Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director The Jewish Museum | New York, New York We are pleased to announce that The Jewish Museum has named James S. Snyder as the Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director. His appointment begins this November.Snyder is widely recognized for his transformative 22-year tenure as the Israel Museum’s Anne and Jerome Fisher Director, where he led the Museum through the most dramatic growth period since its founding and secured its stature as one of the world’s foremost museums. Under Snyder’s leadership, the Museum more than doubled its annual attendance to nearly one million visitors and increased its endowment more than fivefold to $200 million. He also realized a series of successful initiatives to upgrade and enhance the art and architecture across the Museum’s 2-acres campus, culminating in its comprehensive $100 million, 300,000 square-foot expansion and renewal.Since 2019, Synder has served as Executive Director of the Jerusalem Foundation, Inc. Working closely with the Foundation’s leadership, Synder has worked to champion its vision of promoting the city’s role as an urban model for communal coexistence across the social, cultural, and economic spectrum and for the benefit of the diverse communities that live and work there. Early in his career, Synder oversaw major capital and programming initiatives at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, including serving for ten years as Deputy Director. You may read the full press release here.