About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0572
  • TitleBar mitzvah prayers
  • SummaryCaption: "Bar mitzvah prayers--Robert Taylor, left, and Allan Benowitz, who are among 12 youngsters of the Pride of Judea Children's Home of Brooklyn at Dumont Ave. and Elton St., who will celebrate their bar mitzvahs Nov. 13, study their prayers with the assistance of, left, Jacob H. Cohen, president of the home, and Arthur Levitt, president of the Board of Education and chairman of the home's Education Committee."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 7, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPride of Judea Children's Home (New York, N.Y.) ; Bar mitzvah -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphans -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)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: Social welfare: Orphanages: Pride of Judea Children's Home: Holidays