Greensboro Contemporary Jewish Museum Oral History Collection

The Greensboro Contemporary Jewish Museum, the only Jewish museum of its kind in North Carolina, is a Jewish museum created in collaboration with faculty and students in the Jewish Studies program and College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and the greater Greensboro Jewish public. Focusing on object as agent of faith or identity, the inaugural exhibition of the GCJM shines a light on everyday objects that facilitate contemporary Jewish identity in its varied forms. Contributors, Jewish residents of Greensboro, North Carolina, were prompted: “Please share a personal object imbued with significance to you as a Jew.” These household objects, their stories and the stories of their keepers are the content for a living archive that makes up our inaugural exhibition: 36+2. Developed by UNCG Jewish Studies Program Artist-in-Residence, Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem in partnership with Director of Jewish Studies, Ellen Haskell. In collaboration with: The University of North Carolina Greensboro Jewish Studies Program, Religious Studies Department, College of Visual and Performing Arts and Greensboro Project Space, and UNCG Special Collections & University Archives.