Documents

There are mainly speeches, programs, deeds, and newspaper articles here. You can read through these items in chronological order, or you can look at the collections I’ve assembled for the earliest community history; the building of the first synagogue and the fire that destroyed it; the second synagogue that stands to this day; the thirtieth, fortieth, and fiftieth anniversaries of the congregation; and the closing of the synagogue and its aftermath.

89 sets of documents so far... and much more to come!

Jews in the News, 1905

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

Jews in the News, 1906

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

Jews in the News, 1907

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

Jews in the News, 1908

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

Jews in the News, 1909

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

Jews in the News, 1910

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

Jews in the News, 1911

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

Articles about the Arson of the First Synagogue

These articles and editorials narrate the events surrounding the arson of the first synagogue and the community’s response (it wasn’t good).

Events Leading to the Second Synagogue, May 1911-June 1913

A collection of newspaper articles documenting the events after the arson of the first shul through the groundbreaking for the second.

Jews in the News, 1912

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

Purchase of Land for the Second Synagogue

Deed and letter of sale for the purchase of a lot near Tenth Ave. & McClure St.

Jews in the News, 1913

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

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