American photographer Larry Fink grew up on Long Island and studied photography with Lisette Model. He is known for the “snapshot aesthetic” of his photographs of people at charity galas, night clubs, parties, and other social occasions. More than sixty of his prints are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, where he had his first solo show in 1979. Other solo shows include Boxing at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1997) and a retrospective at the Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne (1994). Fink’s books include Social Graces (1984), Boxing (1997), and Runway (2001).
In the name of God.The parnasim [community leaders] and the gabbai general [warden] of this holy congregation together with the elders all present, as well as the ḥakhamim Joseph Falcon, rabbi…
Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868) achieved celebrity first as an actress, later gaining some literary following for her poetry. Uncertainty surrounds Menken’s family history, as she claimed various…
A ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This ornate ketubah from Oran, Algeria…