FIU JMOF Tiles Newsletter Fall 2018

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Newsletter for members of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU

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Volume XXXI | Number 1 | Fall 2018

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Advisory Board Officers Chair Ira D. Giller, Miami Beach Vice-Chairs Isabel Bernfeld Anderson, Miami Beach Paul Drucker, Boca Raton Elliot N. Stone, Miami Treasurer Boris Rosen, Surfside Secretary Jonathan Macy, Bay Harbor Islands Advisory Board Members Elaine Bloom, Miami Beach Kenneth Bloom, Coral Gables Neil Dern, Aventura Stephen Fain, Tamarac Allen Levitt, Coral Gables Gerald K. Schwartz, Miami Beach Daniel Weiss, Miami Beach Pauline Winick, Miami Beach Judith Wurtman, Miami Beach Past Presidents W. James Orovitz* – MOSAIC Founding President Maynard Abrams* Helene Herskowitz, Delray Beach Sandra Angel Malamud, Sarasota Norman M. Giller* – Museum Founding President Norman Levine, North Miami Beach Helene S. Dubbin, Miami Ira D. Giller, Miami Beach Leonard A. Wien, Miami Beach Linda B. Zilber, Bay Harbor Islands Elliot Stone, Miami Kenneth M. Bloom, Coral Gables Honorary Council Members David Adler, Miami Beach Ellie Aibel, Coral Gables Sheldon Anderson, Miami Jerry Blank, Sun Valley, Idaho Michael Dribin, Miami Beach Helene S. Dubbin, Miami Murray H. Dubbin, Miami Samuel J. Dubbin, Miami Harvey J. Feld, Tampa George Feldenkreis, Miami Mikki & Morris Futernick, Coconut Grove Fran Gaynor, Pinecrest Jeffrey Gilbert, Miami Beach Jane Goodman, Miami Beach Sonya Rabin Greenfield, Miami Leslie Jay Gross, Miami

Nicki Englander Grossman, Hollywood Judy Gilbert-Gould, Miami Daniel F. Herz, Plantation Lewis M. Kanner, Coral Gables* Justice Gerald Kogan, Miami Jack H. Levine, Miami Norman Levine, North Miami Beach Morris D. Levitt, Coconut Grove Alan Levy, Ft. Lauderdale Saundra D. Lieber, Aventura Norman Lipoff, Miami Hannah Lipton, Aventura Hazel M. Mack, Jacksonville Julian Meitin, Orlando Avis Lee Neiman, Miami Jonathan Nelson, North Miami Michael Orovitz, Bay Harbor Islands Joseph W. Pallot, Miami Doris C. Rosenblatt, Tampa Lina Zargar Samimy, Coral Gables Gloria G. Scharlin, Coral Gables Shirlee Segall Schiller, Miami Beach Louis Schneider, Port St. Lucie Norman Schwartz, North Miami Beach Teddi B. Segal, Hendersonville, NC Gary P. Simon, Miami Marilyn K. Solomon, Coconut Grove Jean Soman, Miami Norma Jean Ober Stone, Coral Gables Stanley G. Tate, Bay Harbor Islands Jackie & Bob* Traurig, Coconut Grove Linda Widrich Weitz, Miami Beach Leonard A. Wien, Miami Beach Sharyn Wittner, St. Petersburg Linda B. Zilber, Bay Harbor Islands

Chairman’s Message In January 2018, I re-assumed leadership of the Jewish Museum of FloridaFIU after serving as president from 2006 through 2008. My motivation was quite simple: I wanted to further support my long-term “investment” of time and money in the Museum as part of the FIU family.

The Giller family arrived in Florida over 100 years ago and has been involved since the inception of the Museum and its predecessor, the MOSAIC traveling exhibit. My father, Norman M. Giller, was the Founding President of the Jewish Museum of Florida in 1992 and served as the guiding leader of the Museum for over 10 years. With the Museum’s creation, I became the architect and the general contractor for the development of the Museum, starting with the conversion of the original synagogue at 301 Washington Avenue into the Museum’s birthplace. I continued with the renovations of the Symons Building at 311 Washington Avenue. Finally, I added the skylighted connector gallery between the two buildings. The Museum has been my passion for over 25 years!

My favorite part of the Museum is watching the sun shine through the stained glass windows. The vivid blues, reds, and yellows create a spiritual aura as the colorful patterns move across the Museum’s interior. Sometimes, they highlight an architectural element – the bimah rail, chandelier, or the former Ark – and sometimes they just blend together in an ephemeral glow. It’s symbolic of the Florida Jewish experience – highlighted individual experiences as well as the melded Jewish community’s diverse glow in the Florida sunshine.

I envision the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU rising to greater prominence as one of the leading Jewish museums in America, not only as the academic center of the Florida Jewish experience, but as a unique architectural experience for visitors from all over the world.

During 2018, the vision fulfillment has begun under the leadership of Susan Gladstone, our new Executive Director. With the assistance of a re-organized staff, the Museum has produced outstanding programs, exhibits, and special

Executive Director Susan Gladstone

events (see the Director’s Report). The Advisory Board has also added new

Founding Executive Director Marcia Jo Zerivitz, L.H.D

part of the Museum’s future with both time and money.

Deceased*

programs that are part of the JMOF-FIU experience. Please HELP by

members and all Board members made a personal commitment to “own” a To further bring this vision to reality, significant additional private and corporate support is needed to sustain the wonderful cultural and academic investing in your personal commitment to “own” a part of the Museum!

Partake of the unique exhibits, enrich our collection of Jewish artifacts, support our academic programs, engage new friends with the Museum, and provide funds to fulfill our vision.

On the cover: Daniel Chimowitz: Walking Canvasses

Sincerely,

October 3, 2018 – February 3, 2019

Ira D. Giller, Chairman JMOF-FIU Advisory Board

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Executive Director’s Report It’s been a very good

President, Mark. B. Rosenberg. Additionally, our prized traveling exhibits, Mark Podwal: All This Has Come Upon Us,

year…..

Oh what a year it has

and the Photography of Arnold Newman have recently been

been at the Jewish Museum

exhibited at the Biscayne Bay Campus library. We will be

of Florida-FIU. And it is a

installing another exhibit at the FIU Steven J. Green School of

pleasure to highlight all of

International and Public Affairs building at the MMC campus

the wonderful exhibitions,

in the coming semester and on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road in

programs and events that

the coming weeks.

have happened in our annual

We continue to offer three popular signature events each

edition of TILES. The once-

year. They include the Annual Judges and Lawyers Membership

yearly newsletter will be

Dinner, started by Justice Gerald Kogan in 2003, the Breaking The

mailed each Fall, just in time for the holidays. Throughout the

Glass Ceiling Awards & Luncheon, now known as The Tamra H.

year, you will receive quarterly mailings, filled with museum news

Sheffman Glass Ceiling Award, and our annual Purim Gala which

and updates. Weekly communication will be sent electronically;

has been renamed Tasteful Traditions, a kosher wine pairings

please confirm that we have your current email address, so you

dinner featuring four celebrity chefs and hosted by Chef Allen

will not miss any of our exciting programing announcements and

Susser and author and radio personality, Linda Gassenheimer.

calendar updates.

Music resounded at our annual Klezmer Concert, classical

I hope you enjoyed reading about some of the exhibitions

music with musicians from the New World Symphony, FIU

on view this past year including: Stranded in Shanghai, Arthur

students and more. Members learned the art of challah twisting,

Rothstein’s photos of the Hongkew Ghetto in 1946; Subject to

rugalach and hamentashen folding in one of our hugely successful

Interpretation; featuring 3-D printed musical instruments created

baking classes with Romi Naparstek (be sure to sign up early

by FIU Professor Eric Goldemberg and Veronica Zalcberg

this year- seats sell out fast!). Our newly created In Conversation

and Spaces of Tolerance, the first-ever FIU student exhibition

With programs started off with an amazing conversation between

at the museum. We offered a tribute to the 30 Anniversary

Broadway Producer/Director Richard Jay-Alexander and South

of the March of the Living, in collaboration with the Greater

Beach Wine & Food Festival Founder, Lee Brian Schrager.

th

Miami Jewish Federation and Holocaust Memorial, followed

I am very proud of all we have accomplished in my first year as

by Tennessee Williams: Playwright & Painter, on loan from

Executive Director, but it would not have been possible without

David Wolkowsky of Key West in the Bess Myerson Gallery.

the enthusiasm and dedication of the amazing JMOF-FIU staff.

The Sexuality Spectrum, on loan from Hebrew Union College

Please join me in thanking Nancy Doyle Cohen, Howard Horowitz,

Jewish Institute of Religion, provides Jewish artists views of

Chaim Lieberperson, Ellie Herrera, Eve Shvedova, Jacqueline

discrimination in the LGBTQI community, and our signature

Goldstein, Todd Bothel and Pierre Delerme. We are a small but

summer exhibition, Charlie Cinnamon: Legendary Press Agent,

mighty staff and I am very proud of them all. Be sure to read about

opened with amazing press coverage and a gallery filled with

our new Director of Development, Amy Somek. A big thank you is

hundreds of new museum visitors.

due to our very dedicated Advisory Board for all of their help and

We began a new program entitled JMOF-FIU in the

support throughout the year. Stay tuned for Year Two……..

Community with art installations on the Biscayne Bay and Modesto M. Maidique Campus of FIU and one at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential House, official home of University

Susan Gladstone Executive Director

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Daniel Chimowitz:

Walking Canvases The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU

gay communities in the United States.

work. His driving force is watching people

proudly presents Daniel Chimowitz:

The unique neighborhood stretches on

transform in front of his eyes when they

Walking Canvases, the first museum

both sides from Church Street to Eureka

wear any of his one-of-a-kind designs.

exhibition of internationally renowned

Street. In The Castro District, Daniel

“The element of individuality is palpable

mixed media artist and fashion

learned to be who you truly are, and not

when wearing Daniel’s garments,” says

designer, Daniel Chimowitz. Daniel

to be afraid to express oneself. Daniel

Patricia Field, the noted Emmy Award

creates “walking canvases” which are

spent summers in Europe, mainly London

winning fashion designer. Daniel is a

painted images on hand-sewn and

and the Basque Country in Spain,

member of Field’s ARTFASHION family

upcycled clothing. His highly collectible

reveling in the 70’s and 80’s London Punk

and was featured in Field’s 2017 Art

art combines graffiti with fashion.

Rock scene and the flashy style of the

Basel Miami Beach exhibition.

His designs have been shown on the

Spanish Matadors. These experiences

runways and galleries of Paris, London,

helped form his style, color choices,

taking risks, and not for anyone but for

Beijing, New York, Los Angeles, Las

designs and imagination. At home,

yourself. I design to empower men and

Vegas, San Francisco and Miami. Daniel’s

he was surrounded by Native Alaskan

women to be warriors in their own right.

brightly colored textiles are a mix of

imagery, as his mother Sylvia was an Inuit

All fashion is about confidence, the

the DIY Punk fashion of London, some

Tlingit. The simple lines of Inuit art are a

more confident you are, the more willing

with metal studs and rivets inspired by

detail that was a major influence in his art

you are to stand out and be original.

Spanish matador garments and simple

and gave his work a calming balance.

Wear original.”

shapes reminiscent of costumes worn by

Daniel studied and taught techniques

Daniel says that “fashion is about

JMOF-FIU Curator, Jacqueline

the Native American Tlingit. There is no

of fashion design at London’s famous

Goldstein said “I knew the first time I

single focal point for his textile designs

Central Saint Martins and silkscreen

met Daniel that he would be a global

as the fabric is intertwined with a story

and printmaking at the Mission Cultural

sensation.” The exhibition will be on view

that the viewer can get lost within.

Center in San Francisco. He started

from October 3, 2018 through February

Daniel, who is Jewish, was born

working with upcycled clothing and

3, 2019. Museum visitors can view Daniel

in London in 1976 and raised in San

has since been making his own fabrics.

painting live during installation week

Francisco by his two mothers, Sylvia

Daniel paints directly on each piece of

which begins September 19, 2018. For

and Rachel. He grew up in the LGBT

clothing, so no two pieces are alike. As a

additional information contact Jacqueline

community, a child of The Castro District

graffiti artist for more than seven years,

Goldstein, jacgolds@fiu.edu.

of San Francisco, one of the first openly

the “street style” is clearly evident in his

Annual Basel Lox & Cream Cheese Brunch

The brunch will feature a conversation with globally celebrated artist and fashion designer Daniel Chimowitz.

Featuring Daniel Chimowitz

Free for Art Basel VIP Card holders (with RSVP).

Limited Seating/First Come-First Served $18 for JMOF-FIU members; $25 for non-members.

Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 10a.m.

RSVP: jmofinfo@fiu.edu or 786-972-3175.

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The Art of the Lithograph

On view November 7, 2018 – March 3, 2019 The Art of the Lithograph will feature

cover the stone with a mild acid and found

prints by Jewish artists Alexander Calder,

that the only area on the surface protected

developed, to allow an artist the ability to

Marc Chagall, Jim Dine, Don Eddy, R.B.

from the acid was where the marks he

work on their drawing outside of the print

Kitaj, Lee Krasner, Roy Lichtenstein,

drew from his oil crayon were. He then

shop, such as in a cafĂŠ or outdoors to do

Camille Pissarro, Robert Motherwell,

inked up those grease marks and printed

a landscape. Artists sketched on transfer

Robert Rauschenberg and are on loan

it by pressing paper to the stone. The

paper using the oil crayons, which they

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

stone retained the pigment so well that

then brought to the printers. The paper

The New York Historical Society, The

Senefelder was able to print many more

was placed face-down on the stone or a

Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Art, The

images from the stone.

metal plate and then run through a press.

Wolfsonian-FIU, The NSU Art Museum and

The process took off in Paris around

Transfer lithography was soon

In this fashion, the design was transferred

Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of

1815, used mainly by artists for the

to the printing surface, which is then ready

Religion. The striking prints are excellent

subtle variations it could achieve to

to print. The first metal plates used were

examples of the lithography process and

depict light and tone. By the 1830s,

copper, followed by zinc and then later

represent historically important and diverse

in addition to artwork, commercial

aluminum. The lithography revolution was

artists. Visitors to JMOF-FIU will view

uses for lithography exploded due to

catapulted into stardom with the invention

authentic lithography stones and see the

the ease and clarity of the process,

of the steam-driven rotary off-set press

complex steps used to print a lithograph.

such as illustrations for the press and

in 1895, allowing for wide-scale industrial printing for commercial purposes.

The term lithograph is derived from

advertisements. By the latter half of the

the Latin words for stone (litho) and mark

19th Century, color had been added to

(graph). The first lithograph was invented

the process, again dramatically changing

process in mass-produced printing,

by accident by the Bavarian printmaker

commercial mass production. Artists,

continues to evolve today with new

Aloys Senefelder in 1796, using limestone,

working with the new color process,

technologies on the market such as LED

found regionally. Senefelder wrote a list of

attracted a whole new level of collectors,

UV lithography. The exhibition will be on

supplies he needed with his own grease

who until that time had not been able to

view from November 7, 2018 through

ink mixture on a stone. He then decided to

afford works by renowned artists before.

March 3, 2019.

Lithography, still the most widely used

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Through the Hat: The Art of Steve Marcus

Through the Hat is the first museum show from the internationally acclaimed NYC

February 20, 2019 - April 21, 2019

and Jewish ritual objects, more than a dozen hand drawn works of art on paper and

based artist, Steve Marcus. The exhibition includes over 26 wood carved sculptures custom synagogue furniture.

Shtetl in the Sun: Andy Sweet’s South Beach 1977-1980 March 19 - June 2, 2019 An exhibition of Andy Sweet’s (1953-

Edna Glaubman Exhibition October 13, 2018 - December, 2018 A retrospective of the late artist Edna Glaubman (1919-1986).

Her subjects varied widely and included landscapes, portraits,

1982) singular photography, curated to

horses, nudes, rabbis and intimate family moments. This exhibit

accompany the new Letter16 Press book

will inspire a new generation of art lovers who will appreciate

of Sweet’s work documenting the Jewish

the timeless quality of the art and recognize that Glaubman’s

world of South Beach in the late 1970s by

techniques and ideas are as fresh and exciting today as they

author Brett Sokol.

were when she created them.

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Beth Jacob Synagogue

STAINED GLASS WINDOWS A

highlight of your visit to the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU is the 80 magnificent stained glass windows that adorn the main gallery.

When the building was constructed in 1936, it originally featured clear glass windows. These allowed for ventilation and natural light but the open windows let in street noise and beach sand and the bright sunshine blinded the congregants. In the early 1940s, air conditioning was installed and the windows could remain closed, thus solving the noise and sand problem but not the bright sunshine. The congregation’s Rabbi Moses Mescheloff (1936-1954) came up with a solution—stained glass windows to filter and diffuse the light. Rabbi Mescheloff designed the 80 windows and on July 5, 1940 “took the sketches to Brown,” a fabricator in Hialeah.

Each window contains symbolic imagery. The general design incorporates the pomegranate and grape clusters. The seeds of the pomegranate represent the 613 “Mitzvot” (Jewish commandments) and the grape clusters signify the physical blessing of the Promised Land of Israel. The large window above the Ark portrays a shofar or ram’s horn, announcing the coming of the Messiah (Isaiah 52:7) and the large one above the entrance depicts Mount Sinai.

Visitors will notice the two sets of windows on the east wall, framing the Ark, that display “The Two Tablets of the Law” (symbolic of the Torah) and a parchment manuscript, “The Oral Law.” Along the north and south walls are four sets of three windows. The first set shows an oil lamp, a shofar and a bouquet of flowers. The lamp depicts the festival of Chanukah, the shofar denotes Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur and the flowers represent Passover, Shavuot and Succot.

The second and third set of three on each side represent the twelve months of the year and each has its own Zodiac symbol and Hebrew name of the month. The larger windows between them illustrate the “Tree of Life.” The last set of three windows portray hands, symbolizing Avodah (Temple service), the hands raised in blessing, and grasping hands representing “the giving of loving kindness.”

The fragile stained glass is protected on the building’s exterior.

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Education PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS Professional development opportunities are offered to teachers seeking credentials through both Miami Dade County Public Schools and CAJE – Miami’s central communal agency of Jewish education. Workshops are also open to retirees, former teachers or any individual interested in subject matter or setting. Advanced registration is required. Visit our website at jmof.fiu.edu for details or call 786-972-3187.

Sunday, October 21, 2018, 1 p.m.

Fashion & Identity Development: By Thine Own Hand. Informed

by Daniel Chimowitz: Walking Canvases. Fashion and identity do not require purchase. Hand-sewn, up-cycled and recombined fosters individuality.

Friday, October 26, 2018, 10 a.m.

The Art of the Lithograph: History, Process & Impact of the Form led by Curator Jackie Goldstein. The Miami Dade County

UPCOMING FAMILY PROGRAMS

Public School 2018 Arts@FIU Day. Initiated by President

Saturday, October 20, 2018, 10 am-noon.

Rosenberg/Superintendent Carvalho to be held at the Modesto

Inspired DIY: WOW Fashion that Repurposes Materials in our

A. Madique Campus.

Midst. In conjunction with exhibition of Daniel Chimowitz: Walking Canvases. Ages 10 and up.

Saturday, November 9, & REPEATS Sunday, November 10, 2018, 10 a.m.

Saturday, November 2, 2018. 10 a.m.-noon. PJ Library Story

The Art of the Lithograph: History, Process & Impact of the

time Celebrates Creativity! Join us as we “study” Joseph and His

Form. Full-day session highlights famous printmakers including

Overcoat and have fun with fabric and textures.

Chagall, Rauschenberg, Calder, El Lissitzky and others.

STATEWIDE WRITING CONTEST: JMOF-FIU Annual Creative Writing Challenge Topic: “Traditions: Worth Keeping” Adapting and maintaining your own cultural traditions. How has your family adapted and maintained traditions in a multicultural society (500 words)?

Submission Deadline: Tuesday, December 18, 2018.

Who: All Florida youth in Elementary, Middle and High School

Awards ceremony is held at JMOF-FIU in January in recognition of Florida Jewish History Month. Winners in each grade level category receive a monetary prize, certificate and complimentary school group tour to JMOF-FIU. 1st Prize: $125 2nd Prize: $75 3rd Prize: $50

For additional information including submission details, acceptable creative forms and online registration contact Museum Educator, Chaim Lieberperson 786-972-3187 or clieberp@fiu.edu.

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Exhibitions & Special Events

Left: Opening of Stranded in Shanghai, Arthur Rothstein’s Photographs of the Hongkew Ghetto, 1946

Above: FIU President Rosenberg welcomes guests of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival

Left: New World Symphony Members Concert sponsored by Judy & Dick Wurtman Above: Visitors enjoy opening of Tennessee Williams: Playwright & Painter on loan from David Wolkowsky.

Right: Anita Karl, March of Living participant, at the exhibition opening commemorating the 30th anniversary of International March of the Living.

The exhibit featured photographs by Silvio D. Frydman.

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Exhibition Subject to Interpretation I From left to right, Veroinca Zalcberg, Jacob Sudol and Eric Goldemberg created a stunning and powerful sitespecific installation titled La Cole (the abbreviation for the Spanish phrase “la colectividad judía en Argentina”) using state-of-the-art 3D printers. The largescale, intricately ornate panels hovered above the central space of the museum gallery to evocatively portray the multiple links and rich relations shared between the members of communities all over the world.

Subject to Interpretation II

SPACES OF TOLERANCE: Access to spirituality in a technocratic society The seminar and studio focused on the research, conceptual design and fabrication of projects for a group show titled Spaces of Tolerance, a site-specific installations by FIU Department of Architecture graduate students, led by FIU Associate Professor Eric Goldemberg and Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU Curator Jacqueline Goldstein.

Students: Lina Arias, Eduardo Bellosta, Eugenio Caceres, Gianni Casanova, Cesar Charria, Patrick Davidson, Cristian Garcia, Raquel Garrido, Sophia Gil Cadenas, Moshe Laniado, Jehnnesys Loisos, Monica Ordones, Roberto Rodriguez, Gabriela Soto.

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Event Charlie Cinnamon:

Legendary Press Agent

The curtain rose with full glamour at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU on June 18, 2018 for the VIP opening of Charlie Cinnamon: Legendary Press Agent. The standing-room-only premiere took South Beach by storm! The preview featured a dramatic first-look at this spectacular summer exhibition. The museum’s Executive Director, Susan Berg Gladstone, along with Ira Giller and Curator Jacqueline Goldstein, welcomed hundreds of arts patrons and community leaders, media elite, philanthropists and culture lovers. Crowds waited outside the museum an hour prior to the opening to catch a glimpse of the first-ever museum exhibition about a beloved press agent, honoring the celebrity-studded life and career of Charlie Cinnamon. He was a promotional genius, nationally recognized and greatly admired. The co-originators of this genius idea, Richard Jay-Alexander and Manny Hernandez, led a star-studded cast for this memorable tribute that included Frank Ricigliano on piano.

Sponsors: Stanley & Elaine Cinnamon, Florida Theatrical Association, Broadway Across America, Rhoda & Morris Levitt & Family, Evelyn Baron, Joy Wallace, Christopher & Nanci Ross Weaver, Meryl Cinnamon & Joseph Frederick, Lee Brian Schrager, Pauline Winick, Joan Fleischman & Jim Casey, Toby Lerner Ansin & Sanford Evans, Marvin Ross Friedman & Adrienne bon Haes, Dr. Mark Cinnamon, Lenore Toby Simmons, Ric Katz & Steve Rothaus, Lola Jacobson, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Steven Neckman, Inc., Stephanie Sayfie Agaard, Marisa Toccin Lucas, ATPAM (Association of Theatrical Press Agents), Elizabeth F. Wallace, Steven Adkins, Harvey Burstein, Susan Westfall, Belkys Nerey, Karen Raley, Alice Arslanian Fifelski, Nora & Ted Weinreich

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Event 2018 Tasteful Traditions

Tasteful Traditions was a sold-out success! The museum’s Executive Director, Susan Gladstone, welcomed hundreds of Miami’s leading socialites to this year’s annual gala. Co-hosted by Chef Allen Susser and Linda Gassenheimer, this year’s celebrity chefs included: Ingrid Hoffmann, Timon Balloo, Todd Erickson and Soraya Kilgore. The standing-room-only party has quickly became the talk of the town.

Gold Sponsor: Applebaum Foundation Silver Sponsor: Elliot Stone & Bonnie Sockel Stone Bronze Sponsors: Dr. Paul Drucker, Eloah & Mark Fisher, Florida International University and the FIU Foundation, Inc., Ariel & Jeremy Milgroom Underwriters: Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC, Merle & Danny Weiss, Ilana & Allen Levitt, Barbara & Kenneth Bloom, Honey & Ira Giller, Israel, Rose, Henry & Robert Weiner Charitable Foundation, Shelly Rubin & Marshall Pasternack, Richard & Judy Wurtman, Elaine Bloom, Gerald K. Schwartz

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Event Tamra H. Sheffman

The 2018 Breaking the Glass Ceiling Awards Luncheon was held on Sunday, March 4, 2018. This year’s honorees included Charlotte Garfield, international business woman in the manufacturing, import and export of pumps, valves, and sprayers, Barbara Stein, Executive Producing Director and co-founder of Actors’ Playhouse in Coral Gables, Linda Heller Kamm, General Counsel (retired) to the Committee on the Budget, US House of Representatives and Brenda L. Moxley, Director of Community Security with the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, where she provides strategic guidance to over 120 Jewish institutions with a focus on critical infrastructure protection, preparedness and crisis management response. This year, the award was renamed The Tamra H. Sheffman Award to honor the memory of longtime Glass Ceiling Committee member, Tamra Sheffman who passed away last year.

Sponsors: Ron Mayer, Hon. Ruth Burg & Dr. Maurice B. Burg, Isabel Bernfeld Anderson, Commissioner Sally Heyman, Lori Gold & Allan Hall, Kenneth Bloom in memory of Ilse Posner and Dr. Meri-Jane Rochelson, Barbara & Lawrence Stein, Deborah Heuker, Charlene Wygodski, Faith Mesnekoff, Steven & Laurel Isicoff, Deborah Hoffman, Judith & Alan Lewis, Marilyn Hoder-Salmon, Dr. Ruth Behar, Cantor Rachelle Nelson, Annette Stiefbold, Fran & Art Greenberg, Joy Malakoff

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Signature Event

Judges & Lawyers

Gill S. Freeman (Retired Judge 11th Judicial Circuit) was the Guest Speaker at the 16th Annual Judges and Lawyers Event held on January 9, 2018. Ms. Freeman discussed the History of Women Lawyers in Florida. Â

Sponsors: Aaronson Schantz Beiley P.A.,Geoffrey Aaronson,Isabel Bernfeld Anderson,Bennett Aiello, Bloom & Minsker, P.L., Kenneth M. Bloom, Joel H. Brown, Hon. A. Jay Cristol, Benjamin Daniel, Hon. Amy Steele Donner, Samuel Dubbin, Hon. Joseph P. Farina, Hon. Barry Garber, Hon. Jonathan Goodman, Hon. Ellen Leesfield, Hon. Lester Langer, Brielle Mark, Robert J. Merlin, David & Faith Mesnekoff, Joel Minsker, Samuel D. Rabin, Jr., Lawrence Schantz, Robert Schatzman, Gerald K. Schwartz, Neal Sonnett, Daniel A. Weiss, Linda Zilber & Paul Ruthfield

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Music & Film FILM: Instruments of Change Ruth Greenfield was joined by her son Charles Greenfield, filmmaker Steve Waxman, and producer Julie Schecter for the screening of Instruments of Change.

The film chronicled two institutions started by longtime Miami resident Ruth Greenfield. The Fine Arts Conservatory which was established in the early 1950s to integrate black and white students in a welcoming environment that taught music, art and dance and the Lunchtime Lively Arts Series which ran from 1972-1992 in downtown Miami and sparked a cultural renaissance for the area.

MUSIC: The Annual Klezmer Music Concert The Annual Klezmer Music Concert was held Thursday, December 14, 2017 and featured the music of “Heavy Shtetl.”

This annual holiday event is sponsored Norman & Sylvia Levine and Family.

Pictured above, left to right, Leonard Wien, Norman Levine, Kenneth Bloom, Jonathan Symons

SAVE THE DATE: Annual Klezmer Concert is Sunday, February 17, 2019 Featuring Metropolitan Klezmer, known for its sweeping arrangements and versatile ensemble playing, the sextet blends downtown, classical and world music into a danceable neo-traditional Yiddish repertoire.

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Community Baking with Romi Naparstek Members and friends participated in a series of baking classes taught by Pastry Chef and Bread Baker Romi Naparstek.

A Conversation With…

A standing-room-only audience flocked to the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU for the inaugural event kicking off the new series “A Conversation with: Bringing Together A-Listers & Influencers for Thought Provoking Conversations” featuring Richard Jay-Alexander and Lee Brian Schrager. Richard Jay-Alexander is known for his legendary success in directing and producing some of the world’s most beloved stars, including Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Julie Andrews, Kristin Chenoweth, and more. Executive Director of the museum, Susan Gladstone, welcomed socialites, media personalities, arts patrons and cultural luminaries including: Kenneth Bloom, Danny and Merle Weiss, Pauline Winick, Belkys Nery, Sam Champion, Lisa Petrillo, and many more.

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Support JMOF-FIU Membership (Those Current as of August 1, 2018. New members since last issue are in bold.) $1,000 Benefactors Fay Aronson Irene Baros Kerrin & Peter Bermont Barbara & Kenneth Bloom Adrianne & Jerry Cohen Penny & Toby Cohn Arlyn & Stephen Cypen Neil Dern & Joyce Wachman Paul Drucker Helene & Murray Dubbin Ann Eisner Martin Elias Maria Srebnick & George Feldenkreis Eloah & Mark Fisher Suzanne & Lawrence Fishman Kira & Neil Flanzraich Frank Futernick Mikki & Morris Futernick Ellie Ganz Honey & Ira Giller Marilyn Girsh Isabel & Marvin Leibowitz Sylvia & Norman Levine Ellen & H. Irwin Levy Diane & Alan Lieberman Bruce Marmar Toba & Barry Meiselman Tamra & Richard Morgenstern Norma & Michael Orovitz Myrna & Sheldon Palley Sally Robbins Elaine & Leonard Roberts Shirlee Schiller Sara Solomon Marilyn Solomon John Stembridge Elliot Stone & Bonnie Sockel Stone Joanne & Stanley Tate Jacqueline Traurig Merle & Dan Weiss Linda Widrich Weitz Jessie Wolfson Judy & Richard Wurtman Miriam & Dror Zadok Marcia Jo & Elliott Zerivitz Richard Bermont Susan & Dennis Richard $1,000 Corporate Benefactors Commanday Foundation Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation, Inc. Louis Leibowitz Charitable Trust Morrison Brown Argiz & Farra LLP Property Tax Adjusters Inc.

$500 Sponsors Jo-Ann Bass Melinda & Michael Berman Elaine Bloom Susan & Philip Cohen Sue & Fred Diamond Barbara & Philip Emmer Harriet & Stanley Hyman Ira & Cynthia Leesfield Judy & Donald Lefton Rebecca & Jeffrey Mandler Sharlane & Kenneth Packar Joe & Susan Pallot Raline Paper Marshall Pasternack & Shelly Rubin Robert Peckar Marlene & Michael Perlmutter Aida Politano Brenda & Lewis Pollak Joyce & Steven Robinson Marian & David Rocker Neil Rollnick Joan Rozansky Mollie Rudt Lina Samimy Sharon & Stephen Silver Marte & Paul Singerman Helen & Irwin Sitkin Flippy & Harold Tanenbaum Michael Thomas Judith & Sydney Traum Burton Young Ann & Ira Zweifler Corporate Sponsors Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau Foster-Morales, Sockel Stone LLC Patrons $250 Judy Abrams Susan & Arthur Alvarez Gary & Rachel Appel Robert Cohen & Karen Asher-Cohen Mark Bender & Stuart Geller Helene Berger Lynn Berkowitz Suzanne Berkowitz Marshall Berkson Joyce Bloch Samuel Blum Alvin Lloyd Brown Stephen Burgay Evelyn Cohan Nancy L. Cohen Joy & Harry Cooper Amy Dean & Alan Kluger

Yaffa Dermer Lori & Michael Dribin Hector Duer Diane & Edward Eisenberg Marilyn & Barry Fellman Sylvia & Robert Feltman Ainslee Ferdie Iris & John Fisher Ellen Frell Levy Carol & Isaac Fryd Barry Garber Juan Garrandes Ronald Gerstl Barton Goldberg Lorraine Greenberg Ruth Greenfield Rita Grinberg Anita & Elliot Grossman Marilou Hakuta Elliott Harris Jill & Robert Hertzberg Melanie Jacobson Katzell Marsha & Larry Kagan Barbara Kanzer Arden Karson Ana & Neisen Kasdin Joan Kastner Jeffrey Katzell Henrietta & Marc Katzen Irwin Klein Irene & Gerald Kogan Myra Kolton Lorraine & Jeffrey Kurland Roberta & Miles Kuttler Lester Langer Linda & Murray Laulicht Ellen & Pamela Leesfield David Lehrman Rhoda & Morris Levitt Marsha & Alan Levy Nancy & David Linsky Hannah Lipton Judy & Joe Loft Gloria Luria Marilyn & David Magidson Joy & Fred Malakoff Gwen Margolis Julia & Julian Mesa Susan Miller Andrea & Jonathan Nelson Georgia & Stephen Nimer Robert Peckar Dorothy Pierce Dorothy & Aaron Podhurst Ann Rabinowitz Sandra & Arthur Rand Eva & Fred Rawicz Barbara & Peter Reaveley Edith Reich Nan & David Rich Jeffrey Rosenberg

Doris & Frank Rosenblatt Linda & Harold Rosenson Sydney Carpel & David Schaecter Abby Schaefer Gloria Scharlin Beth & James Schwade Ruthie & Rudy Schwartz Norman Schwartz Zelda & John Schwebel Mardena & Ronald Shader Rivka & Arthur Shapiro Noel Shapiro Jamie Shapiro Jacqueline Simkin Sandra Simon Melinda & Avraham Tansman Deborah & Michael Troner Linda & Denis Trupkin Harvey Weidenfeld Florence & Bob Werner Lynda & Joel Wilentz Pauline Winick Donors $125 Willa & Edmund Abramson Kip & Barbara Amazon Isabel Bernfeld Anderson Lynn & Michael Aptman Bonnie Askowitz Jane & Alan Axelrod Evelyn Axler Marshall & Rochelle Baltuch Jo Anne Bander Lori Barrist Sheila & Murray Baumgarten Hannah Baumgarten Joyce & Isaac Ben-Ezra Julia Beren-Sosnick Patricia Bergman Joan Berk Craig Berko Esther & Roger Berman Judith & Steven BersonLevinson Doris & Micky Biss Allison Bloom Jill & Leonard Bloom Marlene & Stuart Blumberg Joan Bornstein & Ben Giller Leonard & Louise Boyarsky Elaine & Seymour Brief Nicole & Richard Brilliant Mary Lou Brotherson Margie & Mark Buchbinder Harvey Burnstein Ann Bussel Phyllis Butters

Mitzi & Sol Center Helen & Larry Ciment Carolyn Cohen & Alan Dershowitz Rita & Jerome Cohen Barbara & Louis Cohen Julius Cohen Nancy & Lawrence Cohen Mildred & Mark Cohn William & Carole Coleman Jolie Cummings Marian & Stanford Davis Barry Dershansky Marjory & Michael Drewes Terry & Melvyn Drucker Debra & Reid Dulberger Kim & Al Eiber Barbara Eisenberg Susan & Ronald Elinoff Lisa Enfield Corey Engelhard Joseph Farina Carol & Robin Faber Murray Feigenbaum Gail Fels Lorraine Feuer Gloria & Paul Fine Bruce Fittel Leon Firtel Carol Flatto Mark Flaxer Max Forman Michael & Roselyne Freeman Gill Freeman Hollis & Jeffrey Freimark Sandra Friedland Margot Friedman Frederic & Linda Friedman Judith & Neil Furman Shirley Gabriel Amy Galper Gayle & Steven Gayer Frances Gaynor Lenore Gaynor Leslie & Martin Genauer Donna Genet Reva & Harvey Gertel Marsha & Jeffrey Gilbert Judy Gilbert-Gould Shyla Giller Reich & Stephen Reich Leonard Glick Emily & Martin Glickstein Ellen Glimcher Phyllis Glukstad Blanca & Moises Goldszmidt Phyllis Goldman Gerald Goldstein Reggie Goldstein Harold & Andrea Goldstein Michael & Irma Goldstein Susan Golinsky

Glenn & Adriana Gopman Fran Gordon Sandi-Jo & Mark Gordon Diana & Murray Gordon Stuart Gottlieb Molle & Edward Grad Mary & David Granite Dale & Charles Gratz Richard Gray Carole & Arthur Green Nancy Greenberg Judith & Albert Greenspoon John Gregory Leslie Jay & Fran Gross Raymond Gross Jane & Saul Gross Louis Grossman Hilary Haber Rochelle Haber Harriet Harris Dolores Harris Leslie & Gerald Harris Leonard & Joan Hayet Robin Hechler Rhoda & Irving Heller Richard Hersch Lois & Eliot Hess Sally Heyman Inez Hollander Frances Horowitz Robin & Baruch Jacobs Shirley Jacobs Sharyn Wittner Jacobson Shirley Kahn Linda Heller Kamm Sandy & Calvin Kapp Sharon & Elliot Karp Minda & Norman Katz Elaine & Daniel Katz Henrietta Katzen Barbara Kaufman Joyce Keusch Brenda & Ralph Kingsley Diane & Robert Koch Byron Kolitz & Starr Silver Lori Komisar Alice Kossoff Robert Kramer Tracy Kramer Barbara Largever Rheta Lastinger Joan & Howard Lenard Glenn Leopold Eva & Jan Lessem Susana & Jack Levine Richard Levine Jack Lewis Natalie Liebman Richard & Barbara Litt Elaine Litvak Bernard Loring Diane Lyon Wead & Michael Wead Judith Richard & Martin Madorsky

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Support Steve Mandy Marilyn Marcus Linda Marks Daniel Markson Alison & Ricky Mars Jane & Paul Mass Ina & Bruce Melceras Lynn & Martin Mendelssohn Stewart & Corinne Merkin Faith & David Mesnekoff Franklin Milgrim Fran Levey & Alice Miller Robert Miller Howard Miller & Mario Sancarranco Roberta & Robert Miller Joel Minsker Sima & Douglas Miska Malka & Jorge

Mordujovich Flo Moss Denis & Adelle Nazareth Rachelle Nelson Sandra & Stuart Newman Jack Nieman & Rick Reder Daniel Nixon Blanche Nonoo Harriet & Murray Oback Avahat Olam Marta Olchyk Nancy Orovitz Edith & Paul Osman Wendy Traurig Perlin & Brian Perlin Sadie Preter Sonya Rapée Sue & Alan Rapperport Susan Kleinberg Ratner

Marcia & Terry Reisman Elaine Reiss Sarita Resnick Lidia & James Resnick Elaine & Paul Richman Marc Rivo Irma Rochlin Gladys & Larry Rockind Olga Robbin-Rogers & Sidney Rogers Judith & Mark Roller Marlene Rose Eugene Rosenbaum Joyce & Harold Rosenbaum Roberta & Stuart Rosenberg Rosalind & Robert Rosenblum Judy Rosenblum Judith Rosenkranz

David Ross David Rothstein Marshall & Sally Ruff Lois Rukeyser Denis Russ Mario Sapoznik Gail & Eric Schneider Betty Schoenbaum Marvin Schwartz Marsha Schwartz Jane Schwartz Fred Sciammas Evangeline & John Scurtis Carmen & Sheldon Seltzer Linda Serbin Michael Shanker Myrna Shanker Arthur Shapiro Barry Sharpe

Donna & Stanley Shenkman Everett Sheslow Irene Shiekman Holly & David Siegel Marian & Robert Siegel Ellen Silvers Carol Singer Joan & Harry Smith Sharon & Howard Socol William & Jean Soman Neal Sonnett Shirley & Robert Spiegelman Joyce & Henry Stern Sheila Stern Suzanne & Henry Stolar Elizabeth Suchman Felice & Jerry Traktman Joyce & Gilbert Walker Claire Warren

Michelle & Gerald Warshofsky Richard Weber Nora & Ted Weinreich Judith & Marvin Weinstein Catherine Weiser-Tob Olga & George Weiss Shirley & Solomon Weiss Judith Weissel Kenneth Werden Myra Wexler Henry Wiggins & Jose Garcia Bruce Wolf Rosalind Zacks Linda & Max Zalkin Stacy Zide Jane & Bernie Zucker Matthew & Arline Zucker Marlene Zuckerman

Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU Supporters The JMOF-FIU prospers from the generosity of its many donors. From those who gave the first gifts to open our doors in 1995 to those who contribute now, we thank you all for your continued support. Names of contributors of $5,000 and more are engraved on a stone commensurate to the size of the gift and placed on our Major Gifts Wall in the Museum lobby. Italics indicate new or increased commitment since the previous issue of TILES.

$2,000,000 and above PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Miami-Dade County Building Better Communities Bond Program & Cultural Affairs Council

$1,000,000 - $1,999,999 DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE State of Florida Dr. Harold Posner — IMO Ilse Falk Posner Bernice Samkoff

City of Miami Beach Mayor, Commissioners & Cultural Arts Council $500,000 - $999,999 MUSEUM CIRCLE Deborah Regal Feterson Estate Mrs. Arnold (Muriel) Rosen Giller - Grossman Families Paul Drucker Leonard Wien Family Leonard & Sally Robbins Applebaum Foundation, Inc. $100,000 - $499,999 LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Blank Family Foundation Harvey R. & Roberta Chaplin Dr. Edward & Joanne Dauer & Family & Reva Dauer Helene and Murray Dubbin Gladys Fineberg Mikki & Morris Futernick

Russell & Ronalee Galbut Herbert & Fran Gaynor Barton S. Goldberg Greater Miami Jewish Federation Marcia & Lewis Kanner Marcia Simon Kaplan & Family Marshall Landy Norman & Sylvia Levine Isabel May - IMO Samuel May Bess Myerson Orovitz Family MariLyn & Herbert Potash Clarice Reiss Charitable Trust-Mal Englander & Ewald Ziffer, trustees Patricia Russell Estate Robert Russell Foundation - Norman H. Lipoff, Chair Gloria & Howard R. Scharlin Family Louis Schneider & Rosalie Ehrenberg

Jonathan Symons Robert Arthur Segall Foundation Jean & William Soman $50,000 - $99,999 PACESETTERS Leonard Abess, Sr. - IMO Bertha American Express Charitable Fund Isabel Bernfeld Anderson - IMO Bernfeld & Anderson families JoAnn & Dr. Robert Bass Braman Family Foundation Jack Chester Foundation Colonial Bank (formerly Jefferson: Arthur Courshon, Norman M. Giller, Bart Goldberg) Congregation Beth Jacob Isabel & Joseph Davidson Foundation Evelyn & Irving Denmark & Family Lynn Girsh Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Nathan & Sophia Gumenick Philanthropic Fund HUD Block Grant Program Jefferson L. Ford Memorial Foundation, Elinor Catsman, Trustee John & Darla Karlton Deborah & Bruce Kaye Ida Lee Koenigsberg IHO Marcia Jo Zerivitz Harry Kramer Memorial Fund Les August & Tom Dean, trustees Thomas Kramer Marc Levin Alan & Diane Lieberman Boris Malina Sue & Leonard Miller Stephen & Sandy Muss Selma Oritt Foundation-Neil Rollnick, Trustee

Consider a Gift Your contribution helps to preserve and share our Florida Jewish history collections through our exhibits and programs. When a contribution is made (minimum amount: $18), acknowledgements are sent to both the donor and donee.

Send a tax-deductible check payable to the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, or visit jmof.fiu.edu and click on the Join and Support tab. Please indicate the reason for the contribution and where acknowledgement is to be sent.

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Support TUW Posnack Foundation of Hollywood Marsha & Alan Levy Schoenbaum Family Foundation Teddi & Norton Segal Family Foundation Jackie & Robert Traurig Marcia Jo Zerivitz $25,000 - $49,999 FOUNDERS Harold & Ellie Aibel Shirley & Jules Arkin Diane & Harvey Birdman Stephen H. Bittel Kenneth M. & Barbara Bloom The Shepard Broad Foundation, Inc. CCR Companies (Leslie Jay Gross) Eddie Cole Mike & Betty Cooper Sidney & Lorraine Cooperman Hazel & Judge Irving Cypen Dade Community Foundation Esformes & Mason Families George Feldenkreis Lawrence & Suzanne Fishman Florida Humanities Council Dr. Phillip & Patricia Frost Niety & Gary Gerson Carl & Cynthia Goldman Jane & Jerrold Goodman Flagler Greyhound Track - Florence Hecht, Isabelle Amdur, Barbara & Fred Havenick Funding Arts Network Renee & Howard Gross Gross Family Foundation Ruth Frank Gross Unitrust IMO Olga & Eugene Guttman Heller Brothers Packing Corp.

The Hirsch Family Lillian Horowitz David & Francie Horvitz Family Foundation Elmer A. & Roslyn Hurwitz Estate of Bernard Janis Jay W. Jensen Arthur M. Kahn Knight Foundation Gabriela Landau - IMO Rabbi Sol Landau Donald & Judy Lefton Esta & David Levinson Morris & Rhoda Levitt Natalie Lyons Mercedes - Benz of Coral Gables Jim & Amy Multack Abraham & Avis Neiman Dr. Sidney Olson Shaun & Michele Orcinolo Rita & David Perlman Brenda B. & Lewis B. Pollak, Sr. Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. Quittner Family Resnick Family Ruth Robbins Dora & Leonard Rosenzweig Candace & Lloyd Ruskin Noreen Gordon Sablotsky The Schaefer Family Raquel & Michael Scheck Family of Sidney Z. Schwartz Tamra H. Sheffman Revocable Trust Sam Seitlin Sandy & Charles Simon George Simon - Susan Helfman The Spalding Financial Group, Inc. - Sherry & Ken Fardie Elliot Stone & Bonnie Sockel-Stone Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal Stanley & Joni Tate

Temple Emanu-El Temple Zion Israelite Center Leon Tenenbaum The Miami Herald Helen Uchitel Estate Cecile Weiss Linda Widrich Weitz The Jack Widrich Foundation Florence Wise Estate Linda Brown Zilber $10,000 - $24,999 TRUSTEES David & Hinda Adler Anonymous - IHO Burnett Roth Beach Bank Belfer-Ferenczi Families The David Berg Foundation Nikki Bergstein Citigroup Foundation Mark Cohn Arthur and Carol Courshon Reba Engler Daner Gordon Deckelbaum Felicia O. Deutch Ruby Diamond Foundation Helen Salomon Eggnatz Nancy & Martin Engels Expressweb David & Jerome Fleeman Toby Friedland Evelyn, Ben & Harold Gaines June Baumgardner Gelbart Foundation Marsha & Jeffrey Gilbert Phyllis B. Goldman, IMO Norman Goldman Marci & Ross Goodman Mario & Teresa Kreutzberger Neil & Sandra Angel Malamud Miami-Dade City Commissioner Sally A. Heyman, District 4 Bruce Kaplan Jonathan & Tina Kislak Kathy & Robert Klausner Elliot Kleiman - IMO Judith Adele Lassar Lehman Brothers Alan & Hannah Lipton IMO Ben Lubitz: Bea, Alan & Jon Neil & Sandra Malamud Senator Gwen Margolis J. P. Morgan National Endowment for the Humanities Lisa S. Newman Isaac and Nieves Olemberg Premier Developers Estate of Eva Rabin RFLP Group IHO - Doris & Frank Rosenblatt Stephen & Laurie Riemer Martin & Doris Rosen Steve Rosenberg Rosenzweig-Coopersmith Foundation Helen & Burnett Roth Rubin-Prager-Hymowech Families Ruden McClosky Norman & Ruth Russ Debra & Gerald K. Schwartz Melvin Shifke - IMO Lorraine Jack F. Shorstein Norman Shulevitz Foundation Martin & Sara Solomon Samuel M. & Helene Soref Foundation Ted & Rosalind Spak Gale Goldstein Tucker Senator Sherman Winn Isidore & Patricia Wollowick Foundation Women’s American ORT

Aaron, Mark, Sharon & David Wolfson IHO Sorrell L. & Jacqueline Falis Wolfson Judy and Dick Wurtman Phyllis & Robert Yawitt & Family Manuel & Hilda Zaiac $5,000 - $9,999 FELLOWS Rebecca Ackerson Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity Gary, Appel, Paradigm Tax Group Richard Ashenoff Wendy Belkin Bank of Boston Florida Esther K. & William Belfer Estate of Bernie Bercuson Marshall Berkson Peter L. Bermont - IMO Ronni Robert L. Beskind Walter & Adi Blum Foundation, Inc. Bronstein-Rose-Unger Families Brown Charity Foundation Burdines Carol Gross Clarkson Rachel Denburg-Levine Lawrence & Yuki Denmark Yaffa Dermer - IMO Jay Dermer Linda Dillon Melvin & Lois Douglas Clifford & Janice Dubbin Phil Emmer Dr. Harvey & Karen Feld David & Norma Fenton Fine & Greenwald Foundation, Inc Pat & Martin Fine Eloah and Mark Fisher IHO Kenneth Bloom Fleischmann’s Yeast Albert H. Friedman & Rose Kanner IMO Isaac Fryd - by Business Associates & Wife Carol & Lee Futernick Marisa Anne Galbut & Jenna Beth Galbut Edgar (Buddy) Galvin - IMO Reuben & Barbara Goldman Ganz Family Foundation Rosemary and Leo Gelvan Fund Gibralter Bank Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Miami Gerson Preston & Company, P.A. Robert Goldberg IMO George Goldbloom Goldstrom-Goudiss Families Herb & Beth Gopman Judy Gilbert Gould and Children Bobby & Nancy, Carolyn, Mark & Belinda Lauren R. Gould, LeRoy Goldstein, Taffy Gould Sonya Rabin Greenfield Dolly & Ernie Harris Daniel Herz Brenda & Alan Himelfarb Debbie & Dr. Andrew Hirschl Joel Hoppenstein HSBC Republic Melanie Jacobson and Michael Coleman Jewish Chautauqua Society Federal IMLS Jewish Community Foundation of the United Jewish Community of Broward County Karen, Ronni & Mortimer Kass Raananah Swirsky Katz & Family Roslyn & Jerome Kaufman

Elliot Kleiman - IMO Lenore Kleiman Judy & Franklin D. Kreutzer Sarah Bramson Kupchik Landstar Development The Levine Family Levine Realty, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Philip Levitz Jan & Dan Lewis Sarah Luddle Estate Nanette & Bud Mayer Tamar Mayer for her Family Sheryl & Julian Meitin Mellon Private Asset Management Gordon R. Miller, MD Howard R. Miller Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan)/ Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami Robert & Robin L. Moel - IHO Herbert & Jeanne Kay Malka Mordujovich Morjaim Family Morrison Brown Argiz & Farra, LLC Martin & Cindy Nash Ruth Neinken Dr. Stephen & Georgia Nimer Northern Trust Bank Orange Bowl Foundation Joseph W. Pallot Pasadena Homes Marlene & Michael Perlmutter Dorothy & Aaron Podhurst Gabriel Powell Quality Meats Miami Beach Rabin-Newman Families Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP Abe and Sarita Resnick Vinson & Randa Richter Craig Robins Stephen & Sharon Silver Rose Herman & Evelyn Rubin Mollie Rudt IMO Muriel Rusten - Isabel Bernfeld Anderson Sagamore Hotel Sydell & Quentin Sandler Leroy & Renee Schechter Beatrice Schwartz Estate Samantha & Eric Seiden Daniel J. Shapiro, M.D. Louella Shapiro Leon, Josh, Alan Sirkin Family Cecily Silberman Silverman-Hunter Families Steel Hector Davis Hana Stein Special Events Catering Charlotte Stevens Senator Richard & Marlene Stone Levi Strauss Foundation SunTrust Banks SunVest Communities Targum Shlishi, Inc. Linda & Denis Trupkin Lady Suzanna P. Tweed & Carleton Tweed Charitable Foundation, Inc. Harold & Carol Unger Israel Weisman by his son Ezra Sam & Dusty Weiss Marcella Werblow - IMO Bertha Abess Florence Wise Sharyn Wittner Roland Wood - IMO Judy Wood World Erotic Art Museum - Naomi Wilzig

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Support Museum Recognizes Supporting Gifts Two handsome plaques with ceramic headers replicating images of two stained glass windows in the Museum are displayed in the Museum lobby for contributors in the $2,500 and $1,800 categories. This is a memorable way to pay tribute to loved ones or to permanently inscribe your own family name for all to view. $2,500 – CHAVERIM

$1,800 - CHAI CLUB

Leonard Abess, Jr. Samuel I. Adler Family American Jewish Committee AmTrust Bank/Ohio Savings Bank Associated Photo & Imaging Micky & Doris Biss Carol Gross Clarkson Samuel & Judy Cuenca & Meschoulam Family DuPont SentryGlas Dr. Lawrence & Suzanne Fishman Bruce Fitell Cipora & Guido Fraiman Gerson Preston & Company, P.A. Taffy Gould Dr. Tiberius Grun Jay & Clayre Haft Avi Hoffman Indian Creek Hotel Israel Discount Bank Patricia Johns & Michael Rudd Marshall Karasik Eleanor M. & Herbert Katz Family Marcos, Fanny & Dennis Kerbel IMO Ida Lee Koenigsberg from her family & friends Rafael & Rebeca Kravec Sarah Bramson Kupchik IHO Rabbi Sol Landau from his family & friends Tania & Israel Lapciuc Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel Lassar Richard Levine Mellon Private Asset Management Barry & Toba Meiselman and Family Monroe & Judith Milstein Norwegian Cruise Line Linda & Joseph Pallot Milton & Anita Katz Paris Peacock Foundation

A Star Contractors, Inc. Elinore Aronovitz IMO Judge Sidney Aronovitz The Sol & Lillian Ash Foundation Benjamin P. Baum Jocelyn Berman Jeffry, Edna & Jonathan Bernstein IHO Fannie & Harry Greenberg Michael & Linda Bittel Eileen & Robert Brautman Peggy & Jacob Brodzki Family Ann Broad Bussel & Family Lena Weinkle Chaikin - IMO Leo Chaikin Helene & Jeffrey Chait IMO Alain Albert Chalem Audrey Rothblatt Chenkin Elaine Cohen & Karl Mindlin IHO Helene Dubbin Dorothy P. Cohn - IMO Fritzie & Nat Cohn Yaffa Dermer Betti Dulberger Burton Engels - IHO son-in-law Ira Giller Vivian G. Epstein - IMO Leon Epstein Sylvia & Robert Feltman Eloah & Mark Fisher IHO Kenneth Bloom Jefferson Ford Memorial Foundation Bruce & Susan Frank Daniel & Shirlee Cohen Freed Carol Fryd Donna Feig, Don, Michael & Fred Garvett IMO Robert & Leta Garvett Donna & Steve Feig - IHO Helene Dubbin & Teddi Segal Lenore Gaynor June Baumgardner Gelbart Foundation Helen Geller Gibbs Family - IHO Nell Gibbs’ 90th Birthday Jeffrey Gilbert IMO Felix Glickstein Ethel Gold Sally Goldman Morton & Gloria Goudiss - IMO Sol & Josie Goldstrom Annette & Ellis Gordon & Ellen & Marvin Schwartz - IHO Roberta Gordon Roberta Gordon, Ellen & Marvin Schwartz, Howard & Rosalie Gordon - IHO Annette & Ellis Gordon Morton & Gloria Goudiss IMO Lee & Marie Goudiss Dale & Charles Gratz - IMO Minnie & Irvin Salsbury Dr. Maurice & Sonya Greenfield Joyce Barsky-Greenstein Susan Gumbiner - IMO Leo Gumbiner Malvina Gutschmidt Sara Halam - IMO Henry Halam IHO Birthday of Martha Hessel Arthur H. Hertz IMO Fay & Larry Hochen Elaine Kahn Beverly & Marvin Kaiman Samuel & Helene Kantor Joan Kasner - IMO David Kasner, M.D.

Melvin & Janet Richard Harry Rosenzweig Harry & Ruth Rott IMO Mason & Delores “Sis” Schwartz Sheldon Ribotsky & Levine, CPAs Rick Silverman & Family Sirkin Family IMO Beatrice (Bea) Small from her loving family William & Jean Soman - IHO birth of Gabriel Erik Reiter, - IHO birth of Joseph Bernard Reiter, - IHO birth of Noah Marcus Reiter, - IHO birth of Sarah Caroline Dereser Soman Manuel Stern - In Memoriam Stiller, Zucker, & Trupkin Families Jonathan Symons IMO Cyril & Hazel Symons Sandra Tavlin Sooky Lehrman Trattner Samuel A. & Louise K. Tucker Ret Turner Madeleine & Bernard Wall Sylvia Ziffer - IMO Ewald Ziffer

Sue & Stan Katz/Doris & Bob Trohn - IMO Philip & Beatrice O. Trohn Erwin I. & Wendy Katz Howard & Barbara Katzen Hyman Kirsch Foundation IHO Judith & Elliot Kleiman’s 40th Anniversary Diana & Milton Kramer IMO Lachman Brothers Jeanne L. Landers Edna C. Lavitt Julian & Betty Lehman Howard & Judge Joan Lenard & Family Henry L. & Joan A. Lewis Juliet Lieber IHO - Irving & Beatrice Lippton’s 60th Anniversary IMO Lawrence H. Mann – Arnowitz, Mann, Raskin families & friends IHO - Gertrude R. Miller’s 80th Birthday Sheryl & Julian Meitin Miami Beach Chamber IHO Norman Giller Mr. & Mrs. Michael Milberg Carolyn & Leonard Miller IMO - Sandra Miriam Mordujovich Ken Myers - IMO Stanley Myers Ruth Neinken June Newbauer Rhoda & Joseph Oppenheimer Rhoda & Joseph Oppenheimer - IHO 50th Anniversary Maurice, Anna and Maureen Ostro IMO Max Ostro E. Albert Pallot Nancy Pastroff Brian C. Perlin - IMO George Goldbloom Dorothy & Stanley Pierce Politano Family - IMO Sofia & Jacob Mishkin Gabriel Powell Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Raijman RBC Wealth Management Martin & Anita Reingold/Lester Families IMO - Henry Reinhard Vinson & Randa Richter Norma Fuchs Resnick Minnie Rosenkranz Betty W. Rosenstein Rosenthal Family - IMO Hilda Becker Ruskin Family Jack & Harriet Safian & Ruth Klotzkin IMO Robert “Ruby” Salstein Julio & Rela Schniadoski Shirlee Segall Schiller & Eva Rabin Rina Scott - IHO Ester & Arie Weinberg Yolande L. Selik - IMO 50 years of marriage to Jerome Selik Yolande L. Selik - IMO Jerome Selik Murray & Carol Shear IMO Sylvia Shorstein James & Debra Siegel Isaac & Rebeca Sklar Joseph M. & Marilyn K. Solomon IMO Mollie Glass Newman Spier

Norma & Morton Steele Arthur T. Tenenbaum & Company, CPAs & Friends - IMO Ewald Ziffer The Travelers Foundation K. Peter & Yvonne R. Wagner Dr. Florence O. Wechsberg Elena & David Weck Elena & David Weck - IHO Their Friends A.B. & Helene Weiner Cecile Weiss - IMO Milton Weiss Earl & Sally Wiener IMO Albert Weitzman David & Ruth Wilkes Allan P. & Norma Wilson Phil. Fund Harvey & Clara Young Miriam & Milton Zatinsky Fay Zinn

CUBAN CAMPAIGN: MEMORIAL TO SENDER & JULIA KAPLAN Alegre & Alberto Barrocas Esther & William Belfer Marc Belfer Jack Chester Stacy Belfer Cohen George Feldenkreis Lea & Jorge Ferenczi Oscar, Edward & Susan Ferenczi Solomon & Esther Garazi Fanny & Marcos Kerbel Rebeca & Rafael Kravec Lidia & Moises Kriger Luisa & Dr. Isidoro Lerman Moises & Zoila Levin Jose & Ofelia Lurie Martin Mayer Sal & Sarah Mitchel Isaac & Nieves Olemberg Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Raijman Morris & Susy Rapport Brett Ratner for Mario & Fanita Presman Abe & Sarita Resnick Julio & Rela Schniadoski Isaac & Rebeca Sklar Saul & Rita Srebnick Lisa & Manny Synalovski Elena & David Weck Elena & David Weck - IHO 6 Friends Reinaldo & Arleen Winer

Thank You for Your Tribute!

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Give to JMOF-FIU Heritage Society Consider becoming a member of the Heritage Society by making a planned gift to the museum, which can help provide for the future growth of our operations, programs and exhibits.

For more information, please call 786-972-3162.

We thank and recognize some of those members who have made this commitment.

Michael Craig Aller Isabel Bernfeld Anderson Bernie Bercuson* Mark B. Cohn Helene & Murray Dubbin Helen Salomon Eggnatz* Myra Farr* Deborah Regal Feterson* Ira Giller Norman Giller* Barton & Sandy Goldberg Frances L. Gross (Leslie Jay Gross) Eugene Guttman*

Bernard Janis* Jay Jensen* Lewis & Marcia Kanner Marshall Karasik* Marc & Henrietta Katzen Jerome* & Roslyn Kaufman* Ida Lee Koenigsberg* Sarah Kupchik* Marshall Landy* Myrna Leonard Norman Levine Sarah Luddle* Boris Malina* Howard R. Miller

Lewis Mittman Michael D. Orovitz David* & Rita Perlman Dr. Harold Posner* Eva Rabin* Leonard Robbins* Ruth Robbins* Muriel Rosen* Patricia Russell* D. Jerry Sall* Norma Salz Bernice Samkoff* Shirlee Segall Schiller Beatrice Schwartz*

Tamra Sheffman* Samuel Silver Gary & Julie Simon Robert H. Traurig Jacqueline Traurig Gale Goldstein Tucker Helen Uchitel* Leonard A. Wien Florence Wise* Marcia Jo Zerivitz * deceased

Amy Somek New Director of Development The JMOF-FIU is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Somek as Director of Development. Amy is a proud Florida International University alumna and has a strong and varied background in the field of fundraising and social work. Ms.Somek comes to JMOFFIU from Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy, where her scope of responsibilities as Director of Development included major gifts, corporate sponsorship development, special events, and, most notably, creating, managing and growing the annual campaign into a key pillar of support for the Hebrew Academy’s mission.

Amy received a BA in psychology from Michigan State University and a Masters in Social Work from Florida International University.

Amy has a broad knowledge of the Miami Beach Jewish Community.

“I am honored to be taking on this role, and am excited to join JMOFFIU,” said Somek. “I look forward to working with the dedicated board and staff, and the Museum’s many generous supporters to achieve our fundraising goals for this vital work. With my experience I hope to lead JMOF-FIU through its next phase of philanthropic growth.”

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Memorials & Tributes Making a donation to the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU is a thoughtful and generous way to honor special people for any occasion such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and other celebrations or to pay tribute to loved ones, friends and family who have passed away. To make a donation, log onto jmof.fiu.edu and select Join & Support.

JMOF-FIU gratefully acknowledges these individuals who have recently made contributions to the museum through August 15, 2018.

In Honor of

Herbert Bangel’s 90 Birthday Brian & Wendy Traurig Perlin Jackie & Bob Traurig th

Kenneth M. Bloom Richard Bermont Yolanda Caiazza Mitchell Horwich Rita & Jerry Cohen’s 90th Birthday Vanessa Cohen Laura & David Ross Julie & Richard Ross Ruth Greenfield Samuel Blum Michael Orovitz’s 75th Birthday Ann Bussel Jonathan Symons Isabel Bernfeld Anderson Debby & Bruce Vivari Sylvia Tendler’s 95th Birthday Debbie & Art Fleischner Brian & Wendy Traurig Perlin Barbara Perlin Jackie & Bob Traurig Jackie Traurig’s 85th Birthday Marilyn Solomon Judith & Richard Wurtman Janet & Peter Wolk

In Memory of

Israel Bichachi Roberta Gordon

Judge Phillip Bloom Marcia Jo & Elliot Zerivitz Bernard Brenner Brian & Wendy Traurig Perlin Jackie & Bob Traurig

Eleanor Miller Jackie & Bob Traurig Ellie Abel Stanley Ney Leon & Marcia Weil Jack Seitlin Marilyn Tendrich

Perry Cohen Susan Gladstone

Richard D. Siegel Mitchell A. Horwich

Jerry Davis Suzane King Kenneth M. Bloom

Shirley Garber Kenneth M. Bloom

Ana Trakhter, Eva Shvedova’s mother Isabel Bernfeld Anderson Susan Gladstone JMOF-FIU Staff Melissa Kishel Elaine & Baris Litvak Myrna & Michael Shanker Brian & Wendy Traurig Perlin Jackie & Bob Traurig Janet & Peter Wolk

Herbert Gilbert Brian & Wendy Traurig Perlin Jackie & Bob Traurig

Harriet Singer Susan Gladstone JMOF-FIU Staff

Selma Minden Grenald Kenneth M. Bloom

Steven Sackel Susan Gladstone Marilyn Solomon

Bernie Fligel Irene Sheikman Lillian Burak Fleischer Linda & Denis Trupkin

Joni Braunstein Hesch Marcia & Jeffrey Gilbert Donald Kaufman Nancy and Larry Cohen Jerome & Roslyn Kaufman Mr. & Mrs. Barry Kaufman Isabel Bernfeld Anderson Zena Levitt Levin Kenneth & Barbara Bllom Marcia Jo & Elliot Zerivitz

Tamra H. Sheffman Barbara & Peter Reaveley Gitta Kastner Jane Bussey Kreft Steven Tendrich Kenneth M. Bloom Helen Warner Kenneth M. Bloom

To make a donation, log onto jmof.fiu.edu and select Join & Support.

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Above: In recognition of their dedication to JMOF-FIU, the volunteers and docents were treated to a guided tour at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum on the Modesto Madique Campus of Florida International University. The tour was lead by Miriam Machado, Frost Education Curator.

A letter from a proud parent I am writing, as a Jewish

Would you like to Volunteer?

No prior experience is need — we provide the training. Volunteer Opportunities include: Docent (Museum Tour Guide), Administrative Assistance and Recording Oral Histories. Call today to become a part of this experience 786-972-3176.

parent, to thank JMOFFIU for supporting our family as we pass our Jewish identity on to our children. On a summer trip to Wisconsin last week, we visited the Golda Meir Exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee. Upon our arrival, however, our daughter Shelly immediately remembered that the exhibit, Stitching History from the Holocaust, is permanently housed at the Milwaukee museum. Shelly knew the exhibit intimately, as she is a teen docent who gave tours of this exhibit when it was on exhibit at JMOF-FIU. What a beautiful

Chair of Volunteers: Isabel Bernfeld Anderson Current Administrative & Event Support Isabel Bernfeld Anderson 20 Years Wendy Belkin 6 years Allen Shaw Irene Shiekman 3 years Claire Warren 4 years Oral History Program/ Collections Elaine Litvak Don Szumowski

Docents Barbara Musikar 21 Years Jorge Bargman 16 Years Judith Greenspoon 15 Years Janet Wolk 15 Years Shirley Kahn 14 Years Elaine Litvak 12 Years Inge Gatto 11 Years

1-5 Years Pamela Behar* Reggie FeldmanGoldstein Mark Gordon Melissa Kishel Barbara Konigsberg Allen Shaw Jonathan Symons Harry Zupnick* Teen Docents Shelly Gottlieb Genna Grodin (*indicate new docent)

5-10 Years Howard Brayer Linda Dillon Al Greenspoon Andrea Julie Kovacs Myrna Shanker Judith Wurtman

expression of l’dor v’dor—Hebrew for “from generation to generation.”

—Andrew Gottlieb, Ph.D. Above: Shelly Gottlieb, JMOF teen docent with Molly Dubin, curator of Jewish Museum Milwaukee in front of Stitching History from the Holocaust exhibit.

THANKS to our Dedicated Docents and Volunteers.

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Spotlight on Docents

Howard Brayer Docent and Walking Tour Guide In late 2011, Howard Brayer retired from the budget office of the Federal Department of Education in Washington, DC and moved to Miami Beach with his husband Donald Szumowski. Almost immediately, he looked for volunteer opportunities and became a docent at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU and a volunteer tour guide for the Miami Design Preservation League, conducting walking tours focused on the general history and architecture of Miami Beach. Within a few months, Howard used his love of history to create a Jewish themed walking tour of Miami Beach for JMOF-FIU. The two-hour tour includes an overview of more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach while participants walk the neighborhoods surrounding JMOF-FIU. Several months after the Jewish Walking Tours began JMOF-FIU presented an exhibition called Growers, Grocers & Gefilte Fish that highlighted Florida Jews in the food industry. In conjunction with the exhibit, Howard added stops at four restaurants, to create the Jewish Food Walking Tour. Both the Jewish Food Tour and the original Jewish Walking Tours continue to be very popular offerings throughout the year. To date more than 2,000 museum guests have taken Howard’s tours.

Howard enjoys meeting people on the walking tours, imparting what he has learned about Miami Beach, and learning from them as they share their own family stories. “On the tours, people like to reminisce about visiting their grandparents during the Jewish hey-day on Miami Beach, in the 1960’s and 1970’s,” says Howard of his many guests. “Whether participants are intimately familiar with the city or are visiting for the first time, those days are relived through my words and pictures.”

About the The Jewish Walking Tour The 2-hour Jewish Walking Tour

When Howard and Donald moved to Miami Beach, they knew no one in the area. Now they feel part of a real Miami Beach community. Donald now works part-time in the Museum’s gift shop.

Not only does Howard love being a museum tour guide, but the people who have taken his tour love him back.

Here are some recent reviews from Trip Advisor:

JMOF-FIU Members, $22 Non-Members.

treasures from local restaurants along

Includes museum admission.

the way. Tour distance is approximately 2 miles. All ages and fitness levels are

includes an overview of more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people

About the Jewish Food Tour The 3-hour Jewish Food Walking

welcome. Cost $38 Museum Members; $48 Non-Members. Includes museum admission and exhibit tour.

and organizations, both present and

Tour includes the history of the SoFi

past, in Miami Beach; and a review of

neighborhood and the staple Jewish-

various architectural styles found in the

owned restaurants in the area past and

available dates. Tours are available for

city, including Jewish contributions. $15

present and an opportunity to savor tasty

private groups.

Check out the Museum’s website for

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SAVE the DATE Tuesday, January 15, 2019 17th Annual Judges & Lawyers Membership Dinner. The annual tribute to Florida Judges and Lawyers is held during the month of January to coincide with Florida Jewish History Month. The event

Museum Admission Adults $12.00 Seniors/Students $8.00 Family $24.00 (2 adults/2 children) Free Admission on Saturday Members Always Free

is open to all legal professionals.

Sunday, February 17th, 2019 Annual Klezmer Concert featuring

Museum Hours Tuesday – Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Except Holidays

Metropolitan Klezmer, known for their sweeping arrangements and versatile ensemble playing, the octet blends downtown, classical and world music into a danceable neo-traditional Yiddish repertoire. Ticket information will be available on our website soon.

Thursday, March 14, 2019 Tasteful Traditions JMOF-FIU’s unique food and wine experience, featuring some of the region’s most popular celebrity chefs under the direction of legendary South Florida Chef Allen Susser, one of this country’s leading chefs and co-hosted by culinary superstar Linda Gassenheimer.

Sunday, April 7, 2019 Breaking the Glass Ceiling Awards Luncheon. This annual event recognizes Jewish women from around the state for “breaking the glass ceiling,” featuring an inspirational program where the award recipients discuss the obstacles they faced on their roads to success.

For general information about the museum including location, hours, directions, and admission, please call the main line at 305-672-5044 or jmof.fiu.edu Susan Gladstone Executive Director sgladsto@fiu.edu 786-972-3162

Todd Bothel Registrar tbothel@fiu.edu 786-972-3167

Dr. Tudor Parfitt Distinguished Professor, Academic Director JMOF-FIU tparfitt@fiu.edu 305-348-2186

Nancy Doyle Cohen Museum Manager nancohen@fiu.edu 786-972-3164

Chaim Lieberperson Museum Educator clieberp@fiu.edu 786-972-3187

Jacqueline Goldstein Curator jacgolds@fiu.edu 786-972-3166 Howard Horowitz Finance Manager hhorowit@fiu.edu 786-972-3171

Eva Shvedova Admissions/Groups/ Museum Store eshvedov@fiu.edu 786-972-3176

Elizabeth Herrera Museum Assistant eherr041@fiu.edu 786-972-3170 Pierre Delerme Maintenance Supervisor pidelerm@fiu.edu 786-972-3168

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About the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU: The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU is located in the heart of Miami Beach’s Art Deco District. It serves as a major cultural attraction and source of information for a wide audience of residents, tourists, students and scholars of all ages and backgrounds from throughout the state, nation, and the world. JMOF-FIU is the only museum that collects preserves and interprets the fascinating story of more than 250 years of Florida Jewish history, art and culture.

The museum is housed in two beautifully restored historic buildings that once served Miami Beach’s first Jewish congregation. The original synagogue was built in 1929, and the second, built in 1936, was designed by Art Deco architect Henry Hohauser and features nearly 80 stained glass windows, a copper dome, marble bimah and many Art Deco features including chandeliers and sconces. The museum’s core exhibition is Mosaic: Jewish Life in Florida, originated by Marcia Jo Zerivitz, LHD, Founding Executive Director.

In 2013, the museum entered into a historic partnership with Florida International University, igniting a new era of interdisciplinary education and research that combines a localized view of Jewish culture and history with the global expertise of faculty who specialize in the extraordinary and unparalleled diversity and plurality of Jewish communities all across the world. The Jewish Museum of Florida is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.

Become a JMOF-FIU Member Today!

Online jmof.fiu.edu and click Join & Support or call 786-972-3164

There’s something for everyone, to suit any budget—we can help you find the level that’s right for you. Your annual membership helps sustain and preserve the museum’s extensive and growing collection of Florida Jewish History, provides free multicultural educational programs and originate groundbreaking exhibits.

All members receive:

Membership Levels

n Unlimited free admission for one year

n $36 Senior Individual

n Invitations to exhibition opening preview parties

n $40 Individual

n Invitations for you and a guest to members-only tours and special events

n $50 Senior Couple/Single Parent Family

n A 10% discount at Orovitz Museum Store

n $150 Donor

n $75 Basic Family n $275 Patron n $600 Sponsor n $1,250 Benefactor

*JMOF-FIU Membership Dues increased as of July 1, 2018.

n $2,500 Corporate Benefactor n $3,600 Directors Circle Tiles Fall 2018 27

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Jewish Museum of Florida 301 Washington Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139

NON-PROFIT ORG. US POSTAGE PAID MIAMI, FL PERMIT NO. 7237

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The Museum is supported by individual contributions, foundations, memberships and grants from the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners and the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council and Greater Miami Jewish Foundation. 18317_09/18

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Shop a wide selection of jewelry, museum memorabilia, home goods, Judaica, books, cards, children’s gifts

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