I am a book store lover, as most of you know. One of my recent purchase while I was away was a fantastic book of photographs and essays. A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life From the Pages of the Forward is an incredible historical and photographic chronology of Jewish Life.
From the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Tel Aviv and Eastern Europe, etc., the book depicts, through vivid and emotional imagery, what Jewish life was like during the past one hundred plus years. The book features over 500 photographs of film celebrities, sports figures, photographs relating to politics, the Diaspora, Yiddish Theater, Labor, fashion, Jewish assimilation and identity, and so much more.
A Living Lens holds a wealth of visuals and prose within its pages. Life in America is depicted in one volume, as we’ve never seen it before, straight from the pages of past issues of The Forward.
A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life From the Pages of the Forward, is a must have book for every household.
