Jewish Museum of Florida, Miami Beach Photos

In the Art Deco town of Miami Beach, the local synagogue also used this decorative style. Now converted to a museum, the Jewish Museum of Florida houses Mosaic, which not only outlines the history of Judaism, globally & locally, but also houses representative artistic objects from the culture,.

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Jewish Museum of Florida in former Synagogue (1936) (301 Washington Av.). Style: Art Deco. Architect: Henry Hohauser. On National Register.	Art Deco reliefs on side of Jewish Museum of Florida.	Interior of former Synagogue which is now Jewish Museum of Florida.	Ten Commandment tablets in Jewish Museum of Florida.

Menorah stained-glass window in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Art Deco lamp hangs from dome in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Jewish symbols on stained-glass windows flank Art Deco lamp in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Oil lamp stained-glass window in Jewish Museum of Florida.

Shofar stained-glass window in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Stained-glass window contributed by gangster Meyer Lansky to Synagogue which is now Jewish Museum of Florida.	Aquarius stained-glass Zodiac window in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Pisces stained-glass Zodiac window in Jewish Museum of Florida.

Aries stained-glass Zodiac window in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Taurus stained-glass Zodiac window in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Gemini stained-glass Zodiac window in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Cancer stained-glass Zodiac window in Jewish Museum of Florida.

Leo stained-glass Zodiac window in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Virgo stained-glass Zodiac window in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Libra stained-glass Zodiac window in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Scorpio stained-glass Zodiac window in Jewish Museum of Florida.

Sagittarius stained-glass Zodiac window in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Capricorn stained-glass Zodiac window in Jewish Museum of Florida.	Joys of Tolerance tapestry of Twelve Tribes & Florida Diversity by Anette Pier at Jewish Museum of Florida.	Sephardic Chamsa amulet to ward off evil at Jewish Museum of Florida.

Oil lamp from Judea (c200 CE) at Jewish Museum of Florida.	Passover Seder plate with gold-plated figures on marble base (1980) by A. Froman at Jewish Museum of Florida.