"The First Hebrew City"
Early Tel Aviv Through the Eyes of the Eliasaf Robinson Collection

Exhibit:
April 21 - August 31, 2009

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This cutting-edge exhibit shows a new side to an old city. As Tel Aviv counts 100 years since its establishment, we look back to the beginning: Tel Aviv before the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The city was built on the back of immigrants, elegantly showcased by documents, artifacts, and photographs taken largely from the Eliasaf Robinson Collection acquired by Stanford in 2005. A small scholarly panel will greet the opening of the exhibit, reflecting on the history of the most modern city in Israel.

“The First Hebrew City ”: A Special Panel, April 23, 2009
Scholars Barbara Mann (whose book A Place in History explores Tel Aviv’s modernism and the creation of Jewish urban space), Anat Helman (whose book Light and Sea Embraced Her sheds light on Tel Aviv’s urban culture in the 1920s and 1930s) and Maoz Azaryahu (whose book Tel Aviv: Mythography of a City follows the transformation of the Jaffa’s modern suburb into a bustling city) engage in a special discussion at the opening of the Stanford Tel Aviv Exhibition.

Exhibit: April 21 - August 31, 2009

Stanford University
Green Library - Peterson Gallery & Munger Rotunda
557 Escondido Mall - map

www.stanford.edu
(650) 725-1054

Presented by the Stanford University Libraries in conjunction with the Taube Center for Jewish Studies.