About This Item

  • Call NumberTEMP_0041
  • TitleRabbis rescue Torah
  • SummaryTwo men holding Torah scrolls in corner of synagogue in Bedford Stuyvesant; sculptural relief of lions holding tablets of the law above doorway at top. Caption: "Rabbis rescue Torah: Ninety-year-old Senior Rabbi Mnachem Risikoff, right, and son, Rabbi Leon Risikoff, assemble scrolls of Torah to remove from their house of worship, Congregation Dibre Mnachem, at 691 Lafayette Ave., directly behind burning warehouse on Kosciusko St."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 21, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTorah scrolls
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Synagogues & temples: Dibre Mnachem, Congregation