Paul Margolis, whose photographs of Jews in Cuba are featured this month at
Pro-Jex Gallery, has, in fact, visited Cuba. He shares Mercedes
Wanguemert-Pe�a’s fascination with the place, which, he says, has
changed very little since she left as a child. The root of Margolis’ obsession
has to do with recording little-known aspects of Jewish life. A documentary
photographer and writer from Englewood, New Jersey, he traveled to Cuba with a
Miami-based humanitarian organization devoted to helping Cuba’s Jews. His
photographs are competent and straightforward. The stories behind them are much
more complex and worthy of further exploration.
Jews in Cuba runs through Mar 8 at Pro-Jex Gallery.
This article appears in February 16 • 1996 and February 16 • 1996 (Cover).