About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0094
  • TitleUshering in the New Year
  • SummaryCaption: "Ushering in the New Year--Sexton Joseph Berson of Congregation Mount Sinai, 305Schermerhorn St., blows the shofar at Rosh ha-Shanah services last night. With him, left to right, are Cantor Victor Gold, Rabbi Isadore Aaron, and Herman Diamond, congregation president."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 12, 1950; on caption:"Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCantors (Judaism) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Judaism -- Customs and practices -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rabbis -- 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