MARGATE Jewish Treasures of The Caribbean will be featured June 30 to July 28 at the Milton and Betty Katz JCC, 501 N. Jerome Ave. <\/p>\n
The exhibition features photographs of the oldest Jewish synagogues and cemeteries in the Western Hemisphere, surprisingly located in the Caribbean, as seen through the lens of award-winning photographer Wyatt Gallery. <\/p>\n
The traveling exhibition features more than three dozen framed photographs from the recently published book of the same title, which captures the little-known history of the Jews of Barbados, Curacao, Jamaica, Nevis, St. Croix, St. Eustatius, St. Thomas and Suriname, according to Gallery. <\/p>\n
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Photographer Christine Peck and stained glass artist Christopher Michalek will be the featur <\/p>\n
These Jewish communities date back to the mid-1600s and are home to the first synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in the Western Hemisphere, he said. <\/p>\n
Only five historic synagogues remain in use today, according to the exhibit website. <\/p>\n
\"The goal of the exhibit is to raise awareness of the need for preservation of these little-known historic sites of the legacy of Judaism, said Philadelphia-born Gallery, who is based in New York and whose tagline is A person, not a place. <\/p>\n
Northfield, Linwood and Somers Point offer a number of things to do culturally and artistically. <\/p>\n
While photographing the devastationafter the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, I realized that a similar fate could happen to any of these historic synagogues at any time.\" <\/p>\n
A special reception and book talk with Gallery will be held 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 11. <\/p>\n
The monthlong exhibit is open during the JCCs normal hours <\/p>\n
CAPE MAY Hurricanes, nor'easters and blizzards have all left Cape May with a flood of memo <\/p>\n
For more information, call Katz JCC Special Events Coordinator Melissa Vola at 609-822-1167, ext. 159. <\/p>\n
Contact: 609-601-5196 <\/p>\n
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