| Title: | Hebrew New Year 5699 |
| Description: | Caption: "Yesterday at sundown Jews throughout the world began Hebrew New Year 5699 with the andient traditional signal on the ram's horn, which has sounded alike in eras of happiness and persecution. In the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, Howard and Dumont Aves., Morris Yankelowitz, 94-year-old patriarch, wearing the robes of worship, sounds the ancient blast in the presence of two aged men." |
| Date: | 1938 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso:date inscribed: Sept. 26/38; 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 0092 |