About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0086
  • TitleUshering in the new year
  • SummaryCaption: "Ushering in the new year--Rabbi Irving Mirsky of Baith Israel Anishei Emes, 236 Kane St., blows the shofar heralding the start of Rosh ha-Shanah, first of the Jewish high holy days culminating in Yom Kippur, Oct. 3."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 24, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJudaism -- Customs and practices -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rabbis -- 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