(Jewish Federation of Cleveland)
Please join us for an Open House of “The Way We Looked: Photographs of Shtetl Life,” highlighting the work of famed ethnographer Shlyome-Zanvl Rappoport and photographer Solomon Iudovin.
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
From 1912 to 1914, famed ethnographer Shlyome-Zanvl Rappoport, known by his pen-name S. An-Sky, and his nephew, the photographer Solomon Iudovin, gathered materials and took photographs of Jewish daily life in pre-Revolutionary Russia’s Pale of Settlement. The photographs documented all aspects of Jewish life inside the Pale, including work, education, religious, and cultural traditions.
The original photographs, misplaced for decades, were rediscovered in the early 21st century. This will be the first time these newly-discovered, 100-year-old images will be exhibited in North America.
Sunday,
November 23
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Roe Green Gallery
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Mandel Building
25701 Science Park Drive, Cleveland
Free and Open to the Community
Registration requested – email cbrunet
Featured comments by Daniel Levin, Curator of Photography
Daniel Levin and Israel Wiener, curators
Presented by the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection and Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
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