Past Exhibits
2023
January – March 2023
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Weapons of Choice is an exhibit curated by SNAP! Orlando that portrays the invisible pain caused by verbal abuse. The portraits feature children and adults with a hurtful word that impacted their life painted on their faces or bodies. The words are integrated in simulated wounds: bruises, scratches, and burns. The exhibit is a graphic, yet poignant visual display of the harm words can have, and it challenges viewers to examine the impact of their own words.
Sponsors: Jeffrey Miller and Ted Maines, Beth Hobart, Mainframe Real Estate, and Macbeth Studio.
June – September 2023
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VENERATED-PERSECUTED-FORGOTTEN, featuring the stories of nine Jewish pioneer players from the FC Bayern Munich soccer club during the development of modern soccer in Germany, how the club won the national championship for the first time in 1932, and the religious and political persecution under the Nazis that led to a halt on its success story.
September 2023 – January 2024
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After the End of the World is about how Europe emerged from the Second World War utterly broken, with millions of refugees scattered across many countries. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was created to resettle those displaced by the mayhem of the war and the Holocaust. The fragments from the past illuminate the work of UNRRA administrators and chart how, in the aftermath of catastrophic loss, Holocaust survivors navigated their new lives in displaced persons camps. The exhibition is sourced with artifacts and documents from the archives of the United Nations and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, and draws upon the expertise of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity at the Graduate Center—CUNY. The exhibition was created by the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme and Professor Debórah Dwork, together with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Archives, the United Nations Archives and Records Management Services, and the generous support of Stockton University.
2024
February – May 2024
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Basic Judaism explores artistic interpretations from Jews worldwide that reflect traditional and modern interpretations of Jewish life and practice.
Sponsors: The Garber Family and Barbara Weinreich
June – September 2024
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The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America's Jewish Vacationland presents Marisa Scheinfeld's large-scale photographs of abandoned sites where Borscht Belt resorts and bungalow colonies once boomed in the Catskill Mountain region of upstate New York. The Borscht Belt was the preeminent destination for tens of thousands of predominantly East Coast American Jews from the 1920s through the 1960s. About 90 miles northwest of New York City, the region was internationally known as a summer retreat for entertainment and leisure. The story of the Borscht Belt is also the tale of the assimilation of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe into the American middle class.
September – December 2024
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discusses the often forgotten part of the genocide, where over 2 million Jews were shot by the Einsatzgruppen, or mobile killing units, and local collaborators and police units. There will be graphic photos as well as interactive panels. There are six panels that explain the steps to the massacres: the arrest, the road, the undressing, the shooting, the looting, and an informative introduction. This exhibit is created by the organization Yahad-In Unum, who work to uncover the evidence and mass graves left behind from these terrible massacres.
Sponsors: Vystar, The Podberesky Family and The Garber Family
2025
February – May 2025
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Escape Denied reveals the Frank family’s heartbreaking struggle to emigrate from Nazi-occupied Europe, highlighting their failed attempts to find refuge in the U.S. and Cuba, and the broader impact of immigration policies.
June 5 – August 31, 2025
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This exhibit uncovers the incredible story of Margret Rey, a Jewish woman who, with her husband, escaped Nazi-occupied France on handmade bikes, carrying the manuscript of Curious George. This exhibit highlights their resilience and creativity, offering a unique look into the origins of a beloved children’s classic.
September 3 – December 19, 2025
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Created by Yad Vashem, Spots of Light highlights the unique experiences of Jewish women during the Holocaust—their choices, resilience, and responses to unimaginable brutality and hardship. Through deeply personal stories, the exhibition brings faces and voices to history, illuminating individual struggles within the darkness. It explores nine key aspects of women’s daily lives during the Holocaust: Love, Motherhood, Caring for Others, Womanhood, Resistance and Rescue, Friendship, Faith, Food, and the Arts.