JHSD News
The Coxe House project continues apace. The architects have submitted detailed plans for the renovations, which include making the ground floor accessible for all visitors, controlling temperature and humidity for proper storage of archival materials, and even a installing a small freight elevator for moving materials up and down between floors (the staircases of this building are steep, narrow and angular!).
Co-President Dr. Gerry Resnick and all of the board of the JHSD are looking forward to welcoming you to our future home at the Delaware Center for Jewish
History in the Coxe House.
We will hold a grand opening when the building is move-in ready and when Wilmington is COVID-19 restriction-free. A good possibility, if all goes according to plan, is spring 2021 after Shavuot and before Memorial Day.
With the new location comes added operating costs. The Board has reexamined membership categories and simplified the dues structure. Dues
will increase slightly in 2021, with the exception of student membership, which will be free of charge.
Jewish organizations and businesses are especially encouraged to support the JHSD’s mission by becoming institutional sponsors.
Finally, in light of recent events, members of JHSD’s Board of Directors would like to express our support for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color residents of the City of Wilmington, and Delaware as a whole, as they press for equality, economic justice and social reforms. In the spirit of Tikkun Olam, we pledge the following: to undertake our work with introspection, to recognize the history of structural and systemic racism in the United States, and to acknowledge and respect the diversity of the communities Jewish Delawareans call home.
Read the JHSD Spring 2020 newsletter