INSPIRATION AND
IMAGINATION Skirball pioneer Marlene Louchheim honors the founding and looks forward to the future of the institution’s visionary mission.
Before the Skirball was a landmark institution along the Sepulveda Pass, it was just an idea—first of Uri Herscher and then of a growing group of supporters dedicated to celebrating Jewish culture and American democratic ideals. Each of these founders had imagination. They believed in the possibility of their dreams. Now, in honor of the Skirball’s twenty-fifth anniversary, founding trustee Marlene Louchheim shares how those dreams were realized and commits to inspiring a new generation of dreamers through innovative virtual programs celebrating the arts and technology. Above, left to right: Moshe Safdie, Michal Safdie, Uri Herscher, Marlene Louchheim, and Jeanne Kaufman at the Hebrew Union College Board of Overseers Founders Dinner and Building Committee Meeting in November of 1985.
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