Slide Title

Tel Aviv: Beit Hatfutsot

Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College
Eliahu Gwircman
Itzhak Yashar

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Date

3-1980

Description

This 1980 photograph shows Beit Hatfutsot just two years after it was opened. It is the Museum of the Jewish People on the campus of Tel-Aviv University. The idea was proposed by Nahum Goldman, who wanted to create a monument to the Jewish Diaspora. The name of the museum translates to Diaspora House. The museum is unique in that it has no artifacts or historical relics, but rather provides a chronology of jewish life during 2,500 years of Diaspora.

Notes

http://www.bh.org.il/about-us.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Hatefutsoth

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0003_0_02856.html

Reuben, Assia. “Beit Hatfutsot building museum.” E-mail to Andrew Davis. 2 Oct. 2011.

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Creator 2 Role

Architect

Creator 3 Role

Architect

Subject Headings

Architecture -- Museum architecture -- Gush Dan -- Tel Aviv;

Country Name

Israel

City Name

Tel Aviv

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chet; Gwircman, Eliahu; and Yashar, Itzhak, "Tel Aviv: Beit Hatfutsot" (1980). Smolski Images. 687.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/687