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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Last Resort: Jewish South Beach, 1977-1986

The Last Resort: Jewish South Beach, 1977-1986

Monroe, Gary

Hardcover

General PhotographyRegional: South

Publisher Price: $40.00

ISBN10: 0813066522
ISBN13: 9780813066523
Publisher: Univ Pr Of Florida
Published: Apr 21 2020
Pages: 160
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 10.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

Before the high rises, the nightlife, and the fashion scene, Miami's South Beach was a retirement haven for American Jews. In The Last Resort, photographer Gary Monroe presents a collection of images that preserve his observations of this vanished time.

After World War II, Jewish retirees from the Northeast--many of whom had come to America to escape Nazi Germany--found comfort, camaraderie, and culture in the sunny island city of Miami Beach. By the late 1950s, the population was 80% Jewish, and eventually the neighborhood of South Beach became home to a strong community of elderly Jews. A local who grew up in a Jewish household during this time, enchanted by the deep-rooted traditions and close-knit society of the older men and women he saw around him, Monroe set out to capture their world.

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