I visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage yesterday. I took my time exploring their three stories of really excellent exhibits. I paid for the audio listening tour ($5). I find listening easier than reading when learning new things, and for me it makes the visit much more orderly.
It's located in Battery Park City on the Hudson River. You can see the Statue of Liberty from its beautiful third floor seating area. Overall, I spent three hours there and was not disappointed.
Of course some themes are disturbing, and coming off the heels of my recent Cincinnati experience (see A Sad Slant on Midwesterners), I wondered if God had put me there as a response. When I turned the corner and saw this, I actually gasped.
Here is a picture of the Garden of Stones in the back of the museum. Its creator, the famous naturalist-artist Andy Goldsworthy, has planted oak trees into boulders. You've probably received in your email pictures of some of his stunning stone-stacking sculptures with the subject line something like: "You've-got-to-see-this!"
