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Term limits and prayer book

Collection
Temple Israel (Uniontown, Pa.)
Source
Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
Date
May 27, 1929

In 1929, as the congregation turned 25, the trustees of Temple Israel in Uniontown amended the constitution to reduce the term limit of board members to one year from five and to use the Union Prayer Book, which was the dominant prayer book of the Reform movement.

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