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The
Exhibition: Looking Back: Jewish Life in Morocco
THIS
EXHIBITION IS ON DISPLAY UNTIL SUMMER 2011
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Opening
Night in the CJH Forchheimer Auditorium
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Shelomo
Alfassa, the exhibition developer and curator
with Dr. Norman Stillman
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Dr.
Norman Stillman, the keynote speaker on opening
night
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Florence
Tatistcheff-Amzallag, ASF Vice President
& Chair, Cultural Programs introducing
Dr. Stillman
OPENING
REMARKS
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Mr.
Hemmadi BOUZIANI, Vice Consul, Consulate General
of The Kingdom of Morocco in New York; Ms.
Asmaa Aboulfath, Assistant to the Consul General;
Rabanit Rachel Benchimol and Hakham Rafael
Benchimol
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ASF
Leadership: Ms. Dany Devico Moyal, ASF Gala
Dinner Co-Chair; Dr. Stanley A. Urman, ASF
Executive Director; Ms. Florence Tatistcheff-Amzallag;
Ms. Lynne Winters, ASF Director of Programming
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Guests
attending the Opening Night reception
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Dr.
Stillman with guests
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Dr.
Stillman speaking on the history of Moroccan
Jews
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This exhibition provides an overview
of the presence and flourishing of Jews in the ancient
and modern Kingdom of Morocco. It is presented through
the implementation of artistically designed textual
displays, documents, pull quotes, non-photo images,
historic photos, captions, replications of historic
documents, and other visuals which portray the life
of Jews living throughout this North African country.
This
exhibition, developed
and curated by Shelomo Alfassa,
has been funded in part by the New York Council
for the Humanities.
The
exhibition opened on October 14, 2010 with a keynote
address by Dr. Norman A. Stillman, the 'Schusterman-Josey
Professor and Chair of Judaic History' at the University
of Oklahoma. This event opened the ASF's year-long
program, '2000
Years of Jewish Life in Morocco: An Epic Journey.'
Who:
American Sephardi Federation (About
the ASF)
What: Exhibition: Looking
Back: The Jews of Morocco, curated
by Shelomo Alfassa
When: October 14, 2010
- Fall 2011 - There
is no charge to visit and see this exhibition
Where:
At the American Sephardi Federation, a
partner of the Center
for Jewish History 15 West 16th St. NYC
Gallery Hours:
Sunday,
11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Monday and Wednesday, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday: 9:30 am to 3:00 pm.
Why:
This exhibition is part
of the ASF's '2000 Years of Jewish Life in
Morocco: An Epic Journey'
Exhibition
Consulting Scholar: Professor Daniel Schroeter,
the Amos S. Deinard Memorial Chair in Modern
Jewish History at the University of Minnesota
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