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ART IN ODD PLACES 2005. Presented by Power Trip Productions and the HOWL! Festival. August 21st through August 28th, 2005. At various locations in the East Village.

28 Local Artists Examine the Role of Public Art in 50 Unexpected Locations in the East Village Ranging from a Laundromat and Gumball Machine to a Dumpling Shop and Local Public Gardens. In Art In Odd Places, twenty-eight artists examine the role of art in public space at fifty locations throughout the East Village during the HOWL! Festival August 21-28, 2005.  Artists present art in non- traditional odd places including a dumpling shop, a laundromat, a gumball machine and a third story apartment window.   New Yorkers are invited to participate by viewing a map to locate each of fifty different sites.   Artists work in a wide variety of media including: painting, sound, video, conceptual, performance, and landscape, and will explore the meaning of ‘public’. In Listening With Dumplings, artist Hong-Kai Wang uses sounds elements from the restaurant, Mr. Dumpling at 100 Saint Marks Place, to create her soundscape on listen at this popular East Village restaurant. Artist George places Block Busting a standard gumball machine that dispenses sculpture for fifty cents in Spin City, a 24-hour laundromat on Avenue B. A passerby may wonder upon Trail III by artist Oscar Alzate at one of the five garden locations to discover a tour of displaced African Hippos in the Columbian Amazon.  Heading to work one might happen onto Peter Adamski’s, Medium of the Message, post-it note installations on street furniture throughout the East Village.

Photo: Nan Goldin.

2 COMPLIMENTARY ISSUES TO REVIEW

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‘Greetings from Home’: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America, is an exciting exhibition that tells the story of a people’s signal achievement in this nation. After centuries of persecution in Europe and elsewhere, the United States offered its Jews a home that promised equal rights, economic opportunity and religious liberty. While they felt increasingly “at home” in America over time, the Jewish people of the United States never lost touch with their sense of connection to family and community in the lands they left behind. By the second half of the twentieth century, in the wake of the Holocaust and with the founding of Israel, American Jewry became the guarantors of Jewish survival throughout the world.

Featuring more than 200 rare and remarkable items, many of which are displayed for the first time, ‘Greetings from Home’ tells the story of the American Jewish experience by organizing it around two inherent tensions in American Jewish life. First, American Jews face the challenge of maintaining a distinct Jewish religious and cultural identity while participating fully in the broader American civil community. Secondly, they must balance their sense of being “at home” in America while maintaining connections to the “old country” and (in more recent times) the international Jewish community, especially Israel. When the first group of Dutch Jews landed in New Amsterdam in 1654 with the intention of settling permanently, Governor-general Pieter Stuyvesant tried to expel them. The New Amsterdam Jews wrote to their brethren in Amsterdam, asking them to intervene so they could remain. The Dutch West India Company consented, and American Jewry became established. With each generation, they increasingly thrived.

By the second half of the twentieth century, Jews hold leading positions in the arts and culture, government and politics, science and medicine, business and popular culture. The rest of world Jewry – and many other oppressed groups – looks to the Jews of the United States to guarantee their safety and religious freedom.

‘Greetings from Home’ captures the amazing transformation of American Jewry from a small outpost of fewer than two thousand souls at the time of the American Revolution to the world’s largest and most influential Jewish community outside of Israel. Drawing on the voluminous holdings of the American Jewish Historical Society and major research institutions such as the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of Hebrew Union College, YIVO, the Leo Baeck Institute, the American Sephardi Federation and the Yeshiva University Museum, ‘Greetings from Home’ tracks the pioneering efforts of Jewish individuals and groups to define religious liberty for every American. The exhibition illustrates the many ways in which Jewish immigrants in every generation were transformed by American culture and, in turn, helped to transform that very culture. Above all, ‘Greetings from Home’ explores the ongoing ties that have bound American Jewry to Jewish communities around the world for 350 years. It brings into poignant view the lives of the Sephardic, German, Yiddish-speaking, Mizrachi and former Soviet Jewish immigrants who have come in successive waves to these shores, and highlights the ways those immigrants and their descendants, once at home in America, maintained their ties and sense of connection to the places from which they came. For More Information: Contact Mark Seal at 212-294-6160, ext. 6118, or by email at mseal@ajhs.cjh.org.

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EARLY MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS DISPLAYED WITH HISTORIC MOSAIC FLOOR @ YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
Through, August 28, 2005. Admission: $6.00/$4.00 for students and seniors. Hours- Sunday -Thursday: 11:00 am-5:00 pm

Printing the Talmud: From Bomberg to Schottenstein From the Sixth Century to the Present

Early Manuscripts & Printed Books displayed with Historic Mosaic Floor from Ancient Israeli Synagogue Video Installation Illustrates the contemporary worldwide fascination with the ancient discipline of Talmud Study A major exhibition at the Yeshiva University Museum at the Center for Jewish History, Printing the Talmud: From Bomberg to Schottenstein, will open on Tuesday, April 12, 2005, documenting the evolution of the 2,000 year-old Talmud from the sixth century to the computer age of the twenty-first century. The Yeshiva University Museum at the Center for Jewish History is located at 15 West 16th Street, New York, New York 10011. Offering a rare glimpse into and a fascinating exploration of the Talmud (the Hebrew for “study” or “learning”), Printing the Talmud will illustrate how technological advances – the invention of the printing press and the impact of computer technology in the past decade – have transformed the ancient discipline of Talmud study into an accessible pursuit. Following Johann Gutenberg’s printing of the first edition of the “Bible,” many non-Jewish as well as Jewish printers moved quickly to print books on Judaism. A centerpiece of the exhibition will be a rare, six volume complete edition of the Bomberg Talmud from 16th century Venice, surviving in its original binding for over four centuries. All 73 volumes of the recently completed Schottenstein Talmud will also be on display. Printing the Talmud: From Bomberg to Schottenstein will display other outstanding examples of early manuscripts and printed books on loan from world famous collections (a list of significant objects from the exhibition is attached). Other highlights of the exhibition and programming include: • An ancient synagogue mosaic floor, 11’ x 14’, from a sixth century synagogue in the Beth Shean valley in Israel, is making its maiden voyage outside of Israel to the United States for this exhibition. The Rehov Mosaic Floor contains a 29-line inscription about Jewish agriculture laws in the Talmud; it is the earliest surviving rabbinic text, and was considered a directive to Jewish farmers in the congregation. • Sixty-one paintings illustrating Talmudic issues, by Eliyahu Sidi of Ein Karem, Israel, will appeal to younger audiences with enchanting folk-like images. • The Infinite Sea, a 12-minute video installation capturing the excitement and energy of Talmud study with live footage from five continents, including countries from Iran to Peru and from Moscow to Glasgow. In planning the exhibition, a central goal of the curators was to offer visitors an opportunity to examine the history of Judeo-Christian relations, censorship and intellectual property issues, and how the Talmud influenced hundreds of years of international Jewish cooperation and communication.

About Yeshiva University Museum: Since its founding in 1973, Yeshiva University Museum's changing contemporary art and historical exhibits have celebrated the culturally diverse intellectual and artistic achievements of over 3,000 years of Jewish experience. In 2000, Yeshiva University Museum moved to the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York City, where it occupies four spacious galleries, a children's workshop center, and an outdoor sculpture garden. Visit www.yumuseum.org for more information about Yeshiva University Museum.

About the Center for Jewish History: In 2000, the Center for Jewish History, located in the heart of the historic Chelsea district, became the home of five distinguished partner institutions-the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Sharing a common vision of preserving and presenting Jewish culture and history, the five partner institutions in coming together, have created a meeting place where intellectual inquiries are exchanged and freely explored, and where the general public can find cultural programs devoted to a wide variety of themes and concerns. The combined holdings of the Center’s partners include over 100 million documents, books, art, artifact, photos, and other materials, making the Center the largest repository of Jewish history and culture outside the State of Israel. Other features of the building include a 250-seat auditorium, a gift shop, and the glatt kosher Date Palm Café.

STARTING OVER: THE EXPERIENCE OF GERMAN JEWS IN AMERICA, 1830-1945
Through, November 15, 2005 in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Leo Baeck Institute

“…one institution has taken on the task of preserving the existence of this [German] remarkable Jewish community…the Leo Baeck Institute in New York.” John V.H. Dippel, author of “Bound Upon a Wheel of Fire”

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Leo Baeck Institute at the Center for Jewish History, a landmark year that coincides with a milestone in American history: the 350th anniversary of the arrival of the first Jews to America which will be celebrated in a major exhibition sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society at the Center for Jewish History, located at 15 West 16th Street, New York City. Opening on May 17, 2005, Starting Over: The Experience of German Jews in America, 1830-1945, will contribute to this broader theme with photos, letters, documents, sketches, paintings, maps, medals and other rare artifacts of German-Jews who settled across the United States. Many of the approximately 150 documents and objects on display will be on view for the first time. Carol Kahn Strauss, Executive Director, Leo Baeck Institute remarked on the significance of LBI’s exhibit in context of the larger anniversary year of the 350th Anniversary of the first Jewish settlers in America. “Many immigrants [German Jews] played a significant role in shaping a wide array of contemporary issues in the arts or in professional careers …assuming an American identity that was enhanced by its German Jewish influence, much as the American culture was enhanced by the sensibilities of the newcomers. They became active in Hollywood, on Broadway, in the arts, in publishing and in religion, especially in the Reform and Conservative movements. German Jews also established organizations such as: Hadassah, B’nai B’rith, the National Council of Jewish Women, and the National Jewish Welfare Board that continue to flourish. Given the wealth of documents in the LBI archives on the German Jewish immigration to the United States, Ms. Strauss explains the sequence and background of how the exhibition is organized; “The émigré experience can be divided into pre-Nazi immigration of those taking risks to seek better opportunities and the Hitler-era arrival of disenfranchised Central Europeans fleeing for their lives.” The material on view is displayed in four sections: Leaving Home surveys the restrictive decrees and quotas that prompted thousands of Jews throughout German-speaking countries to leave their families and countries in search of a better life in America. New Horizons looks at the journey of 19th century émigrés, some rising from peddlers to tycoons, while most simply took advantage of new opportunities to create comfortable and secure lives. The Nazi Years explores the wave of immigrants from Central Europe rushing onto American shores. Many settled in New York, arriving with impressive artistic, cultural and intellectual credentials. Some prominent intellectual writers, and musicians were able to blend into American culture immediately, but most newcomers struggled with low-paying jobs, while trying to learn English or earn an American degree. Self-reliant and determined, many of the refugees fared extremely well.

To Preserve and to Remember tells the history of the Leo Baeck Institute. Its library, archives, art and photo collections have become the foremost repository for the collective history of the German-Jewish experience. Founded in 1955, the Institute was named in honor of Rabbi Leo Baeck, who was the last leader of the German Jewish community under the Nazi regime and the Institute’s first president, LBI maintains an archive in the Jewish Museum Berlin. To commemorate the 50th Anniversary milestone, which recalls German history as well as Jewish and American dimensions, the Leo Baeck Institute will hold its first dinner in Berlin at the new Akademie der Kunste Am Pariserplatz on Tuesday, June 21, 2005. Contact Tamara Moscowitz, Public Relations Director, 212-294-8303, or, email tmoscowitz@cjh.org. 

Fun and Unusual Shows  this Saturday and Next Saturday. The Fabulous Romashka Will Be There!

August 20th, Saturday - 10:30 pm, Galapagos, part of the WilliB SummArts Fest: Saturday, August 20th. Set against the backdrop of an urban  landscape-turned-canvas, Willi B* SummArts brings  together hip-hop, world and electronic artists from  New York City's hottest parties for one sizzling experience in Williamsburg, the new capital of hip. Music: Prince Paul • Si*Se • Dub Trio • Dr Israel • Scott  Kettner's Nation Beat/Maracatu NYC • Romashka • DJ   Chris Annibell • Haale • Ge-ology • GlobeSonic •  Outernational • Jugoe • DJ Jeannie Hopper •  Ertal Dawg • Swingsett • The East Coast Boogiemen •  and many more in the street and in clubs from 3 p.m. to 4 a.m .  The street party starts at 3 p.m. where N.6th Street  turns into one big party. Zablozki's (107 N.6th) hosts  an acoustic stage, Academy Records (96th N.6th)  showcases live in-store DJ's and at the end of the  street, the Main Stage bangs out beats all day until  sunset.  http://www.willib.org. THE MAIN EVENT:  Starting at 8 pm, single-ticket access allows the  audience to enjoy a smoking hot line-up at Northsix  and Galapagos until 4 AM. Local artists Samantha Bard  and Judy Wu transform Galapagos and Northsix as well  as the entire block party into a life-size art  exhibit, while Brooklyn urban artist, Skriblz adds to the exploration of Brooklyn visual arts culture with  live painting. Live dance performances come alive  throughout both venues with many styles from dancers  with flaming headdresses to a B-Boy competition   sponsored by Puma. http://www.cdbaby.com/romashka  $15 /Advance - $20 / Door. Advance tickets available:  Academy Records, 96 N. 6th St. (718) 218-8200. Other Music, 15 E. 4th St. (212) 477-8150. Fat Beats, 406 6th Ave. (212) 673-3883.

Photos from L to R: #1. Inna Barmash (CLICK ON PHOTO TO HEAR INNA).

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