About This Item


  • TitlePassover
  • Call NumberDODIN_0060
  • Cite AsLev Dodin photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryGroup of Orthodox Jewish men and boys standing before apartment building on street corner in Borough Park; some tending to burning pile on street as part of Passover ritual of the burning of leavened bread (hametz), others reciting prayers from prayer books or Bibles; parked cars at right.
  • Date2003
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : color ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrecolor photographsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by photographer. Backing on recto: date labeled: April 15, 2003.
  • CreatorDodin, Lev (Photographer)
  • SubjectJewish men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Passover -- New York (State) -- New York -- Customs and practices ; Hametz ; Orthodox Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBorough Park (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.