Jeshajahu Weinberg

A founding director of the Tel Aviv museum, Weinberg came out of retirement in 1989 to help found the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. The museum, which opened in 1993, attracts an average of 2 million visitors a year. He also served as a consultant to the Jewish Museums of Berlin and Warsaw. "He introduced the concept of the museum as a tool for telling a story, not just for showing authentic artifacts," noted Prof. Anita Shapira of Tel Aviv University. His pioneering work earned him the Israel Prize in 1999, Israel's highest civil honor. Weinberg died January 1 in Tel Aviv from a stroke. He was 81. From This is True for 2 January 2000 Suggestions for further reading: The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United State... by Michael Berenbaum Amazon Price: $19.77 Customer Review: I was fortunate to be able to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum last summer - I was deeply impressed by the exhibits and the meticulous documentation of the Holocaust. The exterior is suitably stark in appearance, and the interior com...   Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust by Susan Bachrach Amazon Price: $11.55 Customer Review: We remember but the same thing is still going on. When will this world wake up and smell the coffee or should I say smell the DEAD!   Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum by Edward T. Linenthal Amazon Price: $22.05 Customer Review: A Highly informative and yet very readable account of the building of the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC and the politics behind it. This is one of those books that by the end you have learned alot.   The Museum Guard: A Novel by Howard Norman Amazon Price: Customer Review: I loved The Bird Artist, and think I would have loved The Museum Guard as much had it been my first Howard Norman novel. While I do like this book, the protagonists are so alike I found myself thinking more about Norman and less about the book.   The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning by James E. Young Amazon Price: $27.76 Customer Review: A sensitive and important book on the complex struggle to memorialize and in particular the holocaust   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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