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Photography by Norm Levin: "Celebrating Jewish LIfe in Marin"

"Celebrating Jewish Life in Marin", Photographs by Norm Levin

Exhibition Sept. 18 - Nov. 23

Marin Jewish Community Center

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From services in outdoor sanctuaries to the annual PurimPalooza carnival, Marin County celebrates Jewish life in style. The full panoply of joyous experience has been captured in an exhibit featuring the photographs of Norm Levin of Natural Portaits & Events. Celebrating Jewish Life in Marin  opens at the Osher Marin JCC, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael, at 1pm on Sunday, September 18th. 

Norm has been hooked on photography since his father gave him a Kodak Hawkeye camera and a roll of film when he was just five years old. He’s a well known wedding and B’nai Mitzvah photographer in Marin County but this project extends well beyond such momentous events that families choose to capture.  

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From the rededication of the sanctuary at Congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon to the (chai) anniversary celebrating Rabbi Stacy Friedman’s eighteen years at Congregation Rodef Sholom in San Rafael, Norm and his camera were there. The exhibit of nearly 40 photos includes a Sukkot celebration at Chabad of Marin, interaction between seniors and pre-schoolers at a Shabbat lunch at the JCC, the Marin community-wide Shavuot observance,.and an Upsherin (first haircut) ceremony in Mill Valley. 

 

Celebrating Jewish Life in Marin will be on display from September 18th through November 23rd, 2011. The Opening Reception on Sunday, September 18th at 1pm is free and open to the public.

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