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Shoul Sternberg

Caption: "Shoul Sternberg, 75-year-old resident of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, tells the story of Chanukah, the Feast of Lights, which will be celebrated for eight days...

Chanukah party

Caption: "William Manischewitz was host at a Chanukah party for boro school kids and lighted the first candle opening the ceremonial at which youngsters re-enacted the story of the ancient...

The symbolism of Chanukah

Caption: "The symbolism of Chanukah--Rabbi Levi Belitzky of the Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital for Chronic Diseases, explains to three little patients--Nadine, 11, Jean, 10, and Johnny, 9--the...

Thomas Bretter

Caption: "Thomas Bretter, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs.Bela Bretter, 160 Ross St., Brooklyn, lights the first candle of the Menorah to begin his first Chanukah in this country. The Bretter family arrived...

Thomas Bretter

Caption: "Thomas Bretter, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs.Bela Bretter, 160 Ross St., Brooklyn, lights the first candle of the Menorah to begin his first Chanukah in this country. The Bretter family arrived...

The Bretter family

Caption: "Celebrating their first Chanukah in this country are the bretter family, 160 Ross St., Brooklyn, who arrived in the United States early this year and have been helped to integrate...

Traditional ceremony

Caption: "Traditional ceremony--Six-year-old Aryeh Zeidman, a student attending the Crown Heights Yeshiva, 310 Crown St., offers a prayer over the first [Menorah] candle marking the beginning of...

Jewish Family Welfare Society

Caption: "The United Jewish Aid Societies, whose central office at 1095 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, is pictured, has changed its name to the Jewish Family Welfare Society, according to an...