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Close-up portrait of an elderly, religious Jew, Rabbi Yossef Mordekhai Ha-Cohen.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39667

Close-up portrait of an elderly, religious Jew, Rabbi Yossef Mordekhai Ha-Cohen.

Rabbi Yossef Mordekhai Ha-Cohen, father of the Maggid (Preacher) of Minsk, Rabbi Benyamin Ha-Cohen Shekowitski. Rabbi Yossef Mordekhai Ha-Cohen and his son Rabbi Benyamin Ha-Cohen Shekowitski were famous for their charity towards the poor, Jews and non-Jews alike. Rabbi Mordekhai died on February 24, (Adar 10),1926.

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Caption: Close-up portrait of an elderly, religious Jew, Rabbi Yossef Mordekhai Ha-Cohen.

Rabbi Yossef Mordekhai Ha-Cohen, father of the Maggid (Preacher) of Minsk, Rabbi Benyamin Ha-Cohen Shekowitski. Rabbi Yossef Mordekhai Ha-Cohen and his son Rabbi Benyamin Ha-Cohen Shekowitski were famous for their charity towards the poor, Jews and non-Jews alike. Rabbi Mordekhai died on February 24, (Adar 10),1926.
Date: 1926
Locale: Eisiskes, [Nowogrodek] Poland
Variant Locale: Eishyshok
Eshishuk
Eyshishkes
Ejszyszki
Eishishkes
Lithuania
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Shtetl Foundation

Rights & Restrictions

Photo Source: The Shtetl Foundation (Yad Vashem Photo and Film Archives)

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Provenance: Hadash Family

Source Record ID: RN32-6
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CLERGY/RABBIS/CHAPLAINS (JEWISH) CLOSE-UPS ELDERLY FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) JEWS (POLISH) JEWS (RELIGIOUS) TOWER OF FACES
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families H

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2004-11-29 00:00:00
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