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Elizabeth Rynecki takes us along on her quest to recover her Polish-Jewish great-grandfather Moshe Rynecki’s body of artwork. Most of it disappeared after he was deported to the Warsaw Ghetto and perished at the Majdanek concentration camp. His more than 800 paintings and sculptures provided important documentation of everyday scenes of Jewish life in Poland before the war.

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The tour includes an overview of the more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people and organizations, both present and past, in Miami Beach; and a review of various architectural styles found in the city, including Jewish contributions.

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The tour includes an overview of the more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people and organizations, both present and past, in Miami Beach; and a review of various architectural styles found in the city, including Jewish contributions.

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The tour includes an overview of the more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people and organizations, both present and past, in Miami Beach; and a review of various architectural styles found in the city, including Jewish contributions.

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The year is 1943. The Vilna Ghetto is about to be liquidated. “The Good Nazi” documentary tells the story of a Nazi officer who, during the Holocaust, turns his back on his dark ideology and risks his life to save hundreds of Jews. Dr. Freund, the lead archaeologist will give us the back story on the work that reveals the story of the “Schindler of Lithuania” Major Karl Plagge.

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Genie Milgrom presents Crypto-Jews: The people that time forgot.

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The tour includes an overview of the more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people and organizations, both present and past, in Miami Beach; and a review of various architectural styles found in the city, including Jewish contributions.

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Please join us for an evening with photographer Amy Gelb, creator of the new book “As Is: Women Exposed.” Amy Gelb’s photo book is a rebuke to the unrealistic beauty standards that hurt us all.

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The tour includes an overview of the more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people and organizations, both present and past, in Miami Beach; and a review of various architectural styles found in the city, including Jewish contributions.

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FIU Prof. David Kramer discusses U.S. Foreign Policy after the midterm elections.

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The tour includes an overview of the more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people and organizations, both present and past, in Miami Beach; and a review of various architectural styles found in the city, including Jewish contributions.

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The tour includes an overview of the more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people and organizations, both present and past, in Miami Beach; and a review of various architectural styles found in the city, including Jewish contributions.

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Dr. Sara Horowitz, York University, shares her latest research on Jewish refugees and residents of Paris—including those who survived in hiding—writing in and about the city of lights immediately after World War II, exploring themes of absence, mourning, home and displacement in the aftermath of the Shoah.

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Dr. Devin Naar & Isaac Alhadeff present Under the Wings of Sultan.

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The tour includes an overview of the more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people and organizations, both present and past, in Miami Beach; and a review of various architectural styles found in the city, including Jewish contributions.

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Learn the history of the SoFi neighborhood and the staple Jewish-owned restaurants in the area past and present, and taste samples of foods from Jewish restaurants. This Walking Food Tour is a fun adventure for locals and visitors alike – and your taste buds will thank you!

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The tour includes an overview of the more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people and organizations, both present and past, in Miami Beach; and a review of various architectural styles found in the city, including Jewish contributions.

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The superb, all-female Metropolitan Klezmer’ genre-and gender-bending takes on klezmer, the exuberant, hornand-fiddle powered, old world Jewish-fusion dance music, have been heard on CBS Sunday Morning and Showtime’s The L Word and hailed as “brilliant, intense, eclectic... deliriously fun” (New York Music Daily).

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Learn the history of the SoFi neighborhood and the staple Jewish-owned restaurants in the area past and present, and taste samples of foods from Jewish restaurants. This Walking Food Tour is a fun adventure for locals and visitors alike – and your taste buds will thank you!

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The tour includes an overview of the more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people and organizations, both present and past, in Miami Beach; and a review of various architectural styles found in the city, including Jewish contributions.

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Third Miami Beach International Roundtable on Black Judaism organized by Florida International University and the University of Utah.

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The tour includes an overview of the more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people and organizations, both present and past, in Miami Beach; and a review of various architectural styles found in the city, including Jewish contributions.

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The Rabbi Has Landed!” Dispatches from the Giant of (Jewish) Africa Just two months ago, on his fourth visit to Jewish Nigeria, Professor William Miles brought his Conservative rabbi and wife to the African continent for the first time. The ensuing encounters highlighted the political, economic, and theological divergences between Jews in Israel, America and Africa.

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On his fourth visit to Jewish Nigeria, Prof. Miles (Northeastern Univ) brought his Conservative rabbi and wife to the African continent for the first time.  Ensuing encounters highlighted the political, economic, and theological divergences between Jews in Israel, America and Africa. 

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The tour includes an overview of the more than 100 years of Jewish history of Miami Beach; discussion of significant Jewish people and organizations, both present and past, in Miami Beach; and a review of various architectural styles found in the city, including Jewish contributions.

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The first museum show from the internationally acclaimed NYC based artist, Steve Marcus. The exhibition includes over 26 wood carved sculptures and Jewish ritual objects, more than a dozen hand drawn works of art on paper and custom synagogue furniture.

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Sunday Comics: Drawing Time & Space Draw a comic strip and tell each your unique story. Families are invited to take technique and inspiration from Steve Marcus amidst his artwork in the current exhibit, Through the Hat: The Art of Steve Marcus. All ages and abilities welcomed! Free with Museum Admission.

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The program will explore how the cultural landscape and history of the state of Israel are deeply entwined with the successive waves of migration that created its artistic identity.  Through conversation, discussion, and performance, they will take patrons on a travelogue from the dusty streets of old Tel Aviv in the 1930s through the modern country we know today.

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23rd Annual Breaking the Glass Ceiling Awards Luncheon and Program. The Museum is proud to recognize this year’s honorees: Susan Brustman, Michelle Oka Doner, Mera Rubell & Elizabeth Schwartz and to welcome them into our prestigious group of nearly