PhotographsRB-PHO-0316

Daniel blesses a Birthright participant beside the Western Wall

This personal photograph shows Daniel placing his hands on a participant’s head during an informal bar mitzvah at the Southern Excavations prayer area. Daniel supplied the image and approved publication of his likeness; the participant’s face is not visible. The scene records the blessing, but the participant’s name, date and photographer remain unknown.

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SeriesPhotographs

Archive reference
RB-PHO-0316
Date
Date not established
Digital image
825 × 1100 pixels
Evidence status
Modern personal photograph; consent recorded for the named sitter
Uncertainty
The participant’s name, the exact date and the photographer have not been recorded; the participant’s face is not visible.
Source and provenance
Personal photograph supplied and described by Rabbi Daniel Dolph Reichenbach on 9 August 2026. Consent to publish recorded for Daniel Dolph Reichenbach, 9 August 2026.
Credit
Reichenbach Family Archive
Rights
Family-held photograph; publication cleared by the archive owner.
Image treatment
Web-access JPEG reduced from the supplied digital photograph; the unchanged full-resolution source is preserved in the canonical archive.

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Reichenbach Family Archive. “Daniel blesses a Birthright participant beside the Western Wall.” Date not established. RB-PHO-0316. https://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-pho-0316.

Permanent URLhttps://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-pho-0316