Family and Judaism through music
שמי כרמין מאיה, זהו המיצג שלי לרפויקט "סיפור משפחתי" של בית התפוצות: מוזיקה הייתה חלק חשוב מהתרבות היהודית במשך אלפי שנים. מוזיקה יהודית היא חלק חשוב מחיי היהודים, ומשפחתנו תמיד…
These are my roots
My art installation starts with a pointe shoe and the center is my sister and I. Each layer represents a generation of my family. Trailing from the pointe shoe are…
Stitch by stitch, thread by thread
Stitch by stitch, thread by thread, slowly but surely the outfit came together. I started with nothing but an idea and a sewing machine. It took many hours of sitting…
Music and our Jewish heritage
My project represents how music connected my grandfather to his Jewish heritage. I used blue on the guitar because when my mother talks about my grandfather she always talks about…
Generations of Pictures
Sylvie chose to present her family story through an old camera, displaying photos of different generations in her family. Sylvie realized that although her great-grandparents did not have the same…
Ancestorial Garden
In my project, each one of my ancestors are part of a large garden. In every garden, as in every family, there’s a great variety of flowers, trees and seeds.…
A Family Mosaic
My name is Sara Flax, and this is My Family Story. My mosaic is made up of 164 photos of members of my family. Many of the photos are of…
Family through Makeup
My name is Sandy Cohen, as you all know the last name Cohen is very important in Judaism. Many years ago at the time of the First Temple, the Cohanim…
Joseph Moishe Weber story
My name is Sarah Anschell and My Family Story display is called: The Weber & Fields Music Hall, the name of one of the theaters owned by my great, great,…
Doreen Marx Krulewitch
The Slice of Jewish Life AN INTERVIEW AND VISIT ABOUT “THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OF MUSIC” SERIES, ITS FOUNDER, DOREEN MARX KRULEWITCH AND HER HUSBAND, FINANCE DIRECTOR AND PARTNER, BYRON KRULEWITCH…