SummaryCaption: "Ushering in new year--Ram's horn [shofar] is blown by Max Mednitzsky, 88-year-old patriarch of Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, Howard and Dumont Aves., as part of pre-holiday service which ushers in Rosh Hashanah on Friday night. Assisting in the service are Wolfe Edelman, 66, left, and Lazarus Newman, 67." Image includes Torah scroll on far right.
NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 21, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
SubjectBrooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rosh ha-Shanah ; Shofar ; Torah scrolls -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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