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Beach Scene, Rosh Hashanah
Richard Nagler
1986
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Richard Nagler is a San Francisco Bay–based photographer and art promoter. He sponsored the Richard Nagler Competition for Jewish Photography, an annual international competition at the Judah L. Magnes Museum. Nagler has published several books of his photographs, including My Love Affair with Miami Beach, with text by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1991).
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From generations of small-town Polish Jews,
And sharp talk
From hot-bathed women in my clan.
A blind June-night mixed it all
And sent me out—
With no…