Jews in New York praying on the Williamsburg
Jews in New York praying on the Williamsburg Bridge in 1909 on Rosh Hashanah. They are performing Tashlikh, a Jewish atonement ritual in which penitents cast off their sins into the depths of the sea. Jews in New York City still perform the ceremony from the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges
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13122264
Media ID
45380017
Size
2199px x 3000px
(1.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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