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Imagine a classroom where students are so immersed in talking about a photograph that time stands still. A space where young teenagers passionately debate and connect around issues of Jewish values, history and text. Where they research Jewish communities - and to boot, learn the craft of photography.
Welcome to The Jewish Lens experience.
The Jewish Lens is a comprehensive curriculum for middle and high school students. The learning program uses the work of renowned photographer Zion Ozeri as a stimulus for exploring Jewish values, identity, and tradition. Ozeri's photographs capture the unity and diversity of the world's Jewish community - reflecting the values and traditions that have defined Jewish existence around the world for centuries.
By analyzing and discussing Ozeri's work, students make important links between the images, key Jewish values, and traditional Jewish texts. Students also conduct research to learn more about the diverse Jewish communities reflected in Ozeri's photos. They then focus on their own communities - documenting their communal values on film and curating on-site exhibits of their work. The project culminates with an exhibition that ties together the work of students from all participating schools.
Zion Ozeri, Founder and Artistic Director
Alisa Doctoroff, Founder
Josh Feinberg, Curriculum Developer and Writer
Karen Jarmon, Program Director
Shulie Seidler-Feller, Program Coordinator
Alisa Doctoroff, Chair
Debbie Krivoy, Director, Avoda Arts, New York City
Randie Malinsky, Board Member
Ellen De-Jonge-Ozeri, Chair of Manhattan Women's Campaign, New York City
Zion Ozeri, Artistic Director
Carol B. Spinner, Avoda Arts, New York City
Rabbi Reni L. Dickman, Chicagoland Jewish High School, Morton Grove, Illinois
Renee Ghert-Zand, Department Chair of Jewish Studies. Kehillah Jewish High School, Palo Alto, CA
Dr. Daniel Gordis, Mandel Foundation, Israel
Dr. Carol Ingall, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York City
Deborah E. Lipstadt, Ph.D., Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies. Director, Rabbi Donald Tam Institute of Jewish Studies, Emory University, Georgia
Rabbi Zev Reichman, East Hill Synagogue, Englewood, NJ / Yeshiva University, New York City
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, Manager of Religious Life, Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life Hillel at NYU, New York City
Rabbi Harlan J. Wechsler, Congregation Or Zarua, New York City
The Jewish Lens program is made possible by generous grants from the Doctoroff Family Foundation, Randie Malinsky, the Carol and Arthur Spinner Charitable Fund, plus private donations from individual supporters.
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