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“My mother Rivka and my children Gil and Roni”, Vardi Kahana (Israeli, b. 1959), 2003, printed 2007, gelatin silver print

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My Son Gill in the Pool, Photo by Vardi Kahana, 2005

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Holocaust survivor Rivka Kahana z’l with her grandchildren, Gil and Roni. When Rivka (née Greenwald) arrived at Auschwitz in the spring of 1944, she was tattooed with the number A-7762. She stood in line just behind her sisters, Leah and Esther, and thus all three women were scorched with consecutive numbers. While Rivka and her two sisters survived, her parents and two of her seven siblings perished in the death camp. Rivka emigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1947 and made her way to Israel, where her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren reside today.

Source: American Society for Yad VashemPhoto: Vardi Kahana, Rivka’s daughter

Humans of Judaism

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Slideshow: ‘Decadal Variations’ Presents a Decade of Israeli Photography at Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York

Slideshow: ‘Decadal Variations’ Presents a Decade of Israeli Photography at Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York

By Anna Altman

In 2004, Andrea Meislin curated an exhibition of Israeli art to coincide with the city’s annual Armory Show; since then, she has established her gallery as a brick-and-mortar showcase for Israeli artists, especially photographers. Over the past 10 years, Meislin has gravitated toward photographers who investigate issues of identity, nationality, spirituality, and religious…

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Three Sisters, 1992 by Vardi Kahana