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‘From my archive to yours’: Meet Bob Cumins, photographer and Zelig of Jewish politics

JL;DR SUMMARY Bob Cumins has had a prolific career capturing pivotal moments in Jewish and American history through his lens. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Oslo AccordsAmerican JewryJewish PoliticsIsraeli PoliticsIsaac Bashevis SingerPhotographyYitzhak ShamirWorld Trade CenterBob CuminsPhoto Archive

Places mentioned

Fairlawn, New Jersey, United States
"Young Bob was a student at Fairlawn High School in New Jersey, working on the student paper, and a man his mother was dating suggested he do something about his JFK obsession."
New Jersey, United States
"He lives in the town next to mine, so I invited him and his partner, Rita, for dinner in our sukkah he arrived with another thoughtful gift, a signed print of the Israel Museums famous Ahavah sculpture at sunset that he made circa 1980."
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
"These places were incredible, like the first of countless Jewish communal events, a parlor meeting in Elizabeth in January, 1971."
Norman, Oklahoma, United States
"Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Norman, Oklahoma. April 1967."
Miami, Florida, United States
"Cumins studied broadcast journalism at the University of Oklahoma and then the University of Miami."
New York, United States
"From my archive to yours, read the handwritten note, signed Bob Cumins."
Israel
"He would eventually cover some 30 General Assemblies of the Jewish Federations of North America and make about 300 trips to Israel with politicians, business moguls and philanthropists."
Key Biscayne, Florida, United States
"A colleague who also worked as a commercial photographer asked Cumins to fill in shooting a breakfast of the womens division of the local Jewish Federation."

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