SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0065), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images in different sizes. Caption: "Thomas Bretter, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs.Bela Bretter, 160 Ross St., Brooklyn, lights the first candle of the Menorah to begin his first Chanukah in this country. The Bretter family arrived in the United States earlyl this year and have been helped to integrate themselves in the American way of life by the New York Association for New Americans, a constituent agency of the United Jewish Appeal. Chanukah, of the Festival of lights, celebrates the rededication of the Temple by the victorious Maccabees (167 B.C.E.) in their struggle against the Syrian King Antiochus who had attempted to suppress Judiasm." The same typed caption is on the versos of both images. 0065 is not dated.
NoteStamped on verso of 0063: date: Dec. 21, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from typed captions on versos.
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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