Love this HistoryMiami Museum exhibit, “South Beach, 1974-1990: Photographs of a Jewish Community,” captures the time when the area was predominantly Jewish.
The Miami Beach building that was home to the legendary nightclub Mansion and performances by Rick Ross and Deadmau5 was once a vaudeville theater known for its Yiddish entertainment. The Walgreens located in the Ritz-Carlton South Beach hotel was previously the site of the famed Jewish deli Wolfie’s. And the upscale Faena Hotel Miami Beach was a Kosher hotel called the Saxony.
There’s a reason Miami Beach was once known as the Shtetl (small Jewish village) by the Sea.
Check out some of my favorite pics from the collection.
Source: Andy Sweet, miaminewtimes.com
