Press Bulletin

Canadian photographer Orah Buck's Babatha's Story will open its 22 colour photographs exhibition Sunday, September 3 rd at 12:00 P.M. at the Instituto Cultural Mexico–Israel A.C., Republica de el Salvador #41 in the Historic Centre of Mexico City.

Babatha's Story tell us the history of a young Jewish woman who lived in Petra , Jordan around 132 C.E. at the time of Roman domination and the uprising of Bar Kokhba. This exhibition is based on ancient scrolls found at the Ein Gedi Valley in 1961 by Israel archaeologist Yigael Yadin. The Israel Exploration Society together with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and The Shrine of The Book published the find in The Documents from the Bar Kokhba Period in The Cave of the Letters by Naphtali Lewis.

Orah Buck is a well-known Canadian photographer who has presented exhibitions in Canada , United States of America , Israel and now in Mexico . More than ten galleries around the world show Orah's interest in nature and people. Beside this, we note several exhibitions based on Judaism and Jewish migration from different points of view.

The Instituto Cultural Mexico-Israel A.C. is honored to present this exhibition as part of its promotion of friendship and the strengthening of bonds between people.

The exhibition will be open until October 18 th .

Admission is Free.

For further information please contact: instituto@mexico-israel.org

Phone: 57098812 or 57098853.

About Orah:

The Beth Tzedec Museum presents The Golden Reign of Spain, with photography by Orah Buck. This unique exhibition is an ambitious, biblical work, incorporating poetry of prominent Spanish Jews with medieval images from The National Museum in Madrid, the Barcelona Rare Books Library and other collections (photography) of historic relevance. The exhibition can viewed in the Men’s club Walk on the outer wall of the Museum.


“Bridging a gap of 1,900 years, Orah Buck has created a unique work of art that allows us to peer into the life of a Jewish woman who lived at the time of the Sages. Babatha, strong-willed and intelligent, is brought to life in Orah Buck’s sensitive and nuaced text. Her world is given physical reality and dimension by evocative and frequently moving photographs. Conveying the turmoil of 2nd century CE Judea, (the photograph) We Waited for Better Times imagines the shape of Israel seen from the wilderness and expresses a hope equally cherished by Babatha and all Jews today.”

Richard McBee
Jewish Arts Columnist
The Jewish Press Magazine
August 16, 2002

THE JEWISH PRESS — New York • Friday December 22, 1995

Love, S.H. and The Mrs.:

Selected Letters of Shlomo Hillels
Preface and Translation by Orah Wigser Buck
Toronto: Parkdale Press, 1995
Reviewed by Oscar Mohl

"...Orah has now collected these letters in this delightful volume, giving us a window through which we can appreciate not only Shlomo Hillels, but the period in which he lived...

...The personal exchange encapsuled in this volume gives us insight to an important period in our pre-State [Israel] history. Lovingly assembled, it is a gift to us all."


Oscar Mohl
The Jewish Press