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Reading the Scriptures
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Rabbi Max Lipschitz, and a group of Bar Mitzvah students wearing prayer shawls and yarmulkes, (Jewish skullcaps) gather around the torah on the altar to read prayers at the Beth Israel Center shortly after its opening.
1954
Newhouse, John
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Girls Pray
1950
Two little girls kneel before an altar that is holding statues and a creche.
Rabbi Max A. Lipshitz and Students of the Madison Talmud Torah
September 23, 1948
Group portrait of Rabbi Max A. Lipshitz and young students of the Madison Talmud Torah. The children are preparing to conduct their own junior congregation services to mark the beginning of the Jew...
Father Flad's First Mass
May 20, 1942
Father Paul N. Flad faces the congregation during his first Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue, with priests and altar boys kneeling in prayer.
Beth Israel Skit
September 8, 1954
Members of the Beth Israel Sisterhood depict the group's activities in an original skit. Left to right are Mrs. Jack (Rose) Gordon, Mrs. Sol (Florence) Goodman, Mrs. S.M. (Bess) Lewis, and Mrs. Ad...
Sunset Village
1954
Elevated view of lower Sunset Village looking northwest from Sunset Point. University Hill Farm is on the left and Shorewood Hills is on the right.
