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My Family Story

My Family Story

My Family Story

My Family Story (MFS), now in its 28th anniversary year, is a meaningful and fun Jewish heritage program that involves 20,000 Jewish youth from over 30 countries around the globe. Students research their roots and use their creative skills to design original, artistic installations that capture the essence of their family history. Top entries are selected for display in an international exhibition.

My Family Story goes beyond the typical family tree. It connects the younger generation, between 10-14 years old, to their personal stories, their family stories, and the broader story of the Jewish people.

My Family Story is one of ANU – Museum of the Jewish People’s most innovative flagship programs. Through a yearlong curriculum, young participants in Israel and worldwide Jewish communities embark on a fun and meaningful, personal, experiential, international and multigenerational Jewish heritage project. Through rigorous research and inspiring creativity, the students produce a final art display illustrating their personal exploration into their family roots and connection to the greater story of the Jewish people.

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Generation to Generation

Boy and his grandfather participating in the program
Boy and his grandfather participating in the program

Generation to Generation

Our society embraces the young and tends to minimize – or overlook – significant past and current contributions that seniors and aging loved ones have made to their family, community and society.

There is often a wide gap between the generations. When the younger generation asks “Ma Nishtana?” at the Passover seder, it is a key moment in Jewish tradition because our collective memory is being relayed from generation to generation.

Telling a personal story can often bridge the gap between the younger and older generations, enabling seniors to share their family and community’s collective Jewish history that is replete with traditions, memories, knowledge and moving stories.

Jewish Lens

Versatility of Life, Artur Goremykin, Sohnut Tashkent, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Versatility of Life, Artur Goremykin, Sohnut Tashkent, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Jewish Lens

The Koret International School for Jewish Peoplehood is dedicated to education that cultivates an informed and active sense of belonging to the Jewish people.  To further this vision, the school has partnered with popular international photographer, Zion Ozeri, renowned for photographing the Jewish people and Jewish themes.  Together, we have initiated the Jewish Lens @ ANU Photo Competition.

ANU – Museum of the Jewish People is proud to introduce an international competition that targets worldwide Jewish teens.  They are invited to submit a photograph with an accompanying text that captures the theme of “my connection to the Jewish people”.  A designated committee in Israel, directed by Mr. Zion Ozeri, will select the outstanding works.

Com.Unity

Boy and girl from the Jewish community of Indonesia - Com.Unity
Boy and girl from the Jewish community of Indonesia - Com.Unity

Com.Unity

Com.unity is a new, one-of-a-kind database of Jewish communities throughout the world. On this website you will discover a plethora of communities from across the Jewish spectrum: old and new, traditional and progressive, religious and secular, in Israel and throughout the world, in-person and online.

Free admittance for Israelis evacuated from the south and north, and soldiers.

Plan Your Visit

Visiting Hours

Sunday
10am-5pm
Monday
10am-5pm
Tuesday
10am-5pm
Wednesday
10am-5pm
Thursday
10am-5pm
Friday
10am-2pm
Saturday
10am-5pm

Admission Prices (NIS)

Regular
52
Israeli Senior citizens
26
Persons with disabilities, college/university students, “olim”
42
Children under 5 years old
Free entrance
Soldiers in uniform
free entrance (please show I.D.)

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Our Location

Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv Entrance from gate #2 (Matatia gate)