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The Visitor’s Gaze RevisitedJeffrey ShandlerOn American Jews’Films of Travelsto Interwar PolandThough we have made this glorious country as oursecond home, living under far better conditions andenjoying more freedom under the American flag, we stillfeel and consider in the depths of our hearts our nativetowns with all its shadows and faults as the sunny spotof the first happy years. Looking upon the schools, synagogues,and all the other unique features prevalent inour idealic [sic] towns, we feel as a shock of pride wouldtouch us and many a tear relieves our very sensitivehearts while looking at these pictures and recalling thefirst episodes of our early lives.”—opening of “A Pictorial Review of Kolbishev,” producedby the Kolbuszower Relief Society, 1929.