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“Impressive Ceremony…”

Collection
Jewish Criterion
Source
Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
Family
The Kochin Family
Date
February 17, 1950

When it closed in 1950, Tiphereth Israel Congregation gave its Torah scrolls to the community of Hapoel Hamizrachi in Israel. The transfer took place in a ceremony at Poale Zedeck Congregation.

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