About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0079
  • TitleInterfaith demonstration
  • SummaryCaption: "Interfaith demonstration--As an act of interfaith appreciation, a demonstration Seder service and Passover meal was held in the church hall of the Hanson Place Central Methodist Church, 144 St. Felix St., last night. Shown, left to right, are Mrs. Ave L. Marks, honorary president of the Sisterhood of Congregation Beth Elohim, 8th Ave. and Garfield Place; the Rev. John Emerson Zeiter, pastor of the Hanson Place church; Rabbi Eugene J. Sack, spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Elohim, who is seen holding plate containing matzoth while saying the traditional Passover prayer, and Mrs. Russell E.Mitchell, president of the Woman's Society of Christian Service."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: Mar. 22, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMethodist Church -- Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Judaism -- Customs and practices -- New York (State) -- New York ; Passover ; Rabbis -- New York (State) -- New York ; Seder
  • 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: Passover