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JEWISH NEWS JEWISHJACKSONVILLE.ORG | VOL. 32 NO. 3 | DECEMBER 2018
Martin J. Gottlieb Day School takes schoolwide trip to MOCA By Jewish Federation of Jacksonville
Art and Education came together on Wednesday, Nov. 14, as students from the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School spent the day at MOCA, Jacksonville’s Museum of Contemporary Art. The Zimmerman Family proudly sponsored the school-wide field trip and worked in collaboration with Nan Kavanaugh, Director of Marketing and Communications for MOCA. Elli Zimmerman, MOCA Board Member believed the children would benefit from the opportunity to experience the exhibit, FRANK STELLA UNBOUND: LITERATURE AND PRINTMAKING which was organized by the Princeton University Art Museum. Between 1984 and 1999, the American artist Frank Stella executed four ambitious print series, each of which was named after a literary work that had a distinctive narrative structure: the Passover song Had Gadya, a compilation of Italian Folktales, the epic novel Moby Dick, and the illustrated encyclopedia Dictionary of Imaginary Places. Through these four bodies of work, Stella evolved printmaking projects of unprecedented scale and complexity that both transformed the artist’s visual language-as well as his working process in all media-and represent a technical and expressive milestone in printmaking. Nearly 100 Martin J. Gottlieb students and faculty perused the gallery as the Jackson-
Myron Flagler
Myron Flagler: 20 years at the JCA
See MOCA, p. 21
By Jewish Community Alliance
Myron Flagler retires from the Jewish Community Alliance at the end of this month after more than 20 years of service to the Jacksonville Jewish community as the JCA’s Executive Director. Flagler joined the JCA in 1998 and led the agency through milestones that brought the JCA to the vanguard of JCCs across the nation. “When Howard Korman and I offered Myron the position of executive director, he gave a quick ‘yes!’” recalled David Stein, JCA honorary chairman of the board, life board member and past president. From the start of his appointment, Flagler reimagined JCA programs and offerings and continued to build on the successes that had been established before he joined the agency. Some notable early milestones include burning the mortgage in 1999 and naming the JCA campus in memory of Ed Parker in the same year through a generous contribution from
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Federation Annual Champagne Brunch to feature Sharon Tal By Jewish Federation of Jacksonville
Each year, the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville brings the women of the Jacksonville Jewish community together for its Women’s Division Champagne Brunch event. Federation will welcome Sharon Tal, successful Israeli entrepreneur and head designer of the fashion house, Maskit, on Sun., Jan. 6, 2019, from 10 a.m.-noon at Epping Forest Yacht Club. An honors graduate from Shenkar College, Israel’s leading design school, Sharon started her career at Lavin in Paris, interning under former chief designer, Alber Elbaz. She then went on to work at Alexander McQueen in London as the head designer responsible for embroideries. Working under Lee McQueen, Sharon created the embroideries for the celebrated spring/ summer 2010 Plato’s Atlantis collection, among others. Since returning to Israel, Sharon has successfully revived Maskit, Israel’s
first fashion house, founded in 1954 by Ruth Dayan. Maskit was born out of an ideology to help immigrants arriving to Israel find work using their unique craftsmanship. Sharon, with Ruth’s blessing, has infused Maskit’s rich heritage with modern fashion and exclusive designs. Couvert: $36 per person, includes breakfast and program. A minimum pledge of $70 to the 2019 Annual Campaign is required to attend, payable through December 31, 2019. Registration for Champagne Brunch is open until December 28. To RSVP, call 904-448-5000 ext. 1201 or go to goo.gl/hUrdZA.
Q&A with Sharon
Before Tal makes her way to the Sunshine State, we caught up with her to ask a few questions.
See TAL, p. 26
Sharon Tal