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Diaspora Museum

Address: Tel Aviv University Campus (Gate 2), Klausner St., Ramat Aviv
Phone: 03/640-8000
www.bh.org.il

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: The Tel Aviv Port and Northern Tel Aviv

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Fodor's Review:

Presented here are 2,500 years of Jewish life in the Diaspora (the settling of Jews outside Israel), beginning with the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem and chronicling such major events as the exile to Babylon and the expulsion from Spain in 1492. Also covered is Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. Photographs and text labels provide the narrative, and films and music enhance the experience. One highlight is a replica collection of miniature synagogues throughout the world, both those destroyed and those still functioning. Another is the computerized genealogy section, where it's possible to look up Jewish family names to determine their origins. In addition, there's a music center containing a large listening library of Jewish music from around the world.

Cost: NIS 35
Open: Sun.-Tues. and Thurs. 9-4, Wed. 10-6, Fri. 9-1

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