Nayeli Lomeli/Staff Writer More than 75 years ago, homosexuals in Germany were persecuted because their sexuality was viewed as a crime against German culture and values. In the lecture, “Pink Triangle Legacies: Gay Rights in the Shadow of the Holocaust,” Jake Newsome addressed the power of memory and the need to remember the past. Newsome […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director Broadway stars, veteran Miami journalists and local movers and shakers all descended upon the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU on Monday, June 18. The thing that drew them together: a common love and appreciation for Charlie Cinnamon. On Monday, the Jewish Museum held a VIP party to celebrate the opening of […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director “Most Jews weren’t allowed to own property on the north side of the beach.” That’s what Susan Gladstone, director of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU had to say about Miami Beach north of Fifth Street in 1929, when the Beth Jacob Congregation was founded. The temple for this congregation would eventually […]
