Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the Ninth of Av at the Nineteenth Street Synagogue, former location of Congregation Shearith Israel at the corner of 19th Street and 5th Avenue in New York. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting Yom Kippur at the Park East Synagogue in New York. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting one of several tableaux presented by the Young Men's Hebrew Association at the Academy of Music in New York on the occasion of Hanukkah. Published in the January 1882 edition of Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the priestly blessing. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting a confirmation ceremony at Temple Emanu-El in New York. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an illustration of Yom Kippur in a synagogue on New York's Lower East Side. Illustration originally published with the article "In the New York Ghetto" by Katherine Hoffman, Munsey's Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting a shochet in a Jewish slaughterhouse. From the article "The Jews in New York--II" by Richard Wheatley, published in the February 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the interior of a sukkah during the celebration of Sukkot. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting reading from the Torah at the Eldridge Street Synagogue in New York. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. The Brooklyn Bridge can be seen in the background. The text, which is recited at the ceremony, is excerpted from Micah 7:19 : "And Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting the ceremony of Havdalah. Original illustration from the article "The Jews in New York--II" by Richard Wheatley, published in the February 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the ceremony of Havdalah. From the article "The Jews in New York--II" by Richard Wheatley, published in the February 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting a Jewish marriage ceremony. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York--II" by Richard Wheatley, published in the February 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting a Passover seder. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting a Passover seder. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles from the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting Simchat Torah at the Park East Synagogue in New York. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. The Brooklyn Bridge can be seen in the background. The text, which is recited at the ceremony, is excerpted from Micah 7:19 : "And Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."