About This Item

  • Call NumberHERZ_0750
  • Title[Older man reading aloud Passover liturgy]
  • SummaryOlder man with glasses, beard, white robe (kitel), and yarmulke standing at table and reading aloud from Passover liturgy (text in Russian and Hebrew); on table in foreground two lit candles, several open texts, wine in plastic glass, and Passover food on plate; portion of microphone at right.
  • Date1981
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteInscription on verso: "Passover seder for Russian immigrants at Flatbush Jewish Center, Ocean Parkway at Church Ave." On verso: photographer's stamp; date inscribed: April 1981. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectPassover -- Customs and practices ; Passover food ; Jewish men
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, 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.
  • FolderIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection ; Series title: Jewish community: Ocean Parkway