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A living lens : photographs of Jewish life from the pages of the Forward /

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...

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Contributors: Newhouse, Alana., Pollack, Chana.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Forward Books : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Forṿerṭs (New York, N.Y.)
Forṿerṭs (New York, N.Y.) > Pictorial works.
Forṿerṭs.
Forverts (New York, N.Y.)
Forverts (New York, N.Y.) > Pictorial works.
Jews > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Jews > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > Pictorial works.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > Pictorial works.
Jews > United States > Social conditions.
Jews > United States > Social conditions > Pictorial works.
Juifs > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Juifs > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Ouvrages illustrés.
Ethnic relations.
Immigrants > Social conditions.
Jews > Social conditions.
Fotografie
New York (N.Y.) > Ethnic relations.
New York (N.Y.) > Ethnic relations > Pictorial works.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
New York, NY.
Juden.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.
Ouvrages illustrés.
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Table of Contents:
  • Leaving Europe / Ruth Wisse
  • Welcome to the Lower East Side / Allan Nadler
  • Labor / Paul Berman
  • Film / J. Hoberman
  • Yiddish theater /Caraid O'Brien
  • Diaspora / Ilan Stavans
  • The Holocaust / Deborah Lipstadt
  • Israel / Alan M. Dershowitz
  • Upward into American life / Jenna Weissman Joselit
  • Sports / Roger Kahn
  • The arts / Leon Wieseltier
  • Politics / Nathan Glazer
  • Jewish identity / Paul Zakrzewski
  • Revival / J.J. Goldberg.

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