Museum Reflections

The purpose of going to this museum was to learn about Jews in America. Many people don’t know how much Jews have contributed to pop culture in America. In the early days nobody would hire Jewish people for media or entertainment. Many people were very skeptical and thought that Jewish people were no good dirty money hogs just because they were successful and intellectual. Jews were put down a lot in the older days but still managed to rise to great things. Some of the greatest minds and talents in history were Jewish such as Albert Einstein who discovered the theory of relativity and Barbara Streisand who is one of the most famous singers of all time. Jews have also influenced culture greatly in America. They were the creators of bagels! Jewish people also started great cities like Las Vegas. This exhibit took us through a timeline of Jewish history and it was a truly interesting experience. With my family being Jewish I knew about most of the stuff but I liked sharing the experience with my peers.
“One may say 'the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility'.”-Albert Einstein.

I chose a picture of a woman sitting at a piano with her head down. I chose this painting because it had an artistic and melancholy vibe to it. It was a painting that you could look at for a half an hour and come up with an entire story for that sad looking woman. I felt like the piano symbolized the beauty of this country and all the wonders it can bring to you but her head down meant she was struggling. She was struggling to figure out how to make the music and how to explore all of the wonders. The photo was also in black and white, which could show the black and white of her situation. It basically showed me just in one photograph how hard it could be to be an immigrant. It was a truly remarkable photograph to me and I almost didn’t want to leave it.
“I believe as an individual I can help America achieve its goals I remember last year I helped collect canned foods for the soup kitchen Also I had raised money when the twin towers fell I believe things like this may seem little but can amount to larger and bigger things” Zainab Sozzer, Pakistan. I chose this quote because it shows how much just one person can make a change. By accepting everyone into this country we can all make a difference. Every single one of us.
"The greatest thing I hope for in my life is to become a successful person and to have a family and friends to support me, not to be looked at by just the color of my skin but who I am inside."
-Samira Durakovic, Yugaslavia. I chose this quote because everyone should see through Samira’s eyes. The color of your skin doesn’t matter. Everyone needs to learn to coexist just as people. Society has separated people by their color instead of just focusing on what people they themselves will become.