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Image Number

FA5713

Photographer

Sommers, Laurie Kay

Date

1985

Date Note

Photographed in August 1985.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Metro Dade Fieldwork, Color Slides, Laurie Sommers, 1985 ; Box 1, FF12

Physical Description

1 slide - col - 35 mm.

Rabbi giving blessing at Korf bar mitzvah - Miami Beach, Florida

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Title

Rabbi giving blessing at Korf bar mitzvah - Miami Beach, Florida

Subject

Religious traditions

Religious customs

Folklife and folklore projects

Projects, Instate

Ethnic customs, Jewish

Belief and custom

Coming of age rites

Rites and ceremonies

Ethnicity, Israeli

Manners and customs

Judaism--Customs and practices

Hasidism

Clergy

Rabbis

Hasidim

Jews--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami Beach

Jewish men--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami Beach

Bar mitzvah

Creator

Sommers, Laurie Kay

Date

1985

Identifier

FA5713

Image URL

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Thumbnail

/fpc/folklife/fa5713.gif

Date Note

Photographed in August 1985.

Geographic Term

Miami Beach (Fla.)

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Metro Dade Fieldwork, Color Slides, Laurie Sommers, 1985 ; Box 1, FF12

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SNS1667B1FF12.

Subject - Corporate

Florida Folklife Program.

Miami-Dade Folklife Survey.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Sommers, Laurie Kay. Rabbi giving blessing at Korf bar mitzvah - Miami Beach, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111492>, accessed 12 June 2026.

MLA

Sommers, Laurie Kay. Rabbi giving blessing at Korf bar mitzvah - Miami Beach, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111492>

AP Style Photo Citation

(State Archives of Florida/Sommers)

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