President Taft's Visit to Rodef Shalom

May 29, 1909

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President Taft's Visit to Rodef Shalom
  • Title
  • President Taft's Visit to Rodef Shalom
  • Date
  • May 29, 1909
  • Identifier
  • 20121102-hpicrsc-0006
  • Source Identifier
  • PH1 FF29
  • Description
  • When President William Howard Taft visited Rodef Shalom on May 29, 1909, it was the first time a sitting United States President spoke from the pulpit of a Jewish house of worship during regular Sabbath services. Taft had come at the invitation of Rabbi J. Leonard Levy, and his short speech to an overflow crowd at the temple that day emphasized his intention to be the President of all the American people. This photograph shows President Taft, center, flanked by Secret Service agents on the left and Congregational President Abraham Lippman on the right. The tall structure in the background is an ornamental electrolier designed by the Rookwood Pottery Company.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • synagogues--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
    Rodef Shalom Congregation (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa)
    Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
    Lippman, Abraham
    Rookwood Pottery Company
  • Source
  • Rodef Shalom Congregation Photograph Collection, 1900 – present
  • Contributor
  • Rodef Shalom Congregation
  • Collection
  • Rodef Shalom Congregation Photographs
  • Rights Information
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