About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0090
  • TitleMaking ready for Hebrew New Year
  • SummaryCaption: "Making ready for Hebrew New Year--Two residents of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, Howard and Dumont Aves., prepare to celebrate Rosh Hashanah at services in the synagogue of the institution. Max Mednitzky, 90, tests the shofar (ram's horn), while Nathan Kramer, 82, rehearses his prayers."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 9, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle. 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