A year of newspaper clippings from Homestead’s paper related to members of the Jewish community.
Author Archive for Homestead Hebrews

Jews in the News, 1919
A year of newspaper clippings from Homestead’s paper related to members of the Jewish community.

Advertisements for New Rabbis, 1918-1920
The chance discovery of ads placed in a NY Yiddish newspaper gives us a sense of what HHCRS was looking for in a rabbi and teacher.

Jews in the News, 1918
A year of newspaper clippings from Homestead’s paper related to members of the Jewish community.

Postcard of Homestead Hebrew Congregation c. 1917
An image of the synagogue on a postcard sent a few years after it was built!

Jews in the News, 1917
A year of newspaper clippings from Homestead’s paper related to members of the Jewish community.

Jews in the News, 1916
A year of newspaper clippings from Homestead’s paper related to members of the Jewish community.

Cost of 10th Avenue Synagogue
Itemized expenses for building the new synagogue, as offset by money raised through donations, events, and of course, the mortgage.

Jews in the News, 1915
A year of newspaper clippings from Homestead’s paper related to members of the Jewish community.

Interesting Ceremonies at Dedication of New Synagogue
Once again the Homestead paper comes through with a large article about the dedication of the second synagogue building.

Speech at Dedication of Second Synagogue
A nasty speech by I. Grossman praising and criticizing people involved in rebuilding the synagogue.