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Guide to the B'nai Israel Congregation Records, 1905-2001
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Metadata Details
- Title
- Congregation B'nai Israel records 1905-2001
- Subject
- United Synagogue of America (Pittsburgh, Pa.), United Synagogue Youth (Pittsburgh, Pa.), B'Nai Israel Congregation (Pittsburgh, Pa.), B'nai Israel Congregation (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Sisterhood., B'nai Israel Congregation (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Men's Club., Synagogues--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Jews--Social life and customs--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Conservative Judaism--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Jewish religious education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
- Description
- The B'nai Israel Congregation records are divided into eight series: management with sub-series administration and accounting; board of directors; bulletins, cemetery; education and youth with four sub-series, education, life-cycle events, United Synagogue Youth and youth; men's club and sisterhood., As Jewish people moved into the East End neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, groups began holding Sabbath services in homes. One group took the name B'nai Israel and as attendance increased rented larger sapces. B'nai Israel was chartered as a congregation in 1911. Women of the congregation formed a sisterhood in 1912 and through this organization began the youth education programs. Sisterhood eventually affiliated with the national organization of the Women's League for Conservative Judaism and began to be known by that name. In 1920, members had raised funds for the purchase of land with two existitng structures at 327 Negley Avenue. Construction of a sanctuary, designed by the architect Henry Hornbostel began in 1922. The congregation's growth in membership peaked in the early 1950s and by the 1970s growth in membership had ceased. Faced with declining membership, in 1995, the members of B'nai Israel voted to merge with Congregation Beth Jacob of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, found Adat Shalom Congregation, and relocate to Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania. A closing ceremony was held at the B'nai Israel synagogue the weekend of June 30, 1996., Gift of Adat Shalom / B'nai Israel, Beth Jacob, Gift of Congregation B'nai Israel, Gift of Patricia Love Anouchi, Gift of Rabbi Richard Marcovitz, Processed, inventory available MSS 0470 2/2007 J. Bator, Inventory available.
- Contributor
- Congregation B'nai Israel (Pittsburgh Pa.), Lichter, Benjamin A., Rabbi, Chertoff, Mordecai, Rabbi, Shecter, Jack, Rabbi, Heiser, Mordecai, Cantor, Marcovitz, Richard, Rabbi, Bloom, Julius, Cantor, Duval, Jean Jacques., Hornbostel, Henry., Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1905-2001
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- print, manuscript, 40.00 linear ft.
- Identifier
- pitt:US-QQS-mss470
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-MSS470
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, East Liberty (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Garfield (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Highland Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Stanton Heights (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Morningside (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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