Encountering Israel


2. "Jaffa is more than Oranges": beach towels and inflatable toys in a shopfront display, Tel Aviv.
When I first made this image in Tel Aviv, what struck me hard was the Semitic face emblazoned on a bath towel. Flanked by the Israeli flag and Jewish stars of David, this storefront seemed to trumpet pride in a quintessentially Jewish nation-state; yet the exaggerated classic Semitic face could represent an Arab or Jew.
Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 on...
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When I first made this image in Tel Aviv, what struck me hard was the Semitic face emblazoned on a bath towel. Flanked by the Israeli flag and Jewish stars of David, this storefront seemed to trumpet pride in a quintessentially Jewish nation-state; yet the exaggerated classic Semitic face could represent an Arab or Jew.
Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 on...
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Susan Ressler