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Newsletter for members of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU

Volume XXXI | Number 1 | Fall 2019

Jewish Museum of Florida

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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 Andrew Gottlieb, Miami 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

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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 Executive Director Susan Gladstone

Chairman’s Message The Museum has been my passion for over 25 years! This year, I continue to support my long-term investment of time and money in the Museum as part of the FIU family.

The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU is 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 2019, our vision fulfillment continued under the energetic leadership of our Executive Director Susan Gladstone. With the assistance of an empowered staff, the Museum has produced outstanding programs, compelling exhibits, and exciting special events (see the Director’s Report).

The Advisory Board has made personal commitments to “own” a part of the Museum’s future with both time and money.

This past year, we embarked upon needed physical improvements to our architectural gem. We replaced the original copper dome, made structural repairs to the parapet, and replaced the roof on the 301 building. We began the redesign process for MOSAIC, our core exhibit, which will incorporate 21st century technology and interactive exhibit concepts to better tell the story of the Jewish experience in Florida.

Looking forward, April 2020 will mark the 25th anniversary of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU! It will be a moment of celebration and great pride in our Museum. It will be a time to reflect on our past as well as our future. The dream of Marcia Jo Zerivitz has come a long way since 1995. I am looking forward to celebrating with you.

To fulfill the Museum’s destiny, significant additional private and corporate support is needed to sustain the wonderful cultural and academic programs that are part of the JMOF-FIU experience. We need your personal commitment to “own” 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.

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

Engage your passion!

Deceased*

Ira D. Giller Advisory Board Chair

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Executive Director’s Report It is an exciting time at the Jewish Museum of Florida–FIU. We are the Jewish museum for the entire state of Florida and one of only two Jewish museums in the country to be connected to a state university. As we look ahead to our 25th anniversary in 2020, we are developing a five-year strategic plan, one that furthers our mission of advancing the understanding and appreciation of Jewish culture; preserving and sharing the history and stories of Judaism in Florida; and contributing to FIU’s presence as a major international university. We strive to do all of this while also drawing on our values of heritage, creativity, culture, education, and inclusivity.

We are proud to be part of FIU, which expands our reach and scope. Our collection is activated through many of the University’s academic programs, such as the Jewish Studies Certificate Program and the Holocaust Studies Initiative of the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs. Spearheading these efforts—as well as the Museum’s world-class lecture series—is our Academic Director Dr. Tudor Parfitt, Director of the Global Jewish Studies Program at the Green School and Distinguished Professor of the University.

We also benefit from partnerships with our sister museums, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum–FIU and The Wolfsonian– FIU. In addition, the Museum serves as an extended classroom for thousands of Miami-Dade County Public School students, inspiring them to explore their own cultural heritage and those of all ethnic groups in our multicultural society.

Over the past two years, the Jewish Museum of Florida–FIU has made some notable new inroads—developing programming around Art Basel, for example. Shows such as “Subject to Interpretation” and “Daniel Chimowitz: Walking Canvases” are

we look forward to working in conjunction with FIU’s CasaCuba to

drawing more people to the Museum and engaging diverse

offer programming highlighting the contributions of Cuban Jews.

audiences in conversation. New plans call for updating our core

We invite you to join us as we embark on the next vibrant

exhibit, MOSAIC, so that it is more interactive and lives in synergy

chapter for the Museum. Together, we will strengthen the Jewish

with our beautiful historic buildings. We also seek to digitize

Museum of Florida–FIU to create a true gem in South Florida’s

our permanent collection so that it is available to researchers

rich museum and archive community.

worldwide. In addition, each year we will endeavor to host exhibits from both national and international Jewish museums and develop our own exhibition program to share in return. Moreover,

Susan Gladstone Executive Director

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Exhibits

Mira Lehr:

A Walk in the Garden encompasses painting, design,

Center and The New Museum, both in

sculpture and video installations. Her

New York, as well as The Smithsonian

processes include non-traditional

Museum of American Art in Washington,

media such as resin, gunpowder, fire,

DC, and the Getty Museum Research

Japanese paper, dyes and welded

Center in Los Angeles. Her work can

steel. Mira Lehr: A Walk in the

also be seen in American embassies

Garden is a site-specific installation

around the world and her public

that takes the viewer through a magical

projects include the lobby of the

journey in a fantastical garden full of

Evelyn Lauder Breast Center, The Josie

multi-media organic pieces.

Robertson Surgical Center at Sloan

Lehr graduated from Vassar College

Kettering Memorial Hospital and the

with a degree in art history. As a young

Leonard Lauder Corporate Collection,

female artist in the 1950s and 60s,

all in New York. Lehr’s commissions

she was very active in mobilizing the

include a 40-ft window installation for

female voice in Miami, cofounding

Temple Beth Sholom and an installation

the Continuum Gallery, one of the first

of 27 works for the new surgical

women’s co-ops in the southeast.

tower at Mount Sinai Hospital, both in

is proud to present a new exhibition

Lehr worked with famed artist Robert

Miami Beach. In 2020, Lehr will begin

by Mira Lehr. A self-described eco-

Motherwell and in 1969 was selected

her series Seahorse Sanctuaries, in

feminist artist, Mira Lehr is a native

to participate with Buckminster Fuller

which the shoreline of Miami Beach

Miamian whose career spans over

on the first World Game Scenario

will be populated by her seahorse

five decades. She has taken part in

Project at the New York Studio School.

hotel sculptures to offer habitat for

The Jewish Museum of Florida–FIU

over 300 group and solo shows, with

Lehr’s artwork has been exhibited

seahorses. The exhibit opens October

her works in collections all over the

and collected by institutions across the

15, 2019, and will remain on view

world. Lehr’s nature-based imagery

world, including the Francis Loeb Art

through mid-February 2020.

Annual Basel Lox & Cream Cheese Brunch Sunday, December 8, 2019, at 10 a.m.

The annual brunch will feature conversations with Mira Lehr and Zachary Balber.

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

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

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

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Zachary Balber: Tamim Whereas before they hid their culture and

sharing his experiences and mentoring

photography to uncover the camouflaged

Zachary Balber uses portrait

heritage under tattoos and vanity in order

those who were facing similar situations.

identity of some of Judaism’s most

to assimilate, they now stand proud as

On a visit to Yad Vashem Holocaust

unconventional Jews. In Balber’s series

Jewish men; Tamim and unashamed to

Museum in Israel, Balber saw the power

Tamim, which roughly translates from

be themselves.

of photography as it captured the

Hebrew as “perfect.” All the men in the

Balber grew up in a predominantly white

stark and horrific reality that was the

series wore the kippah Balber was Bar

neighborhood and was transported to a

Holocaust. He states that making Tamim

Mitvahed in, however they saw fit.

magnet school located in the middle of

was his Steven Spielberg moment. As

the projects. The first thing he learned in

Spielberg was reintroduced to his faith

shirts off and reveal themselves to the

In the photographs, the men take their

school: it was not cool to be white and

through filming Schindler’s List, Balber’s

world as Jewish, proud and unashamed,

definitely not white and Jewish. He later

reconnection point was photographing

something Balber could not do as a child.

found himself in a situation where he

his subjects for Tamim. Despite his

They expose their problems, heritage,

was faced with going to prison or rehab.

initial rejection of Judaism, Balber’s

insecurities, fears and humanity through

Fortunately for Balber, the judge was

portraits led him to rediscover the

these portraits. Balber describes these

Miami’s Jeffrey Rosinek, who decided to

culture that is now his lifeline.

men as his “lost tribe, sensitive Jewish

give him a chance to change his life and

men.” Despite their exteriors, Balber and

sent him to rehab. It was there that he met,

view from November 20, 2019, through

the men in these photographs shared their

as he describes, strange and recalcitrant

March 2020.

disconcerting experiences of being a man

men that took him under their wing. Balber

in a world disconnected from the truth.

became a circuit speaker for young adults,

Zachary Balber’s Tamim will be on

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Judío y Cubano explores the artwork of several Cuban Jewish artists. This exhibition will be on view from October 29, 2019, though January 12, 2020, and includes Baruj Salinas’s

of Jerusalem. In between the chapters of the Torah are 27 lithographs created by Salinas.

Robert Koltun was one of the first media photographers to

handcrafted illuminated manuscript The Torah Project as

be allowed to travel to Cuba. He worked as a photography

well as an 8 ft oil pastel drawing by José Luis Fariñas and

correspondent for Spain’s EFE and has worked for The

photographs by the renown photographer Robert Koltun.

Miami Herald and El Neuvo Herald for 28 years.

The Torah Project contains the five books of Moses and

José Luis Fariñas is a painter, draftsman and author of

commentaries from personalities in art and biblical studies,

four books of poetry and one of short stories. He received

which have been translated into four languages — English,

the First Prize of Cuba Fiction in 2003 and was awarded the

Spanish, Italian, and German. The cover of The Torah

Prometheus of Poetry in 2001 from The National Union of

Project is made of wood and pearl and represents the city

Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).

IN 2019, JMOF-FIU RESTORED THE ICONIC COPPER DOME that capped the Beth Jacob Main Sanctuary since its construction in 1936. After many years of leaking and patching, we have a new copper skin handcrafted by one of the few copper roofing teams remaining in America today. The needed renovation was possible with assistance provided by the FIU Foundation.

Bright and shiny right after installation, the copper began to acquire its patina immediately due to the moist salt air coming from the Atlantic Ocean. The dome was capped with a new copper Star of David built to withstand hurricane winds. The original Star of David and an original copper shingle were retained as part of the Museum’s Jewish artifacts collection. This was truly a team effort coordinated by FIU Facilities Management, its construction manager, DPR Construction and our general contractor, Design Build Construction. The workmanship in this project is incredible and the museum looks even more impressive than before. The entire neighborhood has been made more beautiful! Stop by the museum and see for yourself.

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BOOK LAUNCH

JEWS OF FLORIDA: Centuries of Stories

C

ulminating decades

the arts and more, while maintaining their heritage to help ensure

of research, author

Jewish continuity for future generations. This rich narrative is

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

supported by 715 images.

The book is a testament to the contributions of Floridian Jews

Jewish Museum of Florida–

and crucial to understanding Florida, American and American

FIU, will reveal themes and

Jewish history. The Miami-Dade Public Schools’ Department of

highlight inspiring stories

Social Studies is writing an Instructional Study Guide for the book,

from her “coffee table” book

targeted to middle and high school students. Sponsored by the

at the Museum on Sunday,

Russell and Ronalee Galbut Family Foundation and Jonathan

January 5, 2020, at 2 pm.

Symons, the study guide will be offered to all Florida counties.

The book, published by

The genesis of the book goes back to the 1980s, when

The History Press, will be

Marcia Jo traveled throughout the state for eight years to

available for purchase at the

retrieve the “hidden” history of Jewish life in Florida for the

Orovitz Museum store. The

MOSAIC traveling exhibit. She created a collections archive

full sales price is a donation

and then the Jewish Museum of Florida that opened in 1995

to the Museum, thanks to

and served as the founding executive director more than 16

sponsor Jonathan Symons.

years. Marcia Jo initiated the legislation for both Florida Jewish

“It’s all about roots and memory and Jewish continuity. Like cut flowers, Jews wither without our roots.

Our collective memories are our roots.”

This first comprehensive history of the Jews of Florida from

History Month each January and Jewish American Heritage Month each May to increase awareness of the contributions of Jews to the quality of life for all.

The hard cover book includes a foreword by Mark Talisman.

Stephen J. Whitfield, Professor Emeritus of American Studies,

colonial times to the present is a sweeping tapestry of voices

Brandeis University, says, “What Macaulay was to the history of

spanning centuries. Despite not being officially allowed to live in

the English, what Michelet was to the history of the French, Marcia

Florida until 1763, Jewish immigrants escaping expulsions and

Jo Zerivitz is to the history of Florida Jewry. She has salvaged the

exclusions were among the earliest settlers. They have been

records of the past and turned the struggles and successes of

integral to every area of Florida’s growth, from tilling the land and

the dead into a living, breathing narrative, copiously illustrated to

developing early communities to boosting tourism and ultimately

intrigue general readers as well as scholars.”

pushing mankind into space. The Sunshine State’s Jews, working

For further information, to schedule a book talk and signing

for the common good, have been Olympians, Nobel Prize

for your group or for the Study Guide, contact Marcia Jo Zerivitz,

winners, computer pioneers, educators, leaders in business and

305-761-5193 or mzerivitz@me.com.

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Education

JMOF-FIU was one of six prestigious Miami Beach cultural partners including The Bass, Miami City Ballet, New World Symphony, The Wolfsonian–FIU and Young Musicians Unite who participated in the STEAM Plus program this past school year.

The pilot program was initiated by Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber and Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and aimed

of key science concepts of light, transparency, translucency,

to spark an interest and life-long appreciation of the arts and

opacity and heat as a catalyst to color. Students were shown

sciences by engaging students around the subjects of Science,

examples of stained glass in historical locations including Notre

Technology, Engineering, Art and Math.

Dame Cathedral in Paris and the Marc Chagall Windows in

The JMOF-FIU team was paired with classes from Miami

Jerusalem. In the second session, the JMOF-FIU team went into

Beach Senior High, North Beach Elementary and South Pointe

each classroom to create “stained glass windows” using several

Elementary Schools to present a series of instructional sessions in

different grade level appropriate techniques.

the school and at the museum. The first session included a tour of

The STEAM Plus program shows great promise in becoming

the museum, information on Florida Jewish history and Art Deco

one of Miami Beach’s and Miami-Dade County’s key initiatives in

architecture, with emphasis on the museum’s colorful stained

bettering our public school system. Teachers, students, parents

glass windows. Students explored the science and art of stained

and our museum team who connected with the program saw its

glass including inherent and integrated social values, review

value for enhancing public education.

ANNUAL STUDENT WRITING CONTEST Each year JMOF-FIU sponsors a statewide writing contest in conjunction with Florida Jewish History Month. This year’s theme was Traditions: Worth Keeping. The students submitted poems, essays and short stories that illustrated a personal struggle to maintain their cultural or religious traditions in our diverse society. The winning essays were on display in the museum during the month of January and each winner received a cash prize. Thank you to our panel of judges: Elaine Litvak, Linda Dillon, Judith & Albert Greenspoon and Janet Wolk.

Elementary Level 1st Gianna De La Cabada

I Prep Academy 2nd Luke Jaffee

Temple Beth Am Day School 3rd Ely Levi

Temple Beth Am Day School

Middle School 1st Kayla Herssem

Rabbi Alexander S.

Gross Hebrew Academy 2nd Meghan Kakiel

Ramblewood Middle School 3rd Gideon Greenberg

Silver Trail Middle School

High School 1st Anette Cepero

TERRA Environmental

Research Institute 2nd Emily Parra

School for Advanced

Studies Kendall 3rd Markhyn Brantley

Henry D. Perry

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Exhibitions Openings The Art of the Lithograph The Art of the Lithograph was on view during the 2018 Art Basel Season.

The works were on loan from some of America’s leading private and public collections, including: The Metropolitan Art Museum, The New York Historical Society, the Collection of Lori Gold and Allan Hall of Miami Beach, and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Artists featured in the exhibition included Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Jim Dine, Don Eddy, R.B. Kitaj, Lee Krasner, Roy Lichtenstein, Peter Max and Camille Pissarro, among others. Twenty-nine gorgeous prints explored the lithography process, taking the visitor from lithography stones to off-set and computer-to-plate printing.

THROUGH THE HAT: The Art of Steve Marcus

Cultural and community influencers gathered for the fabulous opening reception of internationally acclaimed New York artist Steve Marcus in March 2019. The artist’s captivating work creates a folklike cartoon world reflective of Jewish life in New York City in all its splendor.

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Spring 2019 Exhibitions SHTETL IN THE SUN: Photographs by Andy Sweet 1977-1981 Executive Director Susan Gladstone welcomed cultural leaders and luminaries to the first solo museum show featuring the iconic work of South Beach photographer Andy Sweet. The exhibition celebrated the legendary artist’s photography during the late 1970s, capturing the colorful elderly Jewish community in South Beach before Andy Sweet’s untimely death. The exhibit Included more than 60 images, plus original photographs that have never been shown, handpicked

by Sweet’s family exclusively for this museum show. In attendance were Ira Giller, Ellen Sweet Moss, Stan Hughes, Dennis Scholl, Kareem Tabsch, Brett Sokol, Fransesco Casale, Igor Shteyrenberg, George Neary, Carlos Betancourt, Barbara Young, Herb Sosa, Richard Jay-Alexander, Steve Rothaus and David Sexton.

Look at You, Key West:

Photos by Maggie Evans Silverstein

The museum debut of Look at You, Key West; A series of colorful images that celebrate a kind, quirky, and respectful view of Key West through the lens of Maggie Evans Silverstein, a former editor of the Miami Herald’s Sunday Magazine.

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Spring 2019 Exhibitions THE ART OF NOISE: Groggers throughout the Diaspora South Florida’s leading philanthropists and cultural influencers attended an exclusive VIP luncheon honoring Colleen and Richard Fain, whose spectacular collection of one-of-a kind, handcrafted historic groggers was showcased beautifully in the new exhibition The Art of Noise: Groggers throughout the Diaspora. The 52 groggers on view were collected by the couple over 20 years from around the world and were shown publicly for the very first time. The noisemakers are each a work of art, reflecting different time periods, regions and cultures. Guests included: FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg, Ira Giller, Kenneth Bloom, Daniel Weiss, Pauline Winick, Sandra Seligman, Gary Wasserman, Dick & Susan Lampen, Richard Brilliant, Russell & Ronalee Galbut, Neil Dern, Morris & Rhoda Levitt, Reed Kroloff and Professor Tudor Parfitt.

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Event

23rd Annual

Executive Director Susan Gladstone, welcomed a standing-room-only crowd eager to honor the recipients of the 23rd Annual Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award. The award was established in 1995 to honor Jewish professional women in Florida who have become successful leaders in fields once dominated by men. This year’s honorees were: public relations maven Susan Brustman, renowned artist Michele Oka Doner, art collector Mera Rubell, and author/lawyer Elizabeth Schwartz. In addition to the four Glass Ceiling Awards, a special award named for the late Tamra Sheffman was presented to Isabel Bernfeld Anderson in recognition for her longterm commitment to the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU.

Sponsors: Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Psagot Wine, Truwomen, Mark & Eloah Fisher, Ariel & Jeremy Milgroom, Miami Dade County Commissioner Sally Heyman, The Simkins and Rubell Families, Serena Simkins, Gayle & Josh Yashar, The Mason Glazier Charitable Fund & HaZamir Miami, Miami Jewish Health System Foundation, Lola Jacobson, Miami ArtZine Magazine, Mary Lou Brotherson, Roslyn Berrin, Kenneth Bloom, Pauline Winick, Vice Mayor Joy V.W. Malakoff, Brustman Carino Public Relations, Meri-Jane Rochelson, Jacqueline Simkin

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Signature Event

Judges & Lawyers will suffice to say that as a lawyer and

The 17th Annual Judges & Lawyers

“Let me read you his words, which

then as a trial Judge Gerald Kogan had

describe Gerald Kogan’s heart more fully

compiled a record of achievements that

than I could ever hope: ‘If you asked me

are now legendary.”

the measure of a great civilization, I think I

Mr. Young’s remarks continue to list

Event in May honored retired Florida

many of Justice Kogan’ s achievements

Supreme Court Justice Gerald Kogan.

including creating the Florida Supreme

Justice Kogan has been the Chairman of

Court Commission on Professionalism

the Annual Judges & Lawyers event since

and his advanced use of web-based

its inception in 2002. This year, the event

technology. Under his watch, the court

took place in May during Jewish American

was the first in the world to net-cast live

Heritage Month, which acknowledges the

audio and video of court arguments on

achievements of American Jews in fields

the internet.

ranging from sports and entertainment to

Mr. Young goes on to say “Gerald

medicine, business, science, government.

Kogan has made a career of defending

would say that is tolerance. Human beings, both individuals and groups inevitably will differ in big ways and small. Cultures differ as do religions. In their totality, these variations in human life create rich quilt of many colors and patterns, none of which is necessarily wrong. History shows that whatever golden ages historians can claim occurred precisely to the degree that spirit of tolerance prevailed.’”

Young continues “it is doubly important

Justice Kogan was introduced by author

civil liberties and constitutional principles.

that we recommit to the spirit of tolerance

Seth Bramson, whose book: From Brooklyn

When he practiced law, he became a

at this time in American history when

to Biscayne Bay and on to Tallahassee:

lawyer’s lawyer. When he became a

considerable public power once again has

The Remarkable Story of Former Florida

member of the 5th article, he became a

coalesced around the voices of division

Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerald Kogan

judge’s judge.”

and discord. Our divisions as a people can

which tells the story of Justice Kogan’s journey from Brooklyn to Miami, prosecutor to private practice, and circuit court judge to Supreme Court justice.

Following the event, JMOF-FIU received an email from Burton Young, a longtime friend and colleague of Justice Kogan. Mr. Young asked that we share a tribute that he gave in 1998 to then

“We are here today in this chamber, which he himself aptly described as ‘Liberty’s Sanctuary’ Justice Kogan was, of course, referring to the role of courts and this court in particular in protecting individual liberty against the overreaching of the majority. In this way, our legal system is the final guarantor of the

hurt us only to the degree that the angel of tolerance is absent from our thoughts.”

Burton Young is a Board Certified Marital and Family Lawyer by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education. Please contact our office if you would like to read Mr. Young’s complete speech.

official tolerance that explains that is the

Sponsors: Geoffrey Aaronson, Isabel

hallmark of American democracy. It is

Bernfeld Anderson, Bloom & Minsker,

precisely this link between the concepts

P.L., Kenneth M. Bloom, Joel H. Brown,

of liberty and of tolerance that explains

Hon. A. Jay Cristol, Benjamin Daniel,

the lifework of this great Floridian. A

Amy Steele Donner, Samuel Dubbin,

few years ago when asked to give an

Hon. Joseph P. Farina, Lester Langer,

the Florida Supreme Court, we pause for

invocation, Judge Kogan spoke about the

Joel Minsker, Samuel D. Rabin, Jr.,

a tribute to the outgoing Chief Justice. It

spirit of tolerance, which he characterized

Lawrence M. Schantz , Gerald K.

is not necessary to chronicle all of Justice

as a “fragment of the divine” akin to

Schwartz, Harvey Sepler Neal Sonnett,

Kogan’ s personal history prior to taking

the “better angels of our nature” that

Jerome R. Tabas, Daniel Weiss, Burton

his seat on the court in January 1987, It

Abraham Lincoln once described.”

Young, Marcia Jo Zerivitz

outgoing Justice Gerald Kogan during a ceremonial session of the Florida Supreme Court. Here are some excerpts from Mr. Young’s speech.

“Today in this ceremonial session of

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Coming in 2020 Judith Leiber: Master Craftsman Judith Leiber, legendary American handbag designer, was also a Holocaust survivor, master craftsman and the first woman to be admitted into the Hungarian Hand Bag Guild. Judith started her own brand in 1963 and went on to receive many awards throughout her career, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers in 1994. Her bags are in private collections throughout the world, as well as in the Smithsonian, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum. This exhibition brings together an astonishing collection of handbags she designed, along with a visual look at her life through historical photographs.

Bernstein: The Power of Music is the first large-scale museum exhibition to illustrate Leonard Bernstein’s life, Jewish identity, and social activism. Audiences may be familiar with many of Bernstein’s works, notably West Side Story, but not necessarily with how he responded to the political and social crises of his day.

Visitors will find an individual who expressed the restlessness, anxiety, fear and hope of an American Jew living through World War II and the Holocaust, Vietnam, and turbulent social change—what Bernstein referred to as his “search for a solution to the 20th-century crisis of faith.”

The exhibition explores his Jewish identity and social activism in the context of his position as an American conductor and his works as a composer. It features interactive media and sound installations along approximately 100 historic artifacts, including Bernstein’s piano, marked-up scores, conducting suit, annotated copy of Romeo and Juliet used for the development of West Side Story, personal family Judaica, composing easel and a number of objects from his studio.

2020 will mark the 25th anniversary of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. In celebration, the museum will feature exhibitions throughout the year showcasing the many and often diverse Jewish communities across the state, in conjunction with treasures from the collection.

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Around Left: Ariel Penzer Milgroom and friend visit the Marcus exhibit

Above: Linda & Fred Friedman in front of the Bess Meyerson Gallery

From left to right: Mohamed Ghumrawi, Pedro Botta, Susan Gladstone, Ezra Tzfadya. JMOF-FIU Curator Jackie Goldstein and JMOF-FIU Board Member Neil Dern installing his photographs at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential House on the FIU MMC campus

Above: Jonathan Symons commemorates the 90th anniversary of the original Beth Jacob Synagogue, now named the Jonathan Symons Building.

Left: Elaine Bloom and family dedicate a plaque to honor the Bloom Family

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Special Exhibition Photos by Gloria O’Connell

During the month of September, Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU Board member, Neil Dern, presented his photo exhibition, Out of the Ashes, at a special Round Table at Reagan House, the home of FIU President Mark Rosenberg. Having already been invited by Dr. Rosenberg to give the commencement speech for the spring 2019 Commencement of the Business School, he was then invited to put his exhibition on display at Reagan House in honor of the anniversary of 9-11.

Neil is a survivor of the attack on the World Trade Center buildings and used the art of photography, specifically photographing the rebuilding of the buildings into a memorial, as a way to both heal himself, and to educate others about that day in our history. Neil’s description of his photography process and his personal experiences were very poignant and all guests at the event were very moved by his presentation.

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Support JMOF-FIU Membership (Those Current as of August 1, 2018. New members since last issue are in bold.) $1,250 Benefactors Fay P. Aronson Irene J. Baros Peter & Kerrin Bermont Kenneth M. & Barbara Bloom Jerry & Adrianne Cohen Toby & Penny Cohn Stephen & Arlyn Cypen Dr. Paul Drucker Murray & Helene Dubbin Ann Eisner Martin Elias Mark & Eloah Fisher Suzanne & Dr. Lawrence Fishman Neil & Kira Flanzraich Morris & Miriam Futernick Elinor C. Ganz Ira & Honey Giller Patricia Kenner Norman & Sylvia Levine Irwin & Ellen Levy Toba & Dr. Barry Meiselman Richard & Tamara Morgenstern Michael & Norma Orovitz Sheldon & Myrna Palley Lisa Paliey Sally J. Robbins Leonard C. Roberts Shirlee Schiller Sara A. Solomon Stanley & Joanne Tate *Robert Traurig & Jacqueline Traurig Neil Dern & Joyce Wachsman Merle & Daniel A. Weiss Linda Widrich Weitz *Bernard Wolfson & Jessie Wolfson Judith & Dr. Richard Wurtman Elliot & Marcia Jo K. Zerivitz $1,250 Corporate Benefactors The Dorothy K. Commanday Foundation Richard B. Bermont Amy N. Dean & Alan Kluger Elise Bear & William D. Pollak Family Charitable Foundation $600 Sponsors Jo-Ann S. Bass Harriet Hyman Lori Komisar Ira & Cynthia Leesfield Donald & Judith Lefton Jeffrey & Rebecca Mandler Joseph & Susan Pallot Raline R. Paper Marshall Pasternack & Shelly Rubin Aida Politano Lewis & Brenda Pollak Steven & Joyce Robinson Neil & Robin Rollnick Glenn & Joan Rozansky

Mollie Rudt Stephen Rose & Sharon Silver Gary & Julie Simon Jonathan J. Symons Harold & Flippy Tanenbaum Michael T. Thomas Sydney & Judith Traum Burton Young Ira Zweifler & Ann Landau Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau $275 Patrons Kevin & Judy Abrams Arthur & Susan Alvarez Gary & Rachel Appel Robert & Karen Asher-Cohen Mark Bender & Stuart Geller Samuel & Lynn Berkowitz Saul & Suzanne Berkowitz Marshall H. Berkson Samuel S. Blum Alvin Brown Stephen Burgay Evelyn Cohan Philip & Susan Cohen Yaffa Dermer Michael & Lori Dribin Hector & Myriam Duer Edward & Diane Eisenberg Joseph P. Farina Barry Marilyn Fellman Robert & Sylvia Feltman John & Iris Fisher Barry & Bobbi Garber Barton S. Goldberg Lorraine Greenberg Charles & Ruth Greenfield Rita Grinberg Elliot & Anita Grossman Harriet L. Harris Elliott Harris Robert & Jill Hertzberg Barbara M. Kanzer Neisen & Ana Kasdin Joan Kastner Daniel & Elaine Katz Jeffrey & Melanie Katzell Gerald & Irene Kogan Steve Kreinik Jeffrey & Lorraine Kurland Miles & Roberta Kuttler Lester Langer Bill Liebman & Suzanne Lasky-Gerard Murray & Linda Laulicht Ellen Levy Alan & Marsha Levy David & Nancy Linsky Hannah D. Lipton Judy Loft Fred & Joy Malakoff Susan S. Miller Jonathan & Andrea Nelson Robert S. Peckar Aaron & Dorothy Podhurst Fred & Eva Rawicz Nan & David Rich

Irma S. Rochlin Jeffrey & Sandra Rosenberg Doris C. Rosenblatt Harold & Linda Rosenson Lois M. Rukeyser David & Sydney Schaecter James Schwade & Beth Harper Norman & Roberta Schwartz Rudy & Ruthie Schwartz John & Zelda Schwebel Ronald & Mardena Shader Dr. Arthur & Rivka Shapiro Jacqueline Simkin Sandra Simon Avraham & Melinda F. Tansman Michael & Deborah Troner Denis & Linda Trupkin Harvey M. Weidenfeld Catherine Weiser Tob Robert & Florence Werner Pauline Winick $150 Donors Kip & Barbara Amazon Isabel B. Anderson Michael & Lynn Aptman Bonnie D. Askowitz Alan & Jane Axelrod Evelyn K. Axler Jo Anne C. Bander Lori Barrist Howard & Judee Barron Isaac & Joyce Ben-Ezra Julia H. Beren-Sosnick Joan A. Berk Craig Berko Steven & Judith S. BersonLevinson Micky & Doris Biss Leonard & Jill Bloom Allison Bloom & Gabriel Rutman Stuart & Marlene Blumberg Joan L. Bornstein & Ben Giller Leonard & Louise Boyarsky Seymour & Elaine Brief Richard & Nicole Brilliant Mary Lou Brotherson Mark & Margie Buchbinder Tema Burk Harvey J. Burstein Ann B. Bussel Phyllis V. Butters Sol & Mitzi Center Larry & Helen Ciment Carolyn Cohen & Alan Dershowitz Jerome & Rita Cohen Louis & Barbara Cohen Larry & Nancy Cohen Julius & Susan Cohen Paul & Jolie Cummings Stanford & Marian Davis Michael & Marjory Drewes Melvyn & Terrene Drucker Reid & Debra Dulberger

Alberto & Kim Eiber Lisa H. Enfield Robin & Carol Faber Neal & Eileen Farr Gail P. Fels Derick Ferrao Lorraine K. Feuer Paul & Gloria Fine Leon M. Firtel Carol L. Flatto Edward & Sandra Folb Michael & Roselyne Freeman Gill S. Freeman Jeffrey & Hollis Freimark Sandra Friedland Margot B. Friedman Frederic & Linda Friedman Neil & Judith Furman Shirley Gabriel Amy Galper Steven & Gayle Gayer *Frances Gaynor Lenore J. Gaynor Martin & Leslie Genauer Donna F. Genet Ronald Gerstl Harvey & Reva Gertel Judith M. Gilbert-Gould Stephen & Shyla Giller Reich Leonard & Dianne Glick Martin & Emily Glickstein Ellen Glimcher Phyllis Glukstad Gerald S. Goldstein Reggie F. Goldstein Michael & Irma Goldstein Blanca Goldszmidt Susan Golinsky Glenn Gopman & Adriana Faerman Francine S. Gordon Mark & Sandi-Jo Gordon Murray & Diana Gordon Stuart & Dianne Gottlieb Molle Grad Charles & Dale Gratz Arthur & Carole Green Dan & Nancy Greenberg Albert & Judith Greenspoon Bruce & Evelyn Greer John Gregory Leslie & Frances Gross Saul & Jane Gross Raymond O. Gross Louis L. Grossman Rochelle Haber Dolores A. Harris Gerald & Leslie Harris Wilda Harvit Robin Hechler Irving Heller & Rhoda Stern Linda Heller Kamm Richard L. Hersch Eliot & Lois Hess Inez Hollander Frances M. Horowitz Baruch & Robin Jacobs Shirley L. Jacobs

Shirley F. Kahn Calvin & Sondra Kapp Norman & Minda Katz Marc & Henrietta Katzen Barbara Kaufman Ralph & Brenda Kingsley Susan Kleinberg Ratner Robert & Diane Koch Byron L. Kolitz & Starr Silver Alice Kossoff Robert & Judith Kramer Tracy A. Kramer Rheta Lastinger Glenn Leopold Jack & Susana Levine Richard Levine Jack Lewis Martin & Barbara Liebling Natalie Liebman Richard & Barbara Litt Baris & Elaine Litvak Bernard L. Loring Michael & Diane Wead Martin L. Madorsky & Judith Richard David L. Magidson & Marilyn Mittentag Marilyn Marcus Linda J. Marks Daniel B. Markson Rick & Alison Mars Paul & Jane Mass Bruce & Ina Melceras Martin & Lynn Mendelssohn Stewart & Corinne Merkin David & Faith Mesnekoff Franklin Milgrim Howard Miller & Mario Soncarranco Robert & Roberta Miller Alice Miller & Fran Levey Howard & Lisa Millhauser Joel N. Minsker Douglas & Sima Miska John & Deborah Monroe Jorge & Malka Mordujovich Florence Moss Denis & Adele Nazareth Rachelle F. Nelson Stuart G. Newman & Sandra Sharp Murray & Harriet Oback Ahavat Olam Marta K. Olchyk Nancy Orovitz Paul Pataky & Edith Osman Donald & Kathryn Porges Barry & Sadie Preter William Racolin & Alison Williams Karen H. Raley Sonya RapĂŠe Alan & Sue Rapperport Maurice Reder & Jack Nieman Terry & Marcia Reisman Elaine E. Reiss James & Sarita Resnick Paul & Elaine Richman

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Support

David & Frances Richman Marc & Karen Rivo Larry & Gladys Rockind Mark & Judith Roller Marlene Rose Eugene B. Rosenbaum Harold & Joyce Rosenbaum Stuart & Roberta Rosenberg Robert & Rosalind Rosenblum David A. Rothstein Marshall & Sally Ruff Denis A. Russ Mario Sapoznik Jeffrey & Karen Saster Eric S. Schneider & Gail Goldman

Fred D. Sciammas Sheldon & Carmen Seltzer Edward & Shelley Senker Linda A. Serbin Michael & Myrna Shanker Barry & Merrile Sharpe Allen & Shelley Shaw Irene W. Shiekman David & Holly Siegel Ellen D. Silvers Bernard Silverstein & Maggie Silverstone Lenore Toby Simmons Carol Singer Howard & Sharon Socol Neal R. Sonnett

Robert & Shirley Spiegelman Henry & Suzanne Stolar Elizabeth S. Suchman Patricia Taxman Craven Brian & Wendy Traurig Perlin Charles & Lisa Treister Claire Warren & Jerry Mandel Gerald & Michelle Warshofsky Richard C. Weber Theodore & Nora Weinreich Marvin & Judith Weinstein Solomon & Shirley Weiss Olga Weiss & George Honig Judith Weissel Myra Wexler Henry L. Wiggins & Jose

Garcia Sharyn R. Wittner Jacobson Bruce H. Wolf Jack & Rosalind Zacks Linda & Max Zalkin Stacy Zide Jane E. Zucker and Bernie Shomstein Matthew & Arline Zucker Linda Jane Kohn Trust

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

FROM THE DESK OF AMY SOMEK It has been a year since I began as

show their support of JMOF-FIU. First,

(ages 21-39) who are interested in art

the Development Director of JMOF-

we welcome those museum members

and Jewish culture. This group will

FIU. I have enjoyed meeting and

who have given $1250 or more to the

serve our museum and community

working with our diverse community

new Stained-Glass Window Society.

through their cultural expertise,

committed to sustaining and

The society’s name is an homage to

volunteerism, and philanthropy.

enhancing our beautiful museum.

the eighty magnificent stained-glass

Through the generosity of the many

windows that adorn the museum

or asomek@fiu.edu for additional

supporters, we continue to grow and

gallery. The museum is hosting a

information about these two new

showcase our expansive collection,

special gratitude reception in mid-

museum programs. I am very proud to

offer world-class exhibitions, and

October to thank this “shining” group

be a part of this amazing organization

present dynamic educational programs

of donors.

and thank the JMOF-FIU staff for

for all ages.

This coming year we are offering two new opportunities for contributors to

The other new group we are forming is the Young Enthusiasts Circle, a

Please contact me at 786-972-3173

their warm welcome, support and dedication to help reach our goals.

dynamic group of young professional

Consider JMOF-FIU in your estate plans…

FIU’s Jewish Museum of Florida is honored to be included in Carole Gerstein’s estate plans to receive her Andy Warhol

those of all ethnic groups in our multicultural society long into the future.

Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century silkscreen collection. Mrs. Gerstein’s planned gift will be shared with

If you’d like to learn how you can include a gift to

students and museum visitors and its story and lessons will

JMOF-FIU in your estate plans, please contact

inspire them to explore their own cultural heritage as well as

Amy Somek at 305-788-8173 or visit fiu.giftplans.org.

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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.ifiu.edu and select Join & Support.

JMOF-FIU gratefully acknowledges these individuals who have recently made contributions to the museum through August 20, 2019. To make a donation, log onto jmof.fiu.edu and select Join & Support.

In Honor of

Fritzie Alter’s Birthday Cynthia Bass Jan & Albert Cohen Rene Groman Elaine Katz Susan Kobetz Kerry & Harvey Muskat Ellen & Joel Rosenblatt Marilyn Sloto Susan Spatzer

Sophia Englander’s 95th Birthday Howard & Marilyn Tendrich

Carolyn Bangels 90th Birthday Jacqueline Traurig Sylvia Tendler Brian Perlin &Wendy Traurig Perlin

Jeffrey Gilbert’s Birthday Nancy Luria Cohen

Colleen & Richard Fain’s Grogger Collection Richard Brilliant Howard & Sharon Socol Mark Fisher Ken Bloom

Ira Giller’s Birthday Stephan & Sidney Cohen

Dr. Alan Mason Shelly Rubin & Marshall Pasternack Boris Rosen Pauline Winick Lori Gold & Alan Hall Joan De Pontet Sandra Breiterman Martha LaBare Lisa & David Michel Gerald Kogan Jane & Lewis Fishman Melanie Dernis-Rosen Marcia Jo Zerivitz

Julius Miller’s Birthday Nancy & Larry Cohen Rita & Jerome Cohen Helen Mitchell’s 100th Birthday Jacqueline Traurig Sylvia Tendler Brian Perlin &Wendy Traurig Perlin Edith Reich’s Birthday Roberta Gordon Elizabeth Schwartz Dr. Alan Mason Stephanie Schwartz Jacqueline Traurig Gloria Scharlin

Susan Gladstone’s Birthday Karen Franco Rabbi Moshe Heyn Lawrence & Suzanne Fishman Florencia Jimenez-Marcos

Gale & Elliot Manning’s 60th Anniversary Fritzie Alter

Sherlee Aronson Jeffrey & Marsha Gilbert

David Dobin Amy Somek

Elaine Katz’ Mother Kerry & Harvey Muskat

Frances Smith Janet Liedecker

Robert Berney Susan Gladstone

Eileen Furton Susan Gladstone

Shirley Kravitz Jeffrey & Howard Gilbert

Linda Brilliant Richard Ames Rocco Angelo Jen & Mitch Burstein Charles Fuchs Steven Heydt Ian Koolik Raul & Elisa Moncarz Ellen & Richard Morse Adalio Sanchez Mitchell Schwartz Victoria Surgenor Harvey Tabin Amy Wechsel Josh Weinstein

Frances Gaynor Kenneth Bloom Jeffrey & Marsha Gilbert Martha & Jeffrey Levey

Mark E. Levy Susan Gladstone

Richard Stone Robert Goldberg Tobie Marsh Marcia Jo Zerivitz Joseph Pallot Amy Mauser Susan Gladstone Marjorie & Jean Perry Ellice Stern Laura Goldberg Richard Brilliant David Greene Jane Johnston Benson & Betty Ann Skelton Jorge & Maggie Villacampa Judy Gilbert-Gould Kenneth Bloom Ellen Silvers Arlene & Richard Sockel

Nancy D. Cohen Karen Raley Hope Hagler

In Memory of

Seymour Gelber Jeffrey & Marsha Gilbert

Ellen Mandler Jeffrey Mandler

Gil Glassberg Susan Gladstone

Annette Midge Pasternack Rosemary Blumberg Isabel Bernfeld Anderson Amy Somek

Paul Grossman Susan Gladstone

Barbara Perlin Susan Gladstone

Beverly Kaiman Janet & Charles Kahn Marcia Jo Zerivitz

Maddi Traurig Sackel Marcia Jo Zerivitz Marsha & Jeffrey Gilbert

Evelyn Brown Alvin Lloyd Brown

Lewis Kanner Marcia Jo Zerivitz

Hilda Sachs Charles & Susi Stratton

Charlie Cinnamon Karen Raley

Marcia Simon Kaplan Kenneth Bloom Gary & Julie Simon

Danny Salzverg Gisela Gomar-Salzverg

Marcia Jo Zerivitz Murray Dubbin

Adolfo Smukler Nancy & Larry Cohen Robert Traurig Jeffrey & Howard Gilbert

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JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA-FIU

By the Numbers 2018-2019

JMOF-FIU is truly an internationally known cultural destination. During a recent two-week period, the museum welcomed visitors from 19 countries; Colombia,Czech Republic,Poland,Germany, Mexico, Australia, Austria, Canada, Peru, Ecuador, Belgium, Scotland, Israel, Puerto Rico, China, France, Venezuela, Russia and Portugal. Museum staff have created welcome packets in seven different languages including Russian, Hebrew, Portuguese and Italian.

761

opportunities for public participation offered

5,993

students under age of 18 participated in cultural events through school

32,228

adults over age of 65 benefited from activities and cultural programming

2,117

youth under age of 18 participated in cultural events not through school

INVOLVEMENT

136

professional artists provided artistic services

23

active volunteers & docents

1,200

active memberships

256

contributors

28,657 adults (18-64) participated in cultural events

65

different programs or events produced or presented

The mission of FIU’s ambitious Next Horizon $750,000,000 fundraising campaign is to elevate the university to greater levels of excellence in teaching, research, entrepreneurship and public policy.

The graduates of FIU are making a real difference in today’s world, and helping shape tomorrow’s because of their academic experiences on this campus. From the day we opened our doors as Miami’s only public university, FIU students, faculty and alumni have been a mainstay of forward-thinking solutions and an engine of progress for Miami and beyond.

Among the campaign’s objectives is to increase student scholarships and lessen the financial burden of higher education, giving every student the opportunity to transform their lives and future.

Let’s reach the Next Horizon together to enhance educational experiences, optimize 21st-century teaching, accelerate research, and escalate discovery to enterprise so we can advance vibrant and healthy communities everywhere.

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Spotlight on Docents & Volunteers Would you like to Volunteer?

No prior experience is needed – we provide the training. Volunteer Opportunities include: Docent (Museum Tour Guide), Administrative Assistance and Recording Oral Histories. Call today to become part of this experience.

786-972-3164.

Chair of Volunteers: Isabel Bernfeld Anderson

Jorge Bargman Following his retirement as a textile engineer, Jorge Bargman began volunteering as a docent at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. Since then Jorge has volunteered more than 2,400 hours.

It all began in 2001, when Jorge started looking for some sort of volunteer work where he could return to society what society had given to him. He found several things, which all seemed very fulfilling, and then the museum showed up in the Internet. He came in, trained to give tours and was then “thrown to the lions.” “What a wonderful Circus it became” said Jorge.

Jorge was born in Montevideo, studied in the United States, and has lived in Miami Beach for the past 21 years. He is married for 58 years to his wonderful wife, Barbara and they have one daughter. The Bargmans have lived in many places including Uruguay, Venezuela. Puerto Rico, Boston, South Carolina and now in Miami Beach.

“Volunteering at JMOF-FIU has been and continues to give me enormous satisfaction.” “To hear a Jewish visitor say “I didn’t know that!”, to watch the wonder in the faces of non-Jewish foreign visitors at the true stories we tell, to talk to U.S. Customs officers about our Jewish community, to receive a letter from a ten year old child thanking me for taking him around, that is the meaning of the word mitzvah.”

“Add to that the opportunity to learn from our visitors, laymen, rabbis, priests, Jews, Gentiles, Muslims; they all add something which I then can tell future visitors” says Jorge of his museum experiences.

Jorge is looking forward to returning soon and thanks the Museum for giving him the opportunity to serve, and have a lot of fun at the same time. The museum is

Current Administrative & Event Support Isabel Bernfeld Anderson – 21 years Wendy Belkin – 7 years Claire Warren – 5 years Allen Shaw – 4 years Docents Jorge Bargman – 17 years Judith Greenspoon – 16 years Janet Wolk – 16 years Elaine Litvak – 13 years 5-10 years Howard Brayer Linda Dillon Al Greenspoon Andrea Julie Kovacs Myrna Shanker Judith Wurtman 1-5 Years Caroline Blumberg Leslie Baum* Reggie Feldman-Goldstein Carol Flatto* Mark Gordon Melissa Kishel Barbara Konigsberg Allen Shaw Jonathan Symons Harry Zupnick Teen Docents Shelly Gottlieb (*indicate new docent)

grateful to Jorge and all of our docents for volunteering nearly 2,000 hours this year.

Thanks to our Dedicated Docents & Volunteers.

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SAVE the DATE Sunday, December 15, 2019 2:00 p.m.

Klezmer Music Concert Enjoy a festive afternoon of holiday music and celebration with Heavy Shtetl, one of our favorite Klezmer bands! Dessert reception to follow.

Klezmer Concert sponsored by Sylvia and Norman Levine. $18.00 JMOF-FIU members, $25.00 non-members RSVP: jmofinfo@fiu.edu or 786-972-3175

Sunday, January 5, 2020 2:00 p.m.

Museum Admission Adults $12.00 Seniors/Students $8.00 Family $20.00 Free Admission on Saturday Members Always Free Museum Hours Tuesday – Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Except Holidays

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

Kick Off to Florida Jewish History Month Marcia Jo Zerivitz: Author Book Talk & Signing Jews of Florida: Centuries of Stories Marcia Jo Zerivitz presents her new book. The first comprehensive history of the Jews of Florida from colonial times to the present, a sweeping tapestry of voices spanning centuries.

Susan Gladstone Executive Director sgladsto@fiu.edu 786-972-3162

Howard Horowitz Finance Manager hhorowit@fiu.edu 786-972-3171

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

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

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Amy Somek Portnoy Development Director asomek@fiu.edu 786-972-3173

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

Latino to Ladino Music Concert featuring Susana Behar $18.00 JMOF-FIU members, $25.00 non-members RSVP: jmofinfo@fiu.edu or 786-972-3175

Sunday, March 29, 2020 Breaking the Glass Ceiling Luncheon & Awards Presentation

Jacqueline Goldstein Curator jacgolds@fiu.edu 786-972-3166

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

Susie Simon Staff Assistant salalu@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 2019 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

305-672-5044 | jmof.fiu.edu

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. 19598_10/19

Visit the Orovitz Museum Store for unique,

one-of-a-kind gifts for everyone!

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

AND MORE!

Museum members SAVE 10% on store purchases.

Sunday, Tuesday – Friday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. | For store information, call: 786-972-3176

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