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Joseph and Rebecca Bau’s love story is now a global film. Can we save the museum that preserves their legacy?

JL;DR SUMMARY The Joseph Bau Museum in Tel Aviv faces the threat of closure as the building housing it is slated for demolition, despite its recognition as a top heritage site. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Tel AvivHolocaustJoseph BauCultural PreservationCinemaHeritage SitesForged DocumentsJoseph Bau MuseumArt As ResistanceRebecca Bau

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"I first visited the Joseph Bau Museum in March 2024 during a volunteer trip to Israel."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"I was honored to join Clila and Hadasa at the September 21 premiere of Paramounts feature film Bau, Artist at War at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles."
Krakow, Lesser Poland, Poland
"Bau used his artistic skills to forge documents that saved Jewish lives in the Krakw Ghetto and the Plaszw labor camp, and later at Oskar Schindlers ammunition factory in Brnnlitz."
Metro Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"Lee Tanenbaum is a metro Atlanta-based writer and volunteer advocate for the Joseph Bau Museum."

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