David Altshuler is an American scholar and museum director.

Career

Altshuler was the Charles E. Smith Professor of Judaic Studies at

George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , preside ...

. He was the founding director of the

Museum of Jewish Heritage A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

in New York City, a position he held from 1984 until December 1999, when he left to become president of the Trust for Jewish Philanthropy. He was a curator of the exhibition, '' The Precious Legacy'', at the Smithsonian's

National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. In 2021, with 7 ...

in 1983.

Books

* ''The Jews of Washington, D.C.: a communal history anthology'', editor. Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, Rossel Books, c1985. * ''The Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collection'', editor. Exhibit catalogue. (Simon & Schuster, 1983).

References

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