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First Person – Hatikvah in the Village

If someone had turned on the radio in Mulukuku, Nicaragua, on May 28, 2005, they would have heard \”Hatikvah,\” the Israeli national anthem. There is no Jewish community in this village of 7,000. In fact, there is not normally even a single Jew. But for one week at the end of May, there were 14 of us.

Our group was in the most impoverished region of Nicaragua as part of a joint project between The Jewish Federation and American Jewish World Service. The goal: to help alleviate poverty, hunger and disease among all the people of the world. It was an imperative that I took very seriously, and one that compelled me to step out of my Los Angeles life of privilege and material comfort into a world where those two terms are largely devoid of meaning.

Art Brings Life to Old Case Studies

The eight stark photographs show scenes from a decaying mansion in West Adams, where a homeless parent and child \”squat\” amid dust and detritus. A microwave oven sits on a peeling bureau; a wall has crumbled between the toilet and living room.\n\nThe images — featured in \”Still Listening: 150 Years of Jewish Family Service\” — are photographer Albert Winn\’s present-day response to an old Jewish Family Service (JFS) case history. The 1934 report describes an impoverished family living in squalor behind a tin shop.

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