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The Power of Women in Florida Jewish History with Marcia Jo Zerivitz

Virtual event

Tuesday, March 26 at 3:00pm to 4:00pm  Virtual Event In tribute to Women’s History Month, Marcia Jo Zerivitz, LHD, Founding Executive Director of the Jewish Museum of Florida–FIU will present a PowerPoint lecture that tells stories of outstanding women in Florida Jewish history. In 60 minutes, you will “meet” Florida Jewish women who made history in […]

Operation Moses: The 40th Anniversary of the Israeli Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews

Jewish Museum-FIU 301 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL, United States

 Monday, April 8 at 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm  Jewish Museum of Florida 301 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33199  Operation Moses was the covert rescue of more than 10,000 Beta Israel – the Ethiopian Jews – from the 1984 famine and civil war. Thousands of members of this community, who lived for centuries in the […]

Can I See the Horns: Roots of Antisemitism presented by Marcia Jo Zerivitz

Virtual event

 Tuesday, April 9th at 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm  Virtual Event We can agree that Jewish life since October 7, 2023, is no longer the same. Antisemitism has ginormously increased here in the US and globally and has become normalized, especially on college campuses, and mostly based on conspiracy theories. Florida hosts the nation’s second-largest number […]

Jews and India: Professor Nathan Katz

Jewish Museum-FIU 301 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL, United States

 Monday, April 15th at 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm  Jewish Museum of Florida 301 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33199 United States The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU invites you to its upcoming lecture Jews and India: Professor Nathan Katz. Jews have lived in India for two thousand years and have exerted a surprising influence over this vast […]

There Is No Harlem Renaissance without Black Women

Wolfsonian-FIU 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Date: Friday, June 7, 2024 Time: 7–8 pm Location: The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue Silhouettes: Image and Word in the Harlem Renaissance at the Wolfsonian - FIU Museum, highlights a number of women artists and writers who were active in the "New Negro" movement, which continues to serve as a beacon of visionary art, culture, and life […]

Harlem Renaissance and the Tropics

Wolfsonian-FIU 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Date: Sunday, June 23, 2024 Time: 11 am–2 pm Location: The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue Explore the cultural reach of the Caribbean in the Harlem Renaissance during a day of talks and […]

The Wolfsonian Presents: Curators Choice ‘The New Deal’

Wolfsonian-FIU 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Seeking solutions for widespread unemployment during the Great Depression, the U.S. government embarked on New Deal programs that commissioned out-of-work artists. These initiatives produced paintings, sculptures, and murals, some of which still adorn public buildings today. Sit down with curator Lea Nickless and Marianne Lamonaca, former Wolfsonian associate director and current FIU program director of […]

MDPL Presents: Rey “Mambo” Baumel

Art Deco Museum 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Join us for MDPL's Fall Lecture Series. On Saturday, October 5th, we will be welcoming guest speaker Rey "Mambo" Baumel. About the Speaker: 99 years young Rey Baumel was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York’s world famous Coney Island. He came to Miami Beach with his parents in 1938 and fell in love with […]

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Exhibit Opening and Lecture: “Connecting Concrete: Modernist Architecture from Havana to Miami”

Art Deco Museum 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

  Miami Design Preservation League, Art Deco Museum, Miami-Dade County, and the City of Miami Beach Hispanic Affairs Committee Invite you to the opening of: Connecting Concrete: Modernist Architecture from Havana to Miami Photographs by Silvia Ros Featuring a lecture by curator Tim Hossler at 6:30pm Connecting Concrete: Modernist Architecture from Havana to Miami, with […]

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