| A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life from the Pages of the Forward Contributor(s): Newhouse, Alana (Editor), Hamill, Pete (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0393062694 ISBN-13: 9780393062694 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: This extraordinary volume features the finest photographic account of Jewish life in America. The premiere national Jewish newspaper, "Forward," has opened up its never-before-seen archives, revealing a landscape of Jews in the 20th century and beyond. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General - Photography | Subjects & Themes - General - Social Science | Jewish Studies |
| Dewey: 305.892 |
| LCCN: 2006032478 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 9.46" W x 12.32" (4.49 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This extraordinary volume features classic photographs of the history one has learned to associate with the Forward--Lower East Side pushcarts, Yiddish theater, labor rallies--along with gems no one would expect. The premiere national Jewish newspaper has opened up its never-before-seen archives, revealing a photographic landscape of Jews in the twentieth century and beyond. From shtetl beauty contests and matchmakers caught mid-deal to the streets of the New World; from diaspora communities and mandate Palestine to the Holocaust, the Soviet Jewry movement, and the emergence of Jewish suburbia; from Paul Muni and Barbra Streisand to Woody Allen and Madonna--this book is a kaleidoscopic array of modern Jewish life. Original essays are included by leading intellectuals and historians, including Leon Wieseltier, J. Hoberman, Roger Kahn, and Deborah E. Lipstadt, plus an introduction by Pete Hamill. A great gift book in the tradition of Roman Vishniac's A Vanished World and Frederic Brenner's Diaspora: Homelands in Exile. |
Contributor Bio(s): Newhouse, Alana: - Alana Newhouse is the Arts & Culture editor at the Forward. She lives in New York City. |