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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...

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...

Interfaith demonstration

Caption: "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,...

Ancient ritual

Caption: "Ancient ritual--Four displaced children, newly arrived from Europe to reside with relatives in Brooklyn, help Rabbi Ezekiel Landau, spiritual adviser of HIAS, dispose of last remnants of...

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...

At Synagogue dedication

Caption: "At synagogue dedication--Isaac Albert, right, president of the Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital for Chronic diseases, holds the dedicatory scroll of the new synagogue of the hospital,...

Hospital presented with symbol

Caption: "Hospital presented with symbol--More than 150 persons attended the ceremonies when the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn received a Mazuzah (door post emblem), which was attached at the main...

Desecrated by hoodlums

Rabbi standing in altar of unidentified synagogue; ripped furniture and other debris before him. Caption: "DESECRATED BY HOODLUMS: Rabbi Silverman, in prayer shawl, examines part of the wreckage...