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he stone sculpture show s a fortress in times of danger.
group carrying a menor ah;
Another model shows the
they seem to be movi ng steeply peaked and gabled roof of
with a sense of great ur- the "Old-New Synagogue" in
gency. On the wall near the scul p- Prague, the oldest in Europe and,
ture is an explanation in Hebr env in striking contrast, the soaring
and English: "Babylonians a nd modern architecture of Temple
Romans conquered the land an d Beth Shalom in Elkins Park, Pa.,
drove the Jews into exile, but the the only synagogue designed by
Jewish nation persisted."
Frank Lloyd Wright. Also on dis-
It's an appropriate introducti on play from the United States is a
to a museum that tells the sto ry model ofTouro synagogue in New-
of that persistence — from exil e port, R.I., oldest in the nation.
to Diaspora to the founding of the
This round-the-world tour of fa-
State of Israel.
mous synagogues not only shows
Located in Ramat Aviv on t he the amazing variety of synagogue
spacious campus of Tel Aviv U ni- architecture but also offers a close-
versity, Beth Hatefutsoth — th e up view of notable synagogues
Museum of the Jewish Diaspo ra which can be seen nowhere else
— renders this story with wid e- because they no longer exist: for
ranging and fascinating exhibi ts. instance, the Great Synagogue in
Multi-media displays, sca le Warsaw which was destroyed on
models of synagogues, films, ph o- May 16, 1943, as a final suppres-
tos, sculptures — all these an d sion to the Warsaw Ghetto upris-
more make the journey throu g h ing.
Jewish history an absorbing e x-
Other sections of the museum
perience.
also have varied and original ex-
Indeed, this museum, whit h hibits. In the culture section, a
next year marks its 20th a n- time line traces the history of Jew-
niversary, is a travel experienc e ish culture through the centuries.
of its own, giving visitors a whir 1- Then, too, there's a display de-
wind journey through centurie s voted to the Jewish press around
and across continents.
the world and another of Jewish
The journey is achieved wit h Nobel Prize winners.
highly innovative methods. Fo e
Besides its wealth of exhibits,
instance, a display devoted to Jew - Beth Hatefutsoth has resources
ish faces shows close-ups of indi - that let visitors pursue specific in-
vidual faces which ar e terests. In a separate area with
simultaneously projected onto 1 6 private booths, they can sit and
different screens. In all, thes e view films from the museum's col-
screens project 200 different Jew - lection, which includes everything
ish faces in all their diversity, with from a film about the Jews of Mex-
the images on each screen chang - ico titled The Jewish Gauchos to
ing every few seconds.
the humorous Gefilte Fish, a look
Life-like models also help to 11 at how three generations of one
the story. In the "Family" sectio n family prepare gefilte fish.
of the museum — its exhibits are
There's also the genealogy cen-
presented not by chronology bu t ter, where computers can quick-
by major themes — there's a mod - ly spin out detailed information
el of a seder table in Spain before on Jewish communities and fain-
the expulsion, with the table se t flies throughout the Diaspora.
and the family members seated Here people have discovered the
around it.
whereabouts — or sometimes the
Another equally vivid mode 1 very existence — of long-lost
portrays a 19th-century wedding aunts, cousins and other relatives.
in Poland, complete with chuppah
With all its resources, it's no
and wedding procession. Also a wonder this museum draws a
screen shows glimpses of modern wide range of visitors. "We have
Jewish weddings from around the tourists from all over the world,"
world.
says Adi Silvera, a museum staff
Even more striking are the syn- member in charge of group vis-
agogue models on display in the its.
"Faith" section_ In exacting detail,
She's arranged visits for groups
18 scale models show famous syn- from Europe, the U.S., and even
agogues from China to the the Far East. Then, too, many Is-
Caribbean.
raelis come to the museum, in-
We see the Roman tiles and cluding youngsters who visit for
classical columns of a synagogue special educational programs. And
in Sardes, Turkey, dating from new immigrants come for a one-
the second century; the ornate day special orientation.
grandeur of the synagogue in Flo-
Beth Hatefutsoth takes its vis-
rence; the fortress-like style of the itors on a memorable journey
synagogue in Lutsk in the through Jewish history and cul-
Ukraine,; which served as a ture. ❑

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