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In keeping with the work of Vivian Maier and Robert Frank, these black-and-white images taken during the waning days of New York City's legendary cafeteria culture are revealing and empathetic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDubrow's was a restaurant-cum-social club for a generation of New Yorkers; it was a place to chat with friends, an escape from the confines of the family apartment, and a space to dream while looking out onto the traffic on Kings Highway and Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn or Manhattan's Seventh Avenue. Beyond Dubrow's on the sidewalks and in the streets, the gritty and fantastic New York of the 1970s appears, ready to come through the revolving doors to order a coffee and a blintz.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Donald Margulies and the lauded historian of the Jewish-American experience Deborah Dash Moore provide essays that illuminate and contextualize Halperin's poignant photographs. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKibbitz \u0026amp; Nosh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with a whiff of nostalgia and full of incisive visual commentary, is a revealing return to this lost third place, the essential cafeteria.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268820169000,"sku":"faa1787285552262","price":27.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/kibbitz-and-nosh-when-we-all-met-at-dubrows-cafeteria-by-marcia-bricker-halperin_1.jpg?v=1787285557"},{"product_id":"memory-unearthed-the-lodz-ghetto-photographs-of-henryk-ross-by-bernice-eisenstein","title":"Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross by Bernice Eisenstein","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEmotionally resonant photographs of everyday life in the Jewish Lódz Ghetto taken during WWII\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 1941 to 1944, the Polish Jewish photographer Henryk Ross (1910–91) was a member of an official team documenting the implementation of Nazi policies in the Lódz Ghetto. 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Calligrapher and scribe Izzy Pludwinski is in love with letters, and this love shines through in this extraordinary, groundbreaking book. Here you will find examples of Hebrew writing and design from Biblical times to the present day that showcase the art of lettering as well as the beauty inherent in the forms themselves. Only one who deeply understands the formation and meaning of these characters could assemble a book of such depth, breadth, and beauty. Though firmly entrenched in the world of traditional Judaica, Pludwinski’s calligraphic passion lies in finding ever-new expressive forms for the Hebrew aleph-bet—a path that has led him to anywhere from font development to Zen-influenced abstract Hebrew calligraphy, from sacred scrolls to graffiti.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy Beauty?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBeauty is not just a static presentation of form. 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