On exhibit at the Greensboro Historical Museum through February 17, 2002:

“Migrations: Jewish Settlers of Eastern North Carolina”

North Carolina has been home to Jews since Sir Walter Raleigh’s ships landed at Roanoke Island. The hospitality Jews found and the prejudice they encountered have much to tell us about ourselves.

Jews were an immigrant people who differed from other Southerners in their origins, history, and culture. Yet they became loyal sons and daughters of the South. Their example is being repeated today as new peoples migrate from many lands to make homes among us.

“Migrations,” a combination of photographs, text, and artifacts, considers life in small Southern towns, religious communities and leaders, life cycles and family traditions, becoming Southern, fighting prejudice, and politics. It will be on view through February 10, 2002.

The Greensboro Historical Museum, a facility of the City of Greensboro, is located downtown at the intersection of Summit Ave. and Lindsay St. Open daily except Monday, there is no admission charge. For more information, call 336-373-2043.

Joe Lipman and Celia Passman were married in New Bern in 1911. This wedding portrait shows the traditional chupah, or wedding canopy.