Beth Israel Center members unanimously voted to purchase five acres of land on Gill Hall Road for $20,000 to use for a new synagogue. The purchase price was beyond the immediate financial wherewithal of the congregation, prompting renewed interest in a fundraising campaign. President Dr. Jacques L Weiss coined the slogan “Your Building on Your Land.”

Date November 1959
Identifier MSS_1084_B001_F002_I004_P001-P002
Collection Beth Israel Center (Pleasant Hills, Pa.) Records [MSS 1084]
Source Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
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