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Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU

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October 2025

Sunday, October 12 @ 12:00 pm
Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU
301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139 United States

The Big Read 2025: Writing Home: Telling Stories with Heart: A Creative Writing Workshop with Ruth Behar

Sunday, October 12, 2025 / 12-2 p.m. Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU (301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach) Free, RSVP required. In this workshop we will learn how to write about family, tradition, leaving and finding home. All of us have heard stories about where our ancestors lived and how they and their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren have found a sense of belonging in Florida and elsewhere. Drawing on those stories, we will discuss how to write about home with heart. And we will explore how to mix true stories with fictional stories to create a story filled with wonder.…

Sunday, October 26 @ 10:30 am
Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU
301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139 United States

The Big Read 2025: Walking Tour: Jewish Miami Beach – A Century of Community, Culture & Change

This event is sold out. If you would like to be placed on a waitlist, contact Miriam Bussel Alonso at mbussela@mdc.edu. Join us for an immersive, multisensory exploration of the historic Jewish presence in South Beach, tracing the rise, evolution, and enduring legacy of the Jewish community in Miami Beach over the past 100 years. Examined through the lens of how neighborhoods inform identity – inspired by Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street – this walking tour delves into how Miami’s Jewish communities helped shape the cultural and architectural fabric of South Beach and invites participants to experience the neighborhood as a living archive,…

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