Smaller congregations such as Beth Israel Congregation in Latrobe regularly hired student rabbis for the High Holidays. In 1959, the congregation hired Rabbi Michael Hecht, who went on to have a long career with B’nai Jeshurun Congregation in Cleveland, Ohio.

Date 1959
Identifier MSS1067_B001_F030_I005_001-014
Collection Beth Israel Congregation (Latrobe, Pa.) Records
Source Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
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