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prints were found in Bet Zait? art, buses, railroad cars, even one
Where can one see a collection of dedicated to the heritage of Hun-
meteorites, which serve as a con- garian-speaking Jewry. In the
stant reminder of unexpected vis- latter, at a model of the big syn-
itors to earth from outer space? agogue in Budapest, we learn
Who knows about a collection of that the building was erected on
unusual groggers (the Purim the site of Herzl's home.
The museum in Haifa dedi-
catharsis in place of violence), a
duplication of an old synagogue cated to the clandestine immi-
from Cochin, India, an old Ital- gration in the time of the British
ian synagogue, a priceless collec- is located, appropriately enough,
tion of Japanese art, a thousand on one of the ships, now hauled
puppet dolls, old trains, buses, up on dry land.
And if that is not enough, there
and much more?
Architecturally there are many are plans for more museums.
beautiful edifices, but perhaps
none is more strikingly located
than the Mane-Katz collection of
Jewish art housed in the home of
the late artist on Haifa's Panora-
ma Road, overlooking the classi-
cal view of the north and the hay A permanent exhibition dedicat-
from atop Mount Cannel. Upon ed to the life and work of Albert
his death, Mr. Mane-Katz willed Einstein opened at the Jewish
his entire collection to the city of National and University Library
Haifa. Incidentally, this was in of the Hebrew University of
marked contrast to another dis- Jerusalem.
The exhibition, "Albert Through
tinguished Jewish artist, Marc
Chagall, who was invited to the the Looking Glass: The Personal
city as an honored guest. With Papers of Albert Einstein," is
much pomp and ceremony, an art based on reproductions of original
exhibition building was renamed material from the Albert Einstein
the Marc Chagall Museum. Every Archives. The famed scientist be-
expectation was that he would ac- queathed his literary estate and
knowledge the honor in suitable personal papers to the Hebrew
fashion, but he neither gave or be- University in his last will of 1950;
More than 100 artisans and culi- queathed a single one of his works the university's Jewish national
nary exhibitors from Michigan to the museum which bore and and University Library (JNUL)
and four surrounding states will still bears his name.
has been custodian of his archives
participate on Saturday and Sun-
Museums have not been free since 1982.
day, Sept.. 23 and 24, when Oak- from controversy. Yad Vashem,
The concept of the exhibition is
land University's Meadow Brook which last year had 1.3 million that Einstein's personal papers re-
Theatre Guild sponsors Spot- visitors, was in the news not long flect multifaceted aspects of his
lights, their fourth annual juried ago over the policy of making a ideas, interests and activities.
arts and crafts show at the visit there mandatory for all vis- These papers provide a kaleido-
Shotwell- Gustafson Pavilion on iting dignitaries. It has recently scope — a looking-glass —
the Oakland University campus drawn criticism from haredi through which to perceive the
in Rochester.
quarters because of photographs great scientist, humanist and Jew
A Broadway theme will prevail on display that show naked Jew-
Einstein did not want any
with informal costume modeling ish women being lined up by the monument or memorial dedicat-
by Guild members wearing cos- Nazis before execution. Unless ed to him; his personal papers
tumes from past Meadow Brook the "immodest" pictures were re- constitute his enduring legacy to
Theatre productions. Homemade moved, they threatened, they posterity. The reproductions in
baked goods and a stage-door would not only boycott the place, the exhibition, many of which
canteen will be available.
but even set up a separate mu- have never been shown before,
Spotlights hours are Saturday seum of their own to mark the include manuscripts, correspon-
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday 11 Shoah. This drew observation dence, photos, cartoons and news-
a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is $2 with from one commentator to the ef- paper clippings, focusing on his
free parking. For information, fect that they would then be con- scientific achievements, political
phone 651-3568 or 370-3186.
fronted with the problem of activities, Jewish identity, leisure
having to answer the question: activities, correspondence with
Where was God when all this children and other aspects.
Among the items exhibited are
happened?
There are several museums a manuscript with the famous
devoted to Beduoin culture and formula of relativity in Einstein's
own handwriting, his Nobel Prize
Haifa — Of the more than 180 tradition, and the Palestinians, certificate and medal, correspon-
too,
are
now
getting
into
the
act.
museums in Israel, hardly more
dence with Sigmund Freud and
than one or two are familiar to They have so little to show by President Roosevelt, an excerpt
way
of
a
specifically
Arab
Pales-
the country's visitors. The Israel
from his travel diary to Palestine,
Museum and Yad Vashem in tinian culture that they are anx- the official offer to him to become
ious
to
build
up
an
image
of
a
rich
Jerusalem and the Diaspora Mu-
president of the State of Israel, a
seum in Tel Aviv come in for a Palestinian past. One such ex- love-letter to his cousin and fu-
hibit
already
exists
at
Sahnin,
in
fair share of tourist visitors, but
ture second wife, photos of Ein-
the artistic riches and the unique the Galilee, and another is now stein playing his violin, a letter
being
planned
for
Bethlehem.
displays in scores of other muse-
Various branches of the armed from a 6-year-old girl suggesting
ums are ignored. Many are lo-
forces
have set up museums of that he "ought to have a haircut,"
cated in kibbutzim and other
their
own.
The Haganah, the a photograph of Einstein with
out-of-the-way places.
Palmah,
Etzel
and the Irgun each Jewish refugee children, photos
Who knows where the Boeing
have
their
own
historical exhibi- of him riding a bicycle, the fa-
707 plane which took part in the
mous picture in which he is stick-
tions.
Entebbe rescue may be viewed?
ing out his tongue and the
There
are
museums,
devoted
Where is the model of the di-
scientist's message to posterity.
to
coins,
grain,
Latin-American
nosaur, Israel's own, whose foot-
periences of an entire generation
of artists who were exiled, hunt-
ed, banned, imprisoned, but nev-
er silenced by the fascist forces in
Europe during the 1920s and
1930s."
The two-session sale of Judaica
includes a broad range of cere-
monial silver items, including a
magnificent Polish Torah shield,
and a selection of Torah finials
from all over the Jewish world,
including a pair from 18th-cen-
tury Amsterdam and others from
Germany, France, the Holy Land
and the Near East. Also includ-
ed is an important collection of
kiddush cups with examples from
Augsburg, Vienna, and elsewhere
including several bearing the coat
of arms of the Rothschild family.
The section of books and man-
uscripts features important 16th-
century books along with works
on paper. A papercut birth record,
dated 1923, by Ukrainian-Amer-
ican Mordecai Reicher, reflects
Reicher's mastery of this tradi-
tional middle European tech-
nique.
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