| Title: | The 5,706th year begins |
| Description: | Caption: "The 5,706th year begins--As the sun set yesterday, Jews throughout the world began to celebrate the two-day holiday of Rosh ha-Shanah, the New Year. It will be the 5,706th year of Jewish history. At the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, 813 Howard Ave., five worshippers pose with the Shofar, the traditional ram's horn which symbolizes the start of the holy season. Left to right are Selig Zaretsky, Aaron Lederman, Moshe Korn, Harry Rubin, and Charles Cohen." |
| Date: | 1945 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 8, 1945; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Holidays [3]
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| Subject: |
Judaism [4] Rosh ha-Shanah [5] Shofar [6] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. Portraits. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library |
| ID: | HOLI 0083 |