Photo Prose: Micro Expressions
Each person is a complex package, more than what we see. To appreciate someone involves sensitivities on many levels. We want portraits to convey more than appearance, which is...
Rabenko: Measuring Enthusiasm
There is measured enthusiasm and the measuring of enthusiasm. How does one measure enthusiasm? Is there good and bad enthusiasm?
I am usually very enthusiastic, loving what I do for...
Rabenko: Learning From The Edit
Twelve years ago, I rejected a videographer. In October, he surfaced. I am always looking for skills. We first met at my studio. I showed what some did that...
The High Holidays: Why Are We Here?
By Sam Glaser
My favorite comic strip gag of the season is Bart Simpson at the blackboard scrawling repeatedly, “I won’t count how many pages are left in the Machzor”...
Rabenko: Unboxed Perspectives
I am not angry nor am I frustrated, but I am fascinated by the many decisions people make when it comes to photography and videography. Oftentimes, I joke around,...
Ishay Ribo Fills United Palace Theater For Uplifting and Energizing Chanukah Concert
By Chaim Kronenberg
Last Sunday evening, Zos Chanukah, at the United Palace Theater in Manhattan, a large crowd welcomed to the stage with wild cheering Israeli sensation Ishay Ribo, dressed...
Rabenko: Fake Feeling or Artificial Reality
A photographer asked me why on my website I sound like I am teaching or advising photographers. Thank you for the compliment. I write to help you better understand...
Rabenko: Emotion Or Emoji
Today’s powerful image when copied tomorrow may no longer seem as powerful when viewed by one who had seen a precursor yesterday. As the imitation continues, that once powerful...
Photo Prose: Ten Years For An Album?
By Gary Rabenko
I am writing this while waiting for a client to visit my Woodmere studio to discuss her recent wedding photos so I can evaluate her views and...
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Netanyahu Expected to Freeze Judicial Reforms Amid Mass Civil Disobedience
(March 27, 2023 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to freeze his government’s judicial reform program on Monday.
He is set to deliver a speech...
True Character
Each one of Masechet Avot’s perakim begins with a central teaching. The fourth perek opens with Ben Zoma’s definition of four characters: the...
Heard In The Matzah Factory No More: A 5TJT Fan Relates
By Chaim Yehuda Meyer
I read with great interest Larry Gordon’s article, “The History of Cake” (March 17, 2023). Mr. Gordon reminiscences about the Passover...