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Dear Friends of the Joseph Bau House Museum,
Shana Tova — שָׁנָה טוֹבָה! As we step into 5787, we wish you and your loved ones a year of peace, and as the Ten Days of Repentance draw to a close, Gmar Chatima Tovah — גְּמַר חֲתִימָה טוֹבָה — may you be sealed for good.
So much has happened since our last letter, and we're bursting to share it all with you — none of it would be possible without supporters like you in our corner.
Our father's original studio at 9 Berdichevsky Street in Tel Aviv continues to welcome visitors by reservation, who spend an hour or two in the very room where he worked for more than 40 years (1960-2001). Group after group walks out having gotten to know Joseph Bau a little better — his courage, his creativity, and the love story woven through everything he made. That hasn't changed, even with everything the museum is navigating right now, and it's a big reason Tel Aviv visitors keep ranking us #1 of 308 things to do in the city on TripAdvisor.
You already know that the building our museum calls home has been sold. We're in the thick of charting its next chapter through our Save the Joseph Bau Museum campaign, and every gift brings us a step closer to a new home where this collection — and our father's story — can keep growing
Speaking of gifts: a big congratulations to Mary Rising of California, the lucky winner of our Summer Sweepstakes raffle for a signed Joseph Bau lithograph! Enjoy it, Mary — it's a real piece of our father's artistic legacy. And a heartfelt thank-you to everyone who entered by giving to our CauseMatch campaign; that support is still fueling our search for the museum's next home, and you're always welcome to pitch in at www.causematch.com/JosephBauMuseum.
Now for the news we've been dying to share: the Joseph Bau Traveling ART Exhibition has officially opened its doors at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA)! More than 40 signed works hang in the Katz Family Main Street Gallery through December 2026, and admission is free for everyone. It's a wonderful new chance for people who never knew our father to meet him: the man whose forging skills helped save hundreds of lives as part of Schindler's inner circle; the painter who never ran out of curiosity about people; the animator and graphic artist with a restless imagination; the only artist to ever render the Hebrew alphabet itself, letter by letter, in his book Brit Mila; and, underneath it all, someone who never stopped finding reasons to laugh.
Here's what has us even more thrilled: we're heading to Atlanta ourselves in early November to experience the traveling art exhibition in person! On Sunday, November 8, as part of the 35th Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA, the day kicks off at 10:00 a.m. with a free screening of the film Bau, Artist at War (RSVP here). Then at 1:30 p.m., we'll sit down for a ticketed author talk and Q&A on our father's newly republished memoir of the same name ($15 for MJCCA members, $20 for the community — get tickets here). We'll spend the whole day there — signing books, guiding visitors through the exhibition, and finally meeting the Atlanta community in person. We could not be more excited. You'll find every detail on the event page.
We're also looking forward to visiting several Jewish day schools around Atlanta while we're there, to share the story of our father and mother with students firsthand.
While we're stateside, we'll also be spending time in New York — and we'd love the chance to connect with you there! If your synagogue, school, or organization is interested in hosting a talk about our parents' story, drop us a line at JosephBauMuseum@gmail.com, and we'll see what we can arrange.
And we're already looking past Atlanta: we'd love to find the exhibition's next home, ideally a museum, Jewish Community Center, Holocaust education center, university, or similar institution ready to welcome it starting mid-December 2026 or January 2027. Know a place that might be a fit? We'd love an introduction — reach us anytime at JosephBauMuseum@gmail.com. A referral from someone we trust is often the best way Joseph Bau's story finds its way to a new community.
We also want to send a warm welcome to the many volunteers who have been arriving in Israel to support communities, pitch in on recovery work, and stand with the country through this difficult season. If that's you, please come visit us on a day off — it's a story about courage, creativity, resilience, and hope that feels especially resonant right now. We're glad to offer special group rates for volunteer missions, schools, and community organizations; just write to JosephBauMuseum@gmail.com ahead of your visit to set it up. And for anyone who can't make it to Tel Aviv in person, our virtual tour brings the studio to you.
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We're also thrilled that the film is making its way across the globe, and that we're receiving letters from people discovering Joseph and Rebecca Bau through it. The letter from Uruguay below is one beautiful example.
Thank you, as ever, for walking alongside us. It's because of you that our parents' story — and the story of everyone they helped save — keeps finding new people, in new places, one conversation at a time.
With love and gratitude,
Clila and Hadasa Bau
Co-Directors
Joseph Bau Museum
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