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The Skirball Cultural Center is a facility in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
 devoted to Jewish
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
 culture and heritage. The center features a museum with regularly-changing exhibitions, film events, music and theater performances, comedy, family, literary and cultural programs.

The Skirball's facilities, first opened to the public in 1996, are located in the Santa Monica Mountains
Santa Monica Mountains

The Santa Monica Mountains are a low Transverse Ranges in Southern California California in the United States....
, not far from the Getty Museum in the Sepulveda Pass
Sepulveda Pass

Sepulveda Pass is a mountain pass through the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles, California.It connects the Los Angeles Basin to the San Fernando Valley via the San Diego Freeway Interstate 405 and Sepulveda Boulevard and experiences heavy traffic on a regular basis, commonly experiencing major traffic slowdowns and jams....
. The address is 2701 N.






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The Skirball Cultural Center is a facility in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
 devoted to Jewish
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
 culture and heritage. The center features a museum with regularly-changing exhibitions, film events, music and theater performances, comedy, family, literary and cultural programs.

The Skirball's facilities, first opened to the public in 1996, are located in the Santa Monica Mountains
Santa Monica Mountains

The Santa Monica Mountains are a low Transverse Ranges in Southern California California in the United States....
, not far from the Getty Museum in the Sepulveda Pass
Sepulveda Pass

Sepulveda Pass is a mountain pass through the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles, California.It connects the Los Angeles Basin to the San Fernando Valley via the San Diego Freeway Interstate 405 and Sepulveda Boulevard and experiences heavy traffic on a regular basis, commonly experiencing major traffic slowdowns and jams....
. The address is 2701 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles. The site was designed by internationally-renowned Boston-based architect Moshe Safdie
Moshe Safdie

Moshe Safdie, Order of Canada is an architect and urban designer. He was born in the city of Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine now Israel....
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The Center is named after philanthropist
Philanthropy

Philanthropy derives from Latin, meaning "to love people". Philanthropy is the act of donation money, goods, services, time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause, with a defined objective and with no financial or material reward to the donor....
-couple Jack Skirball and Audrey Skirball-Kenis
Audrey Skirball-Kenis

Audrey Skirball-Kenis was a noted United States philanthropy....
, whose foundation largely funded its construction. The Center is an affiliate of Hebrew Union College
Hebrew Union College

The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the oldest Jewish seminary in the Americas and the main seminary for training rabbis, Hazzans, educators and communal workers in Reform Judaism....
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The Skirball Museum predates the Skirball Cultural Center, having been established in 1972 at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in L.A. The Museum moved into the Skirball Cultural Center after the center's completion.

The museum's permanent main exhibit is called Visions and Values: Jewish Life from Antiquity to America, and focuses on the history, accomplishments, and values of the Jewish people over 4,000 years. Exhibits show where Jews have lived around the world, how their experiences shaped current Jewish values, and the Jewish experience in the United States. Noah’s Ark at the Skirball is a family-oriented exhibit designed to encourage all generations to connect with one another, learn the value of community, and help build a better world. The floor-to-ceiling wooden "ark" contains exploration and challenge areas along with animal puppets created from recycled materials. The museum also offers changing exhibits of art, history and culture.

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  • List of NPN Partners


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