March 12, 2018 was the U.S. premiere of Stranded in Shanghai: Arthur Rothstein’s Photographs of the Hongkew Ghetto, 1946, the timely exhibition featuring a lesson from history about tolerance and compassion for those suffering religious persecution. These themes are as powerful today as they were in the 1940s, when Shanghai became the last hope for desperate European Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi terror. “The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU is thrilled to present the U.S. premiere of Stranded in Shanghai,” said the museum’s Executive Director, Susan Gladstone. “We are honored to shine a light on this little-known segment of history that mirrors so much of our present. We must know history in order to proceed successfully with our future. Rothstein’s works are truthful and unflinching.” Miami Beach is the first city in the U.S. to present this exhibition, after showings in Prague and at Slovenia’s Festival of Tolerance. The museum is located in the heart of Miami Beach’s Art Deco District at 301 Washington Avenue in South Beach and is part of Florida International University.
JMOF-FIU Board Chairman Ira D. Giller and Executive Director Susan Gladstone, Ann Rothstein-Segan, and Brodie Hefner