American photographer Penny Wolin grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming, before moving to Los Angeles. She documents cultures in the American West, as well as Jewish life in America. She is also an esteemed portrait photographer. Her work has appeared in a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution, and she has worked extensively for Condé Nast and Time-Warner magazines, also creating advertising illustrations for top agencies and wineries. Wolin has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.
[ . . . V]iewed from the broad historic perspective, it is not at all surprising that American Jewry has not yet produced those great cultural achievements for which we are all…
Despite gender restrictions, Jewish women played central roles as religious leaders in the early modern period. Meet the female leader of one of the most controversial cults in Jewish history.
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord: Thus said the Lord, the God of Israel: Write down in a scroll all the words that I have spoken to you. For days are coming—declares the…