Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    Education & Programs - The Museum continued with its annual programs: Bearing Witness (Survivors of the Holocaust) speakers; Yom HaShoah remembrance ceremony; Summer Institute: teaching the Holocaust to educators and life long learners. Our Survivor Legacy Film Project continues to capture stories of the Holocaust told by the survivors. Our educators are continuing to refine and expand the We Are Here Program which teaches the Holocaust to Jewish families. The Molly Blank Jewish Concert Series enjoyed its FIFTH year, presenting 2 concerts. The Historic Jewish Atlanta Tours, a series of exclusive tours of significant sites in Atlanta, is in its 3rd yearThe Museum partnered with Beit Hatfutsot again to present Curating Your Family Story workshop and exhibit. We also continued our partnership with the Center for Puppetry Arts and High Museum of Art to bring the Midtown community a program of conversation, performance and tour experiences from a new perspective.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018
    Source
    990
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    $356.9K

  • Program 2 [2018]

    Archives and Research Library - The archives continued moving forward with its project to digitize the oral histories. The Breman continued processing the extensive Savannah Jewish Archival collection. The Archival collections continued to be a valuable research source this past year, providing information, materials, photographs, interviews and artificacts for dozens of individuals working on books, theses, and films. The Research Department continues to promote and enhance its mobile app that allows users to locate archival information via the web.The Museum is also the home of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Georgia which strives to foster an interest in Jewish heritage, encourage genealogical research and promote awareness among the Jewish community of the ease and possibility of tracing their own ancestry. Discovery and Recovery: Preserving Iraqi Jewish Heritage tells the remarkable story of the Iraqi Jewish experience and provides a vivid and unparalleled record of Baghdads Jewish communal life from the end of the Ottoman era to the early 1970s.New Lives:Stories of Survival and Resilience is an online exhibition that explores the history of the Holocause and World War II through the eyes of survivors. The Museum began processing the archives for the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation of Atlanta (The Temple), an extensive collection of materials on the history of Atlantas oldest Jewish congregation established in 1860.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018
    Source
    990
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    $272.7K

  • Program 3 [2018]

    Exhibitions - The Breman Core Exhibition, Absence of Humanity, was viewed by more than 30,000 individuals and student groups during the fiscal year. This exhibit continues to educate the public on the atrocities of the Holocaust. Special Exhibits: Eighteen Artifacts: The Story of Jewish Atlanta explores the history of Jews in Atlanta through artifacts, images, and oral histories.Chasing Dreams: Baseball & Becoming American is a traveling exhibition that highlights the story of Jewish immigration and diverse communities and how they are integral to baseballs role in teaching American culture. Through films, footage, photographs, and a database of American Jewish ballplayers it explores how baseball historically played a crucial role in understanding, and sometimes challenging, what it means to be an American.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018
    Source
    990
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    $251K