About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0088
  • TitleUshering in a new year
  • SummaryCaption: "Ushering in a new year--Chaplain Howard H. Feuerman of the Mesivta Chaim Berlin Rabbinical Academy, 350 Storie Ave., blows the shofar to signal the start if Jewish New Year 5714 during services at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Chaplain Harry Silverstein also officiated at sundown services yesterday."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 10, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle; Air Force Photo. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorAir Force Photo
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChaplains -- New York (State) -- New York ; Judaism -- 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