Notes and News
NOTES & NEWS Carvalho Exhibit Reflects Pioneer Spirit of 19th-century Jewish Artist "I examined my guns and pistols, so as to be prepared if attacked by wolves or Indians, and resumed my lonely...
...1990...
...As evidenced in this month's Forum (beginning on p. 5), the practice is a controversial one...
...In addition to his artistic endeavors, Carvalho was an inventor...
...He died in 1897 at the age of 82...
...Carvalho's eyesight began to fail when he was in his 60s, and he gave up photography and spent the rest of his life trying to reconcile the book of Genesis with Darwin's theory of evolution...
...by Rabbi Noah Golinkin...
...Education minister Yitzhak Navon directed every Israeli teacher to discuss the game and warn children of its dangers...
...I promised myself if I ever lived to return, I would examine the original text of Genesis, etymologically and dialcclically, to sec what Moses really saw,"' Carvalho wrote in a letter...
...I there realized the immeasurable duration of time which must have elapsed since they were created...
...to April 1990, and to thejudah L. Magncs Museum in Berkeley, Calif., from June to Oct...
...It will travel to Philadelphia's National Museum of American Jewish History from Feb...
...Israeli psychologists, social workers and government officials attempted to explain as well as arrest this fad...
...Beth Israel was also the first Sephardic synagogue in the country where sermons were given in English and people prayed in English as well as Hebrew...
...MOMENT suggests another possibility not mentioned so far: perhaps these children are competing with their Arab counterparts on the West Bank and Gaza who, at the same age, hurl stones at soldiers every day, also "tempting death" to "feel big" and "show that we're heroes...
...While traveling in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado I made geological examinations and saw for myself the gigantic fossiliferous remains of ancient creatures all arranged in stratifications like the shelves in a library...
...NOTES & NEWS Carvalho Exhibit Reflects Pioneer Spirit of 19th-century Jewish Artist "I examined my guns and pistols, so as to be prepared if attacked by wolves or Indians, and resumed my lonely and desolate journey,'" wrote expedition photographer Solomon Nunes Carvalho—reputedly the first Jewish photographer in the country—in Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Tar West, his account of his 1853 journey west with explorer John Charles Fremont...
...The exhibit, which coincides with the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of Jews from Spain, contains 50 original portraits, daguerreotypes and related artifacts...
...The reasons suggested for the game's popularity included a latent suicidal urge on the part of some children, or perhaps of Israeli youth in general and the frustration bred by the continual threat of war and terrorism...
...It was his association with Fremont that turned him into an explorer when he was invited to be the official photographer on Fremont's Western expedition that paved the way for the first transcontinental railroad...
...Carvalho was a painter, photographer, explorer, inventor and writer—and a committed Jew...
...An 11 -year old in Haifa lost his life in March playing this game, and another boy vvas injured soon after...
...Tulip Planting Time Draws Near Many readers have indicated that they would like to take on the tradition of planting yellow tulips to commemorate the Holocaust, as described in our June 1989 cover story, "How Should We Commemorate the Shoah in Our Homes...
...Tulips are available in early-blooming and late-blooming varieties...
...the last person to escape "won" the game...
...Carvalho founded Beth Israel, the first Sephardic synagogue in Baltimore...
...He formulated a special enameling process designed to protect the surface of daguerreotypes, and held three patents for his design efforts to improve the efficiency of the steam engine...
...It is the first exhibit ever of Carvalho's work, and will be shown in Baltimore through December 1989...
...For those who wish to follow it we remind you that^all is the time for planting tulip bulb's in North America...
...Born in South Carolina in 1815, of Spanish-Portuguese descent...
...A woman teaching Jewish subjects—and in English—brought attack from Reform Rabbi David Einhorn, but her efforts were supported by national religious leaders Rabbi Isaac Lceser and Rabbi Isaac M. Wise...
...He painted biblical scenes, still lifes and portraits, some of which are assembled for the first time in the Historical Society exhibit...
...They acknowledged that they knew of no similar phenomenon anywhere in the world...
...Exhibit to Document Triangle Fire The devastating 1911 garment factory fire that killed many Jewish women workers and spurred the development of labor unions is the subject of an exhibit to appear soon at the Goldman Art Gallery of the Jewish Comunity Center of Greater Washington, D.C., in Rock-ville, Maryland...
...Several months ago, a game became popular among 11- and 12-ycar-olds in which children jumped in the path of a moving car and wailed until the last possible moment to run away...
...Carvalho's wife, Sarah, opened a Sunday school where Jewish subjects were taught in English...
...An exhibition of the work of Carvalho at the Jewish Historical Society of Maryland centers on various periods in his multi-faceted career...
...In 1990, Yom haShoah (27 Nisan) will fall on April 22...
...Carvalho was a self-taught painter...
...Israeli children said ihey play "to show thai we're heroes, to feel big," and "to tempt death...
...It is the earliest documented record showing Native Americans in their own environment...
...Deadly Child's Play Children's games in Israel have taken a deadly turn...
...Carvalho's book—also on exhibit—is the only detailed eyewitness account of Fremont's expedition...
...the garden catalogs have charts of expected blooming dates...
...Only one of Carvalho's 100 daguerreotypes from that trip survived to be part of the exhibit...
...The October 2-29 exhibit will use news photos and editorial art to document the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory and the subsequent improvement in working conditions brought about by union activities...
...Carvalho also painted Fremont...
Vol. 14 • October 1989 • No. 6
