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He documented a changing Jewish world, and the Jewish world changed him

JL;DR SUMMARY Bill Aron's photography is celebrated in a new retrospective at the American Jewish Historical Society, showcasing how his work has documented and in turn, influenced his engagement with Jewish communities worldwide. 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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Jewish IdentityJewish CommunitiesDocumentaryJewish ResiliencePhotographyAmerican Jewish Historical SocietyExhibitionsBill AronArtistic EngagementCultural Photography

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"We had just looked at some of his work documenting Jews on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1970s and 80s"
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"The Bobover Rebbe at the wedding of his daughter to the son of the Cheshinover Rebbe, in Borough Park, Brooklyn in 1975"
Los Angeles, California, United States
"shows Jewish life in New York, Los Angeles, Cuba and the then-Soviet Union"
Cuba
"shows Jewish life in New York, Los Angeles, Cuba and the then-Soviet Union"
Russian Federation
"shows Jewish life in New York, Los Angeles, Cuba and the then-Soviet Union"
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
"found New York too crowded when he immigrated, so he ended up in New Orleans"
Jerusalem, Israel
"An Israeli soldier in Jerusalems Old City makes flirtatious eye contact with a woman"
Arkansas, United States
"In a photo of a couple embracing at the liquor store they ran in Arkansas as part of the Shalom, Yall series"

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