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Rabbi Issac Celnik
Rabbi Issac Celnik
Rabbi Issac Celnik

Rabbi Issac Celnik

Photographer (founded 1846)
DateApril 5, 1991
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 3/8 × 10 3/4 in. (18.8 × 27.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2019.041.047
DescriptionRabbi Issac Celnik stands outside Congregation B'Nai Israel at 4401 Indian School Road Northeast in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Rabbi is wearing a dark blazer and a striped tie and he smiles at the camera. The building is round with brick walls and a bowed roofline. The words "Congregation B'Nai Israel" are displayed on the brick wall behind the Rabbi. A printed caption on the back of the photograph reads, "CRYPTO-JEWS Rabbi Isaac Celnik stands outside the Congregation B'Nai Israel in Albuquerque, N.M. The congregation of about 450 also includes a handful of "crypto-Jews" also known as "conversos." In the remote frontier, they survived openly as Roman Catholics while covertly maintaining Jewish traditions and beliefs."
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