About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0074
  • TitleAncient ritual
  • SummaryCaption: "Ancient ritual--Four displaced children, newly arrived from Europe to reside with relatives in Brooklyn, help Rabbi Ezekiel Landau, spiritual adviser of HIAS, dispose of last remnants of leavened bread and other non-Passover items at 426 Lafayette St., Manhattan. They are, left to right, Isaac Ehrlich, 5, Saya Ehrlich, 10, Kuba Landman, 13, and Dina Goldman, 6."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Apr.1, 1950. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJudaism -- Customs and practices -- New York (State) -- New York ; Passover ; Rabbis -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Passover