Photo Prose
Album: Designed or Not?
By Gary Rabenko
By this article, my fifth one about albums, you should have settled on images that convey the essence of your simcha — from the...
Annoying Photographers
Photo Prose
By Gary Rabenko
Years ago, a few photographers were using a hard-to-find old magnesium ladder made by the White Metal and Stamping Company. It was super lightweight and very...
Perspectives Before Pesach
Photo Prose
By Gary Rabenko
It’s before the exodus. Many are in panic mode. Some don’t care at all about having their photos until after Pesach, but some must have them...
Weddings And Other Simchas: The More The Merrier
By Y. Samuels
One night last week, I went to three close family members’ weddings. They all took place in the same Brooklyn neighborhood, so at least I did not...
Rabenko: Capturing What Is About to Happen
The “Original Rabenko.” I am often asked about this, which appears in my ads, cards, and promotional materials. Are you the father? No. Are there two Rabenko photographers? No....
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...
Photo Prose: Continuing Your Album Image Selection
By Gary Rabenko
My February 2 article on starting image selection for albums included suggestions that have helped many here in completing their albums. In that article I suggested software,...
Atlanta’s ‘Rabbi Jake’ Takes Jewish Music World by Storm
Atlanta might be well-known for Coca-Cola and Hartsfield-Jackson International, the busiest airport in the world, but for music lovers both large and small, the city’s true claim to fame...
Album Image Sequences
By Gary Rabenko
How you shuffle through your images is up to you. But you need image-viewing software that allows you to rapidly shuffle forward and in reverse while somehow tagging...
Latest article
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...