Yeshiva University Museum

The Yeshiva University Museum, part of Yeshiva University in NYC, is a cultural institution that honors and preserves the culturally rich achievements in art and intellect made over the last 3,000 years of Jewish history. The museum was founded in 1973 and has more than 8,000 items in its permanent collection. Here are some of the "must see" items at Yeshiva University Museum. Thomas Jefferson's handwritten letter of 1818 denouncing anti-Semitism A 1478 manuscript recording the Simon of Trent blood libel trial The Torah scroll and tefillin thought to belong to the Baal Shem Tov