f. TARKAY ROY FAIRCHILD', ERTE DAVID SCHLUSS 2 w Leaders Gallery & Framing cept Monday, throughout the 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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