March 7th Opening Reception at HUC-JIR Museum/NY

Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion cordially invites you to attend the artist's reception for Journey Through Jerusalem: The Art of Maty Grünberg

Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Reception: 5:30 - 7:30 PM

R.S.V.P.: rlitcofsky@huc.edu or (212) 824-2205 by March 5, 2006


Maty Grünberg's career retrospective, spanning 1966-2006, brings together his works as a painter, sculptor, and designer, in which he skillfully veils and reveals personal and ancestral memories. His newest work -- an environmental installation of his enlarged woodcuts of Jerusalem -- captures a unique, metaphorical vision of the city's conflicted history, heritage, and hopes.

Directions to Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Subway: N,R to 8th St., A,C,E,F,V,S to West 4th St., 6 to Astor Place

Location: One West 4th Street-Manhattan (Broadway & Mercer)

Information/Tours: (212) 824-2205 www.huc.edu/museums/ny

Museum Hours: Mondays-Thursdays, 9 am-5 pm; Fridays, 9 am-3 pm;

Selected Sundays, 10 am-2 pm, Feb. 12, 26; March 12, 26; April 9, 23

Admission: Free, Photo ID Required


Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and communal service professionals, and offers graduate and post-graduate programs to scholars of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR's scholarly resources comprise renowned library and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives, biblical archaeology excavations, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array of cultural and educational programs which illuminate Jewish history, identity, and contemporary creativity and which foster interfaith and multiethnic understanding.
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