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Jews on Film

JL;DR SUMMARY Bill Aron is a photographer whose work captures Jewish life with warmth and human stories, documented over the course of 50 years and exhibited in a retrospective at the Center for Jewish History. 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 HistorySoviet JewryJewish LifeCommunityLower East SidePhotographyBill AronHavurah MovementDeep South JewsPortraiture

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"Starting in New York in 1974, he recorded Jewish life in New Yorks Lower East Side as it slowly subsided and transformed."
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
"Skipping around Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a carefree boy, he wandered into an arcade, saw a giant roulette wheel, and put a nickel on number 48."
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
"There is a commanding portrait of Reuben Greenberg, the first Black police chief of Charleston, South Carolina, in a kippah and shawl."
Greenwood, Mississippi, United States
"An uncle and his nephew in Greenwood, Mississippi, solemnly hold up their mantel-covered Torah scrolls in front of their synagogue."
Louisiana, United States
"Jews have a long history in the Deep South, especially in Louisiana, and he was surprised to find small resilient communities that were networked across astonishing differences and distances."
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
"Aron also shot the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band in New Orleans."
Cuba
"He has also photographed Jewish communities in the Deep South, Los Angeles, Cuba, Russia and, most recently, Israel."
Russian Federation
"He has also photographed Jewish communities in the Deep South, Los Angeles, Cuba, Russia and, most recently, Israel."
Israel
"He has also photographed Jewish communities in the Deep South, Los Angeles, Cuba, Russia and, most recently, Israel."

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