Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist at Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU
Miami Beach, FL – October 16, 2017 – The Executive Director of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, Susan Gladstone, welcomed a standing room only audience to the opening of the Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist. Guests were moved by the powerful film, Ahead of Time, documenting Gruber’s life that impacted many. Once the world’s youngest PhD, Ruth Gruber passed away recently at the age of 105. The show features more than 60 photographs including gelatin silver prints plus an archival trove of personal letters, telegrams, printed magazines, and assorted ephemera documenting her career. In attendance were Jonathan Symons, Maya Benton (Curator of the International Center of Photography), Patti Kenner (filmmaker), Al and Linda Gruber, Rabbi Ralph Kingsley and Brenda Kingsley, Harvey Burstein, Robert and Diane Brandt, Barbara Sammeth, Tudor Parfitt and Steve and Judy Engel.
Al & Linda Gruber, Lori Goldstein, Allan Hall, Susan Gladstone, & Jackie Goldstein
Tudor Parfitt
Robin O’neill & Michael Birman
Silvia Barisione & Maya Benton
Silvia Barisione, Maya Benton, & Jackie Goldstein
Silvia Barisione & Susan Gladstone
Susan Gladstone, Harvey Burstein, & Janis Good
Susan Gladstone, Arlene Opatut, Magerie Cohen, & Penny Turkell
Maya Benton, Tudor Parfitt, Susan Gladstone, & Patti Kenner
Patti Kenner & Arlene Opatut
Jonathan Symons, Susan Gladstone, Robin O’Neill, & Michael Birman
Susan Gladstone, Steve & Judy Engel, & Sue Feldman
Susan Gladstone, Ralph & Brenda Kingsley
Alba Almeida, Robert & Diane Brandt
Roger Abramson, Susan Gladstone, & Jonathan Symons
Robert Brandt & Susan Gladstone
Susan Gladstone & Roger Abramson
Susan Gladstone, Judy Engel, Patti Kenner, & Steve Engel
Susan Gladstone, Fran Gordon, & Ron Mayer
Luca Artioli, Silvia Barisione, & Jackie Goldstein
Silvia Barisione & Luca Artioli
Bernard Rubin, Merle & Michael Bergman
Patti Kenner
Susan Gladstone
Maya Benton
Maya Benton
Judy Engel, Sue Feldman, Patti Kenner, Barbara Sammeth, & Steve Engel
Jackie Goldstein & Allan Hall
Ofer Zadok & Jackie Goldstein
