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Lazar Brodsky Choral Synagogue
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The Lazar Brodsky Choral Synagogue is built in the Romanesque revival style, with elements of Moorish revival. It is known as the Brodsky Choral Synagogue because it was built on the estate of the…

Contributor:

Georgiy Schleifer

Places:

Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1898

Subjects:

Art, Photography, Synagogue, Cities, Jewish identity, Architecture

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Architecture
Photograph of exterior of building with rounded window frames and decorative columns, and man in hat walking toward it.
Yom Kippur, East River, New York City
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Though this photograph of Orthodox Jews at the East River has long been captioned as having been taken on Yom Kippur, it is much more likely that it was taken on the first afternoon of Rosh Hashanah…

Contributor:

Robert Frank

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Date:

1955

Subjects:

Photography, Holidays, Yom Kippur, Cities, Jewish identity

Categories:

Photography
Photograph of men in hats and suits and one boy in skullcap outside with their backs turned away from the camera, looking toward the river.