Rabbi Isaac Celnik
Photographer
Associated Press
(founded 1846)
Date1991
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (19.1 × 27.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2021.024.034
DescriptionRabbi Isaac Celnik stands outside Congregation B'nai Israel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The temple is brick with a rounded roofline. The rabbi wears a dark suit blazer with a striped tie and eye glasses. He is looking toward the camera and smiling. A caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Rabbi Isaac Celnik stands outside Congregation B’nai Israel in Albuquerque. The congregation of about 450 people includes a handful of Crypto-Jews, also known as Conversos. They lived openly as Roman Catholics but secretly practiced Jewish traditions and beliefs."On View
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