Ushering in new year

Ushering in new year
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Title: Ushering in new year
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Caption: "Ushering in new year--Ram's horn [shofar] is blown by Max Mednitzsky, 88-year-old patriarch of Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, Howard and Dumont Aves., as part of pre-holiday service which ushers in Rosh Hashanah on Friday night. Assisting in the service are Wolfe Edelman, 66, left, and Lazarus Newman, 67." Image includes Torah scroll on far right.

Date: 1949
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 21, 1949.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Social Welfare
Subject: Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged (New York, N.Y.)
Old age homes
Rosh ha-Shanah
Shofar
Torah scrolls
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
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: SWEL 0186