THE BEGINNING OF THE JEWISH NEW YEAR: In the Great Synagogue, Aldgate
... THE BEGINNING OF THE JEWISH NEW YEAR In the Great Synagogue, Aldgate. DRAWN BY J. FINNEMORE, R.I. The Jewish new year began on Saturday, September 14, but as labour is for bidden on that day the blowing of the shophar, as shown in this picture, which was sketched by our artist in the Great Synagogue, St. James's Place, Aldgate, was postponed till Sunday. The Jewish calendar is a lunar one, ...