Mahane Yehuda is Alive and Well
The Department for Jewish Zionist Education
The CRB Foundation
Mahane Yehuda is Alive and Well
Vivienne Silver of Silver Print Photographic Gallery
Purpose: Document everyday Jewish life in
Jerusalem with the help of a camera, tape recorder and pen. Explore a
small area of Mahane Yehuda as a group and focus on it as a microcosm of
Israeli society.
Process: Group drama presentation with texts by
Eliezer Ben Yehuda. Field trip - walk through two streets of historic
Mahane Yehuda and draw map with symbols. See Jewish institutions.
Divide into small working groups to interview local personalities.
Photograph and write about the hustle and bustle of the food market.
Conclude with cooking lesson in local restaurant.
Implementors: Vivienne Silver, photographer and
photo historian, writes and lectures on early Jewish photography in
Israel.
Target group: Youth with curiosity,
ability to explore, art and communications background. Ideal age: 15 -
18.
No. of Participants: 5-15.
Duration of activity: 1 1/2 - 2 hours.
Location of activity: Jerusalem - The food market
of Mahane Yehuda.
Aids and materials: Tape recorder, Pens, blind
map, texts, paper, photographs to identify.
Special requirements: Dress modestly. Bring camera,
hat and canteen.
For information and orders:
In Israel:
Silver Print Photographic Gallery,
Ein Hod 30890 POB 4662
Tel/Fax: 04-9841067
Contact Person: Ms. Vivienne Silver-Brody
In the USA:
American Zionist Youth Foundation, (AZYF),
110 E. 59th Str.
N.Y.C. N.Y. 10022.
Tel: 212-339-6002; Fax: 212-755-4781.
Contact Person: Zeev Machnai.
Project coordinator: Ms. Vivienne Silver-Brody,
photographer and photo historian, writes and lectures on early Jewish
photography in Israel. Also conducts walks for families and adult and
youth groups around the Old City of Jerusalem in the footsteps of 19th
century photographers, with relevant slide presentations of historic
interest.
Ms. Vivienne Silver-Brody's photo center at Ein Hod offers a number of varied activities such as printing photograms in the sun, and lextures on the development of Israel photography from the beginning of the twentieth century; these being in the conterxt of the growth of the Zionist Yishuv. lectures and activities can be tailored to the needs of individual groups, both teenagers and adults.
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Last updated: 06/21/95
Esther Carciente: esthers@jajz-ed.org.il
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