Although it is, technically speaking, the country’s largest Jewish museum and cultural center, the Skirball has something for all. The preschool set can board a gigantic wooden Noah’s Ark while grown-ups gravitate to the permanent exhibit, an engagingly presented romp through 4000 years of history, traditions, trials and triumphs of the Jewish people.
This includes displays explaining Jewish holidays, a replica mosaic floor from an ancient synagogue, and Hitler’s racist rant Mein Kampf .
A busy events schedule features celebrities, Hollywood moguls and fine thinkers in panel discussions, lectures, readings and performances. And while you may be less interested in some of the rotating exhibits, such as the quirky ‘Jews on Vinyl,’ it does lure world-music acts for the occasional summer concert.
