Posts Tagged ‘ photography ’

Internment Camps

July 27, 2012
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During World War II, Jews were rounded up by Nazis and put into concentration camps and death camps. Another type of racial profiling occurred during wartime in the United States –following the attack on Pearl Harbor, over 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese citizens living in the U.S. were placed into…

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Santos of the Jews

April 11, 2012
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Here’s a series of photographs about Jews in distant places, captured by someone who knows what…

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Passover in Ethiopia

March 28, 2012
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Now this is what it means to be free. In 1977, the Israeli government began airlifting the…

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A Nazi Photo Album

August 12, 2011
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Last month, a man approached the New York Times with…

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Awesome People Hanging Out

July 22, 2011
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The new website Awesome People Hanging Out Together is exactly…

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Crowdsourcing the Holocaust

July 14, 2011
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Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial museum in Israel, has an unexpected…

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Cheeses Almighty

April 27, 2011
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The Bible According to Cheese–subtitled “A Brie History…

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Photos from the Front Lines

April 4, 2011
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Jews aren’t generally thought of as warriors. But,…

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Hasidic Wedding Crashers

February 8, 2011
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If you could pick anyone to go undercover…

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Jewish Tradition, in Neon

December 4, 2010
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If Andy Warhol lit Shabbat candles, chances are they’d…

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Leonard Bernstein Up Close

November 29, 2010
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Some conductors lead the orchestra with a baton…

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Ghosts of Jews in Poland

November 4, 2010
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As part of Open City, an outdoor performance festival…

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