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WELCOME TO THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA
301
Washington Avenue „ Miami Beach „ Florida 33139 |  |
| EXHIBITION SCHEDULE 2007 - 2009 |
Admission:
Adults/$6; Seniors/$5; Families/$12; Members and children under 6/ Always Free;
Saturdays/Free.
For information:
305-672-5044 or www.jewishmuseum.com.
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"MOSAIC: Jewish Life in
Florida" CORE EXHIBIT: Ongoing This exhibit includes more than 500
photos and artifacts that depict the Jewish experience in Florida since 1763
to the present, reflecting a thematic presentation of immigration,
inter-generational rituals, community development, discrimination, making a
living, acculturation and identity. The exhibit depicts history through
personal artifacts, oral histories, films, photography, pictorial timeline
and contemporary art providing an opportunity for an engaging up close museum
experience. The Museum is housed in two former synagogues that served the
first congregation on Miami Beach. The primary building is a restored 1936
Art Deco building with a copper dome, marble bimah and 80 stained-glass
windows. The second is the original 1929 shul. Buildings will be connected
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Dzialynski Pocket Watch This pocket watch with Hebrew numerals, was owned
by George Dzialynski (1857-1937), the first known Jewish boy born in Florida.
The Dzialynski family still lives in Jacksonville. |
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Zap Pow Bam - Super Heroes of the Golden Age
of Comics 1938-1950 OCTOBER 16, 2007
– APRIL 30, 2008 Look!
Up in the Sky! ItÕs a Bird, ItÕs a Plane! ItÕs Zap Pow Bam, a colorful dynamic exhibit that immerses
visitors in an interactive world of Super Heroes, highlighting the Jewish
creators of comic books. These are AmericaÕs timeless icons like Superman,
Batman, Captain America, Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman – including
the phone booth where Superman changed his clothes and a Batmobile. The
exhibit offers a unique perspective on the way pop culture portrays issues
and how identity and culture can shape popular opinion. Fun for visitors of
all ages and backgrounds. Originated by The Breman Museum, Atlanta. |
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Psalm Song: Healing Through the Art of Carol Hamoy January
8, 2008 – april 6, 2008 An evocative
fine art installation, dedicated to the healing professions, a minyan of ten chairs within a scrim-paneled
chamber provides sanctuary and reflection. The exhibit is inspired by three
elements: ten Psalms to promote healing, KabbalahÕs mystical illumination of
the connections between the divine and human worlds and herbal healing
traditions from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages. |
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IN THE BEGINNING... ABRAHAM RATTNER MAY
8 – SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 Abraham Rattner created a portfolio of 12 original lithographs based on text taken from the Old Testament books of the Bible. On loan from the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art in Tarpon Springs, FL, this collection will be shown at the Jewish Museum of Florida from May 8 - Sept. 14, as part of the celebration of IsraelÕs 60th anniversary. |
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Etched in Stone: SculpTUres by Rachel Abramowitz MAY
8 – SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 A compelling
variety of sculptures that includes Biblical figures, Shtetl personalities
and historical characters will make the visitor feel like they are meeting
the people of Jewish history. Born in Pinsk, Rachel Abramowitz was exiled to
Russia during the war years, and then lived in BerlinÕs DP Camp, where she
fell in love and married U.S. Army Chaplain Mayer Abramowitz. In 1951 the
couple settled on Miami Beach, where Rachel continued her artwork. Some of
her works are on display in the Israeli Museum at Kibbutz Lochamey Hagetaot
and at FIUÕs Law School. |
Moses
Maimonides, great medieval Jewish rabbi, physician and philosopher. |
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Florida Jews in Sports JULY 1 – NOVEMBER 24, 2008 It is only in
modern history that sports became popular and widespread among Jews, who like
to brag about their sports heroes. In 1934 Hank Greenberg, the first Jew in
the Baseball Hall of Fame, sat out a pennant game to observe Yom Kippur.
Sandy Koufax did not pitch in the first game of 1965 World Series on Yom
Kippur. Our chests swelled with pride when windsurfer Gal Fridman won
IsraelÕs first-ever gold medal in the 2004 summer Olympics. Right here in
Florida, we have our own sports heroes who will be the subject for this
exhibition - like JoAnn Mason Parker, who is a pockets billiards U.S. Open
champion, Skip Bertman, who coached Miami Beach High School baseball team and
NFL Miami Dolphin football player Ed Newman. |
Skip
Bertman, Miami Beach High School baseball coach who led his team to its first
Florida State championship, c. 1970s. |
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The eye of the collector: Jewish vision of
sigmund r. balka September 23 – January 25, 2009 From the Hebrew
Union College, paintings, drawings, prints and photographs by renowed and
emerging 19th and 20th century Jewish artists. This collection by Balka,
assembled over 50 years, offers a panoramic impression of Jewish life and
Jewish cultural production during a golden era of creativity in both America
and Europe and captures the ways artists dealt with their heritage. |
Raphael
Soyer ŅThe Immigrants,Ó 1971, Lithograph |
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Florida Jews in the Military DECEMBER 9, 2008 – AUGUST
23, 2009
In tribute to
all veterans, the Museum will mount an exhibit on the story of Floridian Jews
who have served in the military. Throughout history, the supreme offering a
human being could make for his nation was to put oneÕs life on the line for
the ideals and freedom of that nation. The military offered a direct route to
acculturation, especially for new immigrants. Floridian Jews have fought for
every conflict from the Seminole Wars when the city of Ft. Myers was named
for Col. Abraham C. Myers through the Civil War when Morris Dzialynski of
Jacksonville and many others served, to the World Wars, Korean, Viet Nam,
Gulf and battles of the 21st Century! |
Col.
Abraham C. Myers, c. 1835 |
