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Jack H. Skirball (June 23, 1896 – December 8, 1985) was an American film producer, real estate developer, philanthropist and rabbi. Early life [ edit ] Jack H. Skirball was born in 1896 in Homestead, Pennsylvania .
The Skirball Cultural Center has been named in his honor, not only for his invaluable contributions at its inception, but for his lifelong service to Jewish education and culture. Jack Skirball (1896–1985) cared for and contributed generously to Jewish life and to American society as a whole. His memory is a blessing.
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The Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, generally known as NYU Skirball, is an 850-seat theater at 566 LaGuardia Place in Manhattan, New York, owned by New York University. It was named after philanthropist Jack H. Skirball. The theatre was completed in October 2003 and cost approximately $40 million. [1]
Dec 10, 1985 · Jack H. Skirball, an ordained rabbi who became a motion-picture producer, died Sunday at his home in Century City, Calif. He was 89 years old. Mr. Skirball served as a rabbi in Cleveland and ...
About Us. NYC’s Home for Cutting-edge Performance, Artistic Research, and Discourse. NYU Skirball holds close James Baldwin’s dictum that “artists are here to disturb the peace.”. Our mission is to present adventuresome, transdisciplinary work that inspires yet frustrates, confirms yet confounds, entertains yet upends. We proudly ...
The Skirball Cultural Center, founded in 1996, is a Jewish educational institution in Los Angeles, California. The center, named after philanthropist couple Jack H. Skirball and Audrey Skirball-Kenis, has a museum with regularly changing exhibitions, film events, music and theater performances, comedy, family, literary, and cultural programs.
Nov 17, 1985 · In his Century City tower office, Jack Skirball, 89, settled back on a white sofa against a needlepoint pillow bearing the legend, "Live Long Enough to Be a Problem to Your Children," and said ...
