Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU Hosts A Night at the Museum
A Celebration of the Pageantry of Purim
Paul Drucker, Ellie Ganz, Steven Berwick, Elaine Bloom, JMOF-FIU Advisory Board Chair Elliot Stone, Jo Ann Arnowitz, and Bonnie Sockel-Stone
The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU (JMOF-FIU) hosted its annual festive event, A Night at the Museum: A Celebration of the Pageantry of Purim. This year, JMOF-FIU guests enjoyed a delightful cocktail reception with delectable hors d’oeuvres, while listening to a string trio of FIU Students. Throughout the evening, partygoers dressed up with masks, hats, boas, signs and other props to take fun keepsake photo strips, in the style of the old time photo booths. After cocktails, an elegant three-course dinner was served, with décor featuring centerpieces highlighted with unique artistic masks, and party favors of feathered masks and groggers (noisemakers). Everyone found opportunities to meet and mingle with new and long-time friends, as they capped off the evening together with the sweetness of the traditional Purim hamentaschen cookies.
Celebrating the triumph of good over evil and the survival of the Jewish people in the face of destruction, the story of Purim exemplifies the shared experience of ethnic discrimination, when nearly 2,600 years ago in Shusan, Persia, the King’s advisor, Haman, developed an evil plot to get rid the Jewish people. Courageously, Queen Esther spoke out on behalf of her fellow Jews to
Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales and FIU President Mark Rosenberg
Next year’s event will be extra special…In celebration of the Museum’s 20th Anniversary, 50th Anniversary of FIU’s founding and 100th Anniversary of the City of Miami Beach, JMOF-FIU will host a formal gala and chic after-party that is not to be missed! For 2015 sponsorship opportunities, please contact the JMOF-FIU Development Department: development@jewishmuseum.com or 786-972-3162.
THANK YOU to all of the generous Sponsors for making this fabulous event possible! Proceeds from the event are used to support the collections, exhibitions and public education programs of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU.
Gold Benefactor: Applebaum Foundation – Leila Applebaum and MariLyn & Herbert Potash
The festive dining room
Bronze Underwriters: Samuel I. Adler Family Foundation; Harold & Ellie Aibel; Barbara & Kenneth Bloom/ Norman & Sylvia Levine; Hazel Cypen and Family; Helene & Murray Dubbin and Family; Florida international University and the FIU Foundation, Inc.; Honey & Ira Giller/ Barbara & Leonard Wien; David Posnak Foundation; Riemer Insurance Group; Elliot N. & Bonnie Sockel-Stone; Jonathan Symons; UBS Financial Services Gouraige/Kaplan/Ravinet Team; Marcia Jo & Elliott Zerivitz
In-Kind Supporters: Over the Top Rental Party Linens; Kenneth Stubbs/Kobayashi; Sir Speedy Printing; Southern Wine & Spirits; Executive Caterers
Top row: Diane Lieberman, Michael Denberg, Yael Dorin; Bottom row: Alan Lieberman, Ronalee and Russell Galbut
Jonathan Macy, Candice Gidney, FIU President Mark Rosenberg, and JMOF-FIU Executive Director Jo Ann Arnowitz
Sara Somberg, Bonnie Sockel-Stone, Cherie Joblove
Fran Gaynor, Helene Dubbin, and Hazel Cypen
Jo Ann Arnowitz, Renee Gross, Fran Gaynor, Ellie and Hal Aibel
Diane and Alan Lieberman
Stephen and Georgia Nimer
Top row: Roger Epstein, Linda and Fredric Friedman, Phyllis and Marty Winston; Bottom row: Natalia Butsko, Jo Asmundsson, Laurie Galvin, Rabbi Amy Morrison, Marlin Galvin
Top row: Sam and Lori Dubbin, Madalyn Lesman, Andy Dubbin, David and Susan Dubbin; Bottom row; Hazel Cypen and her aide, Murray and Helene Dubbin
Top row: Jerry Cohen, JMOF-FIU Membership Director Nancy Doyle Cohen, Dominique Schwartz; Bottom row: Rita Cohen, Bob and Jackie Traurig
Top row: John Stack, Debby and Dean Kenneth Furton, Steven Berwick, Roger Gresham; Bottom row: D’Arsey D. Houlihan, Jill Granat, John Bussel, Emily Gresham
Mark Rosenberg, John Bussel, Elliot Stone, Barbara Black Goldfarb, Amy Sadeghi
Top row: Ron Mayer, Jeanne and Boris Rosen, Susan Vogel; Bottom row: Tamra Sheffman, Wendy Belkin, Inge Gatto, Isabel Anderson, Dorothy Cohn
Rudy and Ruthie Schwartz
Elaine Bloom, Jerry and Debby Schwartz, and Rabbi Amy Morrison
Top row: Jonathan Raiffe, Lori and Brett Spodak, Candice Gidney, Jonathan Macy; Bottom row: Laura Raiffe, Rachel Schapiro, Hinda Adler
Linda and Sage Pasternak, Alex Bana
Ronald and Eleanor Cohen, Barbara and Leonard Wien, Rabbi and Mrs. Sol Schiff, Honey and Ira Giller
Top Row: Frank Futernick, Elliot Stone, Michael Joblove, Jimmy Morales; Bottom row: Sara Somberg, Bonnie Sockel-Stone, Cherie Joblove
Phyllis and Marty Winston and Marlin Galvin
Inge Gatto, Isabel Anderson, Dorothy Cohn
Alan Levy, Mrs. & Rabbi Sol Schiff, Mark Rosenberg
Ruthie Schwartz, Rosalie Ehrenberg, Rudy Schwartz, Lou Schneider
Sylvia and Norman Levine and Family
Howard Lipman, Steven Berwick, JMOF-FIU Development Director Nancy Rachman
FIU Student Musicians
UBS Bronze Sponsor Table: Top Row: Steven Schwartz, Michaelangelo Dooley, Claudio Ravinet, Sugey Vega, JMOF-FIU Education Manager Chaim Lieberperson, JMOF-FIU Marketing and Programs Director Gita Shonek; Bottom row: Ed Vega, Ghislain Gouraige, Andrew Fusco, Patricia Perez
Arthur and Rivka Schapiro
Lauren Carra (Aide to Commissioner Deede Weithorn), Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales, and Daniela Bonini (Aide to Commissioner Michael Grieco)