ticket screening event on May 9, 2013.  The Yellow Ticket - Philadelphia Premiere Thursday, May 9 - 8:00 pm At the Gershman Y  NMAJH is proud to be a part of an exclusive five-city North American tour of The Yellow Ticket - a live multimedia concert event featuring the eponymous 1918 Pola Negri silent film with an original score by Alicia Svigals, one of the world's foremost klezmer fiddlers.    The score is the newest commission from the Foundation for Jewish Culture's New Jewish Culture Network, and marks the first feature-length film composition by Svigals, who will perform live with virtuoso pianist Marilyn Lerner at each of the screenings of this cinema classic. A talk-back with Svigals and Lerner immediately follows the screening. $18/$15 NMAJH Members $10 full-time students with valid ID The Yellow Ticket is presented with the Gershman Y's Philadelphia Jewish Music Festival and is a production commissioned by the Foundation for Jewish Culture's New Jewish Culture Network, a league of North American performing arts presenters committed to the creation and touring of innovative projects.   jkidphilly@NMAJH Friday, May 17 - 10:30 am Free and open to the public Join jkidphilly for a casual playdate at the Museum where kids and families can socialize and enjoy stories, songs, and snacks.  Most appropriate for children ages 5 and under. Museum Admission not required to participate. Admission and Café discounts available for playdate participants. Kids are always free! Dreamers and Doers: Stuart Weitzman Wednesday, June 12 - 7:00 pm  This June, the National Museum of American Jewish History is launching a new speaker series, Dreamers and Doers, with entrepreneur and shoe designer Stuart Weitzman. Known as an international shoe mogul, Weitzman is the perfect fit to kick off the series, as his story is one of passion, vision, and a quintessentially American spirit.  An annual program, Dreamers and Doers will tell the stories of individuals like Weitzman whose stories are characterized by the values critical to the success achieved by immigrants coming from across the globe to America in search of opportunity and a better life - courage and imagination, aspiration and hard work, leadership and service. Here they shaped, and continue to shape, industry, innovation, economy, and culture - indelibly transforming the nation with a rich mix of ideas and ideals. $15 Members-only presale 4/22-5/5 $25/$18 Members beginning 5/6 ### The National Museum of American Jewish History, located on historic Independence Mall in Philadelphia, brings to life the 350-year history of Jews in America.  Tracing the stories of how Jewish immigrants became Jewish Americans, the Museum invites visitors of all heritages to share their own stories and reflect on how their histories and identities shape and are shaped by the American experience. An open door for all, NMAJH honors the past and contributes to a better future by sharing the power of imagination and ideas, culture and community, leadership and service, in ways that turn inspiration into action.