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    • Edward Steichen: In High Fashion the Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937 opening

    • Hosted by Irvin Lippman, Executive Director of the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Edward Steichen exhibition Curator William Ewing and fashion designer Ivonne de la Vega.The internationally renowned exhibition Edward Steichen: In High Fashion the Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937 will make its debut in Florida at the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University on February 26 through April 11, 2010. The exhibition features over two hundred of Steichen’s celebrity and fashion portraiture made while he served as chief photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines between 1923 and 1937.  His influence is felt in the field to this day. Steichen’s portraits of icons include Joan Crawford, Winston Churchill, Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Amelia Earhart, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Loretta Young, Martha Graham, Gloria Swanson, Dorothy Parker.“Edward Steichen produced a body of work of unequalled brilliance.  He revolutionized fashion photography, and pioneered a new visual language of glamour, profoundly shaping the look of celebrity and fashion to this day” said Irvin Lippman, Executive Director of the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale.  The exhibition is organized by the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, and the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis, in conjunction with the International Center of Photography (ICP). It opened in New York City at ICP in early 2009, and has since been shown throughout Europe.Fashion designer Ivonne de la Vega has created a gown inspired by Steichen's photographs of high fashion.  It will be on view during the exhibition and sold as a benefit for the Museum of Art.

    • Miami Circle Leadership Briefing part 2 of 4

    • Earlier this year, the Miami Circle was designated a National Historic Landmark and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida was chosen as the institution to lead the management, oversight and preservation of the Miami Circle.  Future plans for the Miami Circle include an urban, open space park for residents and tourists. At a briefing held on May 6, 2009 at the Historical Museum, Jorge Zamanillo, Curator of Object Collections for the Historical Museum of Southern Florida introduced some of the key players and organizations involved in the development of the area around the Miami Circle, including Ryan J. Wheeler, Ph.D., from the Bureau of Archaeological Research; Jay R. Hood, RLA, ASLA, Principal, Director of Landscape Architecture for Glatting, Jackson, Kercher, Anglin along with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Katy Sorenson and Musuem President and CEO, Robert McCammon.

    • Miami Circle Leadership Briefing part 3 of 4

    • Earlier this year, the Miami Circle was designated a National Historic Landmark and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida was chosen as the institution to lead the management, oversight and preservation of the Miami Circle.  Future plans for the Miami Circle include an urban, open space park for residents and tourists. At a briefing held on May 6, 2009 at the Historical Museum, Jorge Zamanillo, Curator of Object Collections for the Historical Museum of Southern Florida introduced some of the key players and organizations involved in the development of the area around the Miami Circle, including Ryan J. Wheeler, Ph.D., from the Bureau of Archaeological Research; Jay R. Hood, RLA, ASLA, Principal, Director of Landscape Architecture for Glatting, Jackson, Kercher, Anglin along with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Katy Sorenson and Musuem President and CEO, Robert McCammon.

    • Miami Circle Leadership Briefing part 1 of 4

    • Earlier this year, the Miami Circle was designated a National Historic Landmark and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida was chosen as the institution to lead the management, oversight and preservation of the Miami Circle.  Future plans for the Miami Circle include an urban, open space park for residents and tourists. At a briefing held on May 6, 2009 at the Historical Museum, Jorge Zamanillo, Curator of Object Collections for the Historical Museum of Southern Florida introduced some of the key players and organizations involved in the development of the area around the Miami Circle, including Ryan J. Wheeler, Ph.D., from the Bureau of Archaeological Research; Jay R. Hood, RLA, ASLA, Principal, Director of Landscape Architecture for Glatting, Jackson, Kercher, Anglin along with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Katy Sorenson and Musuem President and CEO, Robert McCammon.

    • Miami Circle Leadership Briefing part 4 of 4

    • Earlier this year, the Miami Circle was designated a National Historic Landmark and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida was chosen as the institution to lead the management, oversight and preservation of the Miami Circle.  Future plans for the Miami Circle include an urban, open space park for residents and tourists. At a briefing held on May 6, 2009 at the Historical Museum, Jorge Zamanillo, Curator of Object Collections for the Historical Museum of Southern Florida introduced some of the key players and organizations involved in the development of the area around the Miami Circle, including Ryan J. Wheeler, Ph.D., from the Bureau of Archaeological Research; Jay R. Hood, RLA, ASLA, Principal, Director of Landscape Architecture for Glatting, Jackson, Kercher, Anglin along with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Katy Sorenson and Musuem President and CEO, Robert McCammon.

    • Glass ceiling 2009 - Ruth Behar

    • Leonard Wein, President of the Jewish Musuem of Florida welcomes the attendees for the 13th Annual "Breaking The Glass ceiling" Awards on Sunday, April 19, 2009. Lori Gold and Tamra Sheffman introduce the Honorees for 2009 beginning with Ruth Behar. Ruth Behar is a cultural anthropologist, poet, writer, filmmaker and noted  feminist. In 1988 she became the first Latina woman to be awarded a MacArthur fellowship "genius grant." Latina Magazine named her in 1999 one of the 50 Latinas who made history in the 20th century. She is co-editor of Women Writing Culture, a pioneering look at the unique contributions that women have made to the field. Ruth's personal life experiences as a Jewish Cuban-American woman are frequently an important part of her writing. Her recent book, An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba, is about her quest to know the dwindling Jewish community that remains on the island she left as a child. Her love of Sephardic culture also led her to direct and produce Adio Kerida/Goodbye Dear Love: A Cuban Sephardic Journey, distributed by Women Make Movies, which documents Cuban Jews living in Miami and New York and has been shown around the world. 

    • Glass ceiling 2009 - Judith Lewis

    • Judith L. Lewis, former Director of National Sales for TWA, negotiated major contracts with TWA's largest national travel agency accounts and developed new business by targeting major corporations. In her first year, she created and ran a 64 person sales staff that brought in over $100 million in incremental revenue. She began her career in the male-dominated airline industry in 1972 in Florida as a customer service representative for Eastern Airlines and worked her way up to Sales Account Executive. During that time, she served as President of AWE, a national volunteer organization at Eastern to train women in corporate management. She continues to provide personal coaching services for corporate executives. She has also been an active volunteer in the Tampa community, using her skills to assist Jewish and social service organizations in management skills and team building.

    • Glass ceiling 2009 - Ruth Greenfield

    • Ruth W. Greenfield is a gifted musician, composer, concert pianist and teacher who has been an impresario of arts and culture in south Florida since the 1940s. Even before federal law mandated desegregated education, Ruth took courageous steps in the early 1950s to establish the Fine Arts Conservatory, the first integrated music-arts school in Florida. She also established the "Lunchtime Lively Arts Series," in Miami in 1972, offering free cultural programs for students and downtown workers, featuring professional musicians, ballet dancers, singers, artists, poets and actors. Her civic activities have earned her extensive recognition, including the Urban League Award for Outstanding Community Inter-Racial Service (1964), Governor of Florida (Askew) Award for Contributions to the Arts (1975), Outstanding Citizen's Award, American Jewish Congress (prompting the award to now be named the Ruth W. Greenfield Outstanding Citizen Award), 1987 and Woman of the Year, Anti-Defamation League, 1988.

    • Glass ceiling 2009 - Miette Burnstein

    • Miette K. Burnstein has served as the first woman and first Jewish Circuit Court Judge in Broward County (1976), as well as the first woman and first Jewish Chief Judge (1985) in Broward. She was the first woman chair of the Florida State Conference of Circuit Judges and also served as Chair of the Florida State Judicial Qualifications Commission. Miette's long list of honors and awards includes: Who's Who in American Women (1967), State Attorneys and Public Defenders' Outstanding Service on the Criminal Bench Award (1978) and Women of Achievement, Brandeis University National Women's Committee (1985). A life-long resident of Broward County, she has been active in numerous community, civic, professional and Jewish organizations, as well as being a licensed private pilot and certified scuba diver.

    • Jews of Greater Miami - Today's Family Members

    • At a presentation of the new book "Jews of Greater Miami," Family members from some of the original jewish settlers talk about their family history and their current involvement in the community. Miami was among Florida's latest communities to develop a Jewish population. When the City of Miami was chartered in 1896, Jews owned 12 of Miami's earliest 16 businesses. Jews began to settle on Miami Beach by 1913. Facing discrimination, the Jewish community grew to dominate the Beach, its politics and tourism industry until the 1980s. At one time, Greater Miami hosted the state's largest Jewish population, which currently has declined, but stabilized. Barriers for Jews have been greatly dismantled and prejudice against Jews has lost its respectability. This rich photo documentary tells stories of the pioneer Jews, their struggles and successes, how they worked hard to help develop every area of their community and at opening society and now thrive in it. Miami Jewry has cultural diversity, young Jews, observant Jews, a rich and varied Jewish community infrastructure including the Jewish Museum of Florida, and, at last, is a multi-generational Jewish community.  

    • Jews of Greater Miami part 8

    • Marcia Jo Zerivitz, the founding executive director and chief curator of the Jewish Museum of Florida, has been collecting photographs of Jews in Florida for nearly a quarter of a century. Over the years, she has presented hundreds of slide show lectures and written exhibits, films and publications. Marcia Jo Zerivitz presented her new book on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Jewish Museum of Florida, discussing the history of Jews of Greater Miami and introducing many of the individuals who are included in this photo-documentary. Now Marcia Jo has compiled her 3,000-word essay and 250 photographs with captions to chronologically tell the story about Jews of Greater Miami from 1896 through the present.Miami was among Florida's latest communities to develop a Jewish population. When the City of Miami was chartered in 1896, Jews owned 12 of Miami's earliest 16 businesses. Jews began to settle on Miami Beach by 1913. Facing discrimination, the Jewish community grew to dominate the Beach, its politics and tourism industry until the 1980s. At one time, Greater Miami hosted the state's largest Jewish population, which currently has declined, but stabilized. Barriers for Jews have been greatly dismantled and prejudice against Jews has lost its respectability. This rich photo documentary tells stories of the pioneer Jews, their struggles and successes, how they worked hard to help develop every area of their community and at opening society and now thrive in it. Miami Jewry has cultural diversity, young Jews, observant Jews, a rich and varied Jewish community infrastructure including the Jewish Museum of Florida, and, at last, is a multi-generational Jewish community

    • Jews of Greater Miami part 7

    • Marcia Jo Zerivitz, the founding executive director and chief curator of the Jewish Museum of Florida, has been collecting photographs of Jews in Florida for nearly a quarter of a century. Over the years, she has presented hundreds of slide show lectures and written exhibits, films and publications. Marcia Jo Zerivitz presented her new book on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Jewish Museum of Florida, discussing the history of Jews of Greater Miami and introducing many of the individuals who are included in this photo-documentary. Now Marcia Jo has compiled her 3,000-word essay and 250 photographs with captions to chronologically tell the story about Jews of Greater Miami from 1896 through the present.Miami was among Florida's latest communities to develop a Jewish population. When the City of Miami was chartered in 1896, Jews owned 12 of Miami's earliest 16 businesses. Jews began to settle on Miami Beach by 1913. Facing discrimination, the Jewish community grew to dominate the Beach, its politics and tourism industry until the 1980s. At one time, Greater Miami hosted the state's largest Jewish population, which currently has declined, but stabilized. Barriers for Jews have been greatly dismantled and prejudice against Jews has lost its respectability. This rich photo documentary tells stories of the pioneer Jews, their struggles and successes, how they worked hard to help develop every area of their community and at opening society and now thrive in it. Miami Jewry has cultural diversity, young Jews, observant Jews, a rich and varied Jewish community infrastructure including the Jewish Museum of Florida, and, at last, is a multi-generational Jewish community

    • Jews of Greater Miami part 6

    • Marcia Jo Zerivitz, the founding executive director and chief curator of the Jewish Museum of Florida, has been collecting photographs of Jews in Florida for nearly a quarter of a century. Over the years, she has presented hundreds of slide show lectures and written exhibits, films and publications. Marcia Jo Zerivitz presented her new book on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Jewish Museum of Florida, discussing the history of Jews of Greater Miami and introducing many of the individuals who are included in this photo-documentary. Now Marcia Jo has compiled her 3,000-word essay and 250 photographs with captions to chronologically tell the story about Jews of Greater Miami from 1896 through the present.Miami was among Florida's latest communities to develop a Jewish population. When the City of Miami was chartered in 1896, Jews owned 12 of Miami's earliest 16 businesses. Jews began to settle on Miami Beach by 1913. Facing discrimination, the Jewish community grew to dominate the Beach, its politics and tourism industry until the 1980s. At one time, Greater Miami hosted the state's largest Jewish population, which currently has declined, but stabilized. Barriers for Jews have been greatly dismantled and prejudice against Jews has lost its respectability. This rich photo documentary tells stories of the pioneer Jews, their struggles and successes, how they worked hard to help develop every area of their community and at opening society and now thrive in it. Miami Jewry has cultural diversity, young Jews, observant Jews, a rich and varied Jewish community infrastructure including the Jewish Museum of Florida, and, at last, is a multi-generational Jewish community

    • Jews of Greater Miami part 5

    • Marcia Jo Zerivitz, the founding executive director and chief curator of the Jewish Museum of Florida, has been collecting photographs of Jews in Florida for nearly a quarter of a century. Over the years, she has presented hundreds of slide show lectures and written exhibits, films and publications. Marcia Jo Zerivitz presented her new book on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Jewish Museum of Florida, discussing the history of Jews of Greater Miami and introducing many of the individuals who are included in this photo-documentary. Now Marcia Jo has compiled her 3,000-word essay and 250 photographs with captions to chronologically tell the story about Jews of Greater Miami from 1896 through the present.Miami was among Florida's latest communities to develop a Jewish population. When the City of Miami was chartered in 1896, Jews owned 12 of Miami's earliest 16 businesses. Jews began to settle on Miami Beach by 1913. Facing discrimination, the Jewish community grew to dominate the Beach, its politics and tourism industry until the 1980s. At one time, Greater Miami hosted the state's largest Jewish population, which currently has declined, but stabilized. Barriers for Jews have been greatly dismantled and prejudice against Jews has lost its respectability. This rich photo documentary tells stories of the pioneer Jews, their struggles and successes, how they worked hard to help develop every area of their community and at opening society and now thrive in it. Miami Jewry has cultural diversity, young Jews, observant Jews, a rich and varied Jewish community infrastructure including the Jewish Museum of Florida, and, at last, is a multi-generational Jewish community

    • Jews of Greater Miami part 3

    • Marcia Jo Zerivitz, the founding executive director and chief curator of the Jewish Museum of Florida, has been collecting photographs of Jews in Florida for nearly a quarter of a century. Over the years, she has presented hundreds of slide show lectures and written exhibits, films and publications. Marcia Jo Zerivitz presented her new book on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Jewish Museum of Florida, discussing the history of Jews of Greater Miami and introducing many of the individuals who are included in this photo-documentary. Now Marcia Jo has compiled her 3,000-word essay and 250 photographs with captions to chronologically tell the story about Jews of Greater Miami from 1896 through the present.Miami was among Florida's latest communities to develop a Jewish population. When the City of Miami was chartered in 1896, Jews owned 12 of Miami's earliest 16 businesses. Jews began to settle on Miami Beach by 1913. Facing discrimination, the Jewish community grew to dominate the Beach, its politics and tourism industry until the 1980s. At one time, Greater Miami hosted the state's largest Jewish population, which currently has declined, but stabilized. Barriers for Jews have been greatly dismantled and prejudice against Jews has lost its respectability. This rich photo documentary tells stories of the pioneer Jews, their struggles and successes, how they worked hard to help develop every area of their community and at opening society and now thrive in it. Miami Jewry has cultural diversity, young Jews, observant Jews, a rich and varied Jewish community infrastructure including the Jewish Museum of Florida, and, at last, is a multi-generational Jewish community

    • Jews of Greater Miami part 2

    • Marcia Jo Zerivitz, the founding executive director and chief curator of the Jewish Museum of Florida, has been collecting photographs of Jews in Florida for nearly a quarter of a century. Over the years, she has presented hundreds of slide show lectures and written exhibits, films and publications. Marcia Jo Zerivitz presented her new book on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Jewish Museum of Florida, discussing the history of Jews of Greater Miami and introducing many of the individuals who are included in this photo-documentary. Now Marcia Jo has compiled her 3,000-word essay and 250 photographs with captions to chronologically tell the story about Jews of Greater Miami from 1896 through the present.Miami was among Florida's latest communities to develop a Jewish population. When the City of Miami was chartered in 1896, Jews owned 12 of Miami's earliest 16 businesses. Jews began to settle on Miami Beach by 1913. Facing discrimination, the Jewish community grew to dominate the Beach, its politics and tourism industry until the 1980s. At one time, Greater Miami hosted the state's largest Jewish population, which currently has declined, but stabilized. Barriers for Jews have been greatly dismantled and prejudice against Jews has lost its respectability. This rich photo documentary tells stories of the pioneer Jews, their struggles and successes, how they worked hard to help develop every area of their community and at opening society and now thrive in it. Miami Jewry has cultural diversity, young Jews, observant Jews, a rich and varied Jewish community infrastructure including the Jewish Museum of Florida, and, at last, is a multi-generational Jewish community

    • Jews of Greater Miami part 1

    • Marcia Jo Zerivitz, the founding executive director and chief curator of the Jewish Museum of Florida, has been collecting photographs of Jews in Florida for nearly a quarter of a century. Over the years, she has presented hundreds of slide show lectures and written exhibits, films and publications. Marcia Jo Zerivitz presented her new book on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Jewish Museum of Florida, discussing the history of Jews of Greater Miami and introducing many of the individuals who are included in this photo-documentary. Now Marcia Jo has compiled her 3,000-word essay and 250 photographs with captions to chronologically tell the story about Jews of Greater Miami from 1896 through the present.Miami was among Florida's latest communities to develop a Jewish population. When the City of Miami was chartered in 1896, Jews owned 12 of Miami's earliest 16 businesses. Jews began to settle on Miami Beach by 1913. Facing discrimination, the Jewish community grew to dominate the Beach, its politics and tourism industry until the 1980s. At one time, Greater Miami hosted the state's largest Jewish population, which currently has declined, but stabilized. Barriers for Jews have been greatly dismantled and prejudice against Jews has lost its respectability. This rich photo documentary tells stories of the pioneer Jews, their struggles and successes, how they worked hard to help develop every area of their community and at opening society and now thrive in it. Miami Jewry has cultural diversity, young Jews, observant Jews, a rich and varied Jewish community infrastructure including the Jewish Museum of Florida, and, at last, is a multi-generational Jewish community

    • The Art of Antique Maps

    • In this New Florida clip from the WPBT2 archives, we take a look at the history and evolution of antique maps. We also catch a glimpse of the Miami International Map Fair held at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida.

    • Water Stories

    • Curator Jorge Zamanillo presents the Water Stories exbitition at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida.

    • Native Arts of the Northwest Coast Exhibit

    • The Native Arts of the Northwest Coast exhibit opened at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida on Feb 23. Paul and Joan Gluck, the owners of the art collection, share their passion and history behind more than 200 pieces representing six Northwest Coast Native Americans tribes.

    • Dr. Hyppolite on Black Crossroads Exhibition

    • Dr. Hyppolite, curator of the African Americans in Miami exhibition at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, spoke with uVu about Black Crossroads: The African Diaspora in Miami. The exhibition starting Mar. 5th aims to show the impact African-Americans and Afro-Caribbean’s had on Miami.

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