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Ushering in the New Year

Caption: "Ushering in the New Year--Sexton Joseph Berson of Congregation Mount Sinai, 305Schermerhorn St., blows the shofar at Rosh ha-Shanah services last night. With him, left to right, are...

Making ready for Hebrew New Year

Caption: "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...

Prayer for peace

Caption: "Prayer for peace--Three patriarchs of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, Howard and Dumont Aves., participate in the holy ritual of Rosh ha-Shanah, marking the beginning...

Hebrew New Year 5699

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...

Happy New Year!

Caption: "Happy New Year!--Shown ushering in Jewish New Year 5713 at sunset last night is Charles Finkelstein, 89, [shown blowing the Shofar] of Warschauer Haym Solomon Home for the Aged, which is...

Rosh ha-Shanah

Caption: "Truly devout and humble, this elderly woman praying to have her sins washed away into the ocean at Brighton Beach, a religious rite of the Rosh ha-Shanah season, declined to give the...

Ushering in the new year

Caption: "Ushering in the new year--Rabbi Irving Mirsky of Baith Israel Anishei Emes, 236 Kane St., blows the shofar heralding the start of Rosh ha-Shanah, first of the Jewish high holy days...

1952-5713

Caption: "1952-5713--Traditional holiday services ushered in the New year at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital. Shown, left to right, in the hospital's Kalmon Solomon Chapel are nurse Floretta Appel and...

Ushering in a new year

Caption: "Ushering in a new year--Chaplain Howard H. Feuerman of the Mesivta Chaim Berlin Rabbinical Academy, 350 Storie Ave., blows the shofar to signal the start if Jewish New Year 5714 during...

Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged

Caption: "In traditional vestments, three inmates of the Brookyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, 813 Howard Ave., make ready to usher in the final year of the Jewish calendar's 58th century...