Photographs by Ahron D. Weiner
April 7 – August 16, 2011
Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art
Congregation Rodeph Shalom
615 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
Opening reception:
April 7th, 6-8pm
Aritst’s Talk: 7pm
Gallery Hours
Mon-Thurs 10am-4pm
Fri 10am-2pm
Exhibition Organized by museum director Wendi Furman.
Next Year in Uman features 30 of the images Ahron Weiner shot over a six-year period in the central Ukraine. 25,000 Jews of every stripe travel to a small town to pray at the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov–a spiritual seer who died 200 years ago, but is still revered as the one true leader of a thriving Hassidic sect. This event–the largest Jewish pilgrimage to any point outside of Israel–can best be described as Mount Sinai meets Woodstock.
Images from this series can be viewed here.
www.ahronphoto.com