Pictures of the Hepps family, one of the early, active families in the synagogue.
Author Archive for Homestead Hebrews
The Homestead Rodef Shalom Congregation Bomber?!
The Sisterhood raised so much money in War Bonds that a plane was named after the synagogue! But can we locate it now?
New Americans in 21st century Homestead
Homestead became a home for Jews who left the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, but they didn’t receive a warm welcome.
Burying the Torahs
A couple months after the fire, the Homestead Hebrew Torahs were buried. The installation of the grave marker took another 12 years.
Beth Shalom Fire
The congregation took such care in donating its Judaica and Torahs to a synagogue where they’d be used and loved, but when Man plans, G-d laughs…
Oral History Articles 1993-4
As the Homestead oral history project proceeded, the Jewish archives sent out a few press releases publicizing their progress.
The Jewish Chronicle’s Two-Part Series on HHCRS After It Closed
These articles celebrate the history and the legacy of Homestead’s synagogue and spell out the community’s preservation plans.
Program from the 75th Anniversary Dinner
“It is our hope that, although in numbers we may have suffered, the flame and spirit of the Congregation and the Sisterhood will continue to live and prosper.”
Invitation Letter to 75th Anniversary Dinner
President of the shul Jerome Schwartz and President of the Sisterhood Mrs. Bernard Stein invited everyone to the 75th anniversary dinner.
Confirmation Exercises, 1967
Program from the confirmation exercises for the synagogue’s class of 1967.
Sisterhood’s 61st Anniversary Dinner
The program from the 61st anniversary dinner of the Sisterhood.
Confirmation Exercises, 1966
Program for the confirmation exercises for the synagogue’s class of 1966.