In addition to the permanent core exhibit, the Jewish Museum of Florida
displays several temporary exhibits annually. From time to time, some are packaged
as traveling exhibits. Currently, those listed below are available for rental. Please click on the
underlined exhibit title for a detailed fact sheet - including price and availability.

1. The Art of Hatred: Images of Intolerance in Florida Culture
From ancient and medieval times to the present use of the internet, grotesque and
cruel visual representations of Jewish people and others have stoked the flames of
intolerance. This exhibit explores the issues of antisemitism, discrimination, and
stereotypes. It focuses on the effective use of graphics and imagery over the
centuries to foster bigotry and social division, particularly in Florida since the Civil War.
Its goal is to show the origins and mutation of these hateful images and to sensitize
viewers to the continued use of propaganda

2. El Viaje... The Journey: Jewish Artists & Poets of Latin America
Eighteen outstanding artists & poets portray interpretations of the wandering Jew.

3. Arnold Newman: One World, One People - Portraiture as Art
The former Miami Beach High student and son of a family which has lived here since
the 1930s, Newman has become a world-renowned photographer. These 50 portraits
are a series of his famous Jewish personalities throughout the last half-century.

4. Jewish Photographic Memories by Gabriela Landau
Gabriela Landau worked on many different assignments as a photographer, but when she wandered
the streets of New York in the 1950s and ‘60s, her camera focused on a particular and favorite subject:
the Lower East Side. Landau selected this collection of her works for the show, which evoke memories
for the viewers and link them back to the 20th century.

5. Florida Jews in the Military
Thousands of Floridian Jews have served the United States in the Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Navy and Air Force. They displayed courage as officers and regular soldiers, nurses, doctors and chaplains. The exemplary history of Florida Jews in the military began in the mid-1800s with the Seminole Indian Wars when West Point graduate Abraham C. Myers served as quartermaster and a Florida city now bears his name, Ft. Myers. Jews have continued their participation in defense of democracy and freedom, both on the war and home fronts, in the Civil War (1861-65), Spanish-American War (1898), World War I (1917-18), World War II (1939-1945), Cold War (1945-91), Korean War (1950-53), Vietnam (1959-75), and the Gulf Wars (1990-present) that include the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

6. LOX WITH BLACK BEANS & RICE: PORTRAITS OF CUBAN JEWS IN SOUTH FLORIDA
Cuba welcomed Jews for 100 years. Some American Jews helped support the efforts for Cuban Independence beginning in 1892. Sephardim arrived in 1902 and Ashkenazim came in the 1920s. After World War II, German-speaking refugees and Holocaust survivors found a safe haven there. Cuba at first was reluctant to grant Jews nationalized status; the U.S. State Department pressured Havana not to change its policies lest the Jewish immigrants seek entry into the United States. By the 1930s Cubans Jews were permitted to become citizens in Cuba and most lived comfortable lives there until the Revolution on January 1, 1959.

7. Jewish Contributors to the Making of Lincoln Road Mall Since 1914, Lincoln Road, named for President Abraham Lincoln, has been a retail center for Miami Beach. Carved out of a forest of mangroves, this unique thoroughfare was the dream of the city’s founding father, Carl Fisher, to create the “Fifth Avenue of the South.” His vision of a bay-to-beach avenue with high-end shops was to entice the wealthy to fine shopping and high-profile promenading while they vacationed here during the winter months. From the 1920s through the 1950s, Lincoln Road attracted many premier retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue and the finest automobile dealerships.

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