A traveling museum exhibit from The Alexander Levi Heritage Project

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View  "A Stroll Through Linwood: Sharing Memories of Dubuque’s Jewish Community" a 12-minute excerpt of a film shot by Alan Garfield; adapted by exhibit designer, Karin Pritikin and edited by Alan Garfield. This film features Temple Beth El's oldest congregant, Frank Farber, now 94,  reminiscing about people and places in Dubuque's Jewish community. In the film, Frank takes us on a walk through the Jewish section of Linwood Cemetery in Dubuque. This section of the cemetery was established by Alexander Levi in 1857 and 1863, when he and his wife, Minette,  transferred .06 acres to the city of Dubuque to use as a burial ground for residents "of the  Jewish Persuasion," conditional on the city's maintaining the land in perpetuity. (Land deed provided by the Jacob Rader Marcus Library & Archives, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinatti, Ohio.)

A hearfelt thanks to Andy Steil of M-Studios in Galena for his generosity of spirit; and for the respectful and thoughtful work he has done bringing the multimedia portion of the exhibit to life.

View “Sounds of Judaica”  a 20-minute music multimedia      presentation concepted, written, produced and performed by musician and exhibit designer, Karin Pritikin and edited by Andy Steil, of M-Studios in Galena, Illinois. In this a capella presentation, we hear chanted Torah portions, as well as selections from Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, Alsatian French, Israeli, and African traditions.

Listen to individual sound clips

(All music performances copyright 2008,          Karin Pritikin)

Track 1:  Beresheit (Genesis) 1:1-5 (High Holiday Trope)

Track 2:  Ma’Oz Tsur (Italian, Marcello, 1724; German hymn, 1530)

Track 3:  Napoleon’s March 1812 (Adapted from a French March used in services by Chassidic community)

Track 4:  Aleinu (Alsatian liturgy, from version by Chazzan Alain Blum)

*Hear the original version by Chazzan Blum

Track 5:  Shnirele Perele (Traditional Yiddish)

Track 6:  Kiddush (Klezmer Tradition)

Track 7:  Shirat Hiyam (Song of the Sea) (Exodus 15: 1-7)

Track 8:  Adon Olam (Italian, Rossi, 1550; Vita Clava ,1732; Contemporary Alsatian adaptation of Rossi’s Kaddish)

Track 9:  Mose Salyo de Misriyim (Ladino; Moroccan melody)

Track 10: Hinei Ma Tov & Lo Yisa Goy(Lugandan melody; Traditional Israeli melody; Traditional song, used in liturgy)

View "A Living Legacy: The Levi Family of Dubuque", an animated slideshow of images showing the family of Alexander Levi (1808-1893) Dubuque's first Jewish settler (1833) and the state's first naturalized citizen (1837) including images of his home and stores, the family tree, artfacts & documents;  and Levi's children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and their families.   Images were provided by The Levi family (prepared by Levi great-great-grandson, Larry Burrows) and The Dubuque County Historical Society (prepared by Curator James Wall-Wild). Exhibit continuity was developed by Karin Pritikin; with editing by Andy Steil at M-Studios, Galena, Illinois.