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and projects to strengthen and en-
rich Jewish religious, education-
al and cultural life worldwide. Her
work involves analyzing the art
and symbolism of old tombstones.
From her careful analysis of the
inscriptions on the stones, in-
cluding name, age, status in the
community, as well as the type of
stone or marble, stylistic treat-
ment and engraved symbols—to-
gether with community records
and other historical documents—
Dr. Weinstein has been able to ob-
tain an indelible picture of Jewish
community life.
In keeping with the liberal pol-
icy of the Protestant Nether-
lands—which had recently freed
itself from Catholic Spain—the
Sephardim were welcomed as
Jews. They were given religious
protections and soon were able to
acquire Dutch citizenship. Some
monuments even reflect the
Christian influence of the day,
adapted of course to Jewish needs,
such as burning pyres represent-
ing the horrors of the Inquisition
in which many of the deceased's
relatives had perished. Others,
according to Dr. Weinstein, con-
tain Renaissance and Baroque
reworking of classical and Chris-
tian motifs, such as scenes on the
graves of women who died in
childbirth, modeled after repre-
sentations of the birth of Hercules
or of John the Baptist.
Another significant character-
istic, Dr. Weinstein pointed out,
was the common use of Spanish
or Portuguese surnames along
with the Hebrew on the tomb-
stones. This policy, she explained,
reflected a common practice of the
day: the use of Hispanic names in
order to conduct commercial
transactions with family mem-
bers who, despite the Inquisition,
had remained in Spain or Portu-
gal, as Catholics.

Map Exhibit
On Display

"Visual Geography," a nationally
touring exhibit on the history of
cartography, sponsored by the
U.S. Geological Survey and the
National Geographic Society, is
at the Detroit Public Library,
Main Library through Aug. 9. The
exhibit is on the third floor of the
library, located at 5201 Woodward
Avenue in the University Cultural
Center.
'Visual geography' follows the
story of map making through the
millennia, across the globe and
beyond the solar system. It in-
cludes some of the world's most
beautiful and enduring maps—a
map in Columbus' hand, the map
that was carried to the moon, the
first map to show America—and
it examines the urge to map, to
measure our world, and to record
it graphically.
Also on display will be the Ima-
gin Map Center, a user-friendly

database of computer-generated
digital maps created by the Michi-
gan Department of Natural Re-
sources' Michigan Resource
Information System. The Detroit
Public Library is one of four li-
braries in the state to have this
constantly updated and revised
database that provides maps of
major watersheds, county base
maps, cemetery locations, leg-
islative district maps, maps of en-
vironmentally sensitive areas of
the state, and more, free of charge.

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5832; or by writing: The Com-
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hometown and its meaning to
them. Works may pertain to any
subject-, there will no longer be cat-
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al, prepared in any medium,
ready for presentation, and must
not have been previously shown
in Our Town exhibitions.
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price, with the rest benefitting
the Community House.

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