SummaryCaption: "Shoul Sternberg, 75-year-old resident of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, tells the story of Chanukah, the Feast of Lights, which will be celebrated for eight days beginning at sundown, Dec.12, to 11-year-old Robert Kelemen, of 199 Tapscott Street, Brooklyn. Holiday, which is observed by Jews throughout the world by the lighting of candles for eight days, commemorates Israeli victory over the Syrians in 165 B.C." Image includes a fully lit Menorah on a table in the foreground.
SubjectFasts and feasts -- Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hanukkah ; Jews -- New York (State) -- New York ; Menorah -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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