From The Heart: The Photojournalism Of Ruth Gruber

The exhibition takes its name from advice given to Ruth Gruber by photographer Edward Steichen. But looking at her body of work-her journalism, books, photography, and activism- it is clear that with or without that advice, Ruth would do nothing short of observing and interpreting the world around her with an open heart, a keen eye, and the desire to see what is best in the human spirit.

The Special Exhibitions opens January 16, 2007.

A world-renowned journalist now 95 years old, Gruber had backstage access to Jewish history: she escorted war refugees from Europe to America, visited DP camps, detailed the plight of the Exodus 1947, described the establishment of the State of Israel, and documented the State's ingathering of refugees-from Europe, Iraq, North Africa, Yemen, and Ethiopia. Emissary for Harold Ickes and FDR, friend to Eleanor and Golda, Ruth's life and work are inextricably bound with the rescue and survival of the Jewish people.

From the Heart is made possible through the generosity and admiration of Friends of Ruth Gruber. -- www.mjhnyc.org