About This Item


  • TitleSimchas Torach # 1
  • Call NumberDODIN_0026
  • Cite AsLev Dodin photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryJewish men in procession with Succoth canopy as part of Simchat Torah observances on street in Sheepshead Bay; men in foreground clapping hands and singing; others holding poles of canopy; two silver Torah scrolls beneath canopy; Tudor-style house in right background.
  • Date1997
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : color ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrecolor photographsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by photographer. Backing on recto: date labeled: September 28, 1997.
  • CreatorDodin, Lev (Photographer)
  • SubjectJewish men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Simḥat Torah ; Torah scrolls ; Fasts and feasts -- New York (State) -- New York -- Judaism
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.