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The National Herald | Niarchos Foundation Preserves Tenement (video) Costas Bej/TNH Inside the Confino Family apartment at the Tenement Museum are the type of objects believed to be owned by the Sephardic-Jewish family from Kastoria after the immigrated to the U.S. in 1913. and waited for their tours and buying gifts from a huge selection of New York history souvenirs. “Can the tour group from Syracuse gather in the auditorium for an announcement” one of the team of employees announced. According to the museum, demand for tours is up by 20%, though charitable giving has dropped from $2.4 million in 2008 to $1.5 million in 2009. The Niarchos grant will serve as a major boost, notes Tenement Museum President Morris Vogel. He told TNH that the Niarchos funding may allow the tour to expand to seven days a week. Vogel underlined that the Lower East Side was one of the first neighborhoods where Greeks in New York settled. Today, he noted, one-third of those who visit are from Europe. Costas Bej/TNH Laundry is part of the Confino Family apartment exhibit at the Tenement Museum. The museum shows the apartment through a tour, featuring a staffer dressed up like a member of the Sephardic-Jewish family from Kastoria after the immigrated to the U.S. in 1913. Kate Stober, who manages the museum’s public relations, noted that among the visitors to the exhibit are the relatives of the original Confino family, who were very helpful in providing information about the family’s history. On a rare occasion, notes costume interpreter Lily Paulina, people visit who actually speak Ladino. “It’s frustrating,” she notes, because they are the ones who are the most excited by the history - yet of course, that’s when she can only take the game so far. http://www.thenationalherald.com/article/45429 (4 of 7) [6/1/2010 1:54:57 PM]
The National Herald | Niarchos Foundation Preserves Tenement (video) WSJ Shipping tycoon Stauros Niarchos. thenationalherald.com/video/343. Since its founding in 1996, in the name of Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos, the Niarchos Foundation has provided some $1.2 billion in 1,800 grants in 90 countries. Among major recent grants were aid for the Haitian ($500,000) and Chilean ($250,000) earthquake victims. The US spring/summer grants for 2010 include medical and other scholarships. Beneficiaries range from the scholarship programs of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York, to the Medical Institute of the University of Notre Dame to a plan for Brooklyn’s Waterfront Greenway. In 2015, the foundation aims to unveil $744 million Cultural Center in Athens, which will include a national library, opera and culture park – all designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano. To play the game “Become an Immigrant,” featuring Victoria Confino, on the Internet, visit: www. tenement.org/immigrate. For a TNH video on the Confino room of the Tenement Museum, visit www. Angelike.contis@ekirikas. com May 28, 2010 http://www.thenationalherald.com/article/45429 (5 of 7) [6/1/2010 1:54:57 PM]
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Herald</strong> | <strong>Niarchos</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> Preserves Tenement (video)<br />
Costas Bej/TNH<br />
Inside the Confino Family apartment at the Tenement Museum are the type of<br />
objects believed to be owned by the Sephardic-Jewish family from Kastoria<br />
after the immigrated to the U.S. in 1913.<br />
and waited for their tours and<br />
buying gifts from a huge<br />
selection of New York history<br />
souvenirs. “Can the tour group<br />
from Syracuse gather in the<br />
auditorium for an<br />
announcement” one of the<br />
team of employees announced.<br />
According to the museum,<br />
demand for tours is up by<br />
20%, though charitable giving has dropped from $2.4 million in 2008 to $1.5 million in 2009.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Niarchos</strong> grant will serve as a major boost, notes Tenement Museum President Morris<br />
Vogel. He told TNH that the <strong>Niarchos</strong> funding may allow the tour to expand to seven days a<br />
week. Vogel underlined that the Lower East Side was one of the first neighborhoods where<br />
Greeks in New York settled. Today, he noted, one-third of those who visit are from Europe.<br />
Costas Bej/TNH<br />
Laundry is part of the Confino Family apartment exhibit at the Tenement<br />
Museum. <strong>The</strong> museum shows the apartment through a tour, featuring a staffer<br />
dressed up like a member of the Sephardic-Jewish family from Kastoria after<br />
the immigrated to the U.S. in 1913.<br />
Kate Stober, who manages the<br />
museum’s public relations,<br />
noted that among the visitors<br />
to the exhibit are the relatives<br />
of the original Confino family,<br />
who were very helpful in<br />
providing information about<br />
the family’s history. On a rare<br />
occasion, notes costume<br />
interpreter Lily Paulina, people<br />
visit who actually speak Ladino.<br />
“It’s frustrating,” she notes,<br />
because they are the ones who<br />
are the most excited by the<br />
history - yet of course, that’s<br />
when she can only take the<br />
game so far.<br />
http://www.thenationalherald.com/article/45429 (4 of 7) [6/1/2010 1:54:57 PM]
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