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The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum to Open Exhibition Curating Your Family Story: Next Dor, on June 25, 2017

The Breman will open an exhibition titled Curating Your Family Story: Next Dor, which connects personal stories to the Jewish experience through a photography exhibition.

On the opening day, June 25^th, there will be a reception beginning at 2pm, which includes a fun-filled art workshop appropriate for all ages. Light refreshments will be served.

Curating Your Family Story is an initiative begun last year by the Breman Museum in partnership with Beit Hatfutsot, the museum of the Jewish people, based on the enduring My Family Story initiative. Now in its 22nd anniversary year, My Family Story is a fun-filled, meaningful, personal, global, and multigenerational Jewish heritage journey, where the exploration of one’s Jewish family roots, genealogy and traditions culminates in an artistic piece that is entered into an international competition.

This year, Congregation Bet Haverim piloted a multi-disciplinary program that brought a group of teens to the Cohen Retirement Home over a seven-month period to visit with senior citizens residing there. They met one to two times each month to forge personal relationships with each other and pass stories from one generation – dor, in Hebrew – to the next. Each teen worked with a senior to choose an object from the senior’s life that was uniquely characteristic of his/her family and values. Exhibited here are the chosen artifacts, and the stories that the teens wrote about the objects and their experiences becoming mindful listeners and bearers of history.

The exhibition will remain on display through July 16^th.