Remnants: Photographs of the Jewish Bronx by Julian Voloj

The Ten Commandments in the façade of a supermarket, a Star of David above the entrance of a Baptist church, a Hebrew date in the cornerstone of an apartment building. Nearly two decades ago, photographer and writer Julian Voloj started to create images of Jewish traces, remnants of a once-thriving Jewish culture—not in Poland, Ukraine, or other countries that today are places of pilgrimage for American Jewish heritage tourists, but in his adopted hometown of New York City, home of the largest Jewish diaspora in the world. His fascination with formerly Jewish neighborhoods stems from his own upbringing growing up Jewish in Germany, where he himself felt like a remnant of a once-thriving culture.

The exhibition at Fordham University will focus on sights in the Bronx and also include portraits from his series on New York Jewish identity and diversity.

Julian Voloj is an award-winning writer and photographer. Born in Germany to Colombian parents, his work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Washington Post, and Rolling Stone, as well as in other national and international publications, such as El País, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine, the Jerusalem Post, and more.