Our Images, Our Selves
“Public image laws” in the U.S. belie an image-obsessed cultural sensibility.
Tag: 20th century
Dear Rebecca …
A Turkish Jew interned at Drancy writes home. The camp in Drancy, circa 1941. Creative Commons image from the Bundesarchiv of Germany via Wikimedia Commons. The following is a letter from Yaco Soulam, detained in Drancy, to his wife, Rebecca in Paris. The letter was …
A Russian Jewish Woman in New York Seeks Dating Advice (… in 1916)
The question of the hour: can a Sephardi-Ashkenazi romance survive? The following letters originally appeared in a Ladino newspaper, La Bos del Pueblo. They were translated into English by Aviva Ben-Ur and are excerpted below from Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History 1700-1950: In early-twentieth-century New York City, …
Busting the Boom Towns
On the rise and decline of America’s cities in the 20th century. Detroit’s skyline. Creative Commons image by Meagan via Flickr The United States is one of the most urban nations on the planet, with 81% of its total population residing in cities. Of course, …
