About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0091
  • TitlePrayer for peace
  • SummaryCaption: "Prayer for peace--Three patriarchs of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, Howard and Dumont Aves., participate in the holy ritual of Rosh ha-Shanah, marking the beginning of Jewish New Year 5707. Samuel Levine, 90, sounds the call of the New Year on the traditional shofar or ram's horn, while Isaac Dachs, 86, left, and Joseph Kaufman, 95, read a prayer for peace and harmony in the world."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Sep[t] 25, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJudaism -- Customs and practices -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rosh ha-Shanah ; Shofar
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Holidays: Jewish: Rosh Hashanah