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Jackson Heights residents come together to celebrate Shabbat
BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELLDOMENECH
adomenech@qns.com
@AODNewz
More than 100 people gathered at
Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights on
Friday, Nov. 2, to celebrate the Jewish
Shabbat and send a message that communities
should fi nd strength in each
other and persevere.
“A habitual response is to retreat and
build up walls and hide,” said Rabbi
Rachel Goldenberg, who led the Shabbat
service, about recent acts of anti-Semitism
across the country. “Th at’s a threat to our
democracy and to our safety is to retreat.”
Jews, Christians, Muslims and the
non-religious held hands, recited Jewish
prayers and chanted progressive mantras
like “We are all welcome here” and “We
will outlive them.” Regardless of religious
belief, all who attended were there
in solidarity and all who spoke mentioned
that now was not the time to be
silent and grow resentful. Instead, it is
the time for oppressed communities to
come together and not let hatred prevail.
On Oct. 27, 46-year-old Pennsylvania
man Robert Bowers walked into Th e
Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh
and shot and killed 11 people attending
the bris of an adopted child of a samesex
couple. Bowers allegedly shouted
anti-Semitic remarks before opening
fi re. Th e mass shooting came shortly
aft er two other acts of hate, the delivery
of multiple bombs to various left -leaning
politicians and celebrities and the murder
of two black Kentuckians outside of
Louisville.
“Solidarity is safety,” said Roksana
Mun, director of Strategy and Training
at DRUM. “In these tragedies there are
eff orts to divide these communities. But
we can protect each other without hurting
other communities.”
Photos by Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech
Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg celebrates
Shabbat at Diversity Plaza
on Nov. 2.
Queens Museum names new president and executive director
BY BILL PARRY
bparry@cnglocal.com
@QNS
Th e Queens Museum reached across
the pond to fi ll the institution’s leadership
void.
Sally Tallant, a respected British arts
professional with extensive international
experience, has been named its new
president and executive director, succeeding
Laura Raicovich, who resigned
last January in a dispute with the museum’s
board.
“Th e Queens Museum has a well-deserved
reputation for leveraging the
power of art as a tool for both community
building and global understanding,”
Tallant said. “Amid the diffi culties and
stress points we see in the world today,
institutions like the Queens Museum
are key in terms of creating cultural
spaces for people to engage with the
urgent issues of our time. Th is museum
is a global treasure, and I am thrilled to
have the opportunity to work with the
tam to take it to its next exciting phase.”
Between 2001 and 2011, Tallant served
as the Head of Programs at London’s
acclaimed Serpentine Galleries, where
she was responsible for developing and
delivering an integrated program of
exhibitions, architecture, education and
public programs.
“Th e Queens Museum aimed to fi nd
a new leader who was an experienced
museum professional with international
credentials, and who had also enjoyed
success leading an arts organization,”
Queens Museum Board Chair Mark
J. Coleman said. “Aft er an extensive
search, we are delighted to have selected
Sally Tallant. Her unique combination
of local and global experience in
the arts world made her a superlative
choice for leading the Queens Museum
and for serving the borough’s distinctively
international constituency.”
In 2011, Tallant was appointed artistic
director and CEO of Liverpool
Biennial, the UK’s largest international
festival of contemporary art, where
she has created a pioneering model of a
Biennial underpinned by research and
education, with a year-round program
of permanent and temporary public art
commissions.
She has overseen four editions of
the Liverpool Biennial and has commissioned
more than 180 international
artists’ projects and large-scale performances,
working closely with the
city’s major arts organizations including
Tate Liverpool, National Museums
Liverpool and Culture Liverpool, as
well as museums and cultural institutions
internationally.
“Th e search committee was particularly
Photo by Hugo Glenndinning
The Queens Museum appoints Sally Tallant as
president and executive director after Laura
Raicovich resigned last January.
impressed by Sally Tallant’s curatorial
experience, her management
achievements, her dynamism, and her
strong record of strategic and operational
leadership,” Coleman said. “We
also responded to her passion for people
development, and we placed high
value on her proven capabilities in educational
programming and community
engagement.”
Tallant will take over the Queens
Museum in the spring replacing
Raicovich who resigned last January
following disagreements with the board
over an event celebrating the 70th anniversary
of the State of Israel.
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