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Teaching Awareness and Respect through Jewish Life and Culture, Immigration, Art, Lessons of the Holocaust, Bridges of Understanding, Exhibitions and Workshops.

Native American artifact Rites of Passage case.		All of the Mizel Museum Exhibits and Programs are available to bring to your school. SIGN UP NOW! Bridges of Understanding Programs: • Ceremonies & Festivals • Rites of Passage • Tikkun Olam • Lessons of the Holocaust • Immigrant Adventure • Jewish Life & Culture and • Multicultural Workshops are available upon request. The Bridges of Understanding Ceremonies & Festivals and Rites of Passage programs consist of three individual multicultural exhibits that teach participants through an interactive presentation of unique themes, and rituals from six different cultures including African/African American, Asian Pacific, Hispanic/Latino, Jewish, Muslim, and Native American cultures (Rites of Passage case pictured at left). Curriculum guides are available to supplement the presentations with related educational programs from each culture. For more information about other Bridges programs listed above, please download the Fall 2009 Educator Brochure for more information Call 303.394.9993 ext. 103 or email the museum to book your program.

		Mizel Museum Annual Bookmark Contest The theme of the 9th Annual Bookmark contest is “My Family” For Grades Kindergarten – Second Grade and Third Grade-Fifth Grade. Prizes will be awarded. Entry forms will be available September 15 – November 1, 2009 Following the Bridges of Understanding theme, the Mizel Museum’s educational goal is to teach children about all people in our world. Now in its ninth year, the Mizel Museum Annual Bookmark Contest helps bring understanding about how people are interconnected. Using the Bridges of Understanding exhibition and program to educate and build awareness for students about other cultural traditions, students enjoy hands-on activities that can include video, music and art projects. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience these exhibits. Bridges of Understanding programs are available for your school. Call the museum at 303 394-9993 ext. 104 for information. (at left, 2009 1st Place winner, Jason Agyemang, Age 6, Place Bridge Academy)

		2008 STUDENT BOOKMARK COMPETITION Theme: “How We're Different and How We're the Same” The 2008 first place winners are shown at left. Joel Douglas, a first grader and Samantha Ginsberg, a fourth grader from Herzl were among two of the winning entries. See all the winning entries from 2008.