Tickets to High Holiday services and a Purim carnival, as well as a couple yizkor donation cards.
Author Archive for Homestead Hebrews
Vintage Groggers
The congregation offered to donated these standard metal groggers, and the History Center accepted the donation. Huh.
Ten Commandments Paddle
Yes, it’s a paddle depicting the ten commandments, but what was it for? Pictures (but no answers) in this post.
Chevra Kadisha Speeches, 1934-1944
Secretary Ignatz Grossman delivered annual speeches that waxed philosophical on the Chevra Kadisha’s work and current events.
Videos 1959-1965
Thanks to Barry Reese, we can enjoy these fabulous videos of synagogue events from the 1950s and ’60s!
War Memorial
The war memorial in the Homestead Hebrew Cemetery honors sons of the community who lost their lives in WWI and WWII.
Florence Stahlberg Hiedovitz’s My Homestead—A Steel Town
A collage by a lifelong member of the community captures the love she and so many felt for their hometown and their synagogue.
The Meyer I. Grinberg Family
The Grinbergs were amongst the earliest Jewish families. They were active in the shul and well-known in town as merchants.
Meyer I. Grinberg’s Store
Meyer I. Grinberg sold house furnishings and electrical supplies in his popular store.
Hepps Family Businesses
Photographs of the Homestead-area businesses of various Hepps family members.