The Jewish Museum held its 36th Annual Purim Ball at the Park Avenue Armory on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Over 1,000 distinguished guests were in attendance for the festive dinner and the After Party that was hosted by the Jewish Museum’s Young Patrons group. This year’s Purim Ball raised $2.7 million in support of the Museum.

Robert Pruzan, Chairman of the Museum’s Board of Trustees, and Claudia Gould, the Museum’s Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director, welcomed guests. The event honored writer and artist Edmund de Waal, whose bestselling book The Hare with Amber Eyes is the subject of a major exhibition currently on view at the Museum, and Axel Schupf, a Museum Life Trustee. Joan Rosenbaum, former director of the Jewish Museum, introduced Axel Schupf. The event also featured a virtual performance by Penn & Teller.