David Altshuler is an American scholar and museum director.

Career

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

George Washington University The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by ...

. He was the founding director of the

Museum of Jewish Heritage The Museum of Jewish Heritage, located on Edmond J. Safra Plaza in Battery Park City in Manhattan, New York City, is a historical museum and a memorial to those murdered in The Holocaust. The museum has received more than two million visitors ...

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 ''The Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collections'' was one of the names for a travelling exhibition of History of the Jews in the Czech Republic, Czech Jewish art and ritual objects that opened at The Whitworth in ...

'', at the Smithsonian's

National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) 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. With 4.4 ...

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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