The mosaic of contemporary urban Jewish life is revealed in this intimate book of photographs by Jay Wolke. Whether he is photographing a Succoth celebration, or Russian Orthodox Jews, or the chards of sacred texts after arson in a synagogue, Wolke's images are at once familiar and mysterious, prosaic and exotic. And though the book's focus is the photographer's native city of Chicago -- and that city's vibrant Jewish population of over 250,000 -- the images in this book transcend the local, and resonate in profoundly ...
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The mosaic of contemporary urban Jewish life is revealed in this intimate book of photographs by Jay Wolke. Whether he is photographing a Succoth celebration, or Russian Orthodox Jews, or the chards of sacred texts after arson in a synagogue, Wolke's images are at once familiar and mysterious, prosaic and exotic. And though the book's focus is the photographer's native city of Chicago -- and that city's vibrant Jewish population of over 250,000 -- the images in this book transcend the local, and resonate in profoundly universal ways. This portrait of Jewish life also includes an essay by Joel Snyder and a foreword by curator David Travis.
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