Assistant Curator, Yeshiva University Museum
New York University, Hebrew and Judaic Studies
Thesis Title: Chevrolets to Budapest: Transnational Cooperation and a Jewish Aid Regimen for the Cold War, 1948-1957
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About
Zachary Levine is a PhD candidate in the Hebrew and Judaic Studies and History departments at New York University, and a 2009-2010 Dr. Sophie Bookhalter Fellow in Jewish Culture at the Center for Jewish History. His dissertation, Chevrolets to Budapest: Transnational Cooperation and a Jewish Aid Regimen for the cold War, 1948-1957, looks at the semi-clandestine efforts of a network of international Jewish philanthropies and the Israeli government to send material and financial aid to Jews in communist eastern Europe.
In April 2010 Zachary became the Assistant Curator at Yeshiva University Museum where he develops exhibitions that explore contemporary forms of Jewish expression, and investigate particular moments and themes in the modern Jewish history.
Before starting at YUM and attending NYU, Zachary received a Master’s Degree in History at Central European University where he completed a thesis on clandestine Jewish social organizations in Communist Hungary. His research interests include the history of East and Central European Jews, the politics of nationalist ideology and movements, the history and theories of material culture, and the study of science and technology.
When not wiling away the hours developing exhibitions or working on his dissertation, Zachary runs around photographing graffiti art and can sometimes before struggling to play his baritone ukulele.
