Fotografie Leni Sonnenfeld prezentowane były w takich publikacjach, jak New York Times, Jewish Week, Daily News, Esquire, i Hadassah Magazine. Album przedstawia historie społeczności żydowskich na całym świecie od przedwojennego Berlina po Iran az do Maroka i Hiszpanii.
Like most Jews living in Berlin, Herbert Sonnenfeld lost his job in
1933. He decided to visit Palestine, where he photographed the poor
refugees in that undeveloped country. When he returned to Berlin, his
pictures appeared in a Zionist newspaper, and his career in
photojournalism was launched. His wife, Leni, soon became his assistant
and then a photographer in her own right. After the couple came to
America in 1939, they were able to travel farther afield, and they
spent the rest of their lives taking pictures of Jewish communities
around the world. This mesmerizing book is a selection of their best
photographs. The images tell the story of Jewish life in prewar Berlin;
of Youth Aliyah, a Palestine emigration programme; and of Jewish
communities from Iran to Morocco to Spain. Recording the arrival in
Israel of Jews from all over the Diaspora, the Sonnenfelds document the
creation and evolution of the Israeli nation. These haunting
photographs, along with Leni Sonnenfeld's moving reminiscences, are a
testament to the Jewish experience in the twentieth century.
