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Rebuild for diaspora museum

July 2, 2009 15:35

ByAnonymous, Anonymous

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The Museum of the Diaspora in Tel Aviv, Beth Hatefutsot, will be rebuilt and renamed the Museum of the Jewish People.

Instead of telling the story of the diaspora, beginning with the destruction of the temple and ending with the establishment of the Jewish state, the emphasis will be on the story of the Jewish people as a whole, beginning with Abraham and Sarah, and with no end.

The new exhibition will cost £15 million and will open to visitors in 2012.

“This innovative museum will give expression to a new perception about the relationship between the Jewish people and the state of Israel — the perception of one Jewish people, incorporating Jews living in Israel or any other place in the world,” said Leonid Nevzlin, Chairman of Beth Hatefutsot’s international board of governors.