A photograph of Rabbi Widom, two of his sons, and other Hebrew school students in the early 1920s.
Postcard of Homestead Hebrew Congregation c. 1917
An image of the synagogue on a postcard sent a few years after it was built!
The Spade Used at the 1913 Groundbreaking
Yes, it’s a picture of a shovel, but not just any shovel. It’s a very important shovel!
The Only Pictures of the First Synagogue
These hand-drawn maps of Homestead suggest the appearance of the first synagogue and its proximity to the main Jewish area.