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Last update - 12:27 07/07/2008 Steven Spielberg donates $1M to Pennsylvania Jewish history museum By The Associated Press Tags: Schindler's List  PHILADELPHIA - A foundation created by filmmaker Steven Spielberg is giving $1 million to the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. The money from the Righteous Persons Foundation will go toward a new, five-story museum building being built in the city's historic section. Spielberg helped establish the Righteous Persons Foundation in 1994 after directing his Oscar-winning Holocaust film, Schindler's List, which tells the true story of a non-Jewish factory owner who saved Jews during the Holocaust. Advertisement According to the foundation's website, Spielberg remarked upon donating $53 million to launch the new foundation that he "could not keep the money profited from the movie because it was blood money." The Philadelphia museum was established in 1976 and is dedicated to telling the story of the American Jewish experience. It is constructing the new building in hopes of raising its profile and increasing the number of visitors. The new museum is set to open in 2010. According to the museum's Website, the brand-new 100,000 square-foot facility will feature five floors of interactive exhibition space as well as one of the nation's largest collections of Jewish Americana. Related articles: Spielberg's Shoah Foundation to document Darfur, other atrocities Spielberg Foundation donates $1 million for Israeli relief in facing Hezbollah (2006) Jerusalem on the Bay: San Francisco museum details positive impact of Jews on city More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us   Smoking kills Tehran slams McCain for saying cigarettes could be used to kill Iranians. Case of deja vu Olmert and his office chief Shula Zaken were accused of similar charges back in 1991.   1.   Spielberg`s donation 14:47  |  Curator 04/07/08   2.   Spielberg should make a film on the Swindlers` List 16:15  |  lakshmi 04/07/08   3.   Only $1M? 19:18  |  Fearless Joe 04/07/08   4.   SPIELBERG, HIS MOM, MONEY, & THE ARK 00:34  |  Barry S. Roffman 05/07/08   5.   Spend money on the future 01:06  |  dovale 05/07/08   6.   Forget the museum - Help the People of Sderot 04:22  |  Tod Zuckerman 05/07/08   7.   1, 2, & 5 20:58  |  Czarkazem13 09/07/08   8.   Munich was a disgrace.NOT FORGIVEN SPIELBERG.nice tax shelter! 12:16  |  Elliot 13/07/08

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