Face to Face: Encounters between Jews & Blacks,* a photo-text work by photographer Laurence Salzmann pairs Philadelphia Jews and Blacks and their comments on their special relationship, as they see it, in particular and in general; as it affects them personally and as it shapes the world in which they live. It delineates the different ways that Jews and Blacks see the same problems.

It illuminates the stress lines that tear at the historic alliance and reveals the still strong bonds that keep it politically in place. Jewish and African Americans share a contradictory history, one of cooperation and shared vision, but also one of conflict. Salzmann's work documents the diverse ways these two groups have come and not come together as communities Ņin the schools, in neighborhood organizations, and in social protest. It asks questions about how Jews and Blacks perceive each other today. Although the subjects of these photographs are Philadelphians, the issues raised are universal.