Oct

30 2025

Opening Night for The Collars of RBG: Photographs of Elinor Carucci

5:30PM - 8:00PM  

Mayerson Hall, Hebrew Union College 3101 Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45220
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https://csm.huc.edu

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A month after the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) award-winning Israeli-American photographer Eleanor Carucci (b.1971) was hired by Time magazine to photograph the collars of RBG as a commemorative piece. The twenty-five neck pieces captured in these photographs offer insight into RBG‘s legacy, Each one, whether bold, ornate, or subversive, is a powerful point of entry for exploring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg‘s life and her tireless work on America’s highest court. The stories behind these collars honor the lives she touched, the freedoms she defended, and the Supreme Court opinions that changed the course of history. Complementing Carucci‘s photographs is a selection of jewelry and amulets from the collections of the Cincinnati Skirball Museum. Like the collars, these objects of material culture explore the cultural and religious aspects of adornment throughout history.