we want to welcome james leventhal. and police siegel. welcome to mosaic. >> let's jump in. tell us what is new at the contemporary jewish museum. >> there is so much. let's start with the exhibitions. my job is to talk about what we have on the walls. we recently opened an incredible exhibition of an entire 48 pages of eliminated arts. created by arthur shake in the 1930s. it is able to tell the stories of the israelites, as well as sound an alarm for what was happening in europe at the time in the rise of not see of them -- do not see if -- across the land. >> how would you explain the world, hagada. >> it is the book used during the passover, which is the ritual dinner that is held one time a year -- passover is eight days. but it is usually held on the first and second nights. and then again on the final night. the hadaga is the book that gives the instructions. it includes passages from the bible. it includes sections -- on ritual and songs. many times, it includes illustrations. >> i think we have a couple pictures to show folks about examples in the exhibit. what are

we're in the middle of a wonderful conversation with james leventhal, deposit director at the contemporary jewish museum. welcome back. we were talking about the place of the jewish contemporary jewish museum and also an exhibit with arthur schick. i know there are a couple of other exhibits to let folks know about. we have some pictures. let's start with that exhibit. >> ok. so one of our most exciting exhibitions of the season is called designing home, jews and mid-century modernism. i don't know if you have noticed recently the sheer excitement over mid-century design and we were looking at this phenomenon and recognizing there were so many jewish architects, designers, patrons, advertisers who were contributing to the success of this design movement. and so we have organized the show with a wonderful curator out of new york. we are focusing on the contribution that jews made to design in the mid-century. >> we have another visual i think we'll show folks. what is this? >> well, this is a wonderful image because it's very pert then to us in the bay area. it's an ike her home. many peopl