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summer.
Families will enjoy the Chil-
dren's Museum of Manhattan,
and the renovated Central Park
Zoo, with its 500 animals (polar
bears, penguins, and sea lions in-
cluded).
For kosher dining, there are
numerous establishments to
choose from. The Cafe at the Jew-
ish Museum has a regularly
changing menu, incorporating in-
gredients and flavors of French,
Thai and California cuisine. A
new kosher French steakhouse,
Le Marais, has opened recently
in the theater district. With a
wine list and French background
music, this restaurant also serves
fish, veal and lamb.
Another new eatery is the
Glatt Kosher International
Restaurant at the Kennedy Air-
port's departure building.
Diaspora Museum
Is Forced To Close
Tel Aviv (JTA) — The entire
work force of Beth Hatefutsoth,
the frequently visited Nahum
Goldman Museum of the Jewish
Diaspora, has been fired and the
museum has been temporarily
closed.
In the brief dismissal notices
the approximately 100 employ-
ees received earlier this month,
they were informed that the mu-
seum was being closed down in-
definitely "for vacation."
The museum was shut down
after employees, angered by what
they viewed as an arbitrary 8 per-
cent deduction from their wages,
declared a strike June 15.
Repeated phone calls to Giora
Goren, the museum's general di-
rector, were not returned.
But the office of Tel Aviv May-
or Roni Milo, who co-chairs the
museum's board of directors, re-
leased a statement about the mu-
seum.
The Museum's
workers have thrown
up picket lines.
"Beth Hatefutsoth has been
closed down temporarily for re-
organization," the statement
read. "It will be reopened to the
public once the structural and or-
ganizational changes that will en-
able this important institution to
function best are made."
The museum's workers, whose
strike gained media attention
only after they were fired, have
thrown up picket lines around
the closed building, which is lo-
cated on the campus of Tel Aviv
University.
"Close Down Beth Hatefutsoth
— And You Have Closed Down
the Heart of the Jewish People,"
reads one of the posters held by
the protesters outside the muse-
um.
Tourists from abroad and lo-
cal youngsters eager to tour the
museum instead find a hand-
written notice taped to the front
door: "Sorry. We Are on Strike."
According to Assia Reuben,
who worked in the museum's
public relations department be-
fore being fired, more than
250,000 people visit the museum
annually: 60 percent from
abroad, 40 percent from Israel.
The museum's annual budget
stands at about $5 million, half
of which comes from a govern-
mental grant. The rest comes
from the Jewish Agency for Is-
rael, Tel Aviv University, the Tel
Aviv municipality, private donors
and income from visitors, mer-
chandise and seminars, accord-
ing to museum officials.
Many of the striking employ-
ees fear that once the strike is
over, not everyone will be re-em-
ployed.
Many of the employees believe
that Milo is seizing the oppor-
tunity of the strike to do a thor-
ough overhaul of the museum
staff, which may include replac-
ing some members of manage-
ment.
Beth Hatefutsoth was first
opened to the public in 1978. The
museum's permanent exhibition
is spread throughout its three
stories and depicts various as-
pects of Jewish life in the Dias-
pora throughout history.
In addition to its exhibits, the
museum provides an extensive
photo and film archive. It also
houses a genealogy center that
allows visitors to trace the roots
of their family names — etymo-
logically and geographically —
on the museum's computers.
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