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JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA
NEWSLETTER FOR MEMBERS OF THE
Volume XXV • Number 3
www.jewishmuseum.com
MIAMI MOSAIC EXHIBIT
OPENS FEBRUARY 11, 2013
December 2012
FLORIDA JEWISH HISTORY
MONTH TO KICK OFF
JANUARY 6...
Self-described chronicler and storyteller Inez Hollander’s
portrait series Miami Mosaic documents the Miami of today:
a community teeming in diversity. Through Hollander’s use ... WITH CONVERSATION ABOUT
of bold and vibrant primary colors and strong, unrelenting CONVERSOS IN FLORIDA IN 16TH CENTURY
brush strokes, she captures the emotions of her subjects,
enabling the viewer to see not only the many faces of Miami
The tenth annual celebration for Florida
as a whole, but also the individuals themselves. Her work is
Jewish History Month (FJHM) will
influenced in color, style and composition by artists such as
take place at the Museum on
Andy Warhol, Vincent Van Gogh, David Hockney and
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Elizabeth Peyton. Hollander states that she “teaches through
at 2:00 p.m. To complement
the eyes of Matisse.”
the statewide observance that
marks the 500 year
Upon joining the Miami Art League in 2003, Hollander began
anniversary of the arrival of
sketching and painting the models in her class. Her subjects
Juan Ponce de León in
included a lawyer, real estate agent, floral assistant,
Florida, the FJHM theme is
construction worker, hairdresser, mother of three trying to
“Could Jews as Conversos/Crypto
become a singer, Tango dance teacher working with blind
Jews/New Christians have lived in
students and a retired civil service worker known as the “King
St. Augustine in the 16th century?”
of the Nude Beach.”
Hollander realized that this Marcia Jo Zerivitz, the Museum’s Founding Executive
diverse group coincidentally Director, will lead the conversation that will include Dr. Abe
represented a cross-section Lavender on the history of Conversos in the U.S. and
of Miami and thus began members of the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society,
the inspiration for her Rabbi Merrill Shapiro and Prof. John Diviney, Coordinator
Miami Mosaic series. The of the Departments of Spanish and Latin American Studies at
series includes watercolors, Flagler College. Dr. Lavender is editor of the Journal of
oil pastels, water-soluble Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Crypto Jews and Professor
crayons and acrylics.
of Sociology and Sephardic Studies at Florida International
University (FIU).
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Hollander is a graduate of
Miami Beach High School,
where she had her first art
education internship. She
From the President, Board & Advisory Council ......................2
earned her BA from
Purim Celebration 2013............................................................3
Caron, Backview, Acrylic on Canvas, the University of Miami,
Miami Mosaic & Florida Jewish History Month (from pg 1) ..4
30” x 24,” 2009.
JMOF
- FIU Celebration & FIU Class .....................................5
where she studied with
JMOF
- FIU Event Photos.................................................6 & 7
Gene Massin and Clayton Charles (who was the head of the
Major Gifts Wall, Supporting Gifts, Naming Opps...........8 & 9
liberal arts program at the time). Upon seeing her work, both
Education News, Judges & Lawyers, Glass Ceiling .....10 & 11
Massin and Charles were instrumental in getting Hollander a
Program Guide .............................................................A,B,C,D
Museum Events Photos .................................................12 & 13
scholarship, enabling her to study full-time. In 1983, after not
Membership...................................................................14 & 15
painting for about 13 years, Inez took a workshop with
Collections & Exhibitions ......................................................16
renown artist Roberto Juarez in Miami. Previously she had
Florida Jewish History Month (from page 4) .........................17
painted with watercolor and oils, and with this workshop, she
Heritage Society, Volunteers, Memorials & Tributes .............18
began using acrylics and mixed metaphor.
Exhibition Schedule................................................................18
Inside TILES...
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Orovitz Museum Store, Bessie’s Bistro, Staff Directory........19
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
Elliot N. Stone
I am so pleased to have the opportunity to thank the board
and all the members for the honor of serving as President.
The Museum provides an environment of learning and
culture through its exhibits and programs to all of the
community. The buildings, while old and historic, could
not be more vibrant and alive.
We are a unique asset which continues to grow in value
as more families share their histories and themselves with
us. We have so many of these friends from all over our
state and from all over the world. I hope on your next visit
to the Museum you have the opportunity to meet and talk
with some of the other visitors. Our Openings are a perfect time to come with friends
and enjoy an intellectually stimulating and entertaining social event that is not to be
found anywhere else in our broad and diverse community.
Last month we celebrated the new partnership with FIU at the opening of the Project
Mah Jongg exhibit, which is a fantastic exhibit and will be here for several more
months. The event was standing room only. We now have scholars of great renown
enhancing our knowledge base and providing more to our programming and to our
membership then we ever thought possible. We all gain so much from this addition.
Miami is a place famous for its transience, as is Florida. Our role at the Museum, of
telling the very human history of this State, seen through the eyes of one of its many
immigrant groups, gives everyone much deserved roots in this place and in this time.
I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season and you all come with your
visiting family and friends to the Museum.
SO WHAT IS THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA?
The JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA opened in 1995 in a former historic synagogue that
housed the first congregation on Miami Beach. Built in 1936, the Henry Hohauser designed
building that underwent a two-year restoration, boasts Art Deco features, a copper dome
and 80 stained glass windows. In 2007, the Museum expanded into the original 1929
synagogue next door after a one-year restoration. Both buildings are on the National Register
of Historic Places. In 2008, the two buildings were connected with a skylighted bistro.
The Museum is much more than beautiful buildings. It is a place that presents its own and
traveling exhibits; sponsors cultural and educational programs; houses a Collections &
Research Center reflecting 250 years of Florida Jewish history; and communicates Jewish
history, art, culture and values to Jews and non-Jews alike in an informal mode. The
Museum is also a place where Jews of all ages and stripes discover and reaffirm their rich
heritage – thus helping to strengthen Jewish identity and ensure Jewish continuity.
This all started with the traveling exhibit MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida (1990-1994),
depicting Florida Jewish history from 1763 to the present, when Jews were first allowed
to live in the Sunshine State. Thousands of photographs, artifacts and oral histories were
gathered from families throughtout Florida and this collection continues now in the
Museum, created as a result of the interest and support of the original MOSAIC project.
Where the traveling exhibit was the launch, the JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA further
delves into the state’s rich Jewish history of yesterday and today – for the future.
Historic Partnership with Florida International University (FIU)
In September 2012, following the approval of the Museum’s Board of Directors, Florida
International University’s Board of Trustees and the Florida Board of Governors, the
Museum began the process to become part of the FIU family. This historic partnership
leverages the resources of the Museum and FIU, igniting a new era of interdisciplinary
education and research focused on the history of the Jewish experience in Florida, the ways
in which Florida Jews influence and are influenced by the cultural dynamics of Florida,
the nation and the world, and issues of discrimination against all peoples in Florida
throughout history. Through this partnership, we will expand the education of FIU students,
faculty and the greater Florida community about the challenges of the immigrant
experiences shared by all ethnicities in the State.
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Whether your family has lived in Florida for eight generations, as some have, or just arrived
– YOUR story is an important tile the MOSAIC. Join us!
OFFICERS
President of the Board
Elliot N. Stone, Miami
Vice-presidents
Isabel Bernfeld Anderson, Miami Beach
Kenneth M. Bloom, Pinecrest
Paul Drucker, Boca Raton
Murray H. Dubbin, Miami
Leslie Jay Gross, Miami
Alan J. Levy, Fort Lauderdale
Louis Schneider, Miami
Treasurer
David Adler, Miami Beach
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ellie Aibel, Coral Gables
Elaine Bloom, Miami Beach
Helene S. Dubbin, Miami
Mel Frumkes, Miami
Frances Gaynor, Pinecrest
Judy Gilbert-Gould, Miami
Ira D. Giller, Miami Beach
Norman Levine, N. Miami Beach
Gwen Margolis, Coconut Groves
Michael D. Orovitz, Bay Harbor Islands
MariLyn Potash, North Miami Beach
Gerald K. Schwartz, Miami Beach
Leonard A. Wien, Miami Beach
Linda B. Zilber, Bay Harbor Island
W. James Orovitz, (deceased)
MOSAIC Founding President
Maynard Abrams, (deceased)
Helene Herskowitz, Delray Beach
Sandra Angel Malamud, Sarasota
Norman M. Giller, (deceased)
Museum Founding President
Norman Levine, N. Miami Beach
Helene S. Dubbin, Miami
Ira D. Giller, Miami Beach
Leonard A. Wien, Miami Beach
Linda B. Zilber, Bay Harbor Islands
PAST PRESIDENTS
Harold Aibel, Coral Gables
Sheldon Anderson, Miami
Jerry Blank, Sun Valley, Idaho
Elinor R. Catsman, Coconut Grove
Betty Cooper, Miami Beach
Michael Dribin, Miami Beach
Samuel J. Dubbin, Miami
Harvey J. Feld, Tampa
George Feldenkreis, Miami
Mikki & Morris Futernick, Coconut Grove
Jeffrey Gilbert, Miami Beach
Jane & Jerrold Goodman, Miami Beach
Sonya Rabin Greenfield, Miami
Nicki Englander Grossman, Hollywood
Daniel F. Herz, Plantation
Lewis M. Kanner, Coral Gables
Betsy Kaplan, Miami
Judge Gerald Kogan, Miami
Gabriela Landau, Asheville, North Carolina
Jack H. Levine, Miami
Morris D. Levitt, Coconut Grove
Norman Lipoff, Coconut Grove
Hannah Lipton, Aventura
Hazel M. Mack, Jacksonville
Julian Meitin, Orlando
Bess Myerson, Santa Monica, California
Avis Lee Neiman, Miami
Jonathan Nelson, North Miami
Norma Jean Ober, Coral Gables
Joseph W. Pallot, Miami
Saundra Dubbin Parker, Aventura
Leonard Robbins, Hollywood
Doris C. Rosenblatt, Tampa
Lloyd L. Ruskin, Miami Beach
Lina Zargar Samimy, Coral Gables
Gloria G. Scharlin, Coral Gables
Shirlee Segall Schiller, Miami Beach
Norman Schwartz, North Miami Beach
Teddi B. Segal, Hendersonville, NC
Tamra Sheffman, Miami Beach
Gary P. Simon, Miami
Marilyn K. Solomon, Coconut Grove
Jean Soman, Miami
Stanley G. Tate, Bay Harbor Islands
Jackie & Robert Traurig, Coconut Grove
Linda Widrich Weitz, Miami Beach
Pauline Winick, Miami Beach
Sharyn Wittner, St. Petersburg
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Jo Ann Arnowitz
FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Marcia Jo Zerivitz
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MUSEUM NEWS
Thursday, February 21, 2013
SAVE THE DATE AND JOIN THE FUN!
Mark your calendars! We are thrilled to announce:
A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM – A PURIM CELEBRATION
OF JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA-FIU.
This is our Museum’s Signature Event
“at home” and it will be held on Thursday
February 21, 2013.
Please join us for this festive soirée showcasing our beautiful
Museum and featuring delicious gourmet food, delightful music
and much fun. This intimate
evening (limited to only 200
guests) will provide a warm
and joyful atmosphere for our
friends and supporters to
celebrate the partnership
between the Museum and
FIU, while sharing in a
wonderful Jewish tradition.
We are planning a great
evening for you and your
guests and we know you will
want to be included!
We are grateful to acknowledge the following sponsors
committed to date: Paul Drucker & Ellie Ganz, Elliot N.
& Bonnie Sockel Stone, Jonathan Symons and UBS
Financial Services.
We look forward to celebrating this evening with you –
costume or not!
Your participation in this
event will help our Museum
continue to offer high
quality exhibitions, preserve unique historical collections and
present fascinating educational programs.
Sponsorships opportunities are available at the $25,000 Gold
Benefactor, $10,000 Silver Patron and $5,000 Underwriter
levels. Sponsorship benefits include a Table of 10 seats at the
event plus recognition on the Museum’s website and Facebook
page and in all printed and electronic event publicity produced
by the Museum.
The deadline to have your name or company logo featured on
the invitation is January 4, 2013. Payments may be spread out
between now and February 21, 2013. Individual seats are also
available at $300 each. Please call 786-972-3180 to make your
commitment today.
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B’nai Israel Purim Ball in Pensacola, mid 1950s. The King is
Joe Rosenbaum and the Queen is Francine Schiff. On far left is
Francine Levine. Purim was celebrated lavishly in Pensacola
in the 1940s-1960s, first in the San Carlos Hotel and then after
1954 in the Social Hall of B’nai Israel.
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MUSEUM NEWS
MIAMI MOSAIC... From page 1
As a long-time resident, Hollander felt that many of Miami’s
best qualities were being ignored by the media, who grossly
misrepresented the city as being filled with gangsters and
drug wars, as portrayed in the popular television show Miami
Vice. When one victim was found with a gold Rolex watch,
the media subsequently reported on whether or not any other
victims were found with Rolexes. In response, Hollander
painted “Time Flies Over Miami,” a composition with a
pelican and a Rolex. This piece, which launched her Miami
Mosaic series, was her artistic statement that Miami has more
to offer, such as its ecology and unique sub-tropical
environment. Miami Mosaic is a work-in-progress, with more
than 200 portraits created to date.
Inez has been teaching and exhibiting in the South Florida
community for more than 40 years. She has been involved with
The Bass Museum School, WLRN, South Florida Art Center
and Miami Watercolor Society and her work has been featured
in American Artist Watercolor magazine and Palette Magazine.
The exhibit will be on display through May 5, 2013, with the
festive Members Only Opening Event held on Monday,
February 11, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.
FJHM... From page 1
The Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sailed from Puerto
Rico to Florida, landing in April 1513. He named the area La
Florida after Pascua Florida, or the “Festival of Flowers,” in
honor of the Easter season.
The observance concludes in 2015, with the celebration of
the 450th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine,
Florida, the oldest permanent settlement in the United States,
established in 1565 by Spanish Admiral Pedro Menéndez de
Aviles. The first school, first church, hospital and town hall
in the United States were established in St. Augustine. The
city was also the first melting pot of different cultures.
Ferdinand and Isabella chose Catholicism to unite Spain and
in 1478 asked permission of the pope to begin the Spanish
Inquisition to purify the people of Spain. The Alhambra
Decree, which ordered the expulsion of Jews, was issued in
January 1492. Jews could not live anywhere in the world
under Spanish rule. They had three choices: convert to
Catholicism (becoming New Christians, Crypto Jews or
Conversos), leave the country, or be killed. Since the
discovery of Florida and the settlement of St. Augustine
were during the Inquisition (1478-1834), were fleeing Jews
part of these historic events? Someone needs to ask the
question so this is not just a Catholic observance.
The Opening Event will include the presentation of this year’s
Avis Lee & Abraham Neiman Judaica Contest Winners for
statewide artists’ original designs of Havdalah spice boxes. Just as these events predate the first permanent English
RSVP by Feb. 1 to 786-972-3175 or info@jewishmuseum.com. settlement of Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, if Jews sailed with
Ponce de Leon in 1513 (just as we know Jews sailed with
Columbus) or with Menendez de Aviles in 1565, these facts
predate 1654 when Jews arrived in New Amsterdam.
Currently, the earliest documentation of Jews living in Florida
is 1763. From 1513-1762, Spain owned Florida, so only
Catholics could live here for those 250 years. Following the
French-Indian War when the Treaty of Paris was signed in late
1762, Florida was ceded to Great Britain and people other than
Catholics, including Jews, could settle. In early 1763, three Jews
arrived in Pensacola, bought land and started businesses there.
More than 25 years ago when Marcia Jo Zerivitz began
researching and collecting material evidence on Florida
Jewish history, she met with Dr. Eugene Lyon, then the
director of The St. Augustine Foundation, who shared with
her 16th century records of soldiers and settlers in St.
Augustine that reflect Spanish Jewish names. Since that time,
Zerivitz has been seeking funding and scholars to research
her hypothesis that Jews may have lived in Florida 89 years
before the commonly accepted date of 1654 when Jews first
arrived in North America and 189 years before the first
records of Jewish life in Florida.
If documented, this would rewrite American Jewish history.
Alex as Bride, Acrylic on Canvas, 30” x 24,” 2008.
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The only known persons working on this project currently are
members the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society
(SAJHS), led by Rabbi Merrill Shapiro. With the impending
celebration of the 450th anniversary of the founding of St.
Augustine, they rose to represent the Jewish component.
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JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA - FIU
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
UNIvERSITY OFFERS FIRSTEvER JEWS OF ASIA AND
AFRICA CLASS AT JMOF
Taught by two leading experts in the field, the class
will be open to students and community members.
Two of the world’s leading authorities on Eastern Jewish
communities will explore the Jewish experience in Asia and
Africa in a new course offered at JMOF-FIU. “The Jews of
Asia and Africa” will be taught by FIU research professors
Nathan Katz and Tudor Parfitt.
Katz, who is Bhagwan Mahavir Professor of Jain Studies and
director of FIU’s Program in the Study of Spirituality, spent
many years living in South Asia. A recipient of four Fulbright
research and teaching awards, he has played an influential role
in interreligious dialogues between Jews and Hindus,
Buddhists and Jains.
A PERFECT MATCH
The celebration of the merger of the Jewish Museum of
Florida and Florida International University kicked off with
a “crack, dot and bam” on October 15, 2012, at the festive
opening of the PROJECT MAH JONGG exhibit. A standingroom only crowd was fascinated with the innovative exhibit
on the history and culture of the game of mah jongg, as they
enjoyed a delicious Chinese-style buffet and background
music by an FIU student trio. Some of the guests were even
inspired to become a live part of the exhibit, as they played a
game of mah jongg at table in the center of the exhibit.
The highlight of the evening was the program dedicating the
historic partnership.
JMOF President Elliot N. Stone likened the “marriage” of these
two great institutions to Tevye’s description of “A Perfect
Match” in “Fiddler on the Roof.” He remarked, “The synergy
L-R: FIU Course instructors Professor Tudor Parfitt with his wife between JMOF and FIU’s shared missions will allow us to
Olivia and Professor Nathan Katz.
combine our expertise and resources to usher in a new era of
The introductory class, on January 9, 2013 from 6:45-9:00 education, research and outreach that will have a lasting impact
p.m., will be free and open to the public. The 12-week course on the entire Florida community and beyond.”
is geared for both degree-seeking FIU students and
community members who are interested in taking it on an
auditing basis. To audit the class contact the Center for the
Advancement of Jewish Education at 305-576-4030, ext.
128, or carlaspector@caje-miami.org. Cost: $250 for
JMOF Members and $295 for Non-Members.
This course expands on our Museum’s mission of the Jewish
experience in Florida by exploring Jewish populations in Asia
and Africa, including the Lemba of Zimbabwe, the Beta Israel
of Ethiopia, and the Ibo of Nigeria. Asian communities
include the Jews of Kochi, Mumbai and northeastern tribal
peoples of India; Shanghai, China, a home in the 19th century
to Sephardic Jews seeking business opportunities and refuge L-R: FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg and
in the 1930s-40s to European Jews fleeing Nazi persecution; JMOF President Elliot N. Stone.
and a “Judaizing” movement in Papua New Guinea.
FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg noted, “This partnership
To offer different viewpoints, the class will feature guest has opened up new avenues for us to tell the story of the
speakers, including a visiting member of Zimbabwe’s Lemba Jewish community, a story that resonates with the diverse
Jewish community, and employ different methodologies, communities we have in South Florida, particularly the many
from genetic anthropology to participant/observation immigrant communities that make up the exciting
findings. This uniquely structured class, which is the first of international region that we call home. Thanks to this
its kind anywhere, will be the first FIU offering at JMOF.
groundbreaking partnership, we will explore innovative ways
Prior to joining FIU earlier this year, Parfitt was director of the to expand our understanding of the Jewish experience in
Jewish Studies Center at the School of Oriental and African Florida. And we will explore it through a variety of
Studies at the University of London. He has been dubbed disciplines, from history and international relations to
“Britain’s Indiana Jones” for his pursuit of the Ark of the literature and the arts.”
Covenant and his discoveries of remote Jewish communities. The inaugural JMOF-FIU course at the Museum will start in
continued next column January 2013.
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JMOF - FIU EvENT
October 15,
2012
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JMOF - FIU EvENT
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SPECIAL MUSEUM RECOGNITION ON
MAJOR GIFTS WALL
The JEWISH MUSEUM of FLORIDA opened in 1995, through the generosity of individuals, foundations,
corporations and the public sector. Names of Contributors of $5,000 and more are engraved on a stone
commensurate with the gift on the unique Major Gifts Wall in the Museum lobby. The names that follow are
(NOTE: ITALICS DENOTE NEW OR INCREASED COMMITMENT SINCE LAST ISSUE OF TILES)
as of November 20, 2012.
$2,000,000 and above PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
Miami-Dade County
Building Better Communities Bond Program & Cultural Affairs Council
City of Miami Beach
Mayor, Commissioners & Cultural Arts Council
$1,000,000 - $1,999,999 DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
State of Florida
Dr. Harold Posner - IMO Ilse Falk Posner
Bernice Samkoff
$500,000 - $999,999 MUSEUM CIRCLE
Jonathan Symons
• Deborah Regal Feterson Estate • Mrs. Arnold (Muriel) Rosen • Giller - Grossman Families
• Paul Drucker • Leonard Wien Family • Leonard & Sally Robbins
$100,000 - $499,999 LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
• Applebaum Foundation, Inc. • Blank Family Foundation • Harvey R. & Roberta Chaplin • Dr. Edward & Joanne
Dauer & Family & Reva Dauer • Gladys Fineberg • Mikki & Morris Futernick • Russell & Ronalee Galbut
• Herbert & Fran Gaynor • Barton S. Goldberg • 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
• Robert Russell Foundation-Norman H. Lipoff, Chair • Gloria & Howard R. Scharlin Family
• Louis Schneider & Rosalie Ehrenberg • 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 • Colonial Bank (formerly Jefferson:
Arthur Courshon, Norman M. Giller, Bart Goldberg) • Isabel & Joseph Davidson Foundation • Evelyn & Irving Denmark &
Family • Helene & Murray Dubbin • Lynn Girsh • Greater Miami Jewish Federation • Nathan & Sophia Gumenick
Philanthropic Fund • HUD Block Grant Program • Deborah & Bruce Kaye • Ida Lee Koenigsberg - IHO Marcia Jo Zerivitz
• Harry Kramer Memorial Fund - Les August & Tom Dean, trustees • Thomas Kramer • Marc Levin • Boris Malina
• Sue & Leonard Miller • Stephen & Sandy Muss • Selma Oritt Foundation-Neil Rollnick, Trustee • 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 • The Shepard Broad Foundation, Inc.
• CCR Companies (Leslie Jay Gross) • Jack Chester Foundation • 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 • Jefferson L. Ford Memorial Foundation, Elinor Catsman, Trustee
• Dr. Phillip & Patricia Frost • Niety & Gary Gerson • Carl & Cynthia Goldman • Jane & Jerrold Goodman • Greenberg Traurig Attorneys
• Flagler Greyhound Track - Florence Hecht, Isabelle Amdur, Barbara & Fred Havenick • 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• John & Darla Karlton • Knight Foundation • Gabriela Landau - IMO Rabbi Sol Landau • Donald & Judy Lefton
• Esta & David Levinson• Morris & Rhoda Levitt • Alan & Diane Lieberman • Natalie Lyons • Jim & Amy Multack
• Abraham & Avis Neiman• Dr. Sidney Olson • Shaun & Michele Orcinolo • Rita & David Perlman • Brenda B. & Lewis B. Pollak, Sr.
• TUW Posnack Foundation of Hollywood - Marsha & Alan Levy • 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 • 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 • Linda Brown Zilber
$10,000 - $24,999 TRUSTEES
• Anonymous - IHO Burnett Roth • Beach Bank • Belfer-Ferenczi Families • The David Berg Foundation • Nikki Bergstein • Citigroup Foundation
• Mark Cohn • Congregation Beth Jacob • 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
• Funding Arts Network • Evelyn, Ben & Harold Gaines • Marsha & Jeffrey Gilbert • Marci & Ross Goodman
• Phyllis B. Goldman, IMO Norman Goldman • Mario & Teresa Kreutzberger • Neil & Sandra Angel Malamud• Miami-Dade Cty Commissioner
Sally A. Heyman, District 4 • Bruce Kaplan • Kathy & Robert Klausner • Elliot Kleiman - IMO Judith• Adele Lassar • Lehman Brothers
• Alan & Hannah Lipton • IMO Ben Lubitz: Bea, Alan & Jon • Senator Gwen Margolis • J. P. Morgan• National Endowment for the Humanities
• Lisa S. Newman • Isaac and Nieves Olemberg • Premier Developers • Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. • 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 • Bill Ussery Motors, Inc. & Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
• Senator Sherman Winn•Isidore & Patricia Wollowick Foundation•Women’s American ORT•Phyllis & Robert Yawitt & Family•Manuel & Hilda Zaiac
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$5,000 - $9,999 FELLOWS
• Rebecca Ackerson • Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity • 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 • Lawrence & Yuki Denmark • Yaffa Dermer - IMO Jay Dermer
• Melvin & Lois Douglas • Clifford & Janice Dubbin • Phil Emmer • Dr. Harvey & Karen Feld • David & Norma Fenton • Fine & Greenwald Foundation, Inc
• Pat & Martin Fine • 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 • Fleischmann’s Yeast • Gerson Preston & Company, P.A. • Robert Goldberg
• IMO George Goldbloom • Goldstrom-Goudiss Families • Herb & Beth Gopman • Lauren R. Gould, LeRoy Goldstein, Taffy Gould • Sonya Rabin Greenfield
• Dolly & Ernie Harris • Daniel Herz • Brenda & Alan Himelfarb• Debbie & Dr. Andrew Hirschl • HSBC Republic • 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 • Tamar Mayer for her Family • Sheryl & Julian Meitin
• Mellon Private Asset Management• Gordon R. Miller, MD • Howard R. Miller • Robert & Robin L. Moel - IHO Herbert & Jeanne Kay • Malka Mordujovich
• Martin & Cindy Nash • Ruth Neinken • Northern Trust Bank • Orange Bowl Foundation • Pasadena Homes • Marlene & Michael Perlmutter
• Dorothy & Aaron Podhurst • Gabriel Powell • Rabin-Newman Families • Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP • Abe and Sarita Resnick • Vinson & Randa Richter
• Craig Robins • Stephen & Sharon Silver Rose • Herman & Evelyn Rubin • 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. • Harold & Carol Unger • Israel Weisman by his son Ezra
• Sam & Dusty Weiss • Marcella Werblow - IMO Bertha Abess • Florence Wise • Sharyn Wittner • Aaron, Mark, Sharon & David Wolfson - IHO Sorrell L. &
Jacqueline Falis Wolfson • Roland Wood - IMO Judy Wood • World Erotic Art Museum - Naomi Wilzig
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
• 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 • 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 • Monroe & Judith Milstein • Norwegian Cruise Line • Linda & Joseph Pallot
• Milton & Anita Katz Paris • Peacock Foundation • 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 • 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
$1,800 - CHAI CLUB
• 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 • 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. • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 & Lke Charge
Brett Ratner for Mario Fatina 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
CONTRIBUTIONS STILL BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE CUBAN PLAQUE IN THE MUSEUM LOBBY
JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA-Capital/Endowment Campaign Naming Opportunities
Naming opportunities (dedications) are commitments that serve through the years as inspirations to succeeding generations. Each
gift is beautifully inscribed on a lasting plaque that is displayed in the Museum’s lobby. When the gift is $5,000 and more, the name is inscribed
on the Major Gifts Wall. These dedications proudly demonstrate the donor’s sense of Jewish heritage and generosity. Payment schedules can be
arranged. Tax-deductible checks, made payable to Jewish Museum of Florida, cash, or credit cards accepted.
Museum Campus .........................................................................$5,000,000
Museum Building ...........................................................................2,000,000
Exterior Plaza .................................................................................1,000,000
Museum Temporary Exhibit Module or Kitchen ....................................50,000
Stained Glass Windows or Art Deco Chandeliers, each ...................... 25,000
MOSAIC Core Exhibit Modules, each ..................................................25,000
MOSAIC Exhibit Panels, Sanctuary Benches, Sconces .......................10,000
* A SAMPLING AVAILABLE AS OF 11/20/2012:
Tile on Major Gifts Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,000
Name Plate on Chaverim Club Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,500
Name Plate on Chai Club Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,800
Historic Shul Front Doors (4), each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100,000
Collections & Research Center Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,000,000
CRC Building Lobby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500,000
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EDUCATION NEWS
CREATIvE WRITING CONTEST
DRAWS MORE THAN 400
ENTRIES
“I am not an American citizen yet, but in my heart, I am
American… I know that taking the Oath of Allegiance will be
the proudest moment in my life…I slept on the floor, walked
many miles, studied many hours…I will go to university, have a
The Museum received responses from elementary, middle and career, give back to society…Moving our family to America
gift my parents will every give my
high school students from around the state for our annual is the single greatest
th
family.”
Paula,
11
grade
creative writing contest in conjunction with the From Home
to Home children’s exhibit. These annual contests help “The pain, the tears and the heartbreak was worth it, because
expand the reach of our exhibits beyond the walls of the now I am a proud Dominican-American. Feeling like you have
Museum. Elementary students were given a prompt about an been stripped from everything that you’ve ever known and
alien from another planet coming to their classroom. The forced to start all over again was the worst feeling. Today, with
middle and high school students were asked to describe how pride, I say that I made it through all the obstacles that were
they or someone they know adjusted to a new situation, or given to me.” Kassandra, 10th grade
how they helped someone else adapt.
The following are excerpts from the hundreds of thoughtprovoking entries
JMOF OFFERS PROFESSIONAL
DEvELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
FOR TEACHERS
“After the first weeks of school passed, Ralphie and I became
close buddies. He was raised in a much different place with
very different things than me. I don’t think he knows that he
has taught me even more things than I have taught him.”
How can the game of mah jongg relate to academic learning?
Cristan, 3rd grade
The Museum will present an interactive teachers workshop
“Because it doesn’t matter if you’re from another city, state, in conjunction with the PROJECT MAH JONGG exhibit: The
country or planet…You’re still the same.” Erick, 5th grade Educative Value of Games in the Classroom. The workshop
“Xavier, the alien, tried to hide that he was an alien by will be held on be held on Friday, January 18, 2013 from
wearing a lot of clothes and sunglasses…Chris, Matthew and 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Luke got in trouble for bullying him..” Adam, 5th grade
Game-based learning is an innovative practice that is being
used
to engage, motivate and challenge students, as well as
“On the way to the airport, his mom said that George would
increase
retention of the material they learn. This workshop
be flying over to Florida with some other children. This was
will
provide
teachers with an overview of how “play” can be
called The Pedro Pan Operation…George is a very brave
used
as
a
path
to learning to fulfill education goals for all grade
man. He has dealt with a lot of troubles to get where he is
levels
across
the
curriculum. The workshop will focus on the
today. This is based on my grandfather’s story, a heroic
use
of
games
to
build
character and foster ethical values. The
journey adjusting to a different country and a different life,
th
role
of
competition
in
the
school setting will also be explored.
but he has done a great job at it.” Carly, 7 grade
Through a combination of lecture, cooperative learning, group
“Imagine living a perfect life,
discussion, discovery and practice, the workshop will show
Only to find it ripped to pieces by a knife.
how games can be used to assist students in learning basic
To make it all worse, you’re then sent into a world
principles such as fairness, integrity, commitment, overcoming
in which you don’t belong,
obstacles, citizenship, tolerance, concentration, observation,
And are subsequently expected to just act strong…
listening and cooperation. Participants will create and share a
The tide may push you down, driving you lower over time, classroom game activity, based on both teamwork and
But there comes a time when you find your steps,
individual skill.
and upward you start to climb.
Our Museum workshops are always very popular with teachers,
With the help of the people around me, I was able to
as
they conclude with a collaborative activity where teachers
find my way.
work
in groups to create and discuss standards-based lesson
Stirring the sunshine within myself, causing a beautiful day.
th
plans
that support diverse teaching strategies and curriculum
Camilla, 8 grade
connections across grade levels and subjects. Each participant
“I remember countless days in my room, I’d cry…But I guess comes away with a series of ideas for further implementation
the many wonderful people I’ve met became the “good” in with students in their classrooms.
goodbye.” Katelyn, 10th grade
This workshop is open to teachers at all grade levels, at a cost
“I couldn’t stay in Korea by myself, so I just gave up being of $15 including all materials. To register, contact the
school president, and I started being scared, worried and Museum’s Education Coordinator at 786-972-3187 or
nervous. I worried if teachers and friends wouldn’t like me. I education@jewishmuseum.com. Miami-Dade County Public
even had nightmares about people hating me.”
School Teachers will receive seven Master Plan Points upon
Yoojin, 6th grade
completion of the workshop and its follow up activity.
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S PECIAL G UIDE FOR P ROGRAMS AT
J EWISH M USEUM OF F LORIDA
THE
301 WASHINGTON AvENUE, MIAMI BEACH 33139
DECEMBER 2012 – MARCH 2013
Please remove and save this special guide
so you won’t miss out on any of these educational, fun and enlightening programs.
All programs take place at the Museum. RSVP to 786-972-3175 or info@jewishmuseum.com.
Admission: Members Free, Non-Members $6; $12 Families (unless otherwise indicated)
Not yet a Museum Member? Call 786-972-3164 to join
or sign up on-line at www.jewishmuseum.com.
Art
Family
Music
Play
Film
Lecture
Food
Games
Teacher
Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
Peace Flags in the Wind - Hands-On Family Activity and
Student Writing Contest Award Ceremony
Join us for a special hands-on activity where children and families will have the opportunity to
create their own personalized peace flags. The program is presented by artist/educator Joseph
Vasile and What the Flower, Inc., a Miami-based nonprofit, as part of its “Peace Flags in the
Wind” traveling exhibition. This fun, interactive program has received international acclaim for
its creativity and mission for peace. The flags created at the Museum will become a part of
this exhibit, which travels to countries around the world. The Museum will also present student
awards for its statewide creative writing contest winners who submitted entries on creating
community amongst people of different cultural backgrounds.
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
Annual Chanukah Klezmer Concert
An exciting afternoon with festive Klezmer music will fill the halls of the Museum and have
you dancing in your seats. This year’s concert will feature Paul Green and the Klezmer East
band, along with Maria Rivas, a Latin Jazz and World Music musician and performer. Together,
they will fuse European classics with more contemporary pieces, including Jewish music, Jazz
and Latin Jazz to create a new and unique concert experience. Klezmer music originated in
the shtetls of Eastern Europe, where Jewish troubadours known as Klezmorim, performed at
Jewish simchas, particularly weddings. You won’t want to miss this rousing performance!
Reservations on a first-come, first-served basis.
Cost: Members $20; Non-Members: $36.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Family Activity Day: GAME ON!
Come and play your favorite games: mah jongg, scrabble, checkers, boggle, plus create your
own game to take home! No advance reservations required – walk-ins welcome!
Cost: Members Free; Non-Member Families: $15.
Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
Kick Off for Florida Jewish History Month
The 10th annual celebration of Florida Jewish History Month coincides with the 500 year
anniversary of the arrival of Ponce de Leon in Florida. Founding Executive Director Marcia Jo
Zerivitz will lead this conversation on the topic of “Could Jews as Conversos/Crypto Jews/New
Christians have lived in St. Augustine in the 16th century?” Speakers include Dr. Abe Lavender,
editor of the Journal of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Crypto Jews and Professor of
Sociology and Sephardic Studies at FIU, who will discuss the history of Conversos in the U.S.;
and members of the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society, Rabbi Merrill Shapiro and
Professor John Diviney, Coordinator of the Departments of Spanish and Latin American Studies
at Flagler College. This program is co-sponsored by the Spain-Florida Foundation 500yrs.
FREE PROGRAM FOR ALL in honor of Florida Jewish History Month
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
In conjunction with the Miami Jewish Film Festival, Minyan in Kaifeng:
A Modern Journey to an Ancient Chinese Jewish Community
Leonard Nimoy narrates this modern story on the history of the Jews of Kaifeng. The last
rabbi of Kaifeng died well over a century ago, and today’s descendants of the ancient Chinese
Jewish community have never celebrated Shabbat. Now two curious families have invited a
modern group of Jewish travelers from Australia, China, Israel, and the United States into
their homes, leading to a reunion 1,000 years in the making. FIU’s Professor Nathan Katz will
lead a discussion on the Jews of Kaifeng following the film.
Cost: Jewish Museum of Florida and Miami Jewish Film Society Members free; Non-Members:
$10 general; Students and seniors (65+) $8.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
The Jews of Asia and Africa – A Panorama
Lecture with Dr. Tudor Parfitt and Dr. Nathan Katz
Two of the world’s leading authorities survey Jewish life and identity in sub-Saharan Africa,
Central Asia, India, China, and Papua-New Guinea. This is the first class of a 12-week course
offered by FIU, “Jews of Asia and Africa.” This introductory class is free and open to the public.
Community members who wish to audit the class can do so by contacting the Center for the
Advancement of Jewish Education at 305-576-4030, ext. 128, or carlaspector@caje-miami.org.
Cost for the 12-week course: Museum Members $250, Non-Members $295.
FREE INTRODUCTORY LECTURE FOR ALL
Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 5:30 p.m.
Annual Members Only Judges & Lawyers Event
Keynote Speaker: Dr. John Stack, Jr., Professor of Politics and International Relations and
Law and Director of the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Florida International
University. Dr. Stack was instrumental in the founding of FIU’s College of Law and was part
of the Founding Faculty. Join us for a memorable evening of camaraderie and conversation
with fellow colleagues. RSVP by January 4. Open to all current and new Museum Members
in the legal profession.
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
Family Day: Music From Around The World performed by
the Greater Miami Youth Symphony (GMYS)
Exemplifying the notion of coming together as one, the GMYS enriches the cultural foundation
of our community by reaching out to and recruiting young musicians from different cultural,
ethnic and economic backgrounds. In conjunction with our immigration exhibit for children,
From Home to Home, bring the whole family to enjoy this strings class performance
celebrating the love of music and the rich cultural life of our community.
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
The Holocaust: A Living Journey-Book
Play Directed by Phillip M. Church, FIU Professor of Theatre
Under the direction of Phillip M. Church, Artistic Director of What if Works and Associate
Professor of FIU Theatre, this play features a vibrant cast in search of the meaning of memory
and memorial in today’s society. Creating a dramatic mosaic, the production employs the
poetry of Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize for Literature winner Nelly Sachs, together with
originally written monologues, excerpts from Ann Frank’s original diary, several cello solos
recorded by Amernet String Quartet member Jason Calloway and New World School of the
Arts senior clarinetist Carla Cao, projected sidewalk video interviews and archival film.
Cost: Museum Members & FIU Faculty/Students free; Non-Members $6.
Friday, January 18, 2013, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Teachers’ Workshop: The Educative Value of Using Games
in the Classroom
Open to teachers at all grade levels. To register contact the Museum’s Education Coordinator
at 786-972-3187 or education@jewishmuseum.com.
Cost: $15 per person.
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Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
Chinese Cultural Day
In conjunction with Project Mah Jongg, the Chinese Performing Arts Group will present a
Cultural Day at the Museum. With 25 members, the Group’s Swans Dance Troupe and
Sunshine Musical Ensemble will showcase the unique and beautiful art of Chinese dance and
music.The Dance Troupe will perform Chinese ballet, folk dancing and traditional songs. The
Music Ensemble will feature Chinese melodies played on the harp, violin, flute, and
saxophone. As a grande finale, a fashion show of traditional Chinese dresses will close
the program.
Cost: Museum Members $10; Non-Members $18.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
When Should We Remember the Holocaust with
Professor Oren Stier and Music from the Amernet String Quartet
FIU Director of Jewish Studies and Associate Professor of Religious Studies Oren Stier will
present this annual Holocaust Studies lecture, followed by a performance of music from the
Jewish diaspora in its many forms by the Amernet String Quartet, artists in residence in FIU's
School of Music. The New York Times called the Quartet’s performance “immensely satisfying”
and it has received international recognition as an exceptional string quartet. Part of the FIU
Jewish Studies Program Spring LectureSeries, “Material and Visual Culture of the Holocaust,”
supported in part by Targum Shlishi, A Raquel and Aryeh Rubin Foundation.Lecture
is sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program.
Cost: Museum Members & FIU Faculty/Students free; Non-Members $6.
Sunday, February 3, 2013, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Full Day Mah Jongg Tournament and Special Tour
of Project Mah Jongg Exhibit
Back by popular demand, the Museum will host its second mah jongg tournament with great
prizes and tons of fun!
Cost: Museum Members $36; Non-Members $54; Play & Join $75 (includes one-year
membership).
Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
In Celebration of Chinese New Year, The Four Winds
and The Great Wall, Interactive Discussion by Naomi Terk
Naomi Terk of Boca Raton is a third generation Jew from China. Her grandparents were
among the thousands of Jews who escaped the pogroms in Russia in 1898 and made their
way to Harbin, China. Naomi was born in Tianjin in 1932. Through her father’s career as an
industrial engineer, Naomi spent much of her childhood in the U.S., where she finally settled
in 1948. Using her extensive language and cultural skills, she became a top manager in a
shipping company that built vessels in Japan and China, which allowed her to travel back and
forth to the Far East. Naomi will share her experiences as a Chinese Jew and lead an
interactive discussion about the similarities and differences in Chinese and Jewish traditions
- including the love of mah jongg and the genre of the game in both cultures.
Monday, February 11, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.
Museum Members’ Exhibit Opening Reception: Miami Mosaic
by Inez Hollander
Join us for a festive Members Only opening with artist Inez Hollander for an inside look at this
interesting exhibit. RSVP by February 1, 2013.
Complimentary admission for Museum Members at the $125 level and higher. All other
Museum Members $18 per person.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
The Lemba of Zimbabwe, FIU Lecture with Dr. Tudor Parfitt and
Lemba Leader Modreck Z. Maeresera
Come learn about the Lemba Jews of Zimbabwe, which currently number about 150,000 in a
country of 14 million people. They live among the predominant local Shona tribe in southern
Zimbabwe, and speak the Shona language; however, they are actually Jews who have kept their
Jewish practices secret from their neighbors. Although they had lost their Torah, to this day the
Lemba have been able to maintain their devout religious observances passed down through
generations of oral tradition, practices which mirror Jewish customs and laws.
Cost: Museum Members & FIU Faculty/Students free; Non-Members $6.
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 6:30 p.m.
A Night at the Museum - A Purim Celebration
We know you will want to be included in this exciting evening featuring delicious gourmet food
and delightful music as we celebrate the partnership between the Museum and FIU, while sharing
in a wonderful Jewish tradition. Sponsorships available at $25,000, $10,000 and $5,000. Individual
seats are $300. Seating is limited. Call 786-972-3180 for additional information.
Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
Kosher Chinese Cooking Demonstration and Tasting
Chef Jessica Eliav of Marigold Catering will demonstrate techniques and share recipes and
tastings of delicious Kosher Chinese dishes. Chef Eliav is an expert on ethnic cuisines and has
worked in kitchens around the globe.
Cost: Museum Members $20; Non-Members $36.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 6:45 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Shanghai - Home for Sephardim, Refuge for Ashkenazim,
FIU Lecture with Dr. Nathan Katz and Fred Ezekiel, a former Shanghai resident
Shanghai’s thriving community of Sephardic Jews, made up of emigrants from Baghdad via India
since the middle of the 19th century, was enhanced when tens of thousands of Ashkenazi refugees
fleeing Hitler found refuge in the 1930s and 40s. Hear the fascinating story of this community
from Dr. Nathan Katz, an authority on Asian Jews, and Fred Ezekiel, a Miami Beach resident
whose family migrated to Shanghai more than a hundred years ago. Fred will talk about growing
up as a Sephardic Jew in Shanghai, as well as the community’s heroic efforts to provide for
their Ashkenazi brethren under conditions of warfare.
Cost: Museum Members & FIU Faculty/Students free; Non-Members $6.
Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
Sephardic Beauty Queens, Lecture with Dr. Adriana Brodsky
An expert on Sephardic life, Dr. Adriana Brodsky, Professor at St. Mary’s College in Maryland,
has done extensive research on Sephardic Beauty Queens. Come learn about the “Bess Myersons”
of the world from this Buenos Aires native. Part of the FIU Latin American Jewry Series, a joint
project of the Latin American and Caribbean Center and the Jewish Studies Program.
Cost: Museum Members & FIU Faculty/Students free; Non-Members Free with paid admission.
Thursday, March 28, 2013, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. SPRING BREAK
Kids Art Workshop: Creating Portraits with Artist Inez Hollander
Miami Mosaic exhibit artist Inez Hollander will present her technique and motivation for her work
in a personalized exploration of this exhibit for children ages 7-14. Art concepts such as profile,
portrait, line, contrast and value will be introduced in the demonstration and exhibit tour. Following
the tour, Hollander will lead a workshop for children to create their own works to take home, using
a scratch art technique to mimic the Miami Neon Portraits in the exhibit.
Recommended for ages 7-14 (Grades 3-8). Parents welcome to participate.
Cost including materials: Museum Member Families $2.50 per person; Non-Members
$5.00 per person.
Program Guide - D
MUSEUM EvENTS
ANNUAL JUDGES AND
LAWYERS EvENT
JANUARY 10
Event Chair Justice Gerald Kogan announces the Eleventh
Annual Judges and Lawyers Event, to be held on Thursday,
January 10, at 5:30 p.m. at the Museum. The event is open
to all current or new Museum members who are judges or
lawyers or in related professions. Anyone interested in serving
on the host committee should contact Jo Ann at 786-972-3180.
As Director of the School of International and Public Affairs
at Florida International University, John Stack oversees four
academic departments, including Department of Criminal
Justice, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies,
Department of Politics and International Relations, and
Department of Public Administration. Additionally, Professor
Stack also oversees the progression of 17 centers, institutes,
and programs, including the African and African Diaspora
Studies Program, Asian Studies Program, European Studies
Program, Global Energy Security Forum, Jack D. Gordon
Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies, Judaic
Studies Program, Latin American and Caribbean Center,
Metropolitan Center, and Middle East Studies Program.
John Stack graduated from Stonehill College in Easton,
Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts with highest honors in
1972. He earned his Master of Arts (1974) and Ph.D (1977)
from the Graduate School of International Studies of the
University of Denver and his JD from University of Miami’s
School of Law in 1989. He was admitted to practice before
the Florida Supreme Court in 1990.
Keynote Speaker, Professor John F. Stack, Jr.
Please join us for what promises to be a memorable evening
of camaraderie and conversation with fellow colleagues. RSVP
by January 4 to 786-972-3175 or info@jewishmuseum.com.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
FOR ANNUAL GLASS
CEILING AWARDS
In conjunction with the Museum’s partnership with FIU, we
are honored to announce Professor John F. Stack, Jr. as the
keynote speaker. Dr. Stack was instrumental in the founding
of FIU’s College of Law, where he chaired the search and
screen committees for many of the top administrative The Jewish Museum of Florida’s “Breaking the Glass
Ceiling” Awards program is a highlight of our annual season.
positions and was part of the Founding Faculty.
This event recognizes Florida Jewish professional women
Dr. Stack holds a joint appointment as Professor of Politics who have become successful pioneers in fields generally
and International Relations and Law and Director of the dominated by men. More than 75 outstanding winners have
School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at FIU. As been presented since the award’s inception in 1995, from
professor of Politics and International Relations and Law, diverse fields such as banking, politics, law, aviation,
Dr. Stack serves as an instructor to graduate students of journalism, sports, medicine and entertainment. The criteria
SIPA’s Department of Politics and International Relations and also involves, being active in the Jewish and civic
FIU’s College of Law. He specializes in Ethnicity and World communities and serving as role models for other women.
Politics, Administrative Law, National Security, and
Each year, without exception, the program featuring the
Constitutional Law.
honorees discussing the obstacles they faced and how they
Dr. Stack twice served as chair of the Department of Political broke through the “glass ceiling” is sparked with humor and
Science, and has been editor of the Florida International emotion, providing an uplifting and inspiring experience for
University Press. He has also served as Chair of the Board of the entire audience of all ages and backgrounds.
Directors of the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy
and Citizenship Studies, and as chair of the University We are now accepting nominations for potential honorees.
Research Council. Dr. Stack is the author, co-author, editor, If you know someone who satisfies the above requirements,
and co-editor of 13 books and 35 articles and chapters in please download the application form from our website:
edited books. His latest book is “Globalization: Debunking www.jewishmuseum.com or call Alice Bernard 786-972-3164.
the Myths.” “The New Deal in South Florida: Design, Policy, The deadline to receive nominations is Friday, January
and Community Building, 1932-1944” (2008), co-edited with 25, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. The 2013 Awards Program will take
John A. Stuart, won the 2009 Silver Medal second prize in place on Sunday, April 21 at the Museum.
the Florida Book Awards for Florida Non-fiction. He is also Event sponsors to date: Isabel Bernfeld Anderson and
co-editor of “Courts Crossing Borders: Blurring the Lines of Kenneth & Barbara Bloom, Ph.D.
Sovereignty” (2005) with Mary L. Volcansek.
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MUSEUM NEWS
“Vilna: Past, Present & Future,”
the inaugural program of JMOF-FIU,
wraps up our Lithuania exhibit with
a big finale and a packed house.
Professor Oren Stier introduces
the program.
Torrential
rains did
not keep
the crowds
away.
L-R: Jonathan Symons, who spoke on behalf of his
cousin, exhibit artist Naomi Alexander; guest speaker
Professor Andrew Sloin of Indiana’s Earlham College
and Jo Ann Arnowitz, Executive Director.
At the Annual Membership Meeting
L-R: Jonathan Symons, Wendy Belkin,
Senator Richard Stone, President Elliot Stone,
former Miami-Dade Commissioner Jimmy Morales.
Leonard Wien thanks Linda Zilber
for her two years of service as President
of the JMOF Board.
Jonathan Symons receives the Mitzvah
Award, presented by Isabel Bernfeld
Anderson on behalf of the JMOF Board, in
recognition for all his support, noting the
completion of his pledge to name the 311
building The Jonathan Symons Building.
This award was created in 1995 to honor
an individual who has helped the Museum
in an extraordinary way to achieve
its mission.
Volunteers were recognized and thanked for their Installation of the JMOF Board and Advisory
dedicated service, performing a myriad of tasks Council members.
that help us serve our mission.
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Elliot takes the gavel.
MUSEUM NEWS
Installing the Project Mah Jongg exhibit was quite challenging – especially on our sloping floor!
Our first mah jongg-related event, a two-day tournament, draws players from near and far, The tournament was professionally
conducted by Gladys Grad & Phil Klinsky,
including Naples, Sarasota, and Zephyrhills.
Sarasota, of Mah Jongg Madness. They are
also featured in the exhibit for their role in
the continuation of the Florida-based
company that originated mah jongg cruises
in the 1980s.
Learning to play mah jongg – notice the two men in the crowd –
Lou Schneider, front and Allan Hall, back.
Assistant Curator Jackie
Goldstein shows the first
visitors how to “weigh”
their options for moving
or staying.
From Home to Home:
Jewish Immigration to America
exhibit sponsors
Isabel Bernfeld Anderson and
Norman Levine cut the
cake to inaugurate
the exhibit.
Our first-ever children’s
exhibit opened with the
docents enjoying the
hands-on activities as
much as the kids!
Where is your family
from?
L-R: Cyrus Sabet, Riley Orovitz, Spencer
Sabet and Norma Orovitz join the fun at
Family Day, “Picturing My Family’s
Journey To America.”
Teachers participating in the Professional Development
Workshop, “The Immigration Experience: Sources of
our Diverse Florida Community.”
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Irving “Red” Heller & Rhoda Stern
Sam & Arlene Heller
Marilyn & Carl Hellman
Linda Collins Hertz
Lucy & Marvin Hertz
Brenda & Alan Himelfarb
Dolores Hirsh
Richard & Lois Hirschtritt
Jacqueline Hochberg
Annette & Jack Hockman
Cami & Donald Hofstadter
Suzanne Hollander
George Honig & Olga Weiss
Richard & Sonya Pallot Horwich
Sherry & Mitchell Horwich
Rica Infante
Richard & Judith Jacobs
Shirley Jacobs
George Jacobson
Leonard & Linda Jaffe
Terry Jonas
Judge Charles Jr. & Janet Kahn
Reuben Kahn
Marvin & Beverly Kaiman
Dennis G. Kainen
Monty Kane
Douglas & Marlyne Marzi Kaplan
Herbert & Vera Karliner
Elaine & Daniel Katz
Dr. Barry & Judith Katzen
Marcos & Fanny Kerbel
Mr. & Mrs. Ben E. Klein
Steven & Susan Kobetz
Eugene & Audrey Komrad
Joanne & Jay Koren
Irving & Marilyn Kreisberg
Sol Krevat
Ira & Anita Krieger
Dr. Mel Richard Krohn
Rabbis Phil & Shoni Labowitz
Barbara Landstein
Linda & Howard Landy
Joan Lang
Joan & Jerry Leader
Dr. & Mrs. Harvey C. Lebos
Mr. & Mrs. George Oscar Lee
Marcy Lefton
Paul & Marjorie Lehrer
Steve Leifman
David Levens
Jeffrey & Martha Levey
Dr. Eleanor & Gil Levine
Lawrence Levy
Randy & Susan Lichtman & family
Arnold & Saundra Lieber
Marilyn & Stephen Liedman
Ann Spector Lieff & Bill Lieff
Rhoda & Rita Loeb
Howard Lubel & Rose Flynn
Hazel M. Mack
Merri Mann & Harris Reibel
David Margolis
Alison & Rick Mars
Stuart & Flora Mason
Susan & Fred Mattes
Jonathan & Elise Mayer
Deborah Meitin
Lynn & Martin Mendelssohn
Rosalind Merritt
Alice Miller & Fran Levey
Lisa & Howard Millhauser
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Molko
Arlyne Monroe
Dr. & Mrs. Albert Morjaim
Celia Mussman
Herbert & Berverly Myers
Cindi & Martin Nash
Betti G. Nathenson
Robert L. Nefsky
Eileen Nelson & William Lord
Cantor Rachelle F. Nelson
Luis & Gabriella Neufeld
Alyson Neulander
& Dorothy Neulander
Major Michael Neulander
Ira Newman
Drs. Isadore & Carole Newman
Honorable Robert H.
& Gail Newman
Rita Norton & Scott Rosenberg
Mort & Milly Nyman
Murray & Harriet Oback
Rhoda & Joseph Oppenheimer
Sandy & Louis Ossinsky
Suzanne Pallot & Larry Major
Dorothy & Sidney Pasternak
Leonard Pepper
Nadine & Sidney Pertnoy
Rosalie Pincus & Ted Pincus
Mimi Pink
J. David, Pamela & Crystal Pitcher
Roberta Platoff
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Pomerantz
Gary Price
Bessie Proctor
Linda Pruzan
Ron & Deborah Rader
Leroy & Shirley Raffel
Arthur & Sandra Rand
Sonya & Stuart Rapée
Edith & Lester Rawitz
Ilene & Jay Rechtman
Robert & Toby Reisman
Audrey & Stephen Richman
Dr. Scott & Faye Rickoff
Karen & Dr. Marc Rivo
Dr. Meri-Jane Rochelson
Joseph & Aida Roisman
Susan & David Rosen
Joyce & Harold Rosenbaum
Susan Rosenberg
Ernst & Jeanne Rosenkrantz
Susan Rosin
Richard Ross
Dr. Deborah Roth
Judge Ronald & Cheri Rothschild
Dorothy Rubin
Gina & Richard Russ
Cheryl Rusten
& Margaret Ouderkirk
Jeffrey A. Rynor
Steve & Maddi Sackel
Al & Janice Sacks
Dr. Sylvan H. Sarasohn
& Beverly Grapin
Ruth S. Schaffer
Jane & Ronald Schagrin
Dr. Jeffrey & Ivy Schamis
Rabbi & Mrs. Solomon Schiff
Sy & Helen Schlachter
Martin Schliefer
Burt & Rose Schoenbach
Joseph & Benita Schwartz
Steven & Mali Schwartz
Dr. & Mrs. Mitchell Seavey
& family
Kristina Seeley
Estelle & Ira Segal
Louis Harrison Segall
Dr. Robert & Susan Segaul
Mrs. Herbert (Ruth) Shapiro
Norman & Sandra Shapiro
Stanley Shapiro & Estelle Zalkin
Elaine & Lester Sharlach
Bernard Shavitz
Dr. & Mrs. Allen J. Shaw, D.D.S.
Carol & Murray Shear
Robert & Terri Sherrin
David Shield
Jack & Judith Shorstein & Family
Andrea Siassipour
Susan & Stephen Silverstein
Ginny & Steve Simon
José & Rema Simonet
Robert Singer
Isaac & Rebeca Sklar
Lisa Sloat & Hank Klein
Michael & Susan Slotnick
Janice Smiles
Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel J. Smith
Wendy & Berney Snyder
Shirley Sork
Philip & Julia Sosnick
Linda & Michael Stahl
Elliott & Michelle Starman
Abe A. Stein
Barry & Rae Stein
Ralph Steinberg
Martin & Kathy Stern
Anita Stone
Nathaniel & Beverly Stone
Bob & Barbara Sussman
Irene Szulman
Lois & Warren Tepper
Commissioner Edward L. Tobin
Randy Tomme
Mr. Beryl Topin
Judith Rood Traum
& Sydney S. Traum
Kenneth & Helyne Treister
Lisa & Charles Treister
Debbie Potash-Turner
& Michael Turner
Alice Vinik
David Waksman & family
Gilbert & Joyce Walker
Phyllis Waxman
Stephen & Arlyne Wayner
Mark & Bonnie Webman
Lisa & David Weiner
Norma Weinstein
Alan & Denise Weisberg
Merle & Daniel Weiss
Paul & Cynthia Weiss
Peter & Esther Whitmore
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Dorothy & W. A. Williams
Nathan & Hadassah Windmiller
Julius & Sarah Wishnia
Comissioner Jonah
& Judge Andrea Ricker Wolfson
Janet & Peter Wolk
Dr. & Mrs. Sydney D. Wruble
Drs. Carl & Paula Zielonka
Dr. Edward & Phyllis Zissman
Jane Zucker
Edward & Elaine Zukerman
* deceased
JEWISH MUSEUM of FLORIDA - 2012 MEMBERSHIP
Those current as of November 20, 2012 - New Members since last issue are in bold type
GENERAL MEMBERS
Bernie Aaron
Beverly & Joel Aberbach
Barbara Abraham
Lillian Abrams
Dr. Helen Ackerman
Ivy Ames & Joe McElwee
Frances & Alfred B. Aronovitz
Dr. Gerald Askowitz
Genie Ayer
Hillel Babouri
Steve & Elaine Bachenheimer
Martha K. Backer
Sandy & Marvin Baida
Dotty Baier
Jorge & Barbara Bargman
Arthur & Florence Barr
Lori Barrist
Alice Barth
Albert Baruch
Regina Wang Baumann
Sandra Becker
Irene Beibe
Myrna Bergen
Andrew Berman
Eva Berman
Audrey Bernstein
Berta Bernstein
David & Martha Bernstein
Max Bernstein
Rhoda Bernstein
Lou & Louisa Berson
Frank & Carmen Bisk
Shirley & Isadore Black
William & Joan Blakesberg
Judith Cohen Blecher
Charlene Blue
Bernard & Elizabeth Blum
Lois Blume
Gerald Bodner
Miriam Bonwitt
Elaine Boyarsky
Tanya Brinkley
Peter & Andrea Britell
Charlotte & Myron Brodie
Blanche Bronwit
Sue Browning
Ann Broad Bussel
Ida Camner
Sara Chiz
Audrey Cicero
Norman & Joan Ciment
Bruce A. Coane
Alvin & Tamara Cohen
Lenny Cohen
Lucille & Herbert Jay Cohen
Samantha Cohen
Sydney & Stephan L. Cohen
Bob & Maxine Cohn
Dorothy P. Cohn
Judith M. Cope
Phyllis A. Crane
& Howard Talesnick
Judge A. Jay Cristol
Marilyn Cromer
Alan & Lois Danis
Sharon V. Davis
Dawn Denaro
Danielle DePas
Marilyn Dernis
Lloyd & Florence Deutsch
Donna Diamond
Sandy Diamond
Victor Dickstein
Linda Dillon
Brenda Dingfelder
& Michael Milchman
Daniel Doscher
Karen Dubitsky
Grace Y. Durbin
Jacqueline Edelstein
Herbert & Carolyn Eisenberg
Gisela Ely
Michael & Barbara Epstein
Vivian G. Epstein
Janet Ernstein
Judith & Joel Feinman
Anna & Harvey Felsher
Joseph & Brana Fils
Martin & Pat Fine
Jenny Fink
Blanche Fisher
Eleanor & Lowell Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Foley
Judith Ford
Gail Frank
Rob Freeman
Wylma Freedman
Arlene Friedman
Dr. Fritz & Eileen Froehlich
Meryl Galitz
Sabeto Garazi
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Garfield
Inge Gatto
Donna Genet
Sharyn Getzels
Ruth Gilman
Edwin & Rita Ginsburg
Susan & Joel Glass
Sanford B. Glatzer
Frances Glick
Esther Glickman
Donald & Mrs. Margaret Glucksman
Rachell Gober
Charlotte Goldfarb
Susan E. Goldin
Harriet Goldman
Zelda W. Goldman
Bernard Goldstein
Irvin M. & Mona P. Goldstein
Barbara Goldwich
Annette G. Gordon
Conni Gordon
Howard & Rosalie Gordon
Roberta H. Gordon
Dr. Henry A. Green
Joyce Greenberg
Sheila Greenberg
Julian Greenspan & Ellyn Jaffe
Carr Grigg
Mundek Gross
Shirley & Harry Gurwitch
Max & Barbara Hagen
Eleanor P. Halpern
Harry Hanauer
Rachel Heimovics & Mati Braun
Brian R. Hersh
Evelyn Hershbein
Allison K. Hift
Michael J. Higer, Esq.
Lynn Hoffman
Marylin Holzberg
Alfred J. & Lucy Holzman
Paul & Nina Indianer
Elaine & Mervin Jacobs
Judy & Dr. Stanley Jacobs
Ann R. Jacobson
Jeanette Jacobson
Arlene Jacovitz-Manheimer
Robert Jacobvitz
Alex Jimenez-Labora
Delicia Johnson
Bettie Kahn
Roberta Kaiser
Eve & Walter Kamlot
Marvin & Itte Kantor
Mary Rose Kaplan
Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Katz
Frank Katz
Fruma Kaufman
Howard Kaufman
Lois Kaufman
James Kavourias
Sonja Kerker
Lawrence J. Kessler
Barbara H. Keyes
Brian J. Kiedrowski
Ida Kirsner
Adolf & Emily Klainberg
Bernard & Marilyn Klainberg
Mr. & Mrs. Elliot B. Kleiman
Rochelle & Paul Koenig
Barbara & Sidney Konigsberg
Marsha Koolik
David J. Korros
Andrea Kovacs
Shelley Kravitz
Rosalind G. Kulbersh
Michael & Harriet Kutell
Elaine Lamm
Sara Lampert
Rochelle Lanster
Alvin & Lois Lapidus
Dr. Abraham D. Lavender
Judy Lease
Eva Leavitt
Sam Leff
Ronard Lehrer
Linda Leibovici
Debra Leibowitz
Myrna Leonard
Boris Letuchy
Mr. & Mrs. Julian Levin
Zena Levin
Marilyn Levingston
Sara B. Leviten
Wendy Sue Lewit
Barbara Liebmann
Loretta Linsky
Kurt & Anita Loeb
Pearl & Melvin Lubart
Edith D. Lundy
Gerald Lurie & Karen Friend
Hillelene S. Lustig
Sheila & Cyrus Mager
Richard Mamches
Jackie Mandell
Belle & Jack Marcus
Evelyn Marcus
Marilyn Marcus
Marnin Marcus
Allison P. Marks
Tamar Mayer
Manny Meland
Marisa Mendez
Estelle P. Michelson
Dr. Asher & Luba Milbauer
Carol A. Milett
Laura R. Miller
Roni Mintz
Edwin & Gloria Mittleman
Lillian Mittman
Jackie Mizrahi
Nina Moinester
Norman & Rosalind Mordkofsky
Dr. Isodoro Morjaim
Norman A. Moscowitz
Barbara & Sanford Musikar
Barbara Myers
Ronen Nazarian
Sarah Nelson
June E. Newbauer
Ruthie Norsoph
Evelyn Nussbaum
Rabbi Henry Okolica
Marta Olchyk
Dr. Bobbi Ann Ossip
Irvin Pachter
Kalman Packouz
Loni Paige
Larry & Marnie Paikin
Helene Parnes
Penny Pasch
Ruth Peretzman
Barbara Sears Perlin
Solomon & Herta Pila
David Pius
Betty & Bernard Plotkin
Jeffrey Poppel
Veronika Pozmentier
Sadie Preter
Steve Price
Mary & Steve Quartin
Louis Oscar Racine
Daniel Rakofsky
Aliza & Barry Ranish
Peter & Barbara Reaveley
Edith Reich
Jerome Reinert
Rose Rice
Dr. Nat & Greta Rickoff
Olga Robbin-Rogers
& Sidney Rogers
Elaine Rodier
Elaine & David Roemer
Gloria Rosen
Harold & Judith Rosen
Robert & Beatrice Rosen
Judith Rosenberg
Norma Rosenfeld
Sandy Rosenthal
Ingrid Roskin
Norma Ross
Alexa Rossy
David A. Rothstein
Lanie Sacks
Bernard Saklad
Beatrice D. Schemer
Leslie & Madelyn Schere
Jack Schillinger
Howard Schneider
Janice & Jerome Schneider
Alma & Harold Schoffel
Barbara A. Schumer & Earl Singer
Abby Schwartz
Caryn Schwartz
Bernice & William Schwartz
Ellen G. Schwartz
Maxine & Ken Schwartz
Steven Schwartz
Judy Seed
Natalie Segal
Sylvia & Eugene Segarnick
Pearl Seidler
Jack & Shirley Seitlin
Eileen L. Seitlin
Bessie Selevan
Yolande Selik
Ralph & Shirley Seltzer
Glenda Shacter
Dorothy Sheffman
& Donald Russell
Marvin & Anna Sheldon
Dr. Ira M. Sheskin
Rhoda Shore
Dr. & Mrs. Irving Shugar
Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Shuster
Eileen L. Sidlow
Judge & Mrs. Paul Siegel
Cecily Silberman
Harold & Susan Silberman
Bella Silver & David Eckhaus
Selma Silverman
Harriet Singer
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Singer
Peter Singer
Sarah-Lydia Singer
Barbara & Ed Sirkin
Pearl & Howard Small
Dr. Alan Sobel
Bernard Sobel
Rabbi Jack Sparks
Shirley Spear
Bernice Stander
Molly B. Stein
Thelma Stein
Charles & Roberta Steinberg
Barbara Stern
Dr. Seymour & Shirley Stern
Ellen W. & Emanuel Steuerman
Annette Stiefbold
Marvin & Sandra Stonberg
Richard Stone
Nicole Sultan
Willasue Susskind
Sheila Elias Taplin
Tobi Taub
Roberta & Harvey Teitelbaum
Sylvia B. Tendler
Gail Tescher
Marilyn Trager
Dr. Barbara & Barton Udell
Maxwell & Barbara Waas
Ann Wainer
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Holly Wallack
Lisa Walsh
Karen Warner
Barton & Lyanne L. Wasserman
Norma Waxman
Marjorie Weber
Leon & Marcia Weil
Dodie Weinstein & Bob Goldberg
Gerry & Jean Weiser
Mark & Blanch Weiss
Victor Weithorn
Stephanie Winston
Nancy Wolcott & Jeff Donnelly
Martin H. Zafman
Linda & Howard Zwibel
* deceased
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COLLECTIONS & EXHIBITIONS
NEW ACQUISITIONS
Pocket watch
belonging to
George Dzialynski,
the first Jewish boy
born in Florida, in
Jacksonville in 1857.
Donated to the
MOSAIC collection by
Mrs. Rosalie Coleman
of Jacksonville.
On June 2, 2012, our Museum and the
entire community lost a great leader,
matriarch and mentor, Myra Farr. Born
April 25, 1915 in Maine, Myra moved to
South Florida with her family at the age of
16. Myra’s impact on our community
during her seven decades of service is
unparalleled.
The dress was made in Jerusalem by Klein and Company for
the designer Elanit and it cost $90. In 1973, as National Vice
President of NCJW, Myra donated the gown for the Greater
Miami Section’s Third Annual Fashion Spree Auction, at a
price of $25. However, Myra was so reluctant to part with the
dress, she wound up buying it back herself!
She was a board member of the Museum
and served in a leadership capacity for
numerous organizations through her
community service. The Museum is now
the recipient of Myra’s extensive legacy of
memorabilia that represents an historical record of both local
and national organizations.
This tallit, tallit bag, Shiloh prayer book and daily prayer
book belonged to Howard Davis, who became a Bar Mitzvah
at Congregation Beth David in 1936. Davis, a graduate of
Miami Beach High School, served as a radio-navigator on a
torpedo bomber during World War II. Aviation Radioman 2nd
Class Davis received the Air Medal for attacking a Japanese
battleship in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, October 24, 1944.
Davis’ father, S. Charles Davis, ran a construction company
on Miami Beach that built hotels during the 1920s-1940s.
After World War II, the company rehabbed the hotels.
She kept minutes of meetings from JMOF, the Greater Miami
Jewish Federation and National Council of Jewish Women
(NCJW); programs from every gala or luncheon she attended;
speeches she delivered upon receiving or bestowing a
countless number of awards – and this is only a small sample
of the items that now enhance our Collection.
One of the memorable artifacts is the gown that Myra wore
when she escorted Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir into a
banquet in Israel in 1971.
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This photograph shows a Kalinin Jewish partisan unit (Bielski
Group) on guard duty at an airstrip in the Naliboki Forest,
Poland, c.1944. Riva Ginsburg’s parents, Yudis Koszczanska
(standing center right) and Mordechai “Motke” Ginsburg,
were members of the Bielski Group. Yudis Koszczanska
(Judith Ginsburg) was born in Lida, Belarus in 1925 and
during World War II she escaped into the woods and joined
the Bielski Group of Jewish partisans. There she met her
husband, Mordechai “Motke” Ginsburg (Marvin), who was
born in Ivye, Belarus. She was the only one of her family to
survive the Holocaust. Children Chaim and Riva were born
in the Foehrenwald Displaced Persons Camp in Germany. In
1949, the family immigrated to the United States, taking up
cattle ranching in Troy, NY. Riva Ginsburg is a retired Florida
Atlantic University professor.
FJHM... From page 4
MUSEUM NEWS
Examining evidence that includes Menendez’ taking on
“undocumented” passengers after leaving the harbor at Cadiz,
Spain; the dates of the sighting of the Florida coastline and
the first landing; the archaeological revelations of human
remains at Fountain of Youth Park; the founder’s
understanding of the native Timucuan as the supposed Ten
Lost Tribes of Israel; the markers suggested by the Spanish
Inquisition as to the characteristics of Conversos/New
Christians and the anthroponomastic study of surnames,
comparing them to known Sephardic names and names of
those tried by the courts of the Inquisition, the SAJHS finds
ample support for the hypothesis that Jews first came to what
would become the United States along the northeast coast of
Florida in 1565.
Rabbi Shapiro said, “To be sure, the presence of Jews in Florida
from 1565, unlike the experience of the Jewish refugees from
the Inquisition in Recife, Brazil who came to New Amsterdam
in 1654, was neither continuous nor populated by anyone other
than those whose religious and cultural identities were
ruthlessly suppressed with brutality, threats of violence, torture
and death. Nonetheless, the SAJHS is greatly concerned with
the future of our past and vigorously labors on in the pursuit of
the repatriation of the Jewish souls who came to these shores
in the days of the Spanish Inquisition.” Since the Museum’s partnership with Florida International
University (FIU) and the arrival on the faculty of Dr. Tudor
Parfitt, there is enthusiastic interest in pursuing the question
of Conversos in St. Augustine in the 16th century.
Dr. Parfitt said, “It is not yet certain if the first groups of
Spaniards to set foot in Florida in the 16th century contained
any New Christians/Conversos or not. However the balance
of probability is that they did.” Tudor Parfitt, the new
President Navon Professor of Sephardi Studies at FIU,
assisted by Olivia Autolino, will attempt to ascertain if there
were any Conversos among the early settlers in St. Augustine.
Working along with the SAJHS, they plan to examine
archives in the United States, Spain, Italy and Cuba in an
attempt to discover when the first Jew settled in what is now
the United States.
About Florida Jewish History Month (FJHM)
in the observance. The Museum’s FJHM curriculum is
approved by the Miami-Dade County Public School Board
and distributed to schools in Florida’s 67 counties. The
educational materials for FJHM and a speech for anyone to
deliver to a group can be found on the Museum’s website:
www.jewishmuseum.com.
As part of the free public celebration on January 6, Joe’s
Stone Crab Restaurant is providing key lime pie, designated
in 2006 as the official state pie. Jennie and Joe Weiss, the
founders of Joe’s, were the first Jews to settle on Miami
Beach in 1913 and the business is still run by the family.
Please bring family and friends to join in this historic
conversation on January 6, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. Make your
reservation now to 786-972-3175 or info@jewishmuseum.
CONSIDER A HOLIDAY
YEAR-END CONTRIBUTION
TO YOUR MUSEUM
Please consider the Jewish Museum of Florida in your yearend charitable gifts. Your donation will help to sponsor a
program, fund a future exhibit, maintain our ever expanding
collections, as well as support Jewish continuity, culture and
our statewide outreach.
The JMOF Museum Family support has always been
generous and in this time of growth and expansion, your
continuing donations for our exhibits and programs is even
more meaningful and appreciated.
We are pleased to accept donations by cash/check, credit card,
stocks, or bonds. If you are considering a donation of stocks
or bonds, please contact us so we can help direct your
donation to the proper account.
Another way to gift is to give a gift membership to the
Museum to someone you want to introduce to the Museum.
Gift memberships start at $30 for seniors (single) and $36 for
single members. See the back cover of TILES for
membership information.
You can make your tax-deductible gift in the following ways:
1. On-line by using your Mastercard, American Express or
Visa charge card at www.jewishmuseum.com - just click on
The concept for the month began at the Jewish Museum of the star with “Membership and Support Online”
Florida when Marcia Jo Zerivitz worked with legislators to
translate the Museum’s mission into a statewide observance. In 2. By mail to JMOF, 301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach,
April, 2003, then Governor Jeb Bush signed a bill into law that FL 33139
officially designated the month of January annually as Florida
Jewish History Month. State Senator Gwen Margolis and Rep. 3. By calling Jo Ann Arnowitz, Executive Director at
Gustavo Barreiro each sponsored companion bills that were 786-972-3180.
passed unanimously and eventually led to this historic event. In the tradition of the Chanukah miracle of oil, join in making
Florida is the first state in the nation to have a month dedicated a year-end tax-deductible donation to the Jewish Museum of
to the tremendous contributions of Jews in its development.
Florida to continue the miracle of the Jewish Museum of
Artist Romero Britto created the official logo for FJHM. Florida and the history of Florida Jews.
Cities, congregations, schools and organizations participate Thank you for your continued support and our warmest
continued next column wishes to you and your family for a joyous Chanukah!
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MUSEUM NEWS
MUSEUM vOLUNTEERS AND OPPORTUNITIES
COLLECTIONS & RESEARCH
MEMORIALS & TRIBUTES
• Betti Dulberger • Bernard Kouchel
ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM
From August 25, 2012 through November 20, 2012
In Honor of...
• Rosalie Ehrenberg • Audrey Frank • Elaine Litvak
• Lester Sharlach
Dr. Lawrence & Suzanne Fishman’s friendship
Dr. Alan & Barbara Bisno
The Galbut Family
Gary Appel
Lori Gold
Stu & Fran Eizenstat
Arnold Goodman’s 80th birthday
Barbara & Elliot Spector
Alfreda Opper’s 100th birthday
Marilyn Levingston
Edith B. Reich’s 94th birthday
Roberta Gordon
Elliot Stone becoming Board President
Isabel Bernfeld Anderson
Kenneth M. & Barbara Bloom
Linda Brown Zilber
Marcia Jo Zerivitz
Norma & Michael Orovitz
ADMINISTRATIVE & EVENT SUPPORT
Isabel Bernfeld Anderson, Chair
• Alice Barth • Wendy Belkin • Amy Bernard • Dorothy Cohn
• Inge Gatto • Frances Horowitz • Evelyn Marcus
• Sonya Vinitskaya • Karen Warner
DOCENTS
• Jorge Bargman • Irene Beibe • Howard Brayer • Linda Dillon
• Elaine Brauner Dobin • Judith Greenspoon • Sylvia Herman
• Shirley Kahn • Andrea July Kovacs • Marilyn Levingston
• Elaine Litvak • Barbara Musikar • Georgia Nimer
• Barry Ranish • Louis Schneider • Myrna Shanker • Janet Wolk
• Charlotte Wolpe • Judith Wurtman
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HOW DO YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED?
Speedy Recovery...
In Jewish tradition, your name is your most precious possession,
“higher than the price of rubies.” Some Museum members have
planned for their names or names of loved ones to be perpetuated with
a Planned Gift. When the gift is realized, the cash is added to the
Endowment Fund, which protects and grows the principal and the
interest is used for annual operating expenses.
HERITAGE SOCIETY MEMBERS:
• 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 • 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* • Norma Salz
• Bernice Samkoff* • Shirlee Segall Schiller • Beatrice Schwartz*
• Tamra Sheffman • Cecily Silberman • Samuel Silver
• Gary & Julie Simon • Robert H. Traurig • Jacqueline Traurig
• Gale Goldstein Tucker • Helen Uchitel* • Leonard A. Wien
• Marcia Jo Zerivitz
(NAMES ARE AS OF NOVEMBER 20, 2012)
* deceased
Dorothy Cohn
Isabel Bernfeld Anderson
Betti Dulberger
Alan Marcus
Chuck & Wendy Traurig Perlin
Eva Shvedova
Isabel Bernfeld Anderson
Betti Dulberger
Sylvia Tendler
Chuck & Wendy Traurig Perlin
Maddi & Steve Sackel & Family
Gift Memberships...
Louis Barocas
Kenneth Bloom
Carol Clein IHO Bat Mitzvah
Kenneth Bloom
Arnold & Ronnie Ginsburg
Kenneth Bloom
Suzanne Hollander
Kenneth Bloom
Steven & Susan Kobetz
Kenneth Bloom
Roberta Platoff IHO Bat Mitzvah
Kenneth Bloom
Janice Smiles IHO Bat Mitzvah
Kenneth Bloom
Shirley Sork IHO Bat Mitzvah
Kenneth Bloom
Lois Tepper
Jonathan Symons
Stephen & Arlyne Wayner
Kenneth Bloom
In Memory of...
Alan Mark Arno at his 75th birthday
Maxine E. Arno
Sylvia Barrow
Edith B. Reich
Herbert Gaynor
Isabel Bernfeld Anderson
Jo Ann & Gary Arnowitz
Kenneth M. & Barbara Bloom
Norton & Jessica Pepper Bloom
Roberta Gordon
Jean & Bill Soman
Marcia Jo & Elliott Zerivitz
Jessica Goldman’s father
Dr. Raj Gohill
Alan, Carla & Ken Roth
Hank Kaufman
Edith B. Reich
Henry Loeser
Edith B. Reich
Leonard Luria
Norma K. & Allan P. Wilson
Kenneth Myers
Judy M. Gilbert-Gould
Stanley & Martha Myers
Judy M. Gilbert-Gould
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and where acknowledgement is to be sent. Thank you!
Thank you to all those who have contributed to the Marcia Jo Zerivitz Endowment Fund for Collections
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