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, 1919
A year of newspaper clippings from Homestead’s paper related to members of the Jewish community.
Jews in the News, 1920
A year of newspaper clippings from Homestead’s paper related to members of the Jewish community.
Winkler Arrival Newspaper Clippings
May-Sep. 1921 coverage from Homestead’s paper and Pittsburgh’s Jewish paper of the arrival and installation of Rabbi Winkler.
Winkler and Widom Reelection Articles
In 1922 both rabbis were re-elected to their positions with great excitement, but only one would complete his term.
Thirtieth Anniversary Newspaper Clippings
Announcements and recaps of this important anniversary from local papers.
Fortieth Anniversary Newspaper Articles
Homestead’s newspaper covered the fortieth anniversary banquet in some detail in its Society section, then the Criterion plagiarized them.
Announcements of the synagogue’s 50th anniversary banquet, Feb. 1944
Newspaper article announcing the synagogue 50th anniversary banquet and instructing how to get tickets.
Editorial on the Synagogue’s Anniversary in the Midst of War
The Pittsburgh Jewish Criterion offers a wish for the Homestead Hebrew Congregation on its fiftieth anniversary.
Fiftieth Anniversary Newspaper Articles
Homestead’s newspaper published short notices before and after the synagogue’s fiftieth anniversary banquet.
Desecration of the Cemetery
On July 1, 1956 six drunk men vandalized the Homestead Hebrew Cemetery.