| Bar mitsvah ceremony | Bar mitsvah ceremony | Still Image | Fieldwork
Rites and ceremonies
Bar mitzvah
Jewish Americans
Religion
Judaism
Jews
Rites of passage | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bar mitsvah ceremony
- Date
- 1985-08
- Description
- Five color slides. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| Congregation Beth David synagogue : Miami, Florida | Congregation Beth David synagogue : Miami, Florida | Still Image | Church architecture
Church buildings
Churches
Jewish art and symbolism
Judaism
Stone structures | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Florette Semigran making prayer shawls (tallitot) | Florette Semigran making prayer shawls (tallitot) | Still Image | Fieldwork
Craft
Material culture
Weaving
Textile arts
Judaism
Religious art
Religion
Shawls
Jews
Women weavers
Weavers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Florette Semigran making prayer shawls (tallitot)
- Date
- 1985-08-15
- Description
- Four color slides. Images of Semigran's hand woven Jewish prayer shawls. Jewish tradition is to wear fringes on the corners of four-cornered garments. Since this is no longer a commonly worn type of garment, it is customary to wear a Tallit, a prayer shawl, during morning services. A Tallit can be made from any material and can be any color. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_65_c97-001 | Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Kids Place Stage) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Oral narratives
Storytelling
Narratives
String bands
Animal tales
Tales
Music performance
Stringband music
Bluegrass music
Fiddle music
Judaism
Jewish Americans
Seminole Indians
Lebanese Americans
Guitar music
Singers
Guitarist
Bands (Music)
Bluegrass musicians
Fiddlers
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Kids Place Stage)
- Date
- 1997-05-23
- Description
- Six audio cassette recordings. The Kids stage started at 9am and ran through 4pm. (Although the recordings do not start until 10am.) Spitzer spoke on Jewish faith and culture. Seminole storyteller Young told animal tales. Folk singer-guitarist Fitchen sang children's songs. Fiddler Fontana, as well as peters Road, played bluegrass music.
- Collection
| Images of a Miami Beach mikveh | Images of a Miami Beach mikveh | Still Image | Fieldwork
Architecture
Mikveh
Jewish Americans
Religion
Buildings
Jews
Baths
Bathing customs
Purity, Ritual
Rites and ceremonies
Purity, Ritual Judaism
Judaism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of a Miami Beach mikveh
- Date
- 1985-09
- Description
- Three color slides. A mikveh ('collection') is a ritual pool (collection) of water used to immerse the body in order to remove impurity. Also spelled mikvah. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| Images of a Purim carnival at the Jacksonville Jewish Center | Images of a Purim carnival at the Jacksonville Jewish Center | Still Image | Holidays and festivals
Jewish Americans
Religious rites
Judaism
Carnivals
Performing arts
Purim
Children
Performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of a Purim carnival at the Jacksonville Jewish Center
- Date
- 1990-03
- Description
- One proof sheet with 36 black and white images (plus negatives.) Purim is a Jewish holiday celebrating the victory of the Jewish people over its enemies, as told in the Book of Esther. Literally a Celebration of Lots, it is a joyous time celebrating fun and happiness.
- Collection
| a_s1680_02_tape06 | Interview with ketubah maker Uriel Goldsmith | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Judaism
Religious rites
Religious art
Marriage contracts
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Jewish art and symbolism
Decorative arts
Ketubah
Life histories
Oral histories
Oral communication
Sound recordings
Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with ketubah maker Uriel Goldsmith
- Date
- 1989-03-24
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Interview with Goldsmith speaking about Ketubah making in his studio. He also talks about growing up in New York, Jewish caligraphy, history Jewish marriage contracts, Jewish art and symbolism, meaning of colors, and materials used in his art. Jewish marriage contract art is known as Ketubah (Katubut/Katabbah/Katubah). Jewish law requires men to give women a marriage contract on their wedding day. A katubah, usually written in Yiddish, guarantees her financial rights upon his death. The contracts are designed with art and motifs of the local Jewish community. For images of Goldsmith and his ketubah, see S 1680, box 1, folder 2.
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| a_s1576_23_c86-195 | Interview with Rabbi Yitzclok Adler | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Jewish Americans
Religion
Religious rites
Naming practices
Rites of passage
Holidays
Judaism
Churches
Synagogues
Antisemitism
Jews
Torah
Bar mitzvah
Confirmation (Jewish rite)
Scrolls
Rabbis | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Rabbi Yitzclok Adler
- Date
- 1984-08-16
- Description
- One audio cassette. Born in New York City to German parents, Adler spent most of his life in the US South. He discusses Judaism in the South including his training to be a rabbi; the art of Torah scroll writing; repairing Torah scrolls; Torah origins and interpretations; activities associated with the Sabbath; laws of Kosher; the Jewish community in Jacksonville; Jewish holidays; rites of passage: naming, circumcision, redemption of first born, bar mitzvah; significance of the synagogue; and anti-Semitism. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-019 | Interview with weaver Florette Semigran | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Sound recordings
Life histories
Oral histories
Jews
Religious art
Family history
Judaism
Religion
Decorative arts
Weavers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with weaver Florette Semigran
- Date
- 1985-08-15
- Description
- Two reel to reels (plus copied onto audio cassettes: C86-62/63). Interview with Semigram about weaving Jewish prayer shawls. She discusses her family; learning to weave; moving to Miami in 1974; Tallitots; Jewish law; and other weavings she creates. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1712_01_tape08b | Jan Rosenberg presentation at the Folk Culture in the South: Women's Contributions seminar | Sound | Jewish Americans
Religious identity
Rites and ceremonies
Judaism
Women in Judaism
Oral histories
Holidays
Religious rituals | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Jan Rosenberg presentation at the Folk Culture in the South: Women's Contributions seminar
- Date
- 1989-07-27
- Description
- Folklorist Rosenberg discusses Jewish folklife; including the religion; temples; religious rites, practices, and art; Jewish stories, jokes, and life rituals; world, US, and Florida Jews; food; gender and Judaism; misconceptions of folklife; researching Jewish folklife; and Jewish Americans in the South. Recorded at the Jacksonville Museum of Science and History. Funded by the Florida Endowment of the humanities, the seminar series featured presentations by Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs staff and area specialists discussing the study of folk culture; folk traditions in Florida; women's occupational culture and lore; and the folk culture and lore of Hispanic, Jewish, and African-American women, including customs, beliefs, family and social relations, folk tales and jokes, and musical traditions and styles.
- Collection
Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time Program
