About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0092
  • TitleHebrew New Year 5699
  • SummaryCaption: "Yesterday at sundown Jews throughout the world began Hebrew New Year 5699 with the andient traditional signal on the ram's horn, which has sounded alike in eras of happiness and persecution. In the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, Howard and Dumont Aves., Morris Yankelowitz, 94-year-old patriarch, wearing the robes of worship, sounds the ancient blast in the presence of two aged men."
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso:date inscribed: Sept. 26/38; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJudaism -- Customs and practices -- 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