HANDCRAFTED JEWELRY, TEAPOTS, PICTURE FRAMES, POTTERY, VASES, LIMOGES BOXES, DECORATIVE PILLOWS... through 5 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. The children's museum is open 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. Yeshiva University Muse- um , 2520 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10033, (212) 960-5390. On exhibit now is "Treasures of Dubrovnik," featuring sacred and ceremonial objects from the synagogue in the former Yu- goslavia. Opening April 2 and running through July, in commemoration of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), are two exhibits. The first is a photo essay called "The Far Country," with works by Wendy Joy Kuppermann. In the second, "My Father's List," Thelma Mathias chronicles "Letters Dipped in Honey" chronicles Jewish children's literature. WHERE CAN VOI FIND ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL AND CREATIVE ACCESSORIES? Yiddisher Kultur Farband- YKUF, 1133 Broadway, Room 1019, New York, NY 10010, (212) 691-0708, exhibits works by mod- ern Jewish artists. and gallery The National Museum of American Jewish Military History, 1811 R. St. NW, Wash- A UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE COLLECTION ington, DC 20009, (202) 265- 6280. NEW SPRING MERCHANDISE ARRIVING DAILY The American Guild of Ju- daic Art, PO Box 1794, Murray LOCO[Cd ii [11c Orchard Noll Hill Station, New York, NY 10156, (212) 889-7581, publish- es a newsletter dedicated to Jew- ish visual arts. West Bloomfield (310) 655-4463 National Yiddish Book Center, 48 Woodbridge St., South Hadley, MA 01075, (413) 535-1303, collects and dissemi- nates Yiddish books. Special Art On Exhibit A special art exhibit will open at Urban Park-Detroit Art Center in Greektown, Detroit. It's an ex- hibit featuring art work by more than 50 artists with disabilities from the metropolitan Detroit area. The exhibit continues through art a list her father, a through Sunday, April 9. The exhibit is sponsored by European immigrant, made of everything he thought he would Very Special Arts Michigan need to bring with him to Southeast, a regional committee for Very Special Arts Michigan. America. The public is encouraged to see "The Book of Ruth" features calligraphy by Israeli artist the free exhibit, which showcases Sharon Binder, while "Make Me what disabled people can do a Sanctuary" focuses on the when they are encouraged to be creative in the arts. works of Jeffrey Packard. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. to 8 Also on exhibit through July, p.m., Mondays through Thurs- "Letters Dipped in Honey," an ex- hibit tracing the history of Jew- days, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and from noon to ish children's literature. The museum is open from 10 7 p.m. on Sundays. a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednes- days and Thursdays, and from 12 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays. Some other Jewish museums and cultural arts/history organi- zations throughout the country The Jewish Heritage Council is include: offering a tour to Italy, focusing The American Society for on World Monuments Fund pro- Jewish Music, 170 W. 74th St., jects. Participants will visit New York, NY 10023, (212) 874- Rome, Siena, Pisa, Livorno, Flo- 4456, which promotes the appre- rence, Ferrara and Venice to ciation of and interest in Jewish view a variety ofJewish sites, in- music, past and present. cluding medieval Jewish quar- Beit Hashoah-Museum of ters, Renaissance and Baroque Tolerance of the Simon ghettos, cemeteries and syna- Wiesenthal Center, 9786 W. gogues, 19th-century "cathedral" Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA., synagogues and one modern syn- 90035, (310) 553-8403, considers agogue. The tour also includes such topics as the struggle for civ- visits to Jewish museums and il rights, personal prejudice and Judaica collections. group intolerance. Each tour is limited to a max- Orthodox Jewish Archives, imum of 20 participants. The 84 William St., New York, NY tour price is $4,600, which in- 10038 (212) 797-9000, houses doc- cludes a $500 tax-deductible con- uments and photographs chron- tribution to the Jewish Heritage icling the history of Orthodox Council. For reservations or for Judaism in America. more information, please call the Skirball Museum, Hebrew World Monuments Fund, (914) Union College, 3077 Universi- 835-7600, ext. 105. ty Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90007 The Jewish Heritage Council (213) 749-3424. (Note, the muse- was established to foster the doc- um is planning to move to an- umentation, protection and other facility and will be closed preservation ofJewish historic for the next several weeks.) sites throughout the world. Council Sets Italian Tour Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Friday, Saturday 10:00-6:00 Thursday 10:00-9:00 Sunday 12:00-5:00 Tie one on. 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