Photograph of David Matthew Doré's Bar Mitzvah ceremony

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A black and white photograph depicting a young boy, David Matthew Doré, standing on the bimah in front of the Torah scrolls during a Bar Mitzvah ceremony. Four older men in tallit, including Rabbi Wentworth A. Matthew, sit against the wall. Three young boys, also in tallit, sit in front of him. There is a table with a seven candle menorah next to them. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.

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