A year of newspaper clippings from Homestead’s paper related to members of the Jewish community.
Jews in the News, 1918
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.
Deed for Additional Cemetery Land
The deed for the purchase of 2.3 more acres of cemetery ground.
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.
30th Anniversary Introduction and Poems
Introduction to the history of the congregation and poems for the surviving charter members.
Thirtieth Anniversary Newspaper Clippings
Announcements and recaps of this important anniversary from local papers.
High Holiday Seating Charts
High Holiday seating charts from 1932, 1937-1939, 1941-1943, 1947, and 1962.
Fortieth Anniversary Banquet Speech
The 1934 version of the synagogue’s history follows the previous versions, but its edits reflect a contemporary agenda.